Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[an tha]

These cunts on sky are also desperate for Salah to go

[Lee909]

Great another midfielder then while we go into this week's game with our starting CBs both out. So one injury to anyone other than Robertson and either Robbo/Endo goes to CB or if Trent gets injured fuck knows. 

[John102]

Obvious reservations about the defence due to form/weetabix bodies but the midfield appears to have upgraded and the age brought down.

 

Hopefully the legs in midfield can ease the burden on the defence and help to mitigate risk of injuries to the defence. I am sceptical though.

 

Interesting to see how we use Gravenberch. Expect he was  linchpin of many a FM team on here. Initial youtube clip suggests he is extremely press resistant which is nice 

[an tha]

2 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Well, no, because it obviously did not depend on what Bayern or Fulham were doing.

Hold on, there is still time for it to be case yet.

 

"We flew him in under impression it was just a case of formalities our end then Bayern told us...."

[rubble-rouser]

32 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

The FF.

 

 

Now you know I don’t like that kind of talk

[Megadrive Man]

1 minute ago, an tha said:

These cunts on sky are also desperate for Salah to go

 

It's so annoying the way they are almost trying to make it happen.

 

It's far too late in the window to let a player like him leave.

[TD_LFC]

2 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Great another midfielder then while we go into this week's game with our starting CBs both out. So one injury to anyone other than Robertson and either Robbo/Endo goes to CB or if Trent gets injured fuck knows. 

 

If they'd bough the defender they were looking for I'm not sure you'd have been any happier.

[cloggypop]

I wanted us to buy Gravenberch when he went to Bayern. Still think he left Ajax too early but it's going to be interesting what Klopp turns him into. There's a boss player in there. 

[diamondjoe]

14 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

No idea about this Gravenberch but if it stops us from signing someone who wears giant tortelloni on his feet then it's worth doing. 

Those fucking shoes are giving me PTSD. 

[an tha]

2 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

It's so annoying the way they are almost trying to make it happen.

 

It's far too late in the window to let a player like him leave.

It is laughable - even when one of them said LFC have said it is not happening and won't the presenter went 'ahh well they would say that, and money talks'....before they launched back into making out is likely.

 

Absolute cunts.

[Megadrive Man]

Just now, an tha said:

It is laughable - even when one of them said LFC have said it is not happening and won't the presenter went 'ahh well they would say that, and money talks'....before they launched back into making out is likely.

 

Absolute cunts.

 

Not realising that it would be bad for their beloved Premier League brand if yet another big name leaves.

[Scott_M]

29 minutes ago, aws said:

If we don’t buy a defender, then I expect Jurgen and his team are happy to trust Quansah to be good enough to be fifth choice CB. I suspect they know more about his ability than most. 

That is my thoughts as well. Preferably sign somebody, if we don’t, they are happy to go with Quansah. 
 

To be fair, the messages all summer was we wanted somebody < 23, to be 5th and learn the ropes. He fits the bill. 

[Section_31]

18 minutes ago, El Dangerous said:

 

Couldn’t just let us be happy for 5 minutes could he.

 

Didn't he say there were no midfielders coming in after Endo? Expect two CB signings tomorrow.

[3 Stacks]

13 minutes ago, John102 said:

Obvious reservations about the defence due to form/weetabix bodies but the midfield appears to have upgraded and the age brought down.

 

Hopefully the legs in midfield can ease the burden on the defence and help to mitigate risk of injuries to the defence. I am sceptical though.

 

Interesting to see how we use Gravenberch. Expect he was  linchpin of many a FM team on here. Initial youtube clip suggests he is extremely press resistant which is nice 

I think there's a decent chance our midfield "upgrade" will have been an exaggeration. We did bring the age down and added some technique, but there's a decent chance both Endo and Gravenberch won't be good enough. The good thing about the Europa League is that at least there will be a lower pressure competition where we can try to integrate those two. Plus cups.

 

But the biggest thing is until proof of contrary, we still don't have a long term 6.

[TD_LFC]

Says likely to be the last signing rather than absolutely is so it sounds like we're open to opportunities but don't expect anything to open up.

[Ronnie Whelan]

Really exciting signing.

 

This kid was a super player at Ajax. He's got bags of ability and exciting to think what Jurgen will do with him. Crazy ability and potential in our midfield now.

 

Feel funny about this window. Our midfield is seriously exciting and young now, but our defence which should be a real lighthouse of experience, brains and cop on for the rest of the team is a bit of a clusterfuck. Feel like I'm committing a cardinal sin here and waiting to get torn apart by the forum, but Virgil is the most culpable. Trent has always been a mediocre defender who was looked after by Virgil, Big Bird, Fabinho, Gini and yes Hendo to allow his world class ability on the ball be a real positive. Now he doesn't have that support. Konate is a real plus and I'd be confident that Robbo will come good again, but Virgil looks like he's stopped loving defending. The easy thing is to blame the injury, but he was brilliant for nearly all of the season when we nearly did the quadruple. If he returns to even 75% of what he was, we'll look a lot more like ourselves back there. Right now, he scares the shit out of me. I'd love a really good centre half/right back and that's stopping it being a really exceptional window, but if we can build on this window in January, it's potentially a very exciting team.

[Section_31]

3 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

I think there's a decent chance our midfield "upgrade" will have been an exaggeration. We did bring the age down and added some technique, but there's a decent chance both Endo and Gravenberch won't be good enough. The good thing about the Europa League is that at least there will be a lower pressure competition where we can try to integrate those two. Plus cups.

 

But the biggest thing is until proof of contrary, we still don't have a long term 6.

 

Depends what we're comparing Gravenberch and Endo to. If it's to our ideal signings then maybe not, but they're surely an upgrade on the gypsies, tramps and thieves we've shipped out.

[FrenchEyeGlass]

I think Gravenberch is a 'wait and see' signing, it's really hard to make any definitive conclusions beyond that at this point. Obviously talented but doesn't stand out as what we need right now by any means, but maybe it was a deal too good to pass up. Kind of get the feeling that the club kept the lead warm all summer (in addition to Thuram and Kone) and decided they would pounce unless an irresistable and doable DM/6 signing could be made. Once it was clear there was nothing on the DM market they fell back on having a talented and potentially mouldable 8 who has a high ceiling.

 

Need a defender though, badly. 

[TD_LFC]

8 minutes ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Our midfield is seriously exciting and young now

 

My one concern about the midfield is that they're all very good, smart, technical players but to a man you can end any sentence praising them with 'Would be really good alongside a player like Fabinho".

 

Whether Endo is that player to tie it all together remains to be seen.

 

 

[Colonel Bumcunt]

Thiago, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, MacAllister, Endo, Bajcetic, Elliott, Jones, Trent. 

 

Yeah I think we're done in midfield.

A new CB tomorrow and we'll call this a decent window.   

[Supremolad]

I'm now thinking the plan might be to have Endo as an alternative option at CB based on his previous experience playing there for a good chunk of his career.

 

Not that I agree with such a plan but I reckon that's what they might be thinking.

[cloggypop]

He's still only 21 but Gravenberch had his Ajax debut at 16. Youngest ever. Second is Seedorf. 

[YNWAViking]

An injury on Trent and two CBs out (very likely as they are all made of crackers) and we're down to 3 CBs starting (2 in the middle + Gomez as RB) and none on the bench. A problem. 

[Megadrive Man]

Feels like we are putting a lot of faith in Quansah! 

[an tha]

26 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

Not realising that it would be bad for their beloved Premier League brand if yet another big name leaves.

Cunts