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03 Oct 2024 10:05:29
Question for Ed001 (and others), we've been linked today to Karim Adeyemi (via BBC Sport Gossip, but the source is show as the S*n hence I am not clicking any further! ) .
Not asking whether the link is real or not, but would you say he is a good candidate to take Salah's place in the squad in the future?
{Ed002's Note - Karim Adeyemi (LW/S) Versatile forward who took a long time to regain his form since moving to Dortmund and is now becoming much more consistant - indeed becoming prolific when playing on the LW now. Prior interest of Atalanta fhas gone. Offered to Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool through a third party last season, with Chelsea still sending scouts on a regular basis still. An option might be Juventus as they wish to add a LW and have also been sending scouts. Liverpool opted for Chiesa and Arsenal took Sterling on loan and have Martinelli already so they have no urgent need for a LW but do need to add cover on the right. Spurs have an option on Timo Werner but do need cover at LW. Chelsea have an obligation to buy Sancho if certain conditions are met but are looking at options to replace another player in the summer, hence the scouting continuing. Wildcard would be Bayern Munich as a replacement for Kingsley Coman. Borussia Dortmund will not look to sell.}
1.) 03 Oct 2024 11:39:45
Thanks Ed002. Could he be a RW solution if Slot wanted a like for like (albeit less developed) replacement for Salah? He is left footed but no idea if he has been deployed on the RW at all at Dortmund or Salzburg?
{Ed002's Note - Yes he has played some games on the right, but at RBS he was effective as a striker and at Dortmund as a LW - and Liverpool have just added Chiesa so another LW is certainly not needed. If Salah is to depart a like-for-like replacement still available and looked at before would be someone like Bakayoko.}
2.) 03 Oct 2024 12:03:39
Thanks Ed002, I'd forgotten about Bakayoko! Hopefully he can continue to kick on this season.
{Ed002's Note - Whilst most of the players looked at for the summer are no longer options, Bakayoko is one of those who remain. No doubt the club will look to other options aswell if needs be.}
3.) 03 Oct 2024 14:27:07
Doak is better than Bakayoko.
4.) 03 Oct 2024 15:45:20
We need a striker. Nunez hasn’t worked out unfortunately.
5.) 03 Oct 2024 17:55:37
We have plenty of goals in the team and Nunez has shown when he is relaxed he can score. Salah was deemed a failure at Chelsea and many people on this platform were quick to point that out at the time.
Nunez seems to need to feel loved to settle and get more game time to find his rhythm.
He also takes defenders away to create space for other players.
We as fans are too quick to throw players on the scrapheap and watch with envy when they go and play well elsewhere.
When Nunez does get a run and starts putting the ball away he will become unplayable. Until then we have a very capable team who are still winning matches.
6.) 03 Oct 2024 21:56:20
@Mbwell77, Salah wasn’t effective ar Chelsea but basically hit the ground running at Liverpool, coming off the back of a good spell at Roma, which presumably, bolstered his self belief.
Nunez has been at Liverpool since June 2022 and we are still saying he’ll come good ‘when he does this’, ‘when that happens’ etc. People say he should be given a run of games but never really say why. If he was consistently impressing in training or when he gets a start he would have had an extended run in the team by now. It looks like (admittedly after only 9 games this season) Nunez gets a run out if Jota is in need of a rest (much the same with Tsimi for Robbo) . I want everyone who plays for Liverpool to play their best and be brilliant for us but I get this gut feeling (might be what I eat) that there’s just something about Nunez that just isn’t quite right.
7.) 04 Oct 2024 07:28:33
Agree WDW he is not prolific enough and not the right fit for LFC.
{Ed001's Note - but he is wrong about Nunez only playing to rest Jota - Jota got dropped after poor performances for Nunez, and only got back in when Nunez was ill. It is Jota who is now playing the back up role. Now is the chance to find out how Nunez does with a run of games. So far the team has looked better, much better, with him there rather than Jota, but it is very early days.}
8.) 04 Oct 2024 10:39:02
Gravenberch this season has proven that if you put a square peg in a square hole then he fits.
