KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum My theories on VvD, Klopp and FSG.

Seriously though, not sure if I'm being impatient or FSG are again taking f******g ages to sort out this Salah deal, it just feels like something [oops] is gonna pop up cos were f******g about with it.

There is a standoff as Roma must balance their books with FFP by the end of June, so Liverpool are hanging on to see how desperate Roma get so they can drive the price down, but I suspect another club may come in and if they do and match our price, I'm sure Roma would rather take their money than ours.

The way we have dealt with Salah, is similar to VvD at Southampton, this is affecting our reputation in the Football world, so will make it harder for us to sign players if we mess clubs around. To be fair, its a business, so Liverpool can try and get the best deal they can, but the selling clubs also have the right to get the best deal, which means we often miss out as clubs come in and take players we have been bidding for.

Also for the player, it must make you wonder if Liverpool really want you if they see us haggling and delaying the move, then another club comes in paying the money saying they want the player, you can see why the player would say Liverpool had their chance and blew it.

makes sense

im not convinced either. and for that price esp. too much on someone who barely got credentials like *among fastest player in the world*

I hope I am proven wrong but he would not really be vfm

One doesnt eat or drink for certain hours of the day. Toure brothers I recall used to fast n play just fine.
You have to dig in and look at his interviews n what not to know if he fasts or not

Yes you are being impatient, the transfer window is not opened yet and Salah is hardly a bargain. I am sure there is as much value in other players. Why should we pay over the odds for a player who was no way a success in the EPL and hardly heard of? If we were going for Suarez for 50m, I would say pay the money immediately, but not in this case, I don't even know who else is after him.

You are right Vish, and that is probably the reason we manage to keep these negotiations going forever - no one else is involved and will snatch the player in front of our nose - since we have priced them all out weeks ago!

Paying over the odds for a tcp is fine, but this one?

I cincerely hope he turns out good, should we at the end against all odds manage to sign him!

For the life of me, surely the scouts and negotiators should be targeting multiple targets and options.

We should be seen as currently showing a serious interest in a dozen players.

This would avoid embarrassment if a deal falls through.

Also it would give us more bargaining power by demonstrating that if a player really wanted to come to liverpool then he should not miss this amazing opportunity and should sign straight up, or we will bring in the "other guy" instead.

That would surely sort out this bolloxs with agents and clubs playing the tease and pumping up the price?

Is the club serious about decent signings or not?

We have been doing that

I still think Mike Gordon is producing the lists of players based on stats and Klopp has given his preferred choices from those lists. A ceiling figure based on age, current performance and potential is generated. Edwards is currently going down the list with I would imagine opening offers for players below the ceiling figure, Klopp's preferred choices currently being priority but also taking advantage of some clubs need to balance their books by the end of the month for FPP, hence why we have this current standoff for Salah.

It looks like Milner is going to carry on this coming season as no1 LB which is worrying! The Goalkeeping situation was also an area that needed serious addressing and so far we've not been associated with a Goalkeeper. We also needed an upgrade for a specialised DM because other than Lucas we don't have anybody and it's still in the air if Lucas is leaving.

We can speculate and say the window isn't open yet but clubs are purchasing players and we currently are not!