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

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honeybradger

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2 hours ago, surrifox said:

St Etienne are owed a big slice of any sell on fee so it will have to reflect that in the sale price 

surely not? we spent 40m on the bloke when he had hardly played for them, i can't see any situation where we allow them to have a sell on fee on top of that.

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1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

Was it reported anywhere what that was?

no (or if so I don't remember the amount) - Puel was in open dispute with his Club's board about the sale . We were forced to accept a sell on rather than a higher fee so I'm guessing it was chunky 

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1 hour ago, Jaspa said:

At some point you think he'll want to be in the French starting XI, if he does play to his full potential and our(fans) valuation.

He was due to be called up from the u21s recently, but had to withdraw because he’s getting married today.

 

Hopefully he can still break through whilst he’s playing for us. 

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59 minutes ago, honeybradger said:

surely not? we spent 40m on the bloke when he had hardly played for them, i can't see any situation where we allow them to have a sell on fee on top of that.

He was with St. Etienne since he was 14. 

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1 hour ago, honeybradger said:

40 mil and a sell on fee for a defender is ridiculous in any case, if that's true we could be giving them up to 60+mil

It's not going to be anything like £60m! Depends how much the sell on fee is worth and how much we get for him. I think it's typically a fairly small percentage of the fee or the profit. If the clause is 20% of the profit, and he goes for £80m, St. Etienne would be owed ~£8m.

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This is one transfer gossip that needs to be nipped in the bud at the highest levels of the club.  Foffana is a massively important player who has just returned from a career ending injury. As good as he is he still has a lot of work to do at LCFC. He’s on a long term contract and is very focused on playing a full season at his very best. Also he desired to play for France in the WC.

rumour mill please go elsewhere there’s nothing to see here!

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https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/06/blogs/premier-league/manchester-united/manchester-united-podcaster-slams-idea-of-signing-fofana/

 

Manchester United: Podcaster slams idea of signing Fofana

Podcaster Jay Motty has slammed the idea of Manchester United signing Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana, claiming he wouldn’t make it into the first team. 

The Red Devils endured a terrible season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick as they finished sixth in the Premier League table on 58 points – 13 behind the last Champions League spot. Just before the end of the season, they hired former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag and have been linked with a number of transfer targets including Darwin Nunez and Ibrahim Sangare.

A recent rumour has emerged around Leicester defender Fofana, who has impressed during his time at the Foxes, but unfortunately suffered a fractured fibula which kept him out from August 2021 to March 2022.


However, in the wake of the rumours – which quoted Fofana’s price tag at €80m (£68m) – Motty shared his view on the potential transfer in a recent video on the Stretford Paddock YouTube channel and was not pleased with the idea of paying that much for the Frenchman.

He said: “Genuinely – and I mean this wholeheartedly – in my lifetime, that would be the craziest transfer move we’ve ever made. There has never been a more ridiculous transfer by Manchester United. That is like a City fan’s in charge of United for the day, and he goes, ‘right, £80m on Fofana, that lad that broke his leg who’s under contract for five years’.

“I’m not having a dig at Fofana, he’s a fine player. Is he what we need? No. If he comes to United, it would be him and Phil Jones vying for that sixth place in the centre-back list.”

 

 

TIF Thoughts on Motty’s comments…

 

The idea that Fofana would not be in contention to start for Man United is arguably laughable after their horrendous season where they finished 8th in the goals conceded table – letting in more goals than Brentford, Burnley, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.

Motty believes that Fofana would be battling it out with Phil Jones as the sixth-choice in the centre-back position, but when you look at the statistics, it looks like Fofana would not only beat out Jones, but could very well start for the Red Devils.

According to FBRef, looking at Fofana’s stats from 2020/21, he ranked in the 91st percentile for tackles with 2.52 per game, the 95th for tackles won with 1.63, the 95th for tackles and interceptions with 4.54 and the 93rd for interceptions alone with 2.03 per game. Jones, on the other hand, averaged just 1.3 tackles and 0.8 interceptions per game, according to WhoScored.

Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane would also be ahead of the 21-year-old at Old Trafford, but none of these players ranked on the same level as Fofana, either. The former ranked in the 6th percentile for tackles and 35th for interceptions, while Maguire ranked in the 41st and 33rd respectively. Varane ranked in the 26th percentile for tackles and the 36th for interceptions.

While signing Fofana for €80m could be a huge risk given his previous injury – which could easily rear its ugly head again – claiming that he would not start for United, let alone beat Jones out for the sixth-best defender in the side is a laughable statement. From the stats, it is evident Fofana would probably be the one of the best centre-backs in the side, perhaps even ahead of Maguire and Varane.