WDW, I would completely agree with your view if we hadn't had a change in manager. We have to give Slot the opportunity to find out if Nunez works in the system he wants to play.
As Ed001 has said, the team has looked better with Nunez in it. We're all impatient, and hate phrases like "transition" and "rebuilding", as we want to win every comp every year. Fortunately, Slot has been left with a decent squad and he's getting us playing a (similar but slightly different) tune. I don't think Slot will persevere with an off key player once he's had the chance to see him.
Summary - the clock has reset with all players at the start of the season due to the new manager.
9.) 04 Oct 2024 13:13:22
Darwin scored 18 times for Liverpool last season. I don't understand the negative opinions about him . Pretty respectable stats if you ask me.
10.) 04 Oct 2024 20:37:49
Sorry, @IDOG, I’m not saying Nunez is bad, what I’m saying is that parts of his game aren’t good enough and we can’t rely on someone who isn’t consistently playing at the level we need if we want to be serious about winning PLs and CLs.
11.) 04 Oct 2024 20:33:20
Mistake on my part Ed01 - I thought Jota had picked up a knock and was slack in checking what I thought was true was actually true. That said, I still think Slot sees Jota as the preferable of his two (main) options for the spot and I definitely think that after over 2 years at the club if Nunez was going to be a regular starter then he would be a no brainer to start regularly.
{Ed001's Note - the only reason Jota was starting is because Nunez had been away with his country and got back later. Slot never got the chance to try Nunez in pre-season to assess him, but was quick to put him in the moment Jota's level dropped. That suggests he prefers Nunez.}
12.) 05 Oct 2024 00:57:46
Nunez is a player I have championed from the start. Anyone who watched him at Benfica will know he definitely can finish and when on form he is unplayable.
Granted we haven’t seen enough of his best form but he came into a team that had played a false 9 for 7 years and didn’t know how to use him. We had Salah and Diaz cutting in and invading his space because that’s what they’ve always done with Bobby dropping deep to leave the space for them.
That and his sending off against Palace gave him a bit of a confidence crisis which it took him a while to recover from.
Now there is so much pressure on the guy because every time he is offside or misses a chance the world seems to want to jump on him. It became Haaland vs Nunez from the start and the media have picked Haaland who seems to be beyond criticism whereas Nunez is forensically criticised for everything he does. By his own fans a lot of the time.
If we allow him to play his game and just stop tearing the kid down he could be a very special player.
If he leaves I think we will end up regretting it as he bangs in the goals for someone else.
13.) 05 Oct 2024 04:13:13
I rate Nunez highly, the lad just needs a bit of luck. Sometimes he is frustrating but nobody can fault his effort and I think our attack looks so much more dangerous when he's playing. I do think he lacks concentration at times though but there's a player in there trying to get out and I hope that player comes out this season.
14.) 05 Oct 2024 09:19:45
He needs to be putting a lot of work in to timing his runs. With VAR you have to be perfect otherwise you’ll be offside.
15.) 05 Oct 2024 09:04:26
I’m not as convinced as you are Ed01, but, as I say I think that there is a question mark about both of them as a regular starter, for different reasons, if we could find one I would invest and keep one of our current two as a back-up with Jota being the likely candidate for me.
{Ed001's Note - where did I say I was convinced?}
16.) 05 Oct 2024 11:22:47
Fair point Ed01, perhaps I should have said that I’m more less convinced than you, if that makes sense. interesting that Jota is back in for today’s match and good to see Cody and Curtis getting a start. I sent a post into the banter page over night which didn’t seem to make it onto the board for a bit of fun about who would start for us and what the score would be and I had Nunez in the starting line up.
