Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[TD_LFC]

2 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

I saw murmurs of Lloyd Kelly from Bournemouth last night.

 

We looked at him before he went to Bournemouth, 24, 6’2, home grown, can play centre back & left back, contract expires in 2024.

 

Literally zero idea how he’s done at Bournemouth.

 

Think Spurs are looking at him as well.

[Scott_M]

The eagle has landed…

 

[Scott_M]

1 minute ago, TD_LFC said:

 

Think Spurs are looking at him as well.

That puts me off him. 
 

That lad at Southampton wouldn’t be a bad move. 

[Reckoner]

Aaaahhhh new player buzzzz

The defences problems came from a poor midfield. When the midfield gets going it’ll all click into place.

 

(…right?)

[Lee909]

2 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

Aaaahhhh new player buzzzz

The defences problems came from a poor midfield. When the midfield gets going it’ll all click into place.

 

(…right?)

 

As long as nobody gets injured 

[Scott_M]

If we get Gravenberch all signed etc before midday, he can be available on Sunday.

[Section_31]

2 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

If we get Gravenberch all signed etc before midday, he can be available on Sunday.

Craig David over here.

[Scott_M]

Just now, Section_31 said:

Craig David over here.

Think he just chilled on Sunday.

[Reckoner]

19 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

As long as nobody gets injured 

That’s ok then. There’s definitely nobody who’ll get injured.

[TD_LFC]

Has anyone done the math on the critical mass of Dutch national side players you're allowed in a team before they implode and start infighting and briefing against each other in the media?

 

With French nationals I think it's 4.

[stringvest]

9 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Has anyone done the math on the critical mass of Dutch national side players you're allowed in a team before they implode and start infighting and briefing against each other in the media?

 

With French nationals I think it's 4.

math indeed

[TD_LFC]

I changed it from Maths to Math because I wasn't sure which one got the virgins annoyed and still got it wrong.

 

I'm a disgrace.

[Moctezuma]

So just to recap the Saudis have bought

 

Koulibaliy, Mendy and Kante off Chelsea who were all underperforming or injury prone players who they wanted shifted from the squad and the ephemeral St Maximim from Newcastle.

 

From us they bought our club captain and first choice defensive midfielder, have bid for our best attacking player (Salah) and have tried to destabalise Ibrahim Konate and Luis Diaz with much of that attempted transfer activity occurring prior to our games with Chelsea and Newcastle.

 

Hmm...

[Bobby Hundreds]

41 minutes ago, Reckoner said:

Aaaahhhh new player buzzzz

The defences problems came from a poor midfield. When the midfield gets going it’ll all click into place.

 

(…right?)

A lot of our defensive issues are down to ball achingly shit tactics when it comes to defending. Could be made worse by injuries in defence so we play midfielders there instead.

[manwiththestick]

9 hours ago, Section_31 said:

This transfer window has reminded me how out of the loop I am with up and coming players. I rarely if ever know of the player we're linked with. Are we still tracking Andy Booth at Huddersfield?

I think we turned our attention and are now aggressively monitoring Paul Kitson.

[JohnnyH]

A really good summer’s work.

 

[Mathewbet1]

Apart from we are still lacking a world class number six, a CB and a proper right back.

[Scott_M]

9 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

A really good summer’s work.

 

Given Milner, Keita & Ox barely had the minutes of 1 player, I’d argue we’ve lost 3 players and gained 4, 3 of which are younger, more athletic and proven quality. 

[JohnnyH]

5 minutes ago, Mathewbet1 said:

Apart from we are still lacking a world class number six, a CB and a proper right back.

This isn’t championship manager. You don’t do that level of a rebuild in one window if you want the right players in both ability and mentality. If you just spunk your money everywhere singing 10 first teamers then you end up like Chelsea. 

[Scott_M]

6 minutes ago, Mathewbet1 said:

Apart from we are still lacking a world class number six, a CB and a proper right back.

I think longer term, Gravenberch will be the 6. We still have Thiago to come back who can play that role, who despite his injury issues, is a world class footballer. 
 

Centre back is preferable, which if we get, then Gomez can cover at RB. 

[Section_31]

I dunno if the number six thing (a term I've only ever heard this summer) is in Klopp's footballing vocabulary. He seems to want players who can turn defence into attack rather than a stopper who can give it. Maybe I'm wrong. 

 

In general he's always seemed to place low importance on a high calibre of defenders in general, save for Virg, seems like the whole concept bores him. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Big Div in talks with Forest and Burnley over a potential loan.

 

Just the news Evertonians want to wake up to.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

17 minutes ago, Mathewbet1 said:

Apart from we are still lacking a world class number six, a CB and a proper right back.

What does "world class" even mean?

 

Endo, Bajcetic, Thiago and (at a push) Mac Allister are all more than capable of doing a job there, provided that the other midfielders are quality (which, this season, they are).

[TD_LFC]

2 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

I dunno if the number six thing (a term I've only ever heard this summer) is in Klopp's footballing vocabulary. He seems to want players who can turn defence into attack rather than a stopper who can give it. Maybe I'm wrong. 

 

In general he's always seemed to place low importance on a high calibre of defenders in general, save for Virg, seems like the whole concept bores him. 

 

Depends of the kind of side he wants us to be.

 

If you want to be a possession side then you can afford a Pirlo/Frenkie De Jong style player who dictates play and controls tempo. At the moment we're a really vertical side who tries to get it from front to back quickly and then compress the play into the opposition half because it helps us counter-press so a defensive monster would gives us a security.

 

 

[El Rojo]

8 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

I dunno if the number six thing (a term I've only ever heard this summer) is in Klopp's footballing vocabulary. He seems to want players who can turn defence into attack rather than a stopper who can give it. Maybe I'm wrong. 

 

In general he's always seemed to place low importance on a high calibre of defenders in general, save for Virg, seems like the whole concept bores him. 

 

Yeah, I think he'd get a chuckle out of the simplicity that we view the game with. He clearly wants a fairly rounded footballer in every position.
 

31 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

A really good summer’s work.

 

No real losses at all there outside of Milner, who I'd have kept even in a coaching role, and Fabinho (and I'm pretty alone in missing him on here). Good window. Szobozslai, who I knew nothing about, looks particularly special.