[Offers] So.... how much for Knockaert?

[Hampster Gull]

The only way we should sell players is because we are singing BETTER for their position

In the Socialist world we wouldnt be trading people like commodities, even if we could get some BETTER

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Unfortunately for the OP Knocky wants to stay with a big club.

The Op sounds like the Burnley fan i work with says they will be in for our wizzard....

 

[clippedgull]

Lets not get carried away here!!Leicester did not let him go for no reason and chris is giving him another chance to prove himself!!!He can be a bit of a people pleaser amd made a lot of incorrect decisions last evening!!!!!lets wait and see what he provides next season??

I said this in another thread. He's great in the Championship - although he has off days at this level too. But he didn't cut it in the PL and wasn't wanted by any other team when Leicester off-loaded him - he could well make a squad player for a team in the bottom half of the Prem. Would he want to go there though? He likes the team spirit here; he's guaranteed a game and will torment second tier defenders. He could earn more money in the PL but he'll get any game time - it's not always best in the long run

Just for the record Leicester offered him a new 4 year contract but he chose to leave.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I think Gi2raffe1 is Jimbob5 returned.

 

[Gwylan]

Just for the record Leicester offered him a new 4 year contract but he chose to leave.

I didn't know that. Do you know why he left? No other PL club came in for him when he was a free agent though

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I didn't know that. Do you know why he left? No other PL club came in for him when he was a free agent though

Didn't he leave because Mahrez took his place

 

[atomised]

Didn't he leave because Mahrez took his place

Spot on

 

[Ryde]

Knockaert said he rejected the chance to continue at Leicester because he felt he was poorly treated upon the club's return to the top flight, having played such a crucial role in their promotion to the Premier League.

"I loved it there but I didn't deserve to be treated how I was last season in terms of playing games," Knockaert said.

"I thought I deserved better. That is why I wanted to leave.

"I had a very good relationship with the manager but it was hard last season. I think I was better than what I had.

"What I showed in Championship the year before should have meant more games to me last year.

"I thought I had the quality to play. But he [Pearson] didn't give me three games or four games [in a row] to show what I can show. Sometimes 15 minutes in a game, sometimes 10 minutes. But this is football."

 

[BrianWade4]

Seems like there isn't an edit facility, and it took ages for it to show via moderation but hey ho.

Long story short, good few years in financial services, then f**ked off to Prague

What a boring post

 

[portslade seagull]

No way Knocky would go there for a relegation season

 

[Gwylan]

Knockaert said he rejected the chance to continue at Leicester because he felt he was poorly treated upon the club's return to the top flight, having played such a crucial role in their promotion to the Premier League.

"I loved it there but I didn't deserve to be treated how I was last season in terms of playing games," Knockaert said.

"I thought I deserved better. That is why I wanted to leave.

"I had a very good relationship with the manager but it was hard last season. I think I was better than what I had.

"What I showed in Championship the year before should have meant more games to me last year.

"I thought I had the quality to play. But he [Pearson] didn't give me three games or four games [in a row] to show what I can show. Sometimes 15 minutes in a game, sometimes 10 minutes. But this is football."

Fair enough. But I can't see too many clubs coming in for a player who thinks he should be a regular choice. He's quite right wanting that (and he's probably good enough) but not many sides would make him an automatic selection.

That probably explains why he didn't find another PL club when his contract was up. He either rejected any club that wouldn't guarantee him game time or clubs weren't prepared to offer that.

Whether he's a target or not this summer will, I guess, depend whether he's changed his attitude or whether a club is more accommodating

 

[SeagullofMalaysia]

I expect someone like West Ham and Spurs to go for him instead of hoofball Clarets