Summer 2020 transfer window

[coolhandfox]

Depend on wages, and whether he can stay fit.

 

No one can argue that we are short on experience in the midfield area.

 

Anyone who think we are going to be splashing the cash on players for 50m is mistaken. 

[RonnieTodger]

Would love it if we signed Benhrama, but never going on Facebook or Twitter again if we get another Algerian. 

[Ric Flair]

I'd like to see Albrighton out and Fraser in and then Gray out and a left footed right winger like David Neres.

[Leicester_Loyal]

4 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I'd like to see Albrighton out and Fraser in and then Gray out and a left footed right winger like David Neres.

I reckon we'll keep Albrighton around purely for the experience and maturity that he offers, even if he only starts a couple of cup games next season. Gray can go though, 100%. Then we need to sign 2 new wingers.

[Realjimbo]

54 minutes ago, TJB-fox said:

Doesn’t mean we should go and start paying him 90k a week or whatever he said on. You haven’t taken age, wages, fitness into account. 

On the contraryTJB, point by point his age for me is exactly right - 31 gives him experience and maturity, just what we were short of in the recent disappointing defeats and something I've been calling for a lot recently on this forum and the other one (the Kings head).

 

Wages: Do you not go to the cinema cos one of the actors is paid too much? Of course that would be crazy.

Wages are utterly irrelevant to us spectators we pay to watch and trust the owners to deal with the money question fairly- if he demands silly money he won't be here, end of.

 

Fitness: if he's not fit, then again he won't be here, but if he's got on a free it's back to wages again only, he's still younger than many of our key players such as Vards and Johnny who seem to do ok!

[Guest SO1]

Hes not James Milner is he?  Just what are we aspiring to anyway?

[SecretPro]

We've got no money for transfers - I just found out what we pay Brendan

[jeffschlupp]

I mentioned Lallana in the summer before we got Dennis Praet.

 

A player well known to Rodgers, offers a more attacking threat off the bench than Praet if we wanted to replace Tielemans/Maddison, offers experience that nobody else has in the midfield (Praet our oldest midfielder assuming Mendy and James go, at 25 years old).

 

To get him on a free would free up cash to be spent elsewhere. If we lose one of (or both) Morgan and Fuchs in the summer, we will have a gap in the leadership, particularly on the field given neither of those play that much, nor does Albrighton (will be 4th choice winger).

 

I would 100% take him. Before his injuries, people were talking about him being one of England's most important players.

[TheUltimateWinner]

Lallana knows our squad already too...

 

[Guest]

He's slow, he gets injured a lot and he's a ****. If we need someone to come on for ten minutes every few months and do loads of Cruyff turns then he's ideal, otherwise I'd rather not

[TJB-fox]

34 minutes ago, Realjimbo said:

On the contraryTJB, point by point his age for me is exactly right - 31 gives him experience and maturity, just what we were short of in the recent disappointing defeats and something I've been calling for a lot recently on this forum and the other one (the Kings head).

 

Wages: Do you not go to the cinema cos one of the actors is paid too much? Of course that would be crazy.

Wages are utterly irrelevant to us spectators we pay to watch and trust the owners to deal with the money question fairly- if he demands silly money he won't be here, end of.

 

Fitness: if he's not fit, then again he won't be here, but if he's got on a free it's back to wages again only, he's still younger than many of our key players such as Vards and Johnny who seem to do ok!

I have strong belief in the hierarchy at our club but this doesn’t mean that mistakes don’t happen. Just because the money doesn’t come out of the supporters pocket doesn’t mean we can’t question or criticise decisions made by the club.

 

Couple of bizarre points if I’m honest. 

[Fox92]

I never thought Lallana was good enough to be at a top 4 club but make no mistake if we could keep him fit he'd be excellent for us under Rodgers. Both feet, scores goals, plays across midfield.

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, TJB-fox said:

Doesn’t mean we should go and start paying him 90k a week or whatever he said on. You haven’t taken age, wages, fitness into account. 

But age and fitness would be taken into account with his wages. 

 

It's like buying a house - because the average price is say £250k - you don't pay that price for a house which is older and a bit broken do you? 

 

If he maintains he wants those wages you tell him no thanks 

[deep blue]

I see Aranguiz is on the free list.  If I remember rightly, this is the guy we were chasing in summer 2016 (?) but he preferred Leverkusen. I assume he will be on a free because his career's bombed there - does anyone have any info on how his career has progressed there?

[Realjimbo]

47 minutes ago, TheUltimateWinner said:

Lallana knows our squad already too...

 

The next frame tells the full story...

[st albans fox]

19 minutes ago, deep blue said:

I see Aranguiz is on the free list.  If I remember rightly, this is the guy we were chasing in summer 2016 (?) but he preferred Leverkusen. I assume he will be on a free because his career's bombed there - does anyone have any info on how his career has progressed there?

He fooked us off, got a bad injury and the wheel has long since been scrapped .....

 

no thanks 

[Les-TA-Jon]

Going to be quite a difficult window I imagine. We will finish 2nd-4th (hopefully).

 

We've got to strengthen and deepen the squad, adding players good enough for the first team. Need more cover up front. Desperately need wingers. Could do with a Cambiasso/experienced midfielder type. 

 

All while fending off intense interest in Pereira, Soyuncu, Chilwell, Tielemans, Maddison, Ndidi... 

[Deeg67]

Pereira is going to be the hardest one to keep and the one we can least afford to lose.

[Muzzy_Larsson]

Lallana is done imo, don't see how he'd enhance your squad much and would want a lot in wages for a player who would likely sit on the bench.

 

What Leicester have been really good at in recent years is succession planning, bringing in younger replacements for players in before those they are replacing actually leave.  

 

I get this can't always be the case but Soyuncu is the classic example of this approach working well.

 

[lgfualol]

Pay Lallana 100k a week to be injured, nah ta

[Deeg67]

You don’t have the luxury of limiting your improvements to succession planning when your trying to gear up to make a run in the CL.

[Muzzy_Larsson]

9 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

You don’t have the luxury of limiting your improvements to succession planning when your trying to gear up to make a run in the CL.

I get that, that's why I said "can't always be the case" but I don't see how signing someone like Lallana, someone who is ageing, has injury problems and hasn't played regular football in years is going to better equip you for the champions league.  Younger, hungrier players with something to prove has to be the way forward.  I'd be very surprised if Rodgers went for Lallana in any case.

[Dahnsouff]

Lallana is the usual media 1 (he played for the manager) + 1 (his contracts up soon) = 2 (utter bollocks)

Too many question marks

 

[Long Eaton Fox]

Has been a very good player but after checking his recent record, he's scored 1 goal in 50 appearances over the last 3 seasons. Stay clear.

[The_77]

52 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

Has been a very good player but after checking his recent record, he's scored 1 goal in 50 appearances over the last 3 seasons. Stay clear.

Legs seem to be gone too