Well, I guess you don't read Spanish papers. These have been writing about him for two years now and that's because Real and Barca were following him since those days, watching him in matches themselves. He's being compared with Pedri/de Jong/de Bruyne by those who watched him as scouts AND Arne Slot knows him personally, as he already was a fan of him as a youth pupil talent.
Why would any of us who post here about LIVERPOOL football realistically be interested in reading about football news in Spanish papers unless it has something to do with LFC? This Dutch youngster is probably being talked about by fans of Dutch football quite a bit. But you assume just because you know about him, due to your obvious interest in Dutch football, that we give a crap about young and upcoming Dutch youth. Read the room please...
No idea if there is any validity to this, but if true it may indicate that the earlier "supposed" fracture in relations between Slot and the recruitment team may not be resolved (if they were true to begin with...). In this scenario FSG may be looking at seeing what Slot is able to do with the team he has, and whether he can really rebound from the mess that was happening during the second quarter of the season. While I really worry about trying to finish the remainder of the season without another senior squad CB and RB. In the longer run, it might not be so unreasonable to see if Slot can actually fashion something winning out of what he's got now in the full squad and available in the academy. What he has patently refused to do so far is integrate the academy players into the full squad, and it might be that they look at this and say - we have young talent, you were supposed to be good at using it, so show us... They bet big on marquee signings over the summer, only to see most of them crap the bed once they arrived. Is that on them or on the ability of the coaching team to integrate them effectively? I could see FSG taking a longer-term view of this and asking if Slot has the squad development skills they clearly want a Liverpool head coach to display. If he does, we'll see it. If he doesn't (and what they'd seen at Feyenoord was luck or an aberration), then probably probably better to keep your powder dry on new signings so you can provide it for a new coach in the summer. Not saying any of this is reality. I'm just trying to figure out how the above info might make sense...
??? You're very touchy in your response. I wasnot criticizing, but giving information about the why of that mentioned transfer fee, of which that being watched by Real/Barcelona during those years being mentioned plays a significant role, because other top clubs started paying attention and thus the aim of Real to get him on the cheap went out of the window. So you don't read Liverpool news either, as it was already mentioned in at least early november last year. You don't give a crap, but given it is being talked about in the local media, as well as in the UK wide media, there are Liverpudlians who do have interest in players the club is linked with.
Just thinking there. In the last 6 months City have signed Donnarumma, Guehi and Semenyo. Not saying this maps dna-like, exactly like for like, but those three signings for the longevity of the team, are rather similar to us signing Alisson and VVD.
Agreed. City have strengthened significantly for the run in and I wouldn't bet against them to win the league now. Semenyo and Guehi are two players I had hoped would sign for Liverpool since they both tick a lot of boxes for what we need right now including both being home grown. But here we are in Jan, they've signed for a major rival instead and most Liverpool supporters I'm sure will be keeping their fingers very tightly crossed hoping that we suffer no further injuries in defence.
I think there’s a lot of truth to that. In August nobody thought we were signing him as a savior to our defense. He was seen as a sensible addition to be a great 3rd choice centerback option. We were still hopeful that Konate would sign a new contract. The thing that’s changed is Konate’s form. He went from one of the best centerbacks in Europe who we were desperate to sign a new deal, to someone who is costing us points left and right. Now Guehi is being viewed as a savior instead of a nice centerback option. But at the same time every top team in Europe is jumping at the chance to sign someone as good as him for free. It’s become a bidding war for who will pay him the highest wages and it seems like City have gone very big. Liverpool are not ready to blow up their wage structure for someone they don’t see as a game changer. With all that said, the things that bothers me is that if we had signed the same two players that City did this window, I think we would have a chance to win the champions league this season. Our “patience” in the transfer market sees us blow off entire seasons.
If it wasn't for Donnarumma it would have been a massacre at old Trafford add to that the three disallowed goals for United. City didn't show up today the only stat they won was possession
Which is a classic double-sided sword -- another season where half the team is getting to know the other half. Plus a shortened summer due to the WC to get any kind of rhythm going. Don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Liverpool have turned their attention to Inter Milan and Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 26, after missing out on Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi who is set to join Manchester City. (Teamtalk) Liverpool have set their sights on Real Madrid and France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, 23. (Fichajes - in Spanish)
Our summer business left us horribly prepared for the season, but I think the good news is that we didn’t buy bad players. Wirtz and Ekitike look like they both have the potential of becoming the best player in the Premier League. Frimpong is fantastic and versatile. I’m not totally convinced by Kerketz, but he’s super young and getting better all the time. Leoni looked quality from the little we saw. Isak is probably the most problematic of the signings, but nobody doubts his quality. More so than the new signings we have been let down by: Three players who were crucial last season and have not come even close to reaching the same levels this season: Konate, Mac Allister, Salah. Two players who we needed to take on a bigger role than they did last season and have proven to be not up to it: Gakpo and Bradley. Three players who had zero role last season who continue to have zero role this season: Chiesa, Gomez, and Endo. A manager who has taken way too long to figure out how it is all supposed to fit together.
More so than the new signings we have been let down by: Three players who had zero role last season who continue to have zero role this season: Chiesa, Gomez, and Endo. eh? how we can be let down by players who have hardly seen the pitch. and wtf has Gomez done wrong - surely you're not blaming him for getting injured? Also, you're glossing over the facts that: (a) we've had non-stop revolving doors on the injury room (b) Wirtz has only clicked into gear in the past month or so. (c) The team's grieving over Diogo. None of these things have Slot's fingerprints on them at all.
FFS Sam. Way to twist my words into something I didn’t say at all. Who blamed Joe Gomez for anything? The point is, one of the reasons the squad seems so thin is that 3 squad places are occupied by players the manager refuses to pick.
And... does it matter who we sign if we continue to play Slot-ball? Does it matter who is in our squad if we play the same deliberate, slow, side to side passing game?
Yep - not much we can do there. If he remains injury prone - we will have missed out on a top player.
I'm not twisting your words, I'm reading them. You said "More so than the new signings we have been let down by: Three players who had zero role last season who continue to have zero role this season: Chiesa, Gomez, and Endo." I'll try again: How has Gomez "let us down"? Plus, how has Endo "let us down"? Now you say "the squad seems so thin is that 3 squad places are occupied by players the manager refuses to pick" So for you the manager refuse to pick them but the players "let us down"? Do you get why I'm picking you up on this? Why point the finger at the players?