Poor signing though he turned out to be, I'll see your Keita and raise you Aquilani.
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Poor signing though he turned out to be, I'll see your Keita and raise you Aquilani.
Didn't Trent, CJ and Conor break first team? Buy him loan him back to Sunderland. We have the budget of Brighton but we as fans think like we have the budget of PSG. However, even PSG are buying young talent and its paying dividends.
Anyways, let see what this "busy summer" brings, will it be unknowns from far wide, that were ovelooked by the giants or is it mega known signings with price tags to match?
create a different thread on the "worst signings", if you are going that far, then El-Hadj Diouf is in the mix. Pure poison even till this day.
Yeah but we didn't buy them for £40 mill
Exactly. We’ve got enough of those. Although, one could argue that if’n we spelled Salah a lot more, we’d not be talking about disappearances. That’s on both Klopp and Slot.
Typical Brighton player, then. Brought in to fleece those who can’t be bothered to do their own scouting.
Better than costing £100m. Anyways, lets see who Hughes and Slots goes for
All things considered, I’d say Keïta was Klopp’s worst signing, while Benítez’s biggest balls up was the whole mess involving Xabi Alonso, Gareth Barry, and ultimately the signing of Aquilani.
Keïta has to fairly be seen in the context of being a record-breaking, supposedly transformational signing. We even tied ourselves in knots by agreeing to wait an extra 12 months for him. Then, despite getting very little out of him on the pitch, we dubiously extended his contract—only to eventually lose him on a free. I strongly suspect there was more going on behind the scenes than ever came out publicly. His behaviour in Germany after leaving Liverpool likely reared its head while he was still at the club, too, so I see it as a scouting failure on all levels.
Benítez, for his part, was forced into a punt with Aquilani. He tried to sign the best midfielder he could with the ~£17 million he was given from the sale of Alonso. Aquilani had looked quality in Serie A alongside De Rossi, but the injury record spoke for itself. Klopp took a similar kind of punt on Thiago. I think the key lesson for the club is that players with regular, niggling injuries between the ages of 20 and 24 are very unlikely to suddenly become more robust in later years. Signing them is often just hopium andoverconfidence in our own ability to protect and manage the player that leads us to write the cheque.
Keïta has to fairly be seen in the context of being a record-breaking, supposedly transformational signing. We even tied ourselves in knots by agreeing to wait an extra 12 months for him. Then, despite getting very little out of him on the pitch, we dubiously extended his contract—only to eventually lose him on a free. I strongly suspect there was more going on behind the scenes than ever came out publicly. His behaviour in Germany after leaving Liverpool likely reared its head while he was still at the club, too, so I see it as a scouting failure on all levels.
Benítez, for his part, was forced into a punt with Aquilani. He tried to sign the best midfielder he could with the ~£17 million he was given from the sale of Alonso. Aquilani had looked quality in Serie A alongside De Rossi, but the injury record spoke for itself. Klopp took a similar kind of punt on Thiago. I think the key lesson for the club is that players with regular, niggling injuries between the ages of 20 and 24 are very unlikely to suddenly become more robust in later years. Signing them is often just hopium andoverconfidence in our own ability to protect and manage the player that leads us to write the cheque.
Trent, a generational talent at the time, was 18, Bradley was sent on loan until 2022/3 but didn't really break into the team until basically last season, when he was 20 yrs old. Jones was 18 ½ for his PL debut.
Keitas worse. Aquilani had a lot less apologists and had the unenviable role of replacing Alonso.
Keita was replacing gini.
Let's agree to differ. Keita (and Spit the Dog for that matter) did at least manage the occasional bit of decent play here and there, whereas Aquilani produced the square root of bugger all.
We wont, Slot will start 10 men and have Chiesa on the bench.
Chiesa will be on someone else’s bench I reckon
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"In the mix"?!?!?!? Feck right off with that nonsense, BB... He's the single worst signing this - or perhaps any - club has ever made, regardless of whomever else was poor or perma-injured, or whatever else. He's a horrible, worthless cunt and I genuinely hope he dies screaming.
I'd like to removal cunts of human beings from the options, solely because their problem is their very nature, rather than ability on the pitch
Namely diouf and itandje can get to fuck. They're their own separate breed of twat.
Great now I look racist. Who's a white cunt who's played for us?
Namely diouf and itandje can get to fuck. They're their own separate breed of twat.
Great now I look racist. Who's a white cunt who's played for us?
They turned down £70m from the Saudi’s in January, so knowing how they work they will want something similar.
I honestly don't think you do look racist. Just as we should never criticise anyone purely because of colour, so (IMO) we shouldn't abstain from doing so for that reason either, and those two were lower than a snake's goolies.
To be fair, they are very good at what they do and their system is for sale via Starlizard. It’s not about scouting, it’s years of data analysis as soon as they pull on a pair of boots.
Well then debates over. El Hadj Douche bag is the worst signing in Liverpool history!
Lest assume the Saudis comeback for Nunez and go for Diaz too what do people reckon we will make in sales this summer
Youngsters
Morton, £15-20m
Gordon, £8m
Ramsey £5m
Doak will probably leave if we get anything north of £20m
Kelleher £30-40m
Nunez £60-75m
Diaz £50-60m
Tsimikas £5-10m
Cheesy £20m
We could make anything from £120-£160m in sales. Add £100m from the kitty. Total summer spend should be around £250m
You can add Harvey to those calculations and Gomez too.
Also, Konate's contract expires next summer. Our modus operandi is to let him leave for free.
Same goes Kelleher.
Harvey, may be. I don't think Gomez is leaving. Konate will resign, he wants £200k a week, eventually I think Hughes will get a deal.
I'm 100% sure Gomez is leaving. We're looking at Huijsen for a reason
You may be right, but that seems to me to go beyond the available evidence. Gomez and Konate have had their injury probs, Quansah doesn't seem ready for a regular spot yet and I agree with whoever said above that it's worth snapping up good opportunities when they arrive, even if we don't have an immediate need in that position.
I wouldn't be surprised if it is Konate out the door.
Unless he signs a new contract sharpish
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