Liverpool Banter Archive June 27 2015

27 Jun 2015 22:12:40
Hiya eds 1st tym typer here lol just wanted to know if you have any idea on the situation with benfica,s eduardo salvio apparently Liverpool had agreed sum think in principal with benfica but transfer on halt due to injury can u shed ne lite on current situation eds please 😊

{Ed002's Note - See previous answer please.}

27 Jun 2015 21:53:31
What was the team in Turkey that was rummoured to (maybe) being interested in Balotelli?

Ba has just been sold by Besiktas (I know cluthching at straws but I can only hope)!

27 Jun 2015 23:33:18
That would be Mormunithansensespor

{Ed007's Note - Good one there. :)

28 Jun 2015 02:14:06
Took a second that boom. Good one that

27 Jun 2015 21:16:12
Can't understand why we're looking at brining in a CM when we have the German U21 star playing as centre half, surely Can is the answer to CM, if he's deemed good enough to be the lynchpin of the German side surely he can do the same for us?

27 Jun 2015 22:05:37
Great lynch pin ;) lol

Nah can is far from ready, it's just uneducated fans who see an alright performance and believe there 'world class'

His main issue is his fitness, it's awful. He is always panting like he's ran a marathon 5,10,15,45,69 mins.

27 Jun 2015 22:44:25
Hmmm wasn't doing much lynch pinning against Portugal U21

27 Jun 2015 22:54:46
Has always looked completely lost in midfield in the Prem games he's played there. Love him as a player but let's have it right about where he is right now.

27 Jun 2015 22:58:14
Has a poor game and the 'true fans' jumping on his back straight away when they were all going in after his goal and assist. He's young and he's going to have poor games learning but he was one of our best players last season out of position. Let's learn to support our players and not trash them after a poor game and we might help them play better through support

27 Jun 2015 23:15:27
Can has great potential and will be a great player in time, but he is not ready yet. If he gets the dm starting place over lucas we won't even get near the top four by november.
He needs more time to develop.
Lucas does that role better and more reliably than any other player we have.
What on earth is the matter with BR trying to force out the best dm we have?

27 Jun 2015 23:41:23
Spot on Redman96.

28 Jun 2015 00:10:41
Think he played one game in midfield in the league so can't really judge on that. If the team's fitness is poor that's down to the poor coaching team including the manager

28 Jun 2015 05:02:27
Redman96, I have never seen anyone here refer to can as World Class. He is a good player with potential for improvement.

28 Jun 2015 06:52:06
Can will be an excellent player but needs to be given the chance to play in his preferred position to develop.

Redman as fans we are perfectly entitled to appreciate one of our players, is that not what fans are supposed to do or should we just constantly criticise.

29 Jun 2015 01:31:12
People say Can is poor in midfield yet barely ever plays there hence, how can you call a midfielder who never plays in midfield, a poor player because that is just hogwash?

27 Jun 2015 20:27:36
Have seen rumours that Luiz Adriano could be available for £5.5mil. Haven't seen much of him or bacca but wondered what people's opinions were on who would be the best deal if we were to show interest in Adriano.

Cheers

27 Jun 2015 21:30:57
I'd take him for that price yeah.

27 Jun 2015 22:29:47
I too would take him for that price with Bacca moving to Milan, Benteke liable to require a Firmino* sized fee, Rondon who will himself cost some money to take him from zenit with them having paid 15m for him. doesn't leave too many options; either stick with Balotelli, get Llorente or Luiz Adriano who is a better fit to how we play than Llorente/Benteke or just not buy a striker with Firmino,Origi,Ings all coming in.
A provisional forward line of the players we have available now(below) is okay but lacks seniority upfront.
ST: Origi/Ings - LAM/SS/RW: Coutinho, Firmino, Ibe.
Another thing with Luiz Adriano, Is he available to us. won't a work permit be a stumbling block? or does he have Ukraine citizenship because he has been there since 07/08.

28 Jun 2015 04:28:23
I'd rather just stick with what we have than sign adriano or llorente. We have so many strikers we won't know what any are capable of unless they are given a decent run ( not 7 mins at the end of each game) of we get a striker then they need to be top quality or don't bother.

