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  1. 4 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

    Didn’t he fail his Chelsea medical too? Given their fetish for signings I didn’t think that was even possible.

     

    Yeah, that happened.

     

    Was all a bit weird. Think Chelsea may have had second thoughts and just found a reason to pull out.

  2. 17 minutes ago, TRon said:

     

     

    Do you know anything about this Romulo that Fulham are looking at? These smaller clubs have to be creative when it comes to signings, if they have good scouts we are in a position to blow them out of the water same way Chelsea are doing with our first choice targets. 

     

    Nah, wasn't familiar with Romulo at all.

     

    Was only looking into him yesterday, and was quite taken back.

     

    I doubt we'd be looking at someone like that though.

     

    More likely to be someone with more Prem experience or playing in one of the higher ranked leagues.

  3. 4 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

    What about the young Spanish striker at Porto, would cost big money and could play Isak in the 10 role if Howe really is considering a change in formation.

     

    Sounds crazy to think about playing Isak elsewhere, but sometimes we do struggle to get him involved and i think he’s much better when not receiving ball with his back to goal.

     

    Samu would cost big money I think.

     

    He's dangerous in the box, and has a lot of power and pace, but not sure people would like him.

     

    His touch and control can be quite inconsistent.

  4. Predictions on the striker we look at next?

     

    I think we might bid for Rodrigo Muniz.

     

    Fulham have bid a decent amount on Romulo at Goztepe, another Brazilian striker, and are still negotiating.

     

    Was watching some clips of the Romulo guy yesterday as I'd never heard of him, and was quite surprised. Think he looks decent.

     

  5. 1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

    The buyback on Quansah is hefty-mind. Think they've put it in as an anti-Palmer measure, but not in the Real Madrid way. RM typically sell at a fair price, then has a good buyback or % clause on further transfers. Liverpool has secured a good price, so their buyback is substantial.

     

    Guehi is the Konate replacement, it's just a case of bringing it forward if it suits. They like a youngster for the Quansah role - I don't think that fits the win now narrative previously discussed. It's just a continuation of what they wanted with Quansah - it's just that he wanted out.

     

    Bild in Germany have reported the buy back as being 'over 60 million Euros', and so it is somewhere in the £50 million range.

     

    Yeah, they like a youngster for that role because they already have VDV, Konate and Joe Gomez, all more experienced players. As the tweet stated it will have to be someone that is okay with not being guaranteed first team minutes.

     

    Once VDV and Salah stayed on, the priority was to maximise their Prem and Champions League challenge over the next few years. They've added players that will be expected to come in and perform at the highest level straight away.

     

    If they lose both VDV and Salah this summer, along with Trent, they likely go into a bit of a mini rebuild. Wirtz would likely have opted for Bayern or Man City instead.

     

    In that scenario, they likely also give the likes of Bradley and Quansah more of an opportunity to stake a first team place, as they have shown the potential, but just need the reps, and a bit of leeway to play through some mistakes.

     

  6. 1 hour ago, nufc123 said:

    Do they really need a 4th player capable playing as a striker? Its mental, Im so freaking tired of watching Chelsea on every god damn transfer rumour.

     

    Seen some of their fans already moaning that Delap isn't good enough and they need another striker [emoji38]

     

     

  7. 4 minutes ago, Smal said:

    he’s getting a 7 year contract on big wages that’ll take him until he’s 30. Not sure there’s any loss involved for him at all.

     

    I don't think it's going to go well from a sporting perspective.

     

    Financially, yes, he will be just fine. Just like he would have been if he joined Newcastle. Same as he was already at Brighton.

  8. Part of the excitement with signing João Pedro for me was really with what level Howe could get him to, and the influence Joelinton and Bruno would have on him as fellow countrymen that are consummate professionals.

     

    I just can't see him pushing on and developing into his full potential at Chelsea, as they just don't function that way, and so I can't help but feel it will be his loss.

     

    The Chelsea lot aren't even excited about the signing, and so the pressure will be on from the outset too. Will watch on in glee if it all goes left.

     

    Let's see where we go next. It's really somewhat of a relief these decisions are being made in June so we haven't been strung along all summer.

  9. 4 minutes ago, tarie4 said:

    Liverpool's known for not paying big wages. Konate's on 80k a week. Only Salah and VVD get 400k. After that, it's Wirtz at 200k the rest are around 160 to 120. I reckon he's gone this summer, or he'll leave for free next year, with Madrid sniffing around. It will be interesting to see how Liverpool handle this situation. 

     

     

    Yeah, it will depend on what Konate is asking for. 

     

    They may prefer to keep him and let him walk on a free next summer too, so as not to have too much change at the back this summer. Particularly as they are already bringing in a new right back and left back to the backline already.

     

    If Konate then leaves on a free they would then pick up Guehi on a free too, and so they may just accept that as no real loss.

  10. 5 hours ago, BennyBlanco said:

    We sign Trafford and maybe one more. If we’re lucky. Howe must be pulling his hair out - performed near miracles with a fairly stale squad and asked for the recruitment to be quick and precise - he’s been badly let down.
     

    Piss poor from the club so far this summer. The word rudderless has been said a few times on here because it’s absolutely spot on. 

     

    Howe and his inner circle are the ones leading negotiations.

     

    Moving quickly doesn't mean just paying whatever clubs ask for, we will still have a budget in place after all.

