Summer 2019 Transfer Thread

[Bjornebye]

7 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

In the replies he says they're the best because both have made World Cup quarterfinals. Couldn't make it up.

Sounds like me during voting in the drafts 

[aRdja]

Lindelof had a good season last year.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

8 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Lindelof had a good season last year.

God why don’t you just support United!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only joking a Rinus.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

28 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

In the replies he says they're the best because both have made World Cup quarterfinals. Couldn't make it up.

Beggars belief, I guess they are just desperate to justify the fee. Mind you, talking bollocks won't wash with most fans, even their own. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

22 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Lindelof had a good season last year.

He didn't, he was suspect at the start and only looked a bit better once OGS took over. A very mediocre defender when you realise the hype about him and the fee. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

In the replies he says they're the best because both have made World Cup quarterfinals. Couldn't make it up.

Lovren is great then.

[Grinch]

I wonder if we can dream of Rodgers taking some of his shite.  

 

Might even be able to afford a signing then. 

[Harry Squatter]

 

 

[Boss]

£85m for Harry Maguire is pure insanity. Van Dijk, Matip and Gomez together cost less.

[Lee909]

The cost is nuts. Thing is he will look decent in most games. He's fine against most of the league, even decent. The difference is when he's up against the great forwards with a bit of pace as they roll the big grock easily. But he will likely get away with loads of fouls and shirt tugging as a manc 

[cloggypop]

How much is Koulibaly going for? 

[El Dangerous]

I reckon we're bucking the trend and from now on all our summers will consist of buying players for peanuts with the next five years in mind with the twist being we'll actually play them in five years. Geniuspool do it again.

[Tj hooker]

Just gonna leave this here 

[TheDrowningMan]

Coutinho apparently going to Arsenal.

[manwiththestick]

16 minutes ago, Tj hooker said:

Just gonna leave this here 

The picture seems to have cut off the last scoring criteria; Mong strength.

[Boss]

4 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

Coutinho apparently going to Arsenal.

 

If we let Arsenal get Coutinho on loan then we deserve everything we get.

[Anubis]

PSG didn’t want him then.

[TheDrowningMan]

11 minutes ago, Boss said:

 

If we let Arsenal get Coutinho on loan then we deserve everything we get.

I think we'll be okay, but I’d be lying if I were to say I'm not harbouring a little bit of trepidation. The thing that concerns me is the extent to which teams that missed out on the CL like Man Utd & Arsenal have bolstered their squads. Admittedly, they weren’t even close to us last season, Utd have the Solskjaer handicap and they have to overhaul Chelsea and Spurs first, but I suppose having seen us flop miserably in 02-03, 09-10 and 14-15 has left a mark.
 

That worst case scenario of dropping out of the top four is unlikely, but if it were to happen, the coming season would almost certainly be Klopp's penultimate one with us - for whatever reason, managers in the modern game simply don't recover from that sort of decline at the same club - and then it’s another rebuilding process, but under someone who simply would not be of the same calibre.

[Harry Squatter]

If we dropped out the top 4 the owners would never sanction any proper spending to get us back in. 

[Lee909]

2 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

If we dropped out the top 4 the owners would never sanction any proper spending to get us back in. 

They wouldn't have to worry about finding funds. The transfer requests would be in before midnight on the last day

[Trumo]

7 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

...I’d be lying if I were to say I'm not harbouring a little bit of trepidation...

 

You don't say! You were one of those having a meltdown in every match thread last season.

[TheDrowningMan]

Just now, Lee909 said:

They wouldn't have to worry about funding funds. The transfer requests would be in before midnight on the last day

Yeah, but a giant wad of the money from those sales would have to go into the pot where the CL money should be.

[Thoth]

1 hour ago, Doctor Troy said:

 

 

We have spent 6.5 million since last winning the champions league... still makes me smile thinking about it 

[Bjornebye]

Everyone calm the fuck down 

[Boss]

I think we're in danger of having a season like Klopp's last at Dortmund. Everyone around us barre Chelsea have strengthened massively and we've not even stood still, we've gone backwards. We've lost our left back cover and potentially could lose one of our centre backs as well to Roma.

 

If an injury happens to Gomez and Matip (which quite frankly is very likely) we'll be down to Fabinho out of position in no time. Milner is not a left back. If the front three get injured Origi and Brewster aren't going to cover them. AOC has problems with his calf and seems destine for another injury plagued year. Lallana can't be trusted to go one week without injury. 

 

It's pure stupidity and there's no need for it whatsoever. We could bring Coutinho in on loan and pay him Sturridge's wages. We could bring Werner or Bergwijn in for about 30m to give us cover for the front three. We could buy Phillip Max or Junior Firpo and not have to play Milner out of position. It'd require about 60m in spends. We could sell Harry Wilson for £25m. It's all self inflicted. Our smugness will come back to bite us.