don_danbury Posted 30 May 2023 Share Posted 30 May 2023 seem like its been years since he last played Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMELcfc Posted 30 May 2023 Share Posted 30 May 2023 If he wants to stay, keep him - get back to full fitness and he will be one of, if not, the best full back in the Championship 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVFox Posted 30 May 2023 Share Posted 30 May 2023 51 minutes ago, TMELcfc said: If he wants to stay, keep him - get back to full fitness and he will be one of, if not, the best full back in the Championship Agree with this, rotate him and Ricardo so they don't play more than 1 match a week and have a solid option as a makeshift right back in the squad to cover any injuries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyJim1987 Posted 30 May 2023 Share Posted 30 May 2023 Dream scenario if this guy stays, can't see it myself, he's easily a premier league player and was on the verge of England in his best form. I see a newly promoted team taking him or a Bournemouth or Brentford type team taking him for 15-20million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_no7 Posted 30 May 2023 Share Posted 30 May 2023 Unless someone pays more than 30-35m he won’t be sold. Ricardo more likely to be let go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BenTheFox Posted 30 May 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 30 May 2023 (edited) He's been injured since November. No premier league club will be coming in for him in the summer. His best chance of making it back to the premier league is to get himself fit and have a good half a season in the championship. At that point there may be premier league interest and he will have a decent idea of whether or not we will be able to gain promotion. Edited 30 May 2023 by BenTheFox 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 30 May 2023 Share Posted 30 May 2023 If we get a good offer we should be offloading him, his wages combined with injury record mean it’s not worth the risk. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les-TA-Jon Posted 31 May 2023 Share Posted 31 May 2023 20 hours ago, Costock_Fox said: If we get a good offer we should be offloading him, his wages combined with injury record mean it’s not worth the risk. Between the players out of contract, with 1 year left or who would look to leave we're losing too many players already - without having to also sell players that have longer contract and wouldn't attract much interest/sales price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 31 May 2023 Share Posted 31 May 2023 James Justin and KDH loan move to Luton is my guess. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 31 May 2023 Share Posted 31 May 2023 6 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said: Between the players out of contract, with 1 year left or who would look to leave we're losing too many players already - without having to also sell players that have longer contract and wouldn't attract much interest/sales price. Regardless. We are not financially in a position to keep an asset on £100k a week which has the potential to not raise a fee later in his contract. He needs to go and the talk is that he wants out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxUK Posted 31 May 2023 Share Posted 31 May 2023 Where are people getting 100k a week from? We wouldn't give him that, especially after his long term injury. He's been unfortunate with injuries and we've rewarded him, for business reasons, I think he's a hard keep because he's one of the few youngish lads that probably haven't peaked with a possible future sale in the future. As an asset knowing his versatility and his peaks, if he shows consistent form he could be worth a hell of a lot more than he's worth today. Its a risk to keep him but I think he's a necessary player for next season - more likely to see Thomas leave tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 31 May 2023 Share Posted 31 May 2023 17 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said: Regardless. We are not financially in a position to keep an asset on £100k a week which has the potential to not raise a fee later in his contract. He needs to go and the talk is that he wants out. ...with the relegation clause in place, we would be looking to pay £65k per week, which does seem expensive due to not having been available for some time!!! His contract expires in 2026, next year is when we insist on either re-signing or being sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 31 May 2023 Share Posted 31 May 2023 26 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said: ...with the relegation clause in place, we would be looking to pay £65k per week, which does seem expensive due to not having been available for some time!!! His contract expires in 2026, next year is when we insist on either re-signing or being sold. We have got to be ruthless. If we aren’t getting the value out of them and we have a good offer on the table, we need to go. On the Big Strong Leicester Boys podcast the other week they said that Covs weekly wage bill is about £80k a week. Carrying a walking weetabix on £65k will see us disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergray22 Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 20 hours ago, MPH said: James Justin and KDH loan move to Luton is my guess. Could be the other way. Promoted teams try to upgrade and May release hood championship proven winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 21 hours ago, Costock_Fox said: Regardless. We are not financially in a position to keep an asset on £100k a week which has the potential to not raise a fee later in his contract. He needs to go and the talk is that he wants out. He's not going to be on 100k a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 2 minutes ago, Babylon said: He's not going to be on 100k a week. If he’s on anyway near 100k we are a shambles. No more than 50k surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanlegend Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 If he’s on a big wage this may suggest why there’s speculation- we are trying by to offload him. I can’t imagine any PL club would target him with his injury issues. He’s not played more than 20 apps in the previous 2 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 11 minutes ago, dylanlegend said: If he’s on anyway near 100k we are a shambles. No more than 50k surely People are taking the total we spend on wages (including all players no matter what level, hundreds and hundreds of staff, bonuses etc etc and trying to fit that into 25 players. The answer is simply nobody knows what he's on. But it's highly unlikely a player returning from a serious injury, gets an 100k a week offer, especially when he's a defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancognito Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 4 seasons never played more than 23 games, 1 decent strike in the cup season. Sell. If he gets another injury next season, that's it, his value plummets. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 2 hours ago, Babylon said: He's not going to be on 100k a week. Our average is £86k a week, can you be sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 1 hour ago, Babylon said: People are taking the total we spend on wages (including all players no matter what level, hundreds and hundreds of staff, bonuses etc etc and trying to fit that into 25 players. The answer is simply nobody knows what he's on. But it's highly unlikely a player returning from a serious injury, gets an 100k a week offer, especially when he's a defender. Ricky P is a defender and on similar. Bertrand on 75k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 6 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said: Ricky P is a defender and on similar. Bertrand on 75k. You don’t know what they are on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 9 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said: Our average is £86k a week, can you be sure? How do you know what our average is? They don’t release any figures outside of a total wage figure. That includes wages and bonuses of 81 players 386 admin staff and 530 casual staff members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLC86 Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 16 minutes ago, Babylon said: How do you know what our average is? They don’t release any figures outside of a total wage figure. That includes wages and bonuses of 81 players 386 admin staff and 530 casual staff members. They have to legally release the average. are you sure that includes all the staff you mentioned? If so, we are probably a whole load more ****ed than I have anticipated if Janice pouring my half time Chang is included in that average. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 1 June 2023 Share Posted 1 June 2023 23 hours ago, Costock_Fox said: Regardless. We are not financially in a position to keep an asset on £100k a week which has the potential to not raise a fee later in his contract. He needs to go and the talk is that he wants out. All players have a 35-50% relegation pay cut. Someone previously earning £100k, will now be earning £65k in effect from June 1st at a maximum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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