Grebfromgrebland Posted 14 June 2019 Share Posted 14 June 2019 (edited) He's looking forward to next season with us, don't you just love him! - Ricardo Pereira will try and build on his first season in England when the 2019/10 Premier League season begins in August- The Foxes will entertain Wolverhampton Wanderers on the opening day- The City defender believes his side can ‘compete against anyone’ following victories over Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal last term The Portugal international set up James Maddison during the 2-0 win over Wolves last term, and registered further five assists en route to winning the Club’s Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season awards. Ricardo played brilliantly in some of City’s most impressive performances, scoring the winner against Manchester City on Boxing Day and setting up Jamie Vardy for his goals in the victories against Everton and Arsenal. Discussing the Foxes’ opening game of the season, the 25-year-old said: “I can’t wait to pull the Leicester shirt on again and be back at King Power Stadium in front of our amazing supporters,” said Ricardo. “It will be great to start at home. Videos are available for free to LCFC Digital Members Sign In or create a free account to watch this video SIGN IN REGISTER FIRST TEAM Video published 06 Jun 19 Video duration 02:27 Ricardo Pereira's Most Impressive 2018/19 Moments Check out some of Ricardo Pereira's highlights from the 2018/19 Premier League campaign. “The fans were brilliant with me and the team last season, so I just want to improve and play even better this campaign to make them happy. “We showed last season that we’re a very good side and must take confidence from the fact we beat a lot of really good teams like Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal, which means that we can compete against anyone in this league and give them a difficult game.” City contested three games against Wolves in 2018/19, first winning 2-0 before Danny Wardsaved three penalties during the Carabao Cup Third Round tie at Molineux Stadium in September. On a personal note last season was a very good one for me. I think I adapted well to the Premier League because the style of play in England suits my game. Ricardo Pereira LCFC.com An end-to-end encounter followed in January, when Diogo Jota’s hat-trick secured a 4-3 winfor the hosts, despite Leicester drawing level on two occasions in the West Midlands. “We had three tough fixtures against Wolves last year so we’ll be expecting a big challenge on the opening day,” continued Ricardo. “We’ll be ready for it though and will look to get the season off to a winning start. “On a personal note last season was a very good one for me. I think I adapted well to the Premier League because the style of play in England suits my game. “It is the best league in the world so to test myself against so many good players every week was something I embraced and really enjoyed.” Edited 14 June 2019 by Grebfromgrebland 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 14 June 2019 Share Posted 14 June 2019 On 10/06/2019 at 10:42, Ric Flair said: He is one of only 2 outfield players in our team with any consistent end product (3 if you count Tielemans who we don't yet own) it would be a huge loss to the team, but there's a real fear he could be in demand by the very best clubs in Europe. His lack of recognition with his national side since he joined us won't be helping our cause either, most of our stars have prospered for their national side since joining us but Ricardo it's been the opposite. If we did lose him, it would have to be north of £60-70m as he is one of our best players and potentially one of the best right backs in the world. Timothy Castagne would be the obvious replacement but I really hope this is just a rumour. He's been really unfortunate in terms of the international side as Portugal have a plethora of very good RB's, Cancelo, Semedo, Soares, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoareyaaa Posted 14 June 2019 Share Posted 14 June 2019 Fantastic player, I imagine he will be even better next season a proper threat going forward and he can defend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 14 June 2019 Share Posted 14 June 2019 To be honest, it puzzles me that he's not Portugal's staying right back. He's more complete than Cancelo and Semedo, and Cedric is just rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie the Fox Posted 14 June 2019 Share Posted 14 June 2019 I think we can put to bed any rumours he is leaving now. Pheeeew! “I can’t wait to pull the Leicester shirt on again and be back at the King Power Stadium in front of our amazing supporters,” he said. “It will be great to start at home. The fans were brilliant with me and the team last season, so I just want to improve and play even better this season to make them happy. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/i-cant-wait-pull-leicester-2977818 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 14 June 2019 Share Posted 14 June 2019 20 minutes ago, Nicolo Barella said: To be honest, it puzzles me that he's not Portugal's staying right back. He's more complete than Cancelo and Semedo, and Cedric is just rubbish. Agree he's better than Soares but from what I've seen of Cancelo there's not much between them and I guess Cancelo is playing regularly at a higher level in the latter stages of the CL so can see the logic in him being first choice. Semedo only seems to have come onto a game and become a regular for Barcelona lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 14 June 2019 Share Posted 14 June 2019 NOT FOR SALE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 14 June 2019 Share Posted 14 June 2019 1 hour ago, henrik_62 said: Agree he's better than Soares but from what I've seen of Cancelo there's not much between them and I guess Cancelo is playing regularly at a higher level in the latter stages of the CL so can see the logic in him being first choice. Semedo only seems to have come onto a game and become a regular for Barcelona lately. Cancelo is like Marcelo in that he goes the team a whole new dimension in attack but can easily be exposed in defence. Ricardo isn't as good going forwards but he's great defensively. I guess it depends on what the NT coach wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 16 June 2019 Share Posted 16 June 2019 (edited) Quoted as saying 'when we changed, we change for the better' about puel being sacked. Werent there some on here who said he signed because of Puel? Edited 16 June 2019 by Abrasive fox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nwl fox Posted 16 June 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 16 June 2019 9 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said: Quoted as saying 'when we changed, we change for the better' about puel being sacked. Werent there some on here who said he signed because of Puel? He said he signed because of Puel, doesn't mean he can't recognise that the change made was for the better. Why does everything have to turn into a point scoring exercise... 