Bilal El Khannouss - officially joined

[ronnup]

51 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

We are likely to need to flip some players for a big profit again. This is going to be one of the biggest net spends in a transfer window for many a year whilst we're still trying to navigate financial restraints.

 

Looking through our squad it's not blessed with obvious assets that we'd see £20-40m + profits on. That's why I chunter on and on and on about our game plan.

 

Cant wait to sell Fatawu and Stephi ....

[Hamilton Fox]

1 hour ago, fox_favourite said:

We'll have to accept that he'll use us as a stepping stone. I bet he'll hope that he can impress in a better league to get a bigger move. 

 

We win as we have a chance ro stay up with a better player, if he does impress his value goes up and we can make a quick profit. His attitude to join us doesn't scream loyalty, and very Fofana like. But as a business, who cares. If he performs on the pitch which is good enough to stay up and stabilise us, I really don't mind. 

 

We need a player like this, so it's a win all round. Just don't expect him to be staying for a long period, especially if we go down. 

 

What we don't want is for him to be a bad apple. Time will tell, but it might be a risk worth taking 

Yeah your right, I’ve gone from being absolutely peed off with us not keeping our best players and having to sell to Chelsea for mega money to thinking well let’s hope this guy comes good so we can make some money. How shit is that 

[Claudio Fannieri]

This is exactly the type of signing we need to make to get back to the our successful model. If we want to be successful and get back to being a progressive club then we have to accept that buying players with a high ceiling but accepting that in within 2/3 seasons we are likely to move them on for a significant profit and then rinse and repeat. 
 

We are starting to rebuild a portfolio of assets that can potentially be sold on in the future for significant profit, we have Mads, Abdul, Stephy, hopefully Okoli can become one and we can add a couple more before the end of the window alongside our academy prospects such as Nelson, Alves, Braybrooke, Popov and Richards etc 

 

Our recovery is going to take time but the more we see academy prospects progressing and the signing of young, hungry players then the more likely we will see us start to move back to the club we were 6/7 years ago. 

[moore_94]

El Khannouss: player has been spotted at Zaventem to fly to England for his medical tests and to complete his transfer of 25 million euros (inc. bonuses). Player keen on the move.
 

 

[Pliskin]

@fabromano “BREAKING Bilal El Khannouss’s plane has diverted mid air to head to Roma, Roma Hijak the deal, El Khannouss only wants Roma #herewego.

[turkish14]

Flights from Brussels to London and Manchester in the next two hours, unless private plane. 

[mozartfox]

What time is the crowd of fans forming at EMA?  Let's show Roma how is should be done.

[Wolfox]

24 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

El Khannouss: player has been spotted at Zaventem to fly to England for his medical tests and to complete his transfer of 25 million euros (inc. bonuses). Player keen on the move.
 

 

The power of Fab…. He’s just tripled his followers since Fab name checked him…

[st albans fox]

22 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

What time is the crowd of fans forming at EMA?  Let's show Roma how is should be done.

Dunno but apparently he’s flying into manchester 

[VLC86]

45 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

El Khannouss: player has been spotted at Zaventem to fly to England for his medical tests and to complete his transfer of 25 million euros (inc. bonuses). Player keen on the move.
 

 

Get Big Daddy on that plane. Until we have a picture of the back of his head this isn’t happening.

Edited 28 August 2024 by VLC86

[AjcW]

There's a Jet landing at EMA at 9:50 from Liege which is the closest airport to Genk  

[CrazyKopCorner]

1 hour ago, mozartfox said:

What time is the crowd of fans forming at EMA?  Let's show Roma how is should be done.

Yes I've got an old box of fireworks somewhere ........ lets go 

Edited 28 August 2024 by CrazyKopCorner

[AjcW]

1 minute ago, AjcW said:

There's a Jet landing at EMA at 9:50 from Liege which is the closest airport to Genk  

Stand down... it's a medical jet... unless we've crocked him already  

[FoxFossil]

Need to get the sheep off the runway at EMA.

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Stand down... it's a medical jet... unless we've crocked him already  

One look at Rudkin and he's faked an ACL on the stairs up to the plane 

[moore_94]

 

[FrankieADZ]

 

[Iwebema]

Need Bob Faesen to confirm before I believe 

[StanSP]

7 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

 

Stop trying to beat @moore_94

[LestaLad]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/08/27/leicester-breakthrough-genk-midfielder-bilal-el-khannouss/

 

Percy saying we’re signing him for £19.5m.

Also targeting a No.9

[AjcW]

Wonder why he is doing the medical at MIHP and not with us? Guess clubs just outsource more these days!

[StanSP]

Just now, AjcW said:

Wonder why he is doing the medical at MIHP and not with us? Guess clubs just outsource more these days!

Might just be travelling to Manchester then onto Leicester? 

[AjcW]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Might just be travelling to Manchester then onto Leicester? 

I've seen quite a few clubs using MIHP lately to be fair, just assumed that's what Tav meant by Manchester for medical tests.

[ClaphamFox]

6 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

10am Brussels time is 9am here. That flight gets into Manchester at 10.20am UK time. Can anybody get up there to greet him off the plane with a sign which says, "Would you honestly not prefer Roma?"

[Tielemans63]

Tell him to get his sweet Khannouss down to Seagrave sharpish, we need some creativity.