Castagne to Fulham

[brookfox]

38 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

Any sightings of the Juve transfer guru at Seagrave?

Yeah he was last seen in the canteen arguing with a vending machine. He felt like the 20p for an instant coffee was excessive.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

4 minutes ago, brookfox said:

Yeah he was last seen in the canteen arguing with a vending machine. He felt like the 20p for an instant coffee was excessive.

About right 😂

[Paninistickers]

On 04/07/2023 at 18:54, TheStig said:

Choice between Leicester City in the Championship and Juventus.... hmmmm difficult

Then he should drop his wage demands to make his transfer fee more doable

[Bluearmyfox28]

8 hours ago, mozartfox said:

Any sightings of the Juve transfer guru at Seagrave?

Considering he’s suppose to be in London then I hope not!

[BKLFox]

Arsenal got £21m for a 30yr old Xhaxa who only had 1yr left on his contract & we struggling to get £8m for a 27yr old Belgium International regular with 2yrs left on his contract & a market value of €25 - 35m

[SecretPro]

3 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

Arsenal got £21m for a 30yr old Xhaxa who only had 1yr left on his contract & we struggling to get £8m for a 27yr old Belgium International regular with 2yrs left on his contract & a market value of €25 - 35m

Think it's probably because he's shit.

[lcfc278]

Spotted getting out of a black cab at the entrance to Seagrave. Arguing with the cabbie as he'd promised to pay the mandatory fare on the meter at the end of the journey, but he now wants to pay a reduced fare as he wasn't happy with the quality of the journey. 

[Sly]

I’m fairness, we can lose a fullback.

 

Like all of our Belgiums, flattered to deceive and fold under pressure when the going gets tough.

 

€8,000,000 is rough though.

 

He’s a steady backup utility player. 
 

Just imagine if we’d paid that but more and got Gosens. 

[An Sionnach]

We have gone from hard bargainers to a place where you can get cheap deals if you are patient. Or maybe if you are extra patient you can get something for nothing.

[Fox92]

34 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

Think it's probably because he's shit.

"Shit for Leicester but good enough for Juventus" that's how it works isn't it? That's all I see regarding Soyuncu anyway.

[Foxes96]

19 minutes ago, Sly said:

I’m fairness, we can lose a fullback.

 

Like all of our Belgiums, flattered to deceive and fold under pressure when the going gets tough.

 

€8,000,000 is rough though.

 

He’s a steady backup utility player. 
 

Just imagine if we’d paid that but more and got Gosens. 

Where has this €8m figure come from? 
 

Previous reports seemed to suggest we are after €15m. And Juve didn’t want to pay that much…

[volpeazzurro]

2 hours ago, BKLFox said:

Arsenal got £21m for a 30yr old Xhaxa who only had 1yr left on his contract & we struggling to get £8m for a 27yr old Belgium International regular with 2yrs left on his contract & a market value of €25 - 35m

That's because he really isn't very good and nobody else wants him.

[Guest TaggertvsWise]

2 hours ago, An Sionnach said:

We have gone from hard bargainers to a place where you can get cheap deals if you are patient. Or maybe if you are extra patient you can get something for nothing.

We’ve also gone from a well off club in the top 8 of the prem to relegated and strapped for cash in the last few years. It’s really not hard to join the dots. It is what it is, another chapter closes, another one opens.

[mozartfox]

Did that fellow from Juve rock up and make an offer to Rudders he could not refuse?  All gone very quiet.  Timmy must be back now?

[Ryy]

Just now, mozartfox said:

Did that fellow from Juve rock up and make an offer to Rudders he could not refuse?  All gone very quiet.  Timmy must be back now?

Castagne and Faes seem to have vanished 

[Finnegan]

On 07/07/2023 at 12:04, Fox92 said:

"Shit for Leicester but good enough for Juventus" that's how it works isn't it? That's all I see regarding Soyuncu anyway.