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc sheff Posted 16 June 2019 Share Posted 16 June 2019 yes, let’s bring Puel up in the Ricardo transfer rumours thread.... jesus wept the way some of you act it’s as if he’s finger blasted your Nan. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 16 June 2019 Share Posted 16 June 2019 1 hour ago, nwl fox said: He said he signed because of Puel, doesn't mean he can't recognise that the change made was for the better. Why does everything have to turn into a point scoring exercise... He didnt say that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brucey Posted 16 June 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 16 June 2019 8 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said: He didnt say that ? https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-boss-claude-puel-1590195 Pereira played under Puel at Nice during the 2015-16 season and revealed the Frenchman was crucial in convincing him to join City, amid reported interest from German clubs Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, who both had European football to offer. “(Puel) gave me confidence when I was in Nice,” Pereira told LCFC TV . “He was the coach that brought me to Nice when I wasn’t playing in Portugal. “It was very important for him to be here. “He spoke to me about the club, about the championship, about the opportunity for me and I have the characteristics to succeed here.” 8 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 13 hours ago, brucey said: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-boss-claude-puel-1590195 Pereira played under Puel at Nice during the 2015-16 season and revealed the Frenchman was crucial in convincing him to join City, amid reported interest from German clubs Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, who both had European football to offer. “(Puel) gave me confidence when I was in Nice,” Pereira told LCFC TV . “He was the coach that brought me to Nice when I wasn’t playing in Portugal. “It was very important for him to be here. “He spoke to me about the club, about the championship, about the opportunity for me and I have the characteristics to succeed here.” Missed the bit where he said 'i signed because of Puel' and not the extra 20k a week we offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumbleFox Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 Keep at any cost. I would take him over any other player in our squad to be honest (apart from maybe Vardy). I honestly think he's world class. X And he's got a lovely wee face. X 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said: Missed the bit where he said 'i signed because of Puel' and not the extra 20k a week we offered. Source? Edited 17 June 2019 by Sol thewall Bamba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 25 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said: Missed the bit where he said 'i signed because of Puel' and not the extra 20k a week we offered. Only 20k ? i recall when Iborra signed and my son tweeted ‘I’ve been to Seville and Vicente isn’t signing for the football or the scenery’ ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylofox Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 28 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said: Missed the bit where he said 'i signed because of Puel' and not the extra 20k a week we offered. He'd agreed to sign for us before wages were sorted. He wanted t play for CP again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Fox Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 Ricardo is a quality player and we have a lot to thank Puel for, regardless of how his tenure declined in the end. We also had the best full back pairing last season in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaggertvsWise Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 I think Liverpool fans could pick a valid argument with that statement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 4 hours ago, TaggertvsWise said: I think Liverpool fans could pick a valid argument with that statement Half an argument potentially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 4 hours ago, Clever Fox said: Ricardo is a quality player and we have a lot to thank Puel for, regardless of how his tenure declined in the end. We also had the best full back pairing last season in the league. 4 hours ago, TaggertvsWise said: I think Liverpool fans could pick a valid argument with that statement yeah id put us second or third... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Fox Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 6 hours ago, TaggertvsWise said: I think Liverpool fans could pick a valid argument with that statement 2 hours ago, ARM1968 said: Half an argument potentially. 2 hours ago, MPH said: yeah id put us second or third... Yes that's a fair comment, isn't it strange that Liverpool signed Roberston when we were supposed to be signing him. If we had I wonder what would have happened with Chilwell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 There certainly are a few good full back pairings in the PL currently and it’s nice that we are probably in the top 4 in that regard. Possibly top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 On 14/06/2019 at 12:10, Suzie the Fox said: I think we can put to bed any rumours he is leaving now. Pheeeew! “I can’t wait to pull the Leicester shirt on again and be back at the King Power Stadium in front of our amazing supporters,” he said. “It will be great to start at home. The fans were brilliant with me and the team last season, so I just want to improve and play even better this season to make them happy. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/i-cant-wait-pull-leicester-2977818 That man's such a cocktease it's unreal. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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