Guest Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 7 minutes ago, goose2010 said: How do you know this? Didn't read the press release when our budgets were explained. It's a business these days and I'm sure they know what there doing. Numbers that are quote are rarely right as well there is usually a lot of add ons and ifs and buts. Honestly it's laughable that us fans think we know how football works these days. 5 minutes ago, Aeropars said: And you know how?? I am certain you or anyone else on this forum has any idea of budgets. Nor does anyone else here understand the structure of any previous or future deals. It’s fine saying a deal worth 32 mil. But the structure of the deal is what really matters. Not the end value. Simple business and financial management. You're asking me how I know we've got less to spend on transfers than teams like Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SO1 Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 7 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said: Can we have a thread called 'Things Brendan/Congerton might do and I'm going to get totally wound up over before the fact'? We already have that. Its called the "will Brendan Rodgers be judged" thread. I'm sure Lee won't mind if you add him to the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose2010 Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 2 minutes ago, Guest said: You're asking me how I know we've got less to spend on transfers than teams like Chelsea, Man Utd and Man City? Nope not at all we are not in the same league as them when we come to transfers and will probably never will be. So spending our budget on the right players is key and if thats in two players from Burnley then fine. Risking it on some unproven kid rarely works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcbluearmy Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 15 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said: I think it's so weird that some fans don't care. Of course it matters! Are you saying you wouldn't care if we spunked our whole season's budget on two Burnley players? Wouldn't you much rather we got 4 or 5 bargains with the same cash? I don't want to see my club waste its money. Odd that others don't mind it. You probably wouldn't spend 75p on a Kitkat if the shop next door is selling 3 for 50p. The trouble is finding those 4 to 5 bargains is next to impossible for the level of player we want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 2 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said: The trouble is finding those 4 to 5 bargains is next to impossible for the level of player we want I know. I'm not saying it's easy to do that. I was just trying to make the point that I'd rather the club get value for money than just fritter it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 2 hours ago, AKCJ said: How much would we want for Harvey Barnes? (similar stats but two years older). I feel like we could buy him today for that and then sell him for a profit tomorrow. He suffers from the fact he doesn't play for a fashionable club. Fashionable Club ffs ??? Have you seen what Madders and Chilly wear on their holidays???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerrrFox Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 (edited) Wrong thread. Edited 12 August 2020 by GingerrrFox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 Here we go fellas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UpTheLeagueFox Posted 12 August 2020 Popular Post Share Posted 12 August 2020 5 minutes ago, moore_94 said: Here we go fellas! About as credible as Sean. Yet people hang off their every word. As for McNeil, our fan base is accelerating towards "serious entitlement" judging by some of the replies. The kid looks massively talented. He's English and he'll cost top dollar. Gerrimin! 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 12 August 2020 Share Posted 12 August 2020 Can we give Indy a bit of slack please, KFC has been closed for a while so the poor bloke has had a tough enough time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post urban.spaceman Posted 12 August 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted 12 August 2020 2 hours ago, HighPeakFox said: Can we have a thread called 'Things Brendan/Congerton might do and I'm going to get totally wound up over before the fact'? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 13 August 2020 Author Share Posted 13 August 2020 £32m could be a shrewd bit of business for McNeil, if he were indeed to improve. He’s only 20 and the club must see something in him to even think about committing to a deal. The thing about the Perez deal is that he was just what we needed and at just the right price. Yes, we’re all desperate for a Mahrezesque winger, but it’s very difficult in this market to find that sort of player for the budget we have. Instead, Perez was immediately available at a certain price and could fulfil a very specific type of role for the team. Newcastle wanted the money and we wanted the player; we shortcut a few weeks of haggling and looking for alternatives. 8 goals and 4 assists isn’t enough for some, but he’s experienced and can be a very useful squad member going forward. Crucially he doesn’t cost us a bomb in wages (£45k pw). Good deal all round to be honest. McNeil is much younger and could be worth much much more in the future. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeybradger Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 18 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: £32m could be a shrewd bit of business for McNeil, if he were indeed to improve. He’s only 20 and the club must see something in him to even think about committing to a deal. The thing about the Perez deal is that he was just what we needed and at just the right price. Yes, we’re all desperate for a Mahrezesque winger, but it’s very difficult in this market to find that sort of player for the budget we have. Instead, Perez was immediately available at a certain price and could fulfil a very specific type of role for the team. Newcastle wanted the money and we wanted the player; we shortcut a few weeks of haggling and looking for alternatives. 