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11 Jan 2025 10:44:59
Luis Diaz has apparently turned down a contract extension. Do we think this is about money or Barcelona?
{Ed025's Note - money i imagine BR, he will see the "fun boy three" being offered massive pay deals and wanting a piece of the action i expect mate..
1.) 11 Jan 2025 12:11:51
Wouldn’t blame him. Should have cashed on him last summer. Now Barcelona will skin us as they don’t have the cash and he wants them ??????.
2.) 11 Jan 2025 12:15:08
He wants out and has done for ages, I doubt he'll sign a contract, we should flog him in the summer, get what we can before he walks for free next year.
3.) 11 Jan 2025 12:32:33
Cheers Ed. This is why I suspect the club haven't met the three's demands yet because the expectations of the entire squad get out of hand.
{Ed025's Note - thats probably right BR..
4.) 11 Jan 2025 13:11:23
Just curious ED, why do you think most South American players see Real and Barcelona as the ultimate or the pinnacle of club football? Suarez, Coutinho both forcing a move to play for Barca. Diaz and Macca saying they would like to play for one of the Spanish big two etc.
{Ed025's Note - i think its to do with the weather and the culture Mfahmee which is similar to what they are used to at home, the language is also similar and it is probably easier for their respective families to adapt mate..
5.) 11 Jan 2025 14:27:36
But it ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it, Ed025. That’s what get results.
{Ed025's Note - quality mate..
6.) 11 Jan 2025 17:37:43
@mfahmee2
I teach quite a lot of young people from Latin America. They grow up speaking Spanish or Portuguese and support Madrid or Barcelona (as well as their local team) . The football is broadcast in their countries much like the WWE was broadcast in the UK and the influence it had during the 90s/ 00s. It's just a bigger draw for them. And, as the Ed said, same language, similar culture, sunny weather. This is just how I see it from the point of view of my students!
7.) 12 Jan 2025 03:46:10
My wife is Brasilian and I work with quite a few south American players. Generally speaking they love spain, for most it's the same language, for all it's pretty much the same culture and Madrid/ Barcelona are beautiful cities with superb weather.
Then there's the fact that for decades Madrid and Barcelona have been sold to South Americans as the place to be in Europe. Thinn of all the legendary south American players, where do they go? Almost always madrid and Barca. Players will take certain cities in Italy as well, Florence or Milan mainly, and Paris but I've never met a south American player who didn't have to be persuaded to move to uk. The weather is a huge downer for them, they utterly hate it. A few have also said before people aren't as warm and friendly as they're used to back home. People feel more detached.
My wife is a rarity in that everything others don't like about the UK she loves. She think Brazilian people are too nosey and loves the fact we value privacy, she also hates hot weather. She was pretty devastated during the recent race riots that she suddenly felt so unwelcome in a place which she feels is her home in her heart.
13 Sep 2024 12:11:32
Ed, is our interest in Anthony Gordon long-term or has it been and gone? It seems odd that we were prepared to offer one of the highest sums in our history if it was a fleeting thing and the player is certainly keen on specifically us.
Furthermore is our interest in Chris Rigg genuine? Many thanks.
{Ed002's Note - Anthony Gordon (LW/F) Newcastle may insist on a straight sale without another player being involved now although interest of Liverpool moved on due to his price with them opting for Federico Chiesa. It has been suggested that Arsenal may be interested if Raheem Sterling does not work out. Newcastle will ponder a new contract.
Chris Rigg (CM) Kiddie spotted by Chelsea scouts when watching another Sunderland player. Of an age where he can reach the position of being Club Developed as well as Home Grown. Liverpool and Manchester United have sent scouts.}
1.) 13 Sep 2024 13:32:59
I would expect Liverpool to go back in for him next summer looks ready made for Liverpool. I think he has everything needed to play for us.
2.) 13 Sep 2024 13:13:26
Thanks Ed. Is our interest completely dead or could he be an option if Diaz/ Gakpo/ Nunez move on?
