Skillfull, Hopefully Interesting Talents: The Summer 19 Transfer Forum

Yes, I forgot that he signed with Dortmund. Womp womp. Still, someone of that ilk. Obviously Pepe would be a great signing but there are other winger/forwards out there that could fit (Ismaila Sarr is another exciting young talent).

 

agree completely, tips.

(Minor point - Gomez is 22)

 

Why on earth would he want to leave?

 

or ... between Virgil, Matip. Joe and upcoming yoots - plus Fab in a pinch - they think we're covered.

sounds risky if that's the case though.

 

yep ... this Lovren stuff is likely the usual media BS - he seems to be very happy at LFC.

otoh as 4th-choice CB, he'll hardly see the pitch next season unless a couple of the others get crocked at the same time, so he might want to move to ensure he stays on the Croatia NT radar -- and / or get one last big transfer payday / wage.

I hope he stays !!

 

Not much Werner talk lately, seems that's likely off as well? He seems to want Bayern but if they are waiting for a free next summer I wonder if he could be convinced by a move to LFC this summer.

Or maybe LFC have just given up hope of signing him, maybe I missed that somewhere. He seems a great fit overall!

 

Due to the club's excellent signings these last few seasons clubs wanting to sell their players are claiming we are interested to try to get other teams to gazump us. Some clubs are too lazy to rely on their own scouting and will just target who they think we are after.

Most of these french rumours seem pretty baseless to me. I know we did scout Depay at some point before christmas but the other players we have been linked to seem to be more about the clubs trying to sell them before they have to negotiate new deals with them (French clubs have a pretty limited wage structure, thats why all the talent moves on fairly quickly).

Saying that if no one has bid for Fekir by August I can see us making a bid as he's only 1 year left on his contract, but I don't think we will be overspending on anyone this summer, it will be more sensible squad additions like Shaqiri

 

Bigger question is why haven't we signed their top scouts yet?

 

Me mthinks that path will be less trodden.

 

Start writing his song.

Djenepo, Djenepo,
He's not from Aleppo
No, by golly, he's from Mali.

Definitely NOT that.

 

I think we're going to be disappointed a bit overall with our activity this summer. I will be pretty disappointed at least if we don't make 1 big signing for our forward group...we really do need someone that can be considered elite, or near so, to play when our front three are injured or need a rest. I'm a big fan of the togetherness of the squad, but they've seen some mileage the last two seasons and it's not sustainable at this clip without proper support.

Just my two cents based on the recent news that Klopp only wants to 'slightly tweak' his squad this summer.

 

It would be a mistake to not make 1 big signing in attack and try to figure out fullback depth through the market... to me that's the bare minimum.

They've made 170M in CL alone the last 2 seasons. One bad injury in attack could undo the title push, two injuries in attack could undo the whole season, and those front 3 have been ridden incredibly hard the last 3 seasons so this is not at all impossible. Ox, Brewster, as to their ability to represent/perform as "new signings"... well, I always hate this because it smacks of a Wenger-ian excuse for a shit transfer window rather than logical squad management/transfer fund useage.

And this is the bare, bare minimum. Because this still only represents getting clear upgrades on departing players. They should really be after a star versatile attacker, a hard working and still creative mid, fullback depth on both sides, and solid backup keeper. Because we know what City is going to be doing, strengthening all over however possible. They are after Joao Felix for 100M euros, they aren't happy sitting back saying "well KDB being around all season is like a new signing!"

That's who LFC are competing with.

 

For the record, I don't think there is reason to think they won't make a big signing either. There's zero sign of that... they have money, they have the foundation, they have all the swagger you could hope for as a prem club right now.