Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[magicrat]

55 minutes ago, s(k)aturation said:

 

 

 

It must have been a very very tough call for the lad, though, in fairness.

Hodgson did turn us into Crystal Palace/WBA/(insert relegation battle team here) there for a few unforgettably horrific months.

 

 

 

Torres was dogshit at Chelsea so justice was done. What still irks me most is that we went out and spunked the money on that useless grock Carroll

[Jurgen Knows]

Just now, TD_LFC said:

 

Sounds like they already have to the people that matter and it hasn't stopped them so not sure what saying it so Jim White and Paul Merson can hear will make that much difference.

The way I see it:

 

FSG want to cash in.

 

Klopp doesn’t want to sell at any price.

 

Ittihad know this and they keep coming back with improved offers to increase the pressure on Klopp.

 

Watch Klopp’s latest press conference and notice when he said that not receiving another bid for Salah “doesn’t mean a lot to be honest” … as if indicating that informal negotiations might be happening behind his back.

 

FSG seem to be happy with the improved offers and still hoping to somehow get it done without pissing off Klopp. 

 

If FSG come out today and say he is not for sale at any price then the whole story would be immediately closed. They seem to be happy to keep it going.

 

I might be wrong, but this is how I see it.

[Chocoholic]

I can't see Salah either downing tools or putting in a transfer request. He really loves the adulation of the fans and he knows  most of that goodwill would disappear if he did either.

 

I'm not sure if it counts as narcissism, but he knows how much he's loved and don't think he'd risk throwing that away, when he knows it would still be possible to move there with feelings intact when they return next year, with the club making a football/financial decision rather than him being seen as the greedy villain.

[magicrat]

2 minutes ago, Jurgen Knows said:

The way I see it:

 

FSG want to cash in.

 

Klopp doesn’t want to sell at any price.

 

Ittihad know this and they keep coming back with improved offers to increase the pressure on Klopp.

 

Watch Klopp’s latest press conference and notice when he said that not receiving another bid for Salah “doesn’t mean a lot to be honest” … as if indicating that informal negotiations might be happening behind his back.

 

FSG seem to be happy with the improved offers and still hoping to somehow get it done without pissing off Klopp. 

 

If FSG come out today and say he is not for sale at any price then the whole story would be immediately closed. They seem to be happy to keep it going.

 

I might be wrong, but this is how I see it.

They could well be talking about selling in Jan or even next summer. 

[Section_31]

48 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Someone is taking it well.

 

 

 

I guess they just couldn't putsch it through in time. 

[Jurgen Knows]

Just now, magicrat said:

They could well be talking about selling in Jan or even next summer. 

Also possible yes.

[joe_fishfish]

Wasn't Bella Kotchap shite last year anyway?

 

Given his age it's a good price for him if it's real, I guess.

[joe_fishfish]

Suggest all Salah talk is taken to another thread. This is for transfers happening in the summer 2023 window and Mo's going nowhere just yet.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Yea where is John Henry with the "What do you think they are smoking over at King Abdullah Sport City".

[magicrat]

2 minutes ago, Rick Sanchez C-137 said:

Yea where is John Henry with the "What do you think they are smoking over at King Abdullah Sport City".

[TheHowieLama]

Sheesh.

[bizzle10]

13 minutes ago, magicrat said:

Torres was dogshit at Chelsea so justice was done. What still irks me most is that we went out and spunked the money on that useless grock Carroll

Actually we bought 2 players if you remember that Jan .Carroll yeah just yeah but we also bought a certain  Luis Suarez too with Torres cash 

[s(k)aturation]

16 minutes ago, magicrat said:

Torres was dogshit at Chelsea so justice was done. What still irks me most is that we went out and spunked the money on that useless grock Carroll

 

There was the consolation of Suarez though.

 

 

[redinblack]

12 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

 

I guess they just couldn't putsch it through in time. 

Arf!

[magicrat]

1 minute ago, bizzle10 said:

Actually we bought 2 players if you remember that Jan .Carroll yeah just yeah but we also bought a certain  Luis Suarez too with Torres cash 

Never heard of the fella 

[Mathewbet1]

12 minutes ago, joe_fishfish said:

Wasn't Bella Kotchap shite last year anyway?

 

Given his age it's a good price for him if it's real, I guess.

Hes no Heinz Riddle

[Chocoholic]

Are Forest signing lookalikes to confuse the fuck out of opposition defenders?

 

I never noticed how much Hudson-Odoi looks like Divock before.

 

 

[YNWAViking]

Who cares about out the Saudis the world is our oyster.

 

3 hours left.

[lifetime fan]

8 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

 

Faking no. Agree on the second - and I think losing the AFCON contributed massively to that.

 

I think 4 of the trad top 6 are owned by American capitalists so thought there might be something more specific.

I agree 100% losing the AFCON would definitely have impacted him.
 

Just because we see it as an inferior competition that’s a pain in the arse because of its timing doesn’t mean the players see it that way. 

This is very simple in my mind - Salah knows the owners, he knows there’s a price point they’ll ask him to leave. 
 

He wants the Saudi cash and knows the owners want him gone at the right price (either now/Jan/next summer). 
 

Why the fuck would he make himself the bad guy for the owners when they were briefing their pack journo’s about how greedy he was being over the contract renewal and were more than happy to make him the bad guy then. 
 

Hence the ‘boot is on the other foot’ comment. 

 

[Freddo]

1 hour ago, gkmacca said:

 

I wish we would use that strong position to not only tell them we won't do business with them but also to send our support to all of those their country is wrongly imprisoning and killing. It's a shame everyone seems to think the only response to sportswashing is standing by and letting it happen. If they want publicity, give it to them.

Sadly it is a business. All clubs should get together and adopt this stance. None will which is rather sad. Money is money and it rules everything.

[Bobby Hundreds]

I'm guessing they want to announce Gravenberch as the window closes to make fans go "is right" Instead of "is that it then"

[Section_31]

Might be chatting shit here but I always got the feeling that what made Mane and Salah the kind of pros they are was partly down to their, clearly, strong religious faith. You get the impression with them both that they're grateful for what they have and that's one of the reasons I can never imagine Salah downing tools or acting unprofessionally. 

[Bruce Spanner]

5 minutes ago, Chocoholic said:

Are Forest signing lookalikes to confuse the fuck out of opposition defenders?

 

I never noticed how much Hudson-Odoi looks like Divock before.

 

 

 

 

There's a word for that and it starts with 'R' and ends in 'ist'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's repudiationist.

[TD_LFC]

1 minute ago, Bruce Spanner said:

 

 

There's a word for that and it starts with 'R' and ends in 'ist'.

 

 

Mason Greenwood?

[lifetime fan]

1 minute ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

I'm guessing they want to announce Gravenberch as the window closes to make fans go "is right" Instead of "is that it then"

You cynical (and spot on!) bastard.