{Ed002's Note - If Nunez leaves Liverpool will look to a striker. Liverpool have already added Chiesa.}
3.) 14 Sep 2024 10:15:24
It will be interesting to see how AG develops this season. I think he has the attributes to be a top CF. A deal to be done next summer with 12 months on his contract.
4.) 14 Sep 2024 10:42:45
Seems inevitable that, as a Red that's keen to join, its only a matter of time before.
27 Aug 2024 17:14:18
Ed2, do you still think Luis Diaz could go to Saudi and Anthony Gordon to Liverpool? Thank you in advance.
{Ed002's Note - Chiesa is a better option to Gordon for me. Diaz wants Spain.}
1.) 27 Aug 2024 18:49:24
Gordon would be a reliable, multi-use, long term squad player, who would be playing for his dream team, not to mention he is still developing and is already very good.
2.) 27 Aug 2024 19:24:42
Really hope we get Chiesa as I always admired him as a player. We don’t have great history with Italian players though: Dossena, Aquilani and Ballotelli come to mind. In fact have we ever had a really good one?
3.) 27 Aug 2024 19:39:05
Luis Diaz is on pretty low wages compared to our other forwards. I think if we offer him a new contract that f. eks matches Jota's wages all this talk of spain would go away and he might even play better! Wishful thinking. I think there is much more to come from Diaz!
4.) 27 Aug 2024 19:59:50
Did you forget Borini Jonbonone? Brendan Rodger's 1st signing, Rodgers praised him so much i thought we were signing Baggio!
5.) 27 Aug 2024 20:08:35
Diaz has been great the first 2 matches.
6.) 27 Aug 2024 20:22:49
If Gordon doesn't sign a new contract he'll end up at Liverpool soon enough.
7.) 27 Aug 2024 20:45:38
Brendan should never have been allowed to bring in his old players (Borini, Allen, etc) or had the control to make us bring in Benteke and the like.
8.) 27 Aug 2024 20:53:08
I am a massive fan of chiesa too jonbonone. Looks to be back to his best after the horror injury as well. Would really love this to happen.
9.) 27 Aug 2024 20:58:03
Fiskesprett my guy, I remember the way BR hyped up Borini very vividly and you are right, you would have thought we signed Baggio (an idol of mine, btw) . BR was such a spoofer, it was so cringe.
As for Chiesa, we will have to see. Gordon? Im with Ed02. He can sray exactly where he is.
10.) 27 Aug 2024 21:02:23
The Italians struggling in England isn't a just Liverpool thing though outside of Di Canio and Zola 25 years ago the best success has been Jorginho and if you try to think of one after him its difficult. Ogbonna maybe? Balotelli has his moments at City. Pelle was decent for Southampton but no one really came in and took the league by storm. I can't recall many Italians doing well in Spain or Germany the last 20 years either. Toni for Bayern was good but who else. Considering they've won a euros and a world cup in that time its a surprise how few players have been big hits outside of Italy.
11.) 27 Aug 2024 21:11:18
I wonder what this signing means for one of the existing front 5.
12.) 27 Aug 2024 22:06:37
Fiskesprett I agree. Pay the man more, granted his dad doesn't help but he never once downs tools or looks like he's not trying 100%. Love Lucho me, workrate is superb, yes his end product can improve for sure but there's enough there for me. He's not had a clear full season with the bad injury 2 seasons ago when he was arguably our best player at start of the season, then last year started well again and his auld pair got kidnapped, say what you want about the lad but that can't be easy to deal with.
I don't know if there's more behind the scenes with ed saying he may have burnt his bridges and if that's the case so be it, but all I can see is a man who gives his all and an old school winger (my favourite type of player ever since I set eyes on Macca (shaggy) back in the day) . Would love to keep him and happy to up his wages if he's on as low as mentioned. in comparison to others at his level. And his song is a belter too!
13.) 27 Aug 2024 22:08:40
Ravanelli has to be the best to example of Italian success in prem. Scored 30 goals a season in a relegated middlesbro.
