Bilal El Khannouss (Stuttgart loan, official)

[ClaphamFox]

Just now, em9999 said:

I don't want him to stay if he's just gonna sulk 

What makes you think he would do that?

[Mickyblueeyes]

CPFC got on the phone to West Ham - bruv, it’s easy to fool that Rudkin - just put a bid in for someone else.

[em9999]

Just now, ClaphamFox said:

What makes you think he would do that?

I see nothing that suggest he wouldn't see us beneath him .. 

 

Hope I'm wrong 

[DZ-LCFC]

DEAL STILL ALIVE / SASHA 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

22 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

 

Sounds like a regen, looks like a regen

 

Fake news

[scinnell]

Hope we stick to our guns with the 32million because this could be an attempt like West Ham to get a player on the cheap.

[ClaphamFox]

4 minutes ago, DZ-LCFC said:

DEAL STILL ALIVE / SASHA 

If this deal doesn't happen, we might have to organise a roster for regular welfare checks on Sacha.

Edited 21 August 2025 by ClaphamFox

[Finnegan]

Pino is a lot better than Bilal.

[ClaphamFox]

13 minutes ago, em9999 said:

I see nothing that suggest he wouldn't see us beneath him .. 

 

Hope I'm wrong 

That double negative is a bit confusing. Have you seen any actual evidence that he regards us as beneath him, or is it just that you haven't seen any evidence that he doesn't turn his nose up at us? If it's the latter, how is he supposed to prove a negative?

[Fox-LMA]

38 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

Now thats an Eze replacement...

[lcfc_forever]

 

I don’t know who wants this deal more, Sacha or Bilal? 😂

[DezFox]

And so it begins, chipping the £32mill down to somewhere around £26 mill plus add ons. Very predictable in my opinion. 

[lcfc_forever]

And another one from Sacha - sounds like we’re holding out for a higher (£30m+) fee, Palace don’t want to pay that much so looking at alternatives but they’re rejecting them! 
 

 

[em9999]

15 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

That double negative is a bit confusing. Have you seen any actual evidence that he regards us as beneath him, or is it just that you haven't seen any evidence that he doesn't turn his nose up at us? If it's the latter, how is he supposed to prove a negative?

I can't prove it as I say 

 

Perhaps I'm just being negative I just don't see much to be positive about around the club at mo 

[LCFCCKEANO]

Gamesmanship taken from the West Ham guide to pull down rudkins trousers, he’s probably already sent a counter offer for 15m and a pack of quavers 

Edited 21 August 2025 by LCFCCKEANO

[lcfc_forever]

2 minutes ago, LCFCCKEANO said:

Gamesmanship taken from the West Ham guide to pull down rudkins trousers, he’s probably already sent a counter offer for 15m and a pack of quavers 

The issue this time for Palace is there doesn’t appear to be another deal they’ve properly advanced as West Ham had a different keeper lined up so in theory should strengthen our position, but then again this is Rudkin we’re talking about! 

Edited 21 August 2025 by lcfc_forever

[RonnieTodger]

This will end in us taking €20+2m in add ons

[ClaphamFox]

7 minutes ago, lcfc_forever said:

The issue this time for Palace is there doesn’t appear to be another deal they’ve properly advanced as West Ham had a different keeper lined up so in theory should strengthen our position, but then again this is Rudkin we’re talking about! 

Another important difference is that the club had likely decided that we needed to sell Mads and so weren't in a strong bargaining position. With Bilal I suspect it's more a case of us being happy to sell him for the right price but equally happy to keep him if that price isn't met. Far less pressure on us to drop the asking price.

[ithuriel]

Hopefully Rudders does not get too overwhelmed and confused by all the business he is doing    and ends up paying them to take BEK

[AjcW]

Pino and Bilal could both be good signings for Palace, especially if they get them for the combined sale total of Eze.

 

Pino is a RW 

[cruzFOX]

This pino guy doesn’t wanna go.

bilal probably does wanna go with all the chaos happening at the club

more likely a deal with us happening imo

lets see

[JimJams]

16 minutes ago, cruzFOX said:

This pino guy doesn’t wanna go.

bilal probably does wanna go with all the chaos happening at the club

more likely a deal with us happening imo

lets see

Pino no Grigio?

[Wolfox]

I think many read these threads like they’re live updates, but assuming there is a grain of truth…. Why should we be able to deal with?

[whoareyaaa]

Pino won't leave for Palace, I'd say this is still on and be done by the weekend

[Bluearmyfox28]

Continue playing hardball with Palace, this is one thing Rudkin actually manages to do well. They’ll eventually cough up the money, and they’re banking half of the Eze money after paying for Bilal. 
 

£32m for Bilal would take our total amount raised to £60m for the summer and a book value profit of around £38-£40m