Bilal El Khannouss (Stuttgart loan, official)

[JonnyBoy]

1 hour ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

I find it odd that people can't fathom they his release clause was set too high hence no bids so far. 

 

Now it's expiring we might see some low ball bids come in.

"set too high" basically smart from us if so 

[JonnyBoy]

1 hour ago, Dahnsouff said:

True, but I still expect him to go for less than the reported clause as he would have been identified as a profit 

yea but then we will be identified as mid table championship rotters for the next 5-6 years if we well our players because.. profit 

[99.1% BLUE]

Driving all day, is anyone able to summarise…
 

Anyone triggering the release clause? 
 

Thanks in advance. 

[FoxinNotts]

4 minutes ago, 99.1% BLUE said:

Driving all day, is anyone able to summarise…
 

Anyone triggering the release clause? 
 

Thanks in advance. 

Nothing to report. You've missed nothing.

[99.1% BLUE]

Just now, FoxinNotts said:

Nothing to report. You've missed nothing.

Thank you and it can stay that way 

[indierich06]

1 hour ago, MPH said:

 

depends on how desperate they are to leave, I’d imagine..

Isak still hasn't put one in - but the disruption they can cause without putting in an official request can sometimes be worse as we're seeing with Newcastle!

[MPH]

51 minutes ago, indierich06 said:

Isak still hasn't put one in - but the disruption they can cause without putting in an official request can sometimes be worse as we're seeing with Newcastle!

 

Isak can walk into most teams so he can afford to play the waiting game..

[Bluearmyfox28]

4 hours until the release clause expires?

[Chrysalis]

On 25/06/2025 at 04:52, Jon the Hat said:

This is the sort of thing that happens when you get relegated unfortunately.  Had we refused to put a reasonable clause in his contract he would not have signed.

Also release clauses as we discovered with contracts that didnt haveone, are not the end of the world.  Rather sell for a clause amount than get nothing.
Its a shitty situation, but if the clause is met, and he wants out, then he is sold.

 

Had we still had our good scouting and analysis system in place, this sort of thing wouldnt be such a big deal.

[Spudulike]

14 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

4 hours until the release clause expires?

Might have been triggered days ago for all we know.

[ClaphamFox]

11 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Might have been triggered days ago for all we know.

Then why did he play on Wednesday?

[Lad1966]

38 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

4 hours until the release clause expires?

Didn’t that expire yesterday?

[FrankieADZ]

27 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Might have been triggered days ago for all we know.

as said he wouldnt have come on Wednesday and journos would have said too

[Spudulike]

24 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Then why did he play on Wednesday?

The player may have decided it was a club that he didn't want to go to. Can't force him to go. His decision. Point is that no one has a clue. Nowt to do with us.

[Bluearmyfox28]

 

5 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Might have been triggered days ago for all we know.

If he starts today I think that’ll be telling if his release clause was activated. 

[Pliskin]

Clause has expired as far as I’m aware. I think we would know about it if it had been triggered. 
 

As I’ve said, why would anyone trigger his clause when it has days until it expires? As a potential buyer you’ll chance your arm at a low ball offer wouldn’t you? We know that we won’t accept any less than his clause, but to other clubs at the moment we appear desperate, so they may be thinking that we’re scratching around the back of sofa’s for cash, and put in a low offer to get him cheaper than we value him. 
 

No one was paying £25-30m for him, he’s not got the stats to justify that tag. 

Edited 16 August 2025 by Pliskin

[Jazzy_Jeff]

If he’s desperate to play in the Premier League and we feel his performances with us might be affected by this I’m wondering if a straight loan is the best option.

 

We could command a loan fee and get his wages covered that would cover the cost of a replacement(s). I look at it as a win/win - if he does well and we got promoted he either comes back to us with another years PL experience or we command a higher fee then we would get now. If he doesn’t perform, he comes back to us and we review it. 
 

Don’t get me wrong - I would rather keep him as along with Fatawu will be one of the best players in the league. I just don’t want anyone with us who doesn’t want to be here. I also don’t want us to take a cut-price deal if he tries to force a move. 
 

