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Swap him for Greizman (spelling?)

He is also the Estonian captain, so he's probably being brought in to lead at the back as well, we do not have anyone leading the back since Carra retired.

It's a 3 year deal for Klavan though.

Yes the news page is saying it's official.

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee,
God bless you Mr. Klopp,
And God bless your commi-tee,
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee!

My name is Ragnar Klavan,
I can play halfback or full,
I'm nigh thirty one
And nearly done,
But I've signed for Liverpool!

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee,
God bless you Mr. Klopp,
And god bless your commi-tee,
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee!

If 'em Liverpool fans be angry,
I'll just turn my other cheek,
So they can kiss my hench
On the Liverpool bench,
For fifty grand a week!

Ha ha ha, hee hee hee,
God bless you Mr. Klopp,
And God bless your commi-tee,
Ha ha ha, hee hee hee!

I don't really understand the Klavan signing at all, why would we give a 'long term contract' to a 30 year old with no experience of playing in the Premiership? Also if we have signed him as cover, do we not have any youngsters who can be back up instead?

I'm not criticising the player as I don't know much about him but I don't understand signing a 30 year old as back up on a long-term contract, makes absolutely no sense to me!

He looks solid. That's all he is. He's gonna be a decent stop gap for when lovren or sahko are injured.

At first I thought we may as well keep toure.

But then he was released and then sahko and Gomez got injured. This guy could be another cult hero like kyrgiakos was a few years ago.

He's supposedly a danger from set pieces and is good in the air. Which is more than can be said about our defenders right now.

I don't care how old he is. As lovren and sahko are meant to be in their prime and they're not great are they?
I don't care how much he cost, again lovren and sahko cost £37mil and aren't great.
I don't care what teams he's played for lovren and sahko have Lyon PSG and Southampton behind them.
Let's hope he's more kyrgiakos than pellegrino

Also. Ian ayre has flown to Spain again. Last time he went he tried to get Sanchez and fabregas and we lost Suarez.

So we have been linked with Jeremy mathieu and mascherano.
Which means we will probably lose coutinho.

Good ol' Ian ayre

It's only 3 years which isn't that long and being over 30 (nearly 31?) isn't ancient. He may not have experience of the EPL but he has good international experience that a youngster won't so makes sense in that respect I'd say. The kids will get games in the cups most probably. He'll also be on a load less than Toure or Skrtel and as Herc will tell you, FSG are all about the money so again makes sense.

The youngsters aren't good enough to cover a first team CB for more than 1 game against PL opposition.

Doubt we'll even see Klavan that much, but when 2 of Lovren/ Sakho/ Matip are injured, we'll be glad to have Klavan step in.

If we want to seriously have a go at top 4/ PL this year then we can't afford to have any games with players from the squad that 'will do' for a game or 5, we need someone reliable, which Klavan is.

Decent signing, prob a slight upgrade on Toure, but doens't need to be much more than that.

I'm seeing a lot of comments on here saying Klavan is solid, reliable, etc. How many times have people seen him play? Who watches Augsburg or Estonia regularly enough to say he's solid with 100% confidence?

I know we played Augsburg twice last year so is that what we are judging him on?