Bilal El Khannouss - officially joined

[KlaaZ]

4 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

You don't need to tell me about El Khannouss, I know more about football players than you've had hot dinners son. What I'm querying is the inevitable fee we're going to be slapped for. Nanasi and Gronbaek have delivered just as much, if not more than El Khannouss so far in their respective leagues and Europe and gone for half what Bilal will cost.

 

We get done time and time again but as long as it's under €25m I'll be happy to have him.

No offense, but Gronbaek played in Norway (which is quite honestly a lower level than the Belgian first division), and the same goes for Nanasi who played in Sweden. Not to mention the fact that El Khannouss is only 20, three and two years younger than these guys respectively, and has already established himself as a pivotal player at a top club in a higher standard league.

[Jattdogg]

If by the third bid they haven't accepted, move on.

 

Find someone else.

[Haywood_6]

This is going to turn into another ridiculous saga like Zaha and Hlozek isn't it 

[Ric Flair]

1 minute ago, KlaaZ said:

No offense, but Gronbaek played in Norway (which is quite honestly a lower level than the Belgian first division), and the same goes for Nanasi who played in Sweden. Not to mention the fact that El Khannouss is only 20, three and two years younger than these guys respectively, and has already established himself as a pivotal player at a top club in a higher standard league.

Both leagues are a bit of a downgrade from Belgium's top league I agree, but they've been up there with the leagues standout players, done well in Europe and internationally Nanasi has started well.

 

The fee we'll pay doesn't represent El Khannouss being twice the player of them. 

[moore_94]

 

[Lesta2014]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

 

Guessing it’ll be make it 25 mill in total. 

[EnderbyFox]

Those pesky genkies

[CaliFOXnia]

13 minutes ago, KlaaZ said:

Was on the road all day, only just saw this. Someone with a LOT of potential. Excellent dribbler, great flair, great vision, very much the playmaker type. Someone who can create something out of nothing. Main question will be whether you're financially able to grab him as Genk want somewhere between 30 and 35M I believe. He's forcing the issue though, refusing to train now. Just as an addition, that doesn't mean he has a bad character. As far as I'm aware, he was promised that he could move to a better league/club. 

Promised him a better club and in walks Leicester City FC....

The poor f****r.

[-sodapop]

It's going to end up around 24 million pounds + sell-on I reckon, which is nose wateringly steep if he doesn't come out the traps an absolute superstar. Doesn't seem like a player who'd be up for a season in the championship either

[beastfootballx]

23 minutes ago, CaliFOXnia said:

An Olympic medal is the footballing equivalent of a star on your badge if you work at McDonald’s 😂

Players like messi and neymar have competed in it,so did ronaldinho. Its very prestigous

[urban.spaceman]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

 

Swapsies for Faes

[CaliFOXnia]

Just now, beastfootballx said:

Players like messi and neymar have competed in it,so did ronaldinho. Its very prestigous

No one gives a fiddlers f**k about The Olympics when it comes to footy, pal.

[James_lcfc]

6 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Both leagues are a bit of a downgrade from Belgium's top league I agree, but they've been up there with the leagues standout players, done well in Europe and internationally Nanasi has started well.

 

The fee we'll pay doesn't represent El Khannouss being twice the player of them. 

It’s possible those two would’ve cost quite a bit more if an English team was involved in the bidding as well?

 

It seems pretty difficult to get good value from the highly rated talents around Europe as a PL club.

[Scotch]

4 minutes ago, beastfootballx said:

Players like messi and neymar have competed in it,so did ronaldinho. Its very prestigous

So did Ryan Bertrand, shall we give him a call and see if he fancies a return? 

[beastfootballx]

2 minutes ago, CaliFOXnia said:

No one gives a fiddlers f**k about The Olympics when it comes to footy, pal.

30 million people did 

[FrankieADZ]

19 minutes ago, beastfootballx said:

who tf are gronbaek and nanasi? They are both great talents but bilal el khanous literally got olympic medal. Also he is literally one of the most highly rated young attackers in europe. Accept the fact 

thats nothing to write home about really imo, football at the olympics is laughable 

1 minute ago, KlaaZ said:

No offense, but Gronbaek played in Norway (which is quite honestly a lower level than the Belgian first division), and the same goes for Nanasi who played in Sweden. Not to mention the fact that El Khannouss is only 20, three and two years younger than these guys respectively, and has already established himself as a pivotal player at a top club in a higher standard league.

so just cos one player is from the Belgian league makes him better than the others, while some of the points are valid; Gronbaek has performed well in europe with Bodo, all 3 are highly talented in their own right

another gripe ric mentions is the price, where we could have got both for the price of the one

 

 

 

[Lesta Legend]

1 minute ago, beastfootballx said:

30 million people did 

Exactly 

[LestaLad]

9 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

Just pay what they want. Convinced this man is what we need to stay up. Some may say the messiah in fact. 

[richardsfoxes]

Please Leicester, him and a Striker. Then we can focus on the season. 

[Edingleyfox]

Wonder what the counter proposal will be? Guess 22m Euros plus 3m add ons. 25 million euros or £21 million equivalent?

Edited 26 August 2024 by Edingleyfox

[Trav Le Bleu]

How many gold stickers do they want?

 

The biggest thing I get from this is, can we include Rudkin in our bid, with Dimitri De Conde coming the other way as an add-on, for £40m?

[Simonb]

Either pay what they want or move on. They don't want to negotiate.. simple as

 

A player in this mould, a striker and ideally a LB if doable 

[JimJams]

12 minutes ago, CaliFOXnia said:

No one gives a fiddlers f**k about The Olympics when it comes to footy, pal.

Patently untrue. We don't give a shit because of the whole Team GB thing but other nations hold it in high regard. Especially in South America.

[Fox85]

11 minutes ago, LestaLad said:

Just pay what they want. Convinced this man is what we need to stay up. Some may say the messiah in fact. 

They want close to €40 Million so let's not be ****ing stupid.

 

Easy to spend other people money. 

[LestaLad]

1 minute ago, Fox85 said:

They want close to €40 Million so let's not be ****ing stupid.

 

Easy to spend other people money. 

He won’t be 40m.