07 Aug 2017 08:54:00
Question for edd 001 if your about. I remember you saying that people inside the club still believed that vvd would be coming in is that still the case or has it changed? Thanks in advance keep up the good work 👍.

{Ed001's Note - nothing has changed, they still believe that and VVD has told the club he only wants to go to Liverpool. It is at an impasse right now.}

1.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 09:20:54
It's not going to happen. Southampton would rather sell to Chelsea and the player has apparently said he'd happily consider them, given everything that has happened this is one transfer that will not happen. That and Keita. Forget it.

2.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 09:21:16
Sick of this now Ed001. Regardless of how we've approached this (which has been done to death) we should get players in as soon as possible so they are ready for day 1 of the season. If we're interested then we should just get it done!

{Ed001's Note - and you don't think the club would also like to do that?}

3.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 09:32:48
If it was that simple, every club would do that, Johnny.

4.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 09:36:35
If we had approached the VVD situation in a less dodgy manner then he'd likely already be a Loverpool player. As it is, we contrived to mess that situation up.

5.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 09:28:49
Hi Eds, what happens if VVD submits transfer request. Can Saint block it?

{Ed002's Note - Of course they can refuse it.}

6.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 09:42:23
So Klopp coming out saying he is not after a CB could this be a tactic to try have someone else open the bidding so we can bid. After the apology etc we can't make the first move but surely if we match any accepted offer we should be ok.

7.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 09:56:04
ed001 - it would seem not to me and many others, in fact it feels pretty shambolic really, symptomatic of our player recruitment policy over the last 20 years almost.

{Ed001's Note - just another excuse to whine this is or did you sleep through the VVD and Keita problems?}

8.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 10:09:16
JQLFC86, you're looking for something that isn't there, if Chelsea bid for him and Southampton accept it, that is the end of the matter. We will have no input on it and even if we offered to match the Chelsea offer, what do you think the outcome would be? Southampton would refuse the offer then report us to the FA. It would end with the player going to Chelsea and us getting a disciplinary from the FA and a possible transfer ban, it has been done to death on these pages!

9.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 10:24:30
Personally don't think we would pay the fees that would be needed to get VVD done. The fee maybe but not the payment terms that would be probably be asked for due to the tapping up situation.

10.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 10:58:14
Dont know why half the posters on here support Lfc, don't seem to get any joy out of it whatsoever! Love a good moan.

11.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 11:42:07
Where is there any joy to be had at the moment? Our rivals are all looking stronger than us and even Everton are looking a better team than they have for years, whereas we are in the process of selling our best player and have not been able to secure our top transfer targets through our underhand actions and incompetence.

12.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 12:27:38
I hope we don't suddenly make any signings or you'd have nothing to write about.
Then again, no one we sign will be good enough or at the right price.

13.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 12:28:39
Name one Everton player (besides MAYBE Pickford) that would get in our team.

14.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 14:37:26
No whining from me Ed001, just an observation on how poor we seem to be at getting things over the line in an efficient (and legal) manner. Other clubs around us seem to have gone about their business far more effectively than we have this summer.

{Ed001's Note - but that is not what the club aims to do, which is what you just said seems to be.}

15.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 14:59:06
I get it Ed, but we do seem to be making a right old mess don't we, I mean why even chase a player (I won't even use the initials) when it's so blatantly obvious that his club won't sell. Have we no plan B? I thought we were run by professional businessmen these days.

{Ed001's Note - maybe there is no option the club feel is worth going for who is interested in joining us?}

16.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 17:19:17
@big emre how about Baines? let's face it, your lb situation is shambolic. Coleman everyday over Arnold or Clyne. Keane is a huge improvement on Klaven and Lovren. Gana would prove solid competition for your midfield and get ahead of Can, Lallana and Grujic. If you had signed Klaassen you'd be wetting yourselves over what a fantastic season he had last year. Then take a look at our emerging youth, it's miles ahead of anybody you have, Holgate, Kenny, Dowell, Lookman, Davies, Calvert-Lewin.

My apologies to everyone else here for invading your page but comments like this from Big Emre are hugely disrespectful and naive. There's really no need to think every player is awful if they play for Everton. I can admit you have some good players who would improve a lot of teams but some people have a serious case of the red tinted glasses.

17.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 17:25:22
Ed001, sad day for LFC if true, there must be a player as good as VVD or that other fella available somewhere. Oh well, maybe not.

18.) 07 Aug 2017
07 Aug 2017 18:01:34
After FSG forced the club to offer the apology to Southampton and publicly declare all interest in VVD has ended, wouldn't it be counter productive for them to then turn around and allow the club to bring him in now? Considering the importance the owners seem to place on trying to restore the clubs reputation allowing a chase now would seem to against restoring that reputation and credibility in transfer dealings. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe its just me that thinks such a move now would be utterly ridiculous after the embarrassing public apology they forced the club to make.