Jordan James joins on loan - Official

[cityfanlee23]

Not fussed who we have to sell. Players like JJ need to be snapped up, made captain, and the entire foundation built with him as the starting brick. This is the sort of Danny Drinkwater/Matty James/Vardy/Mahrez kind of signing we need. Great attitude, works hard, huge potential. 

Fans need to do their absolute best to make him fall in love with this place. 

[LCFCJohn]

12 hours ago, Dahnsouff said:

Agree, not utilising this for 6 would really show what a terrible state we find ourselves in.

Surely the option was set in the event of promotion? If we stay in the Championship or even went down to L1, I would have thought it would be another summer

of no transfer fees spent and loans/frees only.

[Dahnsouff]

14 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Surely the option was set in the event of promotion? If we stay in the Championship or even went down to L1, I would have thought it would be another summer

of no transfer fees spent and loans/frees only.

Yes, you are probably right.

[LCFCJohn]

23 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Yes, you are probably right.

It feels as though Aiyawatt hasn’t yet clicked that PSR is actually wages as well as transfer fees. The thick t**t has completely stopped transfer fees yet renews Thomas’ contract with a wage rise to boot. I can’t remember the numbers but apparently doubled, might have been around £20k more per week. Over a year that is £1mill which would cover the transfer fee of James over the contract. 
 

So if we don’t sign James, let’s just remember that Aiyawatt chose 3 more years of Thomas over James….

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, LCFCJohn said:

It feels as though Aiyawatt hasn’t yet clicked that PSR is actually wages as well as transfer fees. The thick t**t has completely stopped transfer fees yet renews Thomas’ contract with a wage rise to boot. I can’t remember the numbers but apparently doubled, might have been around £20k more per week. Over a year that is £1mill which would cover the transfer fee of James over the contract. 
 

So if we don’t sign James, let’s just remember that Aiyawatt chose 3 more years of Thomas over James….

Its a thin line between club solidarity and the boys club mentality. We used to have the former, where we had forged a strong togetherness (Thanks Nigel) but feels very much like the latter in recent times. By that I mean we seem to favour what we have at all costs, and as a starting point its fine, you want loyalty to be evident on both sides. However, we have to be more accepting that some incomings just fit like a glove (Such as JJ), just as some incumbents are better moved on, especially when HG as they are pure profit.

[LCFCJohn]

8 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

It’s a thin line between club solidarity and the boys club mentality. We used to have the former, where we had forged a strong togetherness (Thanks Nigel) but feels very much like the latter in recent times. By that I mean we seem to favour what we have at all costs, and as a starting point it’s fine, you want loyalty to be evident on both sides. However, we have to be more accepting that some incomings just fit like a glove (Such as JJ), just as some incumbents are better moved on, especially when HG as they are pure profit.

Agreed. I don’t think we have had enough turnover over recent years. Lack of positive incomings and many of those who have come in (Ayew/Skipp) have just added to the problem. We made some decent sales profit wise in the summer but let’s be honest, McAteer, Justin and Ndidi were hardly the problem in terms of the toxic squad.

 

For me, the excuse that is regularly made for the club, you know the one, ambition blah blah doesn’t wash any more. I forgive Daka and Soumare as nobody criticised those signings at the time and that summer maybe yeah, we did show ambition, even if it failed.

 

Since then, it is a string of failings. It would have been easy to implement a more sensible transfer policy. Most of the dossers now have been signed or renewed (Vestergaard/Thomas) since the start of the first relegation season.

 

Even if we had taken it seriously since the moment we were relegated, by this next summer the worst case scenario would be the following left;

Faes - 1 year

VK - 2 years

 

As it is, we will still have Vestergaard, Skipp, Thomas, BDR along with those 2 as ones I see as being a problem for us moving forward. Obviously if we don’t do anything stupid we will shift some in the summer that are out of contract but do we trust Aiyawatt not to give them all new deals for the reason you say?

[JimJams]

In theory the Bilal money will see us be able to buy JJ.

 

In theory.

[l444ry]

Should be made Captain when Ricky is not playing. Easily the best and most inspirational player we have on the Books.

