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yea it does, how much faith has* klopp got in sakho though? or lovren? gomez injury might have made him miss the boat?

When you look at the teams we played in the last 4 rounds I would say they were on a par with the CL games I saw, but this year I wouldn't say the CL was a very high quality anyways.

I do not blame Coutinho for going missing in the final, Cuutinho is one of those players who looks good in a team playing well, he needs the ball and movement to excel, in that second half out whole team went AWOL, so I blame them 1 and all.

I'm trying to be optimistic for next season, we have dropped in quality, I am hoping Klopp can work some magic to reduce that gap, but with the money being spent by other teams and the managers they have, it will be an uphill task, then I look at Leicester and think, wow, anyone can do it and it's not all about money.

I think Klopp will give Gomez a chance, he would have watched his early games for us, so I am sure he will be part of his plans. He may go out on loan to get match fitness for his comeback, but Klopp did complain about so many players being on loan when he came in, I think he likes to develop players himself rather than send them to other clubs/coaches for development.

I cannot see Sakho or Lovren being sold, they played well under Klopp for the second half of the season, Klopp has more urgent areas to sort like LB, wingers and CM, long term they maybe replaced in the next few years, I cannot see any crazy bids coming in for them to tempt Klopp to sell.

Think Matip is more of a replacement for Skrtel than Toure Can see him starting, probably with Sakho if he's available next season. I would imagine Gomez will take Toure's role of 4th CB/ 2/3rd LB. If we buy Chilwell (Sounding likely atm), I doubt we will buy Hector, unless someone we sell Moreno.

Niklas Sule confirmed we made an offer for him but he doesn't want to leave Hoffenheim so it seems we are going for another CB to replace Toure, irrespective of Where Gomez plays.

I look upon Leicester as a bit of a red herring at this stage, it was a one off and likely not to be replicated for many a long year to come. It's all about the quality of your side versus the quality of the opposition, all other things being equal, regardless of cost. However in a functioning market place quality almost always costs and exceptions are rare, you generally get what you pay for unless you're pound foolish and penny wise like us under FSG. We have a free run at the league this season but if we don't add more quality in the obvious positions, we won't be taking advantage of it.

I am trying to remain optimistic

The biggest link to league position is player squad salary compared to league position, these ranks pretty much show the squads paid the most finish highest, I think we pay 5th or 6th, so we finished below our pay position at 8th last season. So if we finish in the top 4 next season, that is pretty much punching above our weight on our current budget.

We are being heavily linked with a £25 million bid for Theo Walcott:

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football...s-a3270446.html

I can't see it as he will want to play upfront (or he will sulk like at Arsenal), where as I can see Klopp wanting him out wide offering width and pace.

Could be interesting playing behind a 3 of Sturridge, Firminho, Origi/Ings. I think he would make the move as he has gone abit stale at Arsenal and is down the pecking order, so he needs a move, £25 million is too much for a non-first teamer at Arsenal, he's had a few injuries in the last few years as well.

I'd of expected someone of more quality to be honest, especially for 25m, how much of an upgrade is he on Ibe- I'm not denying he's better than our starlet?

Has he still got that same pace he's shown at different stages of his career? It's not just pace I'm bothered about it's things like workrate and vision we'd be daft to ignore when signing a right midfielder. I'd be shocked if klopp gives him the go ahead to play in his supposedly favoured position down the middle.

Texiera is 23 now free transfer he was never gonna make it