 

Shit is obviously hyperbole but I do find it frustrating sometimes that people are so one dimensional and binary when it comes to these views. 

 

The stuff with Akanji was a great example last year. Oh he's good enough for Man City and he's played well for them, how silly people are for not wanting him here, etc. 

 

But Man City and Leicester City need completely different things from a centre back just as Juventus and Leicester need different things from a right back. 

 

Akanji and Castagne are similar in that both are excellent on the ball but both are absolutely liabilities when called upon to do significant amounts of defending. Akanji would have been a disaster for us just as Castagne has been many times over the last year. 

 

Castagne will go to Juve and be a really good rotation option playing as an outright right wing back (in a 352) for a dominant side who will be on the front foot a lot. He was absolutely awful for us a lot last year playing as a conventional right back in a team under a lot of defensive pressure. 

 

Edited 11 July 2023 by Finnegan

[Sol thewall Bamba]

25 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

Did that fellow from Juve rock up and make an offer to Rudders he could not refuse?  All gone very quiet.  Timmy must be back now?

They'll be back this week and we'll get a social media post saying "The Belgians are back!" with a heart eye emoji whilst their agents are working overtime to get them out of Seagrave at the earliest opportunity.  

[mozartfox]

27 minutes ago, Ryy said:

Castagne and Faes seem to have vanished 

There are still a few more that need vaporizing…..

[bovril]

7 hours ago, Ryy said:

Castagne and Faes seem to have vanished 

Daniel Iversen, every time the opposition cross the ball

Edited 11 July 2023 by bovril

[DerbyshireFox]

Took part in the friendly today along with Praet 

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[An Sionnach]

We have actually sold a player this summer and that is becoming a rarity. We want too much money , our players want too much money or perhaps nobody really wants them anyway. Whatever , our income from player sales is becoming very little indeed. Our so called business plan is dead in the water. We have one potentially valuable asset , Barnes , but if nobody will pay us or him for his services , he stays and will be worth a great deal less in a years time.

[Qwerty]

1 hour ago, An Sionnach said:

We have actually sold a player this summer and that is becoming a rarity. We want too much money , our players want too much money or perhaps nobody really wants them anyway. Whatever , our income from player sales is becoming very little indeed. Our so called business plan is dead in the water. We have one potentially valuable asset , Barnes , but if nobody will pay us or him for his services , he stays and will be worth a great deal less in a years time.

I disagree.  I’d love to keep Barnes - he’s worth more to us as a player this year than whatever we could get for £35 million if we sell him.  Sadly I’m sure he’s going. 

[Fox1norfolk]

21 hours ago, Qwerty said:

I disagree.  I’d love to keep Barnes - he’s worth more to us as a player this year than whatever we could get for £35 million if we sell him.  Sadly I’m sure he’s going. 

 

21 hours ago, Qwerty said:

I disagree.  I’d love to keep Barnes - he’s worth more to us as a player this year than whatever we could get for £35 million if we sell him.  Sadly I’m sure he’s going. 

It looks that way. Me thinks we are not going to have an easy ride in the Championship

[mozartfox]

Stating the obvious, the quickest way out of this mess we find ourselves in (and the mostly costly) is to cut our fee expectations and write off some assets completely. Otherwise, we are going to continue having to pay out wages on deadwood for the next 2 years.

 

I do believe we have some of our assets that are frankly unsellable.  The Recruitment errors of Rudkin, Rodgers and Congereel are quite remarkable.

 

 

[TommyK]

1 minute ago, mozartfox said:

Stating the obvious, the quickest way out of this mess we find ourselves in (and the mostly costly) is to cut our fee expectations and write off some assets completely. Otherwise, we are going to continue having to pay out wages on deadwood for the next 2 years.

 

I do believe we have some of our assets that are frankly unsellable.  The Recruitment errors of Rudkin, Rodgers and Congereel are quite remarkable.

 

 

How is Castagne not a hugely sellable asset? He's a international, regular starter in the PL the past 2 years. Prime age.