Liverpool Banter

18 Jan 2025 10:04:14
Been thinking of some players who we could realistically get if not in January then in the summer. The roles I think we need to strengthen or future proof are:

Centre forward
Right wing
Defensive/ centre mid
Left back
Centre back

The realistic criteria are as follows:

- Must be from the Premier League.
- Must be from outside of the "big 6" plus Newcastle and Villa as I don't think it's realistic to sign players from these clubs without overpaying.
- Max age 26 maybe 27 next season.

Would be good to see what others think and if there's any other players they could suggest that fit the criteria.

Heres my list:

Cunha - would fit perfectly into what we want from a centre forward. He can link up play, has a bit of flair, eye for goal. I don't think Nunez will ever be clinical and although Jota does fit what we want, we can't ignore his injuries. If possible I'd sell Nunez and keep Jota to rotate with Cunha.

Mbeumo - whether Salah goes or not it would be great to see Mbuemo come in. I think he's so underrated. He is direct, fast, strong and can score goals. He would also be more inclined to help his full back out which would make us a bit stronger defensively too.

Baleba - from admittedly a small sample size in the Prem he looks like he's been very impressive. Would fit what we need in the centre of the park and add a bit of steel. Still very young and could go on to be a top midfielder.

Kerkez - with Robbo seeming to be on the decline and Tsimikas not being quite up to the standard for a top club, Kerkez would be a great option. There are left fullbacks who could add more offensively but he's solid defensively and has played a bit part in Bournemouths great season so far. Robinson would be my second pick but given his age I don't think its realistic.

Murillo - absolute solid defender. Reads the game so well. I think Virgil and Konate are great together but with Konates injury issues and Virgils ages Murillo would be a great rotation option. He does lack a bit of height but he makes up for it woth his reading of the game and tenacity.

18 Jan 2025 10:35:53
Why do they have to be from the PL?

18 Jan 2025 10:35:55
Liverpool . ain’t signing anyone you know that.

18 Jan 2025 10:46:36
Why must they be in the premier league to be realistic?

Extending the three contracts and signing Dorgu, Murillo, Baleba would be outstanding work in my view.

There's tonnes of great players out there to improve us. We just need to go after them.

Replacing any of the three contracts would be tough tough work. But we will go on.

I'd like Dorgu this window. Seems doable and I like the look of him on YouTube which of course is a terrible indicator. But he does look good. Like the way he tackles. He tackles like a strong man who is not worried about tackling a guy. And some of those dribbles look insane. But of course he will need work at his age which is where we have the perfect guy. He also has a skillset where we could try him RW. Looks versatile. Could be a nice option to bring in.

Of course we will do nothing. So we will go with what we have now till end of the season.

18 Jan 2025 10:47:40
Yep all the above.

18 Jan 2025 10:50:14
Cunha - United are also after him, they’re also likely to offer wolves silly money. That’ll rule us out.

Mbeumo - Feels like a smart signing, but all the talk is that he’s likely to go to Arsenal. So we’ll probably miss out on that one.

Baleba - Brighton extracted £115m out of Chelsea for Caicedo. They’ll look for a similar amount for Baleba. That’ll scare our owners off.

Kerkez - £50/ 60m for a left back who isn’t terrific defensively feels like something that won’t happen.

Murillo - Personally only think he looks good because of Forest’s backs to the wall defensive formation, I think he’d struggle in a team on the front foot and his lack of height is a big issue, also doesn’t look comfortable on the ball. Forest will also want way over what we paid for van Dijk which will make our owners defecate themselves.

That lot would set us back the thick end of £300-£350m, that just isn’t happening.

We’ll probably push for dross like Kimmich on a free transfer, possibly that bellend Jonathan David on a free, then look at seeing if Bournemouth would like to double their money on Dean Huijson.

{Ed001's Note - Murillo is excellent on the ball mate.}

18 Jan 2025 10:57:50
The prem criteria was just because there's evidence they can cut it in the league. Its just a bit of fun.

18 Jan 2025 02:15:40
Haven't posted in ages been away with work (not jail) lol. This season so far has been brilliant. Never imagined we would be in this position at this stage. I wouldn't let anyone leave this window no matter how much. Unfortunately I can't see any incomings. This is the best and most unpredictable league in years.

18 Jan 2025 06:18:30
I agree brilliant season so far my friend
Thankfully you weren't in jail mate as your username may have got you in trouble lol.

17 Jan 2025 21:39:13
Haaland and Marmoush apparently on £865k and £300k a week respectively. Probably more negotiating power for our 3 lads.

17 Jan 2025 22:14:12
Obscene. I’m genuinely glad we’re not that kind of club.

17 Jan 2025 22:18:20
Are our 3 lads in negotiations with City too?

17 Jan 2025 22:30:10
Well, we’re well and truly on the finding out section of the f around and find out curve. Had we dealt with this earlier we would likely not be in this mess. Well run club eh?

