Speculation The hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded summer 2020 rumours thread

[TornadoShaunUK]

Daily Mail reporting we want Wesley Fofana. St. Etienne reckon he's worth £27m though. We want him for £18m.

Re. Tarkowski. I think he'd be a decent addition if the reported £30m is correct but I wouldn't like to see us go over that. Bringing in someone younger makes more sense to me and if the above story is true I'd hope we could come to some sort of half way house agreement with St. Etienne, like £20m + add ons something...

 

[Blue Maniac]

Daily Mail reporting we want Wesley Fofana.

Ooyah, big scoop for the Daily Heil, only a month or so behind literally everyone else on earth

 

[mabrah]

Maybe we're interested in the rugby playing one now.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Maybe we're interested in the rugby playing one now.

Don’t see why not, we’ve been linked with everyone in football and signed none of them so why not move into other sports. In fact I reckon not signing all the world’s rugby players would be sound business.

 

[City Fan]

A handful of games in Ligue 1 or over 120 games in the Prem. I know which of the two I’d choose.

 

[Payne74]

A handful of games in Ligue 1 or over 120 games in the Prem. I know which of the two I’d choose.

The Ligue 1 player ?

 

[foxybru]

Signing or rumour......?


"Tottenham Hotspur appear to have lost out to Leicester City in the race to sign American wonderkid Zach Booth after the teenager confirmed on social media that he has signed with the Foxes.

Booth, who came through Real Salt Lake’s academy, is a key part of the United States Under-17s.

The midfielder, along with his older brother, Taylor Booth, who is part of Bayern Munich’s youth set-up were both reportedly on Tottenham’s radar, with Zach even undergoing a trial with the North Londoners last year (Daily Mail).

However, it now appears that Brendan Rodgers side have won the race for the 16-year-old’s signature, with ESPN reporting that the Foxes have finally concluded negotiations for the defender which they began back in February."

 

[Jeff]

Signing or rumour......?

We sign 16 year olds all the time, the club rarely tells us about it though.
I expect the club won't tell us anything about him until he goes on loan to a League 2 club in 2025.

The only reason we get to hear about stuff like this is because of clickbait websites using headlines that make it sound like it's a big story.

 

[Graz]

The Mercury reported that we'd signed him over the weekend.

Frankly, for a 17 year old who we probably won't hear about or see near the first team, I couldn't be bothered posting it.

But they had it under a click baity headline about sealing our 2nd summer signing, and signings being like buses...

 

[Blaarev]

Signing or rumour......?


"Tottenham Hotspur appear to have lost out to Leicester City in the race to sign American wonderkid Zach Booth after the teenager confirmed on social media that he has signed with the Foxes.

Booth, who came through Real Salt Lake’s academy, is a key part of the United States Under-17s.

The midfielder, along with his older brother, Taylor Booth, who is part of Bayern Munich’s youth set-up were both reportedly on Tottenham’s radar, with Zach even undergoing a trial with the North Londoners last year (Daily Mail).

However, it now appears that Brendan Rodgers side have won the race for the 16-year-old’s signature, with ESPN reporting that the Foxes have finally concluded negotiations for the defender which they began back in February."

Signing

Leicester City sign American youth international midfielder

Zach Booth has announced that he has joined Leicester City, following in the footsteps of his brother, who plays for Bayern Munich, in swapping the States for Europe

www.leicestermercury.co.uk

 

[Polar Bear]

Booth, who came through Real Salt Lake’s academy

I hope they have local rivals called Fake Salt Lake.

 

[Blue Maniac]

I hope they have local rivals called Fake Salt Lake.

I always assumed it was the Spanish ‘Real’, in reference to the King of, uh.. Utah.

 

[londonfox]

Bringing in someone younger makes more sense to me

Bringing in a proven Premier League player over a youngster from a different country/league who might or might not make it in to the first team makes way more sense to me.

 

[Feriol]

Bringing in a proven Premier League player over a youngster from a different country/league who might or might not make it in to the first team makes way more sense to me.

I agree, we have spent a lot of money on decent players from foreign leagues that haven't been able to adapt, such as Silva, Slimani, Musa.... but this is also why buying players from other English clubs is more expensive.

In the interest of balance there are plenty of players bought from abroad that have worked out, Ndidi, Fuchs, Soyunchu, Ricardo....

 

[Skitzo]

Bringing in Tarkowski to replace Evans is preferable to Forfana

 

[Blaarev]

I agree, we have spent a lot of money on decent players from foreign leagues that haven't been able to adapt, such as Silva, Slimani, Musa.... but this is also why buying players from other English clubs is more expensive.

In the interest of balance there are plenty of players bought from abroad that have worked out, Ndidi, Fuchs, Soyunchu, Ricardo....

...Mahrez, Kanté......

 

[Blaarev]

Leicester leading Manchester United in David Brooks transfer chase

The Bournemouth winger remains a possible transfer option for Man Utd this summer but Jadon Sancho remains a priority target.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[Blaarev]

Leicester leading Manchester United in David Brooks transfer chase

The Bournemouth winger remains a possible transfer option for Man Utd this summer but Jadon Sancho remains a priority target.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

‘’Leicester City have jumped ahead of Manchester United in the race to sign...’’
Jumping time

 

[mabrah]

We'll be swooping to scoop next....

...or is it scooping to swoop? Oh, I don't know.

 

[pork pie fox]

...or is it scooping to poop?

Possibly