Guest ttfn Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 Basel v PSV is an absolutely brutal draw at this stage of the Champions League for both sides, especially after both Switzerland and the Netherlands qualified for the Nations League finals. Arguably the two strongest sides in this stage of the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezzanator89 Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 Are we actually linked with any attacking midfielders? This topic just looks like a general football talk session. Someone put me out of my misery. Far as I am aware, I've seen absolutely little. Any possible outgoings such as Ghezzal and Diabate that will create an opening for a signing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 Ziyech £25 million. Get it done. The lad wants to play for a proper big club. We could be his stepping stone to something he aspires to. Ahh, but then.........Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 12 minutes ago, ARM1968 said: Ziyech £25 million. Get it done. The lad wants to play for a proper big club. We could be his stepping stone to something he aspires to. Ahh, but then.........Harry. Ziyech is in no rush to leave Ajax and Ajax are mroe than happy to keep him. He's already turned down Sevilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffschlupp Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 Inter after Rebic for €40m. Another one that would be class here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 28 minutes ago, Bezzanator89 said: Are we actually linked with any attacking midfielders? This topic just looks like a general football talk session. Someone put me out of my misery. Far as I am aware, I've seen absolutely little. Any possible outgoings such as Ghezzal and Diabate that will create an opening for a signing? Well, Perez came out of nowhere, so the fact that there's not any real links being talked about might not mean we're not about to sign anyone. Rodgers has said he wants another attacking CM, and a replacement for Maguire if he goes. I expect most outgoings will leave on loan nearer the end of the European window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 55 minutes ago, ttfn said: Basel v PSV is an absolutely brutal draw at this stage of the Champions League for both sides, especially after both Switzerland and the Netherlands qualified for the Nations League finals. Arguably the two strongest sides in this stage of the competition. Beyond me how they've run into each other this early on. Both are usually in the groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 1 minute ago, Dan LCFC said: Beyond me how they've run into each other this early on. Both are usually in the groups. This is what it'll continue to be like if UEFA bring their plans in with the competitions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfox26 Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 2 hours ago, AKCJ said: Ziyech is in no rush to leave Ajax and Ajax are mroe than happy to keep him. He's already turned down Sevilla. His agent apparently said he wanted a top 8 prem club. But that could have been more media nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfox26 Posted 30 July 2019 Share Posted 30 July 2019 2 hours ago, Bezzanator89 said: Are we actually linked with any attacking midfielders? This topic just looks like a general football talk session. Someone put me out of my misery. Far as I am aware, I've seen absolutely little. Any possible outgoings such as Ghezzal and Diabate that will create an opening for a signing? Latest was we were looking at a couple of players from Italy, Praet being one but we're waiting for a domino effect of other transfers. Thats what @LinekersApples suggested anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry S Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 Anyone else worried about the transfer department now, given that over the past couple if years our recruitment has been pretty good given we got in maddison, youri, ricardo, maguire, benkovic and soyuncu, however we bring in lee congerton and all of a sudden we go and sign Ayoze Perez. Dont get me wrong perez obviously better than someone like gray but he isn’t a winger in the same bracket that the other clubs we are competing with have, ie west ham everton and wolves have anderson, richarlison and jota respectively. I just feel like we are a star winger or a promising winger off being able to push too the front of the race for Europe. Albeit we have a promising squad and i cant wait for the season to start. Cmon LEICESTER !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPeakFox Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 5 minutes ago, Harry S said: Anyone else worried about the transfer department now? Not me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 12 hours ago, jayfox26 said: His agent apparently said he wanted a top 8 prem club. But that could have been more media nonsense. Well we finished 9th so that’s us ****ed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 ZIYECH IS COMING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose2010 Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 8 minutes ago, Harry S said: Anyone else worried about the transfer department now, given that over the past couple if years our recruitment has been pretty good given we got in maddison, youri, ricardo, maguire, benkovic and soyuncu, however we bring in lee congerton and all of a sudden we go and sign Ayoze Perez. Dont get me wrong perez obviously better than someone like gray but he isn’t a winger in the same bracket that the other clubs we are competing with have, ie west ham everton and wolves have anderson, richarlison and jota respectively. I just feel like we are a star winger or a promising winger off being able to push too the front of the race for Europe. Albeit we have a promising squad and i cant wait for the season to start. Cmon LEICESTER !!!! yeah bringing a player in with bags of premier league experience and pretty decent scoring rate in a weak team is a total disaster. you also forgot to mention all the tripe that Congertons