Bilal El Khannouss - officially joined

[Tazfox]

11 minutes ago, FoxOnWheels said:

Anyone know if this is a good signing?

Time will tell

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Oh cant you see it baby

You got me going crazy

Wherever you go

Whatever you do

Bilal be right here waiting for you

Edited 27 August 2024 by Miquel The Work Geordie

[Fozdog]

Great work getting this lad in. Most keen observers were pretty close on what they thought the money would be to get it over the line. 
 

 

now, who’s next? Anymore before Friday?

[s11nny]

13 minutes ago, FoxOnWheels said:

Anyone know if this is a good signing?

I’ve not actually seen much of him tbh but from everything I read he seems like the real deal.

 

My worry is regardless of who we sign I can’t see cooper having any style of play or tactics for these signings to be of much help.

[splinterdream]

Where will this guy play please.

[Ryy]

9 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Where will this guy play please.

GK

[Safestandingfox]

10 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Where will this guy play please.

King Power when we're at home, if we're not at home will depend on who we're playing against 

[dooflip]

36 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Where will this guy play please.

As much as other answers are more funny,

he’s a cam and can play wide left if needed.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

3 minutes ago, dooflip said:

As much as other answers are more funny,

he’s a cam and can play wide left if needed.

 

Don't put yourself down man, this answer was funny too

[enmac]

From what I've seen on YT, he plays a bit like Maddison. Slightly more agile/athletic? He's going to get a lot of free kicks. Don't know whether he's any good at taking them. Certainly ought to be able to, although I haven't seen any evidence on YT, yet.

[Jattdogg]

2 hours ago, Gav_LCFC14 said:

The deal is sealed 

Stuffin the muffin

[PhillippaT]

3 hours ago, SecretPro said:

How do we fit Bueno and Bilal in the same 11?

3atb? (3-2-4-1)  

[SafewayFox]

4 hours ago, enmac said:

From what I've seen on YT, he plays a bit like Maddison. Slightly more agile/athletic? He's going to get a lot of free kicks. Don't know whether he's any good at taking them. Certainly ought to be able to, although I haven't seen any evidence on YT, yet.

 Cooper’s just trying to trump Brendan’s “they can’t score if don’t have the ball” with “they can’t score if we have an endless amount of free kicks”.

 

Call it the Ayew and Bilal masterclass 😎

[mozartfox]

6 hours ago, FoxesWalk said:

I’d be shocked if we pulled off this and a striker that isn’t Fofana by Friday. 

There will be a lot of people on here pulling off on Friday if Rudkin actually signs a goal scorer.

[Iran]

7 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

Holy shit what a bitch

 

Imagine being a grown adult and actually typing and sending that. 

 

I can't agree... Imagine if you were in his shoes... It was his exclusive story and probably how he makes his bread as a journalist...

 

Rare Fabrizio L.

Edited 28 August 2024 by Iran

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

7 hours ago, Groby_Blue said:

Looks like the Moroccan Phil Foden. 

Same Berber (sic). 

[fox_favourite]

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 

Edited 28 August 2024 by fox_favourite

[Scotch]

4 hours ago, PhillippaT said:

3atb? (3-2-4-1)  

That IS essentially how Cooper likes to line up on the ball. 

 

The RB tucks in to make it a back 3 whilst the LB pushes right up to the LW position with the LWer tucking in to make a second #10. 

 

So El Khannouss might very well play instead of Mavididi, meaning when we are on the ball, it's him and Buonnanotte centrally behind the striker.

[Ric Flair]

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.

[Jon the Hat]

This is quite exciting!

[FosseSpark]

Soumare, Cannon, Iversen out at the very least to recoup transfer fee here.

[dannythefox]

9 hours ago, JonnyBoy said:

Mahrez 

Your going back years them days are gone. 

[mozartfox]

What time is Fab going to announce the hi-Jack?

[mozartfox]

41 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.

If Rudkin was the 'buyer' there would be several options to recoup outrageous frees for dross.

[Pliskin]

50 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.

Don’t worry, Ric. Chelsea will sort us out. This is a great signing for them.