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Besiktas confirm they are close to signing Wilfred Ndidi

By Ric Flair, in Transfer Talk

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5 minutes ago, Nolucklcfc said:

How good was he 2019/20 

Injuries and the club's overall decline have really done Ndidi and Ricardo a disservice. I don't think anyone believes you when you try to explain just how good they were at that time. Ricardo especially wouldn't have looked out of place playing for any side in the world during that period. 

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I'm not familiar with how Turkish clubs do business, but is this definitely a done deal now? The post/article from Besiktas just says they have entered negotiations. So it could still fall through...?

 

Then again, I suppose you'd hope the club were pretty confident a deal was going through if they announced this, as—correct me if I'm wrong—I think they're one of those clubs that have to announce business to the stock exchange/shareholders...?

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20 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

Nearly £9m for him is similar to how Everton burgled us for Coady.

What's it got to do with them?

 

They only had him on loan.

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10 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

Injuries and the club's overall decline have really done Ndidi and Ricardo a disservice. I don't think anyone believes you when you try to explain just how good they were at that time. Ricardo especially wouldn't have looked out of place playing for any side in the world during that period. 

We were so strong in so many positions in 2019/20. Had a good goalkeeper, the centre half partnership complemented each other well, two very good full backs, a really nicely balanced midfield. The only real fumble for me was the Perez signing who was an ill-fit for the role and a sign of things to come. That team in hindsight underachieved only coming 5th.

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Ric Flair

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1 minute ago, CloudFox said:

I'm not familiar with how Turkish clubs do business, but is this definitely a done deal now? The post/article from Besiktas just says they have entered negotiations. So it could still fall through...?

 

Then again, I suppose you'd hope the club were pretty confident a deal was going through if they announced this, as—correct me if I'm wrong—I think they're one of those clubs that have to announce business to the stock exchange/shareholders...?

Pretty sure there was a similar article to this for Akgün a day or two before we announced he'd signed. They tend to do it when it's all done bar minor details.

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1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

Pretty sure there was a similar article to this for Akgün a day or two before we announced he'd signed. They tend to do it when it's all done bar minor details.

Ah that does ring a bell. Thanks Ric.

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6 minutes ago, Dan said:

We were so strong in so many positions in 2019/20. Had a good goalkeeper, the centre half partnership complemented each other well, two very good full backs, a really nicely balanced midfield. The only real fumble for me was the Perez signing who was an ill-fit for the role and a sign of things to come. That team in hindsight underachieved only coming 5th.

I really see it as a 'what might have been'. We lost over two legs in a league cup semi final against Villa who ended up surviving due to a technical fault that season and missed out on top four because we collapsed at Bournemouth and couldn't beat Brighton or Southampton at home. 

 

We didn't underachieve the following season though. We had Europe to contend with and won the FA cup. I still wouldn't swap winning the FA cup for top four that season either. 

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19 minutes ago, CloudFox said:

I'm not familiar with how Turkish clubs do business, but is this definitely a done deal now? The post/article from Besiktas just says they have entered negotiations. So it could still fall through...?

 

Then again, I suppose you'd hope the club were pretty confident a deal was going through if they announced this, as—correct me if I'm wrong—I think they're one of those clubs that have to announce business to the stock exchange/shareholders...?

Your latter paragraph is correct. 

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On the plus side, £9m is decent business for a player who is past his best. I hope he does brilliantly in Turkey.

 

On the downside, it's a bit sad to see a long serving player leave - especially as he's been a real fans favourite for most of it. The way he bought into all things Leicester was really impressive. More importantly, he was probably our best CM. Our options in central midfield are pretty awful now he's gone 😕 

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Sad to see him go :( but think this is defo showing we are starting fresh and maybe the fresh start we should have had a few seasons ago when we 1st went down.. Hopefully, the new up and coming boys can be the next legends in the making :) and bring some excitement back to the club.

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1 hour ago, kingfox said:

I look forward to the club spending some of that transfer fee on our new striker, Patrick Bamford. 

We laugh, but Bamford was on a podcast with Coady earlier asking hiw good Fatawu is 👀

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Massively great servant to our football club, I suspect he might be the last player we have for 9 seasons again for a while.

 

Periods of those 9 years he bordered on top quality, especially the first 2 years under Brendan from March 2019. Whilst his injuries and form effected him back end of 2020/21 his performance in the FA Cup final was excellent, one of the unsung heroes that day IMO.

 

Another underrated period / element of his game was the chipped stand up crosses to the back post that he delivered numerous times under Enzo two seasons ago. We won some crucial points courtesy of those if I remember rightly.

 

Turkish football has had a bit of a renaissance in recent seasons and I think this is a very good move for him. I will watch with interest.

 

Thanks for the memories Wilf, you genuinely did go on to be a defensive midfield warrior here in your own right post N'Golo Kante, which is no easy task.

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49 minutes ago, adejo92 said:

Going to miss seing those new born giraffe legs slicing shots out for throw ins.

I remember his first goal a 25 yarder against Derby in the FA cup with his left foot and thought at the time it could be something we see on a regular basis 

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9 million is good money for a 47 year old.

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12 minutes ago, tcrofts said:

We laugh, but Bamford was on a podcast with Coady earlier asking hiw good Fatawu is 👀

I'm telling you now, if Richard Kone goes to Celtic and we spend the same amount on Paddy Bamford, I'm burning this place to the ground. 

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