Please god I hope this happens. Most papers now reporting that Manchester United are set to make an £80m world record bid for Harry Maguire which will meet Leicester’s valuation of the player. In addition, like Mahrez before him, there was a gentlemen’s agreement Harry could leave if his valuation was met when he penned a new deal last year
Fortunately for us, someone is stupid enough to think he’s the next Virgil Van Dijk - that person is Ed Woodward. As much as I think Maguire has been a good signing for us, the lad isn’t fit to lace VVDs bootlaces. I can think of about 10 goals he has cost us last year with his slow pace, poor positioning and general defensive awareness
No doubting his ability on the ball (which let’s face it is just fashionable these days), no doubting his ability in the air, a good player for sure, but never worth £80m, £50m at the very best.
If it means we get to bring in a couple of large signings (Perisic has been linked as well as Tielemans of course) then I’d be more than happy to let Söyüncü step up and develop. And we have Benkovic.
What United are thinking of on the other hand I’ve no idea.....!
Harry Maguire set for United Transfer
posted on 18/6/19
Interesting notes on this flying around the rumour Mill mainly twitter,
Via a news score telegraph possibly,
We know he's worth £50 million + as an English defender with potential,
Leicester have stuck the high price on him to stop teams coming in for him,
Arsenal, spurs & man city don't spend that much,
Which leaves Madrid, Barcelona psg who don't buy potential usually
So that really only leave man utd or man city who would also get the English player bonus
United according to rumours are at 80 million
Which is obviously 10 million short of our put off price
Then Sunday night it brakes that utd the only other team interested in Tielemans have dropped interest in him.
Could this be part of a deal
We drop tieleman in exchange for letting mcguire talk to utd
Are we now in a 3 way triangle with Silva
Interesting story and seems feasible,
Certainly better than some of the guff I've been reading,
posted on 18/6/19
Tielemans is one of the supposed Pogba replacements.
posted on 18/6/19
This is where utd dropping interest in him to get maguire seem possible?
posted on 18/6/19
It occurred to me today that we’re currently battling with Man Utd to sign players.
It doesn’t seem very long ago that we were being turned down by the likes of: Nicky Maynard, Billy Sharp and Craig Mackail Smith.
If we lost Maguire, but got Tielemans I wouldn’t be too disappointed. We don’t have anyone else who could do the YT role in our squad, whilst we already have some credible alternatives to Maguire.
posted on 18/6/19
comment by Jobyfox (U4183)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
It occurred to me today that we’re currently battling with Man Utd to sign players.
It doesn’t seem very long ago that we were being turned down by the likes of: Nicky Maynard, Billy Sharp and Craig Mackail Smith.
If we lost Maguire, but got Tielemans I wouldn’t be too disappointed. We don’t have anyone else who could do the YT role in our squad, whilst we already have some credible alternatives to Maguire.
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I'd agree with you joby
I'd prefer someone who can head the ball, put their foot through it when needed and more John Terry in the coming forward 20/30 yrds and pass not someone who thinks he's the 2nd coming of Pele 🙄
posted on 18/6/19
"not someone who thinks he's the 2nd coming of Pele"
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I misread this and wondered who Pete was.
posted on 19/6/19
comment by Jobyfox (U4183)
posted 14 hours, 22 minutes ago
It occurred to me today that we’re currently battling with Man Utd to sign players.
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What other players are both United and Leicester are linked with buying?
posted on 19/6/19
Pete
Probably the world's greatest player EVER!
🙄
posted on 19/6/19
comment by CurrentlyInChina (U11181)
posted 5 hours, 47 minutes ago
comment by Jobyfox (U4183)
posted 14 hours, 22 minutes ago
It occurred to me today that we’re currently battling with Man Utd to sign players.
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What other players are both United and Leicester are linked with buying?
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Gareth Bale?
posted on 19/6/19
comment by CurrentlyInChina (U11181)
posted 9 hours, 25 minutes ago
comment by Jobyfox (U4183)
posted 14 hours, 22 minutes ago
It occurred to me today that we’re currently battling with Man Utd to sign players.
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What other players are both United and Leicester are linked with buying?
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Ok. Perhaps I should have stated: retain/sign.
Maguire and Tielemans have been strongly linked and others such as Chilwell and Maddison linked a little less so.
My point was really a reminder to Leicester fans of how far we’ve come in just a few years - building on my previous comment on how, relatively recently, we couldn’t attract players from Bristol City, Peterborough and Doncaster Rovers, but it could equally be used to illustrate the decline of Man Utd.
Man Utd are just too big a club not to bounce back at some point, but currently they’re much closer to Leicester than they are Liverpool and Man City. Miles closer in fact. Some realisation for their fans no doubt.