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James Maddison

Apparently City were also interested in him this Summer but left it too late after sorting out other transfer business. He would also have been perfect for them. All the talk was about Saudi Sportswashing Machine or Spurs and he had his heart set on us luckily. Glad we got him. He's quickly become our main man and makes everything tick
 
P.D. said:
Absolute steal for £40m, surprised no one else was in for him. Would get game time at any club in the league.
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His last three seasons he really stepped up, double digit goals for 3 seasons in a row plus his assist output. Has 1 in 4 goal ratio in his time at Leicester, madness for a midfielder at a mid level/struggling team.

A player who simply has gotten better year over year, and looks better in a better team

Bad miss by other teams, similar to Romero in that regard
 
Raziel said:
His last three seasons he really stepped up, double digit goals for 3 seasons in a row plus his assist output. Has 1 in 4 goal ratio in his time at Leicester, madness for a midfielder at a mid level/struggling team.

A player who simply has gotten better year over year, and looks better in a better team

Bad miss by other teams, similar to Romero in that regard
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Definitely, I really like that when he joined he was saying how we were a big team etc and seemed to feel honoured to play here and like you say he's thrived on the extra responsibility and pressure. Has really stepped up.
 
Baleforce said:
Winks is a bloody good player too, a quick look at the div 1 table suggests he’s absolutely bossing it down there.
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You can argue that he was flattered by the players around him in the peak Poch team, but he still bossed midfield against Real -- the lad's got talent, just not quite enough to make a midfield pairing with Sissoko.

With all sorts of random CMs going for way more than that, Winks for £10m is a pretty good price to the right team. And it may be that being part of a team expected to dominate in the Championship is perfect for him. The silver lining of Leicester getting promoted would be seeing Winks back in the Prem.
 
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FatBloke said:
You can argue that he was flattered by the players around him in the peak Poch team, but he still bossed midfield against Real -- the lad's got talent, just not quite enough to make a midfield pairing with Sissoko.

With all sorts of random CMs going for way more than that, Winks for £10m is a pretty good price to the right team. And it may be that being part of a team expected to dominate in the Championship is perfect for him. The silver lining of Leicester getting promoted would be seeing Winks back in the Prem.
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Did we do some kind of deal with Leicester that we only charge them 10m for winks instead of say 20 odd million she they do the same with Madison. Would that help with FFP at all?.
 
P.D. said:
Absolute steal for £40m, surprised no one else was in for him. Would get game time at any club in the league.
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Definitely. And goes to show that it's possible, sometimes at least, to get top quality players without paying ridiculous fees.

I thought he would be good. I didn't think he would be this good.
 
Sandman said:
Did we do some kind of deal with Leicester that we only charge them 10m for winks instead of say 20 odd million she they do the same with Madison. Would that help with FFP at all?.
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Maddison had a sell on clause. Leicester had to give norwich some of the fee.
 
Lilbaz said:
Maddison had a sell on clause. Leicester had to give norwich some of the fee.
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15% apparently, so quid pro quo'ing £10M would have saved Leicester £1.5M. Tidy. Guess there may have been some tax savings too, but I don't know how that works.
 
Baleforce said:
Winks is a bloody good player too, a quick look at the div 1 table suggests he’s absolutely bossing it down there.
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superspurs said:
I always liked Winks, an easy player to spacegoat by some sections of the fanbase when times were hard it seems.

A friend of mine who is a Leicester fan absolutely loves him, can't believe he's not playing for a Prem team.
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Its good to hear positive reports around Winks. I'd completely forgot about him tbh. It's nice to know he's started well and been accepted by Leicester fans, as a successful fresh start is the minimum the kid deserves.
 
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