Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[Reckoner]

9 hours ago, Red74 said:

It worked out once with Virgil. We can happily write off another season if it means we hold onto our limited funds to get the man we really want when he becomes available. 

At what point does one of the worlds most profitable football clubs stop writing off seasons?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

9 hours ago, Red74 said:

It worked out once with Virgil. We can happily write off another season if it means we hold onto our limited funds to get the man we really want when he becomes available. 

It would only be writing off a season if our CBs were as bad as you claim.  They're not.

[dave u]

10 hours ago, Pidge said:

We did make a bid and by all reliable accounts we've been planning another. Incoming funds is not the catalyst.

 

It might be, given that Klopp was adamant he wanted everything done early yet we're still fucking around trying to get Lavia over the line just a couple of weeks before the season starts. We were being linked with him before the Fabinho move came about, but we only made a bid when Henderson left and Fab was almost completed.

 

Incoming funds defo should not be the catalyst (we should be loaded given the savings on wages and lack of spending year on year) but it sure feels like it is.

[dave u]

32 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

It would only be writing off a season if our CBs were as bad as you claim.  They're not.

 

It's not about them being bad. It's about them being unreliable and that we have no depth behind them. We defo need one this summer and it's concerning that it seems like we've turned Colwill into this summer's Bellingham.

 

Not being in the CL helps to some extent as our big hitters only need to play once a week and we could use Quansah alongside Matip or Gomez in the Europa. But a left sided centre back is a necessity this summer.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

It's Tuesday. Lavia and Inacio please.

[redrosetints]

13 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

If we buy a left sided centre back, I think it will be in the view of him playing in the box midfield formation because van Dijk is our other left sided centre back and he'll play every game.

 

That being the case, that player has to be a specific profile. You can't just say, hey let's grab this left footed home grown CB. In that formation, you want to have a centre back there to have an extra defensive profile, but you need him to be technically really good because if you don't, your build-up on that side is fucked.

 

Killman, I don't think is on that level, unless you looked at him and said; "that guy played futsal when he was younger, he's actually really gifted on the ball, but Wolves are shit and boring so he hasn't shown that". 

 

We'd need someone in that position to be really progressive. Carries, passing or both. There's some good options out there at that position, honestly. I think unlike with holding mid, we can look a bit outside England here.

Funky cold Medina 

[BeefStroganoff]

37 minutes ago, dave u said:

 

It's not about them being bad. It's about them being unreliable and that we have no depth behind them. We defo need one this summer and it's concerning that it seems like we've turned Colwill into this summer's Bellingham.

 

Not being in the CL helps to some extent as our big hitters only need to play once a week and we could use Quansah alongside Matip or Gomez in the Europa. But a left sided centre back is a necessity this summer.

Its also about them being exposed. Doesn't matter how good you are you need some midfield protection.

[Peter Cormack]

Break the bank and buy the Croatian lad, it weakens City strenghens us and spits in Pep‘s eye

[CapeRed]

2 minutes ago, Peter Cormack said:

Break the bank and buy the Croatian lad, it weakens City strenghens us and spits in Pep‘s eye

This would be fuckin wonderful.

[CapeRed]

44 minutes ago, redrosetints said:

Funky cold Medina 

Fits the bill also a regular starter. Don’t know anything about him.

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

2 minutes ago, CapeRed said:

Fits the bill also a regular starter. Don’t know anything about him.

Apparently a great dancer but a little distant as a person.

[El Dangerous]

My saucers have let slip that we are in dialogue with Andy Capp at Leverkusen. 

[El Rojo]

9 minutes ago, Peter Cormack said:

Break the bank and buy the Croatian lad, it weakens City strenghens us and spits in Pep‘s eye

 

Definitely, if it was in any way possible. Looks a brilliant centre half and we've a relationship with Leipzig. 

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, dave u said:

 

It might be, given that Klopp was adamant he wanted everything done early yet we're still fucking around trying to get Lavia over the line just a couple of weeks before the season starts. We were being linked with him before the Fabinho move came about, but we only made a bid when Henderson left and Fab was almost completed.