As long as we got sufficient remuneration and he played a certain % of games it wouldn’t be the worst idea imo.

 

 

[Pliskin]

24 minutes ago, Jazzy_Jeff said:

If he’s desperate to play in the Premier League and we feel his performances with us might be affected by this I’m wondering if a straight loan is the best option.

 

We could command a loan fee and get his wages covered that would cover the cost of a replacement(s). I look at it as a win/win - if he does well and we got promoted he either comes back to us with another years PL experience or we command a higher fee then we would get now. If he doesn’t perform, he comes back to us and we review it. 
 

Don’t get me wrong - I would rather keep him as along with Fatawu will be one of the best players in the league. I just don’t want anyone with us who doesn’t want to be here. I also don’t want us to take a cut-price deal if he tries to force a move. 
 

As long as we got sufficient remuneration and he played a certain % of games it wouldn’t be the worst idea imo.

 

 

I don’t think he is, if he doesn’t go I don’t think he will kick off about it. There’s been zero suggestions he has, I’ve even heard he’s told Moroccan media he wants to help us get back up.

[Pliskin]

Wrong thread 

Edited 16 August 2025 by Pliskin

[Pliskin]

Wrong thread  

Edited 16 August 2025 by Pliskin

[Jazzy_Jeff]

2 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I don’t think he is, if he doesn’t go I don’t think he will kick off about it. There’s been zero suggestions he has, I’ve even heard he’s told Moroccan media he wants to help us get back up.

If that’s true we should do all we can to keep him. I just players who want to play for Leicester City 

[MGLCFC]

59 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

I’d like to see this. 
 

                             Stolarczyk 

 

            Faes        Vestergaard    Okoli

 

                                Winks  
 

Fatawu       Bilal                 Page     Mavididi 

 

                                Ayew 

 

In what I imagine will be now in the absence of Justin. 
 

But what I imagine we may see is this. 
 

 

                            Stolarczyk 

 

Hamza        Faes         Vestergaard  Thomas 

 

                      Skipp         Winks 

 

Fatawu                    Bilal                   Mavididi 

 

 

                                Ayew 

As we struggle with 11 players on the pitch, I'm not certain 10 will be an improvement. But who knows?

[ClaphamFox]

3 hours ago, Pliskin said:

Clause has expired as far as I’m aware. I think we would know about it if it had been triggered. 
 

As I’ve said, why would anyone trigger his clause when it has days until it expires? As a potential buyer you’ll chance your arm at a low ball offer wouldn’t you? We know that we won’t accept any less than his clause, but to other clubs at the moment we appear desperate, so they may be thinking that we’re scratching around the back of sofa’s for cash, and put in a low offer to get him cheaper than we value him. 
 

No one was paying £25-30m for him, he’s not got the stats to justify that tag. 

There was nothing stopping a club chancing their arm with a lowball offer before the release clause expired. Our response to that offer would have given them useful information on how stubborn we’re likely to be with our valuation of BEK, which in turn would have told them whether it was worth triggering the release clause. I agree with you that no club is likely to pay £30m for him, but I also think we won’t sell him for less. Which will mean he stays. 

[Claudio Fannieri]

1 minute ago, ClaphamFox said:

There was nothing stopping a club chancing their arm with a lowball offer before the release clause expired. Our response to that offer would have given them useful information on how stubborn we’re likely to be with our valuation of BEK, which in turn would have told them whether it was worth triggering the release clause. I agree with you that no club is likely to pay £30m for him, but I also think we won’t sell him for less. Which will mean he stays. 

Absolutely agree however we are at risk that a club low balls an over and BEK starts agitating for a move and becomes unsettled and we are left with an unhappy player or forced to accept a lower offer than we had wanted to prevent being lumbered with another want away unhappy player at the club. 

[ClaphamFox]

3 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

Absolutely agree however we are at risk that a club low balls an over and BEK starts agitating for a move and becomes unsettled and we are left with an unhappy player or forced to accept a lower offer than we had wanted to prevent being lumbered with another want away unhappy player at the club. 

There’s no indication of him agitating for a move and I don’t think he will. If a top club came in for him, he might. But Leeds or Palace? Nah.