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Mengi

Posted by oldbob <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=oldbob' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:05:49

From X:
According to
@EFLAnalysis_
reporter
@GraemeBailey
, Burnley are interested in signing Teden Mengi.

Birmingham, Sunderland and Middlesbrough have also been credited with an interest in the 23-year-old.

It is believed
@ManUtd
would benefit from any sale, having inserted a "substantial sell-on clause" in the deal to bring Mengi to Kenilworth Road in August 2023.

Re: Mengi

Posted by pingu <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=pingu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 15:20:35, in reply to "Mengi"

i just want to figure out if anyone can read his body language and if he purposely didnt have an op.

Re: Mengi

Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 16:34:38, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

When I read his body language it sent a clear message.

"Ow! That bloody knee hurts!"

Re: Mengi

Posted by Notorious D <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Notorious+D' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 17:04:25, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

If only surgery was on the table for him in May 2024…

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Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 19:30:26, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Yes, that still seems bizarre to me but if he was that desperate to move . . .

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Posted by Piilkinhio <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Piilkinhio' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 14:19:25, in reply to "Mengi"

Get rid.

Very poor attitude last year, and looked bang average when he came back. Lacks character, pride or passion.

We should have got his Utd youth team mate tanganga who instead went to Millwall and is a much better player.

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Posted by Matt McHatter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Matt+McHatter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 14:06:03, in reply to "Mengi"

I hope whoever does buy him plays him on the left of a back three.

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Posted by Northeasthatter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Northeasthatter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 13:46:13, in reply to "Mengi"

He should feel he owes the club and the fans and help us get promoted first time of asking then fuck off.

You have to ask yourself or him as to why he decided against surgery at the end of the prem season. Logic says it was done as he thought he would earn a move somewhere. That never materialised so he decided to keep playing and make it worse.

Besides we won't get more than 5 million as clubs will know we'll take much less than what we could of originally.

Re: Mengi

Posted by Earls <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Earls' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 13:06:44, in reply to "Mengi"

Anyone know what Man U’s sell-on clause is? I think we’d maybe get £4m for Mengi, roughly. I’ve only seen “sizeable” in official reports, and rumours of 50% on SM.
If we end up getting £2m ourselves, that’s understandable, but also disappointing for someone so clearly a talent when he’s on it.

Re: Mengi

Posted by Andy Cappuccino <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Andy+Cappuccino' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 14:03:15, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

After what we saw last season, take £2m and move on

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Posted by Nev the bear <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Nev+the+bear' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 13:13:05, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

I thought the club that held the sell on clause got their percentage of the profit not the whole sale price

Re: Mengi

Posted by Earls <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Earls' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 14:29:23, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Ah, fair enough, ta for the info.

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Posted by crumpsall <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=crumpsall' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 13:13:52, in reply to "Re: Mengi"
MIB

My understanding too Nev

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Posted by Gothenburg Hatter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Gothenburg+Hatter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:48:41, in reply to "Mengi"

Would be the least surprising transfer if (when) it happens.

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Not sure exactly what he's done to merit a move to the PL but if we get shot of him with a half decent fee then no complaints

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Posted by hatters1988 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=hatters1988' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:50:28, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Gambling on the potential that we saw two years ago i would imagine.

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Posted by Poster from the past <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Poster+from+the+past' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:17:17, in reply to "Mengi"

Tell him to wait by Zobra Parts, I'll pick him up in 20 minutes

outlaws is not the barometer of sanity.

Re: Mengi

Posted by TheDunstableWindsock <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=TheDunstableWindsock' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:22:27, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Oi! Join the queue mate. I'll be in my minibus for several others. If there's no room I'll let you take him.

Re: Mengi

Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:14:31, in reply to "Mengi"

I must admit I find it hard to see us keeping Mengi this season, he's destined for higher levels than us next season.

Re: Mengi

Posted by Music Critic <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Music+Critic' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:44:00, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Good player, poor attitude

We need to get rid of the loser mentality that has infested the squad and I won't be sorry to see him go

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+1. Body language has been horrendous all season. Turned down surgery to get a move away, which didn’t materialise; not for his want of trying!

