splinterdream Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 45 minutes ago, talking_goldfish said: £37m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Nacho Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 Bit of a non story really. Leicester edge closer to signing player because Burnley have valued him? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinterdream Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 3 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said: Bit of a non story really. Leicester edge closer to signing player because Burnley have valued him? It'll be £35m + add ons, think he's coming for sure, it's just a matter of negotiation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realist Guy In The Room Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 23 minutes ago, LestaLad said: I’m struggling to see the logic in bringing him in.. he’s not gonna want to sit on the bench or be a rotation player, he’ll want to start and I can’t see us dropping Evans or going 3atb with Ünder coming in The logic is he’s fookin well good. Nowt else needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 3 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said: The logic is he’s fookin well good. Nowt else needed. Bang on. Don't see why it's that difficult to understand why we'd bring him in tbh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Shire Fox Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 Really hope this is a load of bollucks. 37 mil on him would really take the gloss off a so far excellent transfer window. 28 years old and just over a year left on his contract should be 20-25 mil max or move on, dont need to be shelling out on panic buying inflated prices. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 2 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said: Really hope this is a load of bollucks. 37 mil on him would really take the gloss off a so far excellent transfer window. 28 years old and just over a year left on his contract should be 20-25 mil max or move on, dont need to be shelling out on panic buying inflated prices. The problem is a decent CB will cost us 20m anyway. Picture us not signing one, getting a long term injury to Cags, what do we do then? Play Morgan for 30 games? We'd literally be ****ed. Tarks is English, in his prime, used to the league and a good player (from what I've seen). In an ideal world we'd pay 25m, but they don't want to sell and we need someone badly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: The problem is a decent CB will cost us 20m anyway. Picture us not signing one, getting a long term injury to Cags, what do we do then? Play Morgan for 30 games? We'd literally be ****ed. Tarks is English, in his prime, used to the league and a good player (from what I've seen). In an ideal world we'd pay 25m, but they don't want to sell and we need someone badly. Of course they want to sell, Tarkowski has gone on strike and refuses to play for them, reading the Burnley forum the fans just want him out. He will be a laughing stock if he dons the claret and blue again! Edited 28 September 2020 by CrispinLA in Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 Tbf transfer fees arent really in your head when you’re watching the game. Dont think ive ever seen a fan give one player an easier time for a poor performance because they were cheap. If he improves the squad for for the next 5 years the money will be forgotten. I’m at a stage where I’d be perfectly happy with Tark, fufu or Tah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Shire Fox Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 10 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: The problem is a decent CB will cost us 20m anyway. Picture us not signing one, getting a long term injury to Cags, what do we do then? Play Morgan for 30 games? We'd literally be ****ed. Tarks is English, in his prime, used to the league and a good player (from what I've seen). In an ideal world we'd pay 25m, but they don't want to sell and we need someone badly. I dont think hes a bad player it just doesnt sit well with me a 28 year old cb who isnt anything special becoming our record transfer fee because we are desperate for some cover at the back. I think the English premium part is the exact reason we should be avoiding Prem players like the plague. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 9 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said: Of course they want to sell, Tarkowski has gone on strike and refuses to play for them, reading the Burnley forum the fans just want him out. He will be a laughing stock if he dons the claret and blue again! Do we risk it though? Leave it till deadline day and what if they don't want to sell? What if he knuckles down and plays there till next summer, what do we do then? Sign Fofana (with no guarantees we'll get him for less than 40m) or get Tah on loan (this could still be a good option). You get 100m just for staying up, Burnley would rather just risk having an unhappy Tarks for the rest of the season as he'd still probably be a decent player than sell him for 20m. The situation would be totally different in 9 months time, but we need a CB now, and all the selling clubs know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: The problem is a decent CB will cost us 20m anyway. Picture us not signing one, getting a long term injury to Cags, what do we do then? Play Morgan for 30 games? We'd literally be ****ed. Tarks is English, in his prime, used to the league and a good player (from what I've seen). In an ideal world we'd pay 25m, but they don't want to sell and we need someone badly. The other side of the coin from Burnley's POV is if his head has gone and we won't pay £35m+ then where do they go from here? They have a player who has 21 months left on his contract, the elite clubs don't want him so take them away and who can afford their valuation of him? if we don't buy him and he doesn't want to go to West Ham then that doesn't leave many other option other than lowering the price or letting his contract run down. We may need a CB and there are loads of options for us but they might be more desperate for a buyer. I'm happy to let this one run until deadline day if it means getting our price. Even if our play is called by Burnley and ASSE the window opens up again in three months. Buyers market. Edited 28 September 2020 by Gerard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 Just now, Gerard said: The other side of the coin from Burnley's POV is if his head has gone and we won't pay £35m+ then