28 Jun 2015 07:05:03
I think a work permit may be an issue and possibly the reason he has not been targeted by other epl teams already. That or he is just not good enough.

27 Jun 2015 19:17:26
Hernandez really they won't sell to us any truth eds cheers

{Ed002's Note - Read the posts.}

27 Jun 2015 20:07:07
It's for next season anyway, when his contract runs out. So they won't have a choice!

27 Jun 2015 18:58:03
Hi eds long long time no see.hope your all fit and well.just wanted too say I'm liking the players that have come in too date,hopefully 1 or 2 more fingers crossed.my question too you eds,Rodgers has said sweet FA about any of the players that have come in.i for one am thinking not all is well,could it be that he has had his day and that's players coming in are for someone new in the hot seat.if not Fsg have done a fine job with the players coming in,and keeping Rodgers lips shut.cheers all.
jay jay essex Red for life red till dead.
win lose or draw lfc for life

28 Jun 2015 00:19:14
jayjay, i have been having similar thoughts today about BR that maybe he has actually already been replaced and condition of his settlement is to be quiet. even on holiday people have phones and journalists will have been hounding him about losing pascoe and marsh, i see them going as the new manager will bring his own backroom team.
the players coming in also don't all seem BR type players, again could be in-coming managers shopping list. a few players renewing contracts when things were not looking good, maybe they know a change is coming?
im kind of primed for a bombshell announcement on 1st July when contracts are up and as Klopp has gone radio silent for the last month i'm hoping its that! hey stranger things have happened.

28 Jun 2015 09:27:33
Nice post there red ink,I must say I will not be shocked if that is the case something is not right Rodgers could not keep limelight if he tyred so for me news will break that the change is coming,there is no way rodgers is in a good place at the minut.maybe the eds know ssomething on this eds
fgs and lfc I trust.

27 Jun 2015 18:32:22
Come on FSG you've been very decisive so far let's just finish it off.

Get bacca then you've all summer to off load the unwanted players.

I know 20mil for a 28 year old doesn't look like good business but if he gets us top 4 it's worth every penny.

27 Jun 2015 17:04:46
Ed002 don't you think G.Medel will be useful to us than both Kova and Hernanes? if inter really want to sell one midfielder, i'll want G.Medel.

{Ed002's Note - Medel only moved last year, isn't for sale and Liverpool has zero interest in him. Am I missing something?}

27 Jun 2015 16:25:39
Hernanes lacks in attitude when a game is not going well, in my opinion he would not be a good addition to LFC

27 Jun 2015 16:39:23
Has he even been mentioned?

27 Jun 2015 17:09:00
First I've heard of this, thought inter wanted rid but not too us.

27 Jun 2015 14:17:56
Hi eds

Just seen on the Arsenal page that Vidal will probably move and not to be surprised to see a player going the other way.

Have we shown any interest and are Juventus interested in any players we are looking to move on maybe skrtel or Borini or possibly even Markovic if his time is up?

Thanks for any information keep up the great work

{Ed002's Note - No.}

27 Jun 2015 16:05:05
Champions league finalists . Borini??

27 Jun 2015 13:22:12
Eds, are we still looking at a forward or do you think we plan on playing firmino as a forward? We have so many young attacking options (ibe origi ings oyo etc) I'm beginning to hope we don't sign another forward

{Ed002's Note - RTP.}

27 Jun 2015 12:11:45
I know everyone is getting excited by the new signings and potential signings.

But to me the most important changes this summer will be coach/managerial ones. I'm just reminded by last summer where we bought a lot of decent (at the time) signings.
We all thought we would get at least top 4 and the squad on paper looked more than good enough to deliver that (my view never changed all season) but the management team made a complete mess of man management, formations, etc, etc.

So to me, although the new signings look
good and the team on paper looks good again it will all be a complete waste if we don't have a strong and experienced management/coaching set up in place.
Rodgers still needs to go in order for us to have a successful season. That final game should have been enough for any manager in the world to be sacked, considering a club the size of Liverpool and (no offence) stoke.
Let's hope the background changes are made so we can get the best out of our new squad.

