Chuba Akpom - "dropped out of the race"

[Jazzy_Jeff]

I can only assume that Ruud knows Vardy can’t play 90 mins every game and there will be matches that we need a better outlet.

 

Im not expecting this guy to bang 15 goals in but I’m hoping when he does play he can gives us more at the top end to allow defence time to rest and get organised. Looks more of a presence than anyone we currently have 

[ClaphamFox]

23 minutes ago, DezFox said:

Fine with this as long as it’s a loan. Maybe with option but not too fussed

Is there any indication of whether it's a loan or a buy?

[DezFox]

5 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Is there any indication of whether it's a loan or a buy?

Think it might be a loan, but only from what I have seen on this thread. Not entirely sure. Be typical us to buy him and put him on a nice wedge, no sell on value and 30 in October.

[Haywood_6]

Chuba's on fire, your defence is terrified

Edited 30 January 2025 by Haywood_6

[RedSoxUK]

Loan with obligation if we stay up maybe

[stu]

 

[ian__marshall]

Akpom's goals to games ratio is awful, surely we can do better than this. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

21 minutes ago, stu said:

 

Ah, the Turkish Nixon. The deal is dead. 

[SecretPro]

8 minutes ago, ian__marshall said:

Akpom's goals to games ratio is awful, surely we can do better than this. 

This is LCFC.

[Pliskin]

12 minutes ago, ian__marshall said:

Akpom's goals to games ratio is awful, surely we can do better than this. 

It’s January, this is as good as you’ll get without paying over the odds. 

[adam]

Pretty depressing that this is the best we can get after a whole month of looking for players.

[LestaLad]

27 minutes ago, stu said:

 

Pfft you guys thought footballinsider was bad. Ekrem isn’t even worth sharing.

[ClaphamFox]

13 minutes ago, ian__marshall said:

Akpom's goals to games ratio is awful, surely we can do better than this. 

It's actually not awful - more than one in three over his career. The problem is that he's never played in a top league so we have no idea what he'll be like in the PL...

[teblin]

2 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

It's actually not awful - more than one in three over his career. The problem is that he's never played in a top league so we have no idea what he'll be like in the PL...

I guess one reason for this signing would be the language and culture issue isn’t as much of an issue like some foreign loans.

[Saxondale]

There is a massive scarcity of proflific strikers. If there was a cheap, ready made option available, they would have already gone to any one of about 10 PL clubs.

[Jobyfox]

27 minutes ago, ian__marshall said:

Akpom's goals to games ratio is awful, surely we can do better than this. 

This is the same team that signed Jordan Ayew and Odsonne Edouard less than six months ago …. 

[jamfox]

45 minutes ago, ian__marshall said:

Akpom's goals to games ratio is awful, surely we can do better than this. 

 

 

Not a lot between this 3 !  Smashing the championship is harder then smashing Scotland and playing in a league of two teams becasue apart from Rangers the rest would be L1 in England , Who could we get with a high ratio at a high level ? 

 

Akpom's 

2020–2023      Middlesbrough 77             (33)

2023–  Ajax      42         (14)

 

Edouard

2018–2021      Celtic   94         (57)

2021–  Crystal Palace  95         (18)

2024–  → Leicester City (loan) 4             (0)

 

Daka

2017–2021      Red Bull Salzburg             82         (54)

2021–  Leicester City   84         (17)

 

 

Edited 30 January 2025 by jamfox

[VLC86]

4 minutes ago, jamfox said:

 

 

Not a lot between this 3 !  Smashing the championship is harder then smashing Scotland and playing league of two teams becasue apart from Rangers the rest would be L1 in England , Who could we ger with a high ratio at a high level ? 

 

Akpom's 

2020–2023      Middlesbrough 77             (33)

2023–  Ajax      42         (14)

 

Edouard

2018–2021      Celtic   94         (57)

2021–  Crystal Palace  95         (18)

2024–  → Leicester City (loan) 4             (0)

 

Daka

2017–2021      Red Bull Salzburg             82         (54)

2021–  Leicester City   84         (17)

 

 

You could easily argue that the Championship is better than SPL and Austria.

