hackneyfox Posted 6 January 2021 Share Posted 6 January 2021 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/18990549.celtic-alert-filip-benkovic-recalled-leicester-city-cardiff/#:~:text=Filip Benkovic has returned to,recalled by his parent club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post urban.spaceman Posted 6 January 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 6 January 2021 'A Hobbled Tale, by Benko Baggins' 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 7 January 2021 Share Posted 7 January 2021 No point in continuing a loan where he isn't going to be used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Strokes Posted 7 January 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 7 January 2021 20 hours ago, hackneyfox said: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/18990549.celtic-alert-filip-benkovic-recalled-leicester-city-cardiff/#:~:text=Filip Benkovic has returned to,recalled by his parent club. Kinda of ironic that they want one of our reserves for their first team. Where is Chris Sutton when you need him? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayday Posted 8 January 2021 Share Posted 8 January 2021 Looks like Celtic do want him, loan then permanent if all goes well, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 8 January 2021 Share Posted 8 January 2021 58 minutes ago, dayday said: Looks like Celtic do want him, loan then permanent if all goes well, If we can make 5m or so I'd let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridFox Posted 8 January 2021 Share Posted 8 January 2021 Reminds me of the Kapustka deal. Bought with promise and turned out to be pretty pointless in the end. What's bizarre is he was one of Rodgers' best players at Celtic while on loan there and now at Leicester, he doesn't rate him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majaco Posted 8 January 2021 Share Posted 8 January 2021 3 minutes ago, TK95 said: Reminds me of the Kapustka deal. Bought with promise and turned out to be pretty pointless in the end. What's bizarre is he was one of Rodgers' best players at Celtic while on loan there and now at Leicester, he doesn't rate him! Fine lines. Matty James, Josh knight , DOH are all Rolls Royces at their loan clubs. The difference between a prem player is everything and nothing. Benkovic and Kaputska are fine players. So are Thomas, Chilwell, Choudhury, Kamaric, Ienacho... ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 4 hours ago, TK95 said: Reminds me of the Kapustka deal. Bought with promise and turned out to be pretty pointless in the end. What's bizarre is he was one of Rodgers' best players at Celtic while on loan there and now at Leicester, he doesn't rate him! Nothing like the Kaputska deal for me. Benkovic had played in the Champions League and Europa League. Kaputska was at a club which do well to finish top half in the Polish league 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 He’s more like Tunch. Looks like a rolls toys when he plays.... when he plays being the key. Lad really needs to focus on keeping himself injury free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Nacho Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 Cut our losses. Sell for £6-7m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasPb Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 should include him in a deal for edouard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKLFox Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 34 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said: Cut our losses. Sell for £6-7m. And repent at leisure when he’s had a solid run of games and becomes the player the scouts saw in him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 I'd let him go on loan then try to shift him in the summer, I don't think he'll ever get over his injury issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car1os Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 Off to Leuven according to Daily Fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach0000 Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 5 hours ago, Ian Nacho said: Cut our losses. Sell for £6-7m. No chance of that happening. He's young and talented there's no way we'd let him go for such a figure. 6-7 million barely buys you an average championship player these days let alone a prospect who has been hyped up for years. He's had a tough couple of seasons but that's no reason to bin someone off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurru991 Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 5 minutes ago, peach0000 said: No chance of that happening. He's young and talented there's no way we'd let him go for such a figure. 6-7 million barely buys you an average championship player these days let alone a prospect who has been hyped up for years. He's had a tough couple of seasons but that's no reason to bin someone off. Way to early to think about giving up on the lad ! He looked very good at times for Celtic & you can see the lad can play. Lets hope he can stay injury free thru the balance of the season & show up at training camp fit and confident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 9 January 2021 Share Posted 9 January 2021 53 minutes ago, car1os said: Off to Leuven according to Daily Fail At least he'll play every week. I doubt he's going to make it here now. Worst case he plays there and we can sell him in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 10 January 2021 Share Posted 10 January 2021 Far far better off playing in a higher standard League in Belgium. I am sure there is a player in there somewhere. Good opportunity for him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizerud Posted 10 January 2021 Share Posted 10 January 2021 When he first signed, around the same time as Soyuncu, it was 50/50 as to who would have the biggest or at least the first impact at the club of the two. I think most believed Benkovich would get the first shot because of his history with Rodgers. It’s weird, given how much Brendo knew of him that he has failed so spectacularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniFox21 Posted 10 January 2021 Share Posted 10 January 2021 14 minutes ago, Wizerud said: When he first signed, around the same time as Soyuncu, it was 50/50 as to who would have the biggest or at least the first impact at the club of the two. I think most believed Benkovich would get the first shot because of his history with Rodgers. It’s weird, given how much Brendo knew of him that he has failed so spectacularly. Isn't particularly weird. Rodgers has said numerous times in interviews that Benkovic has been unable to recapture that form he showed during his time at Celtic through injury and lack of fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 11 January 2021 Share Posted 11 January 2021 17 hours ago, Wizerud said: When he first signed, around the same time as Soyuncu, it was 50/50 as to who would have the biggest or at least the first impact at the club of the two. I think most believed Benkovich would get the first shot because of his history with Rodgers. It’s weird, given how much Brendo knew of him that he has failed so spectacularly. ...it would have been the injury suffered by Benkovic at Celtic that stalled his progress!!! Rodgers would have had him at Celtic for a while but he also had Soyuncu in front of him day after day and when Maguire went Soyuncu was given the role. Benkovic would have been recovering and trying to get himself back to fitness at this time. Luckily for us Soyuncu took the opportunity and excelled in the role but for me I envisaged having seen both their show reels that Benkovic would have been first choice due to idiosyncrasies with Soyuncu's defending. At this moment I would not say that he has failed, the injuries he has picked up have been at the wrong time and too frequent and this has, I believe, made him too fixated of the possibility of any further injury recurring, therefore playing within himself. Until he can complete a good six months without injury he may never get the opportunity to be the player he should and could have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 11 January 2021 Share Posted 11 January 2021 18 hours ago, Wizerud said: When he first signed, around the same time as Soyuncu, it was 50/50 as to who would have the biggest or at least the first impact at the club of the two. I think most believed Benkovich would get the first shot because of his history with Rodgers. It’s weird, given how much Brendo knew of him that he has failed so spectacularly. Don't think it was ever 50/50 tbh. One had just joined off the back of being in the bundesliga team of the year and arsenal wanted to sign him all summer but were quoted 40m all summer long. The other was signed as a prospect on a relatively low fee who they knew needed a good loan spell to see whether he'd make it. I don't think anyone at the club saw Benkovic as superior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxes96 Posted 12 January 2021 Share Posted 12 January 2021 https://www.lcfc.com/news/1970884/loan-move-for-filip-benkovi-to-oh-leuven Good luck to him. Can hopefully stay fit and get some game time. Will either be in a better position to sell him in the summer or he can come back into the fold as our 4th choice CB. Decent size as well if the rumours about BR looking for a taller CB are true, and good with his feet so fits the bill. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunnlaugson's Rizlas Posted 12 January 2021 Share Posted 12 January 2021 Can’t imagine he will ever play a game for us sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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