FAO LEICESTER CITY RECRUITMENT TEAM - UPDATED 6th July 2022

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

Maybe I'm just a footballing fantasist who gets more enjoyment out of what might be than what actually happens and its the same with recruitment of players, I'm at my happiest when we've potentially a steady stream of players we know very little about in the pipeline as opposed players who we see here and now who bore the shit out of me.

...there is a lot of posters who think the same way!!!

 We do seem to have gone "save", in where we look to recruit, and to an extent  the club looking for proven quality  to push us forward, is not a bad thing.

  Watching a Brennan Johnson tearing down the wing and Spence in close attendance makes you want to see the emergence of young talent performing for your team.

 I have no idea how the Ebiowei situation unfolded in regards to our dealings with Derby, but to have lost out, for a player, in that position,  either means we saw something and down the line the scouts will be proven right, or we no longer know what we are doing, and the changes we are implementing in the backroom,  no longer seeks to fit the original remit.

[Ric Flair]

3 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...there is a lot of posters who think the same way!!!

 We do seem to have gone "save", in where we look to recruit, and to an extent  the club looking for proven quality  to push us forward, is not a bad thing.

  Watching a Brennan Johnson tearing down the wing and Spence in close attendance makes you want to see the emergence of young talent performing for your team.

 I have no idea how the Ebiowei situation unfolded in regards to our dealings with Derby, but to have lost out, for a player, in that position,  either means we saw something and down the line the scouts will be proven right, or we no longer know what we are doing, and the changes we are implementing in the backroom,  no longer seeks to fit the original remit.

We never really try and scoop up talent from midlands clubs which given we have found ourselves as the best team in the Midlands for 5-6 years for the first time in a long while, if ever it seems a missed opportunity. Are we too respectful? It's hardly like the actions of others with their players have been illegal, its just the nature of the beast.

 

Meanwhile Villa have taken all and sundry in recent years and transformed their academy from being in the doldrums to winning the FA Youth Cup in 2020/21.

 

They have so many promising players coming through from the likes of Stoke, Northampton, Peterborough, West Brom and not just who came up through the U8's with them.

[Sly]

A few that might be worth a look, that are in a similar situation to Tielemans / Soyuncu. 
 

Thomas Lemar, can’t agree a deal with Athletico and he hasn’t really kicked on with them. Available for £20m apparently. 
 

Tsygankov is another one, that we should look at. Kiev won’t be playing football any time soon I’d imagine unfortunately, so maybe a deal can be done. Even as a loan etc. 

 

Houssem Aouar, with the links to Arsenal going cool, he’d make the ideal Tielemans replacement. 

 

Alex Oxlaide Chamberlin, he hasn’t ever really broken into the team at Liverpool or Arsenal. He needs to be playing and has an outside chance of making the World Cup squad if he was playing. Recently training with Maddison and could be a sensible option for us, being able to cover both the right and centre mid. 
 

Soler, Guillaman and Gayá’s contracts are all up at Valencia in the next 12 months; however I can see them going to Barcelona. 

[Sly]

20 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

We never really try and scoop up talent from midlands clubs which given we have found ourselves as the best team in the Midlands for 5-6 years for the first time in a long while, if ever it seems a missed opportunity. Are we too respectful? It's hardly like the actions of others with their players have been illegal, its just the nature of the beast.

 

Meanwhile Villa have taken all and sundry in recent years and transformed their academy from being in the doldrums to winning the FA Youth Cup in 2020/21.

 

They have so many promising players coming through from the likes of Stoke, Northampton, Peterborough, West Brom and not just who came up through the U8's with them.

What’s the catchment area now? Is it 30 miles? 
 

We do seem to like a certain profile of player, rather than sweeping up all of the talent. 

[Ric Flair]

50 minutes ago, Sly said:

What’s the catchment area now? Is it 30 miles? 
 

We do seem to like a certain profile of player, rather than sweeping up all of the talent. 

