Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[Scott_M]

1 minute ago, Doc Pheezin said:

And also, for once, we haven’t lost this transfer window to Everton. 

Could all change if they sign Che Adam’s…

[El Rojo]

Just now, Doc Pheezin said:

I’m calling it now - no more incoming this window. 
the rebuild is complete 

 

And also, for once, we haven’t lost this transfer window to Everton. 

 

Welcome to the yard, Fresh Fish. 

 

Myself and @Paulie Dangerously are in charge of insider transfer stuff on here. 

[Doc Pheezin]

3 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Could all change if they sign Che Adam’s…

oof, Touché!

[TD_LFC]

Do we take from the Athletics article about players passed on by the club that Klopp didn't fancy Boubacar Kamara and went for Endo instead?

[Section_31]

I'm always amazed by how narrow our field of interst is when it comes to buying players. It's the same names repeated, then when we miss out on them we go back to the same narrow field of names mooted earlier in the summer.

 

Then when nothing comes they spin this yarn that there's nobody available, on the entire planet, who can play better than - say - Curtis Jones, or Naby Keita as was.

 

Klopp seems fully, genuinely bought into this too.

[Scott_M]

Just now, TD_LFC said:

Do we take from the Athletics article about players passed on by the club that Klopp didn't fancy Boubacar Kamara and went for Endo instead?

 

It doesn't say. I'd assume Klopp didn't fancy him or we wouldn't pay the price for somebody they signed for free last summer - if Palace are referencing Caicedo / Rice fee's for Dourcoure, then you can assume Villa will be doing the same.

[TD_LFC]

1 minute ago, Section_31 said:

Klopp seems fully, genuinely bought into this too.

 

Think it goes further than that, not just Klopp though, Ljinders as well.

[Doc Pheezin]

6 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

 

Welcome to the yard, Fresh Fish. 

 

Myself and @Paulie Dangerously are in charge of insider transfer stuff on here. 

[Scott_M]

2 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

I'm always amazed by how narrow our field of interst is when it comes to buying players. It's the same names repeated, then when we miss out on them we go back to the same narrow field of names mooted earlier in the summer.

 

Alternatively, the press don't really know who we're after and they just regurgitate stories?

 

Szoboszlai, Endo and the Caicedo news came relatively from nowhere. I'd suggest it was in Southampton's best interest to be leaking the Lavia news. Most of the Gravenberch news has come from German reporters. The mancs are hardly tight lipped about anything, so it's not a huge leap to think they were leaking the Mount stories, especially if they can spin they beat us to a player.

[Carvalho Diablo]

56 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Hincapie is the only player who makes sense coming in as player who can line up in 3-2-2-3  as a left back and also play centre back but he has a broken foot and isn't back until the end of September, I don't think we go near him because there's no guarantee of the extent of the break and depending on the bone it could be an awkward one.

 

Schuurs doesn't fit the young coming in as 4/5 choice for the season with a view to replacing Matip and is unlikely to be playing left back so would have to sit behind Van Dijk for game time in a European Championship year.

 

 

From the little that I've seen of Hincapie, he looks absolutely shit.

[manwiththestick]

47 minutes ago, Doc Pheezin said:

And also, for once, we haven’t lost this transfer window to Everton. 

I was waiting for us to get Caicedo so we could say 'We shop at Brighton, you shop at Brighthouse'

[TD_LFC]

5 minutes ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

From the little that I've seen of Hincapie, he looks absolutely shit.

 

Makes sense positionally, a defender who plays both centre back and left back.

[El Rojo]

I've never really seen him play, but there's enough in this clip to convince me that Andre should be our main target now. 

 

 

[manwiththestick]

1 minute ago, El Rojo said:

I've never really seen him play, but there's enough in this clip to convince me that Andre should be our main target now. 

 

 

I'm sold.

[JustTosh]

1 hour ago, Pidge said:

Is Andre available now? - looks like no.

