He'd be an improvement on most top flight sides keepers. I'd comfortably put him top 10 in the league.
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I’d probably agree with that, but would any potential suitors see him as as £20-30 million improvement on what they have?
Cheeky homegrown spot as well.
Honestly i dunno, but i always feel that keeper is an area than can be improved upon for most sides. It tends to be a low risk gamble.
Its not a bad idea to sign this lad now, its a brilliant idea. He's 23 which is very young for GK, and proved at the Euros that he's one of the best up and coming GKs. Chelsea were quoted 80 mill when trying to buy him last season.
28 mill for him now and not have to worry about it 1-2 years down the line when Ali leaves is brilliant, and just what we are crying we haven't done in other positions.
If it goes through its great and a promising start. The 6 debate is another story and not very good so far.
28 mill for him now and not have to worry about it 1-2 years down the line when Ali leaves is brilliant, and just what we are crying we haven't done in other positions.
If it goes through its great and a promising start. The 6 debate is another story and not very good so far.
He probably wants to play for Celtic who will barely be able to sign him on a free.
Cant loan him to Bournemouth appaz given PL rules.
It's hard to get excited, but it's a sign we must rate him highly.
Many top clubs have been struggling or changing keepers for years. Chelsea, Arsenal, and United have had ongoing issues in the GK role in England alone, so if results towards a successful transition from Alisson then I'm fine with it.
Let's face it, it's not restricting our spending this summer.
Many top clubs have been struggling or changing keepers for years. Chelsea, Arsenal, and United have had ongoing issues in the GK role in England alone, so if results towards a successful transition from Alisson then I'm fine with it.
Let's face it, it's not restricting our spending this summer.
Again though, unless we get a mega offer for Alisson, there is no way we should let him leave whether he wants a change of scenery or not. Bernado Silva has seemingly wanted to leave City for a change of scenery since he got there and he's been kept.
Alisson is still young (for a keeper) with no obvious signs of decline (as far as we know) and still has, what, 3 years left on his contract? And we also have a capable HG backup in Kelleher.
As said before, I'm all for making future plays but right now we have immediate issues of succession that appear to be going unaddressed yet again.
If we get this guy AND do all the other business that needs doing, all good. It's unlikely we are going to lose money - he either joins eventually or we sell him for a profit (assuming he continues to do well on loan).
If our only major business is spunking 30M on this guy, I'm just baffled.
Alisson is still young (for a keeper) with no obvious signs of decline (as far as we know) and still has, what, 3 years left on his contract? And we also have a capable HG backup in Kelleher.
As said before, I'm all for making future plays but right now we have immediate issues of succession that appear to be going unaddressed yet again.
If we get this guy AND do all the other business that needs doing, all good. It's unlikely we are going to lose money - he either joins eventually or we sell him for a profit (assuming he continues to do well on loan).
If our only major business is spunking 30M on this guy, I'm just baffled.
The new regime has to start somewhere with future planning for positions. If the first piece to fall into place is at goalkeeper then so be it.
My guess is a 2 year loan and Alisson have informed the club that he's leaving at that point with 1 year left of his deal. Imho. Then Marmalade will be 25 and Alisson 32 (still young for a GK but maybe difficult to negotiate a 200k+ a week salary at that point).
My guess is a 2 year loan and Alisson have informed the club that he's leaving at that point with 1 year left of his deal. Imho. Then Marmalade will be 25 and Alisson 32 (still young for a GK but maybe difficult to negotiate a 200k+ a week salary at that point).
We've seen gambled and lost when it's come to not strengthening before (quite recently in fact) and it can easily come at the cost of not making the CL and making the the required rebuild even harder (see: having to replace an entire midfield at once).
I very much doubt Alisson has told the club he's leaving in two years. That is a long time in football and anything can happen.
My guess is that it's exactly as Beamrider said, they view this as a "moneyball" signing or in plain English, a bargain that is too good to pass up. That's fine. Come the end of the transfer window, however, I'd like to see some evidence that the more pressing priorities haven't just been ignored / pushed further down the line.
Not related to this GK but one benefit of ditching Adrian and having Jaros in the squad means that our strikers are facing a much better keeper in training. Its rare to have the GK or even #2 in goal for majority of shooting drills, so Jaros (and pitaluga too) will up the standard required for the attackers to score... theoretically.
I dont think we make this signing unless we have already made up our minds about extending Alissons contract or not.
Liverpool have stepped up their interest in Giorgi Mamardashvili.
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Apparently we can't now, but can loan him in January.
Latest report is that he’ll join us in 2025.
Neato. Perhaps we'll only offer 10m less than Valencia want, rather than the 20m less
Mamardashvili will join Bournemouth on loan directly from Valencia and then join Liverpool 2025. Bournemouth have said yes, the player has said yes, negotiations ongoing.
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The lad can cover two positions so we only need ten men - superb value.
The way I see it, it's Kelleher + $$ for an (younger) upgrade, just a matter of transfers timing/sequences - unless we fail to sell the him.
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