Summer 2021 transfer thread.

[El Rojo]

2 minutes ago, aRdja said:

What is even the point anymore?

I know. No excuses for the PFA awards to not run smoothly. 

[Captain Turdseye]

Posted from the future. Woooooooh. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

8 hours ago, aRdja said:

What is even the point anymore?

A baby Chamberlain?

[Harry Squatter]

Leicester have agreed terms with Boubakary Soumaré of Lille in a deal worth €30m according to a lot of news outlets. 

[Bad Red Bull]

1 hour ago, Doctor Troy said:

Leicester have agreed terms with Boubakary Soumaré of Lille in a deal worth €30m according to a lot of news outlets. 

Good player him. But I don't know if Lille would be agreeing deals for their players with 2 games remaining of their biggest season in a while.

 

Also, I am hearing that we talked to Udinese about Rodrigo de Paul and Udinese wants more money upfront than the installments we proposed. Something to keep a watch on maybe?

[El Rojo]

Leicester have bought very well in recent years. We should make them our Southampton. 

[Jairzinho]

48 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Leicester have bought very well in recent years. We should make them our Southampton. 

We may need to finish above them before that's a possibility. 

[sir roger]

1 hour ago, Bad Red Bull said:

 

Also, I am hearing that we talked to Udinese about Rodrigo de Paul and Udinese wants more money upfront than the installments we proposed. Something to keep a watch on maybe?

Lynsey’s lad?

 

( one for the oldies )

[El Rojo]

14 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

We may need to finish above them before that's a possibility. 

No problem. Ole's got this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jairzinho]

I suddenly have faith that we really can nick a point against Burnley. 

[TheHowieLama]

Millions saved.

 

 

Manchester United no longer view Borussia Dortmund's England winger Jadon Sancho, 21, as a priority signing - partly because of the emergence of his international team-mate Mason Greenwood

[El Dangerous]

I’d make them an offer. Throw the Ox and big Div down on the table, see what they say. They can even break Man Bun in if they like.

[3 Stacks]

Adam Armstrong. 24 years old, Harvey Elliott's boy at Blackburn, 1 year left on his deal, just scored 28 goals in the Championship. Could be a decent depth option. 

[Razoray]

I know it's a bit Football Manager but IMO we need a:

RB - A better option than Williams for Trent

LB - A Replacement for Tsimikas, who hasn't worked out. 

CB - A 4th choice - looks like Kounate for 30m

Kabab - At 21 years old and 18m he will probably be bought given the injury status of VVD, GOMEZ and Matip.

CM - A replacement for Gini

CF - Need a Replacement for Origi but probably someone who can start with the slow demise of Bobby.

Elliot will probably replace Shaq if we can sell him.

 

That's 6 players (5 if Tsimikas is kept).

 

Klopp gets on average £25m net to spend annually so we will need to raise a lash from sales.

Unless we sell 1st teamers and Mane/Salah are sold to bring in a Sancho type we will have to get as much as we can from the fringe players. 

Phillips Davies Tsimikas Origi Keita Shaq Minamino Wilson and Grujic - even if all were sold, won't generate too much - 90m max while Adrian and Gini will save a few bob off the wage bill too I suppose.

£50m looks like it is going to be spent on the 2 CBs so we will have to be clever with the others. If we can get an older striker on a free or on the cheap a la Cavani/Suarez it frees up money for a proper £50m younger midfielder to replace Gini and bring down the age profile of the MF. 

This leaves approx 10/15m for the FB cover.

Probably doesn't solve the age profile issue of the forwards but it makes the squad a lot stronger than it has been this season. 

[kemskem]

Got a feeling a Bobby replacement will be the priority if we’re looking to bring in another forward, unless Salah is sold. It breaks my heart to say it though. Someone who can work as well as he has with Mane and Salah won’t be easy to find.

[3 Stacks]

7 minutes ago, Razoray said:

I know it's a bit Football Manager but IMO we need a:

RB - A better option than Williams for Trent

LB - A Replacement for Tsimikas, who hasn't worked out. 

