Transfer targets ongoing

[gurru991]

9 hours ago, STUHILL said:

21 goals in 56 games for Chelsea at 23 years old. I'd say he is a little better than dog shit. 

High quality dog shit !!

Pedigree dog shit !!

Crufts dog shit !!

But not the player we need or want. 

[moore_94]

Would love us to sign Ivan Toney, but he is likely to cost double what it would take to get Edouard, and then Abraham is likely to be around the £50m mark

 

With us still needing to spend on other parts of the team, Edouard makes the most sense financially

[Outfox the Fox]

9 hours ago, bald reynard said:

And Toney is a City fan! Problem is, Rudkin was probably the guy who got rid of him as a teenager. Would he want to admit he got it wrong and sign him now?! 

Rudkin IS the guy who guy who got rid of Toney. However, I've heard that he is the one who put Toney on our radar again, not Congerton. For all his faults, Rudders does (eventually) admit to mistakes he's made - look at how he's changed his mind (repeatedly) on Leuven Coaches - though after a fair bit of delay in that case! 

[sacreblueits442]

4 hours ago, NaijaFox said:

I am happy with Nacho, but we still need another striker.

We also need another creative midfielder who could spell Maddison and/or Youri.

 

PS: If Nacho played for Brighton, where they create a lot of chances (or perhaps even Fulham), he'll easily be a 15-20 goals/season striker. During his stint at Man City, he was scoring more goals per 90 minutes than any other player in the PL. 

 

...I  am not sure if that is the only criteria Rodgers is looking for!!!

[glebe_sydneyfox]

Toney would be worth a punt if Nacho continues showing us what he's capable of given a consistent run.

Edited 9 March 2021 by glebe_sydneyfox

[eblair]

wish we signed lingard in jan

[Raw Dykes]

3 minutes ago, eblair said:

wish we signed lingard in jan

Was never a possibility. Man Utd weren't going to strengthen us.

[dbtcity]

Apparently Adama Traore available for 30m this summer (in the Express but quoted from Football insider).... I know his end product needs a lot of work but a front 4 of Barnes Vardy Maddison and Adama would be a madness! Even with his end product lacking at the min he constantly takes a couple of opposing players out of the game when he picks the ball up which would create more space for Madders and co to work their magic... won’t happen but I’d still be all over it for That sort of price... Neto would be the dream though 

Edited 9 March 2021 by dbtcity

[Raw Dykes]

6 minutes ago, dbtcity said:

Apparently Adama Traore available for 30m this summer (might be twitter bs).... I know his end product needs a lot of work but a front 4 of Barnes Vardy Maddison and Adama would be a madness! Even with his end product lacking at the min he constantly takes a couple of opposing players out of the game when he picks the ball up which would create more space for Madders and co to work their magic... won’t happen but I’d still be all over it for That sort of price... Neto would be the dream though 

No thanks. All fart and no shit. We could do a lot better with £30m.

[TommyK]

7 minutes ago, dbtcity said:

Apparently Adama Traore available for 30m this summer (might be twitter bs).... I know his end product needs a lot of work but a front 4 of Barnes Vardy Maddison and Adama would be a madness! Even with his end product lacking at the min he constantly takes a couple of opposing players out of the game when he picks the ball up which would create more space for Madders and co to work their magic... won’t happen but I’d still be all over it for That sort of price... Neto would be the dream though 

Massively hyped player. I presume he has a great agent as he is constantly linked with top clubs that he's no where near good enough for. 

[Ric Flair]

Viktor Tsygankov is the left footed right winger for us. Scores and assists regularly but more importantly in a Brendan Rodgers team his defensive stats and work rate are off the scale. He's the Frank & The Beans.

[urban.spaceman]

47 minutes ago, dbtcity said:

Apparently Adama Traore available for 30m this summer (in the Express but quoted from Football insider).... I know his end product needs a lot of work but a front 4 of Barnes Vardy Maddison and Adama would be a madness! Even with his end product lacking at the min he constantly takes a couple of opposing players out of the game when he picks the ball up which would create more space for Madders and co to work their magic... won’t happen but I’d still be all over it for That sort of price... Neto would be the dream though 

The cost in baby oil alone would make it prohibitive.

[Simmo86]

2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Viktor Tsygankov is the left footed right winger for us. Scores and assists regularly but more importantly in a Brendan Rodgers team his defensive stats and work rate are off the scale. He's the Frank & The Beans.

