Mads Hermansen (close to 18m move to West Ham)

[Dahnsouff]

Beyond that is Aaron Ramsdale and Jordan Pickford ~25m,  both transfers from relegated clubs, but also both English (tax)

[Pliskin]

7 hours ago, Tuna said:

Won't have a choice if his release clause is activated.

It runs out soon doesn’t it? 

[LCFCJohn]

57 minutes ago, ian__marshall said:

The fee is frustrating. What annoys me about the fee, is WHU have clearly played us and we've fallen for it like a naive little child. 

 

How many times when we were an established PL team did we express interest in a player only to get knocked back repeatedly until the end of window where at which point we were desperate so either paid the asking price or more?

 

For the first time in years we're in a position with Mads where technically we don't/shouldn't need to sell him, and if the transfer went to the wire we're fine as we already have his replacement, yet the club have caved in at the first sign of WHU expressing interest in a keeper with no experience in the PL, and at a time when similar aged keepers with similar ability appear to be going for higher fees. I appreciate there's the PSR argument but surely having moved on Coady and Wilf, whilst getting JV, Ward plus other high earners off the books we have a bit less urgency. 

 

I just hope we've included add-ons in the deal, though doubt we have as we never seem to pursue this option. 

 

From a playing perspective, I'm not overly concerned as Stolarczyk is an excellent alternative so we're lucky that we can at least go into the new season confident that we have a very good keeper between the sticks. 

 

 

We have his replacement but there’s a couple of areas we need to strengthen, striker and central midfield. If we need funds to do that, it’s not so much holding out as we have his replacement but slowing down strengthening the team. That’s my thoughts anyway.

 

Stolarcryk is not the step down many are making out which you point out as well. If we can reinvest in the areas above, we will be a stronger team and squad for it and our prospects will be better. 

[Devonfox1884]

I think if it’s just £18m as quoted, we’re probably slightly low on his value.

 

I suspect, however, that it’ll be more like £18m up front with £2/3m in add-ons that would take the fee to a level where we can be more content. 

[LCFCCHRIS]

The sad part is he could have been our #1 for 10+ years in the prem. But the reality of it is we need to get funds in now. Sad to see Mads go and he leaves with massively good favor from all of us, very professional.

[Jazzy_Jeff]

1 hour ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

£40m player imo 

I’m surprised more clubs haven’t come in for him as several need/have needed keepers.

 

Chelsea have been linked with several but didn’t come in for him (even more surprising given Enzo link), Man Utd and Newcastle have struggled in that position and Bournemouth and Brentford lost last seasons keepers. Man City also re-signed Trafford for a significantly higher fee than we’re getting for Mads.

 

Any chance he’s not as good as we think he is? Looking back he has made several errors leading to goals with both his feet and hands since he’s been with us. His injury history also leaves a question mark.

[The Year Of The Fox]

6 minutes ago, Jazzy_Jeff said:

I’m surprised more clubs haven’t come in for him as several need/have needed keepers.

 

Chelsea have been linked with several but didn’t come in for him (even more surprising given Enzo link), Man Utd and Newcastle have struggled in that position and Bournemouth and Brentford lost last seasons keepers. Man City also re-signed Trafford for a significantly higher fee than we’re getting for Mads.

 

Any chance he’s not as good as we think he is? Looking back he has made several errors leading to goals with both his feet and hands since he’s been with us. His injury history also leaves a question mark.

Yeah I do agree. The mistakes made with his feet though are because idiotic managers force him to play that way 

[AjcW]

7 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Yeah I do agree. The mistakes made with his feet though are because idiotic managers force him to play that way 

Have you seen who he is joining?  

[Claudio Fannieri]

Yes it would have been amazing to secure £25m + for Mads, we have all seen his potential, he can be a brilliant keeper on his day, but let’s not be blinded he also has limitations, his lack of height is a massive issue to him becoming an elite level keeper, he is also coming off the back of a season where he has had 2 lay offs due to a niggling injury, which also may have contributed to a drop off in form. 
 

There will be different reports circulated about the fee, West Ham will be briefing journalists the fee was low. I truly believe we have secured £18m as a base fee with a number of very achievable add ons that will take the fee to over £20m + and a sell on % should West Ham sell him on for a future profit. 
 

I love Mads but I ain’t sure if this could be his peak and we have actually got the best end of the deal long term. 

[Torten]

1 hour ago, Dahnsouff said:

Just going to leave this here for edification purposes

That fee for Gigi Buffon in 2002 is absolutely wild. Worth it for Juve ultimately though.

[lgfualol]

Shite amount of money - could have got more but I agree with another poster his performances post injury weren’t so great. 
 

Huge potential though, hope we include a sell on clause..

[Finnegan]

33 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Yeah I do agree. The mistakes made with his feet though are because idiotic managers force him to play that way 

 

How is it 2025 and still some of you haven't managed to stumble across even one article or video explaining how poor this take is by now. 

 

Like, it was objectively intelligent for Enzo to have us bait and beat the press, we were good at it, Hermansen was good at it, you literally watched us win the league. 

 

[DezFox]

With the modern game and how good he is with his feet. He is a 25mill goalkeeper, no question. 