14.) 28 Aug 2024 07:56:59
Chiesa looks a better option than Gordon for that money. Everyone saying that Chiesa is 'broken' have clearly not seen he played 33 games last season and he's hardly going to be playing every game this season with Salah ahead of him.
Chiesa is an insanely talented footballer, he's very direct and suits the prem.
Diaz has started like a house on fire, let's hope we can keep him one more year or see where things are at in January.
Along with Chiesa and the GK, I still think it's 50/ 50 if a CB deal is completed in time. Hope Gomez gets a game soon as he deserves it.
15.) 27 Aug 2024 20:12:58
Thanks Ed. Is there much chance Diaz gets his dream move to Spain or is it a pipe dream for him? Chiesa seems too cheap and too risky to be a replacement for him. More of a supplementary signing like Shaqiri.
{Ed002's Note - I would doubt it.}
21 May 2024 17:03:03
And there it is. I see in a recent interview with The Redmen that Lijnders himself has taken "credit" for the inverted full-back tactics. Apparently Klopp was hesitant but Lijnders had a strop until Klopp relented.
Honestly I'm glad to see the back of this megalomaniac. I have a lot of emotions about the Klopp era but one of the more negative ones is "what if? " What if Klopp didn't have this clown in his ear, muddying his ideas? Would we have won more? No wonder Buvac left.
1.) 21 May 2024 17:23:24
He has a point about the midfield being overran we were getting killed on the counter once we lost Bobby and gini, would of just been easier to go 3 at the back like Amorim or xabi as that seems to be the meta tactic in this era.
2.) 21 May 2024 17:27:37
Even at the send off I found him annoying. Jumped up. Time will tell, I guess.
3.) 21 May 2024 18:16:47
The fella would get up on himself if he could turn quick enough.
4.) 21 May 2024 18:28:58
You are children.
You’ve never been to training, never seen the dynamic and never interacted with any of these people and have decided to service an agenda to come out with this utter bilge.
Most top sides now try to invert fullbacks. Until 2 months ago it was an absolute success for us. We won a cup, we had 7 points robbed off us by awful officiating and you’re spouting this inane nonsense.
Lads, don’t breed.
5.) 21 May 2024 19:14:17
The thing is Why0why that regardless to what you think about Pep he has come out repeatedly on multiple platforms to make it clear how important he has been to our success. That isn’t an agenda on anybody’s part pointing that out, that’s simply a statement of fact.
If you listen/ watch the recent “reds roundtable” with him, Klopp, Alex inglethorp, Cody and Harvey he does something similar there. He is talking about the relationship between the fans, the team and the manager and he starts says “you where able to” (to Klopp) and quickly changes that to “we where able to” mid sentence. Fella can’t help himself.
I thank him for being part of the success and I wish him well but I’m not sad he’s going. I had more than enough ego with Rodgers at the helm.
6.) 21 May 2024 19:40:14
And yet Klopp clearly listened to him. Strange thing for a successful manager to do if Ljinders is "a clown" isn't it?
At the end of the day, if Ljinders' tactics were flawed, doesn't the buck stop with Klopp for going with them instead of saying no or sacking him and getting another assistant?
7.) 21 May 2024 20:30:31
And how do you know the changing it to ‘we’ rather than ‘you’ isn’t because Klopp has told them to speak like that as they are a team and it’s not just about Klopp. I can sort of see what people mean with Linders but Klopp made the final decisions. He comes across ok on the video with the 6 coaches on you tube. Plus his English isn’t perfect so all this he said we and not you is just r language not ego. Anyway if the guy took the training and was an integral part of the tactics he deserves some praise not just criticism.
8.) 21 May 2024 22:05:01
Some people don’t like Lijnders and take comments or media quotes at face value with little or no attempt at placing the snippet they take to heart within any sort of context and thus an opinion is formed that is then presented as fact.
At the end of the day, who cares? Life goes on - the much praisedJurgen has gone, the much criticised Pep has gone. Whatever the dynamic the most exciting era for the club in 35 years or so is over.
