Summer 2017 Transfer Thread

[YNWAViking]

There's plenty of other players we can go for, of course they might not all be as good as VVD/Keita (some may be), but what I'm afraid of is that we dally around these two players for too long, and if we dont get them we might have lost out on other opportunities. But I hope we have some clever people that closely follow up on this, and that we indeed still have a fair chance of signing them - if not, its time to say fuck it and asap go for someone else. We need a good CB and central midfielder, we don't need dreams of VVD and Keita.

[Dave D]

No striker, no trophies. You can guarantee that

[thompsonsnose]

No striker, no trophies. You can guarantee that

Thats not a problem for the owners. No problem at all.

[Thoth]

No striker, no trophies. You can guarantee that

 

Exactly... Milan Baros 9 goals 2005.. goal machine lol

[Babb'sBurstNad]

If it means we push the boat out and pay whatever it takes to get Keita I'm fine with that. Goals haven't been that hard to come by under Klopp, the issue's been a midfield that rolls out the welcome mat and struggles to create anything once a defence is organised.

[YNWAViking]

The owners doesn't decide who our top targets are; Klopp does. If we don't sign a striker this summer you should blame Klopp not the owners.

[Jose Jones]

No striker, no trophies. You can guarantee that

Can you?

[Paco]

What were we in for Mbappe if we don't want a striker?

[Jose Jones]

What were we in for Mbappe if we don't want a striker?

We weren't.

We asked about Mbappe a year ago so the press used that to justify making up that we were in for him now.

[Gym Beglin]

Klopp is prepared to go into the 2017/18 campaign with the striking options he already has at his disposal.

#LFC (James Pearce)

 

The hope is that #Ings will have a part to play in 2017/18 but he will need to be eased back in gently. (James Pearce)

 

I can understand this to an extent.  We only play with 1 up front, and we have Firmino, Sturridge, Origi, Ings on the books.  I think Klopp really rates Origi and he could push on next season.  We've heard nothing in terms of discontent around Origi and selling him.

 

Also, Klopp doesn't just 'settle' for a player if he can't get the one he really wants.  This, if true, would suggest he's got his eye on a player that won't be available this summer and is happy to wait.

 

Timo Werner perhaps.  

[Babb'sBurstNad]

What were we in for Mbappe if we don't want a striker?

 

We weren't in for him, we just wanted to be part of the conversation, much like I'd be part of the conversation if I saw Kelly Brook out with a fella and I shouted "I'd fuck her too!".

[Dave D]

Can you?

Yep.

 

Coutinho, Lallana, Sturridge and Mane will inevitably miss parts of the season with injury leaving us lacking in attack

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

This talk is all well and good but have we finally found an Official Club Black Pudding Supplier yet ?

[dickie mint]

We weren't in for him, we just wanted to be part of the conversation, much like I'd be part of the conversation if I saw Kelly Brook out with a fella and I shouted "I'd fuck her too!".

 

You'd have more of a chance with Kelly than we would of getting Mbappe.

[El Rojo]

Yep.

 

Coutinho, Lallana, Sturridge and Mane will inevitably miss parts of the season with injury leaving us lacking in attack

Yep. Hopefully Mane's absence was a one-off but the other three are injury prone by any definition (one more so than the others).

[El Dangerous]

This talk is all well and good but have we finally found an Official Club Black Pudding Supplier yet ?

Not since Leicester sold us Emile Heskey.

[aws]

Yeah it's not like we don't have, oh, mane, lallana, coutinho in addition to firmino and a lesser extent origi capable of banging them in, is it?

 

Fuck, I even forgot salah too!

You forgot Solanke too. Wouldn't surprise me at all if this is correct. I just hope it means we've got real plans to buy a top class CB and midfielder.

[Dr Nowt]

"The hope is that #Ings will have a part to play in 2017/18"

 

I'm just standing back and marvelling at the sheer fucking chutzpah of that.

 

Truly magnificent.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

So long as Pearce doesn't say Klopp is happy with the centre halves we already have.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

"The hope is that #Ings will have a part to play in 2017/18"

I'm just standing back and marvelling at the sheer fucking chutzpah of that.

Truly magnificent.

The part may well be in Hollyoaks.

[El Rojo]

"The hope is that #Ings will have a part to play in 2017/18"

 

I'm just standing back and marvelling at the sheer fucking chutzpah of that.

 

Truly magnificent.

His return will be like spending £130m on two world class players.

[Dave D]

"The hope is that #Ings will have a part to play in 2017/18"

 

I'm just standing back and marvelling at the sheer fucking chutzpah of that.

 

Truly magnificent.

 

Bravo sir!

[Paulie Dangerously]

Current front 3 options:

 

Mane

Salah

Firmino

Coutinho 

Sturridge

Lallana

Solanke

Ings

Woodburn

 

Of these 7 I would anticipate that Sturridge will not be available for at least 50% of the games going by previous form.  Ings is a worry, two major injuries in a row (and one in his younger days at Burnley IIRC) means his joints could crumble at any time.

 

Solanke is an unknown quantity and Woodburn hasn;t shown enough in his Cameos to convince me he's good enough to start in PL games if he's called upon.

 

That leaves us the same options as least season + Salah which I don't think is enough for a League campaign, Champions League (assuming we qualify) and a couple of cup runs. 

[dickie mint]

Ings was average before his injury so what he comes back like who knows but if it saves the club money thats all the matters theses days.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

So long as Pearce doesn't say Klopp is happy with the centre halves we already have.

 

I think we're all dreading the "Klopp can't get his first choices and he's willing to wait until next summer for them" stories.