January 2020 Transfer Thread

[Barrington Womble]

2 hours ago, RobbieOR said:

 

An English club would pay close to that if his form for Hertha is anything to go by, it's the going rate these days. 

I'm not arguing with that. Which is what makes lallana staying a cheaper option. 

[Barrington Womble]

14 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

 

Closer to 300k a week, but yeah, it would free up wages for 3/4 upgrades. 

That's what we did last summer, well except for the upgrades bit. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

1 minute ago, Barry Wom said:

That's what we did last summer, well except for the upgrades bit. 

 

I trust the current set up to get more signings right then not these days. We should also have a lot more money to spend after not spending much this summer and the CL win and various competitions we are in due to that, new kit deal etc. Klopp has always been a man of his words so far in his career and I fully expect him to move on once he has honoured his contract until 2022, he'll want to leave with the club in a healthy state on the pitch and add to our silverware haul. When it comes to signings he plans a few years ahead. 

[Rotpeter]

Sign him up.  Lallana definitely has grizzled veteran potential.

[Duff Man]

Always used to wince a little at the 'trust in Rafa' line, but it's kinda where I am on Lallana, really. If Klopp sees the value in keeping him around then I'm not that arsed.

[Jairzinho]

 

[No2]

Watched the game back yesterday, without the anxiety about dropping points and blaming said anxiety on the mere presence of Lalanna in our team, he actually played well. He counter pressed a good few times and won us the ball back in recent positions. 

 

Keeping him beyond May is a no no but I can't see the sense in reducing the squad size when it's arguably too small already.

[Duff Man]

Didn't have you pegged as a Breitbart guy, Jairz.

[aRdja]

I wonder who we’re gonna bring in to replace Lovren (whether in Jan or in the summer). Matip seems to be first choice now. It looks to me like Klopp sees Gomez as the future, but he doesn’t quite trust him as yet to play at CB in important games. It’s interesting, you don’t want to block Gomez’s development but you want someone that you know is able to perform at the highest level on a regular basis. Alderweireld would be perfect IMO.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Too olderweireld.

[aRdja]

Just now, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Too olderweireld.

Does it matter?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 minute ago, viRdjil said:

Does it matter?

31 in March, huge signing on fee and wage to be 3/4th choice.

[Numero Veinticinco]

3 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Does it matter?

Yes. 

[aRdja]

We probably only need him for a couple of years, until Klopp deems Gomez ready. The sign on fee wouldn’t be higher than the transfer fee required for players of similar quality IMO. What sort of profile should we be looking at then? Nathan Aké? Or Mings?

[Jairzinho]

12 hours ago, Duff Man said:

Didn't have you pegged as a Breitbart guy, Jairz.

They're a great bunch of lads.

[Bjornebye]

2 hours ago, viRdjil said:

We probably only need him for a couple of years, until Klopp deems Gomez ready. The sign on fee wouldn’t be higher than the transfer fee required for players of similar quality IMO. What sort of profile should we be looking at then? Nathan Aké? Or Mings?

Ake or Mings would be great. Rated Ake for a while but Mings has looked excellent lately. Neither get in ahed of a fit Matip right now but both have the potential to get better. I'd imagine either of them would love to play alongside VVD. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Konate at RBL.

[aRdja]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Ake or Mings would be great. Rated Ake for a while but Mings has looked excellent lately. Neither get in ahed of a fit Matip right now but both have the potential to get better. I'd imagine either of them would love to play alongside VVD. 

Yeah Aké comes with the bonus of being a capable LB too.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

And a huge price tag.

[Remmie]

I reckon Hoever will take Lovren's place on the bench if Dejan leaves 

[Lee909]

Alderweireld been wanting over 200k a week. He will have offers elsewhere to play every week. He's got a long injury history.

[Lee909]

Nobody other than maybe kids on loan will leave in january

[TheHowieLama]

6 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Alderweireld been wanting over 200k a week. He will have offers elsewhere to play every week. He's got a long injury history.

Other than maybe Juventus I don't see him walking into a side that could pay him 200k a week.

[Lee909]

3 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Other than maybe Juventus I don't see him walking into a side that could pay him 200k a week.

The mancs will for a start, PSG, Inter and Barcelona may well too. He's on free I reckon plenty of clubs would

[TheHowieLama]

6 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

The mancs will for a start, PSG, Inter and Barcelona may well too. He's on free I reckon plenty of clubs would

Well we were talking about teams he would be a starter for who could afford to pay him. Don't think City would be in for him - maybe United. Ypu also may be overestimating what a team like Inter or even Barca would pay a defender.

He is going to get paid more than Pique??