I wanNaby (Under the sea in an Octopus's Garden in the Shade) - Deal Confirmed

[mom]

He was the best midfielder in the Bundesliga last season though.
With some of Kantes qualities but also very impressive with the ball and in attack.
Young abnd with an extremely bright future ahead of him.

If we dont overpay for him this summer, our chance of signing him will be gone and we'll regret it.

Yep. He was great at Salzburg too. Put him in a top team like Juve or one of the Spanish giants and he'd smash it as he'd have top quality around him. And he's young. Solid stats. Scored as many last season as Pogba ever did at Juve. Plenty of assists too. He's great from box to box.
Klopp clearly rates him and sees why he's worth knocking on towards what Utd paid for pogba, if reports are to be believed.
There's no guarantee RBL will sell, but £70mill now or less than £50 next season with his contract clause? I'm sure they'll be tempted.

 

[Squiggles]

He does look a very good and exciting midfielder from his clips but it's a crazy amount of money. I'm also a bit concerned by the height of our potential midfield. We'd be a bunch of dwarfs.

 

[Rosco]

I wonder why this deal will collapse

 

[mom]

He does look a very good and exciting midfielder from his clips but it's a crazy amount of money. I'm also a bit concerned by the height of our potential midfield. We'd be a bunch of dwarfs.

Isn't Can a bit of a tower? If he stays mind you...

 

[Squiggles]

Isn't Can a bit of a tower? If he stays mind you...

Yeah, it's more the others I'm a bit concerned about, especially with Coutinho dropping deeper. Is Kieta is being signed to take Wijnaldum's spot?

-----------------------Henderson/Can--------------------
--------Wijnaldum/Kieta----------Lallana/Coutinho------
--------------------------Firmino--------------------------
-------------Salah--------------------------Mane--------

It will be strange seeing Coutinho or Lallana not guaranteed to start if Kieta does arrive.

 

[Oncy]

No way does Coutinho not start.

 

[Squiggles]

No way does Coutinho not start.

True but Lallana is also Klopp's go to guy. He epitomises everything Klopp wants from a player. Someone's set to miss out next year unless Kietas going for the deeper position.

 

[Hansern]

We're gonna play 50-60 games next season though. 2 a week with European footy.
Will give us options to rotate aswell, and who starts depends on who we are playing.

 

[Frogfish]

Yeah, it's more the others I'm a bit concerned about, especially with Coutinho dropping deeper. Is Kieta is being signed to take Wijnaldum's spot?

-----------------------Henderson/Can--------------------
--------Wijnaldum/Kieta----------Lallana/Coutinho------
--------------------------Firmino--------------------------
-------------Salah--------------------------Mane--------

It will be strange seeing Coutinho or Lallana not guaranteed to start if Kieta does arrive.

I see it more as :

--------------------------- Ming -----------------------

Clyne ----------Matip --------VVD ---------Tierney

-------------------Keita-------Wijnaldum ------------

-------------------------Coutinho-------------------------

----Salah--------------Firmino----------------Mane--------

Subs : Karius, AA, Lovren, Milner, Can, Henderson, Lallana, Sturridge, Ings, Origi etc.

Pretty damn good cover that is too.

 

[Rosco]

No way does Coutinho not start.

He will.

For Barca

 

[Halmeister]

I've finally reached that stage many of you have been at for a while. I've resisted it for a long time, but finally I'm ready to say, "It's not my money, let's buy him."

Money officially doesn't matter anymore, each club has a bottomless pit of money.

 

[Gary25]

I see it more as :

--------------------------- Ming -----------------------

Clyne ----------Matip --------VVD ---------Tierney

-------------------Keita-------Wijnaldum ------------

-------------------------Coutinho-------------------------

----Salah--------------Firmino----------------Mane--------

Subs : Karius, AA, Lovren, Milner, Can, Henderson, Lallana, Sturridge, Ings, Origi etc.

Pretty damn good cover that is too.

That team is boss

 

[mom]

True but Lallana is also Klopp's go to guy. He epitomises everything Klopp wants from a player. Someone's set to miss out next year unless Kietas going for the deeper position.

Keita playing deeper is great as he can do the job of protecting our not very good defence but can bomb on like a gun when he needs to. He looks like Kante with much more attacking potency. If I had to take him or VVD I'd take keita

 

[Hansern]

Thats right, Coutinho didnt play on because of that dead leg against Watford.
He's off, obviously.

