Aymeric Laporte

[CitizenTID]

He's a professional sportsman not a fan, if you've got any character and ambition you want to play at the highest level and compete for top prizes, the kid has shown a serious lack of ambition and has been badly advised and will regret his decision long term,loyalty may be an admirable trait but give me medals and silverware all day long.

Why've you named yourself after a terrorist that killed and severely injured innocent people?

 

[Marvin]

But possibly left in a back 3, which is a bit different. I'd suggest that Pep wants players that are capable of playing in more than one position.

Suggestions I have read was left back. Might have been lost in translation or just be media invention

 

[OB1]

You're sounding like the Manure media, didn't want him anyway.

TBF, Tolm has said in the past he was not convinced we should go for Laporte.

 

[itisrising]

Just my opinion but Like you, I feel we gave the lad too much time to think about his options and then the doubts started while all the time his current club played nurse and showed support during his injury. To me it just looks like we backed off to give him time to think and allowed his current club to jump in the drivers seat! I dont know what goes on behind closed doors but it does seem that far too often its taking months to get deals done...I know deals for big talent can sometimes take a while but when teams like Bayern can jump into a deal for a top young talent(Sanches) after they saw the rags were dragging their feet....I just dont see why we cant be more direct in negotiations ourselves...we step so carefully trying to get agents on our side and then the player and then sometimes months later we put in a official bid.....Txiki seems to have a pattern of doing business and sometimes it just doesnt work....oh well, lets hope for some positive news soon so we can put this behind us....

It's different to the Sanches transfer because we were the only team really in for him. You could say we gave him too much time but if there was any part of him that didn't want the move, then we should have moved on. Plenty of players wouldn't have blinked at the chance to work with Pep and join our side.

 

[Dax777]

I think we have a new generation of fans who are becoming pretty arrogant or behave like spoilt kids who can't have everything their own way.
Every team and player have the right to choose who they sell or play or sign for........sure we can be disappointed that a transfer has fallen through........however we get the same predictable reactions...insult the player or club, question Tixi etc.
We are shopping at Harrods these days, the majority of players we are looking at are being chased by the top teams......theses deals are always going to be difficult to close...some people really do need to wise up !

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[whicko]

Bet Khaldoon feels like a bit of a wolly for stating our second signing was close. Must have been referring to this chap.

Or Messi?

 

[Rammy Blue]

This

Nah, I beg to differ. We will have spoken to the agents and surely should have had a decent indication of whether he was keen on the move. That is what irritates me, the waste of time and resource.

 

[Citizen Green]

Can't wait to sign Ashley Williams on deadline day

 

[OB1]

I think we have a new generation of fans who are becoming pretty arrogant or behave like spoilt kids who can't have everything their own way.
Every team and player have the right to choose who they sell or play or sign for........sure we can be disappointed that a transfer has fallen through........however we get the same predictable reactions...insult the player or club, question Tixi etc.
We are shopping at Harrods these days, the majority of players we are looking at are being chased by the top teams......theses deals are always going to be difficult to close...some people really do need to wise up !

Sad but true.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Bet Khaldoon feels like a bit of a wolly for stating our second signing was close. Must have been referring to this chap.

Leroy Sane is a done deal according to reports.

maybe that was the 2nd transfer he was referring to, who knows. In Pep I trust.