Liverpool Rumours Archive August 26 2021

26 Aug 2021 21:08:08
Ed2 what's the latest with Traore?

{Ed002's Note - Wolves are beginning to lock down and would accept a good cash offer but fear losing their replacement - so it is less likely right now.}

26 Aug 2021 21:40:54
We have to get used to the situation. FSG won't sanction another transfer unless they sell one of our top players. This is exactly what the Eds have been saying all along.

{Ed0666's Note - hopefully we can sell Origi, and get either Bissouma or Kessie. Eds 002 mentioned Spurs were talking to Kessie if they get him that Will break my heart.

26 Aug 2021 22:43:37
Ed, do you really see kessie offering much more than we have? Fabs and hendo with Thiago? Maybe more legs than hendo has now, but not more leadership. Fabs has the cdm role nailed down, and I don’t see kessie offering what Thiago does on the ball. Given we also have Jones and Elliot to give game time too, and Keita, is that what we need?

{Ed0666's Note - not when you bring logic into the equation but then by that logic we don’t need Bissouma which I think we do. I’d be happy with Kessie or Bissouma and sell Ox/Keita next season.

27 Aug 2021 00:10:25
So Ed0666, would it be a central midfielder we bring in as opposed to a versatile forward if we were to sell more players? It seems we are stacked in that area of the pitch unless we sell Keita or Ox. Also is Neuhaus a no-go now? He is my personal preference.

{Ed0666's Note - I have no idea about transfers am certainly not an ITK. I just say whom I’d wish for Liverpool to sign Eds 002 is the guy to ask if you want the lowdown on transfer news

27 Aug 2021 05:15:03
I am still saying we should sign traore. Contrary to many here i think he is an exactly what we need.
Pace and power and he can provide salah/ mane with much needed rest along with jota. Especially now given our CL group means every Tuesday/ Wednesday we are going to face a champion team and we would need cover for the weekend epl tie or atleast an option on bench.
If the price is right we can go for him but i don't want this to be a jota type deal. We overpaid for jota based on future income and that's a dangerous path if we continue doing that for more players.
If we sell origi and philips and we can get traore with no 'net spend' i think we have a good deal. His end product can improve but i don't think he is lazy. I think he will work under a Manager that will motivate him to work and kloppo is the best man for that.

27 Aug 2021 08:47:39
OP, he’s still not very good, lots of pace and no end product.

27 Aug 2021 09:32:50
He’s the only player I’ve seen one on one who has about a 10% chance of scoring. Shocking finisher.

27 Aug 2021 09:44:57
He was seen earlier having some ready break, topped with a bit of sugar and honey.

He's now been seen trying to tune his TV with no success, so moved on to a 8-10 yrs jigsaw. However, he didn't quite sort the puzzle within the allowed time. Said he was too fast and had no planned finish.

27 Aug 2021 09:32:50
He’s the only player I’ve seen one on one who has about a 10% chance of scoring. Shocking finisher.

27 Aug 2021 09:44:57
He was seen earlier having some ready break, topped with a bit of sugar and honey.

He's now been seen trying to tune his TV with no success, so moved on to a 8-10 yrs jigsaw. However, he didn't quite sort the puzzle within the allowed time. Said he was too fast and had no planned finish.

27 Aug 2021 09:32:50
He’s the only player I’ve seen one on one who has about a 10% chance of scoring. Shocking finisher.

27 Aug 2021 09:44:57
He was seen earlier having some ready break, topped with a bit of sugar and honey.

He's now been seen trying to tune his TV with no success, so moved on to a 8-10 yrs jigsaw. However, he didn't quite sort the puzzle within the allowed time. Said he was too fast and had no planned finish.

27 Aug 2021 09:49:51
I respectfully disagree Akira. A player who doesn’t score goals cannot adequately replace Mane or Salah to give them a rest.

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?

26 Aug 2021 13:43:57
Hope not.

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.}

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) .

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

26 Aug 2021 07:51:34
If we were going to make a surprise signing I've got two names I think it could be.
First one (& less likely imo) is Mikkel Damsgaard, who seems to be a fairly recent target and we'll probably scout him over a longer period of time to see if he's right for us.
The second one and the one I believe we might go for is Christoph Baumgartner. He's a versatile player having spent time in Midfield and also as a wide forward. Seems like we've had an eye on him for a while and from what I've seen has the talent and attitude to become a top player for us.
Interested to hear what the Eds think the likelihood of either of these 2 players joining Liverpool is.

{Ed002's Note - Mikkel Damsgaard (LW/AM) Spurs asked after a price for the player at the behest of Mr Mourinho who may have taken his interest on to Roma. Now Spurs have lost the plot rather and have made a particularly low offer. If they are serious they will return and make a serious offer. Real Madrid consider him an option at the right price if they sell Isco. Sampdoria saying Southampton and Leeds, and more recently Aston Villa, have all enquired about the availability of the player who only joined last summer. Juventus see him as a potential addition but game time would be restricted. Sampdoria have told Milan that they are not open to being given their "off cuts" in exchange and want a huge cash deal - but Milan would need to sell Leao to bring him in - and they also need the money to complete the Tonali deal. Sampdoria are reluctant to sell but I suspect more clubs will be showing an interest. I expect him to stay another year.

Christophe Baumgartner (AM/CM) Hoffenheim are not looking to sell and his agent has said thaty they will be discussing new contracts for Christoph Baumgartner and Florian Grillitsch with the club very soon. To date three Premier League sides have asked his agent about availability - Spurs, Liverpool and Manchester United.}

26 Aug 2021 10:16:28
Unless a non HG place suddenly comes up we won't be signing anyone.

26 Aug 2021 11:13:08
Good post CS 👌.

26 Aug 2021 11:32:49
Oh Mane…we just sold Shaqiri, that is a non-HG spot opened and I don’t think we will be registering Karius. So a spot to register isn’t a problem, it’s all about financial package for signing.

26 Aug 2021 12:21:19
I think we need to accept the fact the club is skint and we are not signing anyone else. The money raised from sales now will be going toward paying off fees for players already at the club.

26 Aug 2021 13:04:33
Chief scout there is no surprise signing mate. Would if happened before now not the last days. All players linked finishes at the same words of “doesn’t fit within our budget”. We’ve needed to shift some fringe players and reduce the rate bill of which we have done but it’s not enough I’m afraid. C.V. has hit the club hard financially.