Lambert09 Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 1 minute ago, StriderHiryu said: Yeah I would agree with that. Even a small ish loan fee wouldn't make me feel too bad. I guess Vestergaard is massive so is an option against very physical teams / last ten minutes when it goes direct. Wes comes on to see those sort of games out, but Rodgers might want one more player like that given our team is not the tallest usually. But certainly not a permanent option for me. Exactly. We only have to look at how many minutes Benkovic has actually racked up to work out how much he's likely to be used. In an injury crisis, at least he has premier league experience. (He played in their win at the weekend, kept a clean sheet so cant be a complete disaster) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 Sam Hughes is better. With the Manure interest in Slim wht don't we just swap Slim for their loanee CB Smalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityIsBlue Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 If we're looking to pay £15 million for him, basically as cover for 6 months, can we not simply pay that as a loan fee for a better center half, and not have a 2-3+ year contract still to pay wages for? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 Highly doubt Southampton would loan him to us unless they get another CB in. They want us to panic and pay them £15-20m which is sickening and scary. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, FIF said: Sam Hughes is better. With the Manure interest in Slim wht don't we just swap Slim for their loanee CB Smalling. Because CS doesn’t have a recall clause Edited 24 January 2020 by st albans fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsX Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 Anybody know if this source is reliable? This looks "recycled," at least I'm hoping so. Kasper Schmeichel might look forward to getting a Danish club mate in Leicester before the Premier League transfer window slams. According to Ekstra Bladet's information, Leicester's manager Brendan Rodgers is particularly interested in picking up Jannik Vestergaard from Southampton to King Power Stadium, where he has to bolster the defense at Leicester, which this season has surprisingly entered the top three in the best English row. Currently, Leicester seem relatively confident of participation in next season's Champions League with a full 14 points down to Manchester United in fifth place. Still, Rodgers is looking for a player who can squeeze the preferred duo of center defense, Jonny Evans and Caglar Söyüncü. And here the Danish national team player is a very hot topic. - It's not about splitting the two center defenders, which have been absolutely fantastic. But they still need competition, Brendan Rodgers tells leicestermercury.co.uk, where he also speculates in a system change. - I want that opportunity. It was something we wanted over Christmas. But that could not be done then, he explains. However, Leicester will need the big wallet if Southampton is to let go of Jannik Vestergaard. The big stopper became Denmark's most expensive footballer when Southampton paid $ 18m in 2018. pounds to fetch him from German Borussia Mönchengladbach. According to Ekstra Bladet's information, the management in Southampton would have at least matched if they had to release the Dane, and the club on the south coast might try to push the price to £ 25m. pounds (about £ 221m), although Jannik Vestergaard has been out in the cold since being knocked out after the first half of the grueling 0-9 defeat to Leicester just back in October. Still, Vestergaard has previously insisted on staying and fighting for his chance, and he was back in the starting lineup when Crystal Palace was defeated 2-0 on Tuesday. However, Jannik Vestergaard is not the only name on Brendan Rodgers' notepad. Thus, Juventus' Merih Demirel, Celtics Kristoffer Ajer, Burnley's James Tarkowski and Brighton's Lewis Dunk must also be hot names. https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/udenlandsk_fodbold/engelsk_fodbold/PremierLeague/kan-blive-holdkammerat-med-schmeichel/7971725 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 Pretty sure whoever we bring in is intended to be ahead of Wes. So third choice centre back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 7 hours ago, StriderHiryu said: Hmm, not totally ruled out by Rodgers in his press conference today: There’s lots of players who have been mentioned over the past few months. We’re looking at options to strengthen the squad, and centre-half is one of them. We want to get Benkovic out on loan, but we need to ensure we still have cover. We won’t speak of names though. The market can be difficult. You might not see much going on until the last few days. We don’t want to stockpile players. Going forward, we may look at some loans to support. Maybe we might take him on loan till end of season? Could potentially mean why there looking to loan Bergwijn with the “don’t want to stock pile players comment” look at shifting a winger or 2 in the summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 (edited) Not sure about this one. I don’t think he’s featured since our game against the Saints at their place? Edited 24 January 2020 by Col city fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 18 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said: Could potentially mean why there looking to loan Bergwijn with the “don’t want to stock pile players comment” look at shifting a winger or 2 in the summer? Slimani Silva Ghezall Diabate King James Kapustka All still on our books. That’s plenty that need to be shifted so I think the stockpiling statement is justified. We’ve seen this season that a tight squad means everyone makes a bigger contribution so I see the reasoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 3 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: Slimani Silva Ghezall Diabate King James Kapustka All still on our books. That’s plenty that need to be shifted so I think the stockpiling statement is justified. We’ve seen this season that a tight squad means everyone makes a bigger contribution so I see the reasoning. I wonder how many of the above are out of contract this summer... I know King is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted 24 January 2020 Share Posted 24 January 2020 21 minutes ago, Col city fan said: Not sure about this one. I don’t think he’s featured since our game against the Saints at their place? If you go back a page I was saying this yesterday, except he played against Man City after us and since then I'm told 4 more games 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityIsBlue Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 15 hours ago, StriderHiryu said: Slimani Silva Ghezall Diabate King James Kapustka All still on our books. That’s plenty that need to be shifted so I think the stockpiling statement is justified. We’ve seen this season that a tight squad means everyone makes a bigger contribution so I see the reasoning. But that's worrying when guys like Albrighton/Gray are expected to contribute heavily, when they lack end product. Freeing those players up that you listed would give you enough wages for 2 regulars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 16 hours ago, Bluearmyfox28 said: I wonder how many of the above are out of contract this summer... I know King is. Only king I think benkovic absent from the bench today makes me wonder if we are definitely getting a CB across the line so he can go out on loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 You'd expect that any loan deal for Benkovic will include a recall option unless someone comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 Did Brendan said about something happening with a CB? Something like "Benkovic will go on loan, but we need someone in first. We hoped sooner, but it should In the next few days?" Something to that effect appeared on Sky Sports Transfer Center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 On 24/01/2020 at 14:52, Lambert09 said: But a loan is actually not the worst move we could make. As long as it's a loan. We could get him doing some photocopying and stuff while he's here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Fox Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 Not in the Southampton squad today. Deal imminent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 5 minutes ago, Silva Fox said: Not in the Southampton squad today. Deal imminent? Don't want him Cup tied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasPb Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 If this is a loan i could deal with it, but a permanent deal would be a mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 2 hours ago, Spudulike said: You'd expect that any loan deal for Benkovic will include a recall option unless someone comes in. I don't think it's possible to recall a player out on loan outside of a transfer window. We won't be loaning him out if we don't get someone else in first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 6 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said: I don't think it's possible to recall a player out on loan outside of a transfer window. We won't be loaning him out if we don't get someone else in first. Pretty sure that is what Brendan said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 54 minutes ago, Silva Fox said: Not in the Southampton squad today. Deal imminent? Bloody hope not. Don't even want him on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 25 January 2020 Share Posted 25 January 2020 (edited) If Benko is that not ready, then we have to get someone in. Seems we may find out early next week anyway Edited 25 January 2020 by Dahnsouff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post murphy Posted 25 January 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 25 January 2020 50 minutes ago, Paddy. said: Bloody hope not. Don't even want him on loan. Me neither. There has got to be a better option than Southampton's worst defender, surely? Even for a loan. What's Dragovic up to these days? Going from Demiral to Vestergaard is like going from Rachel Riley to Lisa Riley. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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