We didn’t need much more but we did and should have got more. Poor deal on our side bargain for West Ham. It’s all fine saying we have a replacement and needed to sell, these deals add up and the reason we in this mess is the same reason we have come out licking our wounds on this one. 
 

I am sick of every scraping around and looking for positiveS and saying it could be worse….how about just having an actual positive deal where we feel we have actually done well. I hate king power so much, until massive changes are implemented, our assets and everything at LCFC are going one way. 

[RonnieTodger]

He was the most obvious sale in the event of relegation and we’ve still gotten a crap fee.

[The Year Of The Fox]

12 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

How is it 2025 and still some of you haven't managed to stumble across even one article or video explaining how poor this take is by now. 

 

Like, it was objectively intelligent for Enzo to have us bait and beat the press, we were good at it, Hermansen was good at it, you literally watched us win the league. 

 

We’d have won that league without chess football

 

 

Far far more goals are conceded with the keeper thinking he’s Pirlo than goals are created 

[CosbehFox]

51 minutes ago, Jazzy_Jeff said:

I’m surprised more clubs haven’t come in for him as several need/have needed keepers.

 

Chelsea have been linked with several but didn’t come in for him (even more surprising given Enzo link), Man Utd and Newcastle have struggled in that position and Bournemouth and Brentford lost last seasons keepers. Man City also re-signed Trafford for a significantly higher fee than we’re getting for Mads.

 

Any chance he’s not as good as we think he is? Looking back he has made several errors leading to goals with both his feet and hands since he’s been with us. His injury history also leaves a question mark.

Well not really that deal is inflated - it's £27 million but given Man City sold him to Burnley for £15m - the deal to Man City is more like £12m 

 

If we compare the deals of Kelleher £12.5m + add-ons and Petrovic at £25m, it's about right. Petrovic with the obvious benefit of immediate form, that's probably your £5m difference there. 

[jv1]

5 minutes ago, RonnieTodger said:

He was the most obvious sale in the event of relegation and we’ve still gotten a crap fee.

Not much different to the Maddison and barnes fees in regards to how far under their value it would have been if we stayed up - I’m afraid that’s the cost of relegation and being run by shambolic fools 

[CosbehFox]

2 hours ago, ian__marshall said:

The fee is frustrating. What annoys me about the fee, is WHU have clearly played us and we've fallen for it like a naive little child. 

 

How many times when we were an established PL team did we express interest in a player only to get knocked back repeatedly until the end of window where at which point we were desperate so either paid the asking price or more?

 

For the first time in years we're in a position with Mads where technically we don't/shouldn't need to sell him, and if the transfer went to the wire we're fine as we already have his replacement, yet the club have caved in at the first sign of WHU expressing interest in a keeper with no experience in the PL, and at a time when similar aged keepers with similar ability appear to be going for higher fees. I appreciate there's the PSR argument but surely having moved on Coady and Wilf, whilst getting JV, Ward plus other high earners off the books we have a bit less urgency. 

 

I just hope we've included add-ons in the deal, though doubt we have as we never seem to pursue this option. 

 

From a playing perspective, I'm not overly concerned as Stolarczyk is an excellent alternative so we're lucky that we can at least go into the new season confident that we have a very good keeper between the sticks. 

 

 

We need to sell. It's naive to think otherwise. That and West Ham have tried at least twice to sign him. Hence they did this whole thing with the Brazilian keeper. 

 

The departures so far I highly doubt would save the PSR issues. We are about to drop from a permitted loss of £83m to £61m. 

 

While at the same time, we immediately jump to the second year of parachute payment rather than the bumper first. The revenues from the Championship are greatly reduced on TV and match day. Also no sponsor at the moment. So I suspect more departures are required in reality. We aren't aware of how we were over the £83m for starters cos we could be beyond that and need to make better than a £16m gap. 

Edited 8 August 2025 by CosbehFox

[James_lcfc]

[Groby_Blue]

Let's turn this around.

 

If we were in the Prem buying a goalkeeper that missed half the season with an injury and had just been relegated, and we spent £20m to £25m on him, people would be losing their minds. 

 

"Paying over the odds again for an injury prone relegated keeper" 

[Finnegan]

25 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Far far more goals are conceded with the keeper thinking he’s Pirlo than goals are created 

 

No they aren't.

 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

13 hours ago, ronnup said:

I mean as a first team keeper

Not a chance. 

[HitchinFox]

11 minutes ago, Groby_Blue said:

Let's turn this around.

 

If we were in the Prem buying a goalkeeper that missed half the season with an injury and had just been relegated, and we spent £20m to £25m on him, people would be losing their minds. 

 

"Paying over the odds again for an injury prone relegated keeper" 

Nailed it. A typical football fan's mindset in a nutshell. 

 

[Sooper Steve's shin]

3 hours ago, Dahnsouff said:

Just going to leave this here for edification purposes

If only say half of these could be considered an unqualified success. With the amount of data available in the modern game and considering the money being splashed, that’s criminal. 

[Dahnsouff]

3 minutes ago, Sooper Steve's shin said:

If only say half of these could be considered an unqualified success. With the amount of data available in the modern game and considering the money being splashed, that’s criminal. 

Suspect most these, especially you Kepa, are tantamount to money laundering