Tielemans63 Posted 15 December 2022 Share Posted 15 December 2022 9 hours ago, davieG said: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/leicester-city-azzedine-ounahi-morocco-7931876 Leicester City will not repeat Claudio Ranieri transfer mistake with record bid Latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive explains why the signing of Azzedine Ounahi would not repeat Claudio Ranieri's mistake SPORT ByLuke PawleyMidlands Football Writer 21:15, 14 DEC 2022 Leicester City will have learned from a past mistake if they do persist with a rumoured £39 million bid for Morocco midfielder Azzedine Ounahi. Ounahi has created a lot of hype with his impressive performances for Morocco, helping his side to the semi-finals, beating Belgium, Spain and Portugal along the way. But one good tournament does not necessarily make a good, well-rounded, adaptable player and person. If City do sign the 22-year-old, he will have been scouted for at least two years by a number of different scouts, both on video and in person. City have historically scouted France well - just ask Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante - so will have watched him regularly for Angers. He played 32 league games last season and has already appearanced in 14 this, so there have been plenty of opportunities to watch the youngster in action. They will most certainly not be signing a player off the back of one tournament. City learned that lesson the hard way when they signed Bartosz Kapustka in 2016 after the Polish winger, then just 19 years old, stole the show at Euro 2016. Leicester signed him after that tournament for £7.5m from KS Cracovia, on the insistence of Claudio Ranieri. It was a move that went entirely against the ethos of the scouting and recruitment departments. It was reported at the time that City never sent a scout to watch him live. That soon became apparent. Kapustka made just three competitive appearances for Leicester, all of them in the 2016-17 FA Cup. He soon went out on loan to Freiburg and Leuven and left on a free transfer in the summer of 2020. He joined Legia Warsaw back in his homeland and has scored just one in 16 appearances this season. If Azzedine Ounahi joins Leicester City, rest assured he will not be another Bartosz Kapustka. Khun Top, Jon Rudkin, Martyn Glover and Brendan Rodgers would not allow that to happen. The Mercury just gets worse doesn't it? Used to be a top local newspaper, now just full of pointless shite like this and endless clickbait. Sad 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFCCHRIS Posted 15 December 2022 Share Posted 15 December 2022 1 hour ago, Tielemans63 said: The Mercury just gets worse doesn't it? Used to be a top local newspaper, now just full of pointless shite like this and endless clickbait. Sad Used to use their comments section as a sort of forum before discovering FT. It actually used to have decent transfer "rumours". As you say, this Leicestershire live thing they have going is just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 15 December 2022 Share Posted 15 December 2022 23 hours ago, Aleksz said: Sorry Ric, I’m sure you’re right on the numbers but sometimes when you watch a player you just know. This lads a belter. All pointless anyway as like I said earlier he’ll have the pick of Europe in January even if our interest is actually genuine. ...he looks good approaching the goal, but just going off the YouTube clip, there is little to no end product!!! I had not looked at his goal involvement but you can see the service to the players around him are not opportunities being served up to be converted. He looks slight and very good on the ball, he will have to bring more to his game such as better decision making around the edge of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 9 hours ago, sacreblueits442 said: ...he looks good approaching the goal, but just going off the YouTube clip, there is little to no end product!!! I had not looked at his goal involvement but you can see the service to the players around him are not opportunities being served up to be converted. He looks slight and very good on the ball, he will have to bring more to his game such as better decision making around the edge of the box. Enzo Le Fee is the one for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQuik Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 Spending that much on a world cup player would be absolute madness. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 1 hour ago, Ric Flair said: Enzo Le Fee is the one for us. I think Braganca could be another good option too. Plays the deep playmaker role really well imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEFox23 Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 Looks a player! .....But if we are talking that sum of money, i doubt we'd be shooting straight in there with January bids, Surely we'd be better scouting him for the remaining part of the season and making the call in the summer. Spending that kind of money on a player based off 6 games is madness and would suspect our hierarchy are better than that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 I’d take Ziyech on loan to be fair. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 26 minutes ago, Pliskin said: I’d take Ziyech on loan to be fair. That would he very nice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergray22 Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 4 hours ago, Ric Flair said: Enzo Le Fee is the one for us. If we could get Le Fee and Ziyech on loan with options to buy that would be great business. Seems a bit fanciful though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Eaton Fox Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 Like Boga, scores no goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 2 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said: Like Boga, scores no goals. Who doesn't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Eaton Fox Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 1 hour ago, Ric Flair said: Who doesn't? Mr Ounahi doesn't 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 43 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said: Mr Ounahi doesn't Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Eaton