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33 minutes ago, cruzFOX said:

This is one transfer gossip that needs to be nipped in the bud at the highest levels of the club.  Foffana is a massively important player who has just returned from a career ending injury. As good as he is he still has a lot of work to do at LCFC. He’s on a long term contract and is very focused on playing a full season at his very best. Also he desired to play for France in the WC.

rumour mill please go elsewhere there’s nothing to see here!

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the club will never comment on transfer rumours unless they became ridiculous. Especially when linking to big six clubs, all that free exposure for our sponsors on photos of players’ shirts is very much worthwhile.  Why destroy that ?  the club know he’s going nowhere (as does the player).  That’s all that matters.

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17 minutes ago, davieG said:

https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/06/blogs/premier-league/manchester-united/manchester-united-podcaster-slams-idea-of-signing-fofana/

 

Manchester United: Podcaster slams idea of signing Fofana

Podcaster Jay Motty has slammed the idea of Manchester United signing Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana, claiming he wouldn’t make it into the first team. 

The Red Devils endured a terrible season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick as they finished sixth in the Premier League table on 58 points – 13 behind the last Champions League spot. Just before the end of the season, they hired former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag and have been linked with a number of transfer targets including Darwin Nunez and Ibrahim Sangare.

A recent rumour has emerged around Leicester defender Fofana, who has impressed during his time at the Foxes, but unfortunately suffered a fractured fibula which kept him out from August 2021 to March 2022.


However, in the wake of the rumours – which quoted Fofana’s price tag at €80m (£68m) – Motty shared his view on the potential transfer in a recent video on the Stretford Paddock YouTube channel and was not pleased with the idea of paying that much for the Frenchman.

He said: “Genuinely – and I mean this wholeheartedly – in my lifetime, that would be the craziest transfer move we’ve ever made. There has never been a more ridiculous transfer by Manchester United. That is like a City fan’s in charge of United for the day, and he goes, ‘right, £80m on Fofana, that lad that broke his leg who’s under contract for five years’.

“I’m not having a dig at Fofana, he’s a fine player. Is he what we need? No. If he comes to United, it would be him and Phil Jones vying for that sixth place in the centre-back list.”

 

 

TIF Thoughts on Motty’s comments…

 

The idea that Fofana would not be in contention to start for Man United is arguably laughable after their horrendous season where they finished 8th in the goals conceded table – letting in more goals than Brentford, Burnley, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.

Motty believes that Fofana would be battling it out with Phil Jones as the sixth-choice in the centre-back position, but when you look at the statistics, it looks like Fofana would not only beat out Jones, but could very well start for the Red Devils.

According to FBRef, looking at Fofana’s stats from 2020/21, he ranked in the 91st percentile for tackles with 2.52 per game, the 95th for tackles won with 1.63, the 95th for tackles and interceptions with 4.54 and the 93rd for interceptions alone with 2.03 per game. Jones, on the other hand, averaged just 1.3 tackles and 0.8 interceptions per game, according to WhoScored.

Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane would also be ahead of the 21-year-old at Old Trafford, but none of these players ranked on the same level as Fofana, either. The former ranked in the 6th percentile for tackles and 35th for interceptions, while Maguire ranked in the 41st and 33rd respectively. Varane ranked in the 26th percentile for tackles and the 36th for interceptions.

While signing Fofana for €80m could be a huge risk given his previous injury – which could easily rear its ugly head again – claiming that he would not start for United, let alone beat Jones out for the sixth-best defender in the side is a laughable statement. From the stats, it is evident Fofana would probably be the one of the best centre-backs in the side, perhaps even ahead of Maguire and Varane.

Genuinely one of the worst takes I have ever read.  

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1 hour ago, davieG said:

https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/06/blogs/premier-league/manchester-united/manchester-united-podcaster-slams-idea-of-signing-fofana/

 

Manchester United: Podcaster slams idea of signing Fofana

Podcaster Jay Motty has slammed the idea of Manchester United signing Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana, claiming he wouldn’t make it into the first team. 

The Red Devils endured a terrible season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick as they finished sixth in the Premier League table on 58 points – 13 behind the last Champions League spot. Just before the end of the season, they hired former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag and have been linked with a number of transfer targets including Darwin Nunez and Ibrahim Sangare.

A recent rumour has emerged around Leicester defender Fofana, who has impressed during his time at the Foxes, but unfortunately suffered a fractured fibula which kept him out from August 2021 to March 2022.


However, in the wake of the rumours – which quoted Fofana’s price tag at €80m (£68m) – Motty shared his view on the potential transfer in a recent video on the Stretford Paddock YouTube channel and was not pleased with the idea of paying that much for the Frenchman.

He said: “Genuinely – and I mean this wholeheartedly – in my lifetime, that would be the craziest transfer move we’ve ever made. There has never been a more ridiculous transfer by Manchester United. That is like a City fan’s in charge of United for the day, and he goes, ‘right, £80m on Fofana, that lad that broke his leg who’s under contract for five years’.