27 Jun 2015 14:31:48
Yeah we need the manager from the 13/14 season. To give us some of the best attacking football ever seen at anfield again. Get rid of this joker lol

27 Jun 2015 17:10:22
The manager of 2014 was a disciple of Bielsa for at least half a season. The BR of last season is the real BR you know, the one who has no idea what he's doing

27 Jun 2015 17:28:55
The manager that year also threw away the league when it should have been ours, so we under achieved in all of Brendan's seasons in charge in my view.

27 Jun 2015 19:24:20
What decent signings last year? You mean that load of carp we bought for over £100m when we sold Suarez?

27 Jun 2015 19:25:52
Are you so self righteous to believe we under achieved when we finished second, but for the rexord slip we win the league its a simple as tha. Who managed the man City win? And the ten before that? get a grip of yourselves if you truly believe he was Beilsas deciple, that's just ed2 taking anything Good Brendan did away from him. He coached that season he got them 2nd and he got us back into the champions league. Simple.

Watch us fly this year!

And here's my little mystic meg impression

'it was the new coaches Pep etc'

'it wasn't his signings'

'he.went back to Beilsas way. Let's get Bielsa'

Just a few snippets from the end of next season.

27 Jun 2015 20:51:58
Sorry red man can you speak English next time please :)

27 Jun 2015 21:18:26
I have no knowledge of whether he did, but so what if Brendan implemented advice from another manager.
It happens all the time. Managers study other manager's techniques and formations.

Doesn't make Brendan a poor manager because he took advice, it actually makes him a good manager in my opinion.

At the end of the day, if you criticise his errors, you ought to be man enough to praise his achievements too.

27 Jun 2015 22:52:28
I remember we over paid for most of them 10m for Lallana, 10m for Lovren. The only forward player with pace we got was Markovic who has the confidence of a snail.

28 Jun 2015 02:19:53
I always praised Rodgers when he did something good.
He needs to step down and I will praise him again for going.
I have said many times on here I have met him many times and I like him personally and he's a good man and will do anything for anyone. But he needs to step aside for the sake of our club and the sake of his own career.

27 Jun 2015 10:39:24
What do you guys think of guiseppe Rossi for a forward

27 Jun 2015 10:46:58
Prob the most injured cf in the history of football. Makes Sturridge look like a week lay off

27 Jun 2015 11:11:27
Maybe we should go after Icardi, inter seem to love us at the moment!

27 Jun 2015 13:16:24
Yeah. We definitely need another injury prone striker

27 Jun 2015 14:41:58
Impressed me every time i have watched him but very injury prone apparently.

27 Jun 2015 15:50:14
Don't know how any failed to see my sarcasm. Fairly evident we're not inters favourite club at the the moment ( and no I don't want Icardi either!)

27 Jun 2015 10:01:09
Ed002,

Thanks for all the info, you do give a great insight for us and i for one would like to say thank you for your continued efforts.

Could i ask, how did you get in to the world of football and build up the network you have?

You seem to know so much about different aspects of football and know so much about transfers et al.

One thing i would say to posters is ED002, doesn't post on the United site now, about transfers, so let's not bite the hand that is feeding us.would we like the site with the input we get.

Thanks again top all Eds

Regards

Crooky

{Ed002's Note - I am afraid I cannot go in to my background Crooky.}

27 Jun 2015 10:37:41
I agree entirely Crooky.

27 Jun 2015 11:26:57
Put in a freedom of information request. Ha ha.

27 Jun 2015 11:07:03
Its a shame Ed002, but thanks anyway

Crooky

27 Jun 2015 09:46:09
Would it be fair to say that we r paying slightly over the odds because of no Cham league?

{Ed002's Note - Not in terms of transfer fees - that would perhaps be the case with wages if trying to persuade a player to make a move when he has other options in the CL.}