Fox Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 It all comes down to the price really. The prices being mentioned here are far beyond his worth and his potential. Maybe around £10m would be a gamble worth taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 5 hours ago, Pliskin said: I’d take Ziyech on loan to be fair. He's going to Ac Milan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALC Fox Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Long Eaton Fox said: It all comes down to the price really. The prices being mentioned here are far beyond his worth and his potential. Maybe around £10m would be a gamble worth taking. I'm not sure we can conclusively say he will never be worth €45m. And, a player who has just had a superb World Cup is definitely worth more than £10m. You haven't even been able to get a top Championship prospect for £10m for some time now. He's a tidy player. Lightweight but combative, skillful, and an eye for a pass. His goals and assist stats aren't great but he's at the age where they will be attributes that he will be looking to improve on consistently. If we can bring him in as a facilitator rather than an 'end product' player, I'd have no problem with it. But, I'd agree that €45m is a sizable risk for us right now, and buying after a major tournament is literally the worst time to do so. We have other priorities that will cost us less money, so I wouldn't be too perturbed if we missed out here. But he looks a real player, and if he stays where he is and continues to look the business, a move in the summer may be more appropriate for us. Edited 16 December 2022 by ALC Fox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volpeazzurro Posted 16 December 2022 Share Posted 16 December 2022 1 hour ago, ALC Fox said: I'm not sure we can conclusively say he will never be worth €45m. And, a player who has just had a superb World Cup is definitely worth more than £10m. You haven't even been able to get a top Championship prospect for £10m for some time now. He's a tidy player. Lightweight but combative, skillful, and an eye for a pass. His goals and assist stats aren't great but he's at the age where they will be attributes that he will be looking to improve on consistently. If we can bring him in as a facilitator rather than an 'end product' player, I'd have no problem with it. But, I'd agree that €45m is a sizable risk for us right now, and buying after a major tournament is literally the worst time to do so. We have other priorities that will cost us less money, so I wouldn't be too perturbed if we missed out here. But he looks a real player, and if he stays where he is and continues to look the business, a move in the summer may be more appropriate for us. Plus we have the ideal manager to improve his backwards and sideways movement. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mint23 Posted 17 December 2022 Share Posted 17 December 2022 People talk about £45m like it’s pocket change. Outside of the big 6 how many players have ever in the history of football been bought for that kind of price in England? I’m thinking not many which makes him way too expensive and far too much of a gamble when we didn’t have a pot to wee in during the summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 17 December 2022 Share Posted 17 December 2022 On 15/12/2022 at 20:55, Tielemans63 said: The Mercury just gets worse doesn't it? Used to be a top local newspaper, now just full of pointless shite like this and endless clickbait. Sad Welcome to the REACH publications group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themightyfin Posted 17 December 2022 Share Posted 17 December 2022 Apparently been scouted for a while as dozensmore are. I suspect we could make a move for him but highly doubt if we would pay the figure being thrown around on the back of his WC. 25-30 million Euro I think would be a more realistic price. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 17 December 2022 Share Posted 17 December 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Mint23 said: People talk about £45m like it’s pocket change. Outside of the big 6 how many players have ever in the history of football been bought for that kind of price in England? I’m thinking not many which makes him way too expensive and far too much of a gamble when we didn’t have a pot to wee in during the summer. ...very much not pocket change, but we are talking Euros as opposed to GBP!!! We did indulge ourselves when we bought Youri, and Fofana did not come cheap as well. Pretty much the price (45m euros) you would be looking at for the finished article, but with Glover on the case l suspect we will be picking up real quality at a more than affordable prices. We picked up Maddison for £25m from the championship back in the day, that would equate to 30m euros. Edited 17 December 2022 by sacreblueits442 Spelling error. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveb5569 Posted 17 December 2022 Share Posted 17 December 2022 on the bench today for Morocco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 17 December 2022 Share Posted 17 December 2022 7 hours ago, Mint23 said: People talk about £45m like it’s pocket change. Outside of the big 6 how many players have ever in the history of football been bought for that kind of price in England? I’m thinking not many which makes him way too expensive and far too much of a gamble when we didn’t have a pot to wee in during the summer. i feel like I see this exact message every few years, but the number keeps getting bigger.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 17 December 2022 Share Posted 17 December 2022 11 hours ago, Mint23 said: People talk about £45m like it’s pocket change. Outside of the big 6 how many players have ever in the history of football been bought for that kind of price in England? I’m thinking not many which makes him way too expensive and far too much of a gamble when we didn’t have a pot to wee in during the summer. I can think of 3: Newcastle: Isak £63m Everton: Sigurdsson £50m West Ham: Haller £45m Spurs bonus, as they shouldn't ever be considered in the Top of anything: Romero £45m Richarlison £52m Ndombele £54m 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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