kingfox Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 May want to move this to the Leicester section @Mark, whatever you feel best. Anyway... With West Ham selling their back up striker in Sébastien Haller to Ajax, a back up striker they obviously deem not good enough, with us being in a similar boat with Iheanacho, is it now time to cash in on him this January, and finally look for an understudy to Jamie Vardy? West Ham have already been linked with @Ric Flair new best mate Boulaye Dia as well as Moussa Dembele, knowing them though they’ll probably get Arnautović. But for us, like West Ham with Haller, is this the perfect time to sell Iheanacho, should we wait until the Summer, or not sell him at all?
Popular Post urban.spaceman Posted 7 January 2021 Popular Post Posted 7 January 2021 Not without replacing him. 12
Lambert09 Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 The summer was probably the time to sell him. I dont think we'd get enough to make it worth it now that he's slumped again.
Fox92 Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 Yes. I said it in the summer. Obviously we probably need a replacement first but Perez offers more. Give him a go up top.
Popular Post lcfcsnow Posted 7 January 2021 Popular Post Posted 7 January 2021 Learn from Gray, who's going for nothing but should have been sold a few years ago. 9
StanSP Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 No. Not until we get a striker to replace him. We'd be cutting our nose off to spite our face if we sell him, then Vardy gets injured and we're left without any kind of striker to fill in, at all. It just wouldn't make logical sense and is pretty counter-intuitive.
sacreblueits442 Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 6 minutes ago, StanSP said: No. Not until we get a striker to replace him. We'd be cutting our nose off to spite our face if we sell him, then Vardy gets injured and we're left without any kind of striker to fill in, at all. It just wouldn't make logical sense and is pretty counter-intuitive. ....let him go now!!! Perhaps it might just get Rodgers to take a look at other combinations up front and he can move away from deploying Nacho as a Lone Striker, it does not work for the player and also does not help the club.
SuperMike Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 BR already said Vardy is to be rested, but please, please dont make Iheanacho cup tied! Play JJ as centre forward - I GUARANTEE he would do a better job than Kalechi. Worth a risk (for a game or two) - I remember when my beloved Hatters did it with a very ordinary fullback they'd signed from Fulham - maybe others might recognise the name.... ....Malcolm MacDonald! 1
gurru991 Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 I agree. JJ could play up front as well as Perez and Barnes could play the striker role. Nacho is just taking up a spot on the roster & needs to go. 1
AllGoneTitsSchlupp Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 if we can get french eddy from celtic then abso-bloody-lutely
s11nny Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 (edited) Kelechi isn’t good enough to be our main man. However, I wouldn’t sell him. There’s not many class strikers of Vardys calibre that will come to Leicester and play second fiddle to him. Kelechi is as good as it gets in terms of a player thats not gonna kick up a fuss about being on the bench. Would love to see Edouard come here from Celtic. But why go Leicester when you can be the main man at AC Milan who are favourites to buy him. Get paid more and they are looking likely to win the serie a title Edited 7 January 2021 by s11nny
Ecdysiast Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 1 hour ago, Lambert09 said: The summer was probably the time to sell him. I dont think we'd get enough to make it worth it now that he's slumped again. how can he slump when he's basically been below sea-level ever since he arrived? 1
StanSP Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 33 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said: ....let him go now!!! Perhaps it might just get Rodgers to take a look at other combinations up front and he can move away from deploying Nacho as a Lone Striker, it does not work for the player and also does not help the club. What wouldn't help the club is being left with no strikers and gambling on other combinations when it gets to an important part of the season. Doesn't make sense.
MrsJohnMurphy Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 He'll probably get a hat-trick against Stoke now 1
sacreblueits442 Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 7 minutes ago, StanSP said: What wouldn't help the club is being left with no strikers and gambling on other combinations when it gets to an important part of the season. Doesn't make sense. ...nor is constantly putting a player in a situation which makes him unable to perform!!! 2
StanSP Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 Just now, sacreblueits442 said: ...nor is constantly putting a player in a situation which makes him unable to perform!!! But he can perform. Just not very consistently. I'm not averse to selling him by the way. Just don't see the logic in it without buying anyone else and leaving us short given Vardy probably can't play every single game from now til the end of the season. Even if we did try something new as well... 1
Dahnsouff Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 1 minute ago, StanSP said: But he can perform. Just not very consistently. I'm not averse to selling him by the way. Just don't see the logic in it without buying anyone else and leaving us short given Vardy probably can't play every single game from now til the end of the season. Even if we did try something new as well... So many questions about Kel. He has the skills but is his lack of progression simply down to his game time? Then do we need to sell him before we can afford our primary target? Assume summer would be more active once we have further wage room.
Tielemans63 Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 1 hour ago, s11nny said: Kelechi isn’t good enough to be our main man. However, I wouldn’t sell him. There’s not many class strikers of Vardys calibre that will come to Leicester and play second fiddle to him. Kelechi is as good as it gets in terms of a player thats not gonna kick up a fuss about being on the bench. Therein lies the point for me. Imho it's not about who we can bring in who will be happy to sit on the bench, the question is, who can we bring in who could potentially be Jamie Vardy's long term replacement? Who could even put a bit of pressure on him in the short to medium term? That's what we should be looking at and I'm sure the scouts will be. I know his name is a bit en vogue on here but I really hope they're looking at someone like Patson Daka, who from what I've seen looks like he has huge potential. Is Nacho Vardy's replacement? Never in a million years but until the guy who might be is brought in, it probably doesn't make sense to sell him, at least not right now and I'm his biggest critic. I think he's crap to be honest but a crap option is better than no option I suppose.
Ric Flair Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 Come the summer he will only have a year left on his contract, if we could encourage a team to panic and pay £15m for him this month i'd snap their hands off. 3
Nick Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 Of course we should get a replacement - I’d have thought that’s an obvious caveat to the question but if we can get £15 plus million for him, that will help fund that process. I’d go as far as to say I’d be hoping (like all of us) we would bring in another striker this window and if Nacho were to be sold, ideally I’d like to bring in another two.
sacreblueits442 Posted 7 January 2021 Posted 7 January 2021 54 minutes ago, Paddy. said: Therein lies the point for me. Imho it's not about who we can bring in who will be happy to sit on the bench, the question is, who can we bring in who could potentially be Jamie Vardy's long term replacement? Who could even put a bit of pressure on him in the short to medium term? That's what we should be looking at and I'm sure the scouts will be. I know his name is a bit en vogue on here but I really hope they're looking at someone like Patson Daka, who from what I've seen looks like he has huge potential. Is Nacho Vardy's replacement? Never in a million years but until the guy who might be is brought in, it probably doesn't make sense to sell him, at least not right now and I'm his biggest critic. I think he's crap to be honest but a crap option is better than no option I suppose. ...why do people insist on Nacho being put a situation that renders him and the team inert!!! There are other combinations and formats that could be applied when Vardy is out of the team. Play as a two up front, play him in a 10 role or as a two up front with him withdrawn, there are options, why doesn't Rodgers take them. The Managers choices have led to a polarization, regarding how we view his contribution to the team and the frustration we feel are projected unto the player, and undermines him. Yes we have paid a great deal of money for him and we all feel short changed, but I do not want to see him constantly on the pitch trying to overcome a problem not of his own making. 1
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