Time to open up the next chapter. Here’s hoping that in 10 years time Arne is seem in the same light as Jurgen and held in the same esteem.
9.) 21 May 2024 22:13:19
I'm pretty sure we're allowed an opinion without you screaming at us and telling us not to breed. Get off your high horse.
28 Apr 2022 14:48:09
Klopp has extended to 2026 per David Ornstein!
1.) 28 Apr 2022 14:57:44
Fantastic news!
Over the moon about it ðŸ˜.
2.) 28 Apr 2022 15:32:40
I don't think my wife realises how important this is. Im walking around with biggest smile.
She called me a berk.
After 34 years i might have married a 'dud'
3.) 28 Apr 2022 16:59:20
What a great day to be a Liverpool fan 💪.
4.) 28 Apr 2022 17:07:24
Thank you Jurgen 😊.
5.) 28 Apr 2022 17:17:27
Apperently Mrs Klopp had a big say and told him he should stay longer. So thank you Mrs K!
6.) 28 Apr 2022 17:45:23
Should have signed him up to his 60th birthday.
7.) 28 Apr 2022 18:37:17
Ornstein is usually very reliable. Result.
8.) 28 Apr 2022 18:48:19
I can’t believe we are stuck with him for another few years. #overrated. I was hoping we’d get Rogers back in. Ah well.
9.) 28 Apr 2022 18:50:18
SOd Rogers, we need Woy back, when Watford go down. WARRAMMERR!
10.) 28 Apr 2022 19:31:15
Some more details on new Klopp contract by David Maddock:
*Agreed 4 year deal
*Replaces current deal, runs to 2026
*Option for longer
*Staff extend
*Backing for signings
*Wants Salah and Mane sorted
*Klopp initiated deal, to build dynasty
*Energised by players couldn't walk away
AMAZING!
11.) 28 Apr 2022 19:56:59
So excited I decided to have a quick tom tank, and that's how I got banned from starbucks.
12.) 28 Apr 2022 20:45:33
Would this make klopp the best paid manager in the world?
13.) 28 Apr 2022 21:26:25
“but since I'm here it feels like every day we come together a little bit closer, we understand each other a little bit better, we appreciate each other a little bit moreâ€.
I love my family and employ lots of people and I have never been lost for words of encouragement . Never have I read such pertinent words. What a leader
We love Jurgen.
14.) 28 Apr 2022 22:00:19
Fantastic news, 4 more years of brilliant attacking football 😎.
15.) 29 Apr 2022 12:00:50
Brilliant news and if I was a betting man, Salah would be next.
{Ed0666's Note - I get that feeling also mate. It’s kind of scary the feel good factor emanating out of the club at the moment I just hope it continues for an extremely long time. FSG are playing a blunder at the moment everything they touch is turning to gold.
16.) 29 Apr 2022 12:15:19
There needs to be a song for Klopp's wife at the next home match.
{Ed0666's Note - I fully support that motion
17.) 29 Apr 2022 16:45:53
"Mrs Klopp Mrs Klopp running down the wing". oh wait 😅.
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31 May 2025 17:51:30
Hi Ed001, what do you think will happen with Chiesa? I know in the past you've said he might stay but surely something has to change and he will be seeking assurances that there won't be a repeat of this season. It was humiliating for the poor chap at times the way he was often not even on the bench. Thanks.
{Ed001's Note - he struggled with fitness at first, it was only really the second half of the season he began to get back to himself. I expect him to stay and try to earn a spot in the team.}
1.) 31 May 2025 18:13:47
When you say fitness was it a case of coming back from a serious injury? Seemed like slot didn’t fancy him at all. I honestly think if he gets back to his best he’ll be a great player for us. Plus he has one of the best club songs “ F**k off juve I’m a kopite now” ?.
