Sly Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 Dubious report, however : https://www.soccersouls.com/why-alex-telles-would-be-a-good-signing-for-leicester-city/ Chelsea are being linked to Telles, if they can’t get Chilwell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 17 January 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 17 January 2020 Alex Telles would be a good signing for anyone. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 So the link is we scouted him last summer ....... tenuous at best ........ mind you, will give a few the opportunity to put up a few YouTube vids and tell everyone how good he is makes little difference to the link though ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 17 January 2020 Author Share Posted 17 January 2020 52 minutes ago, st albans fox said: So the link is we scouted him last summer ....... tenuous at best ........ mind you, will give a few the opportunity to put up a few YouTube vids and tell everyone how good he is makes little difference to the link though ! He’ll makes his way out of Portugal at some point. We, along with many others will have looked at him. Ideal Chilwell replacement though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfox26 Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 (edited) If Chilwell leaves in the summer then he should be top of our list of replacements. Wouldn't want Luke Shaw or Bertrand unless Bertrand was cheap and could be a the Fuchs replacement as back up. Edited 17 January 2020 by jayfox26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastik Man Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 £50M for a 26 year old defender? Not really the way we do business is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 27yo and his contract is up in 18 months. The Portuguese leagues are notoriously bad payers (wasn't Silva on £18k a week?) so I would imagine Porto will be keen to sell this summer as Telles will want his big pay day so unlikely to sign an extension I would have thought. I've just googled Telles salary and it came up as €13,000 a week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 This guy is an absolute don. He was and is rated as a better player than Ricardo (!) by Porto fans. He was heavily linked with a move to Juventus a few seasons ago but the cost was too prohibitive. Some of this stats over recent seasons: If we sold Chilwell and replaced him with Telles, I think we'd end up as a better all round team. But that said I would rather we keep Ben because he's come through our academy and I think it's important to keep players developed that way in our team rather than selling them on. This guy is basically the left back version of Ricardo and would add value to any team he played for. A class act! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 It astonishes me how he is still at Porto, I've seen him a number of times and is usually the best player on the pitch ala Ricardo is for us. Plus, he's BRAZILIAN!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 1 minute ago, StriderHiryu said: This guy is an absolute don. He was and is rated as a better player than Ricardo (!) by Porto fans. He was heavily linked with a move to Juventus a few seasons ago but the cost was too prohibitive. Some of this stats over recent seasons: If we sold Chilwell and replaced him with Telles, I think we'd end up as a better all round team. But that said I would rather we keep Ben because he's come through our academy and I think it's important to keep players developed that way in our team rather than selling them on. This guy is basically the left back version of Ricardo and would add value to any team he played for. A class act! Actually that post just triggered a memory in me when we were buying Ricardo that Porto fans were saying you can have Ricardo but keep your hands off Telles. We could easily get Telles in the summer as Porto will want to sell a player with one year left on his deal assuming Telles doesn't have a better offer from a more prestigious club. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 2 hours ago, jayfox26 said: If Chilwell leaves in the summer then he should be top of our list of replacements. Wouldn't want Luke Shaw or Bertrand unless Bertrand was cheap and could be a the Fuchs replacement as back up. Youcef Atal is the guy you should be going for imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will1981 Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 38 minutes ago, henrik_62 said: Youcef Atal is the guy you should be going for imo. Is he not a right back, plus I would rather not have the Algerian fan boys back on here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 46 minutes ago, henrik_62 said: Youcef Atal is the guy you should be going for imo. wait. Where is Ricky going........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 Bit of a coincidence that we're being linked with all these left backs all of a sudden. Is Chilwell about to sign a new contract or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DerbyshireFox Posted 17 January 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 17 January 2020 If Chilwell was to leave, and we could bring in Telles as a replacement, it would be another feather in the cap of the recruitment team 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 5 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: Bit of a coincidence that we're being linked with all these left backs all of a sudden. Is Chilwell about to sign a new contract or something? Doubt it - he signed a new one only a year ago ?? I expect his people want a big increase but I also suspect we aren’t keen to just up everybody’s wage - where does it end and can we actually afford it ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Doubt it - he signed a new one only a year ago ?? I expect his people want a big increase but I also suspect we aren’t keen to just up everybody’s wage - where does it end and can we actually afford it ?? Just checked: Signed in October 2018 until 2024. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ben-chilwell/profil/spieler/316125 Not saying necessarily we should just up his wages. Could probably offer more perks though, like free hookers for a year or something. Edited 17 January 2020 by urban.spaceman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfox26 Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 2 hours ago, henrik_62 said: Youcef Atal is the guy you should be going for imo. Hes a right back isn't he? And we can definitely do without the Algerian fan boys. Still trying to get Slimani off our wage bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volpeazzurro Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 2 hours ago, Ric Flair said: It astonishes me how he is still at Porto, I've seen him a number of times and is usually the best player on the pitch ala Ricardo is for us. Plus, he's BRAZILIAN!!!! For probably the same reason that Silva and Slimani, at nearing the age of 30, had played all those years without being 'discovered' until we came along with a bundle of cash. The fact that he's still there, however impressive his performances in a really poor league may tell it's own story. I would suggest that there's probably a good reason why no big clubs have snapped him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 23 minutes ago, jayfox26 said: Hes a right back isn't he? And we can definitely do without the Algerian fan boys. Still trying to get Slimani off our wage bill! Can play right and left, I was talking about him primarily for the left as obviously you don't want to lose Ricardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 1 hour ago, Dahnsouff said: wait. Where is Ricky going........... He palys LB for Nice a fair bit too, wasn't suggesting selling Ricardo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 Has Guerreiro signed a new deal at Dortmund yet? Maybe he fancies teaming up with Ricardo in the midlands? Him or Telles would be obscene. Chilwell can go as far as i'm concerned, done with him. He's maxed out now, take the ridiculous fee we'll get for him as he's not worth it to us, we will progress better without him and the increased revenue. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Has Guerreiro signed a new deal at Dortmund yet? Maybe he fancies teaming up with Ricardo in the midlands? Him or Telles would be obscene. Chilwell can go as far as i'm concerned, done with him. He's maxed out now, take the ridiculous fee we'll get for him as he's not worth it to us, we will progress better without him and the increased revenue. Do you think Madders would ever come out his bedroom for his tea if Ben left? Edited 17 January 2020 by Dahnsouff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesc Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 Telles and Ricardo as our fullbacks would be dreamland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 17 January 2020 Share Posted 17 January 2020 4 hours ago, Ric Flair said: It astonishes me how he is still at Porto Two words. Hakim Ziyech 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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