MalletFox Posted 19 January 2023 Share Posted 19 January 2023 2 hours ago, Jobyfox said: Did his ACL on the treadmill apparently Presumably AFTER he signed the 5 year contract? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHDrive Posted 19 January 2023 Share Posted 19 January 2023 3 hours ago, SecretPro said: In before the 3rd from last knowing us... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_77 Posted 19 January 2023 Share Posted 19 January 2023 1 hour ago, fox_favourite said: His head is massive! Haha. Quick, let’s sell him to Man United for 80M. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudFox Posted 19 January 2023 Share Posted 19 January 2023 On BBC now, so must be pretty close: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64330700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveherbe Posted 19 January 2023 Share Posted 19 January 2023 3 hours ago, Stinky said: Isn't that Dan Sharpe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hejammy Posted 19 January 2023 Share Posted 19 January 2023 14 minutes ago, CloudFox said: On BBC now, so must be pretty close: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64330700 Well that article was on 8 hours ago but yeah... Hopefully will be announced tomorrow and we can all breathe a small sigh of relief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lambert09 Posted 20 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 20 January 2023 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 Well, I'm happy with this. A young baller left back who shows promise of being able to do it all but perhaps not lightning pace. Always gonna cost an extra ten million euro in January - it's the cost of operating in this window. We just have to suck it up. On to the next target. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 I reckon Madders will be able to shift that see thru designer Ruck-sack once Vic rocks up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Shire Fox Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 Looks like we will have a mobile left footed left back that can finally allow us to play 352 with actual balance to the side 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reynard Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 Looks encouraging. Will be a boost to the squad to have a new player and provide much needed competition. Let's hope he doesn't get injured in the first week and let's see how long it will be before Rodgers thinks he will be ready to play as a starter. Fingers crossed this actually gets done. price is quite high but if it includes add ons then those can be spread into another financial year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 13 minutes ago, reynard said: Looks encouraging. Will be a boost to the squad to have a new player and provide much needed competition. Let's hope he doesn't get injured in the first week and let's see how long it will be before Rodgers thinks he will be ready to play as a starter. Fingers crossed this actually gets done. price is quite high but if it includes add ons then those can be spread into another financial year. Looking forward to his debut away at Portman Road in August. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 Will make his debut at the end of February as is usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc sheff Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 2 hours ago, South Shire Fox said: Looks like we will have a mobile left footed left back that can finally allow us to play 352 with actual balance to the side Hopefully, a long with a right winger and centreback, we can imitate how Gasperini’s Atalanta side play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 7 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said: Hopefully, a long with a right winger and centreback, we can imitate how Gasperini’s Atalanta side play That would be awesome. Ademola Lookman is smashing it for Atalanta right now, it's a style we could look to replicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieADZ Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 2 hours ago, South Shire Fox said: Looks like we will have a mobile left footed left back that can finally allow us to play 352 with actual balance to the side yeah but first rodgers will actually need to be less stubborn and change his formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc sheff Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 15 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: That would be awesome. Ademola Lookman is smashing it for Atalanta right now, it's a style we could look to replicate. Fingers crossed. If the stars align surely 352/343 will be the formation for the duration of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 20 January 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 20 January 2023 (edited) It looked like a genius bit of up selling business at 7m or whatever it was at first. At near enough 20, this kid needs to be pretty damn good now and really grow. Making solid profit off a 20m left back won't be straight forward. Especially at the rate we cripple them. I mean Ricardo and JJ should have both brought tidy profit. I'm not complaining, it's still a fairly promising deal. But some of the excitement is definitely blunted by the fee. Edited 20 January 2023 by Finnegan 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxes96 Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 Just now, Finnegan said: It looked like a genius bit of up selling business at 7m or whatever it was at first. At near enough 20, this kid needs to be pretty damn good now and really grow. Making solid profit off a 20m left back won't be straight forward. Especially at the rate we cripple them. I mean Ricardo and JJ should have both brought tidy profit. I'm not complaining, it's still a fairly promising deal. But some of the excitement is definitely blunted by the fee. In fairness it’s €20m, so £17m. Total package (including add ons - which we may or may not reach). So closer to £12m up front fee. So not as cheap as initially suggested, but certainly not breaking the bank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMELcfc Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 1 hour ago, weller54 said: Looking forward to his debut away at Portman Road in August. Hey…! There’s no guarantee Ipswich are going up 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Renard Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 I don't want to put the Kibosh on this signing, but how long before he does his ACL? Need to get those Buddhist monks over and give him a blessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 32 minutes ago, Foxes96 said: In fairness it’s €20m, so £17m. Total package (including add ons - which we may or may not reach). So closer to £12m up front fee. So not as cheap as initially suggested, but certainly not breaking the bank. I never really understand why people get so dismissive of fees that have to be paid later on. It's still money we owe someone, its still going to have to be covered by income at some point. Regardless of the structure of the payments its going to be about twice the price that was initially reported and it's a lot of money for an untested left back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death by Football Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 32 minutes ago, Finnegan said: It looked like a genius bit of up selling business at 7m or whatever it was at first. At near enough 20, this kid needs to be pretty damn good now and really grow. Making solid profit off a 20m left back won't be straight forward. Especially at the rate we cripple them. I mean Ricardo and JJ should have both brought tidy profit. I'm not complaining, it's still a fairly promising deal. But some of the excitement is definitely blunted by the fee. I agree it's disappointing compared to what looked like a real LCFC of old deal but in fairness we need to look at right now and not what profit we can make off him. If he does pull up trees then prime left backs can go for 40-50 mill. If he's just steady then we probably keep him as a decent squad player. If he's crap then we won't pay the add-ons and probably take a hit of 10 mill. If his arrival (and hopefully a couple of others) gives us enough of a boost to stay up then it's worthwhile. Hopefully he's on sensible wages as well which helps us come summer rebuild. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 8 minutes ago, Death by Football said: I agree it's disappointing compared to what looked like a real LCFC of old deal but in fairness we need to look at right now and not what profit we can make off him. If he does pull up trees then prime left backs can go for 40-50 mill. If he's just steady then we probably keep him as a decent squad player. If he's crap then we won't pay the add-ons and probably take a hit of 10 mill. If his arrival (and hopefully a couple of others) gives us enough of a boost to stay up then it's worthwhile. Hopefully he's on sensible wages as well which helps us come summer rebuild. Every club in Europe sees us coming now , the old big profit days are well and truly over. Unless of course we sell academy players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkisnorbo Posted 20 January 2023 Share Posted 20 January 2023 19 minutes ago, Le Renard said: I don't want to put the Kibosh on this signing, but how long before he does his ACL? Need to get those Buddhist monks over and give him a blessing. How long before he gets a hypothetical injury that he has no record of having previously? Funnily enough I have absolutely no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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