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redhorizon2 said:
We've spent £40m (Salah and Solanke) already. So who do we get, VvD or Kieta? Either of those two would take our spending above £100m, and then we still need a LB, possibly a striker plus a CM or CB depending what you choose initially as your prime target. Do you really think the signing one of the two £70m target would make us contenders?

Nomad's list gives us balance at least
Tierney c.£20m
Gibson c.£25m
Goretzka c.£25m
Lacazette c.£45m

And the players his chosen are quality
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At this moment in time - whether we like it or not - it looks like striker isn't a priority, so let's forget about Lacazette; there are no credible links to a striker.

You seem fixated on this issue of budget, but you don't know what the budget is. If we are to believe media reports, then it was £150m before things kicked off 'THE BIGGEST LFC WARCHEST' etc. etc. We don't know whether this involves player sales or not though, right?

I think signing both would make us contenders, and I think that that is exactly what the club set out to do at the start of the summer. What's funny is that signing both may well cost us less than signing the players on your list above, and make us more successful.

Like it or not, we are not the club you think we are anymore. Look elsewhere on here, you'll see accounts posted from Rick Parry spreading the Alves budget thin and trying to be 'clever'. Look back over Rodgers' tenure and you'll see 33 players signed. Look back over Klopps' windows and you'll see no move for a LB when his first taget got away from him, or being content to be a man short in midfield for a term*. He's not going to spread his budget, he's going for quality over quantity and if we can't get that he's not got a long list of alternatives. We already have a Kjaer or a Gibson - he's called Dejan Lovren; let's sign somebody to replace him!

*this is based on the assumption that midfield targets last summer were Dahoud and Keita/Zielinski and Klopp was content to move Milner out of midfield. It looks like Gini was second choice to Dahoud, as we are back in for Keita this summer.
 
walesnj said:
I'd gladly do some kind of swap deal of Origi for Dembele..after all, wasn't it Rodgers who originally bought him
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I think an Origi/ Dembele swap deal is a fantastic idea. I hope someone gets on the phone to Celtic and has a chat about it.
 
Windom Earle said:
At this moment in time - whether we like it or not - it looks like striker isn't a priority, so let's forget about Lacazette; there are no credible links to a striker.

You seem fixated on this issue of budget, but you don't know what the budget is. If we are to believe media reports, then it was £150m before things kicked off 'THE BIGGEST LFC WARCHEST' etc. etc. We don't know whether this involves player sales or not though, right?

I think signing both would make us contenders, and I think that that is exactly what the club set out to do at the start of the summer. What's funny is that signing both may well cost us less than signing the players on your list above, and make us more successful.

Like it or not, we are not the club you think we are anymore. Look elsewhere on here, you'll see accounts posted from Rick Parry spreading the Alves budget thin and trying to be 'clever'. Look back over Rodgers' tenure and you'll see 33 players signed. Look back over Klopps' windows and you'll see no move for a LB when his first taget got away from him, or being content to be a man short in midfield for a term*. He's not going to spread his budget, he's going for quality over quantity and if we can't get that he's not got a long list of alternatives. We already have a Kjaer or a Gibson - he's called Dejan Lovren; let's sign somebody to replace him!

*this is based on the assumption that midfield targets last summer were Dahoud and Keita/Zielinski and Klopp was content to move Milner out of midfield. It looks like Gini was second choice to Dahoud, as we are back in for Keita this summer.
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Bang on. We've seen the results of spreading the money around. We may not get all the pieces this window but let's make sure the pieces we do get are the right ones.

If there is value to be had, let's pursue it - but not at the expense of quality.

I have all kinds of doubts about VvD but if the choice is him or Kjaer, I'll go with the Dutchman as I KNOW Kjaer isn't a player to take us forward.
 
FoxForceFive said:
It's a great idea. Whilst they're at it, they might want to try tempting RB with a swap deal for Keita with Lucas.
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Rumours are that Leipzig read this thread, immediately got on the phone and offered Keita + £1 for Lucas.

However we tried to insert a buy back clause into the deal for Lucas. The deal collapsed and we are back at square 1.

Damn you Herr Klopp.
 
darkstarexodus said:
Bang on. We've seen the results of spreading the money around. We may not get all the pieces this window but let's make sure the pieces we do get are the right ones.

If there is value to be had, let's pursue it - but not at the expense of quality.

I have all kinds of doubts about VvD but if the choice is him or Kjaer, I'll go with the Dutchman as I KNOW Kjaer isn't a player to take us forward.
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Absolutely. We've been close enough on numerous occasions to need that last one or two pieces of the jigsaw, yet each time we get there we simply change the puzzle. It looks like we may actually have a manager here who will push us over the line!
 
Apparently Martial will leave Utd this summer having fallen out with Maureen.

I've always thought he had enormous potential and at 21, still time for Klopp to work his magic.

30m bargain?
 
Buddha said:
Apparently Martial will leave Utd this summer having fallen out with Maureen.

I've always thought he had enormous potential and at 21, still time for Klopp to work his magic.

30m bargain?
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They don't sell to us, we don't sell to them. Fans get real uppity when you mention a player that's played for them.
 
Buddha said:
Apparently Martial will leave Utd this summer having fallen out with Maureen.

I've always thought he had enormous potential and at 21, still time for Klopp to work his magic.

30m bargain?
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He's been linked to Arsenal for 40 million.
Unless Mourinho feels we're a bigger threat than Arsenal, we should match the fee.
World class potential he has, though he's a cunt.
 
LeTallecWiz said:
He's been linked to Arsenal for 40 million.
Unless Mourinho feels we're a bigger threat than Arsenal, we should match the fee.
World class potential he has, though he's a cunt.
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Lucas Muaro available for £26m. Man Utd would not sell us floor gravel let alone any young talent
 
redhorizon2 said:
Lucas Muaro available for £26m. Man Utd would not sell us floor gravel let alone any young talent
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Yes yes to the Lucas we can buy and be the in the one we thought we got 10 years ago. I am all for thus. Love the idea of having 3 brazil nationals in our team. Will raise our profile in south america.

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Gerry_A_Trick said:
We already do have three Brazilians in our team.
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I dont count one of them as from Brazil...he is the most unbrazillian player i have ever seen and i have watched for 10 years with the hope of seeing a little Brazil in him...but no it never happened.
 
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