Frost Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 We've offered €16m apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcnsk Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2020/leicester-have-offered-e16m-to-brest-for-ibrahima-diallo/ Leicester have offered €16m to Brest for Ibrahima Diallo Well-connected local podcast Brest On Air report that Premier League side Leicester City have submitted a €16m proposal to sign 20-year-old box-to-box midfielder Ibrahima Diallo from Ligue 1 side Brest. SB29 had been very clear that they intended to keep the player this month, but the nature of this bid is causing the board to enter into a period of reflection. Diallo himself is strongly against moving too early and wants to see out this campaign with Brest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffschlupp Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Why would we need a box-to-box midfielder? Praet and Choudhury can't get in the team most weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabrah Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 So, Diallo doesn't want to go, Brest are uncertain.... how likely is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, jeffschlupp said: Why would we need a box-to-box midfielder? Praet and Choudhury can't get in the team most weeks. He’s 20. Also, Maddison and Tielemans need competition. Edited 26 January 2020 by Costock_Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Loan him back for the rest of the season? Can't see why this deal would make much sense at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Choudhury off on loan.....? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffschlupp Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 1 minute ago, Costock_Fox said: He’s 20. Also, Maddison and Tielemans need competition. Maddison is a number 10, none of Praet, Choudhury or Diallo are. Can't stockpile players, you can only feasibly have 4 midfielders in a matchday squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 1 minute ago, jeffschlupp said: Maddison is a number 10, none of Praet, Choudhury or Diallo are. Can't stockpile players, you can only feasibly have 4 midfielders in a matchday squad. That’s exactly what the top teams do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Congers needs to sign someone or else Top will be asking him ‘WTF do you do all day?’ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 .. and no forgetting KikiDHall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 He’s cover at DCM I reckon for Ndidi as Mendy is crocked and BR doesn’t see Hamza as the player to sit in front of the back four - he sees him playing a little further up the pitch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Would seem that Mendy is indeed on his way - replacing him with a 20 year old with potential is great business for that amount IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liamlcfc1 Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Wasn't in the Brest squad yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 5 minutes ago, Liamlcfc1 said: Wasn't in the Brest squad yesterday In their second team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingfox Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 https://sportslens.com/report-leicester-city-table-13-5-million-bid-for-brest-midfielder-ibrahima-diallo/285342/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Fox Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 1 hour ago, jeffschlupp said: Maddison is a number 10, none of Praet, Choudhury or Diallo are. Can't stockpile players, you can only feasibly have 4 midfielders in a matchday squad. That's part of our MO now. Sign quality young players, improve them, keep the best and move the others on at a profit. It makes a lot of business sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_77 Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Mendy is out again and, with his history of injuries, may not be a viable option long-term. While the midfield isn’t our area of immediate concern, it makes sense to look at options if a player is available at the right price this window. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechey Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 15 minutes ago, The_77 said: Mendy is out again and, with his history of injuries, may not be a viable option long-term. While the midfield isn’t our area of immediate concern, it makes sense to look at options if a player is available at the right price this window. This is it, I think. We currently have 2 defensive midfielders, and Hamza is more often than not deployed as a free 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Got a Kante feeling to this one. Get it done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80footgiraffe Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Diallo and Vestergaard in as cover isn’t bad for a January window for us, but admittedly isn’t the most exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Earle Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 2 hours ago, jeffschlupp said: Maddison is a number 10, none of Praet, Choudhury or Diallo are. Can't stockpile players, you can only feasibly have 4 midfielders in a matchday squad. Not sure I agree. The way Rodgers has us playing we need at least 6 midfield players in our 25. We have 6 now, but it’s unbalanced with only three 8s or 10s, and three 4s or 6s. Ideally I think Rodgers would like to have four 8/10s, and 2, maybe three 4/6s. We’d play one 4/6 and two 8/10s, with at least one 8/10 on the bench. Some games it’d make more sense to have a second 8/10 on the bench or a second 4/6, rather than, as has been our default this season, a second winger. He’s always talked of overloading his squad with midfielders so he’ll be looking not just for numbers but for different playing styles... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMELcfc Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 I think I am right in thinking, Mendy is out of contract at the end of the season? Got the feeling, even before his injury, he was simply there to help fill in for Wilf and nothing more. He will go at the end of the season and be upgraded (I hope) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Perhaps this was going to wait until the summer but mendy’s injury has brought it forward .....whether we can get it done this month would depend on Brest finding a replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 26 January 2020 Share Posted 26 January 2020 Brest fan comments are basically it is risky to sell now, but that 16m is a huge amount for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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