January 2025 Transfer Thread

[Barrington Womble]

3 hours ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

 

I'm actually not sure about this. Last time Edwards was in charge he wasn't afraid to spend huge money on a player if they could have a huge impact (Alisson, van Dijk).

 

Obviously it would require some big sales to make it possible, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see something like Nunez and Kelleher sold for £100m and then we spend that on a big difference-maker up front. I mean, we're not getting Yamal/Mbappe/Haaland, but someone like Musiala or Rodrygo wouldn't be that crazy to imagine, I wouldn't think?

 

It took selling coutinho for £140m to make the Ali and VVD signing work and Edwards had klopp pushing him. Edwards is in a much stronger position now. And we're not selling anyone in that range at this moment, least of all because outside of England there seems little appetite for massive transfer fees. 

 

If we sign anyone in Jan or the summer,  it'll be in the normal 30-60m range. 

[Megadrive Man]

If you were a fan of Lucas or loved Bobby Clark you may like this lad!

 

Liverpool poach young defender from Man City to land early blow before January transfer window - Mirror Online

[Carvalho Diablo]

17 hours ago, Lee909 said:

1.Alisson

 

2. van Dyke

3. Konate

4. Robertson

5. Tsimikas 

 

6. Endo

7. Mac Allister 

8. Gravenberch 

9. Szoboszlai 

 

10. Gakpo

11  Diaz

12. Nunez

13. Salah

14. Jota

15. Chiesa

 

16. Mamardashvili 

 

Even if Endo and Tsimikas are replaced with like for like we are pretty close to the wire on bringing players in. If we lose Kelleher,Gomez,Trent you'd need home grown players or a smaller squad

 

Tyler Dibling should be a name which is very close to the top of our transfer list.

 

Young, home grown, heading down with Southampton, and the best player we have faced this season. He has central midfielder stamped all over him.

[Megadrive Man]

1 hour ago, Carvalho Diablo said:

 

Tyler Dibling should be a name which is very close to the top of our transfer list.

 

Young, home grown, heading down with Southampton, and the best player we have faced this season. He has central midfielder stamped all over him.

 

Agree, I've seen him a few times and he looks like a really talented player.

 

The one concern with him is that he went from Southampton's academy to Chelsea a few years ago but went back to Southampton a few months later as he struggled to settle. He was only a kid at the time but seems like he might not be keen on leaving them.  

[3 Stacks]

Not saying that this is right or wrong, but Dibling is the type of signing we never make. He's too young to be a regular for us right away so unless his fee is somehow low, we won't think it's worth it.

[Scott_M]

His injury record isn’t great, is it?

 

[Lee909]

23 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

His injury record isn’t great, is it?

 

 

It's not bad

He's missed 33 games since the start of 2019/20. Most in 3 spells of a ankle injury a couple of years back, did his hamstring last year and injured his ankle earlier this season and missed 6 games. I'm more concerned he isn't a big goalscorer. 24 goals for Brighton in 49 games, 14 have been pens. He's looked decent t when I've seen him this year though, 4 goals and 2 assists in 9 games(591 mins)

[Lee909]

Liverpool sign Lucas Clarke from Man City

As confirmed by journalist Lewis Bower and the official LFC Academy Instagram channel, Liverpool have signed teenage centre-back Lucas Clarke from Manchester City’s youth ranks.

The 16-year-old is a left-footed defender who’ll now link up with the Reds’ under-16 squad, in the hope of progressing through the age groups to eventually become part of the senior setup at Anfield.

The youngster took to his own Instagram profile to celebrate the transfer, posting: ‘Delighted to have signed for @liverpoolfc can’t wait to get started 

 

 

[Harry Squatter]

A few jarg sites have linked us to River Plates creative/attacking midfielder Franco Mastantuono. 17 year old with a £29m release clause. Apparently Real Madrid and the Mancs are desperate to sign him. 

[Mook]

Is Joao Pedro at Brighton any good?

 

I don't think I've ever seen him play but we seem to be linked with him.

[Code]

List of players available to sign contracts for free in January.

 

Some great and exiting players on this list, I’m 100% certain we will have considered many of them already.

 

[JohnnyH]

9 minutes ago, Code said:

List of players available to sign contracts for free in January.

