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January Transfer Window 2016


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That Turkish fellow at Leverkusen we've been tenuously linked too is a freekick speacialist also.

 

Have we been linked too any wingers? Like proper touch line hugging, dribbling, crossing wingers. Not wide forwards, wide playmakers, inverted forwards or any other fancy term for a no10 but actual wingers?

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Oct 30, 2015

Liverpool could reportedly snap up Borussia Dortmund centre-back Neven Subotic as they attempt to add strength to their weak defensive unit.

 

Subotic was a big favourite of Reds manager Jurgen Klopp when the German was in charge at Dortmund.

 

German football expert Raphael Honigstein has indicated that, while Klopp will not raid his former club for signings, out-of-favour Subotic could be a genuine and worthwhile target for Liverpool, per BT Sport (h/t Adam Skinner in the Express):

 

His former CEO and chairman at Dortmund said Klopp wouldn’t target any of his players. There is probably a deal to be made with Subotic, who has been out of favour. He is one of the few players who was personally picked by Klopp for Dortmund when he was at Mainz. Most of the players were bought by the club rather than him.

 

Subotic has made only one Bundesliga start this season under new Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel, with Mats Hummels and Sokratis Papastathopoulos the preferred centre-back paring, per WhoScored.com.

 

However, the Serbian international is an experienced and high-quality centre-back, and he won two Bundesliga titles with Dortmund under Klopp.

 

While Liverpool have been decent in defence this season—they have conceded 11 goals in 10 Premier League games—the likes of Martin Skrtel and Dejan Lovren look vulnerable at times.

 

The 26-year-old Subotic would undoubtedly be an upgrade on the duo, and he would fit easily into Klopp's setup having worked under him previously.

 

In the last two Premier League seasons, Liverpool conceded a combined 98 goals in 76 matches. That is not good enough for a team with supposed title aspirations.

 

The current crop of centre-backs at Anfield are not good enough, but the addition of Subotic could bring some genuine composure to the back line.

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I like the idea of Howedes.

 

Add Pogba and Aubameyang and I will be relatively happy.

Howedes has had a long injury lay off last season,although he is a decent player,though not the quickest. Leroy Sane his Schalke team mate looks a hot property at the moment, and very young.

Canoroglu(sp?) at Leverkusen hasnt been at the club too long from Hamburg so may be a bit more pricey.

Bundesliga talented goalies are abundant at present,Karius,Horn,Sommer,Furmann,etc,etc.

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Our first bit of business in January should be a perm and a muzzie for Joe Allen. An old fashioned sailor's tattoo on his forearm too.

 

I agree, he needs to change his image. He's looking like the "sixth apostle from left" in a crowd scene from a Bible epic.

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That Turkish fellow at Leverkusen we've been tenuously linked too is a freekick speacialist also.

 

Have we been linked too any wingers? Like proper touch line hugging, dribbling, crossing wingers. Not wide forwards, wide playmakers, inverted forwards or any other fancy term for a no10 but actual wingers?

Wouldn't Klopp's preference for playing a compact three behind the strikers eliminate the need for traditional wingers?

 

In fact "wide forwards", "wide playmakers" or "inverted forwards" would be far closer to Klopp's vision for that role. With any width provided by full backs.

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Wouldn't Klopp's preference for playing a compact three behind the strikers eliminate the need for traditional wingers?

 

In fact "wide forwards", "wide playmakers" or "inverted forwards" would be far closer to Klopp's vision for that role. With any width provided by full backs.

Is that how he played It at DOrtmond and Mainz?

 

Always wondered how other teams could play 433 apart from us! 2nd half against Bournemouth was something to bring us hope because we actually had 3 or 4 people in the box instead of 1 striker.

 

What type of player is a wide playmaker though?

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Is that how he played It at DOrtmond and Mainz?

 

Always wondered how other teams could play 433 apart from us! 2nd half against Bournemouth was something to bring us hope because we actually had 3 or 4 people in the box instead of 1 striker.

 

What type of player is a wide playmaker though?

Not sure there is such a thing.

 

The whole idea behind Klopp's counter pressing is that your attacking players are relatively compact so that 1) you can close down and hunt the ball in numbers and 2) when you win it back you have players around you to start the attack.

 

A traditional winger would appear to run counter to that.

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