What about Jesse Lingard.

Chose money over football when going to Forest instead of West Ham, look how that went. Don’t think he’d want to come.
 
He was on £200k per week at Forest on a one year deal. Whether he's on nothing or not is irrelevant. He's not going to come and play for us for £20k per week. He doesn't need the money that desperately. If he doesn't get a club he wants, then he'll probably have an offer from Saudi.
 
Nano said:
He was on £200k per week at Forest on a one year deal. Whether he's on nothing or not is irrelevant. He's not going to come and play for us for £20k per week. He doesn't need the money that desperately. If he doesn't get a club he wants, then he'll probably have an offer from Saudi.
Click to expand...
That's right, he's going to keep fit with another club and earn nowt.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
That's right, he's going to keep fit with another club and earn nowt.
Click to expand...
He doesn't need to earn nowt. If he was willing to accept £20k per week he'd have every club in the PL offering him a contract, even if just to sit on the bench. He's not going to drop down to the championship for that. He might not be getting £200k per week again but he'll easily get more than we could afford.

Do people still not realise how big a gulf there is between the finances of PL and championship clubs? It's not even remotely realistic.
 
So to summarise...it would be a great acquisition but he is unlikely to fit in our pricing structure....and he's no Attlee?
 
Not sure why people are calling/having a go at him? I mean on a personal level. He appears to like clothes and pop music… which seems to annoy people. I think he missed a lot of football looking after his family a couple of years back. He might’ve lost focus, who knows. Your priorities change during times like that.

And if Forest are stupid enough to offer him £1m a month, more than anyone else was offering, then he’s going to take it isn’t he.

Let’s face it though, when it comes to playing football, if he’s fit and focused then he’d absolutely p*ss this division in his pipe and slippers.
 
Would be levels above what we currently have. Would come at the cost of tiktok dance celebrations etc and high wages as others point out.
Also think there’s not a chance he’d be attracted to moving to north east

But purely from a footballing perspective we’d be better with him.
 
I'd have a punt on him.
Young
Hungry
Young
Hungry
Young as fuxk
Hungry
He's only 12
Plenty of experience
He's raw
He's Young
He's got potential.
 
viv_andersons_nana said:
Let’s face it though, when it comes to playing football, if he’s fit and focused then he’d absolutely p*ss this division in his pipe and slippers.
Click to expand...

Well that's the killer point really isn't it? IF he's fit and focussed.

He took the money from Forest, as is his right. But from the outside looking in, appears the focus wasn't there. He should've been a key player for them, he could barely get a game.

Would he **** the championship? Nothing from his time at Forest suggests he would. Doesn't matter how talented you are, if the attitude isn't right you're not going to shine for anyone.

Be interesting to see how he does at his next club (and who shows an interest). I'm not convinced he has the desire anymore. But maybe Forest was just a bad fit for some reason, it happens.
 
festa5 said:
Well that's the killer point really isn't it? IF he's fit and focussed.

He took the money from Forest, as is his right. But from the outside looking in, appears the focus wasn't there. He should've been a key player for them, he could barely get a game.

Would he **** the championship? Nothing from his time at Forest suggests he would. Doesn't matter how talented you are, if the attitude isn't right you're not going to shine for anyone.

Be interesting to see how he does at his next club (and who shows an interest). I'm not convinced he has the desire anymore. But maybe Forest was just a bad fit for some reason, it happens.
Click to expand...
Surely the killer point is he is a premier League footballer whose wages demands would be so far in excess of anything the club is able or willing to pay that the idea of him signing for us is ludicrous? Or is this a whoosh moment where I'm missing the joke?
 
At his very best he's an exceptional talent, although he's also wildly inconsistent (the reason he's never made it at the top tier).

Also, as above, absolutely no chance we would afford him.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top