TRC Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 24 minutes ago, Sima said: I can remember the despair when we lost him to Everton. I'm still gutted about Oliver Kemen leaving Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 9 hours ago, The Prophet said: Veiga to PSG doing the rounds. Booked in for a medical tomorrow "apparently". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, RobsonsWonderland said: Nathan Collins has now had 3 summer transfers in a row totalling £64 million... And I can honestly say I have no idea who the kid is? Stoke Burnley Wolves And now Brentford Honestly today highlights how mad the game has gone. Yet somehow we can’t a single player for money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgk_lfc Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) Thiago Alcantara rumored to be in negotiation with Al Ahli Edited July 4, 2023 by rgk_lfc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbee909 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 The time of the Footballers is over, and they have passed into the Middle East Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 4 hours ago, rgk_lfc said: Thiago Alcantara rumored to be in negotiation with Al Ahli If that were to go through, how would you class his time with Liverpool? Shown undoubted class at times but on the whole seems to have been underwhelming, perhaps mainly because of injury, and the fact that there was real high expectations when he signed and what he showed initially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 5 hours ago, rgk_lfc said: Thiago Alcantara rumored to be in negotiation with Al Ahli Henderson linked with moving to Gerrard’s club. Explains why they’ve cast the net so wide for midfielders, it’s basically replacing the whole lot. Keita, Thiago, Henderson and Milner for Thuram, Szlob, Mac Allister and Lavia. Hell of an energy upgrade. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon88 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 12 hours ago, Yorkie said: £19m for a goalie who's only played at League One level in club football. Wowzer. Man City just printing money with their academy. that’s the difference. It’s where we aim to be in five years time, and I’m glad the club are actively now going down that route with Minteh/Kuol etc. Chelsea & City can sell their built up over time assets for extraordinary fees, which protects them from FFP, something which we are unable to do. we’ve raked in £15m or so since Howe came and spent £300m. It’s why I’ve said you have to be ruthless in this business. We should have sold or sell saint-maximin this summer. We can’t afford to carry players who produce one magical game and then get injured and are out for 10 games. I love ASM but with the FFP clearly an issue, we need to consider it, and extract maximum value. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Nathan Collins is the 1st and 2nd most expensive Irish player of all time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, Toon88 said: that’s the difference. It’s where we aim to be in five years time, and I’m glad the club are actively now going down that route with Minteh/Kuol etc. Chelsea & City can sell their built up over time assets for extraordinary fees, which protects them from FFP, something which we are unable to do. we’ve raked in £15m or so since Howe came and spent £300m. It’s why I’ve said you have to be ruthless in this business. We should have sold or sell saint-maximin this summer. We can’t afford to carry players who produce one magical game and then get injured and are out for 10 games. I love ASM but with the FFP clearly an issue, we need to consider it, and extract maximum value. Breeding then selling young prospects has a much bigger FFP connotation than buying young and cheap and selling, but yeah, you have to say, massive financial cheats though City and Chelsea are, and have been for years, they've been canny enough to not forget the other end of things, the youth sales. What makes this interesting now is that a lot of Championship and newly promoted PL clubs look at exactly this sort of end of the market, and have the money to buy in it, as well. As an example, if we sold Cameron Archer this summer - which I hope we do not - I reckon he'd fetch close to £20m, for a player who had barely featured for us, but had definitively 'done it' at Championship level. A while ago I remember reading an interview with someone high up in a PL academy - it might have been ours, I genuinely can't remember - and he was saying that given the vast numbers of players who go in and never make it, people don't realise what a huge impact the occasional sale at even 5m or 10m makes - both in terms of the costs of running an academy, but other things like FFP, and the immense amount of both effort and luck needed from both club and player to get them to that point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Liverpool getting tens of millions from Saudi clubs is going to fucking sting a little. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, Sima said: Liverpool getting tens of millions from Saudi clubs is going to fucking sting a little. It’ll sting a lot. Klopp won’t be blocking those moves based on his high horse moralism will he. Happy to take the “dirty blood money” and invest in building his club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 12-13 year old. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 The fuck is going on, we just genetically modifying kids for football these days? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 He looks about 10 years older. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 That’s clearly a bloke, not a child. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 My youngest son played in a tournament in Barcelona earlier this summer against teams from France, Spain etc and some of the opposition were fucking HUGE. Played against one 11 year old keeper who must've been 6ft 3 or 4. Another centre back who was the spitting double of Chancel Mbemba at 11 years old. Again, over 6ft . There was also a couple of French wingers who looked like Pogba - massive, athetic as fuck and bigger than every parent . They build'em different nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbee909 Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Coaches and scouts are more likely to choose those that are physically advanced. Wayne Rooney looked 30 years old if you recall Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Brighton linked with Mctominay, got to say it’s been a very unbrighton like window from them so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, elbee909 said: Coaches and scouts are more likely to choose those that are physically advanced. Wayne Rooney looked 30 years old if you recall No arguments with that but I'd have thought kids who are miles bigger/stronger/more developed than average should probably play up a year and test themselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgk_lfc Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 5 hours ago, SteV said: If that were to go through, how would you class his time with Liverpool? Shown undoubted class at times but on the whole seems to have been underwhelming, perhaps mainly because of injury, and the fact that there was real high expectations when he signed and what he showed initially. Very difficult to say one way or the other. He was definitely not a success given his reputation and definitely not a flop either. The constant injuries meant that we could never see him in full flow. He was aesthetically a very pleasing footballer to watch, silky touch, skills on the ball, passing, etc. So when he was on song, he gave us moments when you jump out of the sofa and clap at what he did. To a certain extent, I also think it is not his fault. I am not sure such footballers fit Klopp's midfield ethos. Klopp's midfielders are skillful (not at his level, obviously) but are more physical. He didnt quite fit the template. You can see Klopp going back to his trusted template this season in our midfield purchases. Another aspect I admire him for is his attitude. He has won the lot multiple times (treble twice, CL three times), and at no point did he show any airs. He joined the club and got right into it, embraced the city, the club, the youth team etc. Great person to have in your squad. Very Rafa like in the sense that he immediately got it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Minhosa said: My youngest son played in a tournament in Barcelona earlier this summer against teams from France, Spain etc and some of the opposition were fucking HUGE. Played against one 11 year old keeper who must've been 6ft 3 or 4. Another centre back who was the spitting double of Chancel Mbemba at 11 years old. Again, over 6ft . There was also a couple of French wingers who looked like Pogba - massive, athetic as fuck and bigger than every parent . They build'em different nowadays. Or they just lie about their ages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toontownman Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: 12-13 year old. Da Fook? Can't be real. But apparently is 13. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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