The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 25th August 2015

[Mycroft Jones]

I agree that WBA's comments mean that the Berahino deal probably won't happen today.

They have to realise though that they have a saleable asset there only really until Tuesday. After that, unless someone is really desperate in January, they are keeping a player on the books, one that doesn't want to play for them any more, who will leave for free next summer.

I don't think a club like WBA will be able to do that, so unless there is a big offer from elsewhere (and I don't see where that would come from), I have faith in the ITK and am confident that he will be ours by the time the window closes. I'm sure all this is some sort of effort to save face on WBA's part.

He's under contract to WBA until 2017.

 

[luptic]

Ideally I'd like to see the Berahino deal resolved shortly, just that it free's up time and resources for other targets. Surely we have exhausted this transfer long enough now, for it not to be completedo by now.

 

[PT]

Illaramende is the one I'm preoccupied with. Berahino seems almost certainly done, but someone of Illaramende's quality would really sort out the midfield

Real Sociadad are now in for him...

 

[luptic]

Real Sociadad are now in for him...

Thats where he will end up.

 

[LexingtonSpurs]

Triffic Tuesday, init?

 

[Nigel Spinal]

Real Sociadad are now in for him...

He was quoted yesterday as saying he wants to move to England, rather than go back to RS

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

Real Sociadad are now in for him...

There's been some suggestions he would like a move to the Premier League; I cling to that

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

I'm feeling a Pato party coming on!

Pato party cancelled- JJ just rated it an optimistic

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Pato party cancelled- JJ just rated it an optimistic

That's reading a lot of definitives into one rating, don't you think?

 

[bceej]

Other than Pato, who's the possible third target?

 

[dave5150]

Other than Pato, who's the possible third target?

Yesterday Trix mentioned an enquiry about Mahrez.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

That's reading a lot of definitives into one rating, don't you think?

Not really- he's mentioned it as unlikely before

 

[luptic]

Yesterday Trix mentioned an enquiry about Mahrez.

Seriously? So much for the plan, if we are targeting Mahrez after three games of the season. Typical Spurs.... And now there is talk of Lamela going on loan. At this rate its going to be a very long season....

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

Yesterday Trix mentioned an enquiry about Mahrez.

Can't see Leicester bending over for us and selling their hot, new prospect at this stage in the window. Look at how drawn out the Beharino transfer has been/ is; I think it's very unlikely, sadly

 

[glospur]

Seriously? So much for the plan, if we are targeting Mahrez after three games of the season. Typical Spurs.... And now there is talk of Lamela going on loan. At this rate its going to be a very long season....

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Trix implied that there's actually been long standing interest in Mahrez and it's not just a knee-jerk enquiry due to his good start to the season.

 

[bceej]

Yesterday Trix mentioned an enquiry about Mahrez.

Remember seeing that Nabil and him were good friends in an article when we played them last season.

 

[Shanks]

Yesterday Trix mentioned an enquiry about Mahrez.

I can understand why to be honest, he's performing very well.

But it's very spurs like, by that I mean in terms of when we bought Bentley ;-)

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

We are a bit thin at AM positions. I can't see the possibility of signing Mahrez doing any actual harm at least. If we'd signed him before the last match, that deal would already have gotten us 2 points more.

 

[nicdic]

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Trix implied that there's actually been long standing interest in Mahrez and it's not just a knee-jerk enquiry due to his good start to the season.

The guy who brought him in at Leicester was hired by us during last season.

 

[Breezer]

Other than Pato, who's the possible third target?

Bolasie.