Players you hope we don't sell.

[LVFox]

Fofana, Ricardo, Evans, Thomas, Justin, Ndidi, Maddison, Barnes, KDH, Vardy, Iheanacho,Daka

 

Everyone else can go for the right price

 

[Scanchez]

Sell them all.

Spend the cash on a golden, 50 foot Nicky Maynard statue and be done with it.

It's time to give the fans what they want.

[TJB-fox]

On 08/05/2022 at 22:25, alanf0x said:

Fofana

Evans 

Castagne

Ricardo

Justin 

Ndidi 

Dewsbury-Hall 

Maddison

Vardy 

 

And there we have the problem. 9 out of a  25 man squad ( 3 of which are right backs)

 

 

 

Thomas and Barnes have to be in that list I’m sorry. Think I’d also include Daka and Iheanacho too. 

[StriderHiryu]

KDH

Fofana

Ricardo

Vardy

Some I would be upset to see go; JJ, Castagne, Evans, Maddison, Daka. But only the list above would upset me. I thought I'd be sad when Tielemans would leave, but this season compared to last has really made the leaving process quite easy to stomach.

[alanf0x]

48 minutes ago, TJB-fox said:

Thomas and Barnes have to be in that list I’m sorry. Think I’d also include Daka and Iheanacho too. 

I like Barnes as a player, but don’t like what I’m hearing about downing tools etc. Needs to realise the club are still paying his wages and the fans still paying to watch him! 
 

Thomas - loan to a high end  Championship club. 
 

Daka and Iheanacho - Rodgers won’t play Kelechi regular and that’s what he needs. Daka. Meh. Maybe both on the bench then?!

[AS78UK]

On 08/05/2022 at 22:25, alanf0x said:

Fofana

Evans 

Castagne

Ricardo

Justin 

Ndidi 

Dewsbury-Hall 

Maddison

Vardy 

 

And there we have the problem. 9 out of a  25 man squad ( 3 of which are right backs)

 

 

 

Works for England....3 or is it 4 right backs

[Lambert09]

fofana, maddison, ricardo, kdh, vardy, nacho, daka. That’s honestly it for me.  (both daka and ricardo would go for less than they would be worth imo) 

 

It’s not that i want to sell the others, i just think they are replaceable for less than we’d get for them 

 

i’m just not that attached to the squad at the moment.  I adore thomas but i do have a niggling feeling that he won’t consistently be good enough, i’m just really crossing my fingers that i’m wrong. 

 

if we cleared out half the squad but managed to sign Erickson, Bremer, baumgartner, sangare, madueke (or similar) and gave iversen a shot. 

 

We could really transform into a completely different, exciting

 team. Could it be a car crash? potentially, but the risk vs reward could be worth it. 

 

The problem we have every summer is that it takes so long to shift the deadwood and we also take forever to sell any real assets as we want the best deal possible. This ties our hands for a lot of deals and we will likely miss out on targets.  We couldn’t shoot out and sign those i mentioned because there’s always the chance youri refuses to go, or nobody picks up praet. I mean ghezzal should have been the easiest deal to conclude we’ve ever had, yet he ended up playing most of preseason with us 🤷‍♂️

Edited 11 May 2022 by Lambert09

[funkyrobot]

17 hours ago, Scanchez said:

Sell them all.

Spend the cash on a golden, 50 foot Nicky Maynard statue and be done with it.

It's time to give the fans what they want.

Nicky Maynard has just been released by Tranmere. Perfect timing for our rebuild. 

[Scotch]

15 hours ago, TJB-fox said:

Thomas and Barnes have to be in that list I’m sorry. Think I’d also include Daka and Iheanacho too. 

I don't see the sense in having Daka AND Nacho. Unless we are going 2 up top, there is no point in having two Vardy replacements where neither can play as a loan striker. 

 

Sell one and bring in someone who can slot into our primary formation in Jamie's place. 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

In terms of absolute no nos:

 

Ndidi

Fofana

Maddison

Justin

 

Would be very disappointing if they went:

 

Castagne

Ricardo

Soyuncu

Tielemans

Barnes

Iheanacho

KDH

 

The rest... meh

 

And we have please sell at all costs - Ryan Bertrand.

[JimJams]

7 hours ago, Scotch said:

… there is no point in having two Vardy replacements where neither can play as a loan striker. 

So glad we made them permanent!

[SkidsFox]

I've got the awful feeling that Wes will be on his way this summer. One of the big clubs (or Man U) will have noted just how strong he's come back from injury, and they'll swoop, if only to stop a rival jumping in. At least we gave him a good contract, so we can cash in. 

[Supergray22]

2 hours ago, SkidsFox said:

I've got the awful feeling that Wes will be on his way this summer. One of the big clubs (or Man U) will have noted just how strong he's come back from injury, and they'll swoop, if only to stop a rival jumping in. At least we gave him a good contract, so we can cash in. 

Yes this is my big fear too. When he pulled out late yesterday I feared the worst so glad to hear it was tight calves. It would be great to get another season or two from him. 

[Raw Dykes]

8 hours ago, SkidsFox said:

I've got the awful feeling that Wes will be on his way this summer. One of the big clubs (or Man U) will have noted just how strong he's come back from injury, and they'll swoop, if only to stop a rival jumping in. At least we gave him a good contract, so we can cash in. 

