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Don't think another good season will massively boost his value. To go for a 'monster price' a player really has to perform well in the CL (unless they're young and English).

My apologies. Comparing him to Titus Bramble trying to skill past Messi is doing dog**** a disservice

Speak for yourself. After missing out on Coutinho in Jan 2013, he was a cracking consolation prize

That much pal? Surprising given you think he's dog****

According to big les the whole landscape has shifted. Last season's openness was not a one-off.

#neverever #pieinthesky

Deluded din dribbling on about Champions League.

#dutchxavi pal

In addition to the ones above Mark Draper.

Wouldn't be surprised if the wage bill is inflated by the one-time write off of Osvaldo's contract. In reality the wage bill is closer to £72m which would align with the Swiss Ramble numbers (which are identical to the Guardian's in all other respects). That said, the figures published on OS present a different picture still...

Could be equally understood as the three managers before RK, the way Les then said Ronald "ticked all the right boxes".

So he might put own to paper on a new deal, then?

Off to united it seems.

Somewhere iconic Somewhere warm Somewhere hostile

Don't agree. Mané might be quite willing to spend another year at the club (never mind our contractual rights); but be unwilling to sign a new contract. If so, the club has obvious incentives to sell him now before he enters the final year of his contract. The difference with Wanyama is opportunity cost: we're likely to forego more money by letting Mané run down his contract than we have done with Wanyama. Ultimately these outcomes reflect the tensions embedded in our business model (notwithstanding its strengths) as much as players desire to leave: we're much more reliant on players capital appreciation as a source of investment (as opposed to owners investing new money), so our room for manoeuvre will always be more limited in cases like this.

Januzaj doesn't really fit Koeman's style either

And for all we know something has been agreed in principle and a contract is being drawn up while RK goes on holiday. By the same token, Im not saying you're wrong. All Im saying is that it's hard to infer much after only one week. Any number of scenarios and possibilities is still feasible at this stage.

Behave it's been one week since the end of the season. Complex discussions take time. And even if it's good news, we'll invariably be the last to know.

Horrible little player. Reminds me of a crash for cash scammer.

Davo - you make it sound like we beat them regularly. Go take your pills you silly old fart.

TBF a bigger twât says manure or palarse. wet spam must be happy too they're going on a european tour.

Going by MLG's posts, I'm surprised they got even that many right.

Do the Ward-prowse photo again and your mindless, context-free parroting of his stats.

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Don't deny that. But let's be clear: he's not giving up regular or quasi-regular football or he would play in Leicester's likely short-lived European football. He's never played for Leicester. He's their brightest academy prospect (he wants more than £20k pw) but is well behind Fuchs (even Shlupp has started ahead of him at LB). As such, references to Liverpool being out of Europe and Leicester being in the CL are largely irrelevant, other than Leicester's greater need to rotate (who says the scousers won't rotate in domestic cup competitions too). In one sense, it doesn't come close to the level of knobbishness exhibited by the likes of Chambers.