Thomas Lemar

[manwithnoname]

I wouldn't have bought him because of his name alone.

Although, I'd have definitely bought Lazar Markovic because of his name alone, so perhaps that isn't the best strategy.

Yes, names are important. There should be no chance at all that a footballer who is called fucking "Laser" could be anything other than boss.

We never learn.

 

[Halmeister]

Been told today that we've ended our interest in him.

 

[Markeh]

Been told today that we've ended our interest in him.

Look how that ended with big Virgil

 

[737Max]

Wonder if we've decided to bid big on Pulisic instead?

 

[SummerOnions]

Been told today that we've ended our interest in him.

Do you ever get told good news? Haha

 

[Esoteric]

I imagined when we didn't go the extra mile (extra mils) in Jan, that Klopp doesn't think Lemar's The One.

 

[Buddha]

Been told today that we've ended our interest in him.

It's reported in the Echo today..

 

[HC]

It's reported in the Echo today..

I think Hal has a friend that works there or something

 

[The Nomad]

Meh.. Smoke screen. I like it.

 

[Roopy]

Wonder if we've decided to bid big on Pulisic instead?

I would rather we go for Pulisic than Lemar.

He is more flexible with his positioning and will represent better value for money.

 

[moron]

I have no idea what player we should go for - but if we spend 40M+ on a player I expect him to go into the first team and be the dogs bollox.

 

[Halmeister]

I think Hal has a friend that works there or something

Yeah, didn't realise it had actually been reported today. Apparently Klopp is sick of being asked questions about Lemar so the club has briefed the media to put out that we're not interested. You could look at that two ways, really.

The same lad told me he reckons we'll be after Lanzini in the summer.

 

[Halmeister]

Do you ever get told good news? Haha

I'm sure if there was ever any good news to be had, I'd be told!

 

[Ryan]

Pearce in the Echo saying we've moved on from Lemar and will be focusing on other targets.

 

[dmishra]

Yeah, didn't realise it had actually been reported today. Apparently Klopp is sick of being asked questions about Lemar so the club has briefed the media to put out that we're not interested. You could look at that two ways, really.

The same lad told me he reckons we'll be after Lanzini in the summer.

Lanzini for Coutinho would be straight out of the Aquilani for Alonso and Balotelli for Suarez school of incompetence.

 

[rurikbird]

Pearce in the Echo saying we've moved on from Lemar and will be focusing on other targets.

Pearce, always the bearer of bad news.

That said, if Monaco won’t budge from their £90M valuation maybe we should focus on other targets. As much as I like Lemar, he hasn’t done enough yet to be worth Pogba money.

 

[Raz]

Pearce, always the bearer of bad news.

That said, if Monaco won’t budge from their £90M valuation maybe we should focus on other targets. As much as I like Lemar, he hasn’t done enough yet to be worth Pogba money.

Neither has Pogba.

 

[Fabio]

Pearce, always the bearer of bad news.

That said, if Monaco won’t budge from their £90M valuation maybe we should focus on other targets. As much as I like Lemar, he hasn’t done enough yet to be worth Pogba money.

I'm confused

So klopp clearly has backup targets then? And will settle for second best?

I thought that wasn't his style

(I'm still pissed over the centre back shite in the summer, don't mean to be snarky)

 

[mom]

I’d like to know who we do actually have a genuine and funded interest in.

 

[Buddha]

Yeah, didn't realise it had actually been reported today. Apparently Klopp is sick of being asked questions about Lemar so the club has briefed the media to put out that we're not interested. You could look at that two ways, really.

The same lad told me he reckons we'll be after Lanzini in the summer.

Oh fuck.

 

[RedStar]

Lanzini for Coutinho would be straight out of the Aquilani for Alonso and Balotelli for Suarez school of incompetence.

So business as usual then

 

[Insignificance]

I'm confused

So klopp clearly has backup targets then? And will settle for second best?

I thought that wasn't his style

(I'm still pissed over the centre back shite in the summer, don't mean to be snarky)

Price clearly has a say.

 

[Woland]

Watching that Laczazette yesterday, you can't trust anyone from that league. Unless you're Leicester, obv.

 

[Judge Jules]

Price clearly has a say.

Yes, as do (a) difference in quality and (b) urgency of need. If Klopp reckons there's a second choice out there who is LFC standard, though maybe not quite as good as the first choice, I'm sure he'd be in for him if the need were great enough. If he thinks either of those factors doesn't apply, though, he'll hold out for the top choice and IMO rightly so. This is absolutely not the simple "one in, one out" equation that too many on here seem to think it is.

 

[Woland]

The problem is that the in / out policy hasn't been 1:1 at all. It's been 1:2 and seen us with a squad 11 players lighter, as well as Studge and Grujic on loan. That's not by chance, that's by policy.

 

[SummerOnions]

Tbf we had loads of players on high wages who were shit. Trouble is we didn't replace them with players who are good

 

[dantes]

The problem is that the in / out policy hasn't been 1:1 at all. It's been 1:2 and seen us with a squad 11 players lighter, as well as Studge and Grujic on loan. That's not by chance, that's by policy.

You'd gladly fall to your knees and start praying upon the slightest chance that policy ever extended to our goalkeepers.

 

[keniget]

The players we've offloaded have mostly been youngsters and senior players who weren't contributing so numbers don't tell the whole story.

It's not numbers we have a problem with, it's quality (and reliability to a degree).

 

[Mystic]

The players we've offloaded have mostly been youngsters and senior players who weren't contributing so numbers don't tell the whole story.

It's not numbers we have a problem with, it's quality (and reliability to a degree).

Yeh, i'm kind of with you on this, for years people were complaining that we have too much bloat in the squad, and we need to trim the fat, we do that, and people still complain. I agree there's an issue we need to resolve with us not properly replacing a couple of the players when then leave, but the numbers game people are playing here is dishonest to our previous situation.

 

[manwithnoname]

Yeh, i'm kind of with you on this, for years people were complaining that we have too much bloat in the squad, and we need to trim the fat, we do that, and people still complain. I agree there's an issue we need to resolve with us not properly replacing a couple of the players when then leave, but the numbers game people are playing here is dishonest to our previous situation.

Yeah. There's some merit in both sides of the argument, deffo