{Ed001's Note - he had never recovered properly and missed preseason as well, which left him with niggles as he tried to regain his full fitness. A good preseason should see him somewhere near his best. Hopefully.}
2.) 31 May 2025 18:19:20
Cheers Ed. He never got a run of games to build any kind of form. Hopefully getting a pre-season will do him the world of good. It also saves us from having to buy another winger if Diaz leaves. I don't see the point in signing Anthony Gordon if we have Chiesa.
{Ed001's Note - I really hope we don't sign Gordon.}
3.) 31 May 2025 18:25:28
I really do hope he keep him for another season, but if slot doesn't fancy him I'm sure they'll be plenty of clubs willing to buy him.
4.) 31 May 2025 18:26:16
He faces a battle to get into the squad let alone the team.
He managed 37 appearances (2,500 mins) last season and just 466 mins this season.
He’s currently our 4th joint highest paid player.
5.) 31 May 2025 18:42:29
Ed please don’t take this the wrong way but if I remember correctly you didn’t want us to sign mane? I know it was his temperament you had concerns of and it’s you don’t think Gordon is good enough but look how mane turned out.
{Ed001's Note - ok and? Mane did have attitude problems, but Klopp managed to deal with him until his legs went and then his stroppiness caused him to be sold. But I never once said he wasn't good enough, Gordon, on the other hand is simply not very good. He runs fast, falls over a lot and wastes possession a lot. He is not the kind of player suited to the way Slot tried to play.}
6.) 31 May 2025 19:57:42
I'd rather have a bottle of "Gordons Gin" instead!
7.) 31 May 2025 20:17:13
I wasn’t having a go, I was trying to say maybe Gordon could surprise you like mane did.
8.) 31 May 2025 21:01:07
Gordon isn’t an improvement on what we already have imo. Not sure he is suited to how we play either, but I am happy to be proven wrong.
9.) 31 May 2025 21:05:00
If the club has got it right and they have given Chiesa the time to make a full recovery and to regain his confidence and he gets anywhere near his pre-injury form then watching a team with a fully fit Chiesa, Wirtz and Mo promises to be fun.
10.) 31 May 2025 21:38:41
Edd001 any word on jota leaving or interest? It's amazing I'm hearing rumours of anyone of gakpo, Diaz and nunez possibly leaving yet not a peep out or the poorest attacker at the club.
{Ed001's Note - there is little interest in a player that can't stay fit, especially when he even struggled under Slot a manager known for his ability to keep players fit.}
11.) 01 Jun 2025 04:38:31
I think we'd be absolute fools to sell Chiesa, there isn't anyone on the market that can replace his talent. Not only that, he's popular in the dressing room and seems to love the club. A fit Chiesa is our best left sided forward.
23 May 2025 17:08:01
Ornstein the dragonslayer confirms it's happening!
1.) 23 May 2025 17:12:04
Steady, mate, 2shoes and i have weak bladders.
2.) 23 May 2025 17:15:50
I believe it's on BR ?.
3.) 23 May 2025 17:28:15
Now reporting Wirtz is house hunting for the move to Liverpool.
He can crash at mine until he finds a suitable accommodation . £30 a week bed and board.
4.) 23 May 2025 17:36:36
What's this JK? You've stopped including the wife in the offer? ???.
5.) 23 May 2025 17:49:09
Hahah Aray she’ll be out Wirtz will be in.
6.) 23 May 2025 19:02:22
Metro Paper saying Deco wants both Diaz and Rashford (His current wage at man utd is circa £325,000 a week it says)
Hopefully Wirtz will replace Diaz in the team, that has to be a big improvement for the team/ squad, that will reduce the fee LFC pay to Bayer and solves Diaz running his contract down to zero, two years left on his contract 28 years old now, take the money offered, improves us and weakens Barcelona also.
If Arne receives a notable fee for Chiesa, he will be replaced in the squad with Sane who is a free agent this Summer (my rumour) would be able to replace Salah in minor games, injury and as a sub during games, and also replaces Elliot in terms of the squad numbers.