predecessors brought in as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jeffschlupp Posted 31 July 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 31 July 2019 Not sure I understand people's concerns about Congerton. Brendan has left his boyhood club for this job - he is desperate to do well here because it's the only way he'll get a top 6 job again. He isn't going to blow that chance by appointing a complete mess as head of recruitment. Never mind the fact that Congerton is guided by a lot of good voices - the likes of technical scouts Callum Smithson and Jose Fontes are well regarded at the club. Can't remember which poster pointed it out but Ayoze has ridiculous stats in ball recovery, league leading for tackles and interceptions from the front in fact. That's the sort of Kante-esque recruitment strategy that we all should get behind - Brendan wants a forward capable of pressing from the front, and he is exactly that player. Let's see what the next 8 days bring. Two signings would be a fantastic end to a window in which we've already done great things. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xen Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 22 minutes ago, Harry S said: Anyone else worried about the transfer department now, given that over the past couple if years our recruitment has been pretty good given we got in maddison, youri, ricardo, maguire, benkovic and soyuncu, however we bring in lee congerton and all of a sudden we go and sign Ayoze Perez. Dont get me wrong perez obviously better than someone like gray but he isn’t a winger in the same bracket that the other clubs we are competing with have, ie west ham everton and wolves have anderson, richarlison and jota respectively. I just feel like we are a star winger or a promising winger off being able to push too the front of the race for Europe. Albeit we have a promising squad and i cant wait for the season to start. Cmon LEICESTER !!!! A lot of our best signings over the last few years have been ones that most people would turn their noses up at. Mahrez: Some scrawny kid from the French second division. Arguably one of the best players to ever play for us Vardy: Plucked from Non-league Simpson: Failed to make the grade elsewhere, few troubled spells Albrighton: Aston Villa academy product who they allowed to leave on a free Huth: Not in the Stoke side, his signing arguably saved us from relegation Maguire: Sold by relegated Hull who conceded a huge number of goals that season. Evans: Unwanted by relegated WBA, was our best defender last season Perez isn't going to be a world-beater but its a very astute signing and he should fit in very well here, giving us more - quality - depth in an area where we're sorely lacking besides from Vardy. You also have to balance it against value - Perez at £30m could be a brilliant buy when compared to your examples: £40m Anderson and £50m Richarlison. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_leics772 Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 37 minutes ago, jeffschlupp said: Not sure I understand people's concerns about Congerton. Brendan has left his boyhood club for this job - he is desperate to do well here because it's the only way he'll get a top 6 job again. He isn't going to blow that chance by appointing a complete mess as head of recruitment. Never mind the fact that Congerton is guided by a lot of good voices - the likes of technical scouts Callum Smithson and Jose Fontes are well regarded at the club. Can't remember which poster pointed it out but Ayoze has ridiculous stats in ball recovery, league leading for tackles and interceptions from the front in fact. That's the sort of Kante-esque recruitment strategy that we all should get behind - Brendan wants a forward capable of pressing from the front, and he is exactly that player. Let's see what the next 8 days bring. Two signings would be a fantastic end to a window in which we've already done great things. Thumbs up for the rest of your post, but take a gander over to the congerton thread when we were first linked and there appears to be a near endless supply of justifiable reasons to be concerned. I shit a brick reading that. All going well so far though, so not complaining at all, but questioning why there are/were/could be concerns seems a little ostrich like to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffschlupp Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 2 minutes ago, gw_leics772 said: Thumbs up for the rest of your post, but take a gander over to the congerton thread when we were first linked and there appears to be a near endless supply of justifiable reasons to be concerned. I shit a brick reading that. All going well so far though, so not complaining at all, but questioning why there are/were/could be concerns seems a little ostrich like to me. Okay, I get some of the concerns, that was poor wording! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapero82 Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 Just now, jeffschlupp said: Okay, I get some of the concerns, that was poor wording! Wherever he’s been he has been bad, that’s why there is concern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_leics772 Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 1 minute ago, jeffschlupp said: Okay, I get some of the concerns, that was poor wording! Happy to help ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon789us Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 Anyone think this may still happen would be a superb window if we can get a proven winger in plus a back up midfielder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 Talks ongoing with Ziyech #NeverWrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon789us Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 4 minutes ago, SecretPro said: Talks ongoing with Ziyech #NeverWrong Never going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 31 July 2019 Share Posted 31 July 2019 3 minutes ago, simon789us said: Never going to happen I AM #NEVERWRONG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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