Speculation The hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded summer 2023 rumours thread - it's started already!

[londonfox]

Along with his team mate Bertrand

An experienced left back, on a free, who looked very good in ore-season, who then got Covid. Yep, truly one of the worst signing s we’ve ever made. Right up there with Matt Mills and Ade Akinbiyi.

 

[Fox Fan]

An experienced left back, on a free, who looked very good in ore-season, who then got Covid. Yep, truly one of the worst signing s we’ve ever made. Right up there with Matt Mills and Ade Akinbiyi.

Ade was shite, but you can't say he didn't try hard.

 

[taupe]

He's talking about a team in one of the top 5 leagues

Excluding Fulham.

 

[TommyK]

Vestergaard is one of the most bazaar signings we've ever made.

 

[Robin127]

Vestergaard is one of the most bazaar signings we've ever made.

Wonder why he doesn't want to go to play in an Arab league then.

 

[bocadillo]

Actually he’s not a knob - he’s a top bloke for turning down their blood money to play in a despicable sportswashing circus

Possibly not the reason he turned it down though.

 

[Ike O'Noclassed]

Wonder why he doesn't want to go to play in an Arab league then.

Because they aren't soukers for punishment?

 

[Blue Maniac]

Wonder why he doesn't want to go to play in an Arab league then.

Nice

 

[taupe]

Nice

It was... potentially. I saw it as a pun though I could be mistaken.

 

[Payne74]

An experienced left back, on a free, who looked very good in ore-season, who then got Covid. Yep, truly one of the worst signing s we’ve ever made. Right up there with Matt Mills and Ade Akinbiyi.

I'm not doubting what could have been an excellent signing, but he turned out to be shite.

 

[alex]

Former Aston Villa midfielder Arjan Raikhy, 20, is close to signing a deal with Leicester City. (Sky Sports)

 

[LoopisDeLupis]

Former Aston Villa midfielder Arjan Raikhy, 20, is close to signing a deal with Leicester City. (Sky Sports)

Thank god, if there is one thing we need it’s more central midfielders.

Looks like Maresca is another one of those managers who cannot see what is in front of him. Great.

 

[Micky]

Thank god, if there is one thing we need it’s more central midfielders.

Looks like Maresca is another one of those managers who cannot see what is in front of him. Great.

Don't worry, one for the u23s.

 

[pork pie fox]

Don't worry, one for the u23s.

Another one who will just sit there and be released in 2/3 years time? We seem to specialise in them a bit.

 

[Micky]

Another one who will just sit there and be released in 2/3 years time? We seem to specialise in them a bit.

Every club does it. The reality is this... A very small number of U23s will make it to the first team. The rest of them are just there to make up the numbers before they move on to elsewhere.

 

[popillius]

Another one who will just sit there and be released in 2/3 years time? We seem to specialise in them a bit.

If we didn't add to the U23s, they'd soon be out of existence. It's really nothing to get cross about, it's a perfectly sensible and very cheap way of adding a young player who may or may not come good.

 

[Brown Nose]

This clown has been walking about with a face like a smacked arse for two years now wanting away.

The moment will soon arrive where we realise that nobody will buy the ten or so players we're trying to shift and we'll have to accept loan deals to get them out.

 

[pork pie fox]

If we didn't add to the U23s, they'd soon be out of existence. It's really nothing to get cross about, it's a perfectly sensible and very cheap way of adding a young player who may or may not come good.

I’m not cross, it’s just pointless. And I mean that for the whole system, not just at Leicester. I remember chatting to the head of recruitment at Arsenal, a good few years ago and he was talking about their U18s, which was full of 15 & 16 years old. Their view was that anyone who was older than that and still in the U18s wouldn’t be good enough. All of their 17 & 18 year olds were out on loan getting first team football already. The U23s seems (to me) an extension of that.

 

[Graz]

This clown has been walking about with a face like a smacked arse for two years now wanting away.

The moment will soon arrive where we realise that nobody will buy the ten or so players we're trying to shift and we'll have to accept loan deals to get them out.

Loaning players like him out would be annoying. Would've thought we're better off negotiating and getting £5m and him off the books permanently now rather than a loan with an option to buy for £7-10m for example.

You're probably right though that a few of the bigger earners especially will be harder to shift and may need loans. But I also wouldn't be surprised to see some just go for heavily reduced fees or almost free just to get their wages off the books.

 

[popillius]

I’m not cross, it’s just pointless. And I mean that for the whole system, not just at Leicester. I remember chatting to the head of recruitment at Arsenal, a good few years ago and he was talking about their U18s, which was full of 15 & 16 years old. Their view was that anyone who was older than that and still in the U18s wouldn’t be good enough. All of their 17 & 18 year olds were out on loan getting first team football already. The U23s seems (to me) an extension of that.

But that view has been proven wrong time and time and time again. It only takes one or two gems to make millions.