26 Aug 2021 13:27:05
Apparently Lucas Ocampos wife has posted you never walk alone on her Instagram, papers now saying he is cast in stone bang on for a move to Liverpool, we ever even had scouts look at him?

1.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 13:43:57
Hope not.

2.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 13:55:07
kwkhong why do you hope not.

3.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 13:56:15
It would suggest to me that Jota's future is seen down the middle if we are interested in Ocampos as he is a left winger or left midfielder. He's actually a pretty good player, but he is more of a playmaker who cuts inside than a flying winger so doubt he'd match Mane's goal output.

Having said that, Jota will score more goals than Firmino at the cost of build up play involvement, so maybe a player like Ocampos to gradually phase out Mane, makes more sense in terms of maintaining balance in the next evolution of our attack. A front 3 of Ocampos, Jota and Salah would be pretty damn good! Then you'd imagine the club has hopes that Gordon or Elliott are ready to replace Salah in around 2024/ 5.

It will be interesting to see if there is anything in this rumour, but he us certainly a good player. He also defends really hard from the front which we know Klopp likes. Certainly a better option than Coutinho due to being younger with a very good injury record.

4.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 14:36:21
Maybe he’s being brought in to play on the right? Play in the same way that Salah does? Or cover the left or right depending on what we need out of him on that particular day?

5.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 14:36:22
If Lucas is brought in to push Firmino, he's not really an upgrade. He's 27 but would like to loan pipco, save some ammo next summer.

6.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 15:20:12
Why would he be brought in to push firmino exactly? Ocampos play predominantly on the left but sometimes on the right.

7.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 15:31:20
Shaqiri is a better footballer than Ocampos in my opinion. If we are going to replace mediocre with mediocre, we may aswell have kept shaqiri around. It’s not like Ocampos is young potential either.

8.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 15:39:46
Didn't Ed002 say that Sevilla were interested in Minamino? Maybe something's going on with that.

9.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 15:48:54
Even if you do think Shaqiri is better than Ocampos, it's irrelevant. Ocampos has missed 23 games through injury in his entire senior career which spans 10 years. Shaqiri has missed 40 games in the last 2 seasons.

10.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 15:04:47
He’d be a good signing, can play left or right, tends to play left side of the field but is right footed is he not? Has quick feet, decent finishing, seems to get good numbers wherever he goes. Be interesting to see the numbers being discussed as he is 27 so I’m surprised we’re looking at him if the rumours are true, definitely adds some flair.
Is he what we need? I don’t know I’m not Klopp but I’d prefer him over traore or sarr.

11.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 17:21:29
It’s certainly a step up from Traore.

12.) 26 Aug 2021
26 Aug 2021 20:28:48
Ed002's silence on this one is intriguing.

{Ed002's Note - The site has been trashed on the transfer page by the Champions League noises. Once that works through to page 2 then I will return and try and explain what is going on.}

13.) 27 Aug 2021
27 Aug 2021 05:19:00
He'd be very decent if Origi is leaving, works very hard. kind of like a dogged player and very good dribbler with end product in my opinion. He might be 27 but he actually just turned 27 last month. I bet if he was 26, most would think it's a very good age. For the right price, I'd take him for sure (if we needed a player in his position) .

14.) 27 Aug 2021
27 Aug 2021 07:42:27
OK, look forward to it Ed002, thanks.