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28 Jul 2023 02:44:31
Hi EDs. Appreciate your insights and replies which keeps this site interesting to read. Do you know the latest regarding Pavard? Seems like the focus has shifted to Lavia and other midfield targets. As much as we need to fill the gap left behind by Hendo and Fab, I believe we still need RB to cover for Trent as he could well play a bigger midfield role this season.
{Ed002's Note - Benjamin Pavard (CB/RB) Chelsea see Pavard as a direct replacement for Cesar Azpilicueta but with a RB already purchased for the summer they have another priority, although Pavard remains an option. The interest of Manchester United will likely not be of interest to the player who won't want to be in playing exclusively as a RB - and I am not sure they can fix that. Inter failed with an offer in January but will return in the summer but are having to be careful over funds. Milan have had ongoing issues but can likely now be discounted. Manchester City may offer Kyle Walker as part of a deal - they are very keen but Bayern may want to keep the transfers separate . If Liverpool are seriously interested I can only assume it is via the new Sporting Director, and right now they are not involved in any discussions with Bayer Munich. A wildcard option might be Juventus - don't lose sight of them. Bayern are open to a new contract and Thomas Tuchel will not want to be looking for a replacement. For now, expect a new contract to now be rejected and clubs to continue negotiations.}
1.) 28 Jul 2023 10:28:11
Thanks ED002 for the latest update. Appreciate it as usual. I do hope Liverpool will not make the mistake they did last season where they spent on attackers when the midfield was the main problem area. This time around, we're putting all the focus on midfielders which seems right but we should not forget about our defense.
2.) 28 Jul 2023 11:58:13
Bradley is good enough with Trent and Gomez able to cover if he's injured. We need a lcb if we are sticking with the system and possibly move tsimikas on.
09 Aug 2017 03:13:50
Hi Eds, there are currently 2 contrasting reports out there. One saying that Coutinho is close to signing the deal with Barcelona and that Liverpool have accepted their bid. Another report is saying that we are resisting his sale and only a forced moved from Coutinho will see it happening as Klopp and the board would want to keep him. Obviously someone is reporting bullcrap here. Do you know which one is the real deal?
{Ed001's Note - we rejected their initial bid, no deal is agreed yet.}
1.) 09 Aug 2017 05:32:54
But they're expected to come back. we also would like to keep him, but if Coutinho forces the move we may be prepared to sell at the right price as we're unlikely to force him to stay against his will.
Geez is it so hard to keep up ;)
2.) 09 Aug 2017 06:43:33
The Spanish and Brazilian journalists are saying Coutinho deal is agreed while the English journalists insists Liverpool won't sell or haven't even held any meetings with Barcelona.
We will see in the coming days who was right.
3.) 09 Aug 2017 07:52:52
The Spanish and Brazilian media are just posting rubbish to get their fans and Barcelona fans wound up. According to Guillem Balague via Twitter, no deal has been agreed by LFC and he stated that our stance has not changed.
Per the Echo, Barcelona did not meet with our officials to do a deal and no new bid has been made and no bid has been accepted. Klopp and FSG are standing firm.
On the contrary per German outlet Bild, Barcelona officials went to Germany yesterday to do a deal for Dembele of BVB but Dortmund want reportedly 150m euros hence, almost 3/ 4 of the Neymar money. Sky Sports have daid the exact same things. This is the situation as it stands.
4.) 09 Aug 2017 13:45:52
There are also reports that Coutinho is feigning injury and has not got a back injury and is not willing to train with the club. It's all nonsense with each journalist trying to guess the breaking story to look like the knew what was happening. kind of like half on here when they were claiming to be itk in Keita and gave us numerous dates he was going to join. Some even changed their usernames 🙈🙈.
01 Aug 2017 02:48:34
Hi EDs, it is being reported that Inter made a 35mil bid for Mane. Not sure how true but I reckon it is fake news as 35mil for Mane is a joke in today's market. It would be a waste of everybody's time if it was true. They might have better luck bidding 35mil for Sakho :)
{Ed001's Note - it is nonsense, why would a team bid less than we paid for him? Unless it means pounds not euros, in which case they work in euros, so it is clearly nonsense anyway. Just ignore it, the player is not available for sale.}
1.) 01 Aug 2017 04:40:53
Cannot believe Inter's cheek (if a bid has been made in the first place) . Or the media is just being incompetent as always.
2.) 01 Aug 2017 06:02:25
Ah so this is what it feels like to be a Southampton fan during the transfer window 😉.
3.) 01 Aug 2017 07:06:53
Media see a team struggling to recruit and there best player linked elsewhere and jump on the band wagon as if we are a sinking ship.
Inter haven't even got champions league have they. The competition everyone wants to play in.
4.) 01 Aug 2017 07:40:52
Leeee that's a good question. We've been told for years that the top players didn't come to us because they wanted to play in the CL. This window however doesn't back that statement up.
5.) 01 Aug 2017 08:23:04
Jayden how hasn't it backed that up.? Salah, Van Dijk, Keita are all in that top bracket of players and want to or are playing for us. its other reasons we haven't got them all. i think macca said even Mendy was willing to come to us. the clubs dealings is the major issue this window and other bad past dealings effecting our chance of getting Sessegnon from Fulham, not the players themselves wanting to play for us.
