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That's meant to say Torres but spellchecker butted in and I know how much we love the Tories on here
However reading an article by Owen Hargreaves and he says Werner is very much a Torres like player powerfully fast and deadly finisher. If he is half as good as Torres then we can count on winning the league again. To my mind we are already far and away the best team in the premiership and Werner (if Hargreaves is correct) would improve us. The question of course is who do you leave out and it blocks the path of that youngster we have whose name escapes me at the moment
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If you are talking Brewster it won't block his path. He is nowhere near ready. As for who to leave out it is simple. You just rotate
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If you are talking Brewster it won't block his path. He is nowhere near ready. As for who to leave out it is simple. You just rotate Yes Brewster thanks and yes you are right not ready yet
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If you are talking Brewster it won't block his path. He is nowhere near ready. As for who to leave out it is simple. You just rotate Yes Brewster thanks and yes you are right not ready yet I have watched a couple of Swansea games on Sky and he tended to drift in and out of games. He is not what I would call a constant threat. Origi and Shaq are not constant threats but you ignore them and suddenly you are 3 or 4 goals down as Barcelona discovered last season. Brewster has ability. At the moment I put it as not as good as Origi but better than Solanke who we sold to Bournemouth. At the moment that puts him in the not good enough bracket. He missed a whole season with injury when He should have been learning. He needs a season on loan at a PL club who will play him. If he does well perhaps he comes back in or will be sold for a good fee. He still needs to bulk up a bit. He gives away cheap fouls rather than having defenders bounce off him.
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That's meant to say Torres but spellchecker butted in and I know how much we love the Tories on here
However reading an article by Owen Hargreaves and he says Werner is very much a Torres like player powerfully fast and deadly finisher. If he is half as good as Torres then we can count on winning the league again. To my mind we are already far and away the best team in the premiership and Werner (if Hargreaves is correct) would improve us. The question of course is who do you leave out and it blocks the path of that youngster we have whose name escapes me at the moment I'd have no issues rotating Werner with Firmino who can also play in attacking midfield, as a number 10. No player can play all our games including the cups and Origi coukd be sold as well. That said, from what i have seen i dont think he is as good as Torres but surely better than Tories
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We need better cover/rotation options for the front 3, we have been lucky with injuries with the front 3 for the last few seasons. Who would be happy if we lost Mane, Salah or Bobby for 6 months due to injury relying on Origi to cover? I like Origi but he does not have their ability or their goal threat and never well, he is a useful option as a sub and to cover occasional games. Same with Brewster, he is a good player, but far too young and inexperienced to rely upon if you want to win trophies, he will play games and get more experience.
I can see the comparison with Torres, he has pace and does play allot more on the last defenders shoulder compared to what we have now, I think he could adapt to our style, he would also give us a different option to play through balls or over the top to exploit his pace.
If we can get him, he would be a good buy, it is rumoured we/Klopp has spoken to him, if that is the case I expect we will buy him, as we would not do that if we were not interested, I am guessing it is just the current PL/financial position and the unknowns of the transfer window which is delaying our move. After the furloughing fiasco, it would not go down well with the public if we were the first club to pay £50+ million for a player.
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We need better cover/rotation options for the front 3, we have been lucky with injuries with the front 3 for the last few seasons. Who would be happy if we lost Mane, Salah or Bobby for 6 months due to injury relying on Origi to cover? I like Origi but he does not have their ability or their goal threat and never well, he is a useful option as a sub and to cover occasional games. Same with Brewster, he is a good player, but far too young and inexperienced to rely upon if you want to win trophies, he will play games and get more experience.
I can see the comparison with Torres, he has pace and does play allot more on the last defenders shoulder compared to what we have now, I think he could adapt to our style, he would also give us a different option to play through balls or over the top to exploit his pace.
If we can get him, he would be a good buy, it is rumoured we/Klopp has spoken to him, if that is the case I expect we will buy him, as we would not do that if we were not interested, I am guessing it is just the current PL/financial position and the unknowns of the transfer window which is delaying our move. After the furloughing fiasco, it would not go down well with the public if we were the first club to pay £50+ million for a player.
Agree again with you, except the last part, the furloughing decision was reversed and we hardly spent anything for more than a year after 2 record profits. That said, cant see our owners spending unless we sell.
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I would imagine the fee has been agreed and terms with the player also but there may be a clause due to the times we are living in as to when payments to Leipzig are to be made.
Similarly Leipzig would welcome any revenue they can get to replace the zero they are getting at the moment through gate receipts.
Paying by instalments is nothing new but paying based on world events and situations could be. I think transfers are going to get more and more complicated.
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We need better cover/rotation options for the front 3, we have been lucky with injuries with the front 3 for the last few seasons. Who would be happy if we lost Mane, Salah or Bobby for 6 months due to injury relying on Origi to cover? I like Origi but he does not have their ability or their goal threat and never well, he is a useful option as a sub and to cover occasional games. Same with Brewster, he is a good player, but far too young and inexperienced to rely upon if you want to win trophies, he will play games and get more experience.
I can see the comparison with Torres, he has pace and does play allot more on the last defenders shoulder compared to what we have now, I think he could adapt to our style, he would also give us a different option to play through balls or over the top to exploit his pace.
If we can get him, he would be a good buy, it is rumoured we/Klopp has spoken to him, if that is the case I expect we will buy him, as we would not do that if we were not interested, I am guessing it is just the current PL/financial position and the unknowns of the transfer window which is delaying our move. After the furloughing fiasco, it would not go down well with the public if we were the first club to pay £50+ million for a player.
Agree again with you, except the last part, the furloughing decision was reversed and we hardly spent anything for more than a year after 2 record profits. That said, cant see our owners spending unless we sell. The furloughing decision was reversed, but it's still a recent memory for the public/press, so if we went out and spent £50 million on a player, we would receive criticism on it. With lots of redundancies happening and a huge recession on the horizon, paying huge money would be an issue, I think we will hang back and see what happens when a few transfers happen, we will also be able to get a feel on the going rate, I expect transfer fee's will drop for the next few windows as it will be a buyers market.
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We’d be criticised for spending and criticised (by fans) for not doing. Seems to me like we’re not going to win this next window.
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