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I can't see FSG going for Payet, at 29 he doesn't fit their recruitment policy, I'd like us to go for Eriksen if we did sell Coutinho, hopefully we won't as he's one of our better players, there are quite a few more midfielders i'd like to sell before Coutinho, but I guess it's who we get bigs for and generates the money.
Why would Eriksen leave Spurs who are in the Champions League and challenged for the title last season to join us with no European football on offer? Didn't Di Maria leave Real Madrid for Man Utd who weren't in Europe that season? not that I think this would happen with Eriksen, just saying it can happen. I'm sure the money Utd paid him made the move acceptable!!!! How can you compare us with that situation, Spurs can pay as much as us if not more, have got a top team and are in CL and they want to keep Eriksen while Real Madrid wanted to sell Di Maria. I'm not comparing it, I'm just saying sometimes players will move to clubs that are not doing as well as the club they are at on the face of it. I never said I thought Eriksen would join us, I made it clear I think we missed the boat on him, the point is I think he's a very good player and if we sold Coutinho for £50 million it would be worth having a go to tempt Tottenham to sell, maybe Klopp could convince him to join his project! but I think it would be Coutinho or Eriksen, you cannot carry 2 players like that in a team who are very creative and spontaneous but do not cover enough.
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We have a new name being linked.
29 year old right back/right winger/central defender Gabriel Mercado
I like Argentinian football but he is a player I have never noticed or bothered with. I've never known an older player from Argentina to leave so late and be a success. They usually end up in Brazil or Mexico.
So I'm completely under whelmed by this link.
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Lallana is a decent player nothing more. If he adds more goals and assists to his game next season then he will be valuable player to have. His second half of last season is what I would expect for the money we paid for him. Will he kick on next season? no idea. If he does not he is nothing more than a squad filler. [quote=paul66] Well he's 28 yrs old and it's hard to see where the kick on will come from, I reckon if it Were there we'd have seen it by now. For me he's more of a ballet dancer than a footballer, likes to do the fancy flicks and fast footwork, but no football brain at all as far as creativity or end product is concerned. We vastly overpaid for him as we did with most of our signings. This is what usually happens when you sign players from mid table teams who look good in poor'ish company, the poor players around them make them look better than they actually are. It's fools gold, or if you like the classic fools game!
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yarmolenkos looked pretty decent from what I've seen tonight. I'd be happy enough if we got him for our RW. Boufal or Shaqiri could also fill the position.
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coutinho's replacement possibly? (if so are we signing both left and right wingers?), said to be linked with many premier league clubs. I'd miss out on him, I'd be interested in other targets, but it's a tempting price, have to see if klopp and his scouts are tempted by all aspects of his game enough to bid. I can't see FSG going for Payet, at 29 he doesn't fit their recruitment policy, I'd like us to go for Eriksen if we did sell Coutinho, hopefully we won't as he's one of our better players, there are quite a few more midfielders i'd like to sell before Coutinho, but I guess it's who we get bigs for and generates the money. sorry you misunderstand I was referring to boufal, bottom of page 19 the post above
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yarmolenkos looked pretty decent from what I've seen tonight. I'd be happy enough if we got him for our RW. Boufal or Shaqiri could also fill the position. I know he was playing for lesser opposition, but it doesn't hide the fact yarmolenko was poor in the CL against other premier league opposition like chelsea.
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BBC have mentioned us with 3 Germany players so far, Hector, Gotze & Mustafi, I'd settle for any 1 of them. Kroo's has looked good, can't believe RM would give Juventus him + £90 million for Pogba, Kroos looks far more composed and intelligent.
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settle? we're LFC, the mentality is I'd expect hector, no I haven't accepted lower mentalities for my club, (if that means I'm living in the past so be it). before redsforchampions comes along and links this to 'english arrogance' like he apparently wants to do in every thread. Mustafi is an interesting one, one of the best performing centre backs in la liga, klopp will be watching the euros and germany obviously.
When we talk about new signings and the fact supposedly star players like coutinho went 'missing' in the europa league final we need to be careful about only getting the best or players who can develop into the very best, and eventually significantly improve our team, or what's to say they won't go 'missing'? I actually thought the standard and level we were playing at in the europa league final compared to the CL wasn't light years off (people probably won't want to hear because they'll think I'm getting ahead of myself since we finished 7th in the league and that's the end of the story, these teams are catchable). it was about the same level of man city's quarter final where real won 1-0 on aggregate and man city couldn't touch real.
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The point was more about the lazy commentators linking us with 3 German players, I'd be happy with Hector, I can't see us buying Gotze due to his pay demands and other clubs that can offer him CL.
Mustafi impressed me, but with Matip coming I'd be surprised if we get another defender, he's replacing Toure, looks like Sakho will be available next season, I guess it depends on Skrtel leaving. It also depends where Klopp plans to use Gomez, he was doing well at LB until he got injured, long term he is a CB really.
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settle? we're LFC, the mentality is I'd expect hector, no I haven't accepted lower mentalities for my club, (if that means I'm living in the past so be it). before redsforchampions comes along and links this to 'english arrogance' like he apparently wants to do in every thread. Mustafi is an interesting one, one of the best performing centre backs in la liga, klopp will be watching the euros and germany obviously.
When we talk about new signings and the fact supposedly star players like coutinho went 'missing' in the europa league final we need to be careful about only getting the best or players who can develop into the very best, and eventually significantly improve our team, or what's to say they won't go 'missing'? I actually thought the standard and level we were playing at in the europa league final compared to the CL wasn't light years off (people probably won't want to hear because they'll think I'm getting ahead of myself since we finished 7th in the league and that's the end of the story, these teams are catchable). it was about the same level of man city's quarter final where real won 1-0 on aggregate and man city couldn't touch real. ok I am getting ahead of myself, that is deluded, it makes what I'm about to say probably even less believable or creditable at all, but I'd change that to the same level as man city vs psg cl last 16 - though they had to play over 2 legs we had to play just 1
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