They won't sign both.
If there's any Justice in the World? Lemar to be our Man?
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They won't sign both.
CB we agree on.
I'm not sure I would say that FBs look strong, but they look good enough right now. Robertson has barely played - although has done well and looked to be a level above where he was at for Hull last year - and Moreno is Moreno. TA-A and Gomez are both young, both still raw despite their obvious talents and current form they will surely experience a downturn at some point this season. Still, I'm not overly concerned about these positions.
Centre midfield looks strong in my opinion; Henderson, Gini, Can, Lallana, Coutinho, Milner (possibly AO-C) - supplemented by Grujic, Ejaria and Woodburn. Six first teamers of very good quality, 3-4 squad players. It's unrealistic to expect more than that, in my opinion, sure we have Coutinho and Lallana unavailable right now but you can't sign 20 players to cover for every eventuality. Keita is incoming next year, likely to replace Can.
The wings also look good (certainly stronger than last year). Of the current playing staff, we have Mané and Salah as first choice with Coutinho, Lallana and Milner all able to fill in there along with Firmino and Woodburn. Moves are also afoot for Lemar and/or A-OC who can both play out wide and offer some of what the current two do.
Upfront, Firmino is clearly first choice while Sturridge appears to be second choice when fit. Behind them we have Solanke, Woodburn and (currently) Origi that can fill in, while Mané, Salah (and potentiall Lemar) could all do a job centrally - admittedly with less than ideal reshuffling on the wings. There's also Ings, but Klopp's history managing injuries tells us it will be a while before he is considered available. We could possibly do with a striker, but not without one outgoing; it's certainly isn't a greater priority than CB though.
This is a decent squad for a team with our spending power, it's unreasonable to expect us to have a squad with two top quality options for every position. What we do have, is a strong squad that is high in quality in the right areas, but is desperately crying out for a first choice CB to partner Matip. A CB and we are good enough for top 4 again, add in Lemar and we could be looking at top 3. No CB and I think we might be looking at 4-6.
It didn't work out well for them when they starting 'moving' for Keita under our noses.
Barca have a real hard on for us. We were linked with Seri, they muscle in and nearly sign him; we're linked with Keita, they make an offer just as we're wrapping it up; we're negotiating with Lemar, and then they're back in with elbows as pointy as Fellani. We better not sell Coutinho to these cunts.
Disappointing.
It's weird that's not done yet.. have we perhaps forgot to pick VVD up in the airport?
Maybe Lallana was visiting his mum in Bournemouth and we just sent the plane to pick him up?
Football transfers on Twatter saying we have signed Lemar for 64.8 M
Take with pinch of salt.
Take with pinch of salt.
Coutinho is off next summer for sure - at the latest. Lemar will be around longer. It's would seemingly be a downgrade but it might be a better long term strategy.
Yeh, whilst my hope in this deal is starting to fade, it won't be gone until Pearce, Reddy or Joyce say it's not happening.
Yeah but keeping coutinho and buying a CB means we have a good title winning chance THIS season.
Yeah, but as soon as Lemar is as good as Coutinho Barca will fucking swoop in and take him.
You can look forward to January then Jon.
I think in time Lemar could be a better player than Coutinho....
He is stronger, quicker and yet still can beat a man.... He is the Henry type really similar to MBappe.
Quicker, but not stronger he seems pretty lightweight tbh. I can't see him having the creativity and passing skills of coutinho.
