Bilal El Khannouss (Stuttgart loan, official)

[Pliskin]

Just now, ClaphamFox said:

It would be a massive gamble if you really wanted him. There’s far more chance we’ll put the price up than bring it down. 

Exactly. It benefits us if the clause runs out, because we can piss about then slowing the process down. 

[JimJams]

19 minutes ago, Haywood_6 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4gm2v7j2lko

 

He's available for sale. Brighton want a modest 39 million for him. 

Kind of bollocks what they've put there I think.  Dortmund enquired about a loan for him, and Brighton were said to be open to loaning him out again but preferred a loan to an English club due the limitation on foreign loans and already having plans in place for other players.

 

If they've since said they'd be open to selling him, I don't know.  Everything around the Dortmund move suggested they really wanted to keep him.  Perhaps with Leverkusen moving in and the problems around a loan, they will sell but only for stupid money.

 

Edited 13 August 2025 by JimJams

[JimJams]

15 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

Of his clause is between £25/30m of the kings, and he genuinely has a week of his clause, why would you pay that for him, when you could chance your arm at a low ball wouldn’t you? If you’re a buying club you’d rather wait I think and chuck in a cheeky low offer. You wouldn’t pay that clause unless you were really desperate, we know how good he is, but his stats for last season probably won’t be enough to tempt a clause activation in my opinion. 

The clause is entirely for the benefit of the player effectively taking the decision away from us.  We can be lowballed while the clause is still active and accept less than the contracted fee, so it makes no difference there. They can offer £20mill now, we refuse, the clause expires, we don't now magically accept £20mill do we?

It's of benefit to any prospective buyer because they can remove us from the equation.

[Lesta Legend]

45 minutes ago, UniFox21 said:

News accumulator pages do amuse me, just does the same as @moore_94 does here just nowhere near as well

 

 

Or quick, you need a Delorean to beat @moore_94

[stevostadium]

2 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

You think we have any intention of replacing him?!

 

er no

[Grebfromgrebland]

Surely he'll go for less after the release clause expires?

[Finnegan]

@moore_94 is actually a prototype AI that @Mark has spent years coding to keep FoxesTalk the front line of LCFC updates. 

 

Edited 13 August 2025 by Finnegan

[ChrisFilter]

Just now, Grebfromgrebland said:

Surely he'll go for less after the release clause expires?

Er….?

[K789]

Just now, Grebfromgrebland said:

Surely he'll go for less after the release clause expires?

Why would he tho. If he balls out between now and end of window we'd be mad too

[Grebfromgrebland]

1 minute ago, ChrisFilter said:

Er….?

 

Just now, K789 said:

Why would he tho. If he balls out between now and end of window we'd be mad too

We need the monies?

[Levi Port]

If we lose him to West Ham that will piss me off 

[ChrisFilter]

Just now, Grebfromgrebland said:

 

We need the monies?

Why on earth would a release clause expiring mean we’d accept less? It puts the ball back in our court. And we don’t need less money for assets. We need more. 

[Deeg67]

2 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

You think we have any intention of replacing him?!

Jack Harrison is available...

[moore_94]

6 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

@moore_94 is actually a prototype AI that @Mark has spent years coding to keep FoxesTalk the front line of LCFC updates. 

 

He needs to upgrade the code, I am proper slacking lately 

[JimJams]

4 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

 

We need the monies?

We could accept a fee lower than the release clause any time we liked. 

 

[Spudulike]

If he goes to Leeds then perhaps we could do a part exchange, Piroe?

[stu]

4 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

If he goes to Leeds then perhaps we could do a part exchange, Piroe?

Bamford, more like knowing our lot.

[blockheadder]

3 hours ago, Tiny earl said:

What’s Buenotti doing this season?

The Cat?

[Bluearmyfox28]

I refuse to allow myself any hope he stays. I think we’ve seen Bilal play his last game for us.

[coolhandfox]

2 hours ago, Pliskin said:

Of his clause is between £25/30m of the kings, and he genuinely has a week of his clause, why would you pay that for him, when you could chance your arm at a low ball wouldn’t you? If you’re a buying club you’d rather wait I think and chuck in a cheeky low offer. You wouldn’t pay that clause unless you were really desperate, we know how good he is, but his stats for last season probably won’t be enough to tempt a clause activation in my opinion. 

We aren't selling him for less than the clause.

[ClaphamFox]

9 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

I refuse to allow myself any hope he stays. I think we’ve seen Bilal play his last game for us.

On what basis?

[Phenom]

I’ve never heard of anyone thinking a clause is a benefit for the player’s current club…

[5waller5]

1 minute ago, Phenom said:

I’ve never heard of anyone thinking a clause is a benefit for the player’s current club…

[lanefox]

2 minutes ago, Phenom said:

I’ve never heard of anyone thinking a clause is a benefit for the player’s current club…

It can be just depends on how much the release clause is 

[Ric Flair]

12 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

On what basis?

That his release clause expires before our next league game so if he is off, it's surely by the weekend.