Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? - LFC Transfer Thread - SUMMER 2023

Getting into the Silly Season stuff already...

 

been going all year, really.

 

Interesting take from Twitter.

We nearly won all 4 and did this in the transfer market, and sold our player of the year. Good work

Reflecting on Liverpool’s summer window one year later: Nunez, Carvalho, Ramsay and Arthur on loan. So incredibly bad. Two square pegs in round holes - one of whom is now available for loan - and two who have literally been injured all season.

 

No. No need for a forward with that lot.

 

And don't forget the promising youngsters such as Ben Doak, Kaide Gordon and others ..............

 

Yep but if we look at the players bought one year ago in the summer , we signed four players but really only used one (Nunez). None of them addressed our true needs which was midfield .

I know hindsight is 20/20 but looking back the business done could have been much better .Nunez had a mixed season and the others had virtually no impact .

The signings this summer will need to be much more effective if we're to bounce back next season .

 

I think that it was this:
- we really believed we could get Bellingham but he'd soak up almost / all of our $$ leaving no room for others to be signed
- we could tag-team Hendo/Fab/Thiago/Harvey until Jones got healthy
- we could give Baj another year to mature in the meantime

but
a) Harvey, while talented and works his bum off, is a square attacking peg in a round midfield hole
b) Jones' problems simply wouldn't go away (we can now see how much stronger we are with him)
c) the older guys collectively were completely running on fumes (at best) and none could stay injury-free

 

Looks like Macallister is a matter of time.

Quality quality player.

But shouldn't it be Caicedo & AMac

 

Liverpool could sign Lazio midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, 28, for 26m euros (£22.5m), with the Serbia international's contract due to expire in 2024.

 

I was quite impressed by that Sulemana kid today. He's only 21 an all , shades of Sadio there.

 

I would deffo prefer Caicedo to MacA. Fills a greater need IMO

 

I’d like to see this move. He’s one of the best in SerieA.

 

Carvalho to move on?

Klopp took a “we will see” stance on his future, but privately it appears as though Carvalho is weighing up a move away.

Fabrizio Romano reports that Liverpool have received a permanent bid for their No. 28 “from a club abroad.”

The club is as of yet unnamed, but there have been suggestions of interest from his native Portugal, with Porto among the sides linked.

Meanwhile, Romano adds that “there are also many loan deal bids from Premier League clubs,” but Carvalho is “not accepting” a temporary switch.

Liverpool receive bid for Fabio Carvalho as 'many' Premier League clubs loom - Liverpool FC - This Is Anfield

 

This guy reminds of William Carvalho, perennially the target of this or that club but never actually moving.

 

There was an aimlessness about this season, I think largely due to the mass it drop off in key individuals’ performances. He’s partly a victim of that, I think.

 

I'm sure that initially there was a plan which included Carvalho , perhaps to succeed Bobby and also be able to cover midf and left wing when needed. However ,once our downward spiral began early in the season judging by his lack of appearances Fabio seems to have fallen out of favour with Klopp. With the team dropping points too often I think the manager was struggling to find a lineup that could turn things around and unfortunately Carvalho was unable to step up in a way that Jones eventually did.
Jurgen rarely ever says anything negative re his players no matter how they perform and despite some talk about a loan I think the club would not hesitate to sell should a decent offer come in. And for Carvalho at his age he needs to play in order to develop and I think if he stayed he might become another Nat Phillips or Kelleher just spinning his wheels . He is a good player and should have solid career somewhere.

 

the Melo era is over at LFC. kinda sad.

and when I think of all the time I put into making that banner!

 

he's a talented player so I hope we end up accommodating him.

the Cody signing came out of the blue, so maybe it was "unplanned" -- and may have pushed hCarv out of the picture right now.

one thing about him has always bugged me though. probably meaningless overall, and I can't recall the game, but he clashed with a goalie and went down in a heap, eyes closed, motionless for about 10-15 seconds. no foul was give but when he realized play had been stopped he jumped in a flash and got right in the goalie's face. not the behaviour Klopp encourages, more Atletico Madrid shit.