Players that we were linked with that as fans we said we didn't want, that turned out to be good for other clubs.

[Stadt]

I remember a few turning their noses up at Tarkowski 

[jammie82uk]

24 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

He was largely unimpressive here

He was but we still put a £600,000 offer in and Tottenham was almost tempted to sell at that price 

[Pliskin]

2 hours ago, The whole world smiles said:

I remember fans literally having a melt down when we were linked to Akanji.

I remember that too 😂

[DJW1]

1 hour ago, Manwell Pablo said:

Any kind of discussion of this nature just makes me think Harry Kane.  

 

He was largely unimpressive here but it's always made me laugh how much some of our fans have stuck to their guns and still called him shit despite him clearly being a world class striker and England's highest goal scorer.  

It may well be because of the gesture he made to the Leicester fans after he scored against us on 26 December 2014. He's a great player but that gesture still annoys me

[ajthefox]

20 minutes ago, DJW1 said:

It may well be because of the gesture he made to the Leicester fans after he scored against us on 26 December 2014. He's a great player but that gesture still annoys me

Have you ever considered moving on?

[SafewayFox]

7 minutes ago, ajthefox said:

Have you ever considered moving on?

To be fair, between Rodgers doing his annoying little clap or Faes waving his arms about, both grind my gears a lot more than maybe they should. 
 

 

[Reg Vardy]

We were linked with Diallo whilst at Sunderland, and Adam Wharton prior to signing for Palace, Andy Robinson when he was at Hull…..

[DJW1]

1 hour ago, ajthefox said:

Have you ever considered moving on?

Gesture such as that (and worse) are why many fans of other teams dislike Vardy. I sometimes forgive but I rarely forget.

[Dan]

9 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

I thought Bowen was not pursued as the club don’t feel he had the right character/attitude.

 

Naturally I’m forever grateful we stuck to only going for the good eggs like Faes, Vestergaard, Winks etc!

Hilarious isn't it. 100% should've signed him.

[OntarioFox]

Kone

[Finnegan]

41 minutes ago, OntarioFox said:

Kone

 

You mean the guy that's scored more than all our forwards combined. 

 

Did you read the thread properly? 

[Marky mark]

After not willing to pay 1 m for Kevin Campbell 

we were offered a very young Andy Cole for 600k …..

in true Leicester style we turned it down 

think he was half decent 

[Trav Le Bleu]

Players that we were linked with that as fans we said we didn't want, that turned out to be good for other clubs.

 

Park life!

[jayfox26]

6 hours ago, murphy said:

I think that the majority of us did want Bowen.

 

But this thread is the wrong way around. Usually it is posters saying the opposite, celebrating a signing that you can see will be a dud from a mile off,  such as Carranza or Vestergaard when we had aspirations of CL football.    

 

I'm quite sure that if we signed Alison Hammond to play up front we would hear the usual chorus of 'give her time', 'she hasn't kicked a ball for us yet' etc.

She'd probably be better than Elvis Hammond. Dean wasn't too bad. 

[Sly]

You’d laugh but all these “have” crossed the desk at some point and we didn’t sign or they choose elsewhere for other reasons.
 

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Michael Olise

Ollie Watkins

Mohammed Kudos

Enzo Fernandez

Alexander Isak

Jonathan David

Ivan Toney

Benjamin Sesko

Jeremy Doku

Leon Bailey

Cody Gakpo

Boubacar Kamara

James Ward-Prowse

Houssem Aouar

Georgia Skalvini

Manuel Ugarta

Josko Guarivol

Leonardo Trossard

Joao Pedro

Jamal Muisiala

Raphina

Jude Bellingham

 

At the time, I can guarantee people turn the nose up for various reasons. You’ll never plead everyone. 

Edited 28 October 2025 by Sly

[RonnieTodger]

6 hours ago, Stadt said:

I remember a few turning their noses up at Tarkowski 

I remember getting a load of laughing reacts for suggesting Ben Mee on a free before he went to Brentford. 
 

Hope they enjoyed watching Amartey and Faes that season.

Edited 28 October 2025 by RonnieTodger

[JimJams]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

You mean the guy that's scored more than all our forwards combined. 

 

Did you read the thread properly? 

Does that not fulfil the "turned out to be good for other clubs" then?

 

There'll have been a few that didn't want him.

[Danizen]

42 minutes ago, Sly said:

You’d laugh but all these “have” crossed the desk at some point and we didn’t sign or they choose elsewhere for other reasons.
 

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Michael Olise

Ollie Watkins

Mohammed Kudos

Enzo Fernandez

Alexander Isak

Jonathan David

Ivan Toney

Benjamin Sesko

Jeremy Doku

Leon Bailey

Cody Gakpo

Boubacar Kamara

James Ward-Prowse

Houssem Aouar

Georgia Skalvini

Manuel Ugarta

Josko Guarivol

Leonardo Trossard

Joao Pedro

Jamal Muisiala

Raphina

Jude Bellingham

 

At the time, I can guarantee people turn the nose up for various reasons. You’ll never plead everyone. 

Weren't we looking at Lewandowski at on point?

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

3 hours ago, OntarioFox said:

Kone

 

Yeah man I remember turning my nose up at a competent striker, proper baffled he's done well elsewhere

[JimJams]

Just now, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Yeah man I remember turning my nose up at a competent striker, proper baffled he's done well elsewhere

Quite a few did, have a look at the transfer thread.  

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

2 minutes ago, JimJams said:

Quite a few did, have a look at the transfer thread.  

 

I've had a look and the resounding feeling is hardly one of negativity  

[JimJams]

1 minute ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

I've had a look and the resounding feeling is hardly one of negativity  

I don't remember there being much around Bowen either, but the threads ran with that!...

[Finnegan]

18 minutes ago, JimJams said:

Does that not fulfil the "turned out to be good for other clubs" then?

 

There'll have been a few that didn't want him.

 

Yes but literally everyone wanted him

 

[JimJams]

Earlyh days but here's one.  Odsonne Edouard!

[JimJams]

4 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Yes but literally everyone wanted him

 

You'd have thought so but having a look through the opening few pages of the Kone thread we got:

 

"I have a really unsubstantiated but powerful feeling he'd be an absolute dud at championship level"

 

"I watched him closely in the playoffs he’s not good enough and looked technically poor, and barely scored in the second half of the season"

 

"I’d rather we go and look at..."

 

"There’s better and you get over seas. Why do we (if true) persist in pissing around with deals like this, when we can pick up an absolute gem in South America." 

 

"No thanks."

 

"Hopefully not to us." (In response to someone saying he's going to be moving).

 

 

I feel I have defended Ontariofox's honour!