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Summer transfer links
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Mario Lemina is great. I'd definitely take him. Just watch a video of him. I dare you to be unimpressed.
Would be perfect for us. I thought he would go more than 60million in the current climate. The future of US soccer and the biggest talent to come out of US. That should count for something from a marketing point of view also.
I think Dortmund will ask for Dembele money for him, unfortunately
We should be going all out for him. Don’t care about the price. He’ll make a massive difference for us, just like VVD.
Sub £10m and he might be worth a punt.
Shaqiri epitomizes the type of an attacking player I particularly dislike: one who ends a lot of his team's attacking moves by taking low-percentage long-range shots and making other decisions that, when successful, make him look good and make highlight reels, but when not (which is most of the time) simply waste his teammates' efforts. Also one who instead of working on diversifying his game is content to let it fall into predictable patterns, such as cutting in and shooting whether the situation calls for it or not. This kind of player is an absolute killer of efficiency and teamwork and so it's little wonder that the team where Shaqiri has been the leader and best player got relegated.
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And he's fat
Nabil Fekir is about to cross a course. The Lyon striker is about to leave his training club. According to information from Canal +, confirmed by RMC Sport, the club Lyon and Liverpool have agreed to the transfer of the French international. Estimated amount of the transaction: 70 million euros, bonus included. And the Reds do not intend to stop there, because they also want Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona).
It is a Canal + information of which RMC Sport has been confirmed. Nabil Fekir should be a Liverpool player next season. Olympique Lyonnais has reached an agreement with the Reds to the tune of 70 million euros, bonus included, for the transfer of the French international. Gérard Houllier, the adviser to President Jean-Michel Aulas , played a major role in this agreement. He was in England a few weeks ago to finalize the negotiations.
Liverpool also wants Ousmane Dembélé
Nabil Fekir has already agreed with the English around a 5-year contract, and Liverpool should double the score by signing the brother of Lyonnais, Yassin Fekir, who trained for the first time with the group of Bruno Génésio there is little.
The very likely arrival of Nabil Fekir will not stop Liverpool. According to our information, the Reds are also concretely positioned to bring Ousmane Dembélé . In difficulty in Barcelona, the French think about this opportunity. Jürgen Klopp is a big fan of the player since his time in Rennes. Before the attacking midfielder headed for Dortmund, Klopp had personally traveled to Paris to try to get him signed. Without success. The German does not despair and will get involved again in this transaction. Offensive research on the Liverpool side that suggests a big start next summer.
It is a Canal + information of which RMC Sport has been confirmed. Nabil Fekir should be a Liverpool player next season. Olympique Lyonnais has reached an agreement with the Reds to the tune of 70 million euros, bonus included, for the transfer of the French international. Gérard Houllier, the adviser to President Jean-Michel Aulas , played a major role in this agreement. He was in England a few weeks ago to finalize the negotiations.
Liverpool also wants Ousmane Dembélé
Nabil Fekir has already agreed with the English around a 5-year contract, and Liverpool should double the score by signing the brother of Lyonnais, Yassin Fekir, who trained for the first time with the group of Bruno Génésio there is little.
The very likely arrival of Nabil Fekir will not stop Liverpool. According to our information, the Reds are also concretely positioned to bring Ousmane Dembélé . In difficulty in Barcelona, the French think about this opportunity. Jürgen Klopp is a big fan of the player since his time in Rennes. Before the attacking midfielder headed for Dortmund, Klopp had personally traveled to Paris to try to get him signed. Without success. The German does not despair and will get involved again in this transaction. Offensive research on the Liverpool side that suggests a big start next summer.
Some of the same twitter speculation around these two transfer targets assumes that one of our current front three will be leaving Liverool this summer.
Mane will surely hang around to play with his pal Narby Keita.
Bobby just signed a new contract.
Not sure if we would sell Salah after one season unless he has made it clear, a la Coutinho, that he wants to leave.
Or more likely the whole thing is bullshit
Mane will surely hang around to play with his pal Narby Keita.
Bobby just signed a new contract.
Not sure if we would sell Salah after one season unless he has made it clear, a la Coutinho, that he wants to leave.
Or more likely the whole thing is bullshit
we're signing a right fekir, aren't we?
A right good fekir
How old is Zaha? He'd slot in perfectly imo.
Palace will want ridiculous amounts for him though.
