Tiago Ilori

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Liverpool ask to cancel Tiago Ilori’s season-long loan at Aston Villa

 

Liverpool have responded to their mounting injury problems in central defence by asking Aston Villa to cancel Tiago Ilori’s season-long loan at Villa Park.

 

Ilori, the London-born Portugal Under-21 international, has not played a competitive game for Liverpool since signing for £7m from Sporting Lisbon in 2013. The 22-year-old is yet to feature for Villa either this season, despite their struggle at the bottom of the Premier League, but such is the shortage of fit centre-halves available to Jürgen Klopp that his parent club are exploring the possibility of an Anfield return.

 

Liverpool were without the injured Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho for Tuesday’s impressive Capital One Cup semi-final at Stoke City and ended the first leg with midfielder Lucas Leiva alongside Kolo Touré in central defence after Dejan Lovren suffered a hamstring strain.

 

Philippe Coutinho also damaged his hamstring in the 1-0 win – the extent of his and Lovren’s injuries have not been confirmed – and Touré finished his first full game in almost a month struggling with cramp.

 

Klopp’s side are in the midst of a demanding run of games with Friday’s FA Cup third-round tie at Exeter City followed by home league games against Arsenal and Manchester United.

 

Ilori would represent a stop-gap option should Villa agree to cancel his loan. The former Villa manager Tim Sherwood agreed a £1m fee to sign Ilori on loan with a view to a permanent transfer this summer, expected to be around £6m, but his failure to break into Rémi Garde’s team may encourage the Midlands club to sever ties.

 

Schalke’s Joël Matip is another centre-half of interest to Liverpool, and eligible to sign a pre-contract agreement given the Cameroon international’s deal expires at the end of this season, but the German club have been reluctant so far to consider the possibility of a permanent January exit.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/06/tiago-illori-liverpool-aston-villa

[Lee909]

We'll probably have to give them a bloody fee. Typical as the talk was they wanted to send him back. At least Klopp might get to see what he's got. Hopefully it'll be ond of the strange stories snd he lives up to the potential

[ZonkoVille77]

fucking embarrassing if we have to call him back.

[navbasi]

We'll probably have to give them a bloody fee. Typical as the talk was they wanted to send him back. At least Klopp might get to see what he's got. Hopefully it'll be ond of the strange stories snd he lives up to the potential

I suppose they'd be looking to get back half of the £1m loan fee. As long as he's fit (which he hasn't been during his time at Villa) then we might as well get him back because he's coming back in the summer anyway.

[navbasi]

fucking embarrassing if we have to call him back.

Why? It's only because all the CB's are injured. Don't see why it's so embarrassing.

[El Rojo]

Himself, Aspas and Luis Alberto are reforming for one last show.

[Paco]

fucking embarrassing if we have to call him back.

cant really legislate for 4 cbs being injured at the same time even if sakho and lovren are always getting injured and toure plays so rarely he ends up getting injured through lack of match fitness.

[TheHowieLama]

Already my favorite Portuguesean at the club and he is not even back yet.

[Iceman]

Bring him home FFS.

[TheHowieLama]

Guarantee the fella feels 6'3" tall with just the talk of a recall.

[El Rojo]

Out for three weeks with two cracked vertebrae after his first Klopp hug.

[ZonkoVille77]

Why? It's only because all the CB's are injured. Don't see why it's so embarrassing.

He hasn't played a game for Aston fucking Villa, never mind us, and yet we're taking him back to play him? That's embarrassing.

We should be looking to buy a new CB right now. One that can be the long term replacement for Kolo.

[G Richards]

He's been injured at Villa but I think I read somewhere he was fit now, and looking to get his first match action. Maybe Villa will want him in their team, as they have persisted with him through injury? Or then again, maybe they will ship him out as they look doomed and won't want to do a 6M deal if they are looking at the Championship?

 

I'm hoping he comes back and sees some action here. He might even prove to be a good player with a future at Liverpool. Either way, I don't like signing players with potential like this and never seeing them in action in a red shirt. There's something that is very unsatisfactory about buying, loaning, and losing players without ever seeing them in action.

 

As was said above, maybe this will be a strange story, and through a flukey set of circumstances perhaps he will come back and get a chance to make his mark. 

[macdadi112]

I say get him back. play him. if he's crap put him on the same boat as Benteke....!!!

 

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[Paulie Dangerously]

Start him Friday, nothing to lose

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Get Aspas back to take AND defend the corners, it's fucking mad but it might just work.

[usernameunknown]

We should be looking to buy a new CB right now. One that can be the long term replacement for Kolo.

Buying "squad players" is what got us in to this mess in the first place. Buy quality then Skrtel, Wisdom or Ilori can replace the player who barely plays anyway!

[Phoenix]

Villa have been hoping to cancel his loan anyway, so they can use their loan spots for someone more experienced so imagine cost anything.

 

Makes sense when we are short in Defence.

[Adebisi]

He's made of crisps as well but I wanna see him in action.

We'll have to recall him pretty sharpish if we want to register him in time for Friday's game though won't we?

[Trumo]

Get Aspas back to take...the corners, it's fucking mad but it might just work.

 

The officials won't have to worry about whether the ball is touching the corner quadrant or not, because it will never leave it!

[BCM]

Makes sense if he's fit and we have no Centre Backs. Is anyone in the ressies capable of stepping up to play Exeter.

[Kevin D]

I support Liverpool FC, not Tiago Llori FC.

[TheHowieLama]

 not Tiago Llori FC.

 

Exactly

[Hades]

I hope Thiago Illory can challenge for a first team spot. If he can't do it with 3 starting centre-backs out, he never will. 

[Dr Nowt]

I'll raise you all to Thiago Illllori.

 

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