Leicester City “Unlikely” to move for Joel Piroe

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The stories linking Joel Piroe to Leicester have been reported since the end of last year and certainly have gathered momentum over the course of the past few weeks with a large majority of Swansea fans believing that Piroe will be sold in the summer although his final destination is clearly unknown....

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The stories linking Joel Piroe to Leicester have been reported since the end of last year and certainly have gathered momentum over the course of the past few weeks with a large majority of Swansea fans believing that Piroe will be sold in the summer although his final destination is clearly unknown....

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As far as I know, it's only one site that's been pushing that rumour.

If PL teams were serious about him as their first choice option, there would have been a lot more action by now IMO. Sounds most likely he's a little way down the lists, if he's on them, so may need to set expectations accordingly.

 

[JackSomething]

The stories linking Joel Piroe to Leicester have been reported since the end of last year and certainly have gathered momentum over the course of the past few weeks with a large majority of Swansea fans believing that Piroe will be sold in the summer although his final destination is clearly unknown....

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As far as I know, it's only one site that's been pushing that rumour.

If PL teams were serious about him as their first choice option, there would have been a lot more action by now IMO. Sounds most likely he's a little way down the lists, if he's on them, so may need to set expectations accordingly.

I'm thinking it's common knowledge in football that we're a club that needs to regularly sell players to stay in the black, so why would any club feel the need to offer us big money for a player like Piroe? They can wait until later in the summer and turn to him if other targets don't work out, knowing we'll probably be forced to accept a fee lower than his actual value.

We've gone from getting £20m+ for the likes of Mawson and McBurnie to only £11m for Rodon because clubs know we're in a weak position. If a club wants to wait and see if Piroe is a one-season wonder, then they can because we'll be in an even weaker position next summer with just 1 year left on his contract.

If the club are trying to adopt a Brentford like approach then they're doing a shit job of it. If Brentford were in a position to have to sell the likes of Watkins, Benrahma and Maupay, they did a good job of keeping it quiet and were able to sell high.

What do we do if no-one wants any of our players this summer? More loans to keep the club afloat and hope for offers next summer? Doesn't sound promising.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

What do we do if no-one wants any of our players this summer? More loans to keep the club afloat and hope for offers next summer? Doesn't sound promising.


Might actually have to have a good go at getting promoted otherwise we is fooked

 

[Uxy]

As far as I know, it's only one site that's been pushing that rumour.

If PL teams were serious about him as their first choice option, there would have been a lot more action by now IMO. Sounds most likely he's a little way down the lists, if he's on them, so may need to set expectations accordingly.

I'm thinking it's common knowledge in football that we're a club that needs to regularly sell players to stay in the black, so why would any club feel the need to offer us big money for a player like Piroe? They can wait until later in the summer and turn to him if other targets don't work out, knowing we'll probably be forced to accept a fee lower than his actual value.

We've gone from getting £20m+ for the likes of Mawson and McBurnie to only £11m for Rodon because clubs know we're in a weak position. If a club wants to wait and see if Piroe is a one-season wonder, then they can because we'll be in an even weaker position next summer with just 1 year left on his contract.

If the club are trying to adopt a Brentford like approach then they're doing a s**t job of it. If Brentford were in a position to have to sell the likes of Watkins, Benrahma and Maupay, they did a good job of keeping it quiet and were able to sell high.

What do we do if no-one wants any of our players this summer? More loans to keep the club afloat and hope for offers next summer? Doesn't sound promising.

To be honest, I think this is Piroe's ceiling for us. It's difficult to imagine him having a better season, given he scored pretty much every time he had a shot, or at least it seemed like he did. As you say, his value in 12 months time will be significantly reduced, and he'd be a mug to extend his contract IMO.

No issue with the idea of using trading profits to fill the holes (and contrary to what I've read elsewhere, we're not living within our means, far from it), but I have my doubts it'll be successful.