Naby Keita

[3 Stacks]

I fail to see when we'd sell him. It's obvious Wijnaldum is going. Thiago is basically his replacement. They'll have similar standings in the squad and we've done that ahead of time because the contract is running out and we anticipated the situation.

 

But with Keita, we've rarely just admitted defeat on a signing and sold at a loss. I'm sure he's still highly rated by many, especially in Germany, but it's hard for me to believe we'd sell and replace him just like that. Klopp admitted mistakes at Dortmund and sold some players quickly, but this was a 50m signing. Much bigger financial implications. 

[Captain Howdy]

22 minutes ago, Chocoholic said:

Putting aside all of the hype before we signed him, and then after we signed him before he arrived, he'd be a pretty uninspiring below average signing, for the time we signed him. 

 

 

[Jairzinho]

While I'd be happy for us to bin him I'd be happy for us bin AOC as well. It appears Wijnaldum is leaving, and Milner will too.

 

So we'd be left needing to sign at least two central midfielders next year. 

 

I guess ideally Wijnaldum would end up signing a new deal so at least we'd be left with -

 

Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Wijnaldum and Jones.

[Daisy]

I'm really not OK with Gini leaving. 

[Stickman]

9 hours ago, ben48 said:

What’s wrong with him now then?

Suffered a serious paper cut when showing his passport at Speke airport 

[Captain Howdy]

1 hour ago, Stickman said:

Suffered a serious paper cut when showing his passport at Speke airport 

Aye, yet another one made of trifle. We do like a good sick note alright.

[Josef Svejk]

2 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

While I'd be happy for us to bin him I'd be happy for us bin AOC as well. It appears Wijnaldum is leaving, and Milner will too.

 

So we'd be left needing to sign at least two central midfielders next year. 

 

I guess ideally Wijnaldum would end up signing a new deal so at least we'd be left with -

 

Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Wijnaldum and Jones.

Jones has done nothing to suggest he'll work out in our midfield three.

[Jairzinho]

Just now, Josef Svejk said:

Jones has done nothing to suggest he'll work out in our midfield three.

I agree. 

[Scott_M]

I fully expect Keita to be absolutely awesome next week against Midtjylland.

[dockers_strike]

1 hour ago, Josef Svejk said:

Jones has done nothing to suggest he'll work out in our midfield three.

He's 19 mate. Not saying he's the finished article but Klopp wouldnt be picking him if he thought that. And Blind conned the ref into giving him a foul by Jones when he was in a good position (tried it again with Sadio as well but the ref had had enough by then).

[Dr Nowt]

2 hours ago, Scott_M said:

I fully expect Keita to be absolutely awesome next week against Midtjylland.

He’s from there isn’t he.

[Josef Svejk]

3 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

He's 19 mate. Not saying he's the finished article but Klopp wouldnt be picking him if he thought that. And Blind conned the ref into giving him a foul by Jones when he was in a good position (tried it again with Sadio as well but the ref had had enough by then).

I'm not dismissing his ability. I just don't think he looks like our kind of midfielder. More of a forward - or more suited to other roles that we don't necessarily accommodate?

[3 Stacks]

Jones needs to establish himself as someone who can play deeper. It's critical for his development. He can't pigeonhole himself as one of those #10 types nowadays because those players are becoming more and more out of favour. That position he played yesterday is where he should be.

 

As for Keita, since we bought someone with high quality who can play deeper like Thiago and we have multiple options who can play as the 6, Aouar starts to make sense as a good like for like replacement if we so choose. The price set this summer by Lyon didn't look so crazy. But I still have doubts we'll give up on him.

[Funkasy]

Naby Sheita 

[DaveT]

1 hour ago, Josef Svejk said:

I'm not dismissing his ability. I just don't think he looks like our kind of midfielder. More of a forward - or more suited to other roles that we don't necessarily accommodate?

He mostly played for the U23s last year on the left of a front three but with licence to drift centrally, Eden Hazard-like. He was one of the top players in that league and still younger than many of his opponents. He's learning and developing all the time and I fully expect him to be a well-rounded, outstanding player within a couple of years, able to fulfill a number of roles in different formations.

[Jordy Brouwer]

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

Jones needs to establish himself as someone who can play deeper. It's critical for his development. He can't pigeonhole himself as one of those #10 types nowadays because those players are becoming more and more out of favour. That position he played yesterday is where he should be.

 

As for Keita, since we bought someone with high quality who can play deeper like Thiago and we have multiple options who can play as the 6, Aouar starts to make sense as a good like for like replacement if we so choose. The price set this summer by Lyon didn't look so crazy. But I still have doubts we'll give up on him.

 

Aouar would be an amazing signing. Absolutely amazing if we could pull it off. 

[Barrington Womble]

Injured again and out of today's squad. How do we bin this fella? It's like we still have the ghost of lallana and sturridge hanging about. 

[3 Stacks]

High level football might not be for this lad.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

If we can't play him is there any job he can do for his wages? Professional armchair tester? Chief layabout? Captain of the corner flag team?

[Elite]

We should have him work in the club kitchen. He would be the most expensive sandwich maker in the history of sandwich makers but at least he'd be contributing.

[Captain Howdy]

Absolute joke of a “footballer” horrendous signing

 

[alles ist gut]

1 minute ago, Elite said:

We should have him work in the club kitchen. He would be the most expensive sandwich maker in the history of sandwich makers but at least he'd be contributing.

He’d cut his hand off within a week

[Barrington Womble]

15 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

High level football might not be for this lad.

He's only played Wednesday hasn't he? Not exactly high level a CL dead rubber against one of the worst teams in the competition. 

[3 Stacks]

1 minute ago, Barrington Womble said:

He's only played Wednesday hasn't he? Not exactly high level a CL dead rubber against one of the worst teams in the competition. 

I mean high level football as in, he's probably not meant to play for a club that plays 2-3 times a week, like we do. If he can’t stay fit, he should go to Werder  Bremen or something, and play once a week.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

I’ve been one of the few people on here which hasnt given up on him yet. 
 

But I’ve said all the time that he needs to be able to stay fit. Which is now getting obvious is never gonna happen.

 

If we can get any sort of money for him and Shaqiri we should try to offload them as soon as possible.