where do they go from here? They have a player who has 21 months left on his contract, the elite clubs don't want him so take them away and who can afford their valuation of him? if we don't buy him and he doesn't want to go to west ham then that doesn't leave many other option other than lowering the price or letting his contract run down. We may need a CB and there are loads of options for us but they might be more desperate for a buyer. I'm happy to let this one run until deadline day if it means getting our price. Even if our play is called by Burnley and ASSE the window opens up again in three months. Buyers market. Could well come down to who blinks first. I just don't fancy getting an injury to Cags or Evans and having to use Morgan for more than 5 games this season, we'll get ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 Just now, Leicester_Loyal said: Could well come down to who blinks first. I just don't fancy getting an injury to Cags or Evans and having to use Morgan for more than 5 games this season, we'll get ruined. Granted it's not ideal and another top quality CB to compliment Evans and Soyuncu would be ideal. It's not just Morgan though we still have Benkovic and Amartey, not ideal but we do have options and we shouldn't be spooked into overpaying or bringing in someone we're not overly happy with. I still think the likely scenario is we get Fofana in before deadline day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 Admittedly haven’t seen him play much but I my main worry about us defensively is height. I think we need a big centre back (Huth style) as our biggest vulnerability is set pieces. Tarkowski is 6ft1 which isn’t huge for a centre back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 Good defender. Comfortable on the ball. No slouch and decent pace. Leader. Premier League experience. International experience. Knows how to defend first with out any gimmicks. £37m for any player is a lot for us because it’s record signing levels. However, for all those qualities, with the market how it is, it’s a deal that from a risk perspective will not let us down. At least that’s how it seems on paper. He doesn’t see to have a billy big bollocks personality either so should fit in with the squad. Hopeful on this one being one we look back on as money well spent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 3 minutes ago, dylanlegend said: Admittedly haven’t seen him play much but I my main worry about us defensively is height. I think we need a big centre back (Huth style) as our biggest vulnerability is set pieces. Tarkowski is 6ft1 which isn’t huge for a centre back The problem with that is big defenders are either slower movers (see Maguire) or if the have pace. absolute world beaters (see Van Dijk). If it’s the former, we sacrifice mobility in our defence and if it’s the latter, they’ll be out of our price range and not available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotch Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 5 minutes ago, dylanlegend said: Admittedly haven’t seen him play much but I my main worry about us defensively is height. I think we need a big centre back (Huth style) as our biggest vulnerability is set pieces. Tarkowski is 6ft1 which isn’t huge for a centre back He wins far more aerial duals than any of our CBs AND any we have been linked with. I'm pretty sure he is one of the best in the league in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechey Posted 28 September 2020 Share Posted 28 September 2020 Couldn't care less about the fee, we need another CB. Don't know a whole lot about Tarkowski, but I hope he fits us well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb Posted 29 September 2020 Share Posted 29 September 2020 Solid signing, just wish it were costing us less, and that we get Fofana too. Somehow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigstonWanderer Posted 29 September 2020 Share Posted 29 September 2020 All this panic to get a CB just shows how far sighted it was for the club to shell out for 2 young lads (Soy and Benkovic) 2 seasons ago. Such a shame that Benkovic’ injuries seemed to have torpedoed that plan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPeakFox Posted 29 September 2020 Share Posted 29 September 2020 I don't really understand the argument being made about not needing a 3rd CB of starting quality because we already have a nailed on starting 2. Don't players need rest, don't they get niggles, and doesn't anyone remember Ryan Bennett? I'm not sure the player exists that is the exact standard to not be an auto starter, yet the absolute bollocks when he does play, whilst with insufficient ambition to insist on being a starter. Judging by how BR is dealing with Gray, I am getting the feeling that he is clear with players as to their role, and they can accept it, challenge it or fester/leave. In other words, if Tarkowski is being seriously considered, he won't be left in any doubt as to the expectations of him, and I would presume he won't sign if he isn't accepting of them. The fee, as alluded to above, becomes swiftly irrelevant if the player does the business on the pitch - who knows, it could be the difference between 5th place, say, and 4th place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basildon Fox Posted 29 September 2020 Share Posted 29 September 2020 Again, I have absolutely no idea why people get so spazzy about the fee. It is what it is. We need a cb and he comes with an English Premium and Prem Experience. If Rodgers thinks he is a missing link then good enough for me. Just remember when you are whining about £37m, Maguire went for £80 odd million and John Stones £50m. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozdog Posted 29 September 2020 Share Posted 29 September 2020 I just don’t get it with our fans. “We’re not signing anyone, the owners are cheap!” They open the Amex and now you’re all complaining. You need to spend money to compete in more than one league. I’m from Oz and even I understand this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfoxes Posted 29 September 2020 Share Posted 29 September 2020 6 minutes ago, Fozdog said: I just don’t get it with our fans. “We’re not signing anyone, the owners are cheap!” They open the Amex and now you’re all complaining. You need to spend money to compete in more than one league. I’m from Oz and even I understand this. Looks like you’ve joined the wrong Football Forum as you’re definitely not a Foxes fan ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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