{Ed001's Note - it might have been placed on a different page. Probably match posts page.}
17.) 05 Oct 2024 12:12:47
No worries, thanks.
18.) 06 Oct 2024 12:47:36
Well he played Jota again yesterday, so who knows.
19.) 06 Oct 2024 21:41:51
ed2 - excuse my ignorant but what does "offered by a third party" mean and what are their function?
{Ed002's Note - Third parties are registered agents or lawyers if in Germany or Switzerland. They are allowed to negotiate transfers and employed by those players who represent themselves or have family represent them.}
20 Aug 2024 18:42:16
If you have time Ed002, I'm reading (albeit in the tabloid sites) that Bayer Leverkusen are interested in Sepp VDB and are potentially the front runners ahead of Brentford as they can offer CL football.
Do we still hold interest in Hincapie and if so, would a plyer plus cash deal be feasible?
{Ed002's Note - Sepp van den Berg (CB) He likely won't get a chance as a starter at Liverpool and will most likely be sold in the summer to raise funds if a buyer can be found - could be a mistake by the club but the player has taken the position that he wants to move although he seems to me to be an ideal Matip replacement. There is no release clause for Mainz but they will have a first pick option if he were to be sold - and they have made their interest known and will look for another loan with an option to buy the player who had a great season. They have already held talks with Liverpool. PSV, Brentford, Bayer Leverkusenn, Southampton and Wolfsburg offer options. Will need to speak to the club and see what other options he has, but he certainly burned bridges in an interview with De Telegraaf. Player now says he is being priced out of a move to PSV and is seriously miffed with the club. He says communication is non existant.
Piero Hincapie (CB) Interest of Nottingham Forest will go nowhere. Scouted and rejected by Spurs as not being ready for the Premier League, but he may well be now and they are struggling to find a target to join them. Apparently open to a move to Liverpool as they look for cover but his expectation is to be a starter but that would take the departure of van Dijk and Liverpool have a preferred option under those circumstances. Atletico have spoken with Bayer Leverkusen who are reluctant to make changes at CB although there is pressure mouting over interest both Tapsoba and Tah. Milan and Roma have both sent scouts, but no more than that.}
13 Aug 2024 23:02:39
Now that United have completed the De Ligt deal, have Liverpool shown any interest in Branthwaite?
I know transfers between us and Liverpool are rare, but they do happen (Ablett, Beardsley, Xavier) .
It’s been quoted that Everton are wanting £70m. At that price for a HG player, and given what I have seen of him, there’s VVD’s heir right there.
Ed002, any whispers?
{Ed002's Note - None.}
1.) 14 Aug 2024 08:20:08
Thanks Ed002, that's a shame.
2.) 14 Aug 2024 08:35:12
And sorry, I should have said "transfers between us and Everton"!
3.) 14 Aug 2024 08:35:41
As if Everton would sell to us in the first place. I think they’d rather go bankrupt than sell a player to us.
4.) 14 Aug 2024 08:40:24
Also worth mentioning Everton's owners are on the way out so I doubt they would shy away from making unpopular decisions if the deal is good on paper.
{Ed002's Note - Liverpoool has no interest in him.}
5.) 14 Aug 2024 09:45:42
What is all this about Branthwaite? Is it a group hypnotism or something?
He’s always looked pretty average whenever I’ve seen him and now he’s being talked about as VVD’s heir!
I don’t know what you lot are smoking but I want some.
6.) 14 Aug 2024 10:21:45
I think we should all take a moment to appreciate the possibility of Harry and De Ligt being United’s central defence next season. Life isn’t all doom and gloom.
07 Aug 2024 22:56:58
Bit of a random thought.
Really excited to (hopefully) see Zubimendi sign - anyone who has learnt from Xabi and is praised by him has got to be special!
Seeing links to Kone resurfacing in the last few days, apparently available for around half of his €50 release clause.
Still only 23.
I wonder if he could also be incoming with Endo leaving?
