John B

Because he was the only striker who was remotely interested in joining us

Very true Ron

I would be interested in what you idiotic things that the board have done. They may have done things you may not agree with but I would be surprised if you know what their decisions were based on with regard to players available to come to SFC their wage demands and budget constraints. I don't know how a football club is run but I would imagine if people were be paid a great deal of money they must have more knowledge than you or I. The club seems to be financially solvent we are still in the PL we have finished regularly higher than we have for 35 years or so unluckily lost a Cup Final but yes we have an owner who appears not to be interested in the club and its position in the league which was dreadful last season. I believe that the club is in a reasonably good position but nobody I know thinks the club can succeed and be a regular top eight finisher if we continue to lose our top players because of the inability to pay massive wages and provide players with silver ware We were lucky getting in players like Tadic Wanyama Pelle Mane and VVD and replacing them was going to be very difficult

I agree seems a lot better value than Maddison in the short term. Seems to have played well for Celtic for a number of years

I don't really understand your comment as the club offered Tadic a new contract which he refused to sign so why are they idiots. £15m is not the asking price the final price is to be negotiated .

If you live near Leicester LCFC is probably an attractive club to support. Also if you have lived all your life near Leicester and two clubs are offering you similar wages I would have thought Leicester City was an attractive place to work

Perhaps he just wants a different job in a country he likes without the pressure of the PL

There is some today I would be interested in the full story but good luck to Dusan if he wants to move he has been here what 4 years time for a change perhaps

I know Gardos and Pied have gone but I have heard nothing about players leaving If we bring in at least three new players I would expect some of our current first team squad to leave

Mary Poppins was good in the Air but like Sam I don't think there is any evidence that either of them at the moment would make a PL striker but who knows

Because he does not want to come to SFC as he prefers Leicester City

Yes that sounds good does it not

We have had the best few seasons ever in the PL we have had European Football a Cup Final a Semi Final something we could only dream of a few years ago but now we are back where we normally are which was always likely

I believe that Walcott was about to sign a contract before going to Everton but then went for Promes but his club could not get a replacement that's what happens in transfer nothing is certain But you give the impression that you think getting in a player is easy how has that happened By the way the latest from the Daily Mirror at 6pm was that Maddison had not spoken to us or Leicester

So what do you suggest the club does if it cannot attract quality players which seems to be the case. It is all well and good to slag off the board and Les like some posters do but if players don't want to come here results are not going to improve

Well that is quite obvious is it not surprisingly lots of top class footballers don't want to play for SFC but I think it is positive that we are going to talk to him as our bid meets Norwich's expectation but yes he may not come here

Good enough for what? They are good enough for a mid table PL team I would have thought it is not as though they are regulars in the team.

I agree with you I think the main problem is that players are inconsistent Lemina Boufal and Hoedt have played really well at times. Most are of a similar quality and the team continually changed from match to match which does not help. A decent striker and CB would help a lot and McCarthy if his form continues to be good will help us to gain more points than last season

You could say that about a number of clubs in the PL

How do you know what SFC's wage budget is you may know what the wage bill was but with out European and PL money the club has probably a lower wage budget. Just cannot see what advantages SFC have for quality players

You did not answer the question So why would quality players want to come to SFC now?

I don't really understand why you are expecting quality players to come to SFC just a mid table PL team

Exactly getting top class players to come to SFC is not easy Although lots on here think it easy and blame the board when they don't come here

Why? Seems to be a realistic story outlining the Options available In the end it all depends on McCarthy

I thought it was only fans in La La Land thought that most believed that CSKA Moscow did not want to sell as they had no replacement. It probably happens quite a lot clubs not wanting to sell their better players with having a suitable replacement but fans with no knowledge of the situation believe fake news