Before anyone jumps on my body language comment, yes, I do analyse non verbal communication for a living!

Re: Mengi

Posted by Alien Nate <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Alien+Nate' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:29:48, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Oh yeh? What am I doing now?
Oh wait,,,,, don't tell everyone 😬

Just a face in the crowd on a dead-end street

Re: Mengi

Posted by SAHB <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=SAHB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:22:54, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Do you know as fact that he turned down surgery to get a move away? if so where from?

What kind of fool would follow signs that were never there.

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Misread your post. Didn’t publicly say he turned down surgery to engineer a move; although, he’s not likely to hang him out to dry publicly.

Re: Mengi

Posted by SAHB <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=SAHB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:53:27, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

This sort of thing gets on my tits.

Why not just stick to the facts instead of making things up to fit your agenda?

What kind of fool would follow signs that were never there.

Re: Mengi

😂 settle down fella!

I couldn’t give a shiny wet shit if you believe me or not. A lot of posters know I’ve posted on here since the conference days; I’ve absolutely no agenda.

Just because you personally are not aware of something, doesn’t make it untrue.

Re: Mengi

Posted by SAHB <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=SAHB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 13:16:52, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

I am pretty chilled as it goes, I'm just not keen on assumptions.

So, how is it true?

Where is the proof?
Or did his body language tell you he was having a chat with another club?

What kind of fool would follow signs that were never there.

Re: Mengi

I’ll keep it brief as possible,although I suspect you’re the type of bloke to not believe something, unless he has first hand knowledge of it himself.

Firstly, he spent most of the summer trying to engineer a move away from the club. When his move didn’t materialise, he changed agents during August to propel this further. His new agent had him lined up to join Torino on loan and with a derisory ‘obligation to buy’ fee post season. The club rightly stood there ground and told his agent to fuck off. Mengis agents were two of many GS referred to as being like vultures (paraphrasing).

Secondly, he refused surgery in may 2024, to ensure he passed a medical elsewhere. He was playing on one leg for the latter part of the prem season. He knew that surgery meant several months on the sidelines and thus failing a medical. What possible reason would you have to ignore the advice of the club and their medical staff?!

In conjunction, his body language was appalling for most of this season. Had a huge chip on his shoulder and looked like he couldn’t give less of a fuck. I’ll reiterate as above, I study body language for a living, therefore am in a position to comment. Just because YOU are oblivious to it, doesn’t mean others can’t interpret it.

Music Critic, confirmed in a post above, that he has a very good source, that re-iterate the aforementioned re Mengi. If you know who Music Critic is, you’ll be aware of his pedigree with Loyal Luton SC.

My source is the same one that informed me that Jared Roberts Smith had been sacked and Danny Murphy tasked to take over. This was weeks before it became public knowledge.

Re: Mengi

Posted by Fife Hatter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Fife+Hatter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/6/2025, 7:00:30, in reply to "Re: Mengi"
Come on England

As I said after watching the pre season Dundee Utd game, he stood away from the rest of team when thanking the supporters at the end of the game, didn't look like he was interested in the rest of the team/squad, decent in Premier league, shite in Championship due to what I perceive as an awful attitude.
Get rid with a sell on clause in case he turns it around.

Re: Mengi

Posted by HH <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=HH' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 14:11:26, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

I hadn't realised it was quite so bad.

It does make me wonder why he played towards the end of the season. A bad apple like that should be fucked off into the bin. Especially with Naismith sat on the bench.

Re: Mengi

+1.

Can only assume MB wanted Mengi for his additional physicality/pace. Nevertheless, he should have been nowhere near the side.

Re: Mengi

All of which is pretty much 100% spot on from my own insights too. Apart from Music Critic's pedigree being very much with the Trust (from foundation, though not currently), not Loyal Luton.

Re: Mengi

Yep Doh 🤦‍♂️! Don’t know why I put Loyal Luton 😂. Multi tasking isn’t my strongest suit!

Re: Mengi

🙂
Me neither!

