03 Jul 2016 18:38:30
Just wanted to ask what peoples opinions on Joe Allen are. It's been heavily reported that we are looking to sell, with our initial £10m valuation reportedly going up to £14m based on his form at the Euro's where he has been a stand out player, as well as his form from the end of last season.

I want to know whether anyone thinks that should stay, and potentially start in midfield. Would you have him in a midfield 2 with the likes of Can, or a 3 to accommodate Hendo. Or just sell him and push to get more than the £15m we paid for him, which could be done considering how well he is playing.

1.) 03 Jul 2016
03 Jul 2016 18:55:23
He has had a good Euro. So now is the time to cash in and move on. Liverpool will get a good fee and Joe Pirlo will hopefully get to play regular football. Good luck to him.

2.) 03 Jul 2016
03 Jul 2016 19:11:51
A midfield three would mean dropping one of coutinho firmino or mane, so no. He has decent games, but there is no need for him to be at Liverpool. With gruijic coming in and is clearly looking to add another, he has to go.

On another note, I'd be happy if we also sold lallana and Milner and kept marko. We won't need to rotate too much next season, with less games, but a choice origi Ings markovic and ojo off the bench is enough for me going forward.
Then for two cm spots we have can hendo gruijic Lucas Stewart and the younger ones, and that is plenty. Maybe in big games we can play three in the middle, say hendo can and Lucas/ Stewart, but that still leaves two on the bench, again plenty.

3.) 03 Jul 2016
03 Jul 2016 19:26:34
Up to the manager, decent squad player but were overloaded with players.

4.) 03 Jul 2016
03 Jul 2016 19:49:21
I have always liked Allen. He would be a great player to keep as a squad player. Certainly a player who would be very very useful off the bench and even from the start when 1st choice are missing. I think he might want to move on and become a regular in another team though.

5.) 03 Jul 2016
03 Jul 2016 21:01:00
No. He is a good lad but this is our chance to recoup as much as we can. People have short memories and the matter of the fact is he just isn't good enough to start for a team with aspirations of top 4 and beyond.

6.) 03 Jul 2016
03 Jul 2016 22:05:50
I believe if he was too agree being squad player then so be it otherwise as other users above said time is definitely right cash in following impressive euros so far and if goes wish him all best just never for me going to get us were I'd hope we can be as a starter.

7.) 05 Jul 2016
05 Jul 2016 10:08:31
i think he'd be great for Leicester as they sit back so the play is in front of him and he can buzz round chasing the ball and there is always support close by. For us we play higher up so when someone chases the ball and loses out it leaves a hole to be exploited. We need players with huge intelligence and great anticipation to play our system and I'm afraid Joe falls a bit short. I do like him though and I'm sure if he picks the right club/ manager he will be a great asset to whichever club he ends up at.