Calvin Stengs

[Stormfox]

12 hours ago, Tuna said:

Hope he costs less than the £15million we paid out for Michael Golding

It was £5m

[lcfc sheff]

Get him in.

[Vowels]

He was brilliant a few years ago.

 

Staggering to think we spent £28million on Golding rather than gone for him last year

[dooflip]

I think at 5m this is a pretty smart move.

 

if we consider that we may be losing mavididi too, I don’t think 5m for a winger is bad business. Especially of mav were to go for 15m For example.

 

i can’t believe stengs is 26, I remember him being a wonderkid on fm😂

 

he’s clearly got talent. 5m for a winger that can also operate as a 10 in todays market really isn’t bad at all, even if he has struggled with injuries. We’ve got other options out wide so we won’t be completely reliant on him.

 

theres no denying though that other positions are a priority, but like I alluded to at the beginning of my post, we don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes in terms of outgoings.

[mozartfox]

Makes great under-pants. It a yes from me. The Ryan Bertrand sick-bay suite at Seagrave is vacant.

[Long Eaton Fox]

Rotate with Paige. Cover on the wings. £5m seems good. 😂

Edited 25 August 2025 by Long Eaton Fox

[HighPeakFox]

I wish people would stop mentioning that we bought Golding for £40m...

[lcfc sheff]

3 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:

Rotate with Paige. Cover on the wings. £5 seems good.

Yeah it’s his ability to play in multiple positions being the key here. Obviously more recently been a no.10 as well which will be needed and would be great if he was in rotation with Paige as we don’t want to stifle his growth 

[Vowels]

4 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

I wish people would stop mentioning that we bought Golding for £40m...

Rising to £56mn with add-ons. No wonder we're not playing him.

[Aus Fox]

Got to be better value than the £85 million we spent on Golding.

Gerrriminnn!

[Guest Electric Yetis]

Just been on SSN saying we're in talks.

[LestaLad]

 

[kingpowerout]

Looking at his highlights reel he’s either a direct replacement for Abdul or will provide decent competition 

 

he’s also quite tall and physical which is much needed 

Edited 25 August 2025 by kingpower

[Ryy]

Injury prone 

[moore_94]

I expect he is our Bilal replacement

 

Best season in his career so far was in 23/24 where he got 8 goals and 16 assists as an attacking mid

 

I just hope it is either a very cheap deal or a loan with how injury prone he is

[RedSoxUK]

£5m? 

 

Should be a loan with £5m option or obligation on promoted + 20 apps or something.

 

Still few years ago this bloke was £20m + to a PL side.

[Philkeavo]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

I wish people would stop mentioning that we bought Golding for £40m...

I think you’ll find it was £4(5)m…

[JimJams]

7 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

I just hope it is either a very cheap deal or a loan with how injury prone he is

 

3 minutes ago, RedSoxUK said:

Should be a loan with £5m option or obligation on promoted + 20 apps or something.

100%

I'm generally of the opinion that loans with options or favourable obligations to buy are worth paying more for than a straight purchase, and in this case given he'd need to prove his fitness, despite it looking cheap on the face of it, if he's £5mill and spends 5 years on the treatment table it then looks like a very expensive signing. 

Whilst his injury record is reason for caution, so too is the fact he's never really performed outside of the Eredivisie.

[JimJams]

In addition to this, if we're after Stengs does that mean that Joao Rego is now off the table?  Are we likely to go for/want both?  Would Rego be seen as the 10 with Stengs as cover for 10 and Fatawu?

 

 

 

 

Tune in next week to find out....

[Ric Flair]

Stengs really doesn't align with a football club that needs a complete reset and this is coming from arguably his biggest fan.

[Pliskin]

4 hours ago, honeybradger said:

Stengs isnt the right option for us.

 

1. Injury prone

2. Not a natural 10 - with our weakness in midfield we cant have 3 wingers and Jordan Ayew in front of them. We need a 10 who can help the CMs control the game and also carry their weight in terms winning the ball back. Stengs does not offer that.

 

Ideally we would go for someone like Titraoui or Joao Rego, natural midfielders who can stay fit and support our weak centre midfielders.

He’s a football manager legend, gotta be done….. plus it will satisfy my desire to sign on back in 2019.

[Pliskin]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

Stengs really doesn't align with a football club that needs a complete reset and this is coming from arguably his biggest fan.

Potentially Marti wants a bit of experience thrown into the forward line. If he lands for £5m and has an injury free run? He’s got the ability to piss this level, and would be useful experience to have around the younger lads. 
 

Id love to have a team of talented youngsters, but there’s a healthy balance to be struck with more experienced heads if you can .

[Bablemikey]

1 hour ago, mozartfox said:

Makes great under-pants. It a yes from me. The Ryan Bertrand sick-bay suite at Seagrave is vacant.

Isn’t that where we’re keeping BCDR nowadays?

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

4 hours ago, Spanner73 said:

We’ve sold I think 7, and we’re still not refreshed need at least another 5 gone. 
The point is do you trust their judgement  ? because based on what we buy I don’t 

id rather stay down than buy more crap 

No, I don’t really trust their judgement. Hence why we need regime change! Or least the heads or 3 or 4 senior people.

[teblin]

Kind of signing that can be a disaster or genius. Depends on a bit of luck.