6.) 01 Aug 2017 10:35:48
But yet salah is the only one that's signed.
7.) 01 Aug 2017 12:45:46
If we finish top four this year ( or win it which I'm optimistic about ) maybe higher than 4th. I think any players reluctant to talk with us will change tune. Could be seen, by outsiders, as a one off this year. Any player joining a top English team is taking a bit of a gamble in terms of champions league these days.
8.) 01 Aug 2017 13:15:28
It is, perhaps, the worst transfer article I've ever seen a paper come up with. At least make it £50m or something even remotely believable (I'm not valuing him at that price before I get a ton of abuse) . As Ed said, why would a club bid less/ equal to what we paid?! He had a superb season last year. It's either invented from thin air or inter are worse than us at negotiations.
9.) 01 Aug 2017 16:30:31
Smurf out of the 3 players you named we've signed 1 of them. Good point that mate.
10.) 01 Aug 2017 23:08:28
U obviously didn't understand wat im saying mate. its not about the players wanting to join us cos all of them have been willing to. its other reasons why the others haven't joined.
11.) 04 Aug 2017 04:48:51
Its from the Express basically the 90minsdotcom of the newspaper world. If they told me grass was green I wouldn't believe them.
16 Apr 2015 08:27:32
hi Eds, I read that Arsenal are also interested to sign Milner. I'm sure they will have the upper hand if it is true as they are almost guaranteed a CL spot. Any truth in the rumour?
{Ed002's Note - I am not aware of any interest from them.}
1.) 16 Apr 2015 09:23:36
No one else showing real intetest at this stage then ed? I think he would be a good addition if we can get him, do you?
{Ed002's Note - Manchester City were looking for James Milner to agree a new contract but they accepted that he won't. There is interest from Valencia (although I think they have now moved on), Roma (with rekindled interest), Inter and from Liverpool - his wage demands might be an issue.}
29 Apr 2025 09:56:09
Nunez is a peculiar one for me. He has what it takes to be a successful striker in the Prem League. He's tall, He's got good physical strength, he has the passion and aggression (although not always a good thing), he's got speed but he just couldn't find the back of the net as much we'd like. Remember, he was once compared to Haaland but it was never really a competition, was it? Haaland won hands down.
I liked him when he was at Benfica. I think that's why Klopp wanted him instead of Isak. But sadly, things just didn't work out. I'm hoping we get good money for him and we'll reinvest in a better striker. But I suppose he can leave with his head held high, and with a few titles under his name.
09 Oct 2024 17:09:25
This one puzzles me. Out of the 3 (Trent, VVD and Salah) I would bet that Liverpool would most likely give Trent a new long term contract. He's been part of Liverpool's most successful teams of late, he's still relatively young and can play on for years to come, he is captain material and I don't think how we would lose out if we offered him a new contract because if we have plans to let him go for free, might as well give him a new contract and sell him a year later for big money.
The same can be said about VVD and Salah. Why not offer them short term contracts (2-3 years) and if we get replacements in, we can still sell them for some money.
Letting 3 first team and world class players go next season would be the stupidest thing that we can do. I have serious doubt that we can replace 3 top class players in 1 transfer window. We do not have that sort of money to spend and it is a huge risk even if we can find replacements as they may need time to settle in.
Also, if we do let Salah and VVD go next season, we'd be able to cover the pay rise that Trent will receive if he's given a new contract. We are already saving 200k/ week after Thiago left the club.
{Ed025's Note - i think if that was sorted 18 months ago it would have been great DAP, but it wasn,t, so now you are in a position where in the new year they can start talking to other clubs to go on a free mate, it means that the club they go to can offer them £squillions as there is no fee to pay....massive mistake imo..
27 Sep 2024 07:06:44
Maybe I'm the odd one out but I like Tsimikas. Of course he's not as good as Robbo but he's a very decent backup for us. Apart from his first year which I recall was horrible, but he did improve and I would say most of the time he does enough when he's called to fill in for Robbo. Would you rather have Moreno over Tsimikas? I think Tsimikas is better than Moreno. However, if there's a special LB available, then maybe we need to look into that. Otherwise, we shouldn't be looking to boot Tsimikas out.
{Ed025's Note - for me DAP he is a decent enough back up but not a first team starter, seems to me like a really nice guy who is well liked and has a very good team ethic but he does lack concentration at times so can be a liability mate..
20 Sep 2024 04:05:18
Based on my personal opinion, Liverpool should just move on to find other targets. If Zubi wants to join us, it should be his camp that initiate things and not us. He made a decision to stay at his club and credit to him, I respect his loyalty. I would hope our players show the same kind of loyalty and commitment too. I don't think we're doing very badly now that we have RG in the team. It could well be a blessing in disguise. So far, I don't think we regret not signing him. Maybe he might make us better, but nobody would know as its always based on speculation.
07 Sep 2024 12:39:59
They had the entire summer to sort out contracts, I wonder why they would push it so late and cause players and fans to have the anxiety about the contract situations? This should not come as a surprise, and the Club should at least inform the players if they were getting an extension or not. If either side is not willing to accept any of the contract terms, at least we can plan ahead to find replacements etc.