Liverpool Transfer Rumours

24 May 2022 12:56:23
Lots of reports coming out with regards to Tchouameni at the moment.

English media: LivEcho (fairly unreliable) and Maddock (also unreliable) from the Mirror have said he's destined to join Madrid.

French Media: RMC (reliable) have stated he's agreed terms with both RM and LFC with a decision over his future sometime this week. Lequipe (semi reliable) have stated that the midfielder wants to join Liverpool.

24 May 2022 13:37:14
Just to add onto this (pressed send accidentally)

Spanish media are reporting that they see the player joining Liverpool.

Any updates from the Eds? It seems that Liverpool might have agreed personal terms and are now speaking with Monaco over a fee? Could be incorrect and should we hold our breath over it?!

{Ed002's Note - Forget the personal terms - nobody has an agreement with Monaco.}

24 May 2022 13:55:31
I saw Paul Mitchell claim that they would have to be 'aggressive offers' - you've previously mentioned that Monaco were looking to around €100mil, I would assume the final figure would be much lower than this?

Just wondering overall as it seems it could be a hugely expensive transfer.

Thanks as always! Also haven't seen much of WonderDogSparky as of late;)

{Ed002's Note - It would have to be lower. Monaco quoted that originally to Chelsea and Real Madrid.}

24 May 2022 14:02:16
So are we taking from that Ed002 that personal terms cannot be agreed with a player until the parent club have agreed to allowing the interested parties to talk to the player? If this IS the case, do you ever think personal terms are agreed in “principle” behind closed doors based on the potential that said parent club May sanction the transfer?

{Ed002's Note - No, you misunderstand. This is why I said ignore it.}

24 May 2022 15:51:34
Ed002 I'm aware the current situation at Chelsea means that they certainly are in no place to speak to Monaco surrounding a transfer, should this be resolved shortly could you see them also coming into the picture?

I'd assume that both Madrid and Liverpool will be aware of this and would look to seal a deal before Chelsea have an option to "swoop" in and attempt to sign the player.

{Ed002's Note - It doesn't really work like that. Liverpool have had every opportunity to negotiate a deal with Monaco and the player - they have finally approached Monaco. Real Madrid and Chelsea have spoken to Monaco on several occasopns but, as you say, Chelsea cannot agree any transfer until the sanctions are removed with confirmation of a new owner. All three clubs have other players in a similar position that they are considering.}

24 May 2022 16:22:47
News breaking that he's moving to Madrid for around £70m - guess that's over then. I wonder who else is on the midfield list.

24 May 2022 17:18:13
Ed002, is one of those other players Kone from Borussia Monchengladbach?

{Ed002's Note - No.}

24 May 2022 20:26:44
Is it news breaking on the Madrid site or just more clickbait?
People who buy into what they read with clickbait usually end up with egg on their faces.

24 May 2022 23:30:27
Hi Flash it was news from RMC (very reliable) and Fabrizio Romano (and other French journalists) claiming that Madrid were in talks with Monaco for a fee around €80mil+ and the player has his heart set on joining.

Since this has been revealed however bizarrely Spanish media have started stating that Madrid have absolutely no intention to pay that sort of money and that the player prefers a move to the Premier League. Very bizarre stuff - best to ignore for now as it's all up in the air.

24 May 2022 20:59:55
It’s pretty much a given, it’s been pretty much Madrid’s deal since Mbappe played them. We’ve acted too slowly and paid the price.

25 May 2022 07:59:24
Madrid needs a distraction after loosing out on Mbappe and will happily overpay to change the narrative.

25 May 2022 19:18:41
That's what I was hinting at Monkey. So called "reliable sources" still do their fair share of guessing or just making stuff up to keep the clicks coming.
And as for acting too slowly and paying the price V4, what price have we paid? Were we even in for the player?
And if he isn't signing for Madrid, who's to say he won't be signing for us?
Nobody knows except the clubs involved, the player and the agent. If he signs for us, all well and good. If he doesn't then we aren't going to collapse, we'll find a viable alternative.
Klopp and co know what they're doing.

23 May 2022 22:42:25
Mbappe actually held talks with us! That’s 2 kicks in the b#%#%# in 24hrs 🙆🏻‍♂️🤣.

23 May 2022 23:50:34
I thought it was clear 2 days back when Klopp said he's numbers were crazy and not for us. That was clear hint he's agent was talking to us.

It's good to see top players at that level are interested coming it just shows how far we've come with Klopp.

It's time to start focusing on improving our commercial/ sponsorship deals which I'm hearing very soon will break our shirt sponsor deal in the world let's hope it's true.

24 May 2022 04:36:57
That was in reference to Haaland.

About Mbappe he said more clubs would be crazy not to be involved, or some such.

Now the Klopp extension last month makes more sense.

24 May 2022 07:31:24
The only talks we ever held with Mbappe were when he was with Monaco.

24 May 2022 07:44:29
We were never in with a shout of Mbappe simply because of the financial demands involved.
Fans can dream and hope, but FSG ain't going to pay north of £500k a week on any single player's wages. And rightly so.

24 May 2022 07:51:50
Direct quote from Mbappe "I talked to Liverpool because it's the favourite club of my mum, my mum loves Liverpool. I don't know why, you will have to ask her! It's a good club, we met them five years ago when I was at Monaco. It's a big club. "

24 May 2022 07:58:25
Mbappe has shown money is his motivation so maybe we dodge a very expensive bullet, the numbers he is getting are a joke and that would us out of ever being in the mix for him.

