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Wholeheartedly agree with this. I've expressed concerns about the likes of Caicedo before now. A better (and cheaper) strategy might be to initially agree to sign Caicedo/Mac Allister for silly money, wait to see who Brighton line up as a replacement, then pull out of the deal and sign them instead.

I'm kidding, of course, but we really need to find these players before they have their breakout Premier League season, not after. One good season in the Premier League seems to add £50m to your price tag these days. And it's not just the inflated fee that's the problem; it's that it's based on very limited evidence. Any player can have a purple patch - we could end up blowing half our transfer budget on a journeyman.

I'd imagine that being an integral part of a World Cup winning side adds a couple of mil to the price too
 
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Brighton signed Mac Allister ‘for what now seems a bargain €8m fee’ and Liverpool ‘might well have to spend seven or eight times that on his signature’.
And yes, the best of luck to Jurgen Klopp and friends as they try and convince Brighton to sell them a World Cup winner with two years left on his contract for £48.3m, when he has been valued at no less than £60m by a club with a proud history of standing firm on the prices they set.

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70M for McAllister is too much. But if we want him we'll have pay it. Like Enzo is a 45M player but Chelsea paid 100M+. I don't know how we're going to afford what we need this summer, no chance.
 
70M for McAllister is too much. But if we want him we'll have pay it. Like Enzo is a 45M player but Chelsea paid 100M+. I don't know how we're going to afford what we need this summer, no chance.

FSG need to put up otherwise we’re gonna transition into the side we were for 7-8 years before Klopp came.
 
70M for McAllister is too much. But if we want him we'll have pay it. Like Enzo is a 45M player but Chelsea paid 100M+. I don't know how we're going to afford what we need this summer, no chance.

We aren’t.

The most common headline we’re going to hear this summer is :

“Due to escalating transfer fees and wage demands, Liverpool have decided not to pursue the transfer of…”

We just need to add to the list.
 


Ouch! Seems harsh, but hard to make a case to the contrary - seems like a player at an absolute peak of his value due to the good fortune of being a part of a club team and a national team who both happened to be riding on their historic highs. Judged on his own merit, there seems to be little upside to justify the price.
 
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They called Wan Bissaka the English Thuram though…
Not sure how much I’d read into what they are saying about potential.
 
They called Wan Bissaka the English Thuram though…
Not sure how much I’d read into what they are saying about potential.
That’s a dangerous age to asses how far Simone will go. especially when some mare bigger and faster than others. Arsenal, for example, thought that Afobe had more potential than Kane.
 
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Are Brighton the new Southampton then?

Are they set to gradually sell off their talent leaving the overall pool slightly worse off each time they sell and replace. Eventually getting to the point in 7 years time where we can put together an awesome XI they could’ve had who are now scattered across the top teams in Europe.
 
Does their talent pool actually get worse though? That club is well run at every level, from the chairman downwards. Southampton had a great scouting and youth system for a long time but they haven't been anything like as impressive at boardroom level.
 
FSG are fucking dicks. They held off buying anyone which didn't just result in a shit squad, all the brains got bored and left too. Now everything costs double and we've got noone steering anything. The thing is, they don't give a fuck, not like us. They're just looking at this thing that's worth at least 10x what they paid for it, probably think about it for a few minutes a month before a group board meeting on a zoom call.
 
Does their talent pool actually get worse though? That club is well run at every level, from the chairman downwards. Southampton had a great scouting and youth system for a long time but they haven't been anything like as impressive at boardroom level.
I think they're more like an English Ajax at the moment, albeit not challenging for titles due to the higher standard of the league they're playing in.
 
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