Popular Post NaijaFox Posted 11 September 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 11 September 2020 1 hour ago, happy85 said: Here is the full article: Brendan Rodgers says selling Ben Chilwell to Chelsea was needed to help Leicester reshape squad 'The money is there and will go back into the squad... There are opportunities now to bring someone else in,' Rodgers said of the £50m sale By John Percy11 September 2020 • 10:30pm The consequences of bottling the CL qualification looms larger everyday. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 11 September 2020 Share Posted 11 September 2020 Simon Jones in the Daily Mail reporting Fofana has rejected a new contract. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8724245/Leicester-target-Wesley-Fofana-turns-new-contract-offer-St-Etienne.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaijaFox Posted 11 September 2020 Share Posted 11 September 2020 2 hours ago, Angus Scott said: I admire St Etienne if they refuse to sell & make him honour his contract. I just wish we would do the same instead of keep selling our best players the minute one of the so called big 6 come sniffing round If it costs them much-needed funds, you will admiring them lower down the log or even in a lower division. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucey Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 3 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: Simon Jones in the Daily Mail reporting Fofana has rejected a new contract. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8724245/Leicester-target-Wesley-Fofana-turns-new-contract-offer-St-Etienne.html Sounds like BS. No source quoted or that I can find, and he signed a new 4 year deal in April 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy85 Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 Meeting held by St Etienne board members regarding transfer of Wesley before tonight game The promising central defender of the Greens was given a letter in the form of a call to order or a warning, on the sidelines of yesterday afternoon's training. Fofana took part without batting an eyelid under the orders of Claude Puel, who should start him tonight against Strasbourg. Before that, its situation will be discussed by its leaders during the supervisory board chaired by Bernard Caïazzo and which will be held in the afternoon. " French media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 Come on St Etienne play ball please. Sell us Fofana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyMouse Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 On 11/09/2020 at 05:34, MPH said: How can you think we are over paying for him if you don’t know how good he is? I get the joke but I mentioned the transfer fee being more than Soyuncu's and Benkovic's. That is a decent reference point for promising defenders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 This reminds me a little of Maguires transfer to united, with a little bit more noise from the player involved. Hopefully its as inevitable that it'll happen in the end 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 19 minutes ago, Jimbo said: This reminds me a little of Maguires transfer to united, with a little bit more noise from the player involved. Hopefully its as inevitable that it'll happen in the end That strikes me as an incredibly unfair comparison for Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 20 minutes ago, Jimbo said: This reminds me a little of Maguires transfer to united, with a little bit more noise from the player involved. Hopefully its as inevitable that it'll happen in the end How much more noise do you want ? maguire was done once united paid us what we had set as the price - irrelevant of what we said about not needing/wanting to sell him, they paid an inflated price that we set as something we couldn’t refuse and maintain a relationship with the player. From what I can see, ASSE haven’t set a price. they will claim no need to sell but we all suspect they need to get some cash in. if we were at all close to the price they have to move at, I wouldn’t expect to see him play for them again ...... it depends how far we can afford to go and if there is a point where we decide to take up a different option. Meanwhile, the clock ticks and we continue to look threadbare at the back ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_up_north Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 This looks to have stalled, maybe time to look elsewhere either to force their hand or find another option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 8 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: Simon Jones in the Daily Mail reporting Fofana has rejected a new contract. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8724245/Leicester-target-Wesley-Fofana-turns-new-contract-offer-St-Etienne.html Good lad. Claude will be left crying into his cold Nespresso. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy85 Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 5 minutes ago, fox_up_north said: This looks to have stalled, maybe time to look elsewhere either to force their hand or find another option? Depends on board meeting today most likely a statement before game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 That Telegraph article suggests to me there is money to spend on top of the Chilwell money or the Chilwell deal was more than being reported. He states that the sale was necessary to rebuild the squad, but if Chilwell went for £50M and Castagne was signed to replace him at £20M, that only leaves £30M to “rebuild”. Sounds like most of that will go on a centre back, which again isn’t rebuilding, that’s just filling a space in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 This lads going to be sitting in the car park at the training ground on deadline day isn’t he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenfox Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 Just now, Aus Fox said: This lads going to be sitting in the car park at the training ground on deadline day isn’t he. He should hand in a transfer request. Yes he will lose money but if he is so keen to come then he would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 9 hours ago, st albans fox said: The fact that Percy mentions we are after both fofana and brooks probably means we are lowballing them a bit on price which may explain his involvement over the weekend...... we likely don’t have the funds to manage a 25 mill fofana and 30 odd mill brooks as well as a couple more faces in addition to catangne. I think we’re happy to ditch Brooks, anything over £20m for him is far too much. Particularly when you compare his stats to Gray and only the goals scored are vastly superior. Unfortunately COVID has had a significant impact on finances, in some cases good, some bad. I think we will bag Forfana, bag Adam Ounas and then one more out of the blue signing. We can still have a productive window, even if we haven’t landed the main targets. I’d be much happier finishing the window having spent money on younger slightly inexperienced players, than over the odds on Tarks and Brooks..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 5 minutes ago, Brenfox said: He should hand in a transfer request. Yes he will lose money but if he is so keen to come then he would do it. He will lose very little compared to what he will gain coming here. They can just reject his request. His loyalty payment isn’t going to be of significance in any deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 Still unconvinced St Etienne will see him, all the noise has changed in the past 24hourd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxtonfox Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 15 minutes ago, st albans fox said: He will lose very little compared to what he will gain coming here. They can just reject his request. His loyalty payment isn’t going to be of significance in any deal. I agree. He sounds a good lad in that he talks of wanting to secure his and his family's future. His family are from the rough part of Marseille and that's pretty poor so he's now got intent and the right attitude. I do feel for Claude P but that's life and we need him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny280995 Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 Brendan Roger's is not happy with current business from the press conference for the West Brom game 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Clender Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 3 minutes ago, oxtonfox said: I agree. He sounds a good lad in that he talks of wanting to secure his and his family's future. His family are from the rough part of Marseille and that's pretty poor so he's now got intent and the right attitude. I do feel for Claude P but that's life and we need him I know, I loved this part of the narrative. It turns Puel into even more of a SPECTRE boss if he doesn't let him go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHDrive Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 1 hour ago, Ricey said: That Telegraph article suggests to me there is money to spend on top of the Chilwell money or the Chilwell deal was more than being reported. He states that the sale was necessary to rebuild the squad, but if Chilwell went for £50M and Castagne was signed to replace him at £20M, that only leaves £30M to “rebuild”. Sounds like most of that will go on a centre back, which again isn’t rebuilding, that’s just filling a space in the squad. Don't we have additional funds over and above £50 mil? We've had net+ spends since the PL win plus players to be offloaded this window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 (edited) this popped up on the radio - I hope its not an omen Edited 12 September 2020 by surrifox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny280995 Posted 12 September 2020 Share Posted 12 September 2020 (edited) We need to move on from him and just get Tah Edited 12 September 2020 by Danny280995 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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