Kasper Schmeichel officially joins Nice

[BigWesMorgan]

Honestly hate how he’s gone without a proper send off. He took some stick over the years but I hope he knows how much he’s adored here

[Shamomoa]

😪😪 goodbye legend, it still seems a strange transfer to me, I thought schmeichel was quite ambitious, can't see him winning anything at nice? Or am I wrong? Will be weird not seeing him in goal at the KP 😪

[foxy boxing]

Thanks for the ever lasting memories Kasper. Not just a Legend of the club but also an intelligent  and articulate gentleman who not only endured the best days of the club but also the worst. A leader on and off the pitch and a great ambassador for the club.  

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

1 minute ago, Shamomoa said:

😪😪 goodbye legend, it still seems a strange transfer to me, I thought schmeichel was quite ambitious, can't see him winning anything at nice? Or am I wrong? Will be weird not seeing him in goal at the KP 😪

It's certainly shows ambition from Nice.

[Diffco]

Utter utter utter Legend. Hope you have a great few years in Nice. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

15 minutes ago, stu said:

Thanks for the memories, but am I wrong to feel annoyed about the timing of all this? Really leaves us in a vulnerable position with the season starting at the weekend.

 

The club would have known about this, wouldn't get worked up tbh.

[Jaspa]

It's strange really. I've somehow seen his first game ever at the Walkers Stadium, and saw his last appearance at the King Power, despite not making many games.

 

Kasper was on loan to Cardiff from Man City, bright red cheeks & luminous hair. Springy in his goal and loud to his teammates, despite the baby-face, I was quite impressed in the 0-0 plus cleansheet and saw the potential. Yet I never envisioned at that time how he could possibly achieve that here with us, given our then goalkeepers of the time were Paul Henderson & Ben Alnwick, and the Topps Tiles advert on our kits foreboding our imminent fall into League 1.

 

We all know what he has achieved in his time here, it's truly remarkable, going all the way back to Sven Goran Eriksson. Toughening up in the Championship under Nige, focusing on the Premier League to complete the impossible dream, the Champions League penalties and of course... The FA Cup.

 

Big game player. At his best when we needed him to be, under the lights. Sure there were disappointments missing out on the Champions League twice, with him contributing errors at the death, but it's all nothing compared to what he's done at Leicester.

 

 

Inevitable, but another leader gone. It will take a very special person to replace him.

 

 

Thanks Shmigh-cuww, as our fans so thoughtfully would chant. An icon of Leicester City

[Dr Marco]

devastated...

[urban.spaceman]

I really, really hope when he's near the end of his career he comes back for one last year to retire here. He needs a proper send off, a real goodbye from the fans.

[Sampson]

7 minutes ago, smudger63 said:

Depends on how you mean greatest. Certainly legendary, and the most successfull keeper we have had, and one of the biggest personalities at the club, and an excellent keeper too, but not as good a goalkeeper as Banks and Shilton. Arguably not as good as Wallington and Flowers either, although that could be debated. He will be missed though, and certainly his save in the Cup Final was up there with the best I've seen, and won us the cup for the first time in our history. He will rightfully go down as one of our greatest legends without a doubt. 

I saw all 3 and anyone who genuinely argues Wallington or Flowers were better keepers than Schmeichel has serious, serious nostalgia goggles on. Wallington was a superb Second Division keeper who was ok in the top flight but not amazing, as great a servant as he was for the club and as much as I loved him as a character. Flowers had about 12 genuinely great months for us in the second half of O'Neill's final season and the first half of Taylor's first season and that was about it. Peak Schmeichel is clearly a level above both.

Edited 3 August 2022 by Sampson

[Soar Fox]

Even though it been obvious that he was going to go I’m still absolutely gutted at this. 
 

Our greatest even goalkeeper

[adam]

Sad rimes. Been a legend In his time here. Least we will find out if it was his fault that we conceded from so many set pieces last year😄 

[Haywood_6]

Feels so surreal seeing him in another shirt. We are losing a brilliant character as well as a hugely talented goalkeeper. All the best Kasper.

[Free Falling Foxes]

He's gone, that's not......

[Craig]

4 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

The club would have known about this, wouldn't get worked up tbh.

The club basically forced this...

[Zear0]

Shame he's leaving, but probably feels the right time.

 

Legend for what he's done here and also borderline criminal he didn't get a send off at the end of last season if he was being moved on.

[StanSP]

 

[Lambert09]

11 years… all in the first team… that’s really so rare in this day and age. 
 

As i said in the other thead, it’s not the goalkeeper we need to replace it’s the man behind it. 

 

Brendan said we needed more winners last season, he’s just lost the man with the biggest winning mentality in the squad! 

[Buzzell]

Shit seeing him leave without being able to give him a proper goodbye. What a loss for us. He will always be a legend here.

 

Good luck Kasper x

[coolhandfox]

5 minutes ago, Craig said:

The club basically forced this...

How do you know?

[Gamble92]

I've been trying not to get too emotional about this. 

 

But now I'm crying on the toilet. 

 

I haven't done that since ordering from that curry place on Narborough Road. 

[DerbyshireFox]

Don’t think it’s gonna feel real for a while, Sunday will be strange when he’s not even on the bench. Unprecedented levels of success, a fantastic goalkeeper, a colossus for us overall for eleven seasons. End of an era, hopefully the start of a new dawn. 
 

thank you Kasper 🦊💙

 

 

[lfu]

Doesn't seem right seeing him in a different club's shirt

[Gamble92]

15 minutes ago, Shamomoa said:

😪😪 goodbye legend, it still seems a strange transfer to me, I thought schmeichel was quite ambitious, can't see him winning anything at nice? Or am I wrong? Will be weird not seeing him in goal at the KP 😪

There's definitely something a bit off about it all but I think it's basically boiled down to a 3 year contract being offered to him probably on the same terms he's on now. No way we'd have matched that in the current climate, and our current situation is probably why we are so willing for it to happen now and not next summer. 

[when_you're_smiling]

1 minute ago, DerbyshireFox said:

Don’t think it’s gonna feel real for a while, Sunday will be strange when he’s not even on the bench. Unprecedented levels of success, a fantastic goalkeeper, a colossus for us overall for eleven seasons. End of an era, hopefully the start of a new dawn. 
 

thank you Kasper 🦊💙

 

 

Imagine hearing he’d achieve all that 11-years-ago. You’d have been sectioned for suggesting it. Incredible.