Originally Posted By Torres65
Originally Posted By ecnirp98
Originally Posted By WNP
I'd take it, but only if we had a suitable/better replacement lines up to spend the money on. I'd also try to push them for closer to 30m, or as was suggested, get Alli in the deal


That's the crux of this, players will only be going if a better replacement comes in, we do not have a big enough first team squad to let people leave without a replacement. So Matip coming in means Tore can go, Grujic will replace either Lucas or Allen, probably Lucas as he is older, depends who gets a bid.

I'm still not sure on Benteke, I think he will want to move as he will be forth choice behind Sturridge/Origi/Ings to play alongside Firminho/Coutinho, but I would rather we keep him than sell him for a massive loss to someone like West Ham/Newcastle, where we will only get £10 million, until recently he is still our top scorer without playing much, which says allot, he seems to get goals even though he doesn't look suited to how we play.

We also need a top class keeper, someone commanding in the box to help deal with corners, Hitz for Augsberg looked really good against us, we need someone to rival/replace Mignolet, Bogdan will be going, Danny Ward looks a good prospect but is inexperienced to be a number one yet. I would be tempted to put a cheeky £30 million bid in for De Gea as that's his release clause, we haven't got a chance of getting him, but it will annoy UTD and hopefully would trigger a move from Real, which in affect weakens one of our rivals in the PL, he single handedly kept them in The Europa League the other night and always plays really well against us.

I am looking forward to seeing how Markovic does under Klopp, I hope he gets a good run. We need more pace on the wings, Ibe has potential but is still inconsistent, so I think Klopp will be looking for a decent winger, I think Tadic from Southampton would be good, he scores goals as well, I hope we buy 2 or 3 quality players to go in the first team.



because he's quite clinical imo, when benteke gets it on target it normally goes in, other than in 1v1 situations. 0.8 of his average 2 shots in the PL have been off target, 0.7 have been on target and 0.5 have been blocked, yet he's scored 7 in 12 apps, and 12 apps off the bench.

But all these stats are what I'd call selfish stats, they're only focusing on what he contributes individually, which is pretty easy to do if you want to make a case for benteke being a good striker.

Yes benteke has helped us break down teams this season, as he's such threat in the box to mark, but at the end of the day if liverpool want to move forward it's not with benteke. Klopp would be brave or stupid or both, benteke is the most frustrating striker as michael owen said.


If someone comes in with a decent bid around £25 million I would sell and let Klopp buy a player that suits his system better, I think we already have that player in Ings, I just think Benteke still gives an option to break teams down like you said, which the rest of our strikers don't give in the same way, I just don't want us selling a good option for a silly price, we either get a good price or don't sell.