Ademola Lookman signs on loan

[Nick]

He needs to be played on the left which is his position, so should be competing with Barnes. We still need a starting right sided player.

[Ric Flair]

Thats 5 goals he's now scored for us and had 3 others ruled out, 2 of which were harsh IMO. He's ticking along very nicely after he'd been quite poor for a few weeks but has come back from being out with covid/isolating and looked great.

[The_77]

I was so impressed by how committed he was to defending last night. He’s always looked a bit off and unsure of where when to press but last night, he worked so hard on both sides of the ball and completely changed the game. 

[sacreblueits442]

12 hours ago, LFox99 said:

Yes, I think it was mentioned to be around 25m

...your are not loaning out a £25m player....!!!

  Not worth that price, £10m or there abouts but we need a bona-fide RW and he is not it.

  Barnes when he gains his confidence back is our Left Winger, we cannot be splashing out £25m on a back up.

 Should we choose to play Tielemans, Soumare and KDH in the middle we will not have to splash out too much in the Summer transfer window, and can then afford a ready made wide Forward.

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[sacreblueits442]

4 hours ago, whoareyaaa said:

Definitely sign him, he has pace, can take players on and score he also works hard and gets in quite a few interceptions.

 

...if you were to go back to the start of this topic, praise regarding his workmate was not at the top of his abilities!!!

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

In the defeat at Villa, in slating his performance that day on the radio, Clinton Morrison reckoned Lookman was the most skilled, talented player of that group of players coming out of south London. But he needed to work harder in games, know better when to have a go or not at a defender, and more importantly when did, really go for it with confidence. I think he showed glimpses in last two games of that. 

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[st albans fox]

16 minutes ago, The_77 said:

I was so impressed by how committed he was to defending last night. He’s always looked a bit off and unsure of where when to press but last night, he worked so hard on both sides of the ball and completely changed the game. 

Better tactically than Harvey 

 

that’s something Barnes needs to work on 

 

big few months upcoming for lookman 

[The_77]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Better tactically than Harvey 

 

that’s something Barnes needs to work on 

 

big few months upcoming for lookman 

Gotta love that sort of competition in the side, it’s only going to make both players better. 

[HighPeakFox]

Found something funny - there's a very glum guy in the crowd after we've scored at about 0.50

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/59814426

[Danno]

Deserves to start ahead of Barnes. Apart from a couple of good goals Barnes hasn’t been very good, awful defensively as well.

[Sly]

I noticed earlier he’s perusing an international career with Nigeria. Should all be cleared shortly, wasn’t finalised for AFCON. 

[sacreblueits442]

9 minutes ago, Sly said:

I noticed earlier he’s perusing an international career with Nigeria. Should all be cleared shortly, wasn’t finalised for AFCON. 

...surely that will have some bearing on whether we choose to pick him up on a permanent deal!!!

 

[Sly]

3 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...surely that will have some bearing on whether we choose to pick him up on a permanent deal!!!

 

4 year contract - average 50 games per season - 200 games over the course of 4 years. 
 

AFCON every 2 years, possible 7 games to get to the final - total during contract 14 games. 
 

So they’re not available for  7% of the games during the contracted period. 
 

If anything, I guess it alters how much we’d be willing to pay and how wages are paid, total overall salary and wages during periods of absence.
 

It doesn’t hurt having players missing. Not ideal I know, however if the player is available for the right price and we can mitigate the the spread of that risk throughout the squad, then it works. 

[FoxinNotts]

On 29/12/2021 at 11:55, Nick said:

He needs to be played on the left which is his position, so should be competing with Barnes. We still need a starting right sided player.

100% this. He was never the answer to our rhs attacking void, imo

[Sampson]

Regardless of whether we keep him or not, I'll always remember him fondly now after that Liverpool goal. Similar to how I'll always remember Nathan Dyer fondly for his crucial winning goal vs Villa in the title winning season.

[lcfc sheff]

39 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Regardless of whether we keep him or not, I'll always remember him fondly now after that Liverpool goal. Similar to how I'll always remember Nathan Dyer fondly for his crucial winning goal vs Villa in the title winning season.

I think we’ll be keeping him, if the rumoured £15-20m buying clause is true then he’s worth it in this market 

[LCCFox96]

Two assists today to back up his recent goalscoring exploits from Lookman. The reverse pass for Maddison's goal was absolutely exceptional. Looked a real live wire all game and showed a great mix of strong hold-up play, ability to transition us up the pitch and great running in behind. Really finding his feet at the time when we need him most. Nice work Ade. 

[majaco]

Buy.

[rachhere]

He's slotted in so well. I definitely want him to stay. 

[Vacamion]

 

He is really really rapid and has a lovely touch.

 

Sign him up.

 

 

[Lambert09]

He is great and I loved how fluid Barnes, ayoze and mads were with him today. 
 

Must be hard for defenders to work out who’s playing where half the time. 
 

A few more performances like this one and I’m sure we will sign him. 

[turlo]

The board might not thank me, but get the contract out, put it on the table, let him sign it, let him write down whatever numbers he wants.

[SecretPro]

Definitely well worth getting in a permanent deal. Versatile but also good. Those things don't happen together often.

[foxes_rule1978]

The guy is started to show so real ability, his passing and awareness is superb 

[Tielemans63]

Can we make this permanent in Jan?