[article]Not many football scouts will think of an 18-year-old keeper playing in the Ukrainian Premier League as one of the top prospects in European football. But Andriy Lunin is indeed a unique talent not only playing at a Europa League starter but firmly cementing his place in the starting eleven at a team that is among the best when it comes to developing talent in Ukraine.
Lunin’s career, however, started admits one of the saddest stories in modern Ukrainian football. A product of storied Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, now merely known as Dnipro FC, Lunin was pressed into service as a 17-year-old last season after his club faced the prospect of bankruptcy thanks to owner Ihor Kolomoyskyi’s refusal to pay outstanding club debts.
Dnipro FC were once one of the most successful clubs in Ukrainian football, and in 2015 they reached the final of the UEFA Europa League, where they were narrowly beaten by Sevilla FC. Faced with salary debts and FIFA sanctions, which included point reductions, and an owner unwilling to pay his due to the club, however, kept falling down the standings.
At the halfway point of the 2016-17 season, Dnipro FC had already sold most of their stars—completing a sellout of talent that began when the club was refused participation in the 2016-17 Europa League season by UEFA due to breaches with Financial Fair Play.
Financial Chaos and Departures Opened the Door for Andriy Lunin
Economic chaos and the departure of key players has meant that Dnipro FC were forced to field several players from the youth academies to make up the numbers in the squad. Furthermore, the departure of goalkeeper Jan Lastuvka and the lack of funds meant that the club had to trust then 17-year-old keeper Andriy Lunin to take place between the sticks.
It was an impossible task for an inexperienced keeper. But young keepers pressed into service by clubs in impossible situations usually can make the best out of a hopeless situation. The likes of Robert Enke and Marc-André ter Stegen, both at Borussia Mönchengladbach, for example, used the relegation battle to start world careers that would eventually lead to international recognition.
Relegation battle with a team that has nothing to lose means that there is little pressure on a young keeper. Given the impossible situation at Dnipro Lunin could only win and show that he was not just a talented keeper, but that he deserved to play in the Ukrainian Premier League not just because of his club’s impending bankruptcy, but on merit.
In 25 games with a depleted Dnipro squad, Lunin conceded 23 goals and managed ten clean sheets. In fact, had it not been for the deducted 18 points by FIFA and the Football Federation of Ukraine Dnipro would have managed to finish sixth and played in the championship round, rather than the relegation round of the 2016-17 UPL season.
Ahead of the relegation round Dnipro were once again deducted points, which altogether meant the club had lost 24 points thanks to Kolomoyskyi’s refusal to pay debts to former players and coaches. With that many minus points stacked against them, survival was almost impossible, and Dnipro were relegated with just 13 points. Once relegation stood FIFA determined that the club was to restart play in the Ukrainian Second League (third division) where the club is currently fighting for financial survival.
Relegation and third division football would, however, not become a part of Lunin’s problems. The now 18-year-old goalkeeper had proven that he could play on this level and Zorya Luhansk, freshly qualified for the Europa League, picked the keeper up on a free transfer. Now filled out to his full height of 191cm Lunin was brought in to challenge the already established Oleksiy Shevchenko.
Lunin Quickly Became the Starting Keeper at Zorya
Now halfway through the season Lunin has played 16 of 19 possible games in the Ukrainian Premier League and started in all six UEFA Europa League games for his club. His strong performances meant that Shevchenko was rooted to the bench for much of this season and decided to leave the club in January to find more playing opportunity.
Shevchenko’s departure means that Lunin, who will turn 19 in February, is the starting goalkeeper at one of the top clubs in his country. Furthermore, with Shakhtar Donetsk keeper Andriy Pyatov and Dynamo Kyiv lacking a true starter—Maksym Koval and Georgi Bushchan have shared the goalkeeping duty—Lunin might be the best Ukrainian keeper in the league at the moment.
Being the best keeper in his national competition at such a young age is an outstanding achievement. Furthermore, there are not many keepers around the world in his age category, who are already playing regularly both in domestic and international competitions. Lunin is therefore in the same class as Sweden’s Pontus Dahlberg (IFK Goteborg) and Croatia’s Adrian Semper (Dinamo Zagreb).
Strong with already a good presence inside the box Lunin still is a bit of project. His opening pass at times is still off, and he struggles at time to move his body across the line. Both factors, however, can be worked on and are also somewhat understandable given his young age. Other than that the sky seems to be the limit for the talented Ukrainian keeper, who shortly might be able to challenge for a spot in Ukraine’s national team.[/article]
But we do need depth. The drop off from those front three is huge.
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