James Maddison

[ALC Fox]

OK, Spurs and/or Arsenal are in for Maddison, Atletico want Chilwell, and Man City and Man Utd are chasing Maguire. I'm sure some of these clubs, and others, are keeping tabs on the likes of Ndidi, Barnes, Choudhary, and Ricardo.

 

If that isn't a signal of the potential this squad has, I don't know what is.

 

Spurs are an example of what can happen when you keep a good squad together. I don't want to sell any of these players, not for £60m, not for £80m. F*** it, not for £100m.

 

As a team, under this manager, they could achieve much, much more. Build this team around those players, make them feel special, show them we have a big club mentality, act like we can, at the very least, knock Man Utd or Arsenal out of the top 6, and aim higher than that.

 

I believe many players raise their game when their goal is to achieve bigger things. What if, behind closed doors, Brendan says to them that we're going for top 4 next season? Can you imagine how this team will look when they're really putting teams to the sword?

 

Build a squad, don't sell it and replace it. If we let these players go, we turn into Southampton, or worse.

[mozartfox]

Looks the big 6 want to collectively dismantle LCFC under BR to nullify a potential threat.  Why are they leaving Wolvesalona and the mighty Aston Villa in peace?

[GingerrrFox]

10 minutes ago, reynard said:

Don't agree with you at all. After Vardy he's the one player we can ill afford to lose. He's only going to get better and the one creative player clearly capable of doing something that bit different we currently have on the books.

He's young, on a long contract, essential to our play and English. We can't just sell this type of player and have any chance of keeping on deveolping. Spurs will be awash with money from the Champions League as will Liverpool and Man City have it in spades. They should be made to pay through the nose for any signings they wish to make. 65 million is now way enough.

For £65 million plus he could be replaced with pretty much any central attacking midfielder in Europe plus change for further investment.

 

There’s a whole list of players that could replace him for that money; Van De Beek from Ajax, Dani Olmo from Zagreb, Harit from Schalke or Amiri from Hoffenheim.

 

Every player has a price, if you can find a player of similar quality it’s a no brainer. People using Athletico Madrid is a perfect example of a club who have become a massive club by selling players for big money and replacing them with new talent.

[reynard]

1 minute ago, GingerrrFox said:

For £65 million plus he could be replaced with pretty much any central attacking midfielder in Europe plus change for further investment.

 

There’s a whole list of players that could replace him for that money; Van De Beek from Ajax, Dani Olmo from Zagreb, Harit from Schalke or Amiri from Hoffenheim.

 

Every player has a price, if you can find a player of similar quality it’s a no brainer. People using Athletico Madrid is a perfect example of a club who have become a massive club by selling players for big money and replacing them with new talent.

Possibly though they are all unproven in English football. Buying abroad isn't always the answer as we have found out to our cost. If the players you list are as good then let's see how many get bought by the top sides.

At the moment I wouldn't sell Maddison unless an offer north of 100 million came in.

[GingerrrFox]

2 minutes ago, reynard said:

Possibly though they are all unproven in English football. Buying abroad isn't always the answer as we have found out to our cost. If the players you list are as good then let's see how many get bought by the top sides.

At the moment I wouldn't sell Maddison unless an offer north of 100 million came in.

No club gets every transfer right and for every Kante or Mahrez there will be a Musa or a Slimani. Our record of buying abroad could be better but it could be a hell of a lot worse like Southampton who have spunked endless money up the wall. 

Edited 1 June 2019 by GingerrrFox

[yorkie1999]

52 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

I’d sell him for anything north of £65 million. He’s good but that is silly money for a player who can drift in and out of games. He could be replaced with a foreign export. 

But we’d have to spend the money we got for him on a foreign export, if they were any good as other teams would be looking at them as well, plus you never know if they can hack it in the prem. we know where we stand with Maddison and how good he is playing in the prem, we must keep hold of our best players whatever the cost and add the odd player here and there if we want any success.

[FantasticMrFox&Son]

Just paper talk, nothing else.

Why would we sell Madderz to Arsenal for £60 million (BBC gossip) when Spuds are willing (Sky Sports) to pay £72 million.

Can't see either of those "claims" to have any basis in fact. 

[Fridgechef]

Yeah, and the talk is, due to arsenal missing the CL, they only have 45m to spend. Would leave them a little short, don't you think.

Edited 1 June 2019 by Fridgechef

[volpeazzurro]

26 minutes ago, GingerrrFox said:

For £65 million plus he could be replaced with pretty much any central attacking midfielder in Europe plus change for further investment.

 

There’s a whole list of players that could replace him for that money; Van De Beek from Ajax, Dani Olmo from Zagreb, Harit from Schalke or Amiri from Hoffenheim.