Any news as to whether we have made any enquiries for Kone, Ed002? Or is he an alternative to Zubimendi rather than an 'aswell as'?
{Ed002's Note - He would be an alternative.}
1.) 08 Aug 2024 10:12:10
Thanks Ed002, figured that might be the case, especially with the other midfielders we have on the books.
A significant one for me would be Bajcetic, who wasn't really in the picture last season due to injury.
Hopefully he can stay fit and pick up his form from 2 seasons ago.
{Ed002's Note - Yes, it looks like Stefan Bajcetic has the potential for a good future.}
2.) 08 Aug 2024 11:11:23
Who have you all got as the starting 11 (inc Zubi) and main shadow 11 as things stand? Who is likely to miss out/ be surplus?
02 Aug 2024 18:24:09
One for Ed002 if you have time.
A few stories flying around the tabloids about Owen Beck today.
Do you know what the clubs plans are for him? Sell, loan or keep in the first team squad?
The romantic in me would like him to stay and push Robbo and Kostas (if he stays) given his family history, but we have to be realistic!
{Ed002's Note - Owen Beck (LB) No clear future at Liverpool - maybe one last loan with interest from Celtic.}
1.) 03 Aug 2024 14:22:07
Loan to Celtic for a whole season would be a great move - competing at the top in Europe - great experience and hopefully could come back up a level or gets sold for a decent fee.
{Ed002's Note - May just be back up to Taylor.}
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04 Jan 2025 22:10:17
Mirror reporting we have offered Trent £300k pw 5 year contract.
Apparently our best offer.
Also apparently, he doesn’t need assurances about captaincy, he knows he’s likely next in line once VVD is no longer a first team regular.
Hopefully we can get the deal done. Help stabilise the future Slot machine.
1.) 04 Jan 2025 23:34:19
Romano now reporting it.
But what does he know ?.
2.) 05 Jan 2025 00:16:21
I’m all for this. I would rather us offer our 3 players the best offer we can as a club, and them turn it down.
Than offer them Naff all and leave anyway.
3.) 05 Jan 2025 01:18:24
If true, I think 300k for him is a fair offer. I think you could argue it is almost too much. Again, if true, at least the club can't be accused of not fronting up (as much as we can be upset they left it this long) .
4.) 05 Jan 2025 08:57:52
Can’t see Trent turning that down, but then again we were told earlier in the week it was about the captaincy and a 3 year deal!
5.) 05 Jan 2025 09:46:28
Morning Ed001 do you know if this offer to Trent has now been made mate?
{Ed001's Note - I very much doubt anything has been done right now. I would expect it to wait until after the game is done, then sit down again and sort it. But no, I don't know for sure as I haven't spoken to anyone about it since Friday.}
24 Dec 2024 17:15:51
Mouse droppings discovered at Old Toilet have led to a downgrade from 4/ 5 stars to 2/ 5 stars.
Not unlike the football.
1.) 24 Dec 2024 20:51:14
The kitchen that produces the prawn sarnies at old toilet got a 0 rating from the Food standards agency.
2.) 24 Dec 2024 21:49:33
I saw a report that after their last defeat there was a leak in the ceiling at the post match press conference and some journalist had to be moved as he was being dripped on. How the mighty have fallen ?.
3.) 24 Dec 2024 23:26:43
Wasn’t that leek courtesy of Ryan Giggs, WDW?
4.) 25 Dec 2024 06:08:38
Zedd, I'm picking up a pronounced "dislike" vibe from you, of that team. I could be wrong though. ?.
5.) 26 Dec 2024 08:36:19
I'm a bit confused lads I thought wherever you have rats you wouldn't get mice but Old Trafford seems to be the exception??.
27 Aug 2024 20:23:56
Mamardashvili confirmed!
Welcome to Liverpool Georgi (well, next season, maybe! )
1.) 27 Aug 2024 20:55:30
It worked so well for us with Naby Keita so we thought we’d do it again ?
