KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Should liverpool look to loan players next season?

adam johnson would be great but clubs have to have 5 home grwon english players right, so i cant see where they are going to let go of one of the better english players out there to be seeking another. when it comes to buying quality players for a reasonable cost my mind always flash to madrid, any body that steps through madrids door as to have some form of quality and attribute, perfect example is vandervart drenthe so any player from madrid for me will do. im glad carroll looking better and hitting form and i know everyone want to see the andy and suarez partnership kick off but, we need a established finisher. getting someone to play second string to carroll and suarez wont do us any good, getting someone that forces increase in performance to get a spot would do (saldado).

WOuldnt be a problem Man City have plenty of English players in reserves and academy to call into 1st team squad if Johnson left.

I agree Johnson would be a great buy. Adebayor wants too high a wage and blows hot n cold.

We need a consistent striker who does it week in week out.

loan kaka or forlan

Heggy not bad calls actually, both are struggling in their current teams and can add plenty of quality to our side. Its not a bad idea loaning players of that calibre if they are interested.

I don't trust the current manager with money

this way we can get top class players who will be trying hard to earn a move

it is a win win situation.

It's EIGHT home grown players, and they don't need to be English to qualify. As long as a player has been registered with the English or Welsh FA for 36 months or more prior to his 21st birthday he counts. Arsenal probably have more than 25 home grown non-English players at the club, for example (yes, exaggerating, but their transfer policy of buying young foreigners and keeping them in the system means they don't need to spend big on local talent the way the rest of the league must).

READ HERE

Carra
Gerrard
Jonjo
Spearing
Henderson (sigh)
Jones
Sterling
Carroll
Downing
Johnson
Kelly
Flanno
Robinson

I think we're covered.

Just a point on this, the idea is that you want 8 home grown players over 21, because the under 21 players are "free" in terms of the 25 man squad quota. Naming someone like Sterling in your 25 essentially "wastes" a slot. I know this is not Football Manager, but you'd always prefer to have 8 home grown senior players and 17 foreigners with a host of young options off the bench (so to speak). This creates a much larger degree of squad depth than having to name players you will barely play in the EPL 25-man squad, because you can't just sign someone in January to replace them unless that person is ALSO home grown.

So if you strike Shelvey, Kelly, Henderson, Sterling, Flanagan and Robinson from that list you're left with 7, and Carra has at most one more season in him. In other words there is room for one more.

Lisandro lopez anyone?