CB - A 4th choice - looks like Kounate for 30m

Kabab - At 21 years old and 18m he will probably be bought given the injury status of VVD, GOMEZ and Matip.

CM - A replacement for Gini

CF - Need a Replacement for Origi but probably someone who can start with the slow demise of Bobby.

Elliot will probably replace Shaq if we can sell him.

 

That's 6 players (5 if Tsimikas is kept).

 

Klopp gets on average £25m net to spend annually so we will need to raise a lash from sales.

Unless we sell 1st teamers and Mane/Salah are sold to bring in a Sancho type we will have to get as much as we can from the fringe players. 

Phillips Davies Tsimikas Origi Keita Shaq Minamino Wilson and Grujic - even if all were sold, won't generate too much - 90m max while Adrian and Gini will save a few bob off the wage bill too I suppose.

£50m looks like it is going to be spent on the 2 CBs so we will have to be clever with the others. If we can get an older striker on a free or on the cheap a la Cavani/Suarez it frees up money for a proper £50m younger midfielder to replace Gini and bring down the age profile of the MF. 

This leaves approx 10/15m for the FB cover.

Probably doesn't solve the age profile issue of the forwards but it makes the squad a lot stronger than it has been this season. 

We don't need a left back. Can't just add Tsimikas to our massive list of players we need to sell because he's had some injuries one season.

[Funkasy]

9 minutes ago, kemskem said:

Got a feeling a Bobby replacement will be the priority if we’re looking to bring in another forward, unless Salah is sold. It breaks my heart to say it though. Someone who can work as well as he has with Mane and Salah won’t be easy to find.

Yes it will. 

[chrisbonnie]

12 minutes ago, Funkasy said:

Yes it will. 

Harry Kane, 100 million, just do it

[TheHowieLama]

Kebab?

[El Dangerous]

I heard a rumour that we can save a fortune this summer and the answer is right under our nose. I can’t give up my source though, I can’t give up my source though. Sorry there seems to be an echo in here.

[TheHowieLama]

Just now, El Dangerous said:

 Sorry there seems to be an echo in here.

 

[Harry Squatter]

Another report saying how clever we can be by signing some fella from Wolfsburg be due to there being no money because of the pandemic 

[Barrington Womble]

2 hours ago, Doctor Troy said:

Another report saying how clever we can be by signing some fella from Wolfsburg be due to there being no money because of the pandemic 

I for one am relieved at how clever we are. We'll never have a season ruined by squad failure because we cover every base. 

[Lee909]

Going by the comments the mirror are putting to Klopp press conference sound like we are spending fuck all this summer and will go with mostly the same squad again. Reckon Konaté and a midfielder will be it, maybe a cheap back up attacker

[Jose Jones]

2 hours ago, Lee909 said:

Going by the comments the mirror are putting to Klopp press conference sound like we are spending fuck all this summer and will go with mostly the same squad again. Reckon Konaté and a midfielder will be it, maybe a cheap back up attacker

Why would anyone think that we are going to be spending any money, unless they were in absolute dreamland?

 

It's exact the same position as last summer, except even worse.  The club has lost shitloads of money due to Covid, for the second year in a row and it will likely be more money than last year.

 

FSG have shown they will not put any of their own money in, but will just spend what the club makes.

The club has lost shitloads, so the only way we could potentially buy anyone is if we sell a few players.  However every club in the world, bar the oil cheats, is in the exact same position as us, or worse, so selling any players for any big money is going to be nigh on impossible.  We're more than likely going to be stuck with our high wage earners for that reason too.

 

Our one slim chance of selling anyone for a decent wedge is if Man City, Chelsea or PSG decide to spend big bucks on someone and we get in the chain.  However that's also not going to be that great, because it will probably mean we've sold Mo to PSG.

 

Jota type deals were we pay a minimum up front with more backloaded to the end of the contract are the absolute best we can hope for, and I wouldn't really be expecting those either.