 

Some great and exiting players on this list, I’m 100% certain we will have considered many of them already.

 

 

Will Hughes there.  We wanted him before.  Now's the chance to strike!

[an tha]

24 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

 

Will Hughes there.  We wanted him before.  Now's the chance to strike!

Our recruitment team have already excluded all the ones without an injured sign next to them...

[El Rojo]

45 minutes ago, Code said:

List of players available to sign contracts for free in January.

 

Some great and exiting players on this list, I’m 100% certain we will have considered many of them already.

 

 

[Code]

Dybala will probably be seen as too old at 31, but he’s my type of player from a technical ability point of view. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

We should piss Southampton fans off and sign Dibling. Piss them off even more and give them Nunez.

[Trumo]

Jonathan David is an intriguing one. I've never really watched him play but what I've read of him suggests he's quite well suited to a Bobby Firmino sort of role. Linking the attack and midfield and posing a serious goal threat, with less of the effortless skill but more pace and power than the Brazilian. If Slot chooses to stick with keeping our more prolific types in the wide positions, someone with David's skillset would be a good fit. He's free to talk to clubs in January about a summer move on a free. We'll get to see how he does in January when we come up against Lille ourselves.

 

There have been a few stories about Brighton's Joao Pedro in recent days, another suited to the Bobby role. He would be very expensive but ticks the recruitment team's box regarding PL experience. His goals-per-game is better than I thought, but around half of those are penalties. Is he potent enough in open play or at attacking set-pieces though?

[Pidge]

Would throw a major chunk of cash for Alvarez 

[Preston Red]

On 11/12/2024 at 17:37, Scott_M said:

His injury record isn’t great, is it?

 

Not worth it.

 

If we've been watching him for 5 years, he's obviously not been aggressively monitored the fuck out of by FSG. The man Pearce will be along to tell us this.

[Lee909]

Joao Pedro has looked good this year, though any fee would be high from Brighton. Just broke into tbe Brazil squad, he would be home grown as well for squad rules as he joined Watford at 18

[TheHowieLama]

Almost everyone of those is exiting.

[TheHowieLama]

1 hour ago, Pidge said:

Would throw a major chunk of cash for Alvarez 

Gotta be too late for that.

 

Haaland is gonna massively kickoff in the next few months as well - shame.

[El Rojo]

22 hours ago, Harry Squatter said:

A few jarg sites have linked us to River Plates creative/attacking midfielder Franco Mastantuono. 17 year old with a £29m release clause. Apparently Real Madrid and the Mancs are desperate to sign him. 

I would absolutely love a direct South American signing like this. It’s about as likely as us signing Zidane back in the day though. We’ll probably buy him from Brighton for £70m next year. 

[Colonel Bumcunt]

On 11/12/2024 at 06:06, Ne Moe Imya said:

 

I'm actually not sure about this. Last time Edwards was in charge he wasn't afraid to spend huge money on a player if they could have a huge impact (Alisson, van Dijk).

 

Obviously it would require some big sales to make it possible, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see something like Nunez and Kelleher sold for £100m and then we spend that on a big difference-maker up front. I mean, we're not getting Yamal/Mbappe/Haaland, but someone like Musiala or Rodrygo wouldn't be that crazy to imagine, I wouldn't think?

I agree, I can see us trying to buy the best in the world IF we think it's the best use of our money at any given time. 

 

That's not to say I think it's likely we get one, the proof is in our pursuits of Zubimendi, Bellingham, Tchouameni, Caceido.  

 

But maybe Slot is more focused on finding low friction components for his machine rather than over-complicated expensive parts.  Or maybe he feels that way about defence and midfield but he likes his forwards to have a bit more experience.  Not sure what to make of the Chiesa move at this point, but I think we were all taken back a bit because he is a big name with a big reputation.  It may yet prove to be a huge success. 

 

But we also need to be mindful of the big part that Nyoni and Ngumoha could play next season.  Both have the potential to simply be too good to ignore very soon. 

 

[Binomial]

20 hours ago, Code said:

List of players available to sign contracts for free in January.

 

Some great and exiting players on this list, I’m 100% certain we will have considered many of them already.

 

 

Rayan

Cucho Hernandez

& Yarek Gasiorowski will conclude our summer business.

 

Maybe Sean Longstaff too seeing as we need a back up DM.