Wilfred Ndidi (signed for Besiktas 9m)

[les-tah]

If someone gives us £9 Million im pretty certain 2 x £4.5 million pound players from Europe would be so much better for us in the Championship. Unfortunately again this would be down to our scouting team but i guarantee if you gave Brighton or Brentfords scouting team that task they would smash it.

[AKCJ]

16 minutes ago, les-tah said:

If someone gives us £9 Million im pretty certain 2 x £4.5 million pound players from Europe would be so much better for us in the Championship. Unfortunately again this would be down to our scouting team but i guarantee if you gave Brighton or Brentfords scouting team that task they would smash it.

Ben Sheaf is going into the final year of his contract. £4.5m on him would replace Ndidi.

[filbertway]

33 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said:

It's difficult when you watch us to know which of the two is bringing the other down.  We know Wilf has some ability so it's fair he gets the benefit of the doubt but as others have said, bar some performances last season under Enzo, he's been pretty ropey for a while now.

 

If we don't replace him with another beast, I'll definitely be popping back into this thread to see if people now see what he brought to the team. This is his stats this season against other top level cms. 

 

 

This is the stats from the 19/20 season. I think you can chalk the passing and lower interceptions down to the fact that we're more of a low block team and less of a pressing and ball dominating than we were back then. He was also asked to keep it simple whereas now there seems to be more expectation for him to be Pirlo rather than Savage.

 

 

Edited 30 April 2025 by filbertway

[Fox 4 Life]

Saudi clubs apparently interested. He was superb under Enzo in the Championship but the profit would be nice.

[moore_94]

1 minute ago, Fox 4 Life said:

Saudi clubs apparently interested. He was superb under Enzo in the Championship but the profit would be nice.

Can definitely see a Saudi club going for him for £9m

 

They will find that down the back of the sofa

[Stadt]

20 minutes ago, filbertway said:

 

If we don't replace him with another beast, I'll definitely be popping back into this thread to see if people now see what he brought to the team. This is his stats this season against other top level cms. 

 

 

This is the stats from the 19/20 season. I think you can chalk the passing and lower interceptions down to the fact that we're more of a low block team and less of a pressing and ball dominating than we were back then. He was also asked to keep it simple whereas now there seems to be more expectation for him to be Pirlo rather than Savage.

 

 

Finished, checked out years ago, who would ever want him!!

 

I'm fed up of the histrionics on here like nobody ever buys bad players (even when they're half-decent), all of the shit players can get moves. It's a sort of reverse exceptionalism.

 

Clubs take on busted flushes like Sancho, Rashford, Mount, Ghezzal, Skipp etc all the time.

[moore_94]

Palace, Everton, Fulham and Saudi side Al Ahli (who Mahrez plays for) are apparently interested in him

 

https://soccernet.ng/2025/04/leicester-ndidi-saudi-epl.html

[Muzzy_no7]

3 hours ago, Fox 4 Life said:

Saudi clubs apparently interested. He was superb under Enzo in the Championship but the profit would be nice.

I wouldn’t say he was superb, good…but not superb. 
 

KDH was superb

[Bert]

20 hours ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

I’m still not having it mate

 

There are probably 10 players you could shift on who are worse, more problematic, or who’ve never shown the levels Wilf can reach, before you get to Wilf himself.

No I totally agree with you in that aspect. But he’s certainly not the Wilf we all knew. 

[Master Fox]

5 hours ago, les-tah said:

If someone gives us £9 Million im pretty certain 2 x £4.5 million pound players from Europe would be so much better for us in the Championship. Unfortunately again this would be down to our scouting team but i guarantee if you gave Brighton or Brentfords scouting team that task they would smash it.

Our scouting team peaked in s2016/15 and before , it’s been pretty much downhill since then unfortunately. 

