1 hour ago, L1ONHeart said:

I like him a lot, don't get me wrong.  He would be a useful player to have - especially next season when everyone parks the bus against us.  However, it has to be for the right price.  The market has changed a lot, and if we want to be taken seriously in CL contention we have to go for premier names.  Mahrez has one solid season behind him, and then had a major downturn. 

You could blame the whole team for that, but I mean if we can't get Sanchez (which I dont see happening) then Mahrez is definitely the next best option. He is only 26 as well which is a great age to be right now. I have full faith in Conte to turn him around.

I mean look at Hazard compared with last season to this season? Mahrez could very much be the same, and definitely an upgrade on both Pedro and Willian

19 minutes ago, JJP said:

definitely an upgrade on both Pedro and Willian

Sorry but that's rubbish. Mahrez is perhaps as good as Pedro (and Pedro is a better fit for 3-4-3), but he's nowhere near Willian's level. We'll sign Bernardeschi before we sign Mahrez.

Edited May 22, 20179 yr by the special one

Just now, the special one said:

Sorry but that's rubbish. Mahrez is perhaps as good as Pedro, but he's nowhere near Willian's level. Granted Pedro is a better fit for Conte's 3-4-3

We'll sign Bernardeschi before we sign Mahrez.

Mahrez based on last season and the way he tore apart almost every team, I'd definitely take him over Pedro and Willian. HOWEVER, if he's hit his peak already and most his performances are going to be like this season, then id definitely avoid. But I think this season was a blip and he'll be back to his best if Conte was managing him

1 minute ago, JJP said:

Mahrez based on last season and the way he tore apart almost every team, I'd definitely take him over Pedro and Willian. HOWEVER, if he's hit his peak already and most his performances are going to be like this season, then id definitely avoid. But I think this season was a blip and he'll be back to his best if Conte was managing him

He's not worth the risk imo, personally hope we steer well clear of him. Leicester fans have a love hate relationship with him for a reason.

Edited May 22, 20179 yr by the special one

honestly think we gotta be targeting world class players, not mediocre players like barkley. with the likes of city and utd being linked with fabinho, griezmann, semedo, b.silva, i think these are the type of players we should be looking at if we're not to have an underwhelming window. 

I wouldnt mind us taking a gamble on Barkely to be honest, theres something about him when hes on top of his game that looks to me like he genuinely could be a top player. It doesnt happen often enough, but Conte could just be that manager to bring it out of him. 

Hearing rumours that Lyon are trying to signed Bertrand Traore for 20million euros, thoughts? 

Personally, I feel if we can sell him permanently then we should, he's simply not good enough to make it into our first team and if we're going to give a youngster a go I'd MUCH rather it be Tammy Abraham and not Traore

Barkley should be at the bottom of the list. He's bang average.

 

Mahrez? !?! We have Pedro and Willian.  Both better tbh. It's  just buying different versions of the same player and it's no wonder we'll see no improvement. 

 

Not to mention what's with the fascination with old farts like De Rossi and Vidal?  They're over the hill and soon to be under it. Stay away please Chelsea.  F**king waste of  time and money.

Edited May 23, 20179 yr by Sing the Blues

Never liked De Rossi.  Too inconsistent, aggressive, sloppy and even his contribution has gone down steadily over the years.  Vidal can still offer something, but it's marginal, and the price rules it out completely. 

If we're going to go for a midfielder, I would rather have Verratti from PSG, although we will be battled several clubs and PSG might be unlikely to sell. Another option would be the Brazilian Jorginho from Napoli.  Will be much cheaper, relatively young at 25, and an excellent contributor all around. 

2 hours ago, Sing the Blues said:

Barkley should be at the bottom of the list. He's bang average.

 

Mahrez? !?! We have Pedro and Willian.  Both better tbh. It's  just buying different versions of the same player and it's no wonder we'll see no improvement. 

 

Not to mention what's with the fascination with old farts like De Rossi and Vidal?  They're over the hill and soon to be under it. Stay away please Chelsea.  F**king waste of  time and money.