 

 

Fluminense are playing a 2 legged quarter final in the Copa Libertadores with the 2nd leg being played Sept 1st 1:30 AM (GMT+1).

 

If they win they'll probably want to keep him.

 

But if If they don't we might be able to sign him. There'll be time enough to get the deal dome before the windows closes at 11:00 PM, right?

 

So, we probably can't expect any definite news regarding Andre until the very end of the window, Roomers have it we've agreed personal terms with him. Is it time enough to bring him to Liverpool and a med check? Or maybe our doctors could travel to Brazil and do the med checjk there?

 

[No2]

That Sangria lad from PSV is dog shit. He's an Everton midfielder if ever I seen one.

[Scott_M]

4 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

I've never really seen him play, but there's enough in this clip to convince me that Andre should be our main target now. 

 

 

I can only imagine him the first time Tierney referees him…

 

[Scott_M]

10 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

 

Makes sense positionally, a defender who plays both centre back and left back.

Been reading he was sent off 3 times for Leverkusen last season. 
 

Even Xabi’s kind words on him in the Echo today can’t shake the bad vibes I have on him. 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

1 hour ago, Scott_M said:

Reading the Twitter-arti saying we’re moving past Doucoure as Palace want too much money, referencing they want approaching Caicedo / Rice money. 
 

If we’re moving on, I’ve no problem. I’m unconvinced by him. We do need somebody else though. 
 

Keep seeing Fofana of Monaco tentatively linked. Apparently Forest had c.£30m accepted last week and he turned them down. Given his low wages and contract situation, feels a bit of a steal for a French international. Apart from that, I don’t know much about him. Can any of our French scouts comment?

 

I am a bit concerned at the lack of centre back being linked. 

The signings we do make in many cases seem to be players we haven’t been Linked with. And we very rarely sign players we’re linked with.

 

Lack of linking isn’t a great concern imo, as linking isn’t a sign of activity or plans from the club.

 

Lack of actually signing quality players, at the right time, fitting into a system and a long term plan is a major concern.

[Pidge]

3-2-2-3 is a situational adjustment, or should be, not the team formation. Trent is still ostensibly playing full back. 

 

Doesn't change the validity of the comments in here, just something I needed to moan about. Seeing lineups like that too much. Trent has been clearly told a few times that he's sitting in there too much, it's not where he should be for most of the 90.

[Scott_M]

9 minutes ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

The signings we do make in many cases seem to be players we haven’t been Linked with. And we very rarely sign players we’re linked with.

 

Lack of linking isn’t a great concern imo, as linking isn’t a sign of activity or plans from the club.

 

Lack of actually signing quality players, at the right time, fitting into a system and a long term plan is a major concern.

I think in terms of midfield, it’s obvious we’ve been trying to do something - we’ve signed 3 players, been turned down by 3 players and been linked with countless others. 
 

There has been nothing like that for defence, at all. 

[El Rojo]

4 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

I think in terms of midfield, it’s obvious we’ve been trying to do something - we’ve signed 3 players, been turned down by 3 players and been linked with countless others. 
 

There has been nothing like that for defence, at all. 

 

Yeah, there hasn't been one solid link. We'd want to have somebody lined up for January. 

[TD_LFC]

People's expectations for a defensive signing don't align with Klopp's and never have all summer.

 

The overriding sentiment from supporters has been that if Klopp's going to persist with this formation they need a replacement for Robertson (the fact they then go on to suggest a number of defender unsuited to that is by the by).

 

Whereas Klopp/the clubs view is they want a project centre back they can mould into a future replacement for one of the existing centrebacks.

[Pidge]

Always been that for me, succession planning and depth, we have two left backs.

[Scott_M]

32 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Whereas Klopp/the clubs view is they want a project centre back they can mould into a future replacement for one of the existing centrebacks.

Although I think that is likely true, apart from Colwill, there hasn’t been any reasonable links to anybody.