dooflip Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 1 minute ago, MGLCFC said: Would be better value than the £27mil we paid for Slimani. 2 wrongs don’t make a right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGLCFC Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, dooflip said: 2 wrongs don’t make a right. It would if he meant the difference between Europa League or Champions Leugue the year after next. We could easily spend £25mil each on a couple of players that aren't accustomed to the Premier League, who fail, like Slimani and Silva. To me a payer of Coutinho's ability is a rare. I hope we might be tempted to take the gamble. Edited 27 July 2020 by MGLCFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 39 minutes ago, dooflip said: £27mil to have him for a season on loan? No thanks! I’d have him. Particularly if we achieve something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfox26 Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 Do Barce need a left back? Tell them Chilwell is really good like the media say he is and see if Barce will do a swap deal for Coutinho. They reckon Chilwell is worth £60m so I reckon it would be a fair deal 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmono84 Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 I’d take that loan option if it meant it would knock some dollar off him when we signed him permanently but as a stand alone fee they can get ducked!! The cheeky duckers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jattdogg Posted 27 July 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 27 July 2020 Clubs like us have no business buying players like this. We cant afford to spend that money to have them not perform or get injured it would be catastrophic for us. Spend wisely as he isnt worth that amount at all. Dont get me wrong if we had money to throw around then make it rain but a big fat no for me. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 We'll never sign him for a season for 27m, it goes against all the ethos of our club and the scouting system we've got put in place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 I can’t believe people on here would want to spend 27m for just one season.... and to think Rudkin gets slagged off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinterdream Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 Would the club be considering possible fan base in asia, making a marquee signing like this attract? Still £27m is a hell of a lot to recoup unless the loan fee was knocked off the signing fee with the option to buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxile5 Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 3 hours ago, st albans fox said: not on PC he isn’t ...... Bet he's decent on playstation though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhateram Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 31 minutes ago, splinterdream said: Would the club be considering possible fan base in asia, making a marquee signing like this attract? Still £27m is a hell of a lot to recoup unless the loan fee was knocked off the signing fee with the option to buy £27m but champions League and the draw of other quality players with a signing that shows our intent. If it get us Top 4 with his quality on the ball, Vardy will have a field day, then the 27 mill is more than paid off. Especially if we've encouraged some other top quality players to sign permanently. Coutinho, Maddison and N'Didi would be an absolute top class midfield, it would give Madders the freedom to push on too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SO1 Posted 27 July 2020 Share Posted 27 July 2020 1 minute ago, Foxhateram said: £27m but champions League and the draw of other quality players with a signing that shows our intent. If it get us Top 4 with his quality on the ball, Vardy will have a field day, then the 27 mill is more than paid off. Especially if we've encouraged some other top quality players to sign permanently. Coutinho, Maddison and N'Didi would be an absolute top class midfield, it would give Madders the freedom to push on too. If we don't get Top 4 you'll have Rodgers roasted on the spit. Not a pretty sight.... for some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 You've lost your minds. 18 million just for the loan fee! We could sign a great player on a permanent fee for that much money. To what purpose would we spend that money? He would absolutely not guarantee CL football by any stretch of the imagination. He is a very limited player positionally. Makes no sense. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 Some mega-club will spend that 27 million and consider it a bargain after the season. That's just football in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancas Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 2 hours ago, Nicolo Barella said: You've lost your minds. 18 million just for the loan fee! We could sign a great player on a permanent fee for that much money. To what purpose would we spend that money? He would absolutely not guarantee CL football by any stretch of the imagination. He is a very limited player positionally. Makes no sense. Who? For 18 million who is about that would add his quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wortho Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 I can’t see Coutinho joining a club not in the CL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxFossil Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 Why is this even being discussed? Less chance of 4th and CL season after next, due to Europa league, and lack of depth. No money from owners due to Covid. Why would he even consider moving to City ? Business head says buy a decent youngster who could have resale value. Time to move on Foxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Scott Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 He was terrific at Liverpool, but has struggled to get a game at both Barca & Bayern, so maybe he's not as good as everyone thinks. Too big a risk for that kind of money to my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhateram Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 7 hours ago, SO1 said: If we don't get Top 4 you'll have Rodgers roasted on the spit. Not a pretty sight.... for some. Me personally? 🤣. Look forward to that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 We shouldn’t sign anyone who is dropping a level and where there is any sense of a bad attitude or lack of desire. We’re not West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xen Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 36 minutes ago, casablancas said: Who? For 18 million who is about that would add his quality? 18mil for a single year with zero chance of recouping any of that investment, though. To pluck a random name out, suppose we signed someone like Bailey for 40m instead. He'd be with us for 3-4 years (costing ~60m total incl. wages, so 15m per year) and we'd be able to sell him on afterwards for a similar fee to what we bought him for. Given that the loan fee + wages of PC would be almost double that for a single year we'd be far better off by going for a pair of very good permanent signings rather than waste it on a short term deal. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancas Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 7 minutes ago, Xen said: 18mil for a single year with zero chance of recouping any of that investment, though. To pluck a random name out, suppose we signed someone like Bailey for 40m instead. He'd be with us for 3-4 years (costing ~60m total incl. wages, so 15m per year) and we'd be able to sell him on afterwards for a similar fee to what we bought him for. Given that the loan fee + wages of PC would be almost double that for a single year we'd be far better off by going for a pair of very good permanent signings rather than waste it on a short term deal. I’d love Bailey but would he come? I think after the last 4 months we are in desperate need of experience. We have a lot of exiting young lads and a few on the over end of the scale. We lack those experienced pro’s who have experienced competition’s across Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 What if we pay the 27m and he gets injured in the first 2 or 3 games? Some of you are losing your minds wanting to sign him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 3 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: What if we pay the 27m and he gets injured in the first 2 or 3 games? Some of you are losing your minds wanting to sign him You run that risk with any player, We've wasted big money on Musa, Slimani and Silva.... If you want top players with top European experience you pay the money. And anyway, he would probably cost in excess of £50m to buy, so a loan deal costing £27m would be a decent bit of business, especially if he helps to achieve something. Brendan has worked with him before, his career has stuttered a little since leaving Liverpool, and he is undeniably class.... if the club can afford him then happy days, if not then they wont even consider it... So there is no need to get upset by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 28 July 2020 Share Posted 28 July 2020 2 minutes ago, Pliskin said: You run that risk with any player, We've wasted big money on Musa, Slimani and Silva.... If you want top players with top European experience you pay the money. And anyway, he would probably cost in excess of £50m to buy, so a loan deal costing £27m would be a decent bit of business, especially if he helps to achieve something. Brendan has worked with him before, his career has stuttered a little since leaving Liverpool, and he is undeniably class.... if the club can afford him then happy days, if not then they wont even consider it... So there is no need to get upset by it. But other players we'll have on 4 or 5 year deals, so can still make use of them after the injury has healed (unless it's obviously a career ending one). With this if he got injured for even 8-10 weeks we'd have lost him for a third of the season, costing us 9m in that time. It won't happen anyway, but yeah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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