 

Every player has a price, if you can find a player of similar quality it’s a no brainer. People using Athletico Madrid is a perfect example of a club who have become a massive club by selling players for big money and replacing them with new talent.

Whilst technically correct it's not always about money. How many players in the 65m + price bracket would be likely to consider actually coming to Leicester City even if we were awash with money?  Such players, particularly foreign one's see, rightly or wrongly, certain other Premiership clubs as more comensurate to their ambitions for a number of to them valid  reasons. There were also clear reasons why we were able to buy and attract players like Maddison, Maguire and Ricardo compared to bigger clubs who ignored or didn't prioritise them as signings and, why we are playing and developing great young prospects like Barnes and Chilwell plus possibly Soyuncu and Benkovic next season. 

 

Our Premiership title win got our name recognised round the world and that's it. It didn't make us a Manchester United or Liverpool steeped in history or an attractively placed London club and that will never change. Arguably, our most potent weapon of attraction at this moment in time is our talented young squad combined with our lack of fear of giving such young players a chance of top flight football. We may have to sacrifice the odd player to finance our progression but we have to be stalwart in putting a big foot down to retain and progress the majority in order to try and win something or at least qualify for Europe. Not to do the latter would just very quickly turn us into a kindergarten feeder club for the top 6, we must give our players hope of competing at the top level or they too will just see Leicester City as a 2 season apprenticeship also.

 

Whilst some top 6 clubs are genuinely eyeing some of our players to improve their teams there may also be the usual element of some wanting them so they don't have to play against them. I genuinely believe that there are a few of them that have suddenly come to realise that compared to them, we have the nucleus of something quite special and are looking over their shoulders. How many like Arsenal have players towards the end of their careers or not a balanced squad, how many have a plethora of highly paid not quite up to it players like United and Everton?  We're in a good place but need to remember who we are and buy and sell accordingly and cautiously and not get taken in, like some of our supporters, by the next glamorous foreign name that get leaked onto the market by yet another avaricious agent. The future could be very bright.

[lestajigs]

1 hour ago, ALC Fox said:

OK, Spurs and/or Arsenal are in for Maddison, Atletico want Chilwell, and Man City and Man Utd are chasing Maguire. I'm sure some of these clubs, and others, are keeping tabs on the likes of Ndidi, Barnes, Choudhary, and Ricardo.

 

If that isn't a signal of the potential this squad has, I don't know what is.

 

Spurs are an example of what can happen when you keep a good squad together. I don't want to sell any of these players, not for £60m, not for £80m. F*** it, not for £100m.

 

As a team, under this manager, they could achieve much, much more. Build this team around those players, make them feel special, show them we have a big club mentality, act like we can, at the very least, knock Man Utd or Arsenal out of the top 6, and aim higher than that.

 

I believe many players raise their game when their goal is to achieve bigger things. What if, behind closed doors, Brendan says to them that we're going for top 4 next season? Can you imagine how this team will look when they're really putting teams to the sword?

 

Build a squad, don't sell it and replace it. If we let these players go, we turn into Southampton, or worse.

Very well said 

[Ric Flair]

1 hour ago, GingerrrFox said:

For £65 million plus he could be replaced with pretty much any central attacking midfielder in Europe plus change for further investment.

 

There’s a whole list of players that could replace him for that money; Van De Beek from Ajax, Dani Olmo from Zagreb, Harit from Schalke or Amiri from Hoffenheim.

 

Every player has a price, if you can find a player of similar quality it’s a no brainer. People using Athletico Madrid is a perfect example of a club who have become a massive club by selling players for big money and replacing them with new talent.

It depends which player/s we decide are the ones to sell for a huge price, as selling Chilwell, Maguire, Maddison and Ndidi would be suicidal behaviour. Strategically selling 1 a season though and bringing 2-3 in is often shrewd business.

 

Maguire is the one out of those 3 as he's 26 and his price has surely reached it's ceiling.

[surrifox]

51 minutes ago, FantasticMrFox&Son said:

Just paper talk, nothing else.

Why would we sell Madderz to Arsenal for £60 million (BBC gossip) when Spuds are willing (Sky Sports) to pay £72 million.

Can't see either of those "claims" to have any basis in fact. 

Not a chance in hell Levy will spend £70 mill plus , he would take the view that if we paid £22mill last season Spurs should be  able to acquire him for around £30 mill . He will also be expecting around £100 mill for Eriksen . It’s what he does 

[Chrysalis]

1 hour ago, mozartfox said:

Looks the big 6 want to collectively dismantle LCFC under BR to nullify a potential threat.  Why are they leaving Wolvesalona and the mighty Aston Villa in peace?

