I preferred Liverpool when I visited there if I'm honest ... Granted, I'm not a 'big city' boy!
Our fantastic new left-back
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I preferred Liverpool when I visited there if I'm honest ... Granted, I'm not a 'big city' boy!
Won't be surprised if the TC's dossiers suggest he's not suitable/good enough. VdV and Keita examples may be exceptions (anyway, their stats are impressive so no surprise) but the way the TC works, I don't think they just take the Manager's suggestions/wanted list and move to sign them.
Ackording to Ragnick it is more a village?
Rangnick's a nutcase though.
Biggest football city in the world, fo sure (even with Everton)
There is no possible dossier or statistic that would place Robertson higher than Kolasinac. He was probably Schalke's best and most consistent attacking threat last season and he's a better defender than Robertson, physically stronger, equally quick, better header of the ball, better shot. No surprise that he scored in his first official match for Arsenal. And he was free, while Robertson cost £8M+ add-ons.
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No disagreements with that at all. That said, with their track record, I won't be surprised with their misjudgment. Pretty amusing if it was Klopp himself who actually preferred Robertson over Kolasinac esp. since he would have know more about the latter.
Doubt it, Klopp is not stupid. Also the way we strung Robertson along for several weeks, clearly waiting for some other pieces to fall into place (or not), doesn't make it look like he was our prime target. As crazy as it sounds, the most plausible explanation I can think of is what I outlined before – we cooled off on Kolasinac to protect Milner's place at LB, thinking we'll get Keita, then we didn't get Keita so Milner is getting pushed back into midfield and as a result we are left hoping that either one of Moreno or Robertson can step up at LB. In short, we're dickheads.
Yup, which is why I have been questioning the TC's role/influence more than Klopp (despite the reasons/excuses he mentioned in the press).
Yeah, given how we bidded for Chilwell last season and supposedly had Sessegnon as our preferred target, doubt a 1st choice LB was on the cards.
Few reports that our first choice was meant to be a Brazilian LB who plays for Roma (can't recall his name). Got a bad injury last match of the previous season.
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