Monday Jan 13:
Real Madrid got mauled by Barca yesterday so obviously there’s reports today of them coming back in for Trent. Because he’s obviously what they need to shore up a defence that let in four to their biggest rivals! Kyle Walker is available, let them go for him instead. Although if he’s got any sense he’ll go to Italy where he’s be the fastest player in that slow arse league for the next ten years.
Meanwhile, it looks like Tyler Morton might be getting itchy feet. “This month is obviously a big month for myself and it’s decision time. I think I’m ready to kick on and be a proper professional as I always say. I think I’m ready to kick on now and I’m ready to move up a step. If that’s here or if that’s somewhere else, I think football’s football and I’ve got to go and be a bit selfish and go with however I feel.’
‘It’s been tough for me this season, minute’s wise,’ he added. ‘I think I’ve handled it very well, I’ve kept my head down and given it everything every day. I think I do deserve a chance.”
I agree, he does deserve a chance but who do you leave out to give him that chance? If we’d had injuries in midfield and he’d got an opportunity I think he’d have done really well, but he hasn’t had that opportunity and probably won’t get it. I do think he’d be mad to leave in January though. Stick around, you never know what might happen, and at the end of the season there may well be a trade to be a part of. He’s a massive Red, leaving now would be stupid.
Couple of transfer links today. First, Stefanos Tzimas. A teenage striker on loan at Nurnberg from a club in Greece. I’m calling bullshit on this. £20m on a striker who isn’t good enough for his own club in Greece, when we already have Danns? Nah, that does not seem like something we’d do. Seems like a waste of resources, and we don't do that.
Another rumour has us ready to send Doak to Bournemouth in part ex for Semenyo. Fuck. That. I like Semenyo, he even achieved ‘my boy’ status earlier this season. He’s a very good player who I enjoy watching, but I’m far from sure at this point that he’s definitely Liverpool quality. He might be, but he’s 25 and his numbers at Bournemouth aren’t that great. Is he going to give us the same kind of output as a Diaz or Mané, let alone a Salah? Doubtful, but maybe.
One thing I am sure about is that Doak is one of the best 19 year old wingers in the world and is doing some elite stuff. Ask the stat nerds about him, he’s doing some incredible things in terms of ball progression into the penalty area, chance creation and things of that nature. The end product needs polishing, of course, but what 19 year old’s doesn’t? All this £30m talk is pissing me off because he’s potentially going to be worth double that soon.
Another young Scot, Calvin Ramsey, has joined Kilmarnock on loan. He’s destined for a career back in the SPL as he’s not going to make it here. It looks like a bad signing, but sometimes you just need luck and this kid has never had any. Injured as soon as he arrived, he hardly played in his first season here and he’s been playing catch up ever since.
It’s such a precarious career for young footballers, you’re one injury away from it all turning to shit. Look at Kaide Gordon, he’s back here now after Norwich terminated his loan. It’s sad. At 17 he was playing and scoring in our first team, but now he’s a million miles away. Poor lad.
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