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06 Jun 2016 15:00:27
I like klopp, one of the best coaches in the world. But, even though he has made some good young signings in the past he really needs to sign a big player. Higuain, Reus, Griezmann, Lacazette or even Mkhitaryan would just add an element of worry into a team full of OK player (except Coutinho)
1.) 06 Jun 2016 15:18:50
Why does he need to sign a "Big Player"? How well have Balotelli and Benteke worked out?
We're OK for centre forwards and attacking midfielders, all the names you suggest are forward looking.
Don't mean to sound snippy, but we need some pragmatism, not to pander to fans' egos. Our problem has been holding onto leads.
2.) 06 Jun 2016 15:31:04
AndyM, I wouldn't class balotelli or benteke in that category if I'm honest. Benteke was a good striker at Aston villa but showed patches of inconsistencies, was never classed as world class like those players and couldn't even get in the Belgium first team. Balo was literally just a marquee name, more for the negative stuff he does rather than the positives. We have never bought a star marquee name that we all know would improve us, and when we have looked like doing that we miss out and act as if we where showing intent and on the verge of a massive transfer but never really put the effort in. There are countless examples of that during the years. Suarez was probably the last relatively big name that was considered top class, and look how that turned out.
But in reply to the original post, I think we would all like a player in that mould but it's not how klopp works. And I have no problem with that just as long as we target the right players with obvious quality. Players that will improve our first team, trust me they do not have to be world class to do that, judging by how average our squad is. But we aren't even really targeting top quality more established players. It's still early days so we should really wait and see, but the early signs indicate that it's quantity rather than quality in my opinion. This has failed for the past few seasons and I don't see much of a difference upcoming.
3.) 06 Jun 2016 15:34:44
For Liverpool right now a big player is a player who fills a position we desperately need filing and is a marked improvement on what we already have.
4.) 06 Jun 2016 15:55:40
To be fair Andy. They aren't really big signings. In the same breathe that summer we signed ballo and lallana, griezmann was going for about 30 mil, we should of just slapped down 35/ 40 million. and been done with it. Your perception of big player signings would of changes if that of had happened.
Last summer benteke and firmino. Both could of been a 60/ 70 million pound bid for aubameyang. Yes we most probably would of fallen after maybe having a bid accepted due to him wanting Madrid etc
We sign players for big money rather than big players for big money, we have always done and it and will continue to do so.
We wouldn't worry about spending 35 mil on Carroll but when there's top quality available, costa, mkihi, Sanchez, Willian, Tex, we worry about the money.
Not a chance of money worry if its lallana, Marko, ballo, benteke, lovren, firmino.
To be fair I'm not necessarily having a go at the contribution of some of the above nor there worth but watch this summer.
1st choice will go elsewhere due to haggling and we will probably spend more on our 2nd choice.
5.) 06 Jun 2016 15:56:27
Andy
The majority of fans knew that ballotelli and benteke were awful signings. There are and were never "big " signings
We need a few top players in this summeR Or another year of struggling and mid table.
6.) 06 Jun 2016 16:25:34
I worry when I see us going after the likes of Gibbs, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Drinkwater, Nolito and Yarmelenko. All of them being bang average players and not good enough to get us competing at the top. It's bad enough that we've failed so badly in the transfer market for so many years and don't appear to be learning any lessons.
7.) 06 Jun 2016 17:26:55
Please don't put Benteke and Ballotelli in the same category, their Liverpool careers are completely different.
8.) 06 Jun 2016 17:58:11
Agree muscatred, Balotelli is a waster and a bad decision, Benteke is just the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.
9.) 06 Jun 2016 17:41:21
Balotelli never wanted to play anywhere let alone Liverpool while Benteke was a wrong gamble which backfired. Both were poor signing from the financial point of view and you could thank Brendan and TC for it.
10.) 06 Jun 2016 20:17:55
Adebayo Akinfenwa is a big player he's huge would he do for the big player signing.