Finally Florian can stay in mine buckshee if he wants and if I came home and saw him in Bed with Mrs Bond, I would take him a cup of tea and a biscuit up!
04 May 2025 20:59:33
Seeing as we will need a midfielder, a centre-back and a right-back this summer, we would be foolish to sell Endo when there are worse players in the squad.
1.) 04 May 2025 22:02:59
The Perennial Sickness of regularly conceding the first goal and very early also is Schoolboy Football at its Best.
Jurgen could not fix it during his last twp seasons at LFC and Arne has carried on with that Perennial Sickness this season, if signing the above positions solves this then I am fully in favour.
Signing Zubimendi or similar World Class DM player to go alongside GravenBLOCK, would certainly solidify the middle rather than Ryan solely, that also allows Mac Callister to compete with Slobs for the attacking midfield player, Mac Allister will be better utilised nearer the opponents goal than defending his own goal. We have to cut out this Mad sickness of conceding soft early goals.
2.) 04 May 2025 22:13:16
Thought he stood out today. He was the player to make most of opportunity today. He made some superb defensive contributions and excellent on the ball.
Elliott unfortunately was very mediocre today but deserves more chances before end of season in my book.
Tsimikas was ok.
Chiesa has a horror show after coming on. Happens when you try to hard to impress in very little time.
Quansah was mixed bag. There's talent there for sure but needs to work on his mentality/ concentration. He s young.
I think only Endo makes Slot think this evening. I thought he was fantastic on the ball too. Even pulled off a Grav turn and dribble.
3.) 04 May 2025 22:52:18
Left back is our biggest weakness closely followed by central striker.
Tsimikas was NOT OK, he was the weak link again. The first 2 goals came via crosses from his side.
Robbo is also struggling with the pace these days.
Left back is our weakness.
Up front Jota is not a central striker and is unable to stay fit.
Darwin is totally out of his depth.
Priority signings- Kerkez or Hato ; Isak, Cunha or Sesko.
4.) 04 May 2025 23:02:54
Jota, Elliot and Quansah oh and jones were shocking today, very disappointing with them. The result is meaningless but information is priceless to slot.
5.) 05 May 2025 00:06:35
That's a fair enough assessment RK. I think Van Dijk got dragged around a little too and offered little help to Tsimikas.
Agree LB and CF are biggest priorities.
6.) 05 May 2025 06:09:20
I thought Endo grew into the game. He like the other mids were all at sea the first 10-15 mins.
But he did improve and was probably one of our better performers.
7.) 05 May 2025 08:47:03
I agree with your assessment of the players, Davey. I thought Endo was very good at an individual level and got better as the game went along with crip passing, positioning and great ball recovery. However, it looked like he was abandoned at times to put out too many fires. One of the few like Gakpo, Tsimikas and prolly Trent.
The worst thing is, not sure this is a game you can look at and draw lasting conclusions about even tho, there is always good information to draw on in any game. Just my take.
28 Apr 2025 14:45:53
Now that the league is confirmed, do you think the club will accelerate negotiations with Saudi, for the sale of players like Nunez and possibly Diaz?
1.) 28 Apr 2025 15:24:02
We’ve just won the league man. give it a rest and enjoy it for a bit ??.
2.) 28 Apr 2025 15:43:00
Yes the sooner we can get rid of our title winning players the better.
3.) 28 Apr 2025 15:43:15
Let's let them enjoy the celebrations for the league title that they helped us win before we start emptying their lockers!
4.) 28 Apr 2025 16:13:32
Summer mate.
5.) 28 Apr 2025 16:16:02
Can they at least experience the parade? No one does parades like us.
6.) 28 Apr 2025 17:02:58
The burning desire for "shiny new toys" is so overwhelming that the fact we've just won the Premier League title is already yesterday's news. ??.
7.) 28 Apr 2025 17:38:46
I would keep Diaz, why would you sell him? He gives everything every game.
8.) 28 Apr 2025 18:02:45
Diaz has scored 12 prem goals this year, that's nothing to sneeze at.