Didn't we get linked last summer?

Edited 9 March 2021 by Simmo86

[Babylon]

On 08/03/2021 at 10:37, Muzzy_Larsson said:

It's not personal mate, I just think whenever I've watched him, which admittedly isn't near as much as most on here that he's useless. Useless in the context of an EPL striker of course. Even in the last two years when Vardy has been injued and he's been asked to carry the torch in the league he's been terrible, in the games I've saw anyway. You seem to forget he's even on the pitch and when he does get involved I find it difficult to see anything he's particularly good at. His link up play is ok at times but you need a lot more than that to be a striker nowadays, particularly in this day and age when teams play with only one recognised striker in the main. I know he didn't decide his own fee but for 20 odd million and for how long he's been at the club I think it's reasonable to expect so much more from him.

 

I'm not saying buy ready made £60m players, Leciester can't and shouldn't do that, there is already a model that works perfectly that avoids that. That said, your talking about a guy who cost the guts of £25m almost five years ago, then and even more so now when you consider inflation thats a lot of money for someone who to be blunt hasn't delivered, even when he's had the opportunity to replace Vardy when he's been injured he's underwhelmed.

 

I'd also wager if he was a 15 goal a season EPL striker Rodgers would trust him more than he does and wouldn't be out scouring the market for another striker, who'll likely be ahead of him in the peckng order. You'd also have other clubs battering your door down for him if he was that type of striker as there are about 7 or 8 teams in the league where a guy like that could be the difference between survival and relegation. I don't see that happening either.

 

Football's subjective right, it's only my opinion of him, everyone looks at things differently.

I think he'd bang in a good number of goals, the problem is he's so hot and cold and his all round game leaves a lot to be desired. Just a lack of energy up top from him, so many times he barely looks like he can be bothered. But he'll get some goals. 

[volpeazzurro]

47 minutes ago, Raw Dykes said:

No thanks. All fart and no shit. We could do a lot better with £30m.

Brilliant expression, will steal that, so many opportunities!

[Ric Flair]

8 minutes ago, Simmo86 said:

Didn't we get linked last summer?

Loosely linked, I know players from the Ukrainian league are to be handled with caution but he's an interesting option, as is Dennis Man from Bucharest.

[Simmo86]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

Loosely linked, I know players from the Ukrainian league are to be handled with caution but he's an interesting option, as is Dennis Man from Bucharest.

He signed for Parma in Jan

Edited 9 March 2021 by Simmo86

[Leicester_Loyal]

17 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Viktor Tsygankov is the left footed right winger for us. Scores and assists regularly but more importantly in a Brendan Rodgers team his defensive stats and work rate are off the scale. He's the Frank & The Beans.

It's a good job I haven't got a missus because my Google search history could quite easily be mistaken for list of Eastern European adult actors thanks to your regular posts of players.

[Ric Flair]

5 minutes ago, Simmo86 said:

He signed for Parma in Jan

FFS, missed that 

[HighPeakFox]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

FFS, missed that 

FRAUD.

[Ric Flair]

Just now, HighPeakFox said:

FRAUD.

Was too bowled over by his 17 goals and 4 assists in 20 games for Staua 

[moore_94]

4 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Was too bowled over by his 17 goals and 4 assists in 20 games for Staua 

Quite likely Parma will get relegated this season, also only played 164 minutes since he joined them, every chance he could be off in the summer 

[Gravel]

27 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Loosely linked, I know players from the Ukrainian league are to be handled with caution but he's an interesting option, as is Dennis Man from Bucharest.

Dennis Man. Reminded me of Auf Wiedersehn Pet. Showing my age.

[surrifox]

4 hours ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...I  am not sure if that is the only criteria Rodgers is looking for!!!

Quite right 

it’s Thanawat Suengchitthawan or GTFO 

[Ric Flair]

16 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Quite likely Parma will get relegated this season, also only played 164 minutes since he joined them, every chance he could be off in the summer 

It's just irksome that there's a level of player now that we deem too much of a risk and don't enter the market for them until their next subsequent move. That's why we seldom pick up players for less than £15m.

 

I suppose we haven't done too badly at this recruitment game but we seem to struggle in attacking areas and maybe taking a chance on 2 or 3 at lower prices might be more fruitful.