27 Jun 2015 09:03:41
Feel a bit sorry for Mr Ayre at the minute, seen a few ex pros, journos & posters here questioning the firmino transfer fee. Some even saying it was 'brutal'. Now I'll start off by saying I ain't a Mr Ayre fan we have messed so many clubs around with low ball offers & derisory bids it made us a laughing stock in eyes of other clubs. A lot of us fans hav been annoyed by this and just couldn't understand if you want the player bid what selling club asks & get the transfer done. I don't know exact figures for firmino transfer & to be honest it not my issue here it is the fact we have swept in there & paid a fee acceptable for hoffenhiem & agreed a transfer & personal terms with a player very quickly. Us as fans have got to trust the money men at lfc not to overspend & put the club in serious financial trouble and worry more about the players playing on the pitch. I have no idea if firmino will b a success but according to numerous reports on the guy he should fit in & not struggle with the competitive side of the English premier league. Here's hoping in the coming months we talking about money on him being well spent rather than what a waste of 21.3 upto 33mil on him was hey reds? I will finish off by saying while I don't agree with all transfers we have made upto now it is refreshing & great by how quick we doing our business. Here's hoping for a great season

27 Jun 2015 09:45:47
I never worry about the players fees, the club can afford it don't see them worry about me buying new kits for my kids?

{Ed002's Note - The club cannot afford the money they are paying without balancing the books in terms of FFP.}

27 Jun 2015 10:04:01
Yeah I tend not to pay too much attention to transfer fees, as the ED'S say there is lots of taxes, agent fees & so on before we get actual figures for the transfer. It jus confuses the whole process & wish we just had a amount from the off which included all these figures. But I 100% agree with ED002 we have got to trim the squad now we might have a big enough squad to fill 2 prem team quotas.

27 Jun 2015 10:09:52
Fans end up paying in the long run.
Sky subscriptions
Season tickets
Cup games

The other major contributors are advertisers and sponsors.
The problem is completely out of control and the genie is out of the bottle.

27 Jun 2015 11:59:33
Seems we did pay a lot for him but it might have been a case of we really wanted him and that's how much it was going to take to get him.
He might be worth double that after a good season and nobody will care how much he cost ;)

27 Jun 2015 12:15:58
I know it's a not a direct comparison but if they want to see a brutal transfer fee they should look at the 60 mil utd paid for di Maria. I'm confident Firmino could deliver a better season than him and at half the price. Can't really complain about the fee until we see what he actually delivers.

27 Jun 2015 12:49:03
Comes down to same thing, if Sterling is "worth" £50M then Firmino is worth every penny of £29M if that is what is cost to cut the crap and ensure we got him.

27 Jun 2015 13:04:17
We will only know if the fee was worth it with time.

27 Jun 2015 07:26:59
Eds, do you know why we continue to pursue Benteke, most on here including the Eds don't see him as suitable for our style yet every day there are more links including an "improved offer " today.
Why or who is pushing for Benteke.
Thanks guys.

{Ed002's Note - The club certainly are interested in adding another forward and the focus seems to be on Benteke for now. And he is of the type Liverpool has been showing an interest in. As to why, that would be a question for Mr Rodgers and the folks at the club.}

27 Jun 2015 10:37:14
Other than benteke and bacca - I don't see many other options out there.

27 Jun 2015 10:39:06
It amazes me that the people making the decisions to spend this kind of money don't have the first idea about what players will work with other player and styles. Who on earth think benteke is the player for us?

Forget money for a second, even if he cost 5 million and 20k a week, he would still be pointless.

They are clearly trying to penny pinch and don't want to pay Bacca wages, it's obvious.

Will they ever learn. No!

They follow up a good piece of business in my opinion (firminho) will a shocking piece benteke.

It really does do my head in!

Hope he proves me wrong.

Ynwa

27 Jun 2015 11:26:28
@OG, first person I've seen referring to the possible Benteke move as penny pinching. Crazy!

27 Jun 2015 11:32:01
A pointless transfer, if he's the striker we sign he won't hit double figures, where are the crosses going to come from coutinho, firmino? No they play through the middle, our fullbacks wouldn't cross their legs ,we need a striker similar to sturridge ,why waste 25m on benteke while lambert could do the same

27 Jun 2015 12:20:09
OG so you're saying they are penny pinching by potentiakly buying a more expensive player who's already on higher wages than Bacca and will demand a big increase on that. Bacca would probably be on half of what Benteke earns.

