Transfer Rumour Ishak Belfodil

[mightymoyes]

if his signing is annoying the usual bells hes off to good start for me.

 

[Paulie]

I'd be happy if he is as good as Perez.

 

[carolinablue232]

Perhaps, but both have undeniable talent. They're not the hardest workers granted but other managers seem to find systems to suit 'lazy' attacking players like Hazard Ozil etc. There's no better site than seeing Ross Del and Rom on the counter tearing at the opposition defence. We can't seem to find a system that suits them though.

Hazard and Ozil are good enough to be lazy because they still add so much to the team. Barkley and Del aren't even close to that level yet. And saying we can't find a system to suit isn't a Koeman problem. That problem started 2 years ago.

 

[Real_madras]

Signing a random Algerian playing below our level for a cheap price? Fume fume fume fume fume.

Who is the reigning player of the year in this country btw? Where was he born? Did he cost 59 million? Did he come from a lower standard league?

Just asking for a friend.

After the summer, when we signed a certain midfielder from Aston Villa, I'm going to wait and see how well this player does before I moan.

 

[captainvindaloo]

Hopefully, Walsh/Koeman know more about this player than all the Football Manager experts on here put together.
The concern is, he's an unknown to us. He's not the high end proven hot shot we want, who will hit the ground running. Has he ever played on English grass? Has he ever played on a miserably cold, wet and windy afternoon in the likes of Stoke? Has he featured on match of the day and had the pundits drooling over him? No. So what?
They say, you only find a diamond if you dig in the dirt. Let Walsh do his job and dig. Sometimes it will work, sometimes not. It may take few duff unknowns before the diamond is found.
Also, just because they are looking at these sort of unknowns (to us) does not mean they have given up pursuing proven (high priced) players.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Well I've been following this fella closely for the last 27 minutes and he's got long hair sometimes but other times he does not.

That's the sort of tactical input we need to come to any decent conclusion. He sounds fleet of hair and that can only be a good thing. I'm in.

 

[ToffeeTim]

File this one under Niasse

 

[Arnold]

Didn't people moan that Walsh was only looking at Premier League players

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Put a few more million to that £10.4m and we could get Berahino. @Mikey_Fitzgerald

Sod it, let's buy em both!

MERSEY MILLIONAIRES LAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Kantareller]

I'm excited about this. Pretty low risk considering the fairly low price, you never know what might happen.

 

[chopper6]

Sure it's already been said but look no further then Idrissa Gueye before writing this guy off before he's even kicked a ball for us

 

[LABlue2]

Didn't people moan that Walsh was only looking at Premier League players

I asked for some top drawer La Liga or Bundesliga players, not for a jarg striker from Belgium

 

[The Rhino]

Im happy to give him a chance but I can't say im confident of him being a success.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Hopefully, Walsh/Koeman know more about this player than all the Football Manager experts on here put together.

Before he started playing for Standard Liege mate the lad didn't do anything of note, if he had I would imagine Walsh would have been looking at him for Leicester, so would think it was just his form for Liege that has had them looking at him, 6 goals in 14 games, and a few assists (even though in a poor league) is quite decent.

 

[tim cahill]

I'm excited about this. Pretty low risk considering the fairly low price, you never know what might happen.

I wouldn't say it's a fairly low price. Even in the current market £10m+ is a significant amount.