9.) 28 Apr 2025 18:23:54
A lot of strawmans regarding the point I was making but you get used to it on here. The timing is pertinent to my question and both Nunez and Diaz have been linked to Saudi for months. Some reports suggest we have been trying to maintain a good relationship with the Saudis. It is a rumours site, after all.
10.) 28 Apr 2025 19:49:20
No comment. Still busy celebrating the 20th. Call me back in the summer.
11.) 28 Apr 2025 21:12:45
Nunez will probably miss the bus.
{Ed025's Note - love it Jonesy..
12.) 28 Apr 2025 21:31:51
How you doing buddy, keeping your head down during all the celebrations?
Hope all going well with you?
{Ed025's Note - im good thanks Jonesy, i actually celebrated Liverpools win with my friends mate who are a mixture of Reds and Blues, no bitterness in our crew but we do wind each other up at times.. :)
13.) 28 Apr 2025 21:59:21
@OP, take a breath and just stop and look around, enjoy the day and where we are and what we’ve achieved.
The club will have its plans in place, they will still be doing their day jobs, but it’s a time for fans to celebrate what we’ve achieved this season (and we haven’t had the parade yet! ) .
14.) 29 Apr 2025 00:42:26
as I posted yesterday, we should ban posts about looking for new players to replace the players who can't win titles.
Have a rest guys.
14 Mar 2025 10:08:57
That England team is basically Southgate on steroids. You've got to love the infiltration by the DFB.
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13 Jun 2025 00:14:40
Thanks RN97.
I have a question re Gordon. If no move for an out-and-out striker materialises, would we consider signing him this summer as a versatile option even if Diaz stays? And then move for an out-and-out striker next summer when Diaz leaves?
11 Jun 2025 17:41:28
But Darwin was willing to move to Saudi in January. It was Liverpool who pulled the plug.
11 Jun 2025 17:05:51
The issue is La Liga and Serie A sides are specialists in lowballing.
We need to be careful of loans with no obligations as a lot of clubs take the proverbial and use those players as short-term squad cover.
I remember when Simeone was making sure Griezmann wasn't playing more than 30 minutes per game as otherwise Atletico would have been locked in to buying him at a certain price. They negotiated a lower fee after the loan.
09 Jun 2025 20:54:19
I don't know if this is true.
Regardless I am not a fan of us targetting 15/ 16-year olds from other academies. We should aim to produce our own. Is the strategy even that fruitful? For every Raheem Sterling, we have had about ten Jerome Sinclairs.
08 Jun 2025 21:23:35
AKIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Did you get your name from the 1988 anime film?
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15 Jun 2025 01:44:25
Stromsgodset there's a Monty Python sketch about how that's the difference between Catholics and Protestants.
14 Jun 2025 00:55:11
Nice to meet you, GF.
13 Jun 2025 00:37:57
I don't think Lautaro is a risk, Ron.
With all due respect, Aspas is not comparable at all to Lautaro. Aspas had been a second-tier player for his whole career except the last season before he joined us where Celta Vigo finished 17th in La Liga. He only scored more than 10 goals in 2 seasons; 12 in his last season and the other one was in the second-tier.
Lautaro is a proven player at the top of Serie A, the Champions League and the World Cup. He has scored at least 12 league goals in each of his last six seasons and at least 19 in all comps.
I think the issue with Lautaro is whether it is worth spending that much money and salary on a 28-year old.
10 Jun 2025 16:26:14
I wish people would stop doing these emotional interviews where they say how much the club means to them and this is the kind of thing they do just a year later.
Just say, "I always tried my best because I'm a professional" and leave it at that. It's not hard.
10 Jun 2025 14:12:15
Some weak rumours about Darwin to Al Hilal. Nothing will probably come of it and he will probably leave on the cheap later in the window.
Al Nassr want Diaz but he seemingly doesn't want them. He wants Barcelona and Barcelona want him but Barcelona can't afford him. Why do Barcelona have interest in players they have no business being interested in?