Timothy Castagne

[DiVaio]

i rather trust leicester's scouts as they went for pereira while we went for aurier

They went for Pereira year after when we were linked with him first. I don’t think Leicester even want him as right back

 

[THFCSPURS19]

This just shows how good a deal we got for Doherty - Castagne has a year left on his contract and arguably doesn't make Atalanta's best XI:

 

[AJW]

Wouldn’t have minded him to to provide cover for RB and LB but suppose the money is needed elsewhere

 

[Sweech]

This just shows how good a deal we got for Doherty - Castagne has a year left on his contract and arguably doesn't make Atalanta's best XI:

Thought the “not the easiest club to deal with“ line was interesting when supporters get mad because they think we screw around with getting our targets in.

Turns out all clubs get sucked into protracted negotiation sagas.

 

[Spurrific]

This just shows how good a deal we got for Doherty - Castagne has a year left on his contract and arguably doesn't make Atalanta's best XI:

Two d’ohs from a couple of guys who definitely know anything about Atalanta or Castagne

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Two d’ohs from a couple of guys who definitely know anything about Atalanta or Castagne

Pretty sure the one from EastLondonYid is cos I absolutely rekt him yesterday.

 

[DiVaio]

Pretty sure the one from EastLondonYid is cos I absolutely rekt him yesterday.

can confirm this.

 

[RichieS]

They went for Pereira year after when we were linked with him first. I don’t think Leicester even want him as right back

Identical (or very, very similar) fees in the end, as well. Pereira simply wasn't available for the amount of money we were willing/able to spend on a RB that summer. Never let facts get in the way of a well established narrative though!

 

[Derryank]

Signed with Leicester

5 year deal

 

[Japhet]

Signed with Leicester

5 year deal

Will be interesting to see how he goes for them. Thought he'd be a good option forus because of his versatility but I'm more than happy with Doherty.

 

[mr ashley]

Signed with Leicester

5 year deal

24mil euro fee! Wow

 

[Sweech]

Will be interesting to see how he goes for them. Thought he'd be a good option forus because of his versatility but I'm more than happy with Doherty.

Honestly wasn’t that impressed with him whenever I watched although that was only a small handful of times. Thought I was totally missing something with how excited people were for him.

Will definitely be interesting to see how he gets on.

 

[yiddo]

Will definitely be interesting to see how he gets on.

Agree it will be interesting. Leicester have been a lot more successful than us with their transfers recently so it does intrigue me that they have gone for him and also got him so soon after we signed a new RB....

Whilst Castagne doesnt look a world beater, it did seem to me that he can deliver pretty good service into the box. In Jose's lopsided formation, I think that would have been a real weapon for us.

 

[Sweech]

Agree it will be interesting. Leicester have been a lot more successful than us with their transfers recently so it does intrigue me that they have gone for him and also got him so soon after we signed a new RB....

Whilst Castagne doesnt look a world beater, it did seem to me that he can deliver pretty good service into the box. In Jose's lopsided formation, I think that would have been a real weapon for us.

Don’t agree about the transfers bit.

Leicester have signed plenty of flops - it’s just that people get attracted to the hits as they don’t actually follow the team.

15 million for Danny Ward (how Liverpool always seem to sell their players for 8x what they’re worth is shocking to me)
15 million for Rachid Ghezzal
15 million for Filip Benkovic
28 million for Adrein Silva
15 million for Vicente Iborra

I don’t think paying 30 million for Iheanacho was worth it either.

Basically they seem to have a fairly even 50/50 split on hits and misses. It’s just from the outside most casual fans don’t realize their transfer and scouting approach requires them to throw a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks.

 

[sausage]

Don’t agree about the transfers bit.

Leicester have signed plenty of flops - it’s just that people get attracted to the hits as they don’t actually follow the team.

15 million for Danny Ward (how Liverpool always seem to sell their players for 8x what they’re worth is shocking to me)
15 million for Rachid Ghezzal
15 million for Filip Benkovic
28 million for Adrein Silva
15 million for Vicente Iborra

I don’t think paying 30 million for Iheanacho was worth it either.

Basically they seem to have a fairly even 50/50 split on hits and misses. It’s just from the outside most casual fans don’t realise their transfer and scouting approach requires them to throw a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks.

Absolutely.
Pretty much without fail, the answer to such questions as:

"why does it take us so long to complete a transfer?"
"why do [insert team] never sign bad players?"
"why do no other teams have dead wood players they can't sell"

...is that people aren't paying enough attention to other teams.

 

[yiddo]

Don’t agree about the transfers bit.

Leicester have signed plenty of flops - it’s just that people get attracted to the hits as they don’t actually follow the team.

15 million for Danny Ward (how Liverpool always seem to sell their players for 8x what they’re worth is shocking to me)
15 million for Rachid Ghezzal
15 million for Filip Benkovic
28 million for Adrein Silva
15 million for Vicente Iborra

I don’t think paying 30 million for Iheanacho was worth it either.

Basically they seem to have a fairly even 50/50 split on hits and misses. It’s just from the outside most casual fans don’t realize their transfer and scouting approach requires them to throw a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks.

I think you will find that 50% is a better hit rate than we have managed in recent years.

 

[he is you know!]

Don’t agree about the transfers bit.

Leicester have signed plenty of flops - it’s just that people get attracted to the hits as they don’t actually follow the team.

15 million for Danny Ward (how Liverpool always seem to sell their players for 8x what they’re worth is shocking to me)
15 million for Rachid Ghezzal
15 million for Filip Benkovic
28 million for Adrein Silva
15 million for Vicente Iborra

I don’t think paying 30 million for Iheanacho was worth it either.

Basically they seem to have a fairly even 50/50 split on hits and misses. It’s just from the outside most casual fans don’t realize their transfer and scouting approach requires them to throw a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks.

Plus Slimani and Musa

 

[DiVaio]

Don’t agree about the transfers bit.

Leicester have signed plenty of flops - it’s just that people get attracted to the hits as they don’t actually follow the team.

15 million for Danny Ward (how Liverpool always seem to sell their players for 8x what they’re worth is shocking to me)
15 million for Rachid Ghezzal
15 million for Filip Benkovic
28 million for Adrein Silva
15 million for Vicente Iborra

I don’t think paying 30 million for Iheanacho was worth it either.

Basically they seem to have a fairly even 50/50 split on hits and misses. It’s just from the outside most casual fans don’t realize their transfer and scouting approach requires them to throw a lot of shit at the wall to see what sticks.

Also apparently now Rodgers will get more control for their transfer recruitment, which wasn't good for Liverpool when he was in charge

 

[sausage]

Also apparently now Rodgers will get more control for their transfer recruitment, which wasn't good for Liverpool when he was in charge

Was he ever really in charge? Just before he left he said he didn't want Ballotelli and then someone at the club brought him in and made Rodgers look a right melon.

 

[Dazzazzad]

Don’t agree about the transfers bit.

Leicester have signed plenty of flops - it’s just that people get attracted to the hits as they don’t actually follow the team.

15 million for Danny Ward (how Liverpool always seem to sell their players for 8x what they’re worth is shocking to me)
15 million for Rachid Ghezzal
15 million for Filip Benkovic
28 million for Adrein Silva
15 million for Vicente Iborra

Who? ?