In fairness Utd have been linked with him and you could probably make a good case for why the rest might not be looking at him at the moment.
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In fairness Utd have been linked with him and you could probably make a good case for why the rest might not be looking at him at the moment.
Was that really credible?
I mean as credible as the Shaw link?
Suarez wasn't wanted by Spurs, Redknapp openly admitted (as he does) in an interview saying they looked at him and didn't think he would be up to scratch for English football (lol!).
Chelsea haven't declared any interest in Shaw either, just Man Utd, if reports are to be believed then they are not interested at that price and prefer the Atletico Left back.
We see what everyone sees and that is that hes a class player, other clubs have other needs and whos to say thay are not interested anyway.
Or maybe just maybe the teams you've mentioned don't have a need for the type of player Lallana is.
I have no idea. I don't think it was as rock solid as the Shaw link, but they may have been interested in Lallana at some point too. Seems somewhat unlikely given that they already have Mata and Kagawa but who knows.
There's always room for improvement, right?
Isn't Lallana better than Kagawa or Eriksen etc
Spurs didn't want Suarez as they thought he was too expensive and similar to VDV so never put in a bid. You mentioned top teams and now you're saying southampton wanted coutinho...which one is it? When i said no want wanted him i was going by you asking how come top teams don't want lallana. Southampton isn't in that bracket so no top team wanted coutinho. Studge was a reject from a top team...i'll give you that one.
Why isn't lallana wanted by the other teams? Look at the midfield of chelsea, arsenal and city and tell me where he would fit? Rumour is that lallana already rejected manure's advances and has set that he only wants to come to us. Getting top quality fullbacks is a lot harder to find these days than attacking midfielders, hence the demand for Shaw...... all IMO of course.
Lallana is a lot better than allen. But then again you rate allen a lot higher than i do.
Since when did he play as a striker? If he scores 10 and assists 10-15 then it will be a very good return, and if he steps up his game and improves his finishing then that's easily achievable
Eriksen is Spurs best player, why would replacing him be any sort of priority?
Man Utd have Kagawa and Mata, again they have much bigger priorities elsewhere to sort out in their team.
Next.
I'm very very wary of spending anything like 25M on Lallana but not that worried about not having to duke it out with a host of clubs to get a player (not in the least because we often lose in those scenarios).
We didn't have to get into a dogfight with the creme de la creme of Europe to get Torres. Of course Lallana doesn't quite have the pedigree Torres had at the time but the example still works.
We didn't have to get into a dogfight with the creme de la creme of Europe to get Torres. Of course Lallana doesn't quite have the pedigree Torres had at the time but the example still works.
12 and 17 i think.
1. Is a fair point.
2. The suggestion is that we should pay extra for prem proven. Premiership proven doesn't mean you're any more likely to be a success, so it's pointless to pay extra for it.
I'm not sure, but you're probably right. Why not find someone with a year left then? It's not as if there's a lack of players that play his position, surely someone has to be cheaper, which will allow us to buy all the other players we need.
You parade that around a lot, Modo. Lets get this out of the repertoire.
Downing was Premiership proven shit. A lot of people on here said it at the time.
Carroll was not Premiership proven. He had one good half season and we took a gamble based on the potential.
Thankfully the same people aren't making the decisions as we'd have no chance.
A thing all of you seem to forget in assessing players is their attitude. Which BR has spoken to. If Lallana has the right attitude for LFC according to BR I'm all aboard paying the premium. We walked away from Erikson at 12m because of the attitude. I'm willing to give this new setup time and support to make their decisions. They've earned it.
Downing was premiership proven to be shit. He gave exactly what we all knew he would.
Carroll wasn't premiership proven. He had 3 good months and we decide to spunk £35m on him.
Torres was a strange one as he was in a bit of a rut. Utd tried to sign him the year before but he refused to leave, and then he had a quiet year which put a lot of teams off bidding on him.
There was also a lot of uproar on here with a lot of people claiming he wasn't good enough
So?
really?
Lallana is an ok player, Allen is an ok player neither of them will win us matches in the way Suarez, studge, sterling or Coutinho will.
Would arse, Chelsea or City want him - no because they have better.
Is Lallana better the. Suarez, Sturridge, sterling or Coutinho and IMO the answer is no - so don't buy him as Rodgers states he wants to improve the starting 11 and he isn't better than those I have mentioned so don't do it for the excessive price we are quoted.
Would arse, Chelsea or City want him - no because they have better.
Is Lallana better the. Suarez, Sturridge, sterling or Coutinho and IMO the answer is no - so don't buy him as Rodgers states he wants to improve the starting 11 and he isn't better than those I have mentioned so don't do it for the excessive price we are quoted.
That would be great, let's do that
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