You may not want benteke but if he joins it's not because they were penny pinching!

27 Jun 2015 13:03:33
You don't get it do you Sean? Bacca wages would make him more expensive over the time of contract than benteke. No wonder ed don't talk about the money!

{Ed001's Note - Benteke is going to be free then? Or would he be asking for a big pay rise which would make him just as expensive in terms of wages and signing fee? He will not be cheaper.}

27 Jun 2015 13:06:08
Swisch, it will be that someone at the club has no idea what he is doing

27 Jun 2015 13:20:16
Swish mate sort it out! Ed has already said benteke wages are going to be less than bacca lol

{Ed001's Note - less, but not that much less, he is asking for big money too.}

27 Jun 2015 13:48:46
Makes it even less understandable then ed haha I don't understand tgen!

27 Jun 2015 17:14:54
Makes no sense to me neither, OG

27 Jun 2015 05:53:17
We are a club in crisis we haven't signed anybody in over 36 hours.

27 Jun 2015 10:10:42
We must be due a signing or a sacking soon

26 Jun 2015 23:15:35
Hi eds, was wondering if Rossiter is back from injury, last I heard he was going to be out for up to a few months with an ankle injury, and was wondering if he'd be back, and if so would he be taken on the preseason tour. Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - he should be fit by now, it was only supposed to keep him out a couple of months and I just checked when the injury was, it was mid-Feb. I would expect him to go on the tour.}

27 Jun 2015 08:20:34
I would like to see him get a good loan where he will be played regularly and developed. He could be an amazing player with the right setting to play in.

Obviously with us collecting midfielders its unlikely he will get a look in next season. So hopefully if he proves himself like ibe did he can come back and get some starts.

27 Jun 2015 01:41:34
it is a week since my last post. of which I was criticised for being positive for asking that we back the staff, team etc, only to be hit with "did you see how we played last season?".

Yes I did see how we played last season. but I also saw how we played the season before when we ripped apart Arsenal and Everton and others, scored 100+ goals and played the most entertaining football since the early 90's and came second in I have to admit was not a very strong league.

But we did finish 2nd.

We have a manager who because of his shiney teeth and big nose and because he has been vocal and positive throughout a difficult season which he has not delivered has come under emence scrutiny and been subject of some very childish critism. yes I agree he is an easy target.He sets himself up for abuse.

BUT

We are not in the champions league, yet we are still attracting big signings. I would like to know how or why?

I would like to hear that it is due to us recovering from a difficult season and filling the gaps left by Mr Suarez and the in coming players can see the direction we are heading.

Not that Brenda is rubbish, the transfer commity is buying the players. Brenda is not involved etc etc.

Until we actually see that Mr Rogers has been sacked we back him and the board and we build to push for CL and again see a manager who sets a team out to win a game and not to avoid defeat.

If i was to be drawn in to any constructive critisisim. (sorry too may Tigers- Spelling)

Goal keeper. We need better.

Defense. Could and should be stronger.

Midfield. Looking sound and varied options.

Forward. Need a proven 30 goal a season forward (fit Sturridge will do).

Let the critisism begin.

27 Jun 2015 06:08:44
There isn't a '30 goal a season' striker in the prem.
Also we haven't attracted big signings, we have signed one, and the other two we are linked too are happy to stay.
Our defence has been poor for rodgers' whole tenure but hasn't improved at all. ? We played good attacking football for a year, but then changed our style, and when It didn't work he didn't change It back to the one that made us second but just tried to solve both problems by playing 3/4 players out of position

27 Jun 2015 06:39:54
How about adding to your constructive criticism list.
1.Stop wasting money on players that aren't needed.
2. Playing players in their correct positions.
3.Playing a formation that suits the players instead of trying to fit the players into your formation.
4. Bring in a defensive coach when its obvious we need one.
5. Thinking about what your going to say before you open your mouth.
6. Using a CDM player when you have one (Lucas), this is a special role and requires a set type of player.

