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The Bilbao keeper kepa has seen his move to Madrid fall through.

£17mil is a tiny amount for a keeper of his promise. Out of contract in the summer or £17m now.

Seen as the successor to De Gea this kid will now need a move after rejecting a new contract. We should be straight in there for him. He knows he will start. He has seen De Gea thrive in the PL and he will want to go to the World Cup. Not as a starter but at least in the squad.

Not only is he better than what we have. He's better than what most teams have.

We can't even be held to ransom as he has a release clause.

Real Madrid pulled the plug on a deal due to finding he had a foot injury and the Keeper doesn't want surgery because he'd be out for a month which would jeopardize his chances of being in the Spain World Cup squad.

If we did sneak in and sign him he'd want to be 1st team Keeper carrying this injury. If he gets into Spain World Cup squad and then has surgery after the World Cup he'd need another month recuperation. There is also the fact he could in the meantime damage the injury further! 17m is cheap in the grand scheme of things but I don't think we'd have a chance signing him because he knows Madrid are after him and their interest has not ended in him, they just want him to be fit and healthy when he signs which would likely be in the summer sometime.

Would be a lot better to take advantage of the turmoil at Stoke and buy Butland. Cost a bit more but would be in the team for next decade. Wasted at Stoke.

Not good enough for us from what I’ve seen IMO (though still better than Mignolet).

He did look very promising a couple seasons ago, but not sure he’s been the same since his injury.

No way he has lost his talent. He is an outstanding keeper and with a defence in front of him that can actually defend he will prove it.

This is what they said about Luis prior to him coming and Salah. Everyone went on about how poor they were and why had we bought them. Plus a certain PC from Inter.

All skilful but we got due to other people thinking they were getting the better of us.

This would be the same. We would benefit

I'd rather go for Butland. We know what he's capable of and has ample EPL experience. Surely that has to be better than some cheap prospect from Spain deosn't it?

Well he won’t be proving it with us then will he? :

I actually think the opposite, how many times have we signed players from 'smaller' Premiership clubs who have completely failed to make the grade at Anfield? Carroll, Downing, Adam and Mignolet all come to mind.

He's hardly a cheap prospect if you follow Spanish football, there is a reason Real Madrid want him although it is strange how they backed out of the deal at the last minute.

I like the cut of Butland's jib. He might turn out shitte but he's a known quantity at least.

The cheap prospect bit was a bit sarcy for those who will no doubt have been thinking it.

Mignolot looked a really good goalkeeper at Sunderland, it's such a big step up to come to Liverpool and he hasn't been able to make the step.

Butland may be good for Stoke but does he have the ability to step up to a higher level? Look at Ben Foster, a good and solid Premiership goalkeeper for WBA but he couldn't do it at Man Utd.