Flying a Keita- It has its up and downs- 2017 Summer Transfer Thread II

All I know is his agent says he has a release clause.

 

And definitely wants to see it invoked.

 

He also said Keita only wants to go to Liverpool... so we'll see if that holds up next season when more clubs are in for him.

 

and to think...Neymar is reported to be a 193M transfer to PSG. what a bargain Keita would be at only 70-80M.

i hope Mane has a 90M release clause...except who could Liverpool get that would be as good as Mane for only 90M???

as a reality check, Thierry Henry's transfer fee was 12M, give or take a bag of crisps.

 

If there's a release clause for next year they'd be crazy not to sell now, but maybe they think a lot can change in 12 months.

They'd be right.

 

Because Arsenal were mugs in the transfer market/allowing players run down their contracts into the final year etc....mcmanaman and Owen did the same back in the day

 

Yep.

He's worth more to them playing for a year instead of getting them an extra 30M now. At least that seems to be their point of view. Or maybe they're just playing hardball! Either way a 70M bid should tell the tale.

 

From the RB perspective Is he worth 30M + wages for one years service? Even if he doesn't sign with us next year, someone will pick him up for the buyout clause.

 

http://readliverpoolfc.com/2017/07/19/qa-hull-city-fans-tv-andrew-robertson/

Seems like he's no different than Moreno

 

Have they been reading our posts?

 

I think we've got to go with this as it's the only entry...

 

OK, there's always Naby Going Back Again...

 

There is also this to consider, replacing him will be hard, the replacement player will probably have higher wages, and keeping him and doing well in CL brings you money.

 

Buyers and Salah's, I tell yer ......

 

Moreno's problem may have been his speed. It allowed him not to learn the positional aspects of defending and just rely on his pace to cover his mistakes.

 

If it was a choice between VvD or Keith who would yous want?

Even though Naby Keita has potential to be up there amongst those game changers, we need VvD so desperately

 

An interesting question. You could say that Keita would massively improve an already adequate MF, but VvD would address a glaring deficiency at CB so is more critical a need. But I go back to the view that a dominating MF feeds the attack and protects the back line (look at what Kante pretty much alone did for those cloggers at Leicester) so a major difference maker in MF like Keita would improve all aspects of our game.

 

I don't really care - either of them will improve the team so I'll be happy if we sign either of them.

 

Moreno doesn't have the tactical acuity or skill to be a winger.
Nice as a late game sub to run at a tired defense or break on counters - for sure.
Start a match there and use non-existent guile and craft? Not his forte.