It is funny that we seem to get targeted much easier than other clubs who have similar calibre of players, I have noticed it happens a lot more often.

[Corky]

I thought Arsenal had around £40 million to spend?

 

I think one player, at most, will go this summer. Don't see an exodus.

[Foxxed]

32 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

It depends which player/s we decide are the ones to sell for a huge price, as selling Chilwell, Maguire, Maddison and Ndidi would be suicidal behaviour. Strategically selling 1 a season though and bringing 2-3 in is often shrewd business.

 

Maguire is the one out of those 3 as he's 26 and his price has surely reached it's ceiling.

Seems fair to be honest. I'm not sure we'll buy without selling but who knows. Strategically selling one a season makes me think who'll be next season. Chilwell's replacement (likely Luke Thomas) won't be ready for some seasons. But Ndidi's possible replacement is well known. Maddison could perhaps be replaced with Barnes if he comes good next season.

[jayfox26]

20 minutes ago, Corky said:

I thought Arsenal had around £40 million to spend?

 

I think one player, at most, will go this summer. Don't see an exodus.

Not a chance will there be an exodus. Even with Mahrez and DD, we only sold them cos they requested a transfer and Kante had the release clause. We won't sell anyone unless either they ask to leave or Brendan needs to sell someone in order to bring in 2 or 3 top players. But no more than 1 key player will leave and its most likely to be Maguire. 

[Chrysalis]

4 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

Not a chance will there be an exodus. Even with Mahrez and DD, we only sold them cos they requested a transfer and Kante had the release clause. We won't sell anyone unless either they ask to leave or Brendan needs to sell someone in order to bring in 2 or 3 top players. But no more than 1 key player will leave and its most likely to be Maguire. 

So what happens if all the press reports unsettle and 4 key players ask to leave?

[jayfox26]

4 minutes ago, Chrysalis said:

So what happens if all the press reports unsettle and 4 key players ask to leave?

Highly unlikely. We've been here before every summer since we won the league. With Brendan in charge, the new state of the art training ground on the way, stadium expansion etc, why would they want to leave? I honestly dont think any of them will hand in transfer requests. And if more than 1 did then we still don't have to sell them. We have the luxury of knowing that all our top players are on long contracts. 

[Chrysalis]

Yes I would like to think they would be told no.

[HankMarvin]

2 hours ago, mozartfox said:

Looks the big 6 want to collectively dismantle LCFC under BR to nullify a potential threat.  Why are they leaving Wolvesalona and the mighty Aston Villa in peace?

Premium on English players 

there the ones seemingly in most demand 

 

plus grealish has been linked to spurs for last 12 months

[hackneyfox]

3 hours ago, GingerrrFox said:

No club gets every transfer right and for every Kante or Mahrez there will be a Musa or a Slimani. Our record of buying abroad could be better but it could be a hell of a lot worse like Southampton who have spunked endless money up the wall. 

So who else would you be willing to let go this year?

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

 

Maguire is the one out of those 3 as he's 26 and his price has surely reached it's ceiling.

He's a  CB who was poor last season.

Probably got another 7 years at the top level so every chance he will be worth more if he plays well next season.

 

Having said that he is the one I would probably let go this year of we need to.

Edited 1 June 2019 by hackneyfox

[justfoxes]

72 FUCHING million Pounds for Maddison 

71 FUCHING Million Pounds for Chilwelll

80 FUCHING plus Million pounds for Maguire !!

WTF !!??

[weller54]

6 minutes ago, justfoxes said:

72 FUCHING million Pounds for Maddison 

71 FUCHING Million Pounds for Chilwelll

80 FUCHING plus Million pounds for Maguire !!

WTF !!??

Sell em all 

Sell em all 

The long and the short and the tall... 

[Suzie the Fox]

44 minutes ago, weller54 said:

Sell em all 

Sell em all 

The long and the short and the tall... 

We would end up being the richest championship club if we did  

[TJB-fox]

7 hours ago, GingerrrFox said:

For £65 million plus he could be replaced with pretty much any central attacking midfielder in Europe plus change for further investment.

 

There’s a whole list of players that could replace him for that money; Van De Beek from Ajax, Dani Olmo from Zagreb, Harit from Schalke or Amiri from Hoffenheim.

 

Every player has a price, if you can find a player of similar quality it’s a no brainer. People using Athletico Madrid is a perfect example of a club who have become a massive club by selling players for big money and replacing them with new talent.

We can’t afford to do what spurs did a couple of years ago when they sold Bale and brought in 5/6 average players like chadli. Our transfer business needs to be bang on next 2/3 years if we want to consistently finish in the top 6 (which I feel is very much in reach)

For me best way of being ‘bang on’ is keeping this squad together, even if the chance for big money sales arise.