 

[ibromurph]

I see it more as :

--------------------------- Ming -----------------------

Clyne ----------Matip --------VVD ---------Tierney

-------------------Keita-------Wijnaldum ------------

-------------------------Coutinho-------------------------

----Salah--------------Firmino----------------Mane--------

Subs : Karius, AA, Lovren, Milner, Can, Henderson, Lallana, Sturridge, Ings, Origi etc.

Pretty damn good cover that is too.

That would be a quality bench to turn to in those frustrating games. Imagine having Sturridge, Lallana and Can/Milner/Hendo to call upon in the last 20.

Seems too good to be true though to think we'll get Keita, VVD and Tierney.

 

[rurikbird]

Bojinov? He was good in FM 10 years ago.

 

[hmmmmm1]

We're gonna play 50-60 games next season though. 2 a week with European footy.
Will give us options to rotate aswell, and who starts depends on who we are playing.

This. Especially with our style of play we will always have a few injuries. So we need to be less concerned with who gets into our first choice 11 and more more with is fit at key points of the season.

 

[Ryan]

Oh it's 'best 11' time of the year again.

 

[Bradley]

Oh it's 'best 11' time of the year again.

Once we get the best 11 established we can move swiftly into working out the likely results of the next 6 games.

 

[Dreambeliever]

What excuses has he used so far?

He blamed the fact his targets in Jan weren't available to strengthen when we needed it.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Yeah, it's more the others I'm a bit concerned about, especially with Coutinho dropping deeper. Is Kieta is being signed to take Wijnaldum's spot?

-----------------------Henderson/Can--------------------
--------Wijnaldum/Kieta----------Lallana/Coutinho------
--------------------------Firmino--------------------------
-------------Salah--------------------------Mane--------

It will be strange seeing Coutinho or Lallana not guaranteed to start if Kieta does arrive.

We could barely cope last year with 1 game a week, with CL footy we will see loads of roration. I don't see Lallana or Coutinho being able to perform at their best if anyone expects them to play Sat - Wed - Sat. We'll see loads of rotation and injury too no doubt

 

[darkstarexodus]

Once we get the best 11 established we can move swiftly into working out the likely results of the next 6 games.

Oh god I pissed myself laughing at this.

 

[Hansern]

He blamed the fact his targets in Jan weren't available to strengthen when we needed it.

Hahaha! Silly man isnt he? Should have signed someone elses targets then.

 

[Hansern]

Oh god I pissed myself laughing at this.

Laughed out loud and thought, "poor Ryan when reading this".

 

[The Nomad]

Laughed out loud and thought, "poor Ryan when reading this".

I don't think anyone has ever thought 'poor ryan' on this forum. He probably wouldn't thank you for it either.

 

[Hansern]

I don't think anyone has ever thought 'poor ryan' on this forum. He probably wouldn't thank you for it either.

He would thank anyone who stopped the first eleven talk, even though it was said in jest yesterday.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Some Guinean twitted the following:

Amadou Makadji @makadjiamadou
#Transfert, #Klopp a parlé avec #Naby samedi et Liverpool transmettra ce soir une offre concrète à #Leipzig. Klopp le veut coûte que coûte
3:04 PM - 2 Jul 2017 · Londerzeel, België

Amadou Makadji @makadjiamadou
#Transfert #Naby va rencontrer le président de #Leipzig lundi. Ce dernier tentera de le convaincre pour calmer ses envie de départ.

Amadou Makadji @makadjiamadou
#Transfert le salaire proposé au Guinéen serait désormais de 150 000 euros par semaine au lieu de 140 000.

For those who's French is worse than mine:
1) klopp spoke to keita - and keita wants to move now. We'll make an offer tonight
1a) Klopp wants Keita at all costs
2) Keita will speak to Leipzig president on Monday
3) he'll earn 150k euros per week

I have no idea who this is - it's PROBABLY bullshit but @doctor_mac's camp fire is piss poor and @Oncy hasn't even showed up with the vegetables to put on the braai.

 

[Mystic]

Couldn't give a shit, this is exciting, he's clearly a reliable source as that's more fun than being cynical, Keita will be a Liverpool player before preseason starts!

 

[HC]

Well, were clearly using the Coutinho money...

 

[mom]

Well, were clearly using the Coutinho money...

Ooh, spicy.
Or it could be the old parent trick I play on my kids. " this one's expensive kids so it's this year and next year's birthday present together"