“I’m not having a dig at Fofana, he’s a fine player. Is he what we need? No. If he comes to United, it would be him and Phil Jones vying for that sixth place in the centre-back list.”

 

 

TIF Thoughts on Motty’s comments…

 

The idea that Fofana would not be in contention to start for Man United is arguably laughable after their horrendous season where they finished 8th in the goals conceded table – letting in more goals than Brentford, Burnley, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.

Motty believes that Fofana would be battling it out with Phil Jones as the sixth-choice in the centre-back position, but when you look at the statistics, it looks like Fofana would not only beat out Jones, but could very well start for the Red Devils.

According to FBRef, looking at Fofana’s stats from 2020/21, he ranked in the 91st percentile for tackles with 2.52 per game, the 95th for tackles won with 1.63, the 95th for tackles and interceptions with 4.54 and the 93rd for interceptions alone with 2.03 per game. Jones, on the other hand, averaged just 1.3 tackles and 0.8 interceptions per game, according to WhoScored.

Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane would also be ahead of the 21-year-old at Old Trafford, but none of these players ranked on the same level as Fofana, either. The former ranked in the 6th percentile for tackles and 35th for interceptions, while Maguire ranked in the 41st and 33rd respectively. Varane ranked in the 26th percentile for tackles and the 36th for interceptions.

While signing Fofana for €80m could be a huge risk given his previous injury – which could easily rear its ugly head again – claiming that he would not start for United, let alone beat Jones out for the sixth-best defender in the side is a laughable statement. From the stats, it is evident Fofana would probably be the one of the best centre-backs in the side, perhaps even ahead of Maguire and Varane.

I still can't get over how embarrassing those comments were. The long-haired fella with him was even worse. He described Fofana as "mediocre" and "worse than Maguire." How is anyone meant to take them seriously?

 

If you're willing to say such braindead shit in public, you've got no business talking about football. It's just not for you.

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7 hours ago, Shane said:

He was due to be called up from the u21s recently, but had to withdraw because he’s getting married today.

 

Hopefully he can still break through whilst he’s playing for us. 

He will be at this years world cup and still be playing for Leicester 

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I honestly think the one thing we don’t give ourselves as a club enough credit for is the amount of players we’ve had in recent years linked with huge clubs like Madrid, PSG etc. 

 

Admittedly they don’t go ahead and sign them but for them to be linked in the first place is a credit to the club.

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5 hours ago, davieG said:

https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/06/blogs/premier-league/manchester-united/manchester-united-podcaster-slams-idea-of-signing-fofana/

 

Manchester United: Podcaster slams idea of signing Fofana

Podcaster Jay Motty has slammed the idea of Manchester United signing Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana, claiming he wouldn’t make it into the first team. 

The Red Devils endured a terrible season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick as they finished sixth in the Premier League table on 58 points – 13 behind the last Champions League spot. Just before the end of the season, they hired former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag and have been linked with a number of transfer targets including Darwin Nunez and Ibrahim Sangare.

A recent rumour has emerged around Leicester defender Fofana, who has impressed during his time at the Foxes, but unfortunately suffered a fractured fibula which kept him out from August 2021 to March 2022.


However, in the wake of the rumours – which quoted Fofana’s price tag at €80m (£68m) – Motty shared his view on the potential transfer in a recent video on the Stretford Paddock YouTube channel and was not pleased with the idea of paying that much for the Frenchman.

He said: “Genuinely – and I mean this wholeheartedly – in my lifetime, that would be the craziest transfer move we’ve ever made. There has never been a more ridiculous transfer by Manchester United. That is like a City fan’s in charge of United for the day, and he goes, ‘right, £80m on Fofana, that lad that broke his leg who’s under contract for five years’.

“I’m not having a dig at Fofana, he’s a fine player. Is he what we need? No. If he comes to United, it would be him and Phil Jones vying for that sixth place in the centre-back list.”

 

 

TIF Thoughts on Motty’s comments…

 

The idea that Fofana would not be in contention to start for Man United is arguably laughable after their horrendous season where they finished 8th in the goals conceded table – letting in more goals than Brentford, Burnley, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.

Motty believes that Fofana would be battling it out with Phil Jones as the sixth-choice in the centre-back position, but when you look at the statistics, it looks like Fofana would not only beat out Jones, but could very well start for the Red Devils.

According to FBRef, looking at Fofana’s stats from 2020/21, he ranked in the 91st percentile for tackles with 2.52 per game, the 95th for tackles won with 1.63, the 95th for tackles and interceptions with 4.54 and the 93rd for interceptions alone with 2.03 per game. Jones, on the other hand, averaged just 1.3 tackles and 0.8 interceptions per game, according to WhoScored.

Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane would also be ahead of the 21-year-old at Old Trafford, but none of these players ranked on the same level as Fofana, either. The former ranked in the 6th percentile for tackles and 35th for interceptions, while Maguire ranked in the 41st and 33rd respectively. Varane ranked in the 26th percentile for tackles and the 36th for interceptions.

While signing Fofana for €80m could be a huge risk given his previous injury – which could easily rear its ugly head again – claiming that he would not start for United, let alone beat Jones out for the sixth-best defender in the side is a laughable statement. From the stats, it is evident Fofana would probably be the one of the best centre-backs in the side, perhaps even ahead of Maguire and Varane.

Ridiculous take. Had Fofana been performing to the same level, in a Dortmund shirt, this gobshite would be having ribs removed to suck himself off.

 

An injury-free Fofana is destined for the biggest stage.

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11 hours ago, davieG said:

https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/06/blogs/premier-league/manchester-united/manchester-united-podcaster-slams-idea-of-signing-fofana/

 

Manchester United: Podcaster slams idea of signing Fofana

Podcaster Jay Motty has slammed the idea of Manchester United signing Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana, claiming he wouldn’t make it into the first team. 

The Red Devils endured a terrible season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick as they finished sixth in the Premier League table on 58 points – 13 behind the last Champions League spot. Just before the end of the season, they hired former Ajax manager Erik ten Hag and have been linked with a number of transfer targets including Darwin Nunez and Ibrahim Sangare.

A recent rumour has emerged around Leicester defender Fofana, who has impressed during his time at the Foxes, but unfortunately suffered a fractured fibula which kept him out from August 2021 to March 2022.


However, in the wake of the rumours – which quoted Fofana’s price tag at €80m (£68m) – Motty shared his view on the potential transfer in a recent video on the Stretford Paddock YouTube channel and was not pleased with the idea of paying that much for the Frenchman.

He said: “Genuinely – and I mean this wholeheartedly – in my lifetime, that would be the craziest transfer move we’ve ever made. There has never been a more ridiculous transfer by Manchester United. That is like a City fan’s in charge of United for the day, and he goes, ‘right, £80m on Fofana, that lad that broke his leg who’s under contract for five years’.

“I’m not having a dig at Fofana, he’s a fine player. Is he what we need? No. If he comes to United, it would be him and Phil Jones vying for that sixth place in the centre-back list.”

 

 

TIF Thoughts on Motty’s comments…

 

The idea that Fofana would not be in contention to start for Man United is arguably laughable after their horrendous season where they finished 8th in the goals conceded table – letting in more goals than Brentford, Burnley, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace.

Motty believes that Fofana would be battling it out with Phil Jones as the sixth-choice in the centre-back position, but when you look at the statistics, it looks like Fofana would not only beat out Jones, but could very well start for the Red Devils.

According to FBRef, looking at Fofana’s stats from 2020/21, he ranked in the 91st percentile for tackles with 2.52 per game, the 95th for tackles won with 1.63, the 95th for tackles and interceptions with 4.54 and the 93rd for interceptions alone with 2.03 per game. Jones, on the other hand, averaged just 1.3 tackles and 0.8 interceptions per game, according to WhoScored.

Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane would also be ahead of the 21-year-old at Old Trafford, but none of these players ranked on the same level as Fofana, either. The former ranked in the 6th percentile for tackles and 35th for interceptions, while Maguire ranked in the 41st and 33rd respectively. Varane ranked in the 26th percentile for tackles and the 36th for interceptions.

While signing Fofana for €80m could be a huge risk given his previous injury – which could easily rear its ugly head again – claiming that he would not start for United, let alone beat Jones out for the sixth-best defender in the side is a laughable statement. From the stats, it is evident Fofana would probably be the one of the best centre-backs in the side, perhaps even ahead of Maguire and Varane.


 

imagine having maguire in your team and turning your nose up at Fofana!

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imagine having maguire in your team and turning your nose up at Fofana!

Imagine having Vestergaard on your team and throwing shade on Maguire.

 

I don’t buy the idea of Fofana leaving now any more than the idea that inking him to a 5-year deal means you expect to keep him 5 years.  One more season to stay healthy and possibly play in the WC, and all that time remaining on his contract means selling him next summer is the plan.  It makes sense for all parties.

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27 minutes ago, Deeg67 said:

Imagine having Vestergaard on your team and throwing shade on Maguire.

 

I don’t buy the idea of Fofana leaving now any more than the idea that inking him to a 5-year deal means you expect to keep him 5 years.  One more season to stay healthy and possibly play in the WC, and all that time remaining on his contract means selling him next summer is the plan.  It makes sense for all parties.

  
 

but we’re not trying to sign Maguire? Neither would I prefer vesty over him?

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