Incoming? Ismael Kone

[Barney]

 

[raul]

Huge, if true.

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

How are we gonna get him to Sheffield in time

 

[dc_blade]

Comes from good Canadian stock

 

[brownblade]

Kone > Berge

Similar icey players though.

 

[Roygbiv]

This thread could get very work permity

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Sheffield United looking at 20-year-old MLS player as potential Sander Berge replacement News: The72 - Football League News

The Telegraph's Mike McGrath says that Sheffield United are looking into a potential deal for CF Montreal and Canada midfielder Ismael Kone.

the72.co.uk

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Sheffield United looking at 20-year-old MLS player as potential Sander Berge replacement News: The72 - Football League News

The Telegraph's Mike McGrath says that Sheffield United are looking into a potential deal for CF Montreal and Canada midfielder Ismael Kone.

the72.co.uk

Didn’t Norwich try to sign him?

 

[bertieblade]

Didn’t Norwich try to sign him?

Yes and could not agree terms with the selling club

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Yes and could not agree terms with the selling club

Seems to indicate that work permits wasn’t an issue then

 

[Booker4]

I can't see how we'd get a deal done for Kone unless we've been at it for days or even longer, but maybe we can do the medical with the club in Canada on our behalf or something similar. I can just see us signing a loan player I've never heard of from Aston Villa though, not like this lad Kone who I know all about!

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Didn’t Norwich try to sign him?

 

[Barney]

This is from when Norwich were interested obviously

Ismael Kone on the minds of many in Europe

A deal could be done this summer!

www.mountroyalsoccer.com

 

[Barney]

Seems this is happening

 

[dc_blade]

 

[Belvedere Blade]

Sheffield United agree Ismael Kone signing after work permit green light

Sources have told Football Insider that Sheffield United have agreed to sign CF Montreal star Ismael Kone after a work permit green light.

www.footballinsider247.com

 

[Luke1993]

He's class, better than berge by miles, seen him play loads of times.

 

[Booker4]

Wow, if you'd told me this morning Berge would be off and we'd be signing this lad Ismael Kone from Montreal I'd have thought you were mad, or playing too much Championship Manager! Disappointed to lose Berge but the lad Kone seems very promising. It's whether he can hit the ground running that is the immediate issue but clearly Kone is a player of quality, hence the interest from Norwich earlier this season.

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Here’s an interesting possible alternative ….. what if Hecky has persuaded the board to keep Sander AND sign Kone due to the injury to Fleck?

 

[dc_blade]

Wow, if you'd told me this morning Berge would be off and we'd be signing this lad Ismael Kone from Montreal I'd have thought you were mad, or playing too much Championship Manager! Disappointed to lose Berge but the lad Kone seems very promising. It's whether he can hit the ground running that is the immediate issue but clearly Kone is a player of quality, hence the interest from Norwich earlier this season.

It might mean Berge is off, yes. But Hecky said yesterday that he wanted another midfielder in regardless as cover for Fleck's injury. So it might not say anything about Berge.

 

[Blade56]

Or are we chuckin everything at it and getting Kone to replace Fleck AND keeping Berge? YHIHF

 

[Bladesman]

Here’s an interesting possible alternative ….. what if Hecky has persuaded the board to keep Sander AND sign Kone due to the injury to Fleck?

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Or are we chuckin everything at it and getting alone to replace Fleck AND keeping Berge? YHIHF

Or third

 

[bertieblade]

The board will make a profit on Anel, they will know the level of interest and likely fee for Berge and will be confident of making money on kone.
Go up and keep all three
Stay down and Berge goes to be replaced by Kone.
Anel is potential big money in the bank

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

I like what I see from 2 minutes on YouTube, get him in. Fuck Berge.

 

[Bladesman]

I like what I see from 2 minutes on YouTube, get him in. Fuck Berge.

Yes but he is 6ft 2 and Berge is 6ft 5.

 

[KiwiBlade]

Yes but he is 6ft 2 and Berge is 6ft 5.

Berge heads the ball like he’s 3ft 5 though

 

[Booker4]

I like what I see from 2 minutes on YouTube, get him in. Fuck Berge.

I've seen the highlights, he looks good but he's very inexperienced, unlike Berge. Berge was 22 when he arrived and had played in the Champions League and still took 1.5 years to find his feet with us, if Kone is to be a regular then he will have to adapt quickly for us to mitigate the loss of Sander leaving.

 

[Harrisblade]

I've seen the highlights, he looks good but he's very inexperienced, unlike Berge. Berge was 22 when he arrived and had played in the Champions League and still took 1.5 years to find his feet with us, if Kone is to be a regular then he will have to adapt quickly for us to mitigate the loss of Sander leaving.

Sheffield United agree Ismael Kone signing after work permit green light

Sources have told Football Insider that Sheffield United have agreed to sign CF Montreal star Ismael Kone after a work permit green light.

www.footballinsider247.com

 

[Snowflake]

Comes from good Canadian stock
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I guess he doesn’t head many goals