Jude Bellingham Welcome to Liverpool…

[Bob]

39 minutes ago, chrisbonnie said:

 

I'm not being a smart arse, but what does he do, in your opinion, that warrants that price tag? 

 

All I can think, is that the talent pool of top midfielders in world football must be at its lowest ebb ever, if 80-100 million buys you jude bellingham. 

 

Fuck me how much would Gerrard have been worth now a days 

he’s a full year younger than when Gerard made his England debut and didn’t have any impact at all at an international competition.

 

What he does that warrants that price tag is not look out of place amongst the best players in the world at the age of 19.

 

He’s a centre mid. What do you want to see from a centre mid? Passing - seems good at it. Tackling - seems to like a tackle. Energy and pace - has bags of it.  Can make a goal - yep. Can score a goal - yep. Finds space and doesn’t look lost… so far, I’d say that’s what stands out as why he looks like he belongs.

 

What would Gerard be worth in this market? Absolutely fucking loads, like Bellingham is. At 19, Gerrard looked like he was going to be a great midfielder, and he went onto be one of the best ever. Bellingham might not go that far, but he also could.

[Captain Turdseye]

He captaining Dortmund in the CL and putting in MotM performances. I was all in on him early. The only doubts for me have come recently when it’s become obvious that we need a whole new midfield and not just one big money player. 
 

But if the kid has his heart set on us instead of following the money, we’d be stupid to pass up on it.  

[chrisbonnie]

11 minutes ago, Bob Spunkmouse said:

he’s a full year younger than when Gerard made his England debut and didn’t have any impact at all at an international competition.

 

What he does that warrants that price tag is not look out of place amongst the best players in the world at the age of 19.

 

He’s a centre mid. What do you want to see from a centre mid? Passing - seems good at it. Tackling - seems to like a tackle. Energy and pace - has bags of it.  Can make a goal - yep. Can score a goal - yep. Finds space and doesn’t look lost… so far, I’d say that’s what stands out as why he looks like he belongs.

 

What would Gerard be worth in this market? Absolutely fucking loads, like Bellingham is. At 19, Gerrard looked like he was going to be a great midfielder, and he went onto be one of the best ever. Bellingham might not go that far, but he also could.

 

Perhaps lm forgetting the fact he is only a teenager, and I'm comparing him to a prime Gerrard and not a 19 year old Gerrard. Very fair points. 

 

[Jurgen Knows]

58 minutes ago, chrisbonnie said:

 

I'm not being a smart arse, but what does he do, in your opinion, that warrants that price tag? 

 

All I can think, is that the talent pool of top midfielders in world football must be at its lowest ebb ever, if 80-100 million buys you jude bellingham. 

 

Fuck me how much would Gerrard have been worth now a days 

The asking price price for him appears to be anywhere north of 100 million. I don’t think he’s worth that but I think if we are to overpay then I would top it at 80 million. 
 

He is still 19, has leadership qualities, box-to-box, can defend, can create, can score, and can be sold after 5 years for no loss.

[TheBitch]

13 hours ago, Harrison Booth said:

He's a bit of a whiny cunt.

@Mook?

 

Harsh but fair I guess. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

For comparison, De Bruyne was still knocking around for Genk at the same age, and it'd be a few years before he emerged as a major talent in the Bundesliga. 

[Bob]

52 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

For comparison, De Bruyne was still knocking around for Genk at the same age, and it'd be a few years before he emerged as a major talent in the Bundesliga. 

And failed to make the grade at Chelsea on his way too.

[John102]

On a similar note, Craig Roddan hadn't made one senior appearance at that age. (Now coaching Man city u14s)

[Duff Man]

It's a fair point. I can think of a few "late" bloomers over the years: Pires, Zidane, Vieira, Pirlo, Henry, Djemba-Djemba.

 

But it doesn't really that seem relevant when Bellingham has already been bossing it at Dortmund for a couple of seasons.

[Guest]

Was Klopp at Dortmund when they signed Bellingham?

[John102]

10 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Was Klopp at Dortmund when they signed Bellingham?

No. He has been here 7 years hasn't he and Belligham is only 19.

 

Think he went to Dortmund the summer after we won the league.

[an tha]

It is absolutely ridiculous that a 19 year old kid is likely to cost north of 100m - in fact it is beyond ridiculous.

 

Modern football eh..

 

 

[SasaS]

How much was Joao Felix? Over 100 and in Spain and 3 years ago.

[VladimirIlyich]

20 hours ago, Simbo said:

When has a Liverpool player ever performed for England?

 

He gets us.

His pre Liverpool days but what the hell.

[VladimirIlyich]

On 08/12/2022 at 15:50, SasaS said:

 

Really? When have we done that in the past? If we sign two, they would probably have to call me an ambulance.

You're an ambulance.

[coachpotato]

I have to say I like the look of Bellingham, the cost is something else of course and more about that later, but there’s been enough people who know more than I do talking positively about him, and I would hope Klopp would have the final say on whether or not he’s worth the price.

Agree that we really should be seeing a Fabinho type player also being brought in if possible, then that would go some way to addressing some of the problems we’ve seen recently and go towards  future proofing the midfield.

The money being spoken about is ridiculous, but not surprising these days, I’ve given up on caring how much players cost, the bench mark is the Managers decision whether the player is a requirement or not.

 

 

[sh#t waffle]

He's absolutely brilliant, and I really hope we sign him regardless of cost

[Bob]

13 hours ago, an tha said:

It is absolutely ridiculous that a 19 year old kid is likely to cost north of 100m - in fact it is beyond ridiculous.

 

Modern football eh..

 

 

Totally agree with that. But also can maintain a view that he’s “worth it” in line with values of other footballers.

[Aventus]

Didn't see him doing anything outstanding but he was always grafting during the England games. 

 

We all know how much Klopp loves a grafter. 

[Preston Red]

I'm interested to see, if we sign him, how he plays alongside Thiago. But I would also like to see him at the head of a MF diamond.

 

----------Fabinho----------

 

---Thiago--------Hendo---

 

--------Bellingham---------

 

---Salah-----------Nunez---

 

I may be shot down for these thoughts but he has something about him that could be special for us. I was impressed with him in the WC and the game for Dortmund at City in CL, I thought he ran that midfield until the Dortmund manager had a brain fart and went to 3 at the back.

[No2]

He looks like the player to finally replace Gini, someone that will protect the ball, cover the ground of 2 players and offer support at all times to whoever has the ball. He looks to have more goals in him than Gini that won't be his job, just like Gini his role will be to help Trent and Robbo set up tonnes of goals.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

If we're paying £100m for a proper all action box-to-box number 8, we'd be mad to saddle him with the water carrier duties of Wijnaldum.

 

I'm hoping it'll be a move away from the over-reliance on our full backs.

[Dave D]

If we sign him we become a better football team. Theres something to be said for that

[John102]

12 minutes ago, Dave D said:

If we sign him we become a better football team. Theres something to be said for that

People said the same about Ben Davies

[Special K]

19 year old Gerrard was miles above 19 year old Bellingham. There's just no comparison