I think Grealish would be a great signing, but I think it's out of our hands until after the playoffs. Much like Sessegnon last season, if they go up I'd be very surprised if he leaves, if they miss out I'd say we'll get him.
I'd be surprised if we were in for Gomes; he was available last summer and Poch et al weren't interested.
Tielemens chat is still going on in the press, though.
Tielemens chat is still going on in the press, though.
I also think that having better players around him will see Grealish go up a gear. He's carrying Villa at the moment in the same way that Bale was carrying us before his move to RM. I think Grealish could easily become an England regular and I'm pretty sure Southgate will have had a word.
What’s wrong with getting both + Tielemans then shipping out Victor/Lamela? We’re already short in MF and losing Coco really isn’t a biggie seeing he’s the reincarnation of Anderton the last few yearsGrealish over Gomes all day for me. Every day.
I know JJ has said Poch doesn't rate Tielemans but Kristof Terreur is one of the most respected journos around on Belgian players and if he says we're sniffing around still then maybe it was the case that in January, when offered to us, Poch turned him down because YT had been poor at Monaco up to that point. It would make sense because ultimately he'd not really shown enough to suggest he could hack it in the prem. In hindsight we fully missed the boat. He'd have been hugely valuable to us considering our injuries.
There's no denying his performances for Leicester, he's been excellent and I'm sure that Poch has now seen that first hand and will have at least a different view of him that he had in January.
We know he's due to go back to Monaco at the end of the season but equally Leicester will want to make that move permanent. I very much hope we're in for him.
Adding Gomes and Tielemans alongside Winks and Sissoko would be a superb CM crop for next season and have us fully covered both in rotation and injury cover.
His sale price has probably doubled ...I still find it a bit weird that Monaco were open to loaning him out. What's that about?
Kristof Terreur said that we dropped our interest in January because Monaco refused to consider a buy option in the loan.I know JJ has said Poch doesn't rate Tielemans but Kristof Terreur is one of the most respected journos around on Belgian players and if he says we're sniffing around still then maybe it was the case that in January, when offered to us, Poch turned him down because YT had been poor at Monaco up to that point. It would make sense because ultimately he'd not really shown enough to suggest he could hack it in the prem. In hindsight we fully missed the boat. He'd have been hugely valuable to us considering our injuries.
There's no denying his performances for Leicester, he's been excellent and I'm sure that Poch has now seen that first hand and will have at least a different view of him that he had in January.
We know he's due to go back to Monaco at the end of the season but equally Leicester will want to make that move permanent. I very much hope we're in for him.
Adding Gomes and Tielemans alongside Winks and Sissoko would be a superb CM crop for next season and have us fully covered both in rotation and injury cover.
Kristof Terreur said that we dropped our interest in January because Monaco refused to consider a buy option in the loan.
What’s wrong with getting both + Tielemans then shipping out Victor/Lamela? We’re already short in MF and losing Coco really isn’t a biggie seeing he’s the reincarnation of Anderton the last few years
Jardim didn't like him from when he was in charge of Monaco the last time plus he wanted Silva from Leicester.I still find it a bit weird that Monaco were open to loaning him out. What's that about?