Summer 2019 Transfer Thread

[Grinch]

5 minutes ago, andyj said:

to be fair they know about as much as we do nowadays since the leaks have stopped 

 

The leaks haven't stopped at all.    Most of them told us back in April we would spend fuck all. 

[Anubis]

Some of these African based chaps take things a bit too seriously. This guy is in Nigeria.

 

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

Let’s hope we don’t sign him then 

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

21 minutes ago, andyj said:

it worries me after being linked for so long with Pepe that we have not signed him or a player like him.Expecting to the front 3 to go injury free for a season and not suffer some sort of burnout after playing for there nations all summer is in my view nothing short of stupid .While i trust Klopp i can't believe that he can't find an upgrade for the likes of Lallana.Im not normally negative with the Mancs Spurs City and Arsenal all strengthening this summer i would not be surprised if we struggle to make the top 4  

 

It's not just the front 3. If were to lose any number of players long term, we could struggle.

[moof]

80 million is now the going rate for an admittedly talented looking player with one decent season under his belt. I don’t blame us not going for a player like that who will just sit on the bench when everyone is fit. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Injuries can happen to any side. I just feel we are a club that can scare teams, imagine being European champions and we go out and buy another top class player or even two we'd get the city effect where teams stop even bothering trying to beat us. Shit Liverpool have improved even more. Not worth crying over, feels like we don't take advantage of our highs enough. I do think it would be a mistake to settle with what we have even if what we have is class. 

 

I don't see the market getting cheaper like this year is too expensive. Next year will be too and so on.

[BeefStroganoff]

Fuck it. I'll give Jurgen one thing, he's either got balls of brass or his employers are liars. I hope for his sake things go ok, because I'd hate to see him in the firing line if things go tits up, especially after a great season.

[Bad Red Bull]

2 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

Pepe is a good fit for Emery's football as well, they're going to be a force attacking wise. I just don't get why we weren't interested. You aren't going to find someone as close to Salah and Mane in style as him.

Because he doesn't want to sit on the bench. European champs or not. He'll be a starter at arsenal

[Heinze]

Be lucky to get top 4 at this rate.

[Boss]

I have a feeling this summer is going to be remembered as a disaster. All it takes is an elite signing or two to change a clubs fortunes. We've allowed two elite players in Fernandes and Pepe to move to direct rivals, unchallenged. This will be Arsenal's Mane and United's Alonso. They'll look back and laugh about how lucky they were to get a free run on players like that.

[TheHowieLama]

9 minutes ago, Boss said:

 We've allowed two elite players in Fernandes and Pepe to move to direct rivals, unchallenged. 

Did this happen?

 

Have they sold Pogba yet?

[Boss]

1 minute ago, TheHowieLama said:

Did this happen?

 

Have they sold Pogba yet?

 

Doctor Troy is saying he's off to United on the other page. The papers are saying he's flying in for a medical. It could be rumours like, but I doubt it at this stage. I think it's a formality that he signs for United. 

[Bjornebye]

We have got some fucking dickheads following us. 

 

We've just won the champions league. Obviously we all want new signings but some of the shouts the last few pages have been embarrassing. 

[TheHowieLama]

3 minutes ago, Boss said:

 

Doctor Troy is saying he's off to United on the other page. The papers are saying he's flying in for a medical. It could be rumours like, but I doubt it at this stage. I think it's a formality that he signs for United. 

Could be -- I think it is a formality that Pogba is sold -- so Fernandes would need to step in immediately and score a dozen and assist a dozen in the league - I don't think he is going to do that. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, 1892-LFCWasBorn said:

 

It's not just the front 3. If were to lose any number of players long term, we could struggle.

So would most.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

16 minutes ago, Boss said:

I have a feeling this summer is going to be remembered as a disaster. All it takes is an elite signing or two to change a clubs fortunes. We've allowed two elite players in Fernandes and Pepe to move to direct rivals, unchallenged. This will be Arsenal's Mane and United's Alonso. They'll look back and laugh about how lucky they were to get a free run on players like that.

 

£72m is a free run, that’s an inflated market that is.

[J-V]

2 hours ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

 

£72m is a free run, that’s an inflated market that is.

That's the market as it is now.  Get used to it.

