Summer 2017 Transfer Thread

[Lee909]

Mirror saying we want Sessegnon and will pay the 15ml and send him back for the year on loan. Makes sense

[Jay86]

I thought Brandt plays wide left? Well everytime I've seen him play he's started out there, I know he's right footed and I'm not saying I've watched him every week so he could have possibly played more on the right but every time I've seen him he's been wide left and looks immense at dribbling. I think if we sign him he's here as an alternative to Coutinho for that position or for when Coutinho is moved more central or deeper, I can see him playing a bit deeper next season quite a lot against the shit we can't break down.

[Jose Jones]

If we want squad players there's this huge multimillion pound investment we have called "the academy". We need first team players and first team players only for our - wait for it - first team.

I guess the question is though, how many players are the "first team"?

You probably want 1 goalie, 3 centre backs, 3 full backs, 4 central midfielders, 4 wide players and 2 centre forwards

That's 17 first team players, then save the rest for academy players (inc. young punts like Gomez).

[RazorBack]

Keep hearing the Lacazette link second-hand but haven't seen it in an article myself and it never quite rings true as a move Klopp would make to me.

 

Also been wondering how we convince Brandt to come while Mane obviously has that slot in the first team nailed down and Coutinho likewise on the left.

 

From all this I make the blind leap that Klopp's hope is to somehow convince Brandt to sign for us so he can play Mane nominally through the centre, but interchanging at will with his new Teutonic colleague and Coutinho.

You are overthninking, quality players always play wherever, I do not see a problem in that.

[El Dangerous]

I can honestly say that if we start next season with 17 first team players we will win every game. Not sure where we'll fit them all in like and we'll still concede 50 goals.

[Barrington Womble]

After the low balling / tapping up of Dempsey it would be easier to complete the deal if he didn't play for Fulham.

I wouldn't have thought there's anyone left at Fulham who was involved in that.

[Lee909]

Im sure he's still hanging around

 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Im sure he's still hanging around

 

 

He's probably the one leaking all the Sessegnon links, I hear he's been talking to the man in The Mirror.

[an tha]

2 or 3 first team players plus a couple of young squaddies for me. One top notch central midfielder plus one centre back.

Then a pacy left footer who can play wide and up top and a left back. Should be enough to challenge on most fronts. Wouldn't argue with anyone who wants a keeper though (except Ardja).

All about opinions of course but that isn't enough for me - just look at the teams we put out in our disgraceful fa cup campaign, look at our bench most weeks of late....next year we have european footy too on top.

[aws]

Im sure he's still hanging around

He'd have thought Sessegnon was more than old enough.

[SammyAftershave]

Im sure he's still hanging around

 

 

That statue looks far more like Ronaldo than the actual Ronaldo statue does. Except the Ronaldo one is made from shit. Highly polished expensive shit.

[Heinze]

Sturridge out

[Lee909]

He had a fair few hits

[Dr Nowt]

You are overthninking, quality players always play wherever, I do not see a problem in that.

No mate, I'm talking about what I think the club will try to do, not what I would like us to do.

 

We maybe have some hope of signing bright young things for a couple of years if they know they will be playing every match prior to the next big move. Otherwise, there are plenty of clubs in a better position able to offer things we aren't.

 

Harsh and all that, but that's who we are right now.

[Jay86]

Scrap the thread. We're going to be on our 4th choice players now after not getting CL.

[RazorBack]

Yep, shit again based on todays match.

[Ne Moe Imya]

That game may well turn out to be an absolute death blow.  Before this weekend we had over 80% chance of top four according to all the major stats people.  I suspect with United winning and us losing it's probably 50-50.

 

If we don't end up with CL, even in fourth spot with a qualifier, it will have a MAJOR knock-on effect as to which players come.  You can forget van Dijk, Keita, and Brandt.  I don't know who our third- and fourth-choice options are but we will be looking in the bracket of Oxlade-Chamberlain and Nathan Redmond.

 

I don't care how much money we have to throw at the problem, the players we want will have other teams after them in the Champions League.  Absolutely fuming, how can we be so bad when the game is so important!?!

[Grinch]

Maybe now we can stop pretending Mignolet, Clyne, Milner, Lovren, Lucas, Can and Origi are good enough.

 

The depressing part is quite a lot of them will still be playing next season cause it's impossible to rid all our shit with no investment from the frauds that unfortunately own the club.

 

We're not going anywhere until we've a gk, two cb, two full backs, dm and another wide player that can be relied upon week in week out.

 

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[3 Stacks]

That game may well turn out to be an absolute death blow.  Before this weekend we had over 80% chance of top four according to all the major stats people.  I suspect with United winning and us losing it's probably 50-50.

 

If we don't end up with CL, even in fourth spot with a qualifier, it will have a MAJOR knock-on effect as to which players come.  You can forget van Dijk, Keita, and Brandt.  I don't know who our third- and fourth-choice options are but we will be looking in the bracket of Oxlade-Chamberlain and Nathan Redmond.

 

I don't care how much money we have to throw at the problem, the players we want will have other teams after them in the Champions League.  Absolutely fuming, how can we be so bad when the game is so important!?!

 

Yep, without top four we're fucked. Two straight seasons without being in the CL with Klopp will also hurt his standing as a coach. 

 

We'll be scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[Pidge]

People think Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain wouldn't improve the first team...

[Jay86]

Maybe now we can stop pretending Mignolet, Clyne, Milner, Lovren, Lucas, Can and Origi are good enough.

 

The depressing part is quite a lot of them will still be playing next season cause it's impossible to rid all our shit with no investment from the frauds that unfortunately own the club.

 

We're not going anywhere until we've a gk, two cb, two full backs, dm and another wide player that can be relied upon week in week out.

 

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Spot on they are all shite, I'd keep Can because I still think there's a player there but the rest simply are nowhere near good enough, nowhere near.

[Grinch]

Top four doesn't matter. We won't pay the wages for any player to be wanted by the big clubs. We sign players they don't go after and that'll be the case, top four or not.

 

Think that leaves us fucked? Then wake up and turn on the owners

 

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[Joey8FrogsLegs]

People think Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain wouldn't improve the first team...

Improving isn't necessarily enough. We need to improve compared to the other top 5. I dont think getting Oxlade-Chamberlain would give us an edge on City, United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs.

[Pidge]

We have an edge on those teams, we have a great record against sides that play football against us.  We need more players to carry us through against the dross and allow us to keep the intensity up in Europe and the cups.

[CWD82]

Just watching Monaco again here.

 

Who is signing Bernardo Silva and for how much? He's shit hot

 

Mbappe is on a different level at 18. So quick and composed. Will be at the Mancs in no time