Luke Thomas - Hoffenheim interest

[Bluetintedspecs]

I wonder what would be being said if it was just announced that we'd sold him for £5 million 🤔

Would it have been wild celebrations, congratulations and high 5s all round for Rudkin ? 🤷‍♂️

[kingpower]

The lad peaked when he volleyed into the top corner at Old Trafford. Take the money and wish the lad well 

[Wink84]

1 minute ago, lcfc_forever said:

I’ve seen reports his contract was extended again for another year? 

Iversen or Thomas? I was referring to Iversen btw.

[LCFCCKEANO]

1 minute ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

I wonder what would be being said if it was just announced that we'd sold him for £5 million 🤔

Would it have been wild celebrations, congratulations and high 5s all round for Rudkin ? 🤷‍♂️

Can’t speak for everyone but absolutely yes I’d be cracking out the good champagne, that’s 25m in psr terms

[Clarkey123]

It’s only good money if we’re thinking of spending it. Which dosent look like happening at the mo 😉

[les-tah]

Makes you wonder if this is another PSR attempt after the failed PSR scams he tried with everton and spurs for cannon and skipp when they fully blagged him and they didnt return the favour and is now trying to fix this with another team.

[Lesta Legend]

5 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I still have a soft spot for Thomas but he'll end up leaving on a free so just take the money and reinvest. We will run doing this twice with Iversen, don't do it again.

It makes perfect to move him on but we’re likely to again see a player leave on a free, losing out on a reasonable fee undermining our PSR goals. 
 

Maybe they’re in the situation whereby they haven’t done their home work on another left back with VK needing backup. And in January with 9 days left it’s too much for one man to manage on top of the other positions which we’re told their targeting. 

[Bluetintedspecs]

Just now, LCFCCKEANO said:

Can’t speak for everyone but absolutely yes I’d be cracking out the good champagne, that’s 25m in psr terms

Fair play and I also feel he's not good enough and get what we can, within reason, maybe we're negotiating because we feel we can get more which is even better if we do!

[Pliskin]

7 minutes ago, Clarkey123 said:

It’s only good money if we’re thinking of spending it. Which dosent look like happening at the mo 😉

It’s not been happening because the squad was full. Players have had to leave before we can spend. 

[UniFox21]

8 minutes ago, Clarkey123 said:

It’s only good money if we’re thinking of spending it. Which dosent look like happening at the mo 😉

It also removes someone for money that we're going to lose on a free in 6 months. Opens up a spot for an academy player etc etc 

[Grebfromgrebland]

24 minutes ago, dooflip said:

And Ricardo when he’s back. That gives us 4 full backs - all 4 can play on the left and 3 of them can play on the right. We are absolutely fine in terms of depth there considering the situation we are in. Get the money in to strengthen in other areas.

I don't think that Ricardo is ever coming back to the level we need / want

[Chelmofox]

So the problem we now have is he is the only cover we have for Victor. Hamza has gone, Woyo is completely unknown (and cheap), we know that JJ can play on both the left and the right but is currently awful wherever he plays and is one tackle away from being out for the rest of the year.

 

5mil we should be taking instantly and wetting ourselves that we got rid of someone who has no future here. 

 

We could sell and recruit using the funds, but that involves doing deals in a few days.

 

So we will turn this down, keep him, play him 2 times for the rest of the season whilst we get relegated and he will bugger off on a free.

 

Classic LCFC.

[Mickyblueeyes]

Rudkin is going to show up on that show on Channel 4 where people hoard things for years. He will be stood there with a bunch of unwanted footballers and be like “I just can’t see them go”. 
 

Sell and use it. 

Edited 26 January by Mickyblueeyes

[RedSoxUK]

Don't know why but I just can't see Luke Thomas in Germany...

 

He's going to reject and join Hamza and Cannon at Sheffield United.

[lcfc_forever]

17 minutes ago, Wink84 said:

Iversen or Thomas? I was referring to Iversen btw.

Thomas. A few posters said his contract expires in the summer but seen elsewhere it’s the following year. 

[shen]

1 minute ago, UniFox21 said:

It also removes someone for money that we're going to lose on a free in 6 months. Opens up a spot for an academy player etc etc 

Pretty sure academy players don't need registration under the age of 21. Since Thomas is an academy player himself, it doesn't really free up a space in the squad, except for an older academy player like maybe Raikhy or Opoku.

[coolhandfox]

It 5m euros, 4.2m, which maybe not all upfront.

 

Same people saying sell at any price will be kicking off if he turns this career around in Germany and we have sold him for a low fee.

 

 

[lcfcsnow]

9 minutes ago, RedSoxUK said:

He's going to reject and join Hamza and Cannon at Sheffield United.

Doubt it they sent him back last season

[lcfc sheff]

so what spurs reject are we signing with the money? 

[Chelmofox]

Just now, coolhandfox said:

It 5m euros, 4.2m, which maybe not all upfront.

 

Same people saying sell at any price will be kicking off if he turns this career around in Germany and we have sold him for a low fee.

 

 

Once they are gone, they are gone imho. I don't get wound up about Lookman and genuinely happy for him he has done well. But there are times with certain players when enough is enough, and Luke very much fits that category. He clearly needs a new start and this could be a great deal for him.

[Mickyblueeyes]

9 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

It 5m euros, 4.2m, which maybe not all upfront.

 

Same people saying sell at any price will be kicking off if he turns this career around in Germany and we have sold him for a low fee.

 

 

The reality is, he doesn’t have a career here. It’s over. If he couldn’t have forced himself into the starting 11 now, with all the issues at the back, he never will. At this moment in time, he simply a drain on restricted resources. 
 

He might go to Germany and become England’s first choice left back but one thing is for certain, he can’t do that here. Sometimes you just have to cut them loose.

[Haywood_6]

That would be a great move for him and 4.2 million is probably about fair. 

[coolhandfox]

8 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Once they are gone, they are gone imho. I don't get wound up about Lookman and genuinely happy for him he has done well. But there are times with certain players when enough is enough, and Luke very much fits that category. He clearly needs a new start and this could be a great deal for him.

All of which I agree with, but people going mad because someone has made a offer which could be a £1 up front and the rest on the never, never! 

 

 

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

The reality is, he doesn’t have a career here. It’s over. If he couldn’t have forced himself into the starting 11 now, with all the issues at the back, he never will. At this moment in time, he simply a drain on restricted resources. 
 

He might go to Germany and become England’s first choice left back but one thing is for certain, he can’t do that here. Sometimes you just have to cut them loose.

100%, but without knowing the break down of the deal, we don't know whether excepting it is the wrong or right to kick off about it not being excepted.

 

 

[Mickyblueeyes]

Just now, coolhandfox said:

100%, but without knowing the break down of the deal, we don't know whether excepting it is the wrong or right to kick off about it not being excepted.

 

 

The reports coming out and past experience mean it is completely fair and reasonable to declare Rudkin guilty - I am virtually certain that this deal is better for us and our need to bring talent in than if we held him back for a further 6 months. We’ve fumbled too often for it not to be.