The king of Stamford Bridge broke his leg in 1966 healing techniques etc were not as advanced as they are today and he had a great career. 

Bones usually heal back stronger.

I think he will show he is over the injury by having a great season for Leicester.

I broke my leg double at the age of 16. Took a year to come back. But once fully healed I could continue playing without any issues or impact.
Now more than 20 years later I still train and play every week for my weekly football game. Altough being on a much lower level. But the leg never had any impact afterwards. A couple of year ago I fully tore of my calf during a football game. That on the other hand does have an impact. Especially as explosiveness is my forte. 

I wonder if Newcastles bid for Maddison will have any impact on whether they sell or not. Losing both players would be difficult for them. 

5 hours ago, Night-T said:

Especially as explosiveness is my forte. 

Sorry mate that did make me laugh I could imagine trying to get a office five a side game organised asking David Brent if he was any good and this would be his reply. 😆

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2 hours ago, JM7 said:

I wonder if Newcastles bid for Maddison will have any impact on whether they sell or not. Losing both players would be difficult for them. 

Not really.. think they are the only club in the PL not to have made any signing, so selling both for £120m-£150m will be welcome. Think it might be smart to bundle up some of our unwanted players + cash in the offer.

On 26/07/2022 at 17:46, JM7 said:

Brendan Rodgers does not want to lose Wesley Fofana this summer and I am told Leicester won't even consider offers of under £70 million. He's contracted until 2027 giving Leicester all the control in any transfer talks.

To a degree that’s right but with the new version of FFP coming in from January they are in a terrible position 

 

For those that don’t know the maximum amount you can spend on players will be in 2023  it is 90% 24 80% and 25 70%.

Leicester wages alone (£150 ish million ) is circa 85% of total in come  their amortisation is circa £60 million and agent fees around £12 million a year.

 

It’s very much back of a fag packet in terms of calculation but they over the last few years made profits from selling players of around £60 million a season and they don’t have EL football next season and unless they sale it’s highly possible that the 90% sum won’t be achieved and will be anything from 100-120% on player costs.

6 hours ago, Night-T said:

I broke my leg double at the age of 16. Took a year to come back. But once fully healed I could continue playing without any issues or impact.
Now more than 20 years later I still train and play every week for my weekly football game. Altough being on a much lower level. But the leg never had any impact afterwards. A couple of year ago I fully tore of my calf during a football game. That on the other hand does have an impact. Especially as explosiveness is my forte. 

We had a very special player who in the 60s broke his leg . His name was Peter Osgood. 
 

Of course he went on to be a very very good player but many shared the view that his leg break and the fact he bulked up meant that he never went to be on the truly great player the early part of his career suggested he was destined to be

Ben Jacobs update:

No change on Fofana front. Clear he is open. All about price. Some talks next week. Skriniar or Dumfries very possible since Inter need to sell. Bayern want to keep Pavard. Not much in Kilman links. Marina did loosely explore in old windows but nothing since. One to watch, though

23 minutes ago, terraloon said:

We had a very special player who in the 60s broke his leg . His name was Peter Osgood. 
 

Of course he went on to be a very very good player but many shared the view that his leg break and the fact he bulked up meant that he never went to be on the truly great player the early part of his career suggested he was destined to be

I think the difference between 60's conditioning vs today's conditioning is worlds apart.  Even if Osgood didn't go on to become better than what he already was, I think Fofana will recover with ease and within a year or two it will be like he never broke his leg at all.  I think we're all worrying way too much about a 21 year breaking his leg.

10 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Ben Jacobs update:

No change on Fofana front. Clear he is open. All about price. Some talks next week. Skriniar or Dumfries very possible since Inter need to sell. Bayern want to keep Pavard. Not much in Kilman links. Marina did loosely explore in old windows but nothing since. One to watch, though

isn't Skriniar similarly priced? if so we should in my opinion always go for Fofana even if he cost 10 million more 

12 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

isn't Skriniar similarly priced? if so we should in my opinion always go for Fofana even if he cost 10 million more 

Agree.. the only 2 Inter players I/We should be breaking the bank for are Bastoni & Barella. Bastoni like Fofana guarantees you 8-10yrs of potentially world class defending, and Barella would add the creativity we are missing in the middle of the park. Klopp is a big fan of Barella and tried buying him this summer but balked at the fee. He has been earmarked for next summer.

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Update from Ben Jacobs:

Told Leicester won’t sell both Maddison & Fofana this summer and it’s not guaranteed either will leave. Fofana has been tracked by Chelsea (and Manchester United) for some time with a view to future windows, with #CFC considering a push now due to urgent need for a centre-back.

Important to note, #LCFC’s stance is not for sale this window. Only a big offer, well above market value, will change that. Club got Fofana to sign a contract extension in March to basically avoid selling before next summer.

PSG are also looking at Fofana as a back up to Skriniar, who is still also a Chelsea possibility. Reports in France suggest they value Fofana around €50m (£42m). Won’t be anywhere near enough. £70m+ all-in is the minimum and even then that’s the lowest end of #LCFC’s valuation.

Fofana also won’t force an exit. He is happy at Leicester. Contrary to some reports, he believes Rodgers can actually help him be in contention for the World Cup. Player-manager relationship is very strong. Fofana has told Rodgers he’s committed.

Of course, lure of #UCL (and Chelsea) is of some appeal to Fofana. No denying that. But he really isn’t pushing for exit now. That, plus Leicester’s reluctance to sell, makes a summer transfer challenging. Not impossible but it will require a ‘Harry Maguire’ style offer.

Basically £70-80m will do it. Down to the club whether they want to pay that much. 

18 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Basically £70-80m will do it. Down to the club whether they want to pay that much. 

we should. Let's look at it this way: if we buy him next season he will be maybe a bit cheaper (maybe 55 million). So to get him for one season it would cost us 15 million extra + we probably safe some salary because there is no real competition for him now. Also if we don't buy him now we would need to buy another defender, who would just be a sort of panic buy and would cost more than 15 million. Also if we get him now and he plays well he will get into the french squad and he will probably go to the world cup, increasing his value. 

conclusion: it's worth it 

it wouldn't be a disaster if he cannot come this summer but then we need to do everything to sign him next summer. Missing out on Fofana would really make me feel very disappointed, in contrast to the players we missed out on this summer, that i don't really care about.

we go in next season with a ~55 million bid before the pre season even starts and we agree personal terms now.

also can the new owners really make a mistake here considering we just bought Lukaku for more money and bought Kepa for the same sort of money. It's not like this is an outrageous amount of money considering the market. Didn't Man U spend 55 million pounds on a centre back who's only 1.75m, 3 years older, and played in the Eredivisie?

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Agree, throw the money now, get him on as long of a contract as we can and just be done with it.  Of course it's a risk to throw that kind of money at a 21 year old, but if we get him on a long term deal and he develops as we all think he will then even 80m is a bargain for a player that could be elite for a decade.

I don't believe we will pay those sort of transfer fees anymore unless the player is not only talented but marketable. Fofana is not the latter.

This is more likely than Gvardiol. Romano claiming Leicester are open to sell if price is right. 
 

Liepzig adamant Gvardiol not for sale. 

41 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

I don't believe we will pay those sort of transfer fees anymore unless the player is not only talented but marketable. Fofana is not the latter.

what defender is marketable? 

Skriniar? to break into the Slovenian market?

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

This is more likely than Gvardiol. Romano claiming Leicester are open to sell if price is right. 
 

Liepzig adamant Gvardiol not for sale. 

Is simple really. You slap 100mill on the table for either of them, and suddenly they are for sale. Silly money gets it done, otherwise they are not for sale.

1 minute ago, azpi28 said:

what defender is marketable? 

Skriniar? to break into the Slovenian market?

Not many, but plenty can be got for cheaper than 70mill.

Today I am not sure on the most marketable, maybe VVD? but back in the day Roberto Carlos, Maldini, Cafu, Rio, Ashley Cole, Ramos etc etc

7 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Not many, but plenty can be got for cheaper than 70mill.

Today I am not sure on the most marketable, maybe VVD? but back in the day Roberto Carlos, Maldini, Cafu, Rio, Ashley Cole, Ramos etc etc

Isn't Thiago Silva marketable? although he doesn't speak English but i think he brought a lot of Brazilian with him.

Fofana is a Muslim though. Might give us some diversity points, and when Ramadan is going on the media can point that out 

If Kante leaves we won't have any Muslims left (other than Malang Sarr, Ziyech is probably leaving) 

might be a problem with the anti-semitism campaign though 

Edited July 31, 20223 yr by azpi28

13 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

Isn't Thiago Silva marketable? although he doesn't speak English but i think he brought a lot of Brazilian with him.

Fofana is a Muslim though. Might give us some diversity points, and when Ramadan is going on the media can point that out 

If Kante leaves we won't have any Muslims left (other than Malang Sarr, Ziyech is probably leaving) 

might be a problem with the anti-semitism campaign though 

Yes Silva absolutely is, even more so in his prime.

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

Yes Silva absolutely is, even more so in his prime.

i'm not really a big fan of thinking in marketing terms. I usually find all of these marketing things a bit nauseating to watch. I don't care about the marketing side. Even when i went to Stamford Bridge i was suprised with the amount of marketing in and around the stadium. I like interviews with players, i don't like these "funny videos with a brand"