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It was inevitable.

If I had a modicum of talent, I would do my best to hire Chupo Montings agent. How does he end up as the striking option for Bayern and PSG in the later stages of the CL.

Sane, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Firmino, Son, Aubameyang, Kompany, Dzeko - to me, are the notable successes. Might have forgotten some more. Matip would also be counted as a decent transfer. Keita, Kagawa, Mkhitaryan could be added to the flop category.

“Parker (42) was announced as the new head coach of Club Brugge on 31 December last year. The English ex-international previously worked for Fulham and Bournemouth and replaced Carl Hoefkens at the club. In 12 games, the Briton could only win two times.” I am getting the feeling they weren't that impressed with Parker.

We might actually let him go. Excellent player but has major injury issues. He missed 23 games this season, 23 games couple of seasons ago. A fit Jota is an amazing player. But wouldnt be surprised if we sell him to raise money for a different profile of attacker.

I am still unable to process yesterday's game. Iconic result for me. I don't think I will forget this game for another 20-30 years. Now that our players return from injuries, we see the next phase of Liverpool's attack - Diaz, Jota, Nunez, Salah, and Gakpo. Nunez is the wild card. We expected someone more polished and refined for the money we paid. But at the same time, we play better when Nunez is playing. Klopp said it best - our attack is organized chaos, with Nunez being the chaos. Many people are reading too much based on one freak result, whether it is Liverpool's ascendancy or United's issues. We are still the same team that struggled to break down Palace without Zaha. Our issues still remain until we fix our midfield.

I highly doubt he has the legs to play in the premier league anymore. He was never the fastest but he is noticeably slow nowadays. His game is all about pressing and harassing defenders and expect his effectiveness to decrease significantly in the coming years.

FSG is very picky about wages. Gini was on 120k per week. Normally, we would have extended his contract at higher wages and sold him to raise transfer monies. Rather than hand out contract extensions, they would rather lose players for free. By the way, this is my best guess, I don't have any inside information. Not sure I particularly agree with their strategy, but it is what it is. We lose a lot of players for free compared to other clubs. Mane was the only top player in recent times we sold before the contract ended.

Great player. Very underrated. One of the few attackers who improves every other player in attack. Also, very vital from a pressing point of view. He has been frequently injured over the last two years. When he returns from injuries takes a while to get going and then the next injury comes along. Needs to constantly play to have an impact. He is not the type to come off the bench and change the game. Also, not sure why but we seem to be OK with letting folks off for free at the end of the contract than trying to sell them before the contract ends - Gini, Ox, Keita, Milner, Can, Firmino.

Ox, Keita, and Milner will leave at their contract's end. There are rumors of Fabinho also leaving for Spain. I think we will be after three midfielders. Firmino is also leaving at the end of his contract. Looks like Gakpo will be his replacement. Some rumors of Salah to PSG being considered among somewhat reliable journalists. If that happens, expect one more attacker. My guess is that our entire transfer strategy will be based on whether Bellingham agrees to come to us.

200 percent behind him. Irrespective of how bad this season gets. He won us the CL, PL, FA Cup and League cup. We seem to have lost our way a bit with our transfers with Michael Edwards and our transfer committee leaving. But we are being linked to interesting folks for that position. I am confident he can build the next good liverpool team.

I just came in to wish all of you the best of luck. Hope you all win. Regardless of the outcome, remember to enjoy the day, and absorb every second of it. This is not like the finals you played in the past. Even if the worst happens, similar days are coming soon based on your trajectory. Good luck!!!!!

Madrid have our number. Carlo has Klopp's number. Whenever Henderson comes up against Modric for England or Liverpool, he spends an hour chasing shadows. Gomez, TAA, Matip, and VVD have all been various degrees of poor. I might be wrong, but I think a big part of it is the lack of protection from the midfield since our press is not working well. Having said that, I don't think gegen or counter-pressing will work against a team of technicians and mentality like Madrid. They will coolly ride out the press and pass around it, and in the blink of an eye, it is Modric, Vini, or Benzema against our defense.

There seems to be a small campaign here in the US media in favor of Marsch for coaching the US national team. Maybe he is waiting for that?

Pardew celebration was when Palace took the lead which was in the middle of the second half. It was definitely not in stoppage time.

Dont worry, we are on our way :))

Deschamps extends his France national team contract till 2026. I thought Zizou was next in line to takeover after this world cup.

Worth going through this twitter thread.

Didn't Pele's Santos regularly demolish European clubs when they went on tours and in the intercontinental cup? From memory, I know they destroyed Eusebio's Benfica 5-2 at Benfica in the Intercontinental cup final.

If this had gone in, it would have been a contender for the greatest goal of all time. Just the sheer guts to try this dummy in a world cup quarter-final. Yes, there have been other goals with more elaborate skills but sometimes, the simple ones are the best. Pele was not just an icon of football. You can travel to remote rural areas in India, people who have not potentially watched a single game of football. Show them a photo of Pele and they would recognize him. He was an icon of sports.

RIP Genius !!!! Just because of his stature and potential discussions of his greatness, it might be worth creating a new separate thread for this.

In general, I had no issues with his antics in the final. As a goalkeeper, do what it takes to get in the mind of the opposition and win. Fine with that. No problem with his anti- Mbappe antics in the dressing room also. The teams dressing room, do what you want there. Not quite sure that Mbappe baby doll in public is needed. Seems a step too far and serves no purpose other than motivate Mbappe when they meet next.

I don't think hyping up young players is unique to English media. There must have been at least 10 players anointed the "next Maradona" by the Argentinian press till Messi came along. Gavi and Pedri have already been declared the next Xavi and Iniesta by Catalan media. While they are impressive talents, you can see that they have a long long way to go to get even close to the game of Xavi or Iniesta. I do agree that coverage of English football is on the dumber side, the discussion of tactics and selection is so poor compared to other games like cricket or tennis. When you have someone like Rafa come on the TV and discuss tactics for five minutes, you feel some alien from Mars has arrived, just because of the contrast between Rafa's insightful thoughts and the blabbering cliched soundbites of Carra, Neville and others.

I don't think Enzo to us links are legitimate. None of the journos who generally have an idea of the players we are interested in have commented on the link.