[Bjornebye]

I would be pissed off if Spurs or Utd got Dybala. He is one of very few players who immediately improves us. Well our bench because our front 3 are fucking amazing 

[TheHowieLama]

3 minutes ago, J-V said:

That's the market as it is now.  Get used to it.

We will see -- the market for transfers has had a few peaks over the last 20 years.

[Oh Buoy]

2 hours ago, Boss said:

I have a feeling this summer is going to be remembered as a disaster. All it takes is an elite signing or two to change a clubs fortunes. We've allowed two elite players in Fernandes and Pepe to move to direct rivals, unchallenged. This will be Arsenal's Mane and United's Alonso. They'll look back and laugh about how lucky they were to get a free run on players like that.

If United signing Fernandes or Arsenal signing Pepe means their fortunes have changed then I think you're fooling yourself. United are building a house of cards whilst Emery is ignoring the fundamental issue that his back line is utter wank. Our rivals may have strengthened but we've shown from our key signings (VVD, Alisson and Fab) that sometimes it's better to wait for the right player than simply sign what 'elite' player is available this window. Last time we did this we somewhat won our 6th CL. 

 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

We have got some fucking dickheads following us. 

 

We've just won the champions league. Obviously we all want new signings but some of the shouts the last few pages have been embarrassing. 

If only we had a thread dedicated to hysterical fannies...

[Grinch]

What on earth makes people think transfer fees are going to do anything other than rise? 

[Guest Alex_K]

Fernandes & Pepe may become elite players, but its by no means a given. How many "player of the moments" and past-it-legends did we go through in the 90s & 2000s that emerged as complete busted flushes -- Diouf, Diao, Riedle, R Babel etc. In football I think you learn to trust in proven frameworks: United always made it work under Ferguson even when the signings were in the Darren Fletcher & Sun Ji Park mould. Klopp is a proven framework-maker. Barring catastrophic injuries we should be fine ... fine this time around may mean late-80s/early-90s points total (nothing to sniff at) and therefore rule out the league, but let's see. Anyone who moves to United and -- to a lesser extent -- Arsenal is committing career suicide at the moment - both clubs are ruinous & have a management that'll always be a few bad results from being out of the door.

[Bjornebye]

19 minutes ago, Alex_K said:

Fernandes & Pepe may become elite players, but its by no means a given. How many "player of the moments" and past-it-legends did we go through in the 90s & 2000s that emerged as complete busted flushes -- Diouf, Diao, Riedle, R Babel etc. In football I think you learn to trust in proven frameworks: United always made it work under Ferguson even when the signings were in the Darren Fletcher & Sun Ji Park mould. Klopp is a proven framework-maker. Barring catastrophic injuries we should be fine ... fine this time around may mean late-80s/early-90s points total (nothing to sniff at) and therefore rule out the league, but let's see. Anyone who moves to United and -- to a lesser extent -- Arsenal is committing career suicide at the moment - both clubs are ruinous & have a management that'll always be a few bad results from being out of the door.

 

 

[Ne Moe Imya]

3 hours ago, Boss said:

I have a feeling this summer is going to be remembered as a disaster. All it takes is an elite signing or two to change a clubs fortunes. We've allowed two elite players in Fernandes and Pepe to move to direct rivals, unchallenged. This will be Arsenal's Mane and United's Alonso. They'll look back and laugh about how lucky they were to get a free run on players like that.

Fernandes is a decent player, but he's overrated on the back of some massive good fortune in terms of finishing, especially from distance. It doesn't surprise me at all that we had little interest in a midfielder with a 72% pass completion rate. SEVENTY-TWO PERCENT! If United sign Fernandes and sell Pogba that's a backward step.

 

Pepe is harder to fault, as he's a better player. However, he's not remotely what Arsenal need so I hardly think he's the "elite signing to change their fortunes." Maybe their plan is to sell Aubameyang while he's still worth something and then spend that money on a centre back or two? If not it's pure idiocy for a team on a budget to spend £72m on a forward when your best two players already play up front and you have the Arsenal version of our 2013 defense (you remember, back when we had the likes of Flanagan, Skrtel and Aly Cissokho anchoring our team). If you were Arsenal asking who the "elite signing to change their fortunes" could be, you'd point your finger at Koulibaly, not Pepe.

 

At any rate, Fernandes and Pepe are decent players, they are absolutely NOT Mane & Alonso.