8 goals and 4 assists isn’t enough for some, but he’s experienced and can be a very useful squad member going forward. Crucially he doesn’t cost us a bomb in wages (£45k pw). Good deal all round to be honest. McNeil is much younger and could be worth much much more in the future. 8 goals 4 assists is a good output imo, it's the rest of his play that's not right for a starting right winger. We needed someone more dynamic than perez, someone who can stretch the play when needed, make runs in behind, progess the ball from our half, all of which perez doesnt really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 2 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: £32m could be a shrewd bit of business for McNeil, if he were indeed to improve. He’s only 20 and the club must see something in him to even think about committing to a deal. The thing about the Perez deal is that he was just what we needed and at just the right price. Yes, we’re all desperate for a Mahrezesque winger, but it’s very difficult in this market to find that sort of player for the budget we have. Instead, Perez was immediately available at a certain price and could fulfil a very specific type of role for the team. Newcastle wanted the money and we wanted the player; we shortcut a few weeks of haggling and looking for alternatives. 8 goals and 4 assists isn’t enough for some, but he’s experienced and can be a very useful squad member going forward. Crucially he doesn’t cost us a bomb in wages (£45k pw). Good deal all round to be honest. McNeil is much younger and could be worth much much more in the future. We could go out and sign Benhrama tomorrow If we wanted him and for a lot less than McNeil will cost. Thats about as Mahrezesque as you can find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 If any of this bollocks is true then £30m ish is the going rate for an established premier League player, especially someone who is probably their clubs best player. People are happy to spunk £20m plus on a championship player. Probably better value abroad, but people just assume that these players have any interest coming to Leicester whatsoever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 3 hours ago, Lambert09 said: We could go out and sign Benhrama tomorrow If we wanted him and for a lot less than McNeil will cost. Thats about as Mahrezesque as you can find Rather have MacNeil than benrahma ....... benrahma is a bigger risk option imo and has less development potential. (And therefore less sell on value) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnup Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 32 Millon is the new 18 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylander Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 8 hours ago, UpTheLeagueFox said: About as credible as Sean. Yet people hang off their every word. As for McNeil, our fan base is accelerating towards "serious entitlement" judging by some of the replies. The kid looks massively talented. He's English and he'll cost top dollar. Gerrimin! Any updates 🙏🙏🤩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 Have we been meaningfully linked to Joe Bryan? (And I don’t mean years ago when he was at Bristol City) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 10 hours ago, goose2010 said: How do you know this? Didn't read the press release when our budgets were explained. It's a business these days and I'm sure they know what there doing. Numbers that are quote are rarely right as well there is usually a lot of add ons and ifs and buts. Honestly it's laughable that us fans think we know how football works these days. What's laughable about his post? He said we have a budget: literally every business on the planet does. He said we can't spend as much as most of the big boys: we can't, it doesn't take a business insider to know we can't and won't spend what Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City do. What's all that shocking about either statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbtcity Posted 13 August 2020 Share Posted 13 August 2020 All this talk of the budget we have.... we’re not going to come out and say we have a 200m warchest as teams will add a couple of digits onto their asking price, the budget may be correct but it might just be a decent leak to drive prices down 👀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Earle Posted 14 August 2020 Share Posted 14 August 2020 So no news is standard, but not even a whisper? And four weeks to kick off. Too soon to panic but the squad that finished last season, with the injuries & suspensions it has to cope with, well it wouldn’t do well would it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hales Posted 14 August 2020 Share Posted 14 August 2020 I know it's still early doors but I just really want to hear of a signing! I'm becoming impatient! 🤷♀️🤦♀️😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lineker's Left Foot Posted 14 August 2020 Share Posted 14 August 2020 There will be new faces and they all seem to come without any hint of media speculation about whom we’re interested in. However I am quite worried that with just four weeks we’ve not freshened up at all yet. It has been over a year now since our last permanent signing. Even John Percy is very quiet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 14 August 2020 Share Posted 14 August 2020 18 minutes ago, Steve Earle said: So no news is standard, but not even a whisper? And four weeks to kick off. Too soon to panic but the squad that finished last season, with the injuries & suspensions it has to cope with, well it wouldn’t do well would it? It could be a good sign. We like to do business quietly. Could mean we're getting better at doing that. Some of our signings come totally out of the blue. I'm sure the club are hard at work trying to strengthen. I doubt they think the squad needs no additions. I wouldn't worry about it. Still 2 months of this to go yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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