De Rossi is available on a free transfer, and adds experience, a combative presence in midfield, and more ball playing ability in midfield than Matic. He's also the right kind of aggressive, prone to yellow cards, yes, but that's the nature of his position and playstyle. 11 red cards (including double bookings) in 560 games for Roma, Given how long he's played for them, I'd say that's not awful. I'd like a bit of fire in the dressing room especially if we're going to lose Costa

16 minutes ago, RMCM said:

De Rossi is available on a free transfer, and adds experience, a combative presence in midfield, and more ball playing ability in midfield than Matic. He's also the right kind of aggressive, prone to yellow cards, yes, but that's the nature of his position and playstyle. 11 red cards (including double bookings) in 560 games for Roma, Given how long he's played for them, I'd say that's not awful. I'd like a bit of fire in the dressing room especially if we're going to lose Costa

Are we salivating cause he's on a free? Chelsea broke or something? 

Rossi  is not an upgrade to what we have. He's slow, late to a challenge and extremely inconsistent.  He suits the Italian game to a tee. He'll get his ass handed to him here.

There are players out there who will not only bring fire but add substance too. Rossi imo ain't one of them at least not nowadays. 

 

5 minutes ago, Sing the Blues said:

Are we salivating cause he's on a free? Chelsea broke or something? 

Rossi  is not an upgrade to what we have. He's slow, late to a challenge and extremely inconsistent.  He suits the Italian game to a tee. He'll get his ass handed to him here.

There are players out there who will not only bring fire but add substance too. Rossi imo ain't one of them at least not nowadays. 

 

No, I'm salivating because he's a top quality player to have in the squad. He's not that slow, though he certainly can't match electric pace of the midfield speed demon that is Nemanja Matic. We can still sign another player, for midfield, we need the depth for the wealth of competitions we'll be competing in next season. We've ditched Oscar, Mikel and John Terry's big wages from the club, we can certainly afford De Rossi and another midfielder on the books. I've liked him as a player for years, he's a good old school midfielder, and I think if he's available on a free we should take a punt on a year long contract. 

Ramires has reinvented himself as a 16 year old forward, maybe we should buy him again, meant to be really good 

Thought that too but didn't want to say haha

Atsu confirmed to have signed for newcastle for about 6m on a 4 year deal!

 

Sorry Newcastle.

On 2017-5-23 at 12:48, JJP said:

Hearing rumours that Lyon are trying to signed Bertrand Traore for 20million euros, thoughts? 

Personally, I feel if we can sell him permanently then we should, he's simply not good enough to make it into our first team and if we're going to give a youngster a go I'd MUCH rather it be Tammy Abraham and not Traore

Bertrand Traore IS a youngster and he's looked fantastic during pre-season with us, sadly not really set Ajax alight although he's hardly done badly. £20M is a very good price though. Be an interesting one this.

Decent player but don't think he will make it here 20m for him would be good, maybe set in a buy back clause like Barca do?

6 hours ago, Frawdulant said:

Bertrand Traore IS a youngster and he's looked fantastic during pre-season with us, sadly not really set Ajax alight although he's hardly done badly. £20M is a very good price though. Be an interesting one this.

Scored 13 goals and I'm watching hm now against UTD he is their only threat going forward, he looks good, had a rocky start at ajax then started scoring, finished very strong. 

Apparently PSG has bid 52 million pounds for oblak 

On 5/24/2017 at 15:02, dan_cfc said:

Decent player but don't think he will make it here 20m for him would be good, maybe set in a buy back clause like Barca do?

If AM sell Griezeman to Man U for say 50M
I imagine Lyon would Sell Lacazette to AM for 40 odd
So 20M seems about right for Traore, maybe 25 and a buy back clause as you say.

Edited May 26, 20179 yr by Van Butsen

Just a thought, perhaps we will sign Walker?

He posted what seemed to be a farewell message online and City were the favourites, but now it's looking like they will sign Fabinho instead.

Walker for the wing back?

17 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Just a thought, perhaps we will sign Walker?

He posted what seemed to be a farewell message online and City were the favourites, but now it's looking like they will sign Fabinho instead.

Walker for the wing back?

Walker + Tierney? 

Would Spurs sell to us however I'm not convinced. I think it's more likely Walker will join Bayern or United if City sign Fabinho.

Edited May 26, 20179 yr by the special one

I had an odd thought the other day about Costa going back to Athletico and Griezman being part of the deal with Willian moving on to Man U.

Just a thought.

16 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

I had an odd thought the other day about Costa going back to Athletico and Griezman being part of the deal with Willian moving on to Man U.

Just a thought.

As good as that sounds, selling Willian to a rival is not a good idea, and Griezmann sounds likely to go to Utd if anyone and Costa seems set for China.

 

Highly doubt what you said is gonna happen