He seems a decent defender in the past but West Brom was very leaky last season. Signing their half their defence hardly seems a good idea
Alfie Mawson is joining Fulham for ~£20M - dunno what we are doing this transfer window but the pool is getting shallower. Apparently we have accepted a loan offer from Fenabache for Slimani - he would prefer a move back to Sporting though.
Latest on Islam Slimani is he more then likely wont leave before the English window shuts. Everywhere else shuts as normal at the end of August and if we cant find a buyer between now and then. He will then be loaned out towards the end of the window
Doubt it - they have no money which is why they want a loan and we only want £18M for him and no one is biting.
Interesting to see who has been left out of the squad tonight. No Simpson, King, Ulloa, Slimani, Kaputska, Musa. Surely some of these need to be shipped out before the window closes.
We are linked with Joao Mario who played to West Ham on loan last season - was more than half decent for them so would definitely take him. We are also linked with Lucas Perez again - he did sweet FA at Arsenal and I bet he is regretting not joining us in the past.
Gray had a knock so wasn't risked, haven't seen anything regarding Okazaki. Edit: Okazaki is not long back from WC / holiday break.
‘Leicester City are reportedly interested in signing Real Sociedad’s Adnan Januzaj. According to reports in Belgium , City are “seriously interested” in the 23-year-old attacking midfielder.’ I think I’d take that - thoughts? I’d be very very happy
‘ Nicolas Pepe spent a long time being linked with a move to Newcastle United and a few other Premier League clubs, but the potential transfer didn’t go anywhere. This was when Pepe was playing for Angers, ahead of his summer 2017 move to Lille. Despite signing a five year contract a year ago, it’s possible the attacker could soon be leaving his Ligue 1 club. France Football report, according to their own information, that Leicester City have made some sort of approach for the player. The French publication says Pepe is ‘one of the most exciting players on the transfer market’. It’s claimed the Foxes have already been working on signing one of Quincy Promes, Rachid Ghezzal or Thorgan Hazard, but it’s Pepe who has come to the forefront for Leicester in recent days. France Football believe that if a good offer arrives for the 23 year old then Lille won’t stand in his way, needing to bring some money in. Pepe scored 14 goals and made 4 assist for Lille last season, mainly playing upfront.
After complaining about not being linked with anyone for a while, we a linked with a bunch of forwards. Adnan Januzaj & Nicolas Pepe as above, Thorgan Hazard & Rachid Ghezzal again and also Quincy Promes a 26yo Dutch forward from Spartak Moscow. The release clauses for West Brom's Ahmed Hegazi, Nacer Chadli and Salomon Rondon all have timed out - don't think we are daft enough to bid for them now though I think they would have made good squad players.
#ALNASSR signed a four year contract with Nigerian left winger and former @Lcfc player Ahmed Musa @Ahmedmusa718, welcome to the Global Club Ahmed!
Fee is apparently £15m with £10m add ons. Will probably open the gate for the rest of our it deadwood leaving.
Got say say, I’m a bit disappointed. As bad as he was, I always had a feeling he COULD do something and was excited when I saw his name on the team sheet
We shouldn't be buying players who have a good world cup, we've only just sold one. His value will also be well over-inflated. Hes proved at both Man U and Sunderland that he isn't strong enough for this league.
Look at the bigger picture - he proved he was strong enough at Man Utd in his first season but then he fell of favour with their new manager mainly due to the pressure of being the only creative force in that team. He was bad in a terrible Sunderland team but wiped the **** off as he developed well at Real Sociedad Counts as home grown so would be a good signing imo.
