Guest Col city fan Posted 26 August 2022 Posted 26 August 2022 1 minute ago, Jakemoore said: And I’ll point you to any club in the premier league. Every single club has made mistakes. Stop being so depressing. My god. The problem with that generalisation is that it affects different clubs in the Prem so differently. Man Utd, Man City etc can afford to get away with signings that fail. Crikey, Man Utd since Ferguson left have spent an inordinate sim of money on very average players. Yet they can still go and splash out 60 mill on a 30 yr old in this transfer window. Leicester haven’t got that luxury. If we get it wrong, it hurts. We are still reeling on the back of the sheer waste of money that was spent after the title winning season I think. And blowing 30 mill on Perez, 20m on Soumare, 15 mill on Vestergaard et al, impacts on us in a big way. It’s essentially why we are struggling to recruit this summer.
Scotch Posted 26 August 2022 Posted 26 August 2022 He was a crap bit of business, there's no getting away from that but regardless of that we do now... that doesn't change. The way I see it, we have three options... Tear up his contract and let him go now, wait until his contract is up next year and let him go then or give him a new contract because no one is going to pay money for him. Of those three options, the first path is easily the best because I'm almost certain that it will mean someone coming in...
Popular Post Onions Posted 26 August 2022 Popular Post Posted 26 August 2022 Guy was played out of position since he signed, and worked hard every single game. It didn’t work out, but he seems a sound guy so best of luck to him. 17
Vardinio'sCat Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 3 hours ago, kyleolly said: But Okazaki was more of a fans favourite because it was seemed he put more work rate in not a million miles apart but perez was rarely given an opportunity centrally One of the flaws of our model is that we have to play yer Madders because of their potential value, even if others are in better form. 1
Vardinio'sCat Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 3 hours ago, CloudFox said: Can we please acknowledge we did not pay £30m for him. I'm sure in reality it was closer to £18m and the fee was spun up by Mike Ashley briefing the press. He's one of the squad players I would least like to offload, but if this gets the ball rolling on getting a right winger in then fair enough. Hopefully it goes through and he tears it up in Spain! Nobody wants to hear that, doesn't fit the narrative. 1 2
Sly Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 When we signed him we activated his release clause. His release clause was supposed to be €30,000,000. So around £26.5m. At the time, he was a 1 in 4 striker at Newcastle, coming off the back of consecutive double figure seasons for them. He’s largely been misused, but had we signed him for £10m, he would get half the stick he does. He’s had some good moments for us, and missed some terrible chances. 3
peach0000 Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 It’s been mentioned numerous times by really reputable sources but I will repeat it because people still don’t seem to have got the message. Perez didn’t cost 30 million. That was a figure leaked by Mike Ashley to appease Newcastle fans. The real figure was about half that. Anyway whatever we paid for him was money well spent just for that FA cup final contribution. That handball/interception/assist was priceless 3
when_you're_smiling Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 3 hours ago, Marshall Cockney Fox said: Sell them all. If your not good enough to make the starting 11. It's time to move on. Well no, because then we’d only have 11 players. 2 1
Haywood_6 Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 That penalty which ballooned over the crossbar at Stockport perfectly summed up his time here.
Babylon Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 4 hours ago, Col city fan said: The problem with that generalisation is that it affects different clubs in the Prem so differently. Man Utd, Man City etc can afford to get away with signings that fail. Crikey, Man Utd since Ferguson left have spent an inordinate sim of money on very average players. Yet they can still go and splash out 60 mill on a 30 yr old in this transfer window. Leicester haven’t got that luxury. If we get it wrong, it hurts. We are still reeling on the back of the sheer waste of money that was spent after the title winning season I think. And blowing 30 mill on Perez, 20m on Soumare, 15 mill on Vestergaard et al, impacts on us in a big way. It’s essentially why we are struggling to recruit this summer. Their signings have little to do with why we are struggling to recruit. If we’d bought someone else, but better, we’d still have no money to spend and still need to cut costs. We’ve spent too much, plain and simple .