[jamfox]

1 minute ago, VLC86 said:

You could easily argue that the Championship is better than SPL and Austria.

Agreed 

[ian__marshall]

16 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

It's actually not awful - more than one in three over his career. The problem is that he's never played in a top league so we have no idea what he'll be like in the PL...

I guess it depends which stat you look at approx. 1 in 2.25 per 90, or 1 in 3.74 goals to appearances. 

 

Agree with the point about playing level, big question mark for me,especially given his stats are solely derived from lesser leagues. The fact he's 29 with no resale value, I'm not convinced he's what we need, unless we are looking to recruit for next season in the Championship, in which case it could be a decent signing as he has a decent return at that level. 

[ClaphamFox]

Just now, ian__marshall said:

I guess it depends which stat you look at approx. 1 in 2.25 per 90, or 1 in 3.74 goals to appearances. 

 

Agree with the point about playing level, big question mark for me,especially given his stats are solely derived from lesser leagues. The fact he's 29 with no resale value, I'm not convinced he's what we need, unless we are looking to recruit for next season in the Championship, in which case it could be a decent signing as he has a decent return at that level. 

This is why I hope it’s a loan if he does end up coming.

[jamfox]

31 minutes ago, ian__marshall said:

I guess it depends which stat you look at approx. 1 in 2.25 per 90, or 1 in 3.74 goals to appearances. 

 

Agree with the point about playing level, big question mark for me,especially given his stats are solely derived from lesser leagues. The fact he's 29 with no resale value, I'm not convinced he's what we need, unless we are looking to recruit for next season in the Championship, in which case it could be a decent signing as he has a decent return at that level. 

 

I think championship insurance is a good reason for signing him 

Edited 30 January 2025 by jamfox

[john ridley]

We're  now shopping  in premier stores not M&S  anymore .

[kingfox]

5 minutes ago, ian__marshall said:

I guess it depends which stat you look at approx. 1 in 2.25 per 90, or 1 in 3.74 goals to appearances. 

 

Agree with the point about playing level, big question mark for me,especially given his stats are solely derived from lesser leagues. The fact he's 29 with no resale value, I'm not convinced he's what we need, unless we are looking to recruit for next season in the Championship, in which case it could be a decent signing as he has a decent return at that level. 

Depends which seasons you focus on when it comes to Akpom. 
 

The 22/23 season at Middlesbrough and 23/24 season at Ajax, his underlying goalscoring data were some of the best in those respective leagues. For instance, he ranked 2nd for goals per90 in the Eredivisie last season. 
 

Of course it’s extremely unlikely he’ll replicate those numbers if he does join Leicester, but if he can chip in with 5+ goals for us, that could be a difference maker to us staying up. 
 

I can understand why fans would be underwhelmed, but unfortunately January is usually an underwhelming market. You look around at strikers not getting game time in the better leagues across Europe, unsurprisingly it’s not a very attractive list. 
 

Even if we went for a striker in the £5-10 million range, you’re probably looking at a pool of strikers who are probably not quite established yet. 

[Finnegan]

1 minute ago, kingfox said:

Depends which seasons you focus on when it comes to Akpom. 
 

The 22/23 season at Middlesbrough and 23/24 season at Ajax, his underlying goalscoring data were some of the best in those respective leagues. For instance, he ranked 2nd for goals per90 in the Eredivisie last season. 
 

Of course it’s extremely unlikely he’ll replicate those numbers if he does join Leicester, but if he can chip in with 5+ goals for us, that could be a difference maker to us staying up. 
 

I can understand why fans would be underwhelmed, but unfortunately January is usually an underwhelming market. You look around at strikers not getting game time in the better leagues across Europe, unsurprisingly it’s not a very attractive list. 
 

Even if we went for a striker in the £5-10 million range, you’re probably looking at a pool of strikers who are probably not quite established yet. 

 

Reminder that if we do play him as a second striker or even wide forward, this is what he's competing with here atm: