Speculation The hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded summer 2018 rumours thread.

[alex]

Joey?

 

[SJN-Fox]

The Roberts part of the deal is apparently what's holding up the Mahrez move.

https://www.mcfcwatch.com/2018/06/1...-up-riyad-mahrez-deal-being-completed-report/

 

[SJN-Fox]

Some Turkish outlet claiming that Puel has had talks with Fenerbahce.

https://turkish-football.com/leices...shock-talks-france-comolli-shock-move-turkey/

 

[londonfox]

Stefano Sturaro

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.hi...lodge-13m-bid-for-fringe-juventus-midfielder/

 

[Blaarev]

Stefano Sturaro

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.hi...lodge-13m-bid-for-fringe-juventus-midfielder/

Gerrim in!

 

[tedfoxxx]

Sturaro is filthy and very cynical, exactly the kind of player we don’t have.

 

[FOX Franks]

The Roberts part of the deal is apparently what's holding up the Mahrez move.

https://www.mcfcwatch.com/2018/06/1...-up-riyad-mahrez-deal-being-completed-report/

Is it that we don't want him?

 

[SJN-Fox]

Stefano Sturaro

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.hi...lodge-13m-bid-for-fringe-juventus-midfielder/

Stop pissing about with £11m and offer the £18m they want for him or lose out (again)

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/borussia-dortmunds-mario-gotze-linked-1679128

Mario Gotze?

 

[City Fan]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/borussia-dortmunds-mario-gotze-linked-1679128

Mario Gotze?

Even more ridiculous than Dembele.

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

It's one thing being linked with quality internationals like this but another to actually get them in. We've managed it with Pereira though. I'm not so convinced about Sturaro but Mario Gotze was shit hot before injury and illness a few years back and both players are only in their mid 20s.

 

[fitz]

Would be a stretch methinks.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Gotze has been dogshit since his injury problems.

 

[homer]

Gotze has been dogshit since his injury problems.

He's been complete and utter dogshit ever since he scored THAT goal

Be on a hefty wage as well, I reckon

Not happening

 

[Lako42]

Stop pissing about with £11m and offer the £18m they want for him or lose out (again)

Nothing I've read about him suggests he's worth £18m

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

I am all for diversity, but are there actually no really good British players available any more?

It is no wonder we have a poor national team if English players, Vardy excepted, never make it out of the lower leagues.

The PL clubs have an obscene amount of TV money, much of which does not stay in this country through international agents and overseas owners.

The Premier League could commit itself to developing lower league and grass roots football by a Football Aid levy on the PL clubs.

The United Nations and the UK are committed to 0.7% of income to developing nations.

If the PL did the same, 0.7% of TV money, costing each PL club between £1-3million, a total of £35million, it could transform the lower leagues and provide pitches and coaches to really develop home grown players.

 

[homer]

The United Nations and the UK are committed to 0.7% of income to developing nations.

If the PL did the same, 0.7% of TV money, costing each PL club between £1-3million, a total of £35million, it could transform the lower leagues and provide pitches and coaches to really develop home grown players.

No disagreement with your main point about investment, Mike, but are you really trying to equate a global initiative to assist people living in the most desperate levels of poverty around the world, to putting some money into a game of football ?


It's the FA's job to develop grassroots football, not the Premier League, and it's something that they have singularly failed to do effectively for donkey's years

 

[SJN-Fox]

Nothing I've read about him suggests he's worth £18m

Maybe, maybe not. Juventus don't want to sell him so will only sell him for the right price so offering £7m below their valuation is not going to work, meanwhile someone comes in with the £18m asking price and we've missed out.

 

[Jeff]

Andros Townsend again...


Newcastle and Leicester compete to sign Crystal Palace’s Andros Townsend

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...cester?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

 

[homer]

Oh FFS....