Simon Mignolet - signing confirmed

[Rosco]

Mundo Deportivo says Reinas agent has told Liverpool he wants to join Barca and has already agreed personal terms. Dont know how credible they are mind.

What did they say about Mignolet ?

 

[Hansern]

They actually had a story about Irish internet trolls

 

[Hansern]

According to Barrett the medical is on tuesday, 9 mill fee.

 

[#roadred]

I hate paella too, although I must admit I regret not trying it when I was in Valencia (that's where it comes from), it's just been so spectacularly shit everywhere else I've had it.

Depends a lot on how carefully it's made, of course it has to be stirred and cooked but not so much that the rice turns into mash, a lot of folks cook the rice and then give it another 20 minutes in a pot while piling all the ingredients they are reading off the recipe, overcooked and puke-like, also don't cheap out on the Saffron. Done properly and with 4 or 5 bottles of wine, it could get you laid.

 

[keniget]

Paella is great although I just tend to make it with chicken rather than with all the seafood - I love fish but am not a fan of crustaceans at all.

 

[Gary25]

According to Barrett the medical is on tuesday, 9 mill fee.

Nice one. All for this signing.

 

[localny]

Do they think we're brainless?

 

[the count]

I guess it depends on who they are and who we are?

 

[Gary25]

Wonder if we tried to offer the likes of Shelvey and/or Downing in the deal??

 

[red_maradona]

Wonder if we tried to offer the likes of Shelvey and/or Downing in the deal??

downing and sunderland are made for each other. mediocrity galore.

 

[RedZeppelin III]

It would be very strange all round if we sign mignolet and reina doesn't move on . Yes, yes competition, but can we really afford reina's wages if he's just on the bench ?. Same with spending 9,10m on mignolet just to be backup . So hopefully this is another sign of us doing the right thing and sorting the replacement before reina moves . But if there isn't a deal in place for him are we not weakening our negotiating position ? clubs will know we need to sell and bend us over.

 

[Mystic]

It would be very strange all round if we sign mignolet and reina doesn't move on . Yes, yes competition, but can we really afford reina's wages if he's just on the bench ?. Same with spending 9,10m on mignolet just to be backup . So hopefully this is another sign of us doing the right thing and sorting the replacement before reina moves . But if there isn't a deal in place for him are we not weakening our negotiating position ? clubs will know we need to sell and bend us over.

Thats exactly why we've come out and said he's competition.

 

[keniget]

Thats exactly why we've come out and said he's competition.

Yeah, but everyone knows that's bollocks.

 

[red_maradona]

Yeah, but everyone knows that's bollocks.

yep, we're not rolling in it to spend 9m-12m on competition.

 

[Mystic]

Yeah, but everyone knows that's bollocks.

Better than saying "Yeh, we need to get rid of Reina now" though.

 

[juniormember]

PAELLA IS BOSS, you cunts.

 

[StevieM]

I agree

 

[gkmacca]

"Paella"? Isn't that that scandal when all them disc jockeys got done for bribery? I've got a dim recollection of that. Still, I'd rather they got up to that rather than pester young women. That's not nice.

 

[tombrown]

It would be very strange all round if we sign mignolet and reina doesn't move on . Yes, yes competition, but can we really afford reina's wages if he's just on the bench ?. Same with spending 9,10m on mignolet just to be backup . So hopefully this is another sign of us doing the right thing and sorting the replacement before reina moves . But if there isn't a deal in place for him are we not weakening our negotiating position ? clubs will know we need to sell and bend us over.

The alternative would have been to sell Reina and then get bent over in a different direction when trying to buy his replacement. Doesn't matter what you do, someone will have the power to bend you over

But I blame Ayre for not managing to organise precise synchronicity in the transfer market.

 

[King Binny]

Phil McNulty ‏@philmcnulty

6m​

Expect LFC to finally tie up £9m Mignolet move after medical tomorrow - then let battle commence if no-one puts together package for Reina.

 

[#roadred]

The alternative would have been to sell Reina and then get bent over in a different direction when trying to buy his replacement. Doesn't matter what you do, someone will have the power to bend you over

But I blame Ayre for not managing to organise precise synchronicity in the transfer market.

On the flip side, it will reduce what get for Reina because it's so obvious we want him out. If someone waits until August 31st and offers 6 or 7 million for him we might have to accept in order to save £5m in salary

 

[Fabio]

Are we perhaps not buying Mignolet now, so he can acclimatise, and then next season we ship out Reina?

Then next season we won't be dry humped over the sale.

He'll move to Athletico Madrid when courtois takes over from cech

 

[Mors]

If Reina doesn't go this summer, then surely the owners are going to ask what Brendan is upto? Having an understudy on the bench on nearly 100k a week.
If Reina doesn't go, I'd have rather we'd have spent that 9mill elsewhere and kept Reina in goal, it's not like he's utterly useless, he's just not as good as he was.
Hopefully we'll ship Reina out and Mignolet will be a star.

 

[gkmacca]

If Reina doesn't go this summer, then surely the owners are going to ask what Brendan is upto?

It's all supposed to be a collective decision, so they can hardly blame him and him alone. They must have decided on a plan that took such a factor into consideration. It's not like when we accidentally signed Kirkland and Dudek at the same time.

 

[Modo]

It's all supposed to be a collective decision, so they can hardly blame him and him alone. They must have decided on a plan that took such a factor into consideration. It's not like when we accidentally signed Kirkland and Dudek at the same time.

Wasn't Dudek around when we bought Reina?

 

[Fabio]

Soooooo no one agrees with my theory then

 

[Markeh]

Soooooo no one agrees with my theory then

I do, I've felt for a while Athletico are the other place he's likely to go.

 

[Oncy]

There is NO WAY Reina is staying.
We have signed Mignolet first to avoid an inflated price.
Reina will be gone within weeks

 

[Fabio]

I think I'm right.

I must be due soon

 

[SummerOnions]

It's all supposed to be a collective decision, so they can hardly blame him and him alone. They must have decided on a plan that took such a factor into consideration. It's not like when we accidentally signed Kirkland and Dudek at the same time.

we accidentally did that?