     

    The speed factor was more regarding PIF sign off on the deal once an agreement was in place from all parties. If you recall, this was previously an issue that was mentioned.

     

    However, we haven't even agreed with the selling clubs yet, to then go to PIF for their final sign off.

     

    Think we just need to let Howe and his guys work through their list of targets.

     

    There's been a fair bit of concern about only going for Prem targets, well the way things are going, we'll soon have to pivot to targets abroad, and so people will get what they want.

     

    Don't believe for a second we don't have other options outside the Prem. Nickson has always been strong in that area, and there will be other options that he would have presented to Howe and discussed with him.

     

    It won't be the same as it was with Mitchell last year, where there was less reception to the targets he was maybe presenting, because there was no relationship and trust there yet.

  11. 3 minutes ago, tarie4 said:

    Isn't he leaving this summer since he turned down a new contract and has a year left? 

     

     

    Don't think Liverpool have said that.

     

    They offered him a new contract a few days ago. Don't think they've announced no further negotiations are taking place and they have transfer listed him.

     

    If it does come down to that and they look to sell him, I'd imagine that Guehi would then be much more open to joining them. From that tweet it sounds like he's not as keen at the minute, as Konate and VDV already have an established partnership at the back.

  12. 1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

    @KaKa what do you think of this?

     

    Looks like they are ideally after a younger centre back with a decent amount of experience, to add to their rotation group.

     

    However, the ones they want, want more regular playing time than Liverpool are willing to guarantee, because it's likely to be Konate and Van Dijk starting still.

     

    This was the reason Quansah wanted to leave, as he wanted more first team playing time, and so they let him go, but added in the buy back clause, because they still wanted the option to bring him back in future if he develops as expected.

     

    Seems they'd also consider Guehi, although he's a bit older than they'd prefer, if the fee is lower, as it would be too good and opportunity to turn down.

     

    But it sounds like he'd possibly just rundown his contract at Palace instead and leave on a free next summer, because he too wants a certainty of his playing time with the World Cup coming up next year.

     

  13. 6 hours ago, Nine said:

    I think we as fans would do well to remain patient (lol) as while it would be nice to have a deal wrapped up by now it is still early. 
     

    We are good at keeping our moves quiet, we only know what has been leaked and then recycled over and over again by the journos because they are feeding off of scraps, this isn’t a bad thing. If we heard about every single up and down of every deal and every line of enquiry that we made so far this summer this forum would probably literally explode.. 

     

    Theres lots happening, and lots of variables and moving parts as always with football. But that does not always mean that we are being messed around, or a player is angling for a better offer from elsewhere. There’s a lot of reasons that deals arnt struck, personal and financial.

     

     

     

     

    Think these journalists online on social media have just about driven all football fans to madness.

     

    Other than Man City and Liverpool fans, they're all just losing it over their club's perceived lack of urgency on transfer business.

     

    Every bid not accepted or player preferring another club leads to so much angst.

     

    Don't think fans were meant to be privy to all this information.

     

  14. 2 minutes ago, GallowgatePigeon said:

    Yes, I know it's only the U-21s etc etc, but appointing Tuchel ahead of Carsley is a decision that'll haunt the FA.

     

    For the amount they'll be paying Tuchel, I'd be very surprised if he'll achieve more than what Carsley would've.

     

    Aside from the actual football, what's really unfortunate is what you've lost out on with him bringing through the young players from the under 21s.

     

    Tuchel instead is going to keep on with the likes of Walker and Henderson.

  15. 8 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:

    Shame Carsley couldn’t cope with the press attention (can’t blame him to be honest). Think he’d have done well longer term with England. 

     

    Might not be long before he gets another crack at it!

  16. 1 minute ago, TRon said:

     

    I think Howe might prefer us to stop playing hardball on fees and pay what it takes to get his first choice players through the door. 

     

    That's pretty much his call now though.

     

    I think we have a budget for a number of positions and so can't afford to just pay what is being asked for right away.

  17. 7 minutes ago, TRon said:

     

     

    I'm interested to see if we have changed tack on alternatives this season. Last time round Howe seemed to intimate that the pool of players we were interested in was very small, and he was reluctant to trade down from his targets. I think he would prefer to pay what it takes to get his preferred choices in and might veto players he's not that keen on. 

     

    Well if other clubs are signing his preferred targets because they are able to spend more or pay more in wages, we'll have to look elsewhere. No other choice really.

  18. 5 minutes ago, Magpie Mover said:

    For what its worth and taking into account the unreliability of much of the reporting into transfer links that we are reading, this seems a very unoriginal predictable group of players we are interested in. They are all overpriced and as soon as there is competition for them we apparently can't afford them. Mbeumo, Delap, Cunha if we were interested, and possibly Pedro if Chelsea really want him. Trafford we will probably get as there is little or no competition though we are going to overpay for him no doubt. Elanga is overpriced at 45m and Forest want much more.

     

    It makes you wonder why you would have so many scouts and whatever if this is the best they can come up with. Virtually everyone on this forum could have come up with the names of the players we have been linked with so far.

     

    Hopefully as we go into July we will see some new names we are linked with the dont already play in  the premier league and cost 60 million quid.

     

    I think it's fair enough to at least try for these guys first as a priority, because we believe their Prem experience means they will have a quicker impact.

     

    If it doesn't pan out then go for the alternatives. 

     

    There was an article this week that said the club had set a soft deadline to move on to other targets eventually.

     

    Think it was a week from this coming Monday.

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