Nah just kidding, good luck to him. Hope he has a great season.
2.) 27 Aug 2024 23:47:34
He's not like Keita. It soon became obvious that he should get rid of him but Georgi's a keeper.
3.) 28 Aug 2024 05:18:02
Haha @rigsby I hope the pun was intended!
09 Aug 2024 13:03:45
Genuine question - how on earth is Dom Solanke worth £57m?
I suppose we all asked how he was worth £19m a few years back, but he was still breaking through then and had potential at the age of c21 when he joined Bournemouth.
He's done OK, and there's always the HG premium, but still, £57m?!?!
I'm not complaining, means we pocket a further c£7.5m from the sale, but I just don't see it.
1.) 09 Aug 2024 13:28:00
He’s English and he just scored a whole bunch of goals in the prem, zed, also he scored pretty much on par with his Xg which means that he possibly didn’t sensationally over perform in some freakish way on a one-off season. Personally don’t think he’s worth more than 35mill but what do I know.
2.) 09 Aug 2024 13:30:52
Quite crazy Zed. He got 19 league goals last season but only 6 the season before.
Well played by the club for putting a sell on clause in though.
3.) 09 Aug 2024 13:39:04
If he was a Liverpool player, Spurs offer £8 million.
4.) 09 Aug 2024 13:49:39
Scored 19 last season, there isn't a great striker market, he's young enough and English. The market is inflated and he's that important to Bournemouth who didn't want to sell and Spurs have a need.
Spurs paid close to that for Richalison who had only hit 13 goals for Everton. Kolo Muani went for more after a 15 goal season. It's just the going rate these days.
5.) 09 Aug 2024 14:16:11
Ron, we netted about that from this sale, so maybe the best solution is to sell on players to other clubs with massive sell on shares!
6.) 09 Aug 2024 14:22:45
I agree total madness, Solanke is definitely not worth anywhere near £57m.
7.) 09 Aug 2024 16:49:32
Funny thing is he’s better than Nunez.o
8.) 09 Aug 2024 17:56:51
Well he scored 8 goals more than our 75m striker who every seems to defend to the hilt so 57m sounds a good deal. Spurs will create a lot more chances for him.
9.) 09 Aug 2024 18:10:19
He's really improved since his days with us. Excellent presser and has come on massively as a finisher. When you look at the deals around world football I actually think this is decent. He's an upgrade on Richarlison for sure.
10.) 09 Aug 2024 22:18:51
I don’t care how many goals he scored last season (the only season he’s got into double figures) . Solanke is not better than Nunez. Not by a long, long way.
Anyone who says he is, is absolutely clueless.
11.) 09 Aug 2024 22:36:03
Zed, I think they had to pay that cos LFC get a cut of the transfer fee. Also, I would not swap Darwin for Solanke at any point, like Beckers said. Not ever.
12.) 10 Aug 2024 03:38:57
@BP, your last sentence should have started with ‘In my opinion’.
13.) 10 Aug 2024 06:53:05
Solanke was always a good player, great vision and link up play, even when we was with us. He just couldn't seem to hit the back of he net. Now he's changed that to an extent he's a pretty well rounded striker and English to boot so it's pretty standard price I'd say. Nunez is similar but younger so I'd say the prices are fair and comparable.
14.) 10 Aug 2024 12:37:01
Normally I’d agree with you WDW but in this case it’s not even an opinion it’s a cold hard fact.
05 Aug 2024 10:53:36
Not Liverpool or football related, but RIP Graham Thorpe.
Absolutely shocked to hear the news.
He was the next gen of England cricketers that I grew up watching - after the likes of Gower, Lamb, Botham retired.
No age.
1.) 05 Aug 2024 14:19:43
Gone too soon Zed, 55 no age at all. A fine player, one of our best 100 tests average of 44, in the 1990’s team that was unheard of. Stylish and nuggety player you’d push out the door at 20-3.
