The ‘Buy Nabil Fekir’ Campaign

[Mr T]

Christmas Day must be a right horror show if some of you lads don't get the right presents.

[Guest]

Christmas Day must be a right horror show if some of you lads don't get the right presents.

"Last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day you gave it away."

 

 Nabil Fekir.

[Grinch]

Can't believe so many people losing their shit here and online.

Im no fan of the owners but they have done fuck all wrong here

 

Even if we did trydo the terms of the deal after his medical came back funny, so what he isnt fully fit in medical terms and the club shouldn't be fucking around with a deal that would cost around 90ml over 5 years in wages and fee. We can't be pissing money up the wall without being covered

 

I tell you what I would lose my shit over.....if we bought a ticking time biomb for massive money knowing full well his knee could blow.

[Guest]

I tell you what I would lose my shit over.....if we bought a ticking time biomb for massive money knowing full well his knee could blow.

Have you recovered from us signing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain?

[Grinch]

Have you recovered from us signing Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain?

 

Very much so, now we're actively buying or looking for a quality midfield.

[Guest]

Very much so, now we're actively buying or looking for a quality midfield.

Hopefully the surgery on Oxlade-Chamberlain will be good quality and he will add to that new midfield. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Oh dear how sad never mind. Talk about knee jerk reactions. Next.....

[El Rojo]

I’d say Lyon are thrilled that a third party have just halved the value of their best player.

[manwiththestick]

I’d say Lyon are thrilled that a third party have just halved the value of their best player.

Maybe we should let them have Sturridge for 40 million as way of an apology.

[Mcfaggen]

I’d say Lyon are thrilled that a third party have just halved the value of their best player.

Will somebody think of their accountant preparing next year’s accounts?!

[ZonkoVille77]

The medics have played a blinder here.

[pauliescouse]

I think I turned into a hysterical fanny last night, so apologies to all. Stupid drunkposts.

 

I am genuinely gutted for him, he wanted us and noone else, supposedly contract agreed, interview done, shirt number chosen, then this happens. His head must be up his arse now. But you never know, maybe it will still get pushed through after at a lower price. It's all conjecture at the moment.

 

All that being said I can understand why/if we pull(ed) out. I blew out my ACL when I was in my teens, and that knee was always weaker, it dislocated a few years ago and today it hurts just to walk down stairs. I do a desk job so its not as if Im playing football every day, so if someone is playing 100% all the time like we do, its easy to see how it would pop again, I can see where the worry came from.

[VladimirIlyich]

The medics have played a blinder here.

Don't forget their front man,the Doctor.

[Captain]

If what that Dr tweeted about his ACL reconstruction is true, we were right to pull out. Way too big a risk. Just move on.

Agreed.

 

Walk away.

[Jennings]

Pity the lad had to go through all the interview/marketing rigmarole though - they should rethink that stuff. I know the millions in his back will help, but it's still a bit of an unnecessary  mind-fuck.

[El Dangerous]

The medics have played a blinder here.

"Hey medics, there's a place on my new yacht just for you, get on board you money saving sons of bitches!"

[Oh Buoy]

Offer them the same deal as Shaq-attack. 

 

12m.

 

You're move Lyon. 

[Philbert]

Another transfer that goes south.

When people are shocked by how quickly and professionally you conduct a deal as was the case with Fabinho, you know you have a problem.

Spot on sir!

[Philbert]

The obvious lesson learned here is not to do any videos until every I is dotted and every T is crossed

[Philbert]

Disappointing but if there’s a chance that his knee could go again, then it would be height of corporate lunacy to shell out north of £50m. Move on to the next target.

[aRdja]

Disappointing but if there’s a chance that his knee could go again, then it would be height of corporate lunacy to shell out north of £50m. Move on to the next target.

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[VladimirIlyich]

If the medical was conducted as professionally as the news stories are suggesting then this transfer collapse in completely unforeseen. As I understand it,the medical is conducted by independent medical staff and their findings are passed on to the clubs. If they spot something not right then they are bound by professional ethics and conduct to let the parties know of it. I believe it was conducted,or some of it,at Clairfontaine so a professional sporting and medical facility was used. I'd have to back the club fully on their conduct here.

[Harry Squatter]

Gutted that it doesn't look like he's signing because I think he's genuinely a class player. Be interesting to see how his injury record goes the next few seasons. I thought he would do well here and fill in a lot of gaps in our play, intricate passing and dribbling in tight games and good free kicks. Basically what we needed to turn draws against shite like Stoke, West Brom and Everton into wins.

 

We've been burnt too many times with injured players and we seem to have 3 or 4 players a season who appear to be permanently injured or miss a large part of the season. £60m is a lot of money to gamble if you aren't convinced.

[James Dean]

It's not the ACL knee though, it's the other one.

 

My guess is we pulled out, Lyon tried to renegotiate, we sensed blood and lowballed them, they rejected it and both agreed to fuck it off. (for now)

 

If he's got a dodgy knee though, how is a few million less gonna weigh up for it when it pops the first week of the season? Either he's 100% and we go ahead or he's not and we fuck it off.

[YNWAViking]

If indeed this fell through because of a failed medical I don't see any way this deal being resurrected?

 

Spending a lot of money on a player with a worrying injury history/doomed knee just doesnt make sense.