Babylon Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 4 hours ago, Col city fan said: The problem with that generalisation is that it affects different clubs in the Prem so differently. Man Utd, Man City etc can afford to get away with signings that fail. Crikey, Man Utd since Ferguson left have spent an inordinate sim of money on very average players. Yet they can still go and splash out 60 mill on a 30 yr old in this transfer window. Leicester haven’t got that luxury. If we get it wrong, it hurts. We are still reeling on the back of the sheer waste of money that was spent after the title winning season I think. And blowing 30 mill on Perez, 20m on Soumare, 15 mill on Vestergaard et al, impacts on us in a big way. It’s essentially why we are struggling to recruit this summer. I’ve tried to tell people over and over again for years, when every summer they say “we’ve got £70m to spend” etc. That if we spend a lot of money and don’t sell a player, we are punting a problem down the line as we need to make that money back. Last summer we spent way more than normal and didn’t sell… we are now reaping the effects. “So do I, the owners are good because they don't take a huge amount out and we always put back in anything we make. But unless we do something either very creative or shunt the problem down the line (ie. we have 0 to spend for a few seasons after), then we are most likely to continue investing in a similar manner to how we have before. “ 2
Phenom Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 Ayoze might be on the way out but that Tweet had all sorts of wrong info.
blue blood Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 Looks like he is off. Expect an incoming or two. Hopefully decent players on loan and not burn funds. Save the powder for new manager and a proper rebuild next year when others will be off the wage bill too.
kyleolly Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 7 hours ago, Vestan Pance said: To be fair he'd only need 1 to win the battle🤣 And he wouldn't have got one
ThorpeAstleyFox Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 I actually feel for the guy a bit. He is a very useful squad player. Unfortunately he was brought in to be in the starting 11 for a fee that, at the time, was a lot for us to spend. He has made some good contributions over the years but has never taken advantage when given an opportunity in the starting line-up. The biggest issue that any right-winger will have here is that they are not Mahrez.
kyleolly Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 7 hours ago, Webbo said: You'd have dropped Vardy for him then? Has Brendan brain washed you it is possible that you can play more than one player up front! 1
teblin Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 A lot better player than the stick he gets. Played his part in some big wins FA cup final being one of them. He was often played in a role that didn’t suite him, but again he was part of a team that had 2 of our highest league finishes. his “reported” fee was what he was judged against. Good luck to him. 1
murphy Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 8 hours ago, Chrysalis said: I think Perez would have been ok if used properly, for some reason we tried to use a striker as a winger. We tried that when Vardy was injured and he stank the place out before we settled on Nacho. He has looked pretty hopeless behind the striker aswell as his more usual inside right role (not winger) too and there is a reason for that. He's just a very poor player. The way people talk about him being played out of position you would think that he never played wide right for Newcastle. He did. I will wish him well but I'm relieved to see him go. for me he goes onto the list of Akinbiyi type terrible signings given the fee and our ambitions/position It leaves me wondering what might have been had we signed the right player.
murphy Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 I see the fee is rearing its ugly head again in this thread. We've been through this. £30m has been reported all over the place but some refuse to accept it. I remember at the time, we all got excited because Rodgers said we were in the market for a £30-£50m winger. He very specifically said that. We signed Perez straight after and when asked about it directly, Rodgers confirmed that Ayoze Perez was that player. 1
peach0000 Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 11 minutes ago, murphy said: I see the fee is rearing its ugly head again in this thread. We've been through this. £30m has been reported all over the place but some refuse to accept it. I remember at the time, we all got excited because Rodgers said we were in the market for a £30-£50m winger. He very specifically said that. We signed Perez straight after and when asked about it directly, Rodgers confirmed that Ayoze Perez was that player. Ultimately we don’t know. It just depends who you believe. Certainly the majority reported 30 but Percy reported 16. At the time Percy was and still is the most accurate source regarding Leicester. I’m personally more inclined to believe him than others but I can see why people disagree on this issue. 2
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 7 hours ago, Col city fan said: The problem with that generalisation is that it affects different clubs in the Prem so differently. Man Utd, Man City etc can afford to get away with signings that fail. Crikey, Man Utd since Ferguson left have spent an inordinate sim of money on very average players. Yet they can still go and splash out 60 mill on a 30 yr old in this transfer window. Leicester haven’t got that luxury. If we get it wrong, it hurts. We are still reeling on the back of the sheer waste of money that was spent after the title winning season I think. And blowing 30 mill on Perez, 20m on Soumare, 15 mill on Vestergaard et al, impacts on us in a big way. It’s essentially why we are struggling to recruit this summer. And we’ve only just got over the money wasted on the likes of Musa, Kaputska, Slimani… 1
Guest Chocolate Teapot Posted 27 August 2022 Posted 27 August 2022 16 minutes ago, murphy said: I see the fee is rearing its ugly head again in this thread. We've been through this. £30m has been reported all over the place but some refuse to accept it. I remember at the time, we all got excited because Rodgers said we were in the market for a £30-£50m winger. He very specifically said that. We signed Perez straight after and when asked about it directly, Rodgers confirmed that Ayoze Perez was that player. They didn't even sign Ayoze as a winger.
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