There could possibly be more. I don't think most of the criticism was unfair. I think some of it became abusive, but I think by the end of the season it was bore out of frustration more than anything as some of the issues were glaringly obvious and looked as though BR was just ignoring them. Oh and I forgot 2 biggest issues.

7. Stop saying everything is rosy and praising effort when it so obviously isn't, fans are not blind. It just makes BR seem foolish.
8.When you sell your best players you replace them with as like for like in quality not panic buy rubbish because you've been dragging your feet all window, putting in derisory offers. (This seems to be getting better). A big problem in that we need a quality striker is still there.

27 Jun 2015 07:45:51
Agree with the last 4 points, not really sure what's you're asking re the rest of it. Yes we got 1 big name signing with a no nonsense, make the right offer approach. Obviously the Liverpool name still carries some weight, couts would probably have been asked an opinion from RF and it probably didn't hurt than one of south Americas brightest stars recently played for us. Milner seemed to want to play more than anything, whic he would have struggled to do at most of the CL teams ( though I do rate him highly)

27 Jun 2015 07:52:20
Shouldn't you be giving full support to each and every player as well? You can't give unwavering blanket support to the manager and then suggest that we need to replace his playing staff as well. If you're happy to take the "I support the manager while he is manager " stance then it should be equally important to do the same with every player too

27 Jun 2015 08:07:42
There are lots of positive things going on but the fundamental issue is that Brendan is not up to the job.

He has been backed fully by FSG and he has been given time but he has been found wanting in so many areas. His public comments have been an embarrassment and at times downright destructive.

He has not been able to sort out our defensive frailties.

He has played too many players out of position.

He has not embraced the need to properly bring through our youngsters by gradually integrating them into the first team squad.

He has been tactically inept.

Liverpool should never ever be beaten 6 : 1 by Stoke and the manner of the semi final defeat to Villa was unacceptable.

Brendan is not a bad man but he is just not right for us at this point in time. If we had Jurgen Klopp with us now then I reckon he would get us 10 or more points than Brendan will with the current players. That is how important the manager/ coach role is.

So whilst FSG continue the good work with the stadium expansion and bringing in new players and investing in youth they really do have to replace Brendan. To my mind if there is any chance to get Klopp in they simply have to do other. It will be the best bit of business that they could follow. It would be a total game changer on so many levels.

Whilst Brendan remains we will be fighting with one hand tied behind our back. It was right for the club to part with Pascoe and Marsh. We just have to complete the process and say thank you and goodbye to Brendan.

27 Jun 2015 09:35:00
Natural poolie - I wouldn't disagree with your list of constructive criticism. I would point out that many could be directed at LVG last season and I hear Arsenal and City fans say similar things about their managers. This is all normal questioning of your manager. Where BR outdoes anyone is his foot in mouth problem. But the central point of difference between the pro and anti LFC is about whether last season is Rodgers level or the season before? I wavered massively last season but I can't forget BR had us ticking along at the required run rate for CL (and possibly title challenge) for 18 months. And he put together another strong run in betweem the shite last season. That's what I pin my hopes on.

27 Jun 2015 17:33:05
Boom, the issue is that the BR of 2014, is the BR who in the first half of the season, was playing the same failed system but we had two deadly strikers who could out score teams hence, we could win games without playing well or defending well. It was Bielsa who advised him to play the footie we all knew and loved in the second half of that season that nearly won us the PL. Then, last season was the time for BR to make the jump and cement himself as a true genius by using said advice and building on the credit he had garnered. He blew it completely due to his ego and his false pride as well as pointless stubbornness. He ditched the system and went back to the slow, boring passing game that he came with on his arrival that got us nowhere then and made the players look terrible and our results suffered for it. Then, he goes back to the high press when his job was on the line and we played better and won those games even tho, we were poor in some of them. He tried to be his own man and was found out to be incompetent when running the who w with no advice or input from others. BR is a perennial ditherer who has shown his level which is not good enough for a big club. It is his dithering that has led the owners to take decisive action, take charge, and rip responsibilities away from him because he seems to have no plan or strategy, never adapts and is indecisive both on the pitch and in the TW. So for me, I know BR's level now. When left on his own, he is a woeful manager. But when he takes advice from others or if his job is on the line and gets desperate, he does the right thing. No big club or fan base should have to put up with that type of senseless dithering, incompetence and indecisiveness

