Caleb Okoli - Outgoing

[James and his giant peach]

Got excited when saw this was hot. He's a joke of a player. Makes Amartey look like Maradona on the ball. 

[LCFCCKEANO]

£8m would be fantastic- I wonder if this is surfacing now as a coke and get me so we can reject the Souttar move? If it’s alongside as amazing as the money is for both we need to sign replacements yesterday 

[FoxesWalk]

Planning to start the season with only Faes at CB then? Maybe we will see Thomas and Faes at CB vs County 🤣

[fkas]

20 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

What did we pay for him about £13m? That figures we want £8m to cover what we still owe.

Sounds about right. £13m two years of his five year deal leaves £7.8m on the books. Get enough in to clear it off and get rid of his wages so we can reinvest.

[richardsfoxes]

The only Italian defender i've known in my life time who can't defend and let's not talk about his passing abilities. 

[RowlattsFox]

I mean I know the options are shit and it's great to get rid but we do need someone to play this weekend  

 

 

[VLC86]

22 minutes ago, jstclair1 said:

Has to be up there with pound for pound worst signing ever at the club, i'd trust a sunday league centre back more

Not even close unfortunately. As just one example, which gets overlooked, we apparently paid the same for Benkovic.

 

 

[TheGoldenGod]

Just now, RowlattsFox said:

I mean I know the options are shit and it's great to get rid but we do need someone to play this weekend  

 

 

Yeah its the exact reason he won't leave, non story for me...you can't go into the season with zero centre backs unless our plan is to speedrun National League.

[jstclair1]

Just now, VLC86 said:

Not even close unfortunately. As just one example, which gets overlooked, we apparently paid the same for Benkovic.

 

 

Honestly disagree, Okoli played a pivotal role in ack to back relegations, i'd argue that's worse than not playing 

[kingfox]

The day he leaves will be the greatest day in Leicester history since July 16th, when Vestergaard had his contract terminated.

[Haywood_6]

1 minute ago, RowlattsFox said:

I mean I know the options are shit and it's great to get rid but we do need someone to play this weekend  

 

 

SELL HIM

**** it, play Susan from the ticket office at centre back

[AKCJ]

Really torn on it. Obviously we need to sell but we do need to play some defenders. I get the drain the swamp mentality but he does genuinely come across as a nice lad that the rest of the team loves. Surely to god he can do a job in League 1.

 

Obviously, if we get an £8m bid then we need to take it. I'm just saying that we'd be left with Faes and Gray. That would literally be it.

 

If Okoli is the centre half version Daka then Faes is the centre half version of Ayew and I know for a fact which i'd prefer.

[SB87_LCFC]

If we can get this over the line and sell Soutts for a combined £18m McCarron has pulled off a genius bit of business. 

 

But while it is well and good we do need centre halves for saturday!  I'd assume it would be Faes and Gray with John Souttar to arrive after the game. If we are paying peanuts for him it leaves us a nice tidy sum to go get a couple others in

 

Enter Abdul Abdulmalik to replace Mavididi who can go take a running jump for me, I'd then go get Pepple from Plymouth or that Mustapha Jah

[LFEFox23]

He's a walking bomb scare, honestly take anything £3m +

[TommyK]

He's more than good enough for league one. 

 

However I'm not sure he's good enough for Martinball

[TheGoldenGod]

If John Souttar is the replacement...I'm not selling Okoli and I think he's absolutely tragic. So that says it all!

[urban.spaceman]

3 minutes ago, SB87_LCFC said:

If we can get this over the line and sell Soutts for a combined £18m McCarron has pulled off a genius bit of business. 

 

But while it is well and good we do need centre halves for saturday!  I'd assume it would be Faes and Gray with John Souttar to arrive after the game. If we are paying peanuts for him it leaves us a nice tidy sum to go get a couple others in

 

Enter Abdul Abdulmalik to replace Mavididi who can go take a running jump for me, I'd then go get Pepple from Plymouth or that Mustapha Jah

Half of FoxesTalk relieved they're going but wanting to point out how much has been wasted on them in the first place:

 

[VLC86]

10 minutes ago, jstclair1 said:

Honestly disagree, Okoli played a pivotal role in ack to back relegations, i'd argue that's worse than not playing 

I get your point, but here is a list of players in that squad who cost us more…

 

Kristiansen

Yannik,

Ricky P

Skipp

Fatawu

Daka

Faes

 

That’s obviously last season, we have a long list of shit we wasted money on before Okoli as well. He’s shit, but he’s not that high on our list of worst ever signings.

 

[brookfox]

1 minute ago, VLC86 said:

I get your point, but here is a list of players in that squad who cost us more…

 

Kristiansen

Yannik,

Ricky P

Skipp

Fatawu

Daka

Faes

 

That’s obviously last season, we have a long list of shit we wasted money on before Okoli as well. He’s shit, but he’s not that high on our list of worst ever signings.

 

Sorry but I'm not having Ricardo in that list. Injuries let him down eventually and he was on an unrealistic wage but he was absolute quality in his day and all-in one of my favourite players over the last few years even towards the end.

[SB87_LCFC]

6 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Half of FoxesTalk relieved they're going but wanting to point out how much has been wasted on them in the first place:

 

Rudkin really has a lot to answer for!

[coolhandfox]

19 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Really torn on it. Obviously we need to sell but we do need to play some defenders. I get the drain the swamp mentality but he does genuinely come across as a nice lad that the rest of the team loves. Surely to god he can do a job in League 1.

 

Obviously, if we get an £8m bid then we need to take it. I'm just saying that we'd be left with Faes and Gray. That would literally be it.

 

If Okoli is the centre half version Daka then Faes is the centre half version of Ayew and I know for a fact which i'd prefer.

I think it down to whether the player want to stay or go.

 

If its the later let him go at the right price. 

[VLC86]

12 minutes ago, brookfox said:

Sorry but I'm not having Ricardo in that list. Injuries let him down eventually and he was on an unrealistic wage but he was absolute quality in his day and all-in one of my favourite players over the last few years even towards the end.

That’s a list of players who got relegated twice with us and cost more than Okoli, it’s factual. I haven’t said that them players are classed as our worst ever signings, pretty much the opposite in saying you can’t just use that as a barometer for our worst ever signings.

[MGLCFC]

56 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

What did we pay for him about £13m?

€8m - I don't know where this £13m figure keeps getting banded about from.

[mozartfox]

13 minutes ago, SB87_LCFC said:

Rudkin really has a lot to answer for!

Yep - his charge sheet is longer than Jack the Ripper's.

[brookfox]

4 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

That’s a list of players who got relegated twice with us and cost more than Okoli, it’s factual. I haven’t said that them players are classed as our worst ever signings, pretty much the opposite in saying you can’t just use that as a barometer for our worst ever signings.

I know and was almost expecting this reply. But I stand by my original message. Without going full Pat Butcher... leave my Riccy out of this!