Took ill last year but heard nothing since so was a shock RIP Thorpey.
2.) 05 Aug 2024 14:29:10
I was once working at co op wimbledon park thorp came in i was on the till and when he came to i saw him and i was excited to see him had a chat with him was a good gentlemen great loss to for cricket.
3.) 05 Aug 2024 15:34:37
Loved Thorpe, i remember him batting against Donald very fast from S. A, staring down the pitch, Thorpe said Fu£& off up there and bowl, great character, great cricketer. R. I. P.
4.) 05 Aug 2024 20:37:24
Don’t know how/ why he died but I do know the lad suffered terribly with depression and the demon drink.
Great cricketer, heart of a lion, never gave in. Faced the greatest bowlers (Warne, Ambrose, McGrath, Murali, Kumble, Kallis, Donald) . In a mediocre England team, he always stood up.
That win in UAE against Pakistan in the dark was incredible. Will never happen again.
R. I. P. Thorpey, I hope he’s at peace up there and smashing 2 of my favourites Warne and Marshall around.
14 Jan 2025 16:13:07
I think although there may be a kernel of truth in this reporting, it is coming from papers that like to sensationalise. What wage will Kimmich sign for is probably a better question than "what wage is being reported"?
In terms of the player, I really like the look of him in the snippets of games I have seen. He is also equally adept at RB and CDM which means, if Trent does go, he can help out at RB and also be more of the ball playing double pivot that Slot wants with Grav.
If Trent does go now, then the cost for Kimmich is roughly the same as we will likely get from Real Madrid.
Kimmich is a high quality players, experienced winner etc. Is still young enough to have a few more years at the top, without necessarily blocking Bradley due to age and (more importantly) versatility.
My overriding wish is for Trent to stay, but if he goes, I think Kimmich would be a clever, versatile and high quality signing.
Staying away from the numbers obvs in honour of Ed002.
14 Jan 2025 12:24:52
It's just speculation, Pure and Simple, Magico, Everybody knows that!
13 Jan 2025 22:05:35
He’s one of the Harrys.
13 Jan 2025 18:33:50
Didn't he do the somersault throw Tris? I remember that being in fashion in the 90s until some players did themselves an injury!
{Ed001's Note - no mate, that was a lad who played for Newcastle that did those. Rory just chucked it long as he was an ex-javelin thrower. People used to put the ball out for a corner rather than give them a throw in as they were so terrified of it at Stoke.}
13 Jan 2025 16:18:38
Having seen clips of them both play (no whole games except against us) I'd rather keep Doak - he's a much more exciting prospect and a good 6 years younger.
17 Jan 2025 12:14:01
Blimey, and yet we are still top of the league?!
Makes you wonder how much worse other teams squads must be.
15 Jan 2025 17:24:41
Totally agree. I've been limiting accessing the boards for this exact reason - the whinging is just so over the top compared to our league position!
I've been here for around 10 years and even when we were finishing 6/ 7/ 8 it seemed to be more positive then!
Maybe it's society today, I don't know.
A point away at second place when we battered them in the second half but for an excellent goalkeeping display? Yeah, I'd take that.
Need to make sure we can get back to winning ways soon in the league - Brentford away will be a tough test but one that would be a great confidence boost if we can win.
Come on Liverpool!
14 Jan 2025 12:28:20
Well Done to both Rigsby and El Bob, wit like that is Rare.
13 Jan 2025 18:57:02
Brilliant, thanks Fisk.
I would hope that Doak, Beck and Chambers can be integrated into the first team squad next year - still not taking up senior places given their age.
However, I wonder if any will be sold to make another deal happen?
11 Jan 2025 23:24:59
Both accounts, plus a few other are Harry.
He’s used to talking to himself given the time he spent on the Man City Rumours page a couple of years ago.
Just ignore him, his accounts will get banned and we can then have a few weeks without him.