[STEVIE B]

34 minutes ago, JimJams said:

In theory the Bilal money will see us be able to buy JJ.

 

In theory.

Unfortunately our hierarchy probably haven’t realised Vardy has left the club, so they will have absolutely no idea about Bilal’s situation. 

[sm1]

1 hour ago, LCFCJohn said:

It feels as though Aiyawatt hasn’t yet clicked that PSR is actually wages as well as transfer fees. The thick t**t has completely stopped transfer fees yet renews Thomas’ contract with a wage rise to boot. I can’t remember the numbers but apparently doubled, might have been around £20k more per week. Over a year that is £1mill which would cover the transfer fee of James over the contract. 
 

So if we don’t sign James, let’s just remember that Aiyawatt chose 3 more years of Thomas over James….

Its Rudkin who's in charge of salary negotiations, not Top. The fact Top is an ostrich and demands zero accountability from Rudkin is the other major problem. 

[LCFCJohn]

2 minutes ago, sm1 said:

Its Rudkin who's in charge of salary negotiations, not Top. The fact Top is an ostrich and demands zero accountability from Rudkin is the other major problem. 

Buck stops at Aiyawatt. 
 

Despite Rudkin’s incompetence and being in a position he shouldn’t, he has still been around football all his life. 
 

I reckon Aiyawatt dictate things more than many care to believe.

[Claudio Fannieri]

This lad embodies everything we should be looking for in our signings moving forward, wants to be here, very good player, always gives 100% and you can clearly see wants to play for the manager.
 

The sooner the wantaways bugger off and we can start to field a match day squad full of players committed to the club and the manager the better. 

[Sly]

It’s criminal if we don’t make this signing permanent.

 

He’d have been a major addition last summer when KDH went, never mind this car crash this season. 

[StanSP]

I thought it was an obligation to buy. 

 

If it isn't, and it is just an option, does that only kick in at the end of the loan? Or can we activate it any time? 

[The Doctor]

38 minutes ago, StanSP said:

I thought it was an obligation to buy. 

 

If it isn't, and it is just an option, does that only kick in at the end of the loan? Or can we activate it any time? 

supposedly a conditional obligation, like Fatawu. So, it only becomes an obligation if conditions are met.

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, The Doctor said:

supposedly a conditional obligation, like Fatawu. So, it only becomes an obligation if conditions are met.

Let's hope it's based on appearances and he doesn't get a long-term injury. 

 

[fox_favourite]

Don't fall for a loan player, don't fall for a long player. 

 

Ah blow it....I love you JJ! 

Edited 9 November 2025 by fox_favourite

[wardyfox86]

Another good performance today. Whatever the option/obligation/condition, top priority should be to make sure it's met.

 

If the rumoured price is true, he's instantly worth 4x that.

[The Year Of The Fox]

On 09/11/2025 at 11:45, fox_favourite said:

Don't fall for a loan player, don't fall for a long player. 

 

Ah blow it....I love you JJ! 

I love JJ, and we need to buy him 

 

But remember Waghorn?

Edited 22 November 2025 by The Year Of The Fox

[murphy]

Surely James will have better offers in the summer. Why would he want to stay here? 

[JimJams]

Just now, murphy said:

Surely James will have better offers in the summer. Why would he want to stay here? 

Pretty sure that if it's a loan with option to buy that the contract will already have been sorted and it's just a question of if we trigger the buy.

[CH1_Fox]

Still think he is more effective from deep but his work rate today was outstanding. Ran himself into the ground

[foxinsox]

3 hours ago, JimJams said:

Pretty sure that if it's a loan with option to buy that the contract will already have been sorted and it's just a question of if we trigger the buy.

Isn't it a loan with an obligation to buy?

 

Presumably constructed that way to keep the transfer fee off this years budget.

[JimJams]

Option.

[Paninistickers]

3 hours ago, JimJams said:

Pretty sure that if it's a loan with option to buy that the contract will already have been sorted and it's just a question of if we trigger the buy.

Every chance we buy him at the agreed fee in order to immediately resell him .

 

He's a 15m-20m player for a promoted team. He'll be at Cov I reckon.