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Transfer Rumours 21/22

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Madrid had a £200m bid turned down for Mbappe, now they'll get him for free. I think they'll go all out to get Haaland
 
Luis Diaz please.

Also wouldn't be against bringing either Paqueta/Aouar from Lyon....both supremely talented.
 
King Binny said:

[article]It was all new for Luis Diaz.

Despite having been raised next to the border with Venezuela in north-eastern Colombia, the young winger had never set foot abroad when he was called up to represent his country at the Copa America of Indigenous People in mid-2015.

As a member of the Wayuu, the largest indigenous community in Colombia, he could not have been more excited after impressing local legend Carlos Valderrama.

"The competition would be held in Chile so we took a five-hour flight there and you could see his eyes light up with that experience," former Colombia international John 'Pocillo' Diaz, who coached that side, told BBC Sport.

"Lucho would ask us if he could have the same meal more than once. He was this humble."

Although this has not changed, one thing certainly did - Diaz has made many other trips since then.

The latest of them to Liverpool, where he arrives as Porto's main hope of causing an upset at Anfield on Wednesday and taking a step towards the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Diaz was unstoppable during this summer's Copa America, finding the net against the likes of Brazil and Argentina and finishing the tournament as joint top scorer alongside Lionel Messi. He has followed that with 11 goals in 17 appearances for Porto this season.

The 24-year-old is quickly becoming the next big thing in Portuguese football, with a Premier League move looking increasingly likely having been linked with Everton, Newcastle and Liverpool too.

It has been a long journey for the boy who is now emulating his compatriots Radamel Falcao, James Rodriguez, Fredy Guarin and Jackson Martinez, all four of them former Porto stars.

One of Diaz's hobbies as a child was to watch large trains go by his small village of Barrancas three times a day, carrying coal from the Cerrejon, one of the world's biggest open pit coal mines. Most of the product is loaded onto ships and sent to Europe.

As trains moved through, Diaz often caught himself wondering if he would ever have a chance to see more of the world too.

Very few kids born in the La Guajira region actually have. To this day, it remains one of the most neglected areas by the Colombian government, where 4.770 Wayuu children died from malnutrition between 2008 and 2016.

The humanitarian crisis still persists and has drawn attention from organisations such as the United Nations and Human Rights Watch.

When 'Pocillo' Diaz first met the Porto winger in 2015, the coach was astonished by how underweight he looked.

"For a moment, we thought it would be very difficult for him to perform because Lucho seemed to have malnutrition problems - he was very skinny and lost the duels with other players," he recalled.

"But despite that, he managed to stand out among 400 candidates and make the 26-man squad. He initially played as a striker, but had one big issue in his game. He used to run the ball with his head down, so sometimes he didn't even notice that he had reached the end of the pitch. He was very fast and had a very good technique, the ball would stick to his foot like glue."

Ultimately, Colombia lost the Copa America of Indigenous People's final 1-0 to Paraguay, but Diaz ended the competition with two goals to his name and a bright future ahead.

A record-breaking deal in the summer?
As he returned from Chile, he did not head back to Barrancas this time. Instead, he signed for second-tier club Barranquilla FC, an affiliate of Junior FC. He had made such an impression that he even led the team to create a new age group in order to accommodate him.

"When we brought him in, Lucho had turned 18, but the youth tournaments here in Colombia are divided between the under-20 and under-17 age groups, said Fernel Diaz, Barranquilla youth football coordinator.

"He was not ready to play with the former and was too old for the latter, so we had to come up with a solution. We then decided to launch an under-18 team to give him and other boys some playing time,

"He didn't stay around long, however. By the end of that year, he was already featuring for our under-20 side."

At this point, there was no doubt left about his talent. Diaz still needed, though, to strengthen his body, which prompted Barranquilla to start a plan that saw him gain 10kg through a diet plan that included eating pasta during breakfast.

In 2017, he was on the move to Junior and did not look back, going on to win the Colombian league and reach the Copa Sudamericana final the following year.

He would score his first national team goal in a 2-1 defeat by South Korea in 2019, becoming the first footballer from La Guajira to do so since the 1990s. Former Colombia boss Carlos Queiroz, who also led Portugal and Real Madrid, compared him to the legendary Luis Figo.

He had offers from Zenit St Petersburg and Cardiff City among many others but Diaz ended up choosing Porto in a 7m euro deal that same season. He is now expected to leave the Portuguese giants next summer in a record-breaking transfer, with his buyout clause set at 80m euros.

