Wesley Fofana - He is no more - finished - forgotten.

[lanefox]

22 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

think we'd accept £75m to be honest

Even though it’s reported we want £80m +

[FoxinNotts]

12 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Not a chance. They won't pay the money, Wes will awkwardly come in from the cold and try a bit to get to the World Cup. Then he'll have an average second half to the season and go in the summer when we can sort some replacements. Everyone's sort of happy. 

I think we may get one last offer of £65m + £10m in add ons..... which I think we might accept

[SecretPro]

£60m+ for Gordon?

 

**** me christ. Football is done.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 minute ago, FoxinNotts said:

I think we may get one last offer of £65m + £10m in add ons..... which I think we might accept

So 30m profit, 25% of which we have to give to St Etienne? Not a chance. 

[FoxinNotts]

3 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

So 30m profit, 25% of which we have to give to St Etienne? Not a chance. 

Yeah i hear you, but i just see a softening of our position. Fofana 'might not be the same player' around the place etc. I think we feel his head may have been turned so far, that it's actually fallen off, and we could spend the £20m profit on say Abdou Diallo from PSG and a loan of say Pepe for a year.

Edited 23 August 2022 by FoxinNotts

[Finnegan]

I know the term is overused but Fofana genuinely is going to be a generational talent, I feel the same watching him play as I did Ngolo Kante, you can just tell the kid is something special.

 

By contrast, Anthony Gordon just looks like the next generic English attacking midfielder. I'm not sure I get the hype to be honest. 

[Md9]

43 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

 

anything less than £100m for Fofana is a piss take. 

Everton will love that as when Chelsea realise how shite he is he will prob be back on loan to Everton next season . £60 mil ffs 

[NewquayFox]

Gordon’s alive…. 

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, Finnegan said:

I know the term is overused but Fofana genuinely is going to be a generational talent, I feel the same watching him play as I did Ngolo Kante, you can just tell the kid is something special.

 

By contrast, Anthony Gordon just looks like the next generic English attacking midfielder. I'm not sure I get the hype to be honest. 

Cannot tell a rumour that has legs from the endless press scattergun to be honest, but this seems a strange one if true

[weller54]

1 hour ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...what if he doesn't want to go to Manchester!!!

  I still believe that Mahrez would rather be in London, than up north. 

Better departure lounges at Heathrow and Gatwick 

[mozartfox]

23 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

I think we may get one last offer of £65m + £10m in add ons..... which I think we might accept

If we were to accept that, Our Club would be finished. Turn the lights off Rudders and set the Transfer pigeon free on your way out.

[An Sionnach]

2 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

If we were to accept that, Our Club would be finished. Turn the lights off Rudders and set the Transfer pigeon free on your way out.

Players will come and go , and be completely forgotten. Managers will fade from memory but LCFC will keep rolling on , don't worry about that.

[ClaphamFox]

29 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

I think we may get one last offer of £65m + £10m in add ons..... which I think we might accept

Not a chance. Not only is that a pathetically low bid, it would also show to other clubs that we'll eventually just crumble in transfer negotiations if they wait long enough. Not going to happen. 

[Ric Flair]

Got a feeling he's going to end up staying and will have a very mediocre season as we either just scrape survival or go down and only get £45m for him

[dannythefox]

38 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...why not...!!!

Chelsea's recent dive in their form will be a short-lived thing. Previous to that, they have recently won the Champions League. I would suspect the disparity in wages would not be a great amount and we are talking London as opposed to Manchester.

Personally I’d want to win the league most seasons. Chelsea are a decent club but city will be around the top for years 

[Lesta Legend]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

Got a feeling he's going to end up staying and will have a very mediocre season as we either just scrape survival or go down and only get £45m for him

That could happen but I worry about scenario where he leaves. For me it’s just too late in the window. Hold your nerve top. 

[ClaphamFox]

3 minutes ago, Lesta Legend said:

That could happen but I worry about scenario where he leaves. For me it’s just too late in the window. Hold your nerve top. 

I really didn't want him to leave but I'm now at the stage that I'd happily accept it IF: a) Chelsea pony up what we're asking for; and b) We have a high quality replacement lined up and ready to go. If either of those conditions aren't met, we shouldn't sell. 

[Suzie the Fox]

8 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Got a feeling he's going to end up staying and will have a very mediocre season as we either just scrape survival or go down and only get £45m for him

What we do have going for us if he does stay, is it being a World Cup year... he will have little time to sulk/slack if he wants to be considered. 

[filbertway]

Christ, I expect to see Gordon playing in the championship most of his career, with or without the move. He's just a speed merchant that can run in 4 directions and cut the ball back. Not sure how handy that'll come against low blocks they'll face most weeks.

[Danny280995]

4 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

I really didn't want him to leave but I'm now at the stage that I'd happily accept it IF: a) Chelsea pony up what we're asking for; and b) We have a high quality replacement lined up and ready to go. If either of those conditions aren't met, we shouldn't sell. 

Being it's very late in the window, a replacement will cost even more than they should, due to teams don't want there best players gone that late in the window

[lcfc_forever]

16 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Got a feeling he's going to end up staying and will have a very mediocre season as we either just scrape survival or go down and only get £45m for him

Hopefully the chance to play in the World Cup motivates him enough, along with the bond he reportedly has with Top although that will have been damaged by his recent antics. 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

21 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Got a feeling he's going to end up staying and will have a very mediocre season as we either just scrape survival or go down and only get £45m for him

Chelsea refusing to go to our asking price so highly unlikely at this stage I think.

[Ric Flair]

1 minute ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Chelsea refusing to go to our asking price so highly unlikely at this stage I think.

Let's hope he knuckles down and can keep us up

[ClaphamFox]

29 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Got a feeling he's going to end up staying and will have a very mediocre season as we either just scrape survival or go down and only get £45m for him

 

[turtmcfly]

22 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

I know the term is overused but Fofana genuinely is going to be a generational talent, I feel the same watching him play as I did Ngolo Kante, you can just tell the kid is something special.

 

By contrast, Anthony Gordon just looks like the next generic English attacking midfielder. I'm not sure I get the hype to be honest. 

 

Blimey. 

 

Never saw Kante prior to his time here, but it took half a dozen games before it was obvious we'd bagged a superb midfielder. And then he got better. There was hardly any time to think 'he's going to be amazing'. 

 

I completely get the idea Fofana might be a generational talent. He looks ****ing amazing on the ball, with big-man-does-ballet poise, and looks electric moving out of defence. Basically, most of the time he makes football look stupidly easy.

 

The fly in the sherbert for me (certainly with the Kante comparison) is the fact he's been here nearly two years, yet he's not what I'd call brilliant at performing his primary function as a defender. Given his evident immaturity, I wonder if the thing that might stop him becoming a top 3 CD is his lack of interest in the basics of the, ahem, art form, given they're not necessarily at the 'cool' end of the spectrum.

 

This starts me off wondering what he'd be like as a player if he moved out of defence, but at that point I have to admit that while like everyone I'm happy to have an opinion on what I'm seeing right now, unlike some I'll also admit my footballing brain isn't good enough to work out why he'd make a terrible DM.