Liverpool Rumours Archive January 26 2022

26 Jan 2022 19:21:30
ED002, seen a recent rumour about Dybala "a person of interest as he will be out of contract in summer" is this anything you have heard my friend?

{Ed002's Note - No and I would have expected Liverpool to look to younger options.}

26 Jan 2022 20:07:10
As always Ed appreciate your response. 👍.

26 Jan 2022 20:09:02
Even if he’s free he’s to expensive for us 🤣.

27 Jan 2022 07:33:22
That’s cos you are mistaking ‘free’ for ‘no transfer fee’ Jay - a mistake that has been made before 😉.

27 Jan 2022 08:10:41
Its like when phone companies tell you you are getting a free upgrade, which actually means if you take the new handset, your bill will be 3 times what it is if you go sim only.

27 Jan 2022 10:14:37
Fair enough there's the signing on fee but doesn't a player still under contract ALSO get a signing on fee when they move to a new club?

27 Jan 2022 10:51:50
They do, but it's usually not as big Jadon. If a player and agent know you aren't paying £40m for him, they're liable to look for a larger signing on fee because without the transfer fee, you can afford it.

And if you don't pay it, someone else will.

The issue imo isn't that 'we can't afford him lol', the issue for me is that if we want to throw big money at a player in his late 20s, there are players at the club who already fit that description and are out of contract in less than 18 months.

If we're going to part company with one or two of those, surely we should look for a younger player, rather than one, who as good as he is, won't have any more years left in him than the guys we already have?

27 Jan 2022 11:10:56
I get that, and as i say i wasnt talking about Dybala in particular. But we are Liverpool, im sure we can afford free transfers signing on fee or not, if its someone Klopp actually wants.

27 Jan 2022 11:11:46
I'd say this is a dubious link. If it's serious then it shows we're moving away from our tried and tested model and towards something short term and desperate.

27 Jan 2022 12:03:12
It does kind of make sense to try and sign a mature player. I think it’s important to add that 28 year old is not past it and worthy of a contact.

We did this Thiago. Sadly it hasn’t worked out that well but it shows that the transfers seem to be a mixture of youth and experience.

It’s logical that the club brings in some slightly older players going forward as the team will loose several senior players due to age and that the majority some will be replaced with likes of Gordon, Elliot. With jones already starting to cement a slot.
There is a need to ensure that there remains some experience running through the team. Someone like dyabala makes sense to me. Wether it’s going to happen is another matter 🤣.

27 Jan 2022 12:10:42
There are fewer and fewer sides able to match such demands for ageing, injury prone 'stars'. PSG are becoming a graveyard for such players, along with Bosmans who want a big pay day.
I'd rather have the FSG model any day than working like that.
Who's left for Dybala? City? PSG. OR move to the footballing morgue, China or the middle east where money talks.
I am so glad to not even care for such players anymore. Those days are long gone.

27 Jan 2022 16:31:51
Every day there seems to be new names added to the list of signings we will make either now or in the Summer. Most, if not all of them 'clickbait'.

I prefer to wait until any signings are confirmed, but if everybody did that these pages wouldn't be nearly as much fun!

For me, no ins this month (only 4 days left) .