It’s about being prudent, isn’t it? I’m genuinely not buying into the Bellingham hype. Not for the fees being bandied about, anyway.
Our scouts simply need to get off their ringpieces and get to work.
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Our scouts simply need to get off their ringpieces and get to work.
VVD will still be here... We need to be clever with our money. On the investment front, it's gone quiet which doesn't mean anything is happening. However, it looks like the plebs will stick to 'responsible' spending. Strengthening MF is the priority, try to lure Evan Ndicka to rotate between him Konate, and VVD. There are also Fabs and Nats. Gomez and Matip can leave... I have no confidence left in them
Good to hear about his being invigorated. I’d say the news about addressing the midfield and age profile in the summer could be filed under “… no sh1t Sherlock …”
As long as it does happen then.
VVD is only going to get worse and exposed more if we play klopps high line. You can't regain speed. A sensible, decade long appointment at CB is paramount now. Look at our midfield when we were winning; Hendo, Gini, Fab.... None of them match the profile of Jude, so realistically we should try and get the engine room firing again with 2 new appointments to compliment Bajcetic. Realistically we need a 6 and an 8.
Mount, Thuram, Bajcetic could easily be our new midfield. No glamour, just application.
Hell, maybe we can coax Marcus Thuram as well, considering we're so eager on the bellingham brothers
throw in stupid money for Gvardiol and christ we're looking sexy again. All for arguably less than bellingham + another CM
Hell, maybe we can coax Marcus Thuram as well, considering we're so eager on the bellingham brothers
throw in stupid money for Gvardiol and christ we're looking sexy again. All for arguably less than bellingham + another CM
I could be talked into this approach. But I also want Bellingham. I think your suggestion or something like it is the more sensible way to go about things. But I also want the big shiny gift that we've been waiting all year to unwrap on transfer window morning.
I don’t see it, seems too light and we would get exposed. It needs an additional athletic mid, someone like Hendo type.
If only there was some opportunity to fix those problems previously, a window of sorts maybe in the summer or winter, something like that.
Classic Liverpool press briefing, Jurgens mad for it and wants to spend loads as soon as the window closes. But when the window opens he's very happy with his squad and believes in the players at his disposal.
If we were at the races this season, Jude would pay his own bus fare to us, no doubt. The spanner is this shit season. Let's hope the anti-spanner is Klopp.
I don't think it's overly light, just lean. I think mount or Stefan could easily be a hendo type, or a Gini type.
Nope, 4-5 goals isn't anything to write home about, however, €15m does sound decent, better than having CJ on the bench
Fabizio Romano is suggesting Man U have leap frogged LFC to go into pole to sign Kone, the price is believed to be £40m
Kim Min-Jae has a €50m release clause, he is the defender everyone is talking about
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1 goal every 4-5 games. So, potentially 10 goals or more in all competitions was the implication.
We can’t even get 10 goals from all our midfielders.
He has got 5 goals and 4 assists this season. At the end of the day, we've been starved of signings I am not going to be too picky. Klopp gets 4 new MFs, I really don't care what other player he decides to keep.
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Liverpool are ‘ready’ to pay the release clause for Kim Min-jae to try and bring him to Anfield, according to one Italian journalist.
The Reds have recently been linked with the Napoli defender, who’s also believed to be of interest to Tottenham and Manchester United (Football Insider).
His release clause is reportedly in the region of €70m (£61.5m), with the Reds seemingly willing to pay him €5m (£4.4m) per year in order to land him.
Ciro Venerato has told Tg Sport (via Calcio Napoli 24): “Dialogues with his entourage began several weeks ago. Napoli are willing to offer €2.5m/year + €500k in simple bonuses to the defender. Possibly getting rid of the release clause as well.
“Focusing on the will of the player, who is very attached to the team and the city. A way as any to keep him at least another season. The agency that takes care of his images and interests are much more venal and are offering him to various continental clubs.
“Liverpool, Manchester United and PSG are the ones most interested in the Korean. Ready to guarantee him €5m net per season by paying the release clause, which fluctuates between €50m and €70m.”
Just how true it is that Liverpool might be willing to spend more than £60m to sign Kim remains to be seen, although this update from Venerato is an encouraging one at least.
The 26-year-old has been a rock at the back for Napoli this season as they cruise towards the Serie A title and compete at the business end of the Champions League.
The self-proclaimed ‘monster’ (The Guardian) ranks in the 89th percentile of centre-backs in Europe’s top five leagues for aerial duels won per game (2.93, as per FBref).
Only one player at Anfield boasts a better return in that regard (FBref), which suggests that Kim could add considerable defensive steel at Liverpool.
He could take some persuading if, as Venerato has hinted, he’s ‘very attached’ to his current home, although an attractive offer from FSG might yet turn his head.
The Reds reaped the rewards for splashing the cash to firm up their defence by paying £75m for Virgil van Dijk five years ago (BBC), and they might just be willing to follow suit to bring in the South Korean, who at 26 is at an ideal age to take command of Jurgen Klopp’s backline for the next few years.
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Liverpool are ‘ready’ to pay the release clause for Kim Min-jae to try and bring him to Anfield, according to one Italian journalist.
The Reds have recently been linked with the Napoli defender, who’s also believed to be of interest to Tottenham and Manchester United (Football Insider).
His release clause is reportedly in the region of €70m (£61.5m), with the Reds seemingly willing to pay him €5m (£4.4m) per year in order to land him.
Ciro Venerato has told Tg Sport (via Calcio Napoli 24): “Dialogues with his entourage began several weeks ago. Napoli are willing to offer €2.5m/year + €500k in simple bonuses to the defender. Possibly getting rid of the release clause as well.
“Focusing on the will of the player, who is very attached to the team and the city. A way as any to keep him at least another season. The agency that takes care of his images and interests are much more venal and are offering him to various continental clubs.
“Liverpool, Manchester United and PSG are the ones most interested in the Korean. Ready to guarantee him €5m net per season by paying the release clause, which fluctuates between €50m and €70m.”
Just how true it is that Liverpool might be willing to spend more than £60m to sign Kim remains to be seen, although this update from Venerato is an encouraging one at least.
The 26-year-old has been a rock at the back for Napoli this season as they cruise towards the Serie A title and compete at the business end of the Champions League.
The self-proclaimed ‘monster’ (The Guardian) ranks in the 89th percentile of centre-backs in Europe’s top five leagues for aerial duels won per game (2.93, as per FBref).
Only one player at Anfield boasts a better return in that regard (FBref), which suggests that Kim could add considerable defensive steel at Liverpool.
He could take some persuading if, as Venerato has hinted, he’s ‘very attached’ to his current home, although an attractive offer from FSG might yet turn his head.
The Reds reaped the rewards for splashing the cash to firm up their defence by paying £75m for Virgil van Dijk five years ago (BBC), and they might just be willing to follow suit to bring in the South Korean, who at 26 is at an ideal age to take command of Jurgen Klopp’s backline for the next few years.
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