"Lucho can shoot from distance, he's comfortable with his two feet, he can dribble, he can open up defences, he can score. What can't he do?" 'Pocillo' concluded. "But, believe it or not, he's yet to reach his ceiling."[/article]
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https://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre
João Félix has reportedly been told he can leave Atletico Madrid "if a suitable offer arrives" as four Premier League clubs mull over launching a bid. (Daily Mail)
Long term replacement for Mane..?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/gossip
West Ham are targeting English defender Nat Phillips, 24, as a replacement for injured Italian Angelo Ogbonna, 33, but Liverpool are demanding £10m to let him go.

Damanding £10m, Demanding £10m ..?? It should be £30m or fuck off

West Ham are where? 4th in the table on 28 point... Utd 5th on 27 point and Arsenal 6th 0n 26 point Spurs 7th on 25 point and 2 games in hand and West wanting a CL bearth. How much is that run worth to the club..? £30m is cheap.

I am sure Newcastle would pay it no problem
 
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Donavan Ried said:
https://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre
João Félix has reportedly been told he can leave Atletico Madrid "if a suitable offer arrives" as four Premier League clubs mull over launching a bid. (Daily Mail)
Long term replacement for Mane..?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/gossip
West Ham are targeting English defender Nat Phillips, 24, as a replacement for injured Italian Angelo Ogbonna, 33, but Liverpool are demanding £10m to let him go.

Damanding £10m, Demanding £10m ..?? It should be £30m or fuck off

West Ham are where? 4th in the table on 28 point... Utd 5th on 27 point and Arsenal 6th 0n 26 point Spurs 7th on 25 point and 2 games in hand and West wanting a CL bearth. How much is that run worth to the club..? £30m is cheap.

I am sure Newcastle would pay it mo problem
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West Ham should be paying £10m for a copy of the DVD of Nat doing that drag back against Milan!!!
 
mwake said:
Honestly, as much as I love our team if we could afford it then Haaland is the lazy (expensive) way to secure our future especially after when Klopp leaves. Haaland is a definite player that would make our team better, no matter what manager he plays under.

We aren't likely to get Halland and will instead go for some underrated gem as we have but that's only worked in recent years whilst we have had Kloop. Once we lose Klopp's magical powers those underrated gems turn into overrated flops. This is why it makes sense to go for sure-fire players like Halland before Klopp leaves.

I don't get FSG, I know they are trying to run the club right but sometimes you got to speculate to accumulate. Getting Haaland and keeping Salah would be very expensive but keeps us at the top for a while after Klopp leaves.
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So Klopp has a monopoly on improving players - turning them into top top players? Much as I love love love Klopp the sky won't fall when he leaves.
 
Frogfish said:
So Klopp has a monopoly on improving players - turning them into top top players? Much as I love love love Klopp the sky won't fall when he leaves.
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We're gonna have a fucking massive drop off if FSG don't pull out another manager on the level of Klopp, and continue to be the tight bastards they always have been.
 
Frogfish said:
Oh come on. Two tap ins and one left totally unmarked that would never happen in the PL. Thanks for posting Binny but I continue to be unimpressed. Shite league.
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No worries mate. 🙂

Haven't watched him enough to clamour for his signing. Just shared as I came across the tweet. I was focusing more on his positioning, composure & finishing since league wise, it's really hard to judge - just like how there were hits and misses from the Dutch league



Just saw this stat too

[article]It would be foolish to read too much into his limited experience in European football, as he has had less than 1000 minutes of action in the Europa League and Champions League to date (though more will follow this season).

However, his pressing rate of 17.8 per 90 minutes in those competitions does at least imply that he is willing to defend from the front.

Only seven forwards in the Premier League (with at least as many minutes played) have a higher rate this season. ‘Pressing monster’ Diogo Jota is one of them, with 22.7 pressures made every 90 minutes, but he’s the only Liverpool man on the list.
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Frogfish said:
Oh come on. Two tap ins and one left totally unmarked that would never happen in the PL. Thanks for posting Binny but I continue to be unimpressed. Shite league.
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They tend to unearth really good talent.
Granted, Taki hasn't been good enough - but he doesn't really fit into our team. THat other lad they sent to England (Mane) has done well ... and Haaland has been great.
Kid looks really talented but he'll end up with Leipzig or Dortmund, and eventually Bayern if the hype around him is seriously legit
 
When Klopp leaves, we will experience that inevitable slow decline, and get to know the feeling of shite managers again - until use and old age accept them and all chance of valor has gone beyond recall or desire.
 
Leeds after Ben Brereton Diaz, available for £25m.
He seems similar to Harry Kane

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Ben Brereton Diaz and Carney Chukwuemeka... these names are getting more made up by the day.

That sounds like a UFC Fighter and a Law Firm!
 
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