Liverpool Rumours Archive October 19 2017

19 Oct 2017 06:55:38
Good morning all

Wanted the eds thoughts on our Midfield area next season. Obviously we have Keita arriving and very likely Phil and Emre leaving. Do you think we will look to bring in another one to replace Phil? Or try and use Lallana and Gini? Of which I must say neither would be anyway near as affective as Phil.

{Ed001's Note - I expect a replacement, we spent the end of the summer trying to replace Coutinho.}

19 Oct 2017 09:39:48
Any ideas on whom we might look to ed, or is it a case of what's already been said?

{Ed002's Note - Rafinha is out injured but will be offered to Liverpool - for reasons I don't understand he is another Klopp likes. I think unlikely but we'll see. Thomas Lemar - could be a possible Coutinho replacement next summer but there is interest from elsewhere and another club working for an early agreement.}

19 Oct 2017 10:30:01
Lallana and Gini to replace arguably the best playmaker in the league? Really? Coutinho is not any ordinary midfielder. He is the only playmaker we have and Rafinha is nothing like Phil. Lemar would be a decent shout, but I guess it will depend on CL qualifications.

19 Oct 2017 10:33:24
Lemar makes sense to me - can play midfield or cover the wing if required and good on set pieces, so covers much of what Coutinho brings to the team if he leaves.

19 Oct 2017 12:21:56
What kind of midfield should we brought to partner keita?

19 Oct 2017 12:50:06
Would we have another look at Brandt? I know he currently plays as a forward but, from the little I've seen of him, his style looks very similar to coutinho's.

19 Oct 2017 11:47:25
Ed002, is it possible Max Meyer or Maxime Lopez could be back in the frame cone next summer? Lopez looks a real handful this season.

{Ed002's Note - MM possibly but not ML.}

19 Oct 2017 12:46:54
Thank you your reply Ed002. I guess others could well be considered seens as the Summer is a long way off. Rafinha is one I wouldn't of considered tbh as he hardly ever plays, am I right in saying he hasn't really pushed on from when he was seen as a great player at an early age? Is it Arsenal looking for a deal with Lemar?

{Ed002's Note - Rafinha has been and still is injured. Arsenal remain very keen on Lemar.}

19 Oct 2017 14:24:57
Cheers 002. Your insight is valued as always.

{Ed002's Note - You are welcoem.}

19 Oct 2017 14:57:31
Better to scout the Brazilian league thoroughly for hidden gems. Who knows? We might unearth one!

19 Oct 2017 14:24:57
Cheers 002. Your insight is valued as always.

{Ed002's Note - you are welcomed

19 Oct 2017 14:57:31
Better to scout the Brazilian league thoroughly for hidden gems. Who knows? We might unearth one!

19 Oct 2017 16:16:18
Havent we been recently linked with Kai Havertz good young cm player at Leverkusen currently.

I would assume the backroom is fully aware of the two players leaving or at least looking like they will leave and will be planning for that.

Lemar and Havertz would be good replacements along with the agreed arrival of Keita.

Johnathan Tah can hopefully find some progression again this season as he could be very good.

{Ed002's Note - Kai Havertz is a child and not first team material for LFC at this time. I don't know what the backroom is.}

19 Oct 2017 20:36:08
Careful ed2 Alan Hansen still doesn't live down a comment on them lines ;-)

Backroom ie none playing staff.

{Ed002's Note - ok then, I have no idea what the non playing Liverpool staff knows of German players. You seem to have quite a strange idea how the club functions. Is Hanson Liverpool’s back door man?}

19 Oct 2017 21:57:14
Its a common term ed,

None playing staff ie the guys who don't fo on the pitch and kick the ball round. you know people like Klopp and the transfer guys etc etc not really strange to expect that lol.

{Ed002's Note - I don't live in that world, sorry.}

20 Oct 2017 07:51:15
Really don't see why some of the fans on here's fascination with Brandt, I'm getting quite sick of his name popping up tbf lol. Sure the boy's got potential but don't a lot of young players nowadays! He's not exactly lighting the bundesliga up for Leverkusen is he? And for one guy above to say he's got a similar style to Coutinho is completely wide of the mark, replacing Coutinho like for like will be a hell of a task although I do like Thomas Lemar and also Taison from Shakhtar.