 

Incoming funds defo should not be the catalyst (we should be loaded given the savings on wages and lack of spending year on year) but it sure feels like it is.

Of course it's about money. It's always about money with these cunts. People were fooling themselves into more were coming in after the Dom deal, yet history tells us this ownership will do the bare minimum every single time and hope klopp can pull a rabbit out of his arse. Even selling 2 of last season's regulars, no matter how poor they were, seems to be doing nothing accelerate inbound signings. It's almost like they'd be happy to sit on the 50m from the Saudi sales in order to ensure they've replaced the CL cash flow. While we probably will get one more player over the line, I wouldn't bet a penny on it. 

 

And 3 in after last season and those 2 sales would be even less then the bare minimum. 

 

The whole rebuild summer agenda is starting to feel a bit H&G "big summer"

[an tha]

100% convinced that by the end of the transfer window we will have added at least one more midfielder and a centre half.

[Scott_M]

2 hours ago, elvis said:

In what fucking world is Adrian fine , even as a number 3 ? 

He's a complete fucking embarrassment.

In the same world that he got zero competitive minutes last season and where 37 year old Scott Carson is #3 at Man City.

 

Or should we get back Andy Lonergan? He had a  long a successful career playing for, erm, **checks Google**, a host of league 2 sides. 

[El Rojo]

1 hour ago, dave u said:

 

It might be, given that Klopp was adamant he wanted everything done early yet we're still fucking around trying to get Lavia over the line just a couple of weeks before the season starts. We were being linked with him before the Fabinho move came about, but we only made a bid when Henderson left and Fab was almost completed.

 

Incoming funds defo should not be the catalyst (we should be loaded given the savings on wages and lack of spending year on year) but it sure feels like it is.

 

I reckon the Saudi money flooding the market has slowed everything down to a standstill. It's changed the context of the whole thing.

Double hit for us - down two players and no sign of replacements with a week and a half to the season. 

 

We probably did well to get two in before the shitshow began in earnest. 

[Moo]

6 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

 

I reckon the Saudi money flooding the market has slowed everything down to a standstill. It's changed the context of the whole thing.

Double hit for us - down two players and no sign of replacements with a week and a half to the season. 

 

We probably did well to get two in before the shitshow began in earnest. 

 

I've no doubt it's affected the market and certainly affected money coming in.

But the process (and speed or lack thereof) of buying new players is entirely on us.

[El Rojo]

2 minutes ago, Moo said:

 

I've no doubt it's affected the market and certainly affected money coming in.

But the process (and speed or lack thereof) of buying new players is entirely on us.

 

Fair comment too, which is why I still think keeping Fabinho was possibly of better use to us than £40m in Monopoly money. 

[CapeRed]

4 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

 

Fair comment too, which is why I still think keeping Fabinho was possibly of better use to us than £40m in Monopoly money. 

Fabinho wanted to go according to Pearce

[Trojan1892]

Klopp: "It's no secret that we’re still looking for players to join us."

[BeefStroganoff]

4 minutes ago, Trojan1892 said:

Klopp: "It's no secret that we’re still looking for players to join us."

What a strategy! Proper amateur hour at this Club at times.

[Megadrive Man]

1 hour ago, dave u said:

It's not about them being bad. It's about them being unreliable and that we have no depth behind them. We defo need one this summer and it's concerning that it seems like we've turned Colwill into this summer's Bellingham.

 

Colwill signing a new six year contract at Chelsea is good in that respect, as it's very clear that we need to completely forget about him now and move on. 

 

I'd be happy with Lavia plus a centre back now. It still leaves us a bit short but the likes of Morton and Bradley can fill in for the Europa and domestic cup games. 

[TheHowieLama]

5 hours ago, Scott_M said:

 

 

 

120 mil bid for Osimhen.

[House of Dirk]

2 hours ago, redrosetints said:

Funky cold Medina 

Gives dogs shithouse AIDS