Re: Mengi

Posted by SAHB <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=SAHB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 13:43:38, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Well done on keeping it brief.

Why didn't you just post this when I asked, instead of saying Edwards had said he didn't have the operation because he wanted a move which of course he didn't say.

I am not the type that needs to know everything
first hand, but I am the type that needs to know people are not just talking bollocks.

What kind of fool would follow signs that were never there.

Re: Mengi

As I already said in a previous post, I misread your post due to skim reading. Need me to repeat it again?!

Believe what you like, it’s no skin off my nose!

Re: Mengi

From Rob Edwards quotes publicly around Christmas last year.

Re: Mengi

Posted by SAHB <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=SAHB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:28:17, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

I don't remember them, any chance of putting the quotes up on here.

Do others remember Edwards saying that?

What kind of fool would follow signs that were never there.

Re: Mengi

https://thelutonian.com/crocked-mengi-was-told-to-have-knee-op-in-summer-but-decided-against-it/#:~:text='You%20can't%20force%20someone,he%20went%20under%20the%20knife.

Re: Mengi

Posted by SAHB <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=SAHB' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:40:05, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

So you just decided he turned down surgery to get a move.

There is not even a whiff of he was trying to get away in that quote.

What kind of fool would follow signs that were never there.

Re: Mengi

https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/msg/1749471898.html

Re: Mengi

I'm certain RE did NOT say Teden turned down surgery to get a move away.

Re: Mengi

Not to get a move away, but that he turned down surgery in may.

I’m sure you’ve heard similar, that he most definitely wanted out.

Re: Mengi

Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:34:44, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

I've seen the surgery bit but never that he wanted out.

Re: Mengi

Yep, it's a shame cos he is capable of being very good, when he's on it physically and mentally

Luton will never see that version of him again, so it's good for both parties to go our separate ways

Re: Mengi

+1.

Re: Mengi

Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:54:05, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

I think I already knew what you would say.

I thoroughly disagree with you that he has a poor attitude, or at least I disagree that we can state that with any confidence.

Re: Mengi

I have it on very good authority that I'm right - you can believe that or not, it's no skin off my nose

Re: Mengi

Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:02:48, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Okay, I won't, but only now I know that your nose is safe

Re: Mengi

Cool

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Posted by Ostrich spotter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Ostrich+spotter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:20:39, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Yes, although possibly not as high as he would like and not as high as we would have thought prior to the last season? Couldn't get into the England u21 squad even as an overage player

Re: Mengi

Posted by Farhat <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Farhat' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:26:52, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Yes, he must be rubbish, couldn't quite get in to a national team.

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I'm at that level too.....

Just a face in the crowd on a dead-end street

Re: Mengi

So can Hashioka, so your point is what exactly?

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Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 11:25:19, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Yes hard to tell, shame though, he could have been awesome in League One.

Re: Mengi

Posted by Father Ted <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=Father+Ted' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:25:30, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Shame if he does go, he's by a country mile our best defender, maybe Burke when fit could argue that. Thought he was excellent away at Pompey then it all turned to shit. I think RE has a lot to answer for in that.
Fit and firing he's far too good for Div 3.

Re: Mengi

Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:33:37, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

He was amazing at Pompey, really dug Holmes out of a hole with a fabulous recovery run soon after Holmes came on.

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I can visualise that now! I was sat low down behind the goal with a perfect view of it.

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Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 12:38:07, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

Yes, such a shame, if as it sounds, it doesn't seem to have worked out here and he's off.

That decision with the surgery does seem odd but can you imagine what a fit and firing Mengi would be like in League One?

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He's far too good for that division really.

Does seem from rumour that he may want out. Shame, and not sure we'd get the big big fee he may have attracted before his surgery

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Can't blame him for not wanting to play in Div 3. Transfers are mad so not sure what we'd get £3-6 million but that's pure guess work. Fit and playing regular in a higher league, you could easily double that.

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Posted by MG <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/lutonoutlaws/info/user=MG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 9/6/2025, 13:48:28, in reply to "Re: Mengi"

'd be impressed if we got that much given his rather fallow season last year.

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