28 May 2016 23:45:30
Could be total rubbish but I've heard that Klopp is interested in Nicola Sansone.

1.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 00:05:33
Hope not, Italians have never settled well at Anfield. Those mummies boys should be avoided.

2.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 01:32:57
He is German I think, just grew up and plays in Italy. Looks to have the pace to cope with English football. Never seen him actually play though. Just watched him on YouTube when I heard the rumour today.

3.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 13:22:57
Workshy fop are there any players that you will be happy with? it seems like you would only be interested in signing massive reputation players? We only need to look at the improvement in some players since Klopp has arrived (lallana and Firminho to name just 2) and he has a reputation for turning cheaper/ younger/ Unknown players into world beaters so whoever he's interested in we should trust his judgement surely.

4.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 12:57:40
Sorry MK but given our track record with Italian footballers, I'd much rather stay well away.

5.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 13:40:24
I've noticed that lordpud, every player that gets mentioned him and mr dennis rubbish them, it doesn't matter who they are, when you play football manager all day long you tend not too like any football players unless their in your Xbox team, oh and for heaven sake don't mention Yarmalenko, you'll open up a whole tin of worms if you do.

6.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 14:30:38
After Balotelli, Padelli, Aquilani and Borini, I think that would be enough to say we should give Italian players a swerve as they simply don't work hard enough and don't have the mentality to adapt. It's not a matter of playing football manager or Fifa. I don't play either, it's just that you look at players like Long, Mane, Walcott, Oxlade, Yarmalenko or Zielinski and you have to question what our scouts are actually up to if they consider them anywhere near good enough or will rectify the problems from last season? If we went after Kante, Goetze/ Reus, Hector and Sule / Subotic. All of those would cover our weaknesses and would be a significant upgrade.

{Ed001's Note - Borini is an absolute grafter.....}

7.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 14:53:57
I can think of a good few Italian players that have done well in the premier league, for example, Maccarone, Zola, Di Canio, Vialli, Ravanelli, Cudicini, Di Matteo, Carbone, the bald eagle Lombardo, Festa, I'm sure there could be a few more, so it makes your post seem daft.

8.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 15:28:59
How many have been successful at Liverpool? Answer me that one?
As for your list, Maccarone was a flop. Lombardo, Ravanelli and Carbone all got home sick. Only really Zola, DiCanio, DiMatteo and to an extent Festa were successful and Cudicini was a bench warmer for most of his time. As far as I'm concerned Italian players should be kept clear of.

{Ed001's Note - neither Ravanelli nor Carbone left because they were homesick. Utter rubbish. You read too many tabloids, as evidenced by the bigotry of deciding a whole nation is useless because a few players failed.}

9.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 18:06:46
Workshy, I just heard a rumour from an Italian nurse whilst I was in hospital and thought i'd share! No need for the bigoted rant buddy!

10.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 17:26:19
His whole time in England Carbone was said to hate the weather and wanted to return Italy as soon as he could and Ravanelli couldn't wait to leave (although in fairness I've been to boro and it's not exactly the cote d'azure) .

All I'm saying is given that we've had absolutely no succes with Italian players, we should give them the widest berth possible as it would be simply a case of more money being frittered away on players who either aren't good enough or simply don't fancy it.

11.) 29 May 2016
29 May 2016 23:50:54
I like Fabio Borini to be honest and it is unfair to compare him to Danielle Padelli, Alberto Aquilani or Mario Balotelli as he settled well and worked hard for us.

12.) 30 May 2016
30 May 2016 17:49:21
+1 to Ed 001.
You can't slate a player as laking graft because of his nationality, Workshy, that's just bigotry.

13.) 31 May 2016
30 May 2016 23:24:15
Back in the day one of my favourite non-Liverpool players of Italian descent was Eddie Firmani. Should have had a much more successful career.

14.) 31 May 2016
31 May 2016 00:00:24
Ian Rushdie and john alderidge were Italian! Wait I got them mixed up with the super Mario bros! Sorry!

15.) 31 May 2016
30 May 2016 23:24:15
Back in the day one of my favourite non-Liverpool players of Italian descent was Eddie Firmani. Should have had a much more successful career.

16.) 31 May 2016
31 May 2016 00:00:24
Ian Rushdie and john alderidge were Italian! Wait I got them mixed up with the super Mario bros! Sorry!