24 May 2022 08:08:59
Forget Mbappe he’s never coming to us and buy Nunez.

24 May 2022 08:09:58
Not that we had a chance, I'm glad he didn't come. He's shown what's important to him and greed won! These multi millionaire's tweaking for an extra few million is absolutely disgusting! Totally lost touch with the real world these top stars! And don't even start me on the snake agents.

24 May 2022 08:23:15
Agree @LancasterRed. Obviously we look for talent but we also seem to look for the all round character of the person when assessing transfers these days. It seems to be working if that’s what we are actually doing.

24 May 2022 08:23:41
Ed002, without poking the bear, I would be very interested to hear from you on how PSG are able to finance this Mbappe deal and stay within FFP, even in layman's terms, if possible?

{Ed002's Note - I have already answered this - how does it relate to FFP?}

24 May 2022 11:44:09
I know how talented mbappe is, but a player like that just wouldn’t fit at Liverpool anyways. As fun as it was to imagine (even though I never really paid it any attention, especially with ed002 saying no chance), we are better off with a cohesive pressing unit, and a team that would individually sacrifice for each other. Mbappe isn’t that.

24 May 2022 12:23:38
We'll never be a club that is going to pay those kinds of salaries. Our model is to pay the top tier salaries when they are into their third and/ or final contract with us.

Just to add to the mindboggling nature of Mbappe's deal - he's what 23 and will sign at least two more big deals in his career. Just think where that salary could go!

A similar story for Haaland and to a lesser extent Sancho - you can count the number of clubs that can afford to pay 21 year olds 300k+ pw and plan for those escalating salaries on one hand -with missing fingers.

24 May 2022 13:40:24
Imagine a club having to consult with a 23 year old kid who they can hire as his boss and his colleagues.
Another nail in the coffin that is football.
It’s a shame as well to be honest, it would have been interesting to see this guys career progression in one of the big leagues to see what he can do.

24 May 2022 15:09:38
Mbappe will cost in the area of around 200 Million for the duration of his 3 year extension. This is one fifth (approx. ) the cost of purchasing an EPL club (mid to lower table) .

That's how incredible this is.

23 May 2022 19:05:56
Seems Salah's agent is working very hard in coming days instead of LFC vs Real will be dominated by Salah to Madrid 🙈🙈.

23 May 2022 20:11:04
Only if you believe the clickbait crap that's out there.
Which clearly some do.

23 May 2022 20:30:03
Not when Gab marcotti talks abt it he's one of the most respected journalist out there.

It's a Golden opportunity for Salah's agent coz Madrid are hurt and desperate for big name player after being rejected and kind of humilated publicly.

They've decent pot of money to spend and once again Salah's agent is trying if he can crack a deal for he's client. Can't get better opportunity then that when Both mbappe and Haaland rejected Madrid and opening door for Ramy Abbas to pitch he's client.

23 May 2022 22:20:41
I hope Salah stays for a couple more years and develops a central forward role so we can integrate a younger player on the right wing. As for the Madrid game, the lads have enough experience to know what they need to do on the day. I don't think Madrid goading Salah will have much bearing on the game.

24 May 2022 04:38:20
Good.

If they offer anything above 50 million I would bite their hand off.

24 May 2022 07:43:41
Real Madrid have other targets but if they want anyone from here it won't be Salah. more like Sterling than Salah at the prices people are talking.

24 May 2022 07:48:53
All that "information" on Salah being gleaned from a journalist.
I've been reading every season how Salah is off to Real Madrid and folks on here convinced it's happening.
Yet Salah is still here.
Don't believe everything that you read.

24 May 2022 09:14:13
I could care less if Salah leaves or stays. Until we have Klopp we have nothing to worry about. I have faith in Klopp and any player he brings in. Our recruitment has been fantastic over the last few year. Barring Naby we've not made one poor big money signing imo. So, I trust Klopp and his team to find a suitable replacement for Mo, if he does decide to leave.

24 May 2022 10:19:46
And outa that 50 million you might get Ismaila Sarr and a small bit of change! No thanks i'd rather the player whos scored the most premier league goals over the last 5 years here.

24 May 2022 10:22:12
Sure why would Madrid want him anyway? he's been crap the last 3 months😉.

24 May 2022 15:18:21
It's a 50/ 50 thing for me, as to whether he stays or goes. On the one hand we say he is too old and no team will want to risk a large outlay for an older player. And then we see Barcelona being seriously interested in Lewandowski who at 33 is 3 years older. And on the other hand, LFC is still home for Salah. This is where he truly became world class. It won't be easy for him to leave just and only for the paycheck. Mbappe has clearly said that one of the reasons he has stayed is the desire to stay "home", for now.

24 May 2022 15:49:46
It's not that he's too old.

It's that he's not worth the money he is asking for.

Take away the penalties and about half a dozen players scored as many goals as he did.

And he is not integral to our team the way Ali, VVD or Thiago are.

So the idea that he should be paid more than them is nonsense.

24 May 2022 20:13:54
Don't talk bollocks. he's 1 of the greatest in world football is salah. Team wouldn't be where they are if he wasn't here.