17 Jan 2025 22:44:49
MK what’s that? If they invest in their success what’s the problem? It ain’t your money.

17 Jan 2025 22:53:31
Yeah but only Liverpool has to adhere to ffp, despite playing CL football 8 out of the last 9 years and playing in 3 finals too.

{Ed025's Note - all clubs have to comply Fisk, dont start all that woe is me rubbish mate..

17 Jan 2025 23:27:00
There are two schools of thought on this. One is that City have got off and they’re sticking two fingers up and saying we can do what we want. The second is they’ve got a transfer ban and are stockpiling.

With the irony being that Haaland’s new deal is for 115 months.

Either way, they’re taking care of their own business while we continue to f around. Are you glad that we’re a club that appears to completely lack competence then MK?

17 Jan 2025 23:51:01
City are looking up at us and laughing.

18 Jan 2025 00:01:28
Victor, if we get to the end of this window and haven’t signed anyone still then I definitely will not be happy at the incompetence. But that doesn’t mean I want us to start giving out ridiculous contracts. That’s exactly why Man United have so many players they can’t shift, and why Barcelona are a financial mess who can barely register players.

Frode, it’s not my money but it’s our club. I don’t want us to end up in a mess in 5-10 years. You give one person a long contract on crazy wages, it bumps up the expectations of every other player. Also if they then lose form, decline early or get a bad injury that they don’t fully recover from you’re just stuck with a leech.

I never want our club to be like that. There is a reason Man City and Chelsea are so lacking in respect from neutral fans. They’re plastic clubs. I’m not so desperate for success that I want us to sell our soul to the devil.

18 Jan 2025 00:14:41
seems the rules are kind of bent for some teams though, city i can sort of understand with their on the pitch success, but chelsea? they finished 6th and 12th the season before that and looking like they might struggle to finish top 4 this season.

18 Jan 2025 03:57:10
I believe Chelsea has a very strong revenue stream which allows them to buy loads of players. Like their youth system isn't meant for the first team but to generate income so I'd imagine that's how they keep in line with the PSR regulations.

18 Jan 2025 04:51:09
Well said Mk 👏.

18 Jan 2025 06:53:52
I Guarantee salah is right on the cusp of his second half season drop off and come the summer all those rattling on about how we have failed to extend his contract, bearing in mind these are the same people who were saying we should of sold him last summer to the Saudis and he was finished will again be saying we were right to not extend his contract after whinging all season about the clubs failure not too.

18 Jan 2025 08:18:29
Salah has been overplayed. He should have been given some time off after the Man U league game. Don’t worry too much he will find his form again as long as Slot doesn’t burn him out.

18 Jan 2025 08:27:19
Just a reminder to the negative brigade, we are top of the league by 4 points with a game in hand. Also top of the Champions League.
I don’t mind not having new toys when we have a good toy box already.

18 Jan 2025 08:55:05
I don’t think I’ve ever worried about how a club valued at 4 billion pays their superstar wages to players, managers or directors.

Only time I ever gave it a second thought was when they started furloughing staff who were likely on minimum wage or not far off.

Fans are always concerned about clubs finances until it comes to streaming games for free. And then the club losing money becomes so much less a priority.

18 Jan 2025 09:25:07
Absolutely agree with MK, great post. We have to accept I suppose though that to maintain those principles probably means we won’t win the league very often if at all. There may be a very exceptional year, like this one, or a very exceptional manager like Jurgen who could pull it all together and who used the Coutinho money very wisely.

My frustration is purely with our poor planning, as that’s what it looks like, to leave us short in a few key positions and overstocked in others. I’m not frustrated that we won’t pay crazy wages or long contracts as I think we could have overcome those weaknesses without shelling out crazy sums.

Equally though if our existing players want the 400k in Mo’s case, or 250-300k in the case of VVD or Trent you’ve got to think we can’t realistically do it. Let one or all of them go with best wishes, Diaz and others are already in the queue for more.

18 Jan 2025 09:28:42
No one wants ridiculous contracts MK, just to pay two alltime legends of both our club and the Premier League the going rate, that's not being silly or naive from the fans that's just expecting your team to act like a big club and look after players who have been absolutely paramount to our success over the last 7-8 years. Trent i wouldn't be as quick to hand colossal money to, i'd imagine he's already in the top handful of best paid fullbacks on the planet and i just don't think he's as important to our team as Virg and Mo.

18 Jan 2025 09:31:43
When it comeas to illegal streaming i put the option of actually been able to watch my beloved reds over the clubs accounts all day long. Such a naughty naughty fan am i.