KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum 10 million cash deal.......

plus glen johnson. to City, for richards and A Johnson.

deal or no deal lads...?????????.

ps... richards wants a better deal or he might ask for a transfer.

A Johnson might not be getting much games at city, if they sign another winger/mid player.

signing both of the above players sorts out acouple of problems for us ie with richards we have a defender that can defend and play center back, with pace.
A johnson can play on the opposite wing to downing, adding pace and balance

This would be a brilliant move but there is no chance it will happen. I think we will get that Korean lad from Monaco...

there is no more signings until the dross is moved on and the big wage earners like jovanovic and aquilani are off the wage bill

i think Jova will be moving this week, back to belgium and Aquilani will be hard to sell cuzz of his transfer fee and high wages, so i wud keep him and sell lucas to villareal, they are willing to pay 9/10m for him and i wud replace lucas with sissoko for 7m.

Have you gone mad? Why would we sell Lucas Leiva? He was one of our best players last year. Though i respect your opinion, i think it's daft. no offense.

Agree and lol

Lucas has proved that he is one of the key players in the team. He protects the back 4 very well especially the full backs. If you see him play , especially against team with good wingers , then you would have seen how he did his job tremendously. Covering and helping out the full backs when they are defending and also attacking. And he is one of only 2 recognised defensive midfielder that we have in the team right now.


Regarding Micah Richards and Adam Johnson , would love to have them in the team. Richards can be as good as Carragher in terms of versatility. He can play in full back and centre back positions. Adam Johnson would also provide the width that Downing are offering too. They can swap flanks as and when needed. Much as I would love this to happen , Man City would not be selling their players if it can strengthen their rivals...


Just My Thoughts
YNWA...

Selling Lucas is a no brainer. The reason we are letting 3 goals a game in preseason is because he isn't there to help the fullbacks and fill the holes.

I like the Idea of Johnson + 10m for Richards and A. Johnson because Richards is just as good our defender and that basically means paying 10m for Johnson. Would be a brilliant deal but I don't think City are that stupid.

Why has Lucas only really ever been used as a defensive midfielder? When we bought him, he was doing very well as an attacking midfielder but has probably only played once or twice in his natural position of us.

I do not know Carheex but Brazil are also starting to play him in that position. I guess its a position with limited quality players available. I remember a game against Chelsea in the champions league, where Gerrard was out and Lucas played that box to box midfield roll and he was outstanding. He shows some great flashes of brilliance sometimes with nice passing but I don't think he can perform there regularly. Defensive roll seems to suit him better and he is starting to settle in there.