FrenchEyeGlass

Alaba for 20-25m and Upamacano for 45m would be great. Experience and flexibility alongside the promise of a long-term talent. Get rid of Matip this summer and that leaves us with four CBs - VVD/Alaba/Gomez/Upamacano. Alaba also has the added benefit of being a left sided CB and has the ability to play RB and CDM.

Can't be arsed reading a Micah Richards article about anything to be honest but IMO the only reason Daniel is without a team right now is COVID. Certainly isn't finished at Premier League level, in his last season for us he scored against PSG in the Champions League group stages and I'm supposed to believe he wouldn't be a better option for Fulham than Aleksander fucking Mitrovic or whoever the heck WBA play up front? I see your point re: clubs being more cautious but simply can't agree giving him anything is throwing money down the drain - he was fit more often than not at the end of his time here but would never get a game because he simply was not good enough for European champions and PL champions elect. Neither was Danny Ings (and he was also injured far more than Sturridge) and he's currently ripping up the league and trending to be a golden boot winner. Anyway who cares - we all probably have different opinions on it. However I think any sane Liverpool fan loves the lad and only wishes him well, and you'd have to be a bad meff to believe any talk about a bad attitude (not that anyone on here does). Contrary to that, I think Sturridge was actually one of the first positive tone-setters at the start of Klopps reign, I'm pretty sure Hendo would be the first to attest to as much. Really hope he finds somewhere to end his career. He was a class act all round and world class on his day.

Torres was overrated and Daniel underrated. 'Nowhere near Torres level good' is an embarrassing take, go have a nap.

Just hoping beyond hope he is not out for long. I hope he's just jarred his knee and will be back in a month or so, and we tell the whole world its 8 months out. Then he just emerges like Dwayne fucking Johnson and lays the smackdown on everyone's candy asses.

@GFFN 13m | Manchester United are negotiating with Watford for Ismaila Sarr after having a loan with €45m option to buy bid rejected - the Hornets' counter is that the Red Devils pay €25m as a penalty if they choose not to activate an option to buy - talks on. PLEASE BE TRUE

Arsenal seem to have all but secured Partay for 46m. Great signing if true. Doesnt fix their issues re: creativity but will add dynamism as well as protection.

There is no way he is out for just six weeks. Klopp likes to underplay injuries (he did the same with Allison last year) so I’m taking his 6 weeks as 8.

The issue is, that first goal genuinely changes the entire complex of the game. I also think he generally makes the back line uncertain.

For a long time it was tolerable that he wasn't a goal threat because he was still generally a creative outlet and his touch was decent. His movement was also great. For a long time now he's stopped offering those things too. He's been absolutely wank recently. I love bobby but he needs dropping. I'd rather we played Salah up top and Jota on the right.

He is fucking shit, and he has been ever since we brought him in. Rumours about Gazzaniga, if theres a chance I'd do it. No chance we are signing anyone though.

Klopp should refuse to let any of them go away on internationals. In fact the players should refuse to. That was fucking embarrassing and inexcusable.

Oh absolutely. Leeds remind me of us in 17/18 (albeit not as good). They're brilliant technically, incredibly intense and have absolutely fuck all fear factor.

Good teams find a way to win though. Ask our lads.

Agreed. You'd think it'd be easy for Origi to have more of an impact than Salah who was contributing the square root of fuck all but somehow he managed to be even less impressive. The thing about Mo in them kinds of games is that he needs to be way more disruptive. In normal games he relies upon our general structure and control of a game and looks to hang on the defensive line to get in behind. That was never going to happen today because we didn't have our fullbacks or midfielders to retain possession like we normally do.

Wilson shite Origi shite Hope we don't have to rely on Neco hes way too underdeveloped (we won't, Gomez will play if no Trent) Grujic meh...slower than Can Salah not good enough. Needs to be doing more as a senior player. Jota did well. Taki was okay but I think he needs better players up front with him in order to make him space. R. Williams did well too.