23 Jun 2023 09:01:26
Question for ed002 if it’s ok, you mentioned the other day that interest was growing in kone in a post, did you mean from other clubs? Or from liverpool? Thanks.

{Ed002's Note - From othe r clubs.}

1.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 10:46:49
If Thiago goes, could you see Kone being bought also? Kone, Thuram, AMA and Viega is quite a posse of golden boys. Having 3 top young French players would be good for their settling in too.
The thought of Thuram, AMA, Viega and Kone for 130m and just north of 200k p/ w wages combined is highly appealing.

{Ed002's Note - Done to death.}

2.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 12:20:58
Kone would be perfect for us in the double pivot. Fabinho’s legs gone. Bajcetic raw. Thiago injury prone.
Considering these factors and the fact that Kone, Ibou and Thuram are buddies, buying both for 65m is a no brainer.

3.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 12:54:53
Or just buy some ready made class instead. like rice or barella.

4.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 13:14:20
Im always surprised by the amount of time people have to watch all ligue one and bundesliga games to form an opinion on players like thuram and kone.

5.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 13:47:09
I'm straight up never seen either play. maybe kone but probably had no interest apart from a bet. Guessing most haven't either.

6.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 14:07:56
I believe some of the transfer delays has got to do with the issues in the transfer of kephren thuram. I may be wrong.

7.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 17:01:40
Magico, we didn't go for Bellingham, we're not going to go for Rice for £100m mate.

It's time we learned not to get our expectations up for world class players, it's not our model under FSG.

People were talking about Jude for a year asking the same questions constantly to death.

I think it's time we move on from top ready-made players in the crazy-price bracket.

We buy cheap, young/ mid 20s with potential to develop into world class. That's always been the way.

8.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 17:13:44
How's that working out for us gregarious? Which world class players have we made?
Yes your right we won't go for the ready made class players because we are cheap. And we'll get what we deserve. You seriously think we'd of won league and champs league without spending big on alli and vvd? Sure we had a decent team but the big spending takes you to the extra level.

9.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 17:40:54
Good point, which world class players have we made? Our last two young purchases were Elliot (no one seems to know his best position) and Carvalho (could barely get 5 minutes when our midfielders were either injured or woeful) . Were the forwards improved by us or did we buy really well there?
Honest question but do we have a World Class player in the squad, one that City, Real, PSG are willing to drop 100m on?

10.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 20:08:05
Trent.

11.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 20:45:21
It makes it all the more remarkable the levels of success Klopp has achieved with a squad of apparently average players.

12.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 21:27:48
TAA, Salah and Alison are world class, thiago, VVD, robbo, mane are top players who were best in their positions.

13.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 22:24:14
Salah, Trent, Alisson are world class. What player scores 30 goals in such a crap team if he wasn't world class. Name me 5 better RW's. Jeez, the guy is so unappreciated its disgusting.

14.) 23 Jun 2023
23 Jun 2023 23:10:26
I would be cautious about signing anymore players from Bundesliga. Most that have come over have been flops, especially the big money ones, sancho, Keita, Werner, Havertz, etc. Haaland has been okay I suppose….

If Kone is cheap enough then I can’t see it being a risk. We need youth and energy, hopefully alexis provides the class. Our current midfield is terrible. Would love to see Trent there full time.

15.) 24 Jun 2023
24 Jun 2023 05:59:30
Yes salah is world class but we didn't make him class. his desire and hunger made him class. like ronaldo and Messi he dedicated himself to reach the peak. We have been very lucky to have him. Alli was class before we bought him as was vvd. hence the money paid for them. Trent and hendo are the ones who have excelled the most for me.

16.) 24 Jun 2023
24 Jun 2023 07:33:21
Magico

Liverpool have a history of making class players mate we have never bought the final product even before the yanks going back decades . IMO

To say Liverpool haven’t had a part in salah becoming world class is just utter nonsense and your twisting things to try make yourself look right . It’s everything Liverpool gave him the platform and a team around him that suited him but it’s also the fans adulation and him being happy in his life and environment that has made him what he is along with the hard work and determination.

Match made in red heaven if you ask me .

17.) 24 Jun 2023
24 Jun 2023 07:33:54
Salah starts in a world XI for most sane people. Saka and Rodygro are the next best right wingers and you get about half the goals from them that Salah throws down consistently. Nobodies been near Salah since Bale fell apart and Messi moved central.

Alisson arguably isn't far off starting in a world XI too although it's a more subjective position and Ter Stegen, Courtois, Ederson and Oblak are all fair arguments.

Trent is a world class footballer but he plays in half spaces quite unique to Liverpool's system. So it's harder to say if he's the best in his role because it's hard to say what his role is. Nobody else in world football except maybe Cancelo can do it but you can see why Trent is marmite, particularly among the purists.

Virgil and Thiago maybe were world class in their prime 3 or 4 years ago but neither of them are even close now. They can still do world class things but their overall game has dropped miles off it on a consistent basis.

I agree with Ed025 by the way, that Alexis Mac Allister could become the best South American to ever play for Liverpool. I can easily see him becoming world class in a better team over the next 6-8 years. He is the closest thing to a young Gundogan in world football.

18.) 24 Jun 2023
24 Jun 2023 07:57:33
Steady on @MK, Mac Allister hasn’t played a game for us yet mate. We need to buy 1, maybe 2, more mids and then we’ll have to see how they all fit in / settle into their roles. I sincerely hope you are right about the lad though.

19.) 24 Jun 2023
24 Jun 2023 08:52:46
Just a prediction WDW, don't let it ruin your day that some people are positive ?.

20.) 24 Jun 2023
24 Jun 2023 10:23:36
People talking as if we went shopping in the gutter and found some players with one eye, one leg no liver and somehow Klopp turned them into halfway event players.

21.) 24 Jun 2023
24 Jun 2023 14:53:22
How many players in the world are clubs willing to drop 100mill on? Very few. Trent, Alisson, Konate, Salah and VVD (yes still) would play regularly for most clubs in the world.