I'm not 100% sure on the rules and at what age groups but certainly scholar upwards we ought to be able to sign players from ANY Midlands club.

[Collymore]

Edited 25 June 2022 by Collymore

[mozartfox]

Do the Recruitment Squadron work at weekends?  If not, I can log off until Monday morning.

[Foxes1]

30 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

Do the Recruitment Squadron work at weekends?  If not, I can log off until Monday morning.

They only work at weekends and not Monday to Friday.

[mozartfox]

1 hour ago, Foxes1 said:

They only work at weekends and not Monday to Friday.

Blimey, that´s my weekend ruined and it is wet here today.  At least the Youri thread will break 100 today.

[Chrysalis]

For a supposed rehaul of the squad, there seems to be no urgency.

[Ric Flair]

52 minutes ago, Chrysalis said:

For a supposed rehaul of the squad, there seems to be no urgency.

There's certainly very little rush to appoint a new Director of Recruitment, they'll have naff all to do.

[CrispinLA in Texas]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

There's certainly very little rush to appoint a new Director of Recruitment, they'll have naff all to do.

Pathetic really what's Martyn Glover going to do... coming into his new office in Leicester the day after the transfer window closes and we don't generally sign players in January.

 

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

1 hour ago, Ric Flair said:

There's certainly very little rush to appoint a new Director of Recruitment, they'll have naff all to do.

Ffp deadline is the end of this month.

 

Which explains a lot!

[Lesta2014]

19 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Ffp deadline is the end of this month.

 

Which explains a lot!

So we start again in July therefore can take risks and spend money?

[Ric Flair]

6 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

So we start again in July therefore can take risks and spend money?

We still need to fcuk a load of players off though. But let's say we don't get rid of any I reckon we've still £20-30m for a RW and get a LCB in on loan.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

27 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

We still need to fcuk a load of players off though. But let's say we don't get rid of any I reckon we've still £20-30m for a RW and get a LCB in on loan.

Yeah we definitely do but probably affects a lot of clubs. Lots who would buy our players.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

35 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

So we start again in July therefore can take risks and spend money?

I'm clutching at these straws.....

[Ric Flair]

2 hours ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Yeah we definitely do but probably affects a lot of clubs. Lots who would buy our players.

Love that, I'll hang my hat on that pal 😂

[Pliskin]

I’m sure I saw Brendan and Rudkin on Abbey Park watching some lads having a kick about? 

[CloudFox]

5 hours ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Ffp deadline is the end of this month.

 

Which explains a lot!

...and @Chocolate Teapotswoops in to help us through the week ahead. Who needs anti-anxiety medication when you've got a confectionary-based hot drink dispenser dosing out chill pills, eh?

[LestaLad]

@Ric Flair on suicide watch

[NaijaFox]

On 22/06/2022 at 12:34, ALC Fox said:

Eze, Olise and this guy. Palace taking a punt on top Championship talent is really paying off for them.

Can hardly go wrong with young Nigerian-English/French talent…

[NaijaFox]

On 22/06/2022 at 14:36, CrispinLA in Texas said:

Maybe it's got to do with the manager, Vieira seems like a genuine guy and some players may think they can improve and learn from him. Plus he'll probably go to a massive club in the future and he may be tempted to take some talent with him

On 22/06/2022 at 14:48, coolhandfox said:

London is a massive pull for some people. I have no idea why but than again I've never lived there on footballers money.

 

I wasn't have a go by the way, I just think these thing aren't as simple as they seem.

On 22/06/2022 at 15:01, cropstonfox said:

Or maybe Arsenal instead

Malcolm was at the Arsenal academy for many years until about 2 seasons ago…

He probably thinks the world of Veira, and Iikely to jump at the opportunity to return if that happens.

[mozartfox]

Great job so far, not one single duff signing and removal of the third choice 37 YO keeper. 

[Pliskin]

 

 

I imagine this is how the recruitment teams meetings go.