[FrankieADZ]

6 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Palace, Everton, Fulham and Saudi side Al Ahli (who Mahrez plays for) are apparently interested in him

 

https://soccernet.ng/2025/04/leicester-ndidi-saudi-epl.html

said all of them Prem team, Everton is the one that stands out for me, 

Moyes changing the squad Doucoure leaving, Gueye will be 36 in September,

kinda fits the profile too

[splinterdream]

On 29/04/2025 at 11:55, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Then why did no one go for him when he was a free agent? 

Wage demands, maybe he's reassessed his value and he'll have to do that again or stay with us 

[Dan]

8 hours ago, filbertway said:

Rodgers went from using him at what he was best at and decided to make him play in a way that didn't suit him. 4 1 4 1 he was beautiful. When it moved it a 4 2 3 1 and he was asked to play with the ball more, it was no surprise to see a man that struggles to play football have performance levels decline.

 

Having him next to Soumare is tough on him as well. May as well be in there by himself.

That's the same as my recollection of things. In many ways the start of our downfall. It was some time around that 2021 period where we became consistently easy to play through the middle of and I don't think we've really recovered that at any point since. We've signed nobody in Ndidi's mould since this time.

 

I thought early season Ndidi had probably been our best player, but he's dipped again and it's time to go.

[sdb]

I still think he is a good player under a good manager. Will just need to find another club!

[jim5000]

Ndidi is a good PL midfielder when played to his strengths in a system that suits him.

 

He will never be a 10, he is a destroyer, and he needs someone to sit alongside him that can a) support him defensively and b) create.

 

Anyone that is forced to play along Soumare all season will look gash, doubly so if they are coached by a no-hoper that hasn't got a clue how to setup a team.

Edited 30 April 2025 by jim5000

[cropstonfox]

Time to move on now.

[Stuntman_Mike]

18 hours ago, jim5000 said:

Ndidi is a good PL midfielder when played to his strengths in a system that suits him.

 

He will never be a 10, he is a destroyer, and he needs someone to sit alongside him that can a) support him defensively and b) create.

 

Anyone that is forced to play along Soumare all season will look gash, doubly so if they are coached by a no-hoper that hasn't got a clue how to setup a team.

Look how good Wilf was against West Ham before Ruud started properly working with him.

[Dmitry]

Was a good player for years, now is piss-poor (team is brimful of has-beens like him). Hopefully didn't squander his money, will retire comfortably.

Edited 1 May 2025 by Dmitry

[AyewJoking]

heres my take...

 

no one wanted him on a free so 9m is a bit of a reach.

 

can see someone panic buying towards the end of the window when better options have all gone.

 

we cant do anything til he's sold and its a rudkin masterclass on deadline day

[HankMarvin]

Wonder what his relegation reduction salary is?

20 percent is still 60k a week in the champ 

[moore_94]

18 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Wonder what his relegation reduction salary is?

20 percent is still 60k a week in the champ 

Minimum 35%

[Mike Oxlong]

None of the squad have done themselves any favours this season regarding getting a good move financially unless its to somewhere like Saudi. 

[volpeazzurro]

On 30/04/2025 at 18:30, FrankieADZ said:

said all of them Prem team, Everton is the one that stands out for me, 

Moyes changing the squad Doucoure leaving, Gueye will be 36 in September,

kinda fits the profile too

Think Moyes probably has an eye for better players than Ndidi is now.

[FrankieADZ]

2 hours ago, volpeazzurro said:

Think Moyes probably has an eye for better players than Ndidi is now.

dunno, look at some of the players Moyes brought during his spell, real unfancied players, like Cahill, Bowen etc

never rule anything out with Moyes, he has a way of working wonders at times

[HankMarvin]

24 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

dunno, look at some of the players Moyes brought during his spell, real unfancied players, like Cahill, Bowen etc

never rule anything out with Moyes, he has a way of working wonders at times

Not sure Bowen was unfancied at 22m

Palace agreed a deal triggering West Ham to follow suit