Maguire to Man Utd / Man City

[49er]

18 minutes ago, Poznan34 said:

400 pages here we come

 Calm down lads. The intellectuals amongst us will know that the ‘Name this Leicester team’ thread reached 2,600 pages some still som way to go

[Suzie the Fox]

Just now, PaulW said:

Not seeing signs of panic.....just disappointment at what is looking like a possible scenario.

Thats where i am at sadly. No panic just sad its taken until a week before deadline day and still there isnt anything official about us accepting a bid, just that Harry isnt playing in the last of the friendly's 

[Babylon]

£80m+ is a great fee if people are being realistic. Yeah, I’d rather keep the player and try and reach our goals together.

But if he wants out then that’s very good money.

[Wymsey]

6 minutes ago, The Syrup said:

Maybe he's been left out of tomorrows squad as he's got the two bob bits again.  Had a Maryland chicken meal for his tea.

 

34 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Looks like he will go then, a good price so farewell 

[HankMarvin]

10 minutes ago, Shane said:

Positives of selling Maguire:

 

- We get 90m to reinvest back into the squad. A top quality winger should be priority.

 

- Hopefully Soyuncu & Benkovic are given a chance.

 

- Lets be honest, Harry has made a lot of mistakes in his time here and there is a reason Evans is rated higher than him defensively. 

 

- If we were to bring in a replacement, I'd much prefer a CB who is defensively solid first & a ball player second. (I feel like Harry was the opposite).

Negatives of selling Maguire:

 

- We'll miss his aerial presence.

 

- His ability on the ball is a good fit for Brendan's style.

 

- Like a few posters have said (@urban.spaceman & @Matt) we shouldn't be selling him at this stage of the window, based on principle.

 

- Probably an unpopular opinion but I think you have to question our ambition. Selling 4 of your best players in the past 4 years isn't ideal. Sure we can make an excuse for every single sale but the way we're going, next season it'll be Ricardo & the season after that it will be Tielemans. We're not Southampton but selling Maguire makes our pursuit for top 6/Europe even harder. Teams have a tonne of money nowadays. If we put a 100m+ pricetag on Ricardo & Tielemans in the coming seasons, Man City/United/Chelsea/etc will pay it. If Europe is our target we need to look at the top 6 as our rivals & these clubs rarely do business with eachother so why should we. You have to wonder why these teams aren't coming in for a Richarlison/Neves, but are happy to target our best players.

We get 90m to reinvest back into the squad. A top quality winger should be priority.

 

no we dont, the fees need to be paid which are owed.

it also remains to be seen how much of the remaining figure would be invested.

A negative would also be spending 50 odd million on Dunk or JT which would then make them the 6th most expensive defender in world football history

[lcfcsnow]

5 minutes ago, brucey said:

I’m more worried about panic buying a poor replacement, than selling Maguire..

 

 

The Congleton effect, Macia was on another level 

[HankMarvin]

Just now, lcfcsnow said:

The Congleton effect, Macia was on another level 

lets hope its a big shortlist

[HankMarvin]

1 minute ago, Wymeswold fox said:

 

Geoff wont be happy you taking the piss

[car1os]

Stop the Press!! We’ve had confirmation!!!

[Ben.]

3 minutes ago, Chrysalis said:

If the intention was to sell, you have to question why wait all these weeks, what was the point.

Because you can only sell when the other club meets the valuation you’re looking for, which they haven’t until now (and may still not).

 

If Utd had offered £90m at the start of the window then maybe we would’ve been happy to let him go and bring in and integrate his replacement. Instead they have obviously tried using unsettling tactics to test our resolve which thankfully hasn’t wained one bit. So they now have no alternate but to meet the fee with time running out.

[Shane]

1 minute ago, HankMarvin said:

We get 90m to reinvest back into the squad. A top quality winger should be priority.

 

no we dont, the fees need to be paid which are owed.

it also remains to be seen how much of the remaining figure would be invested.

A negative would also be spending 50 odd million on Dunk or JT which would then make them the 6th most expensive defender in world football history

oh yeah good point, hull get a percentage too don't they

 

we'd be a right laughing stock spending 50 mill on dunk 

[crisp packet]

I hope we have learned from marhez , was chased by Man City. Didn’t really replace him.......still?

 

We had all accepted at the end of the season maguire was off ? 

Ffs it’s been mentioned everywhere for months?

Let’s see what top and co have planned 80m ? To spend 

one week to go ....

 

[st albans fox]

Just now, lcfcsnow said:

The Congleton effect, Macia was on another level 

Congleton? That’s where maguire could live now !  Though I suggest the fact he never left Sheffield was evidence enough that he didn’t want to stay here .......

 

he had big plans to try and become our captain, to move down here but his rapid rise to England regular scuppered that - he has bigger fish to fry than us now ....

[HankMarvin]

Just now, car1os said:

Stop the Press!! We’ve had confirmation!!!

He needed Percy to say that before confirming, thats good of him

[Manini]

16 minutes ago, McGuire said:

You mean 'slabbing' the manager in the back?!

 

I'll get me coat.

Your username is giving me so much joy. That’s the kind of underhand piss taking that this place has been missing lately! 

[StriderHiryu]

Who will we get to replace Maguire?

 

If only we had thought about this sooner, say last season when Man United's interest was known and tried to sign one, possibly two upcoming centre backs that were also adept at bringing the ball forwards. Then we could have taken the absolute piss out of Manchester United and demanded a ridiculous fee. Possibly even the world record fee for a centre back? We know they have more money than sense. That's what a club who was well run would do.

 

Hang on, wait a second...

 

 

 

 

"Rodgers is also keen to prepare for the possible situation of Maguire being sold before Thursday's deadline by using Turkey international Caglar Soyuncu in his place."

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 1 August 2019 by StriderHiryu

[NewquayFox]

Who has said Maguire isn’t playing tomorrow night? 

[Electric Yetis]

Is Dunk actually any worse than Maguire as a defender? Not that I'd want us to smash £50m on him I don't think it would be a downgrade. 

[HankMarvin]

Just now, NewquayFox said:

Who has said Maguire isn’t playing tomorrow night? 

 

 

Edited 1 August 2019 by HankMarvin

[McGuire]

1 minute ago, NewquayFox said:

Who has said Maguire isn’t playing tomorrow night? 

Percy

[Suzie the Fox]

2 minutes ago, car1os said:

Stop the Press!! We’ve had confirmation!!!

Just p**s off Sean if you are on FT on one of your parody / made up accounts, you've got right on my tits this whole transfer window. 

[McGuire]

1 minute ago, pds said:

Is Dunk actually any worse than Maguire as a defender? Not that I'd want us to smash £50m on him I don't think it would be a downgrade. 

Huge LOLs.

 

Let's not start pretending that Maguire is some clogger now that he's off. He's easily one of the best in the league and we'll all party if he stays.

[Meat and 2 veg]

1 minute ago, pds said:

Is Dunk actually any worse than Maguire as a defender? Not that I'd want us to smash £50m on him I don't think it would be a downgrade. 

More about his ability on the ball I think .. ? 

[mozartfox]

Just now, Suzie the Fox said:

Just p**s off Sean if you are on FT on one of your parody / made up accounts, you've got right on my tits this whole transfer window. 

Careful Suzie this is a family forum. 

[car1os]

Just now, McGuire said:

Huge LOLs.

 

Let's not start pretending that Maguire is some clogger now that he's off. He's easily one of the best in the league and we'll all party if he stays.

He is - that’s why we don’t want him to go