Fabinho | OFFICIAL: Liverpool agree deal to sign Fabinho

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This guy has been available for two seasons now and yet no big club has tried to sign him as a priority. He can't be that good.
Just like Suarez, Coutinho and Salah eh? We will regret not signing Fabinho. This will turn out to be one of Liverpool's top top signing just like those three.
 
Disappointed they do.

Keita and Fabinho as midfield upgrades. Add that to their already explosive attack and you can see why there’s reason for concern.
 
Didn't see the one coming! In an ideal world I would love to ignore the transfer rumour thread until sept 1st or whatever but I just can't.
 
True, still would have preferred them not to sign him.

Oh yeah I hoped they had signed Nigel Reo Coker for their DM position but unfortunately Liverpool seems to be making on paper good signings.
 
There's 30% they may be not good as you think. 50% they may be good, and 5% they may be world class midfielders and the rest, they may be a flop, similar to Bakayoko.

Let's not overreacting.
 
There's 30% they may be not good as you think. 50% they may be good, and 5% they may be world class midfielders and the rest, they may be a flop, similar to Bakayoko.

Let's not overreacting.
I didn't rate Bakayoko at Monaco. Pleasantly surprised Chelsea went for him.
 
Jesus none of this crap where British people think the EPL is leaps and bounds ahead of every other league in the world...


Ligue 1 to EPL is a huge step, we have seen many players from other league moving to us and flopped and they sometimes moved to Ligue 1 and become soo good there. It's very much hard to predict whether they can produce same performance in EPL as they do in another league, it's not really guaranteed that they'll have instant success in EPL.
 
Fabinho, Fekir, a Partner for Van Dijk and a good Goalie. That would be a fantastic team.

Only back-ups for Salah/Mane would be missing.
 
Im not british. What is it with americans and geography? Gwan take the bait
Regardless, what’s it with many United fans or EPL fans thinking such a thing? Have always found it hysterical

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Really good signing for them. feck knows why we weren't interested last summer or now. Will go down as another one of those pretty obvious players we miss out on for no reason.

We signed Matic, and will probably now sign Fred. That’s why we aren’t in for him.
 
How will he fit with Keita? Presumably the pair of them will be playing in holding roles with someone else (Wijnaldum? Lallana?) in front with more license to roam?

On the assumption (which may be wrong) that Keita is also a defensively minded midfielder, it seems a bit excessive

Keita is more of a box to box midfielder. Getting Fabinho as a holding midfielder definitely strengthens them further giving the front 3 a lot more protection. Liverpool may have lost the final but are recruiting in the right position. If they get Alisson Becker and Fabinho, they will be a huge threat next season. All I hear from United are just rumors...
 
There's 30% they may be not good as you think. 50% they may be good, and 5% they may be world class midfielders and the rest, they may be a flop, similar to Bakayoko.

Let's not overreacting.

A flop is always possible but remember that Bakayoko was a flop for Monaco before the start of his last season, they were ready to cut their losses and he miraculously managed 6 good months. People were glad to see Chelsea's offer.
 
Monaco refused to sell Fabinho and Lemar last season.


That is not what I'm saying. Fabinho and Lemar weren't for sale to any club last summer as Monaco had already sold 5 or so other players and said they weren't for sale that window.

Ill clarify. Had Fabinho or Lemar been sold then other players would not have been sold. Monaco did not plan to prevent those two from being sold, rather they had sold 5 players and the 2 left over were Fabinho and Lemar.

To further reinforce my point, Monaco were ready to sell Lemar to Arsenal but Arsenal took too long and waited till the last day.
 
We don’t need Fred and Fabinho, and we clearly rate Fred higher. We can’t sign everyone.
 
Keita is more of a box to box midfielder. Getting Fabinho as a holding midfielder definitely strengthens them further giving the front 3 a lot more protection. Liverpool may have lost the final but are recruiting in the right position. If they get Alisson Becker and Fabinho, they will be a huge threat next season. All I hear from United are just rumors...

That's rubbish , we've basically signed Fred if you read between the lines.
 
Regardless, what’s it with many United fans or EPL fans thinking such a thing? Have always found it hysterical

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Its not hysteria. Like it or not the PL is more physical than Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga so assuming two players will easily slot into the LFC team and immediately make them contenders isnt adviseable.
 
He hasn't been available which was a problem because he was promised the opposite. And PSG tried their best to unsettle him.

Monaco refused to sell Fabinho and Lemar last season.


That is not what I'm saying. Fabinho and Lemar weren't for sale to any club last summer as Monaco had already sold 5 or so other players and said they weren't for sale that window.
Just like Suarez, Coutinho and Salah eh? We will regret not signing Fabinho. This will turn out to be one of Liverpool's top top signing just like those three.
Half of Monaco's team was raided last year and yet no one thought of going after Fabinho first. Now I am not saying he isn't a good player, but it just seems he is not a player that is a must have for big clubs especially considering his decent price tag.
 
We don’t need Fred and Fabinho, and we clearly rate Fred higher. We can’t sign everyone.
They are different players, no? One is a right back come defensive midfielder, the other is a number 8 yeah?
 
Half of Monaco's team was raided last year and yet no one thought of going after Fabinho first. Now I am not saying he isn't a good player, but it just seems he is not a player that is a must have for big clubs especially considering his decent price tag.

Monaco made it clear he wasn't for sale
 
Hey you guys, could you imagine if Klopp had a budget of a bigger club?
The man is working miracles with peanuts
 
A flop is always possible but remember that Bakayoko was a flop for Monaco before the start of his last season, they were ready to cut their losses and he miraculously managed 6 good months. People were glad to see Chelsea's offer.

Hey JP, I've always rated Lemar higher. Thoughts?
 
If Liverpool sign Fabinho and Fekir along with Keita, anything less than a title challenge next season should be judged harshly for Klopp.
 
Its not hysteria. Like it or not the PL is more physical than Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga so assuming two players will easily slot into the LFC team and immediately make them contenders isnt adviseable.

PL is more physical than any league in the world. So really we can pick and choose our battles for all incoming signings from overseas to fit whatever narrative. Aka Fred excellent, Fabinho not to excellent, etc etc.

...we take this L and move on - Fabinho is a class player.
 
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