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I think this season has been a real coming of age for Klopp and this set of players. Who'd have been comfortable to see Lovren line up for us before this season? or maybe Lallana? now nobody bats an eyelid at the thought because everybody knows whats expected, everybody knows what their role is when they are called upon.
There is nobody getting fractious...putting out negative vibes in the foreign press like that has happened in the past. The likes of Shaqiri is happy and you can see everybody wants to contribute and share in this amazing season and the successes.

Minamino is icing on the cake for us, he'll have a big future with us. Getting him at 7m is fantastic, if there are anymore bargains out there instead of us having to maybe offer ridiculous amounts in the past we now only have to show interest and players will be falling over themselves to play for Klopp and us.

I think the squad is strong enough now to carry on for the remaining months...however never say never if we get a bargain!

I agree, the squad has come of age now, the fringe squad players like Lallana & Jones have shown they are good enough to slot in and not weaken us too much, Ox has come back well and is coming upto speed, CB is still abit of a worry with the injury history, hopefully VvD & Gomez will keep as a partnership until the end of the season.

Its the first transfer Window for a long time that I can remember where people are not arguing over who we should sign/let go and how we are doomed without doing that!

Let see if Mr Edwards spots a bargain!

We have already signed a player who has at least shown what he is capable of against us in the CL as long as it was not a one off. It's true though that we could/will have a problem if VVD gets injured and would like to have a better CF when I see the number of chances we miss, but there is no fire.

Liverpool 'are willing to let Xherdan Shaqiri leave in the summer for £25m' after rejecting loan offers from both Sevilla and Roma this month.

Not surprised but 25m looks a lot given his recent performances and Eliott will be groomed in his position rather sooner than later

In today's market I'd say someone's getting an absolute bargain at £25m.
I hope we keep him though he may want more starts. Top quality squad player.

Can't see anyone paying that sort of money with his injury record, it's a shame as he is a useful 'wildcard' player to chuck on and create something, especially when the opposition are tired after trying to stop us for 60 minutes, but he needs to be fit and available to be useful, so I can see why the likes of Klopp might lose patience with him, especially now he have Minamino who can do a similar role.

I hope we keep him, we will have allot of games next season and with the ACN in January, he will be good cover, we aren't going to get anyone with his ability/experience for the money, he just needs to stay fit.

Hopefully he will play at the weekend in the FA Cup, is he fit & available now? he was out the Utd game with a minor calf injury.

I think us getting rid of Shaqiri will depend on how Elliott progresses. An alternate solution would be to loan Shaqiri out at the start of next season to give him the gametime he needs with the option to bring him back in January when the likes of Salah, Mane and Keita go to AFCON.

At the moment the squad depth is looking very good indeed. I'd be reluctant to change much if I were Klopp. I'd even consider keeping Lovren next season, his contract doesn't expire until June 2021 and we've seen how we have needed him to cover Matip and Gomez injuries already this season. I'd not give Lallana a contract extension and thus him being the only one who leaves in the summer.

25m for a player who hardly plays, how is that a bargain, he is not even young with potential? How can that be a bargain?

I agree that £25m would be a bargain for a player of his ability. I think he will probably go back to the Italian league.

Although we will have players at AFCON we will have enough cover in attacking areas with Firmino, Ox, Keita, Minanino, Origi and Elliott.

We also have Harry Wilson and Brewster to come back although I suspect they will be sold and loaned respectively.