I doubt they'd pay what it would take for us to sell. Next year, maybe, but I'd be surprised if he left so soon after signing a new contract. It would take seriously silly money.

[foxfan92]

On 12/05/2022 at 11:53, SkidsFox said:

I've got the awful feeling that Wes will be on his way this summer. One of the big clubs (or Man U) will have noted just how strong he's come back from injury, and they'll swoop, if only to stop a rival jumping in. At least we gave him a good contract, so we can cash in. 

I was worried about this until he signed a new contract recently. 

 

Now I think we can demand stupid amount of money if anyone made any enquiries....

 

Those expecting a huge overhaul are going to be disappointed I think. I know Rodgers mentioned 5 or 6 incomings but I think it'll be less than that and mostly fringe players being replaced by perceived upgrades.

 

We'll lose one big name for money to finance 2 or 3 of those incomings who'll be challenging initially for a place in the first 11, hopefully a skillful goal scoring right winger but I get the feeling we want another young centre back to partner Fofana in the future and may pay big money to get that then take another gamble on a player like Lookman to fill in on the right...

[fox_up_north]

I think we'll lose Youri, Soyuncu, Iheanacho and Ndidi between now and January.

 

Some players have had a taste of Europe and with the way contracts are, I reckon our spine looks very different by 23/24.

 

Of those, I'd want to keep Ndidi and Iheanacho. Replacing a 15+ goal scorer is absolutely impossible

 

[sdb]

This thread is really intriguing. We've a great squad with half a dozen donkeys. Get rid of those (we all know who), cash in on Soyuncu and Youri, and keep the rest.

[slymunn]

19 minutes ago, fox_up_north said:

I think we'll lose Youri, Soyuncu, Iheanacho and Ndidi between now and January.

 

Some players have had a taste of Europe and with the way contracts are, I reckon our spine looks very different by 23/24.

 

Of those, I'd want to keep Ndidi and Iheanacho. Replacing a 15+ goal scorer is absolutely impossible

 

I think any of the three strikers we have would score 15 goals if they played every Premier league game. 

 

Zaha, Toney, Dennis and Pukki are all on double figures 

[DoveValleyFox]

On 11/05/2022 at 07:16, funkyrobot said:

Nicky Maynard has just been released by Tranmere. Perfect timing for our rebuild. 

I have a tear in my for the poignant reminder  😢 

 

 

Of how so many of us were sad, desperate fv-kers back then.

 

 

Bristol City thought that they had destroyed our dreams but could do nothing about our destiny.

[Supergray22]

On 11/05/2022 at 10:29, Arriba Los Zorros said:

In terms of absolute no nos:

 

Ndidi

Fofana

Maddison

Justin

 

Would be very disappointing if they went:

 

Castagne

Ricardo

Soyuncu

Tielemans

Barnes

Iheanacho

KDH

 

The rest... meh

 

And we have please sell at all costs - Ryan Bertrand.

This is a good way of setting it out. I’m a bit more conservative (not in a political sense) so I would add to your no nos

 

no nos

 

Vardy - surely an oversight. 
ndidi

fofana

maddison

justin

kdh

barnes

evans -still class and little resale solid pro. 
castagne

 

Very disappointed

 

youri - only cause he won’t sign. Still time to make up. 

cags - as above. 

ricardo - not back to pre injury yet. But close to no no. Give him time probably. 

thomas - still improving

mendy - under utilised alternative to ndidi

amartey - solid likeable under rated. 
albrighton - close to being no no. Legend. Sad if he left. Keep if don’t get markedly better. 

kasper - as above but get more competition (pope)

Daka - as per thomas

kel - frustrating natural poacher

 

Edits: sign lookman if we don’t get Brennan johnson or someone else better. 
 

changed my mind - keep albrighton and kasper- I hate breakups. What was I thinking!
 

have I missed anyone out?

 

perez I’ll have to think about that a bit longer. 

 

don’t sell any kids or I’ll report you for abuse. 
 

ok I like our team and I am cautious as I say. I don’t like change when happy  😀

 

 

 

Edited 17 May 2022 by Supergray22

[HybridFox]

On 11/05/2022 at 07:16, funkyrobot said:

Nicky Maynard has just been released by Tranmere. Perfect timing for our rebuild. 

Joe Maguire? Is that slabhead's brother?

[gerblod]

On 07/05/2022 at 16:43, Sampson said:

We need to get funds in this summer realistically to buy.

 

Deviating from the policy of selling one of our big players every season clearly hurt us last season. We should’ve sold Tielemans and/or Soyuncu when we had the chance.

 

I think only Fofana and Maddison is going to generate any real income this summer. I really don’t want us to sell either but equally we can’t rule it out. As much as I hate to say it, we’ve got to consider it if big offers come in.

Has City got a policy of selling one of its 'big' players every season? Or is it much more about a club making an unrefuseable offer and the player wanting out? We hung on to Mahrez when it was obvious he wanted out and his performances brgan to reflect that.

 

I agree that Tielemans should have been sold when the opportunity arose, but there's been a lot of media hype about his departure without any great interest from those clubs mooted to have an interest in him.

[TrickyTrevLeftPeg]

We really should look to cash in on the following:

 

Youri 

Soyuncu

Nacho

 

And also try to sell the following.

 

Vestergaard

Bertrand

Hamza

Perez