28 Jun 2015 10:24:06
Redohio. You often conveniently forget things to support your pre determined and fixed position.

To say we didn't play well a lot of the time in Rodgers first two seasons is to be a denier. LFC fans and the world of football lapped it up.

It's the more exciting we've played in more than a decade.

{Ed001's Note - in the second half of the second season, yes we played good football, in the other season and a half we were not good to watch.}

27 Jun 2015 00:50:42
Ed don't have to give me names but surely we have other options than Benteke and Bacca. From reading todays info, Villa have no intention of dropping their price. Thus should make us move on straight away. Bacca is happy where he is and i wouldn't wanna spend over £21.8m to get him.

{Ed002's Note - I have explained many times where the club has interest but generally clubs don't just buy for the sake of it - although I agree Liverpool might.

Right now it is something like this for the "forward" players considered:

Firmino - he has agreed to join.
Ings - has agreed to join Liverpool.
Benteke - interest has returned but price is seeming to be an issue.
Bacca - Liverpool has spoken with his agent but no offer has been placed with his club.
Llorente - Liverpool has been in contact with his agent.
Mandzukic - Someone representing Liverpool has approached his agent, but he is moving elsewhere.
Ntep - Stade Rennais' Paul Georges Ntep has been watched.
Vietto - Moving to Atletico Madrid as expected.
Heung Min Son - I suspect it would be very difficult to make happen as he seems very happy where he is and will be playing in the Champions League.
Carlos Vela - looked at recently but nothing more.
Aubameyang - he is keen on a move to Italy but may stay where he is.
Gameiro - his stock is on the rise but Liverpool have had no recent contact (according to a representative of another interested club).
Baez - this is probably one to forget now.
Kishna - all English interest has gone or never materialised according to De Boer.
Lacazette - another English side met twice with Lyon about Lacazette and a number of other issues and any move this summer, particularly to England, is not viable right now although interest remains from elsewhere - Aulas has mocked rumours that Liverpool could buy the player.
Depay - moving elsewhere.
Bakkali - interest will have gone.
Andre Ayew - going elsewhere.
Walcott - if Sterling were to leave then a move for Walcott may be considered.
Cheryshev - if Sterling were to leave then a move for Cheryshev may be considered.

27 Jun 2015 05:28:32
So basically it boils down too
Bacca,benteke,Llorente as an actual striker. Or we go for a winger in walcott,ntep, cheryshev. I personally am baffled why we didn't bring in Baez. Yet another idiotic decision by the club. Not one of the names listed interests me one bit.

27 Jun 2015 08:50:32
Thanks Ed

27 Jun 2015 09:25:51
Benteke and Llorente though good players just wouldn't suit out style of play. Benteke was useless the beginning of the season and only started to show his qualities when villa started pumping balls into the box which if i'm not mistaking we had thenleast cross attempts out of every team in the prem last season.

27 Jun 2015 10:59:13
Ed2 if you don't mind what's the situation with Rondon on that list? Cheers

{Ed002's Note - I don't know of any interest from Liverpool in the past couple of years.}

27 Jun 2015 00:02:45
So good piece of transfer business so far I don't think Migs is a number 1 gk but let's hope with Clyne and the new players the team gels and give Migs a lot of confidence

27 Jun 2015 12:55:39
I think people tend to forget his age and experience as well. He is still young for a goalkeeper, not a major international and has only really had a few seasons of EPL first choice level. Considering how much of that has been played behind the shakiest defence in the league he ain't that bad. Don't know that he'll ever be the full package but he's a very good shot stopper, with decent levels at the rest and room to improve.