Milner would be a respectable signing, especially on a free. Useful squad player who's been doing well for City recently. I'm surprised they'd be happy to let him go actually. Granted, he's not going to run games for you or be a star player, but he could be a key addition certainly.
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Milner would be a respectable signing, especially on a free. Useful squad player who's been doing well for City recently. I'm surprised they'd be happy to let him go actually. Granted, he's not going to run games for you or be a star player, but he could be a key addition certainly.
He's a bit like Park, O'Shea etc. Fantastic option in a squad full of world class players but not in one where they have to step up and be the main man.
I would be thrilled if Brendan's answers to Liverpool's crisis would be Milner and Delph.
Milner and Delph screams of mid-table mediocrity.
Milner is a typical Liverpool signing these days. I can fully see that deal happening.
I'm not sure why you'd expect much better after the summer you had, despite finishing 2nd in the Premier League. Liverpool can't sign star players anymore.
He's a good player, it would just mean we sign another decent attacking/midfield player when in reality we need someone to come in and stand out.
There are much better players we can sign than Milner and Delph. Neither are bad players, but we need better.
So it seems we missed out on Shaqiri, he's going to Inter fecking Milan for only €18m. I'll be gutted if this is true. Can't believe we didn't do more to get him, he could've made a serious difference for us.
It looks to be true, ESPN have reported it. It is quite baffling that he'd choose Inter Milan of all destinations.
http://www.espnfc.com/story/2233219/inter-milan-confirm-deal-sign-bayern-munichs-xherdan-shaqiri
Agree with you, but 'awful' signings was a bit harsh I feel.
I don't think Liverpool are that interesting of a proposition nowadays, that's quite a few good but not top notch signings that you've missed out on now.
Hmm, hard not to think that they blew their best moment in many-a-year last summer. Securing second after hitting 101 goals and getting into the CL made Liverpool about as attractive a proposition as they had been in quite a few years. And the Suarez sale gave them some ready cash. But they failed to get a marquee signing to announce their return and ever since then the whole thing's gone very flat.
Pjanic Attack is all the rave at the moment. Supposedly we have offered Roma £23M. Gazetta Dello Sport now being picked up by UK media.
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True, although not for lack of trying. It seems Sanchez was supposed to be the marquee signing, but he was never going to pick them over Arsenal. I'm not sure they could've gotten any marquee signings, really, certainly not from the players that did move.
What they could have done however, is spend the money better. Try find another Suarez (I know that would be difficult) instead of plonking out daft amounts on young talent and mid level PL players.
I agree with that, though just to clarify what I meant, by 'interesting proposition', I didn't mean only in sporting terms, although that's fundamental. It's a collection of criteria, such as how attractive the city is, ambitions on the sporting side, and salary packages. Last year must have increased their attractiveness due to the sporting side and the fact that they had money as you pointed out, though I don't know how willing they were to be generous on the salaries aspects (which is really a primordial aspect in luring players, we often focus on transfer fees but players aren't too bothered by them, rightly so). Seems like it was a bit of a bubble, and not a well utilized one during the summer.
Couldn't care less. I'll enjoy 4th.
That would be an utterly brilliant signing, but there's probably more chance of me signing.
Saddens me to say you're probably true right there. But Inter Milan? They're the definition of mediocrity right now. Xherdan Shaqiri is not a player for giant clubs like Real or Bayern, he should've gone to a club a tier below those top clubs. Teams like Atletico or Napoli, and I'd like to put Liverpool in that category, especially after what we've shown last season. He would be a perfect fit here, imo. Inter is way off the top right now and that's in an underwhelming Serie A where the title race is a two horse race.. He could've picked out a far better destination.
Not a chance in hell we'll get Pjanic, especially not at that price. You have to be realistic, such quality players didn't join us in the summer and they won't join us now. I think Nainggolan or De Bruyne will be the best we can get and are far more realistic signings.
Yeah, which is why I went into a bit more detail about what I meant with 'proposition'. Maybe Milan is a town that attracts him and more crucially they offered him an interesting salary package?
Oh I'm sorry, didn't read your second post
I think Milan is definitely a more interesting city than Liverpool for most players, it's also very close to Switserland, his home country.. It would surprise me if Italian clubs could offer better wages than Premier League clubs though, but I don't know too much about that aspect.True, although the original point was that he'd supposedly be a terrible signing. Considering they would be getting him on a free, I don't think it's an awful option if they were to have someone else in the team who was more creatively minded.
Milner? That's strange replacement for Sterling.
How old is Milner? If he can keep performing at the level he is now then he'd be a decent/good signing, especially on a free. Not sure about Delph though. Really need a quality CM rather than some decent ones, so if they signed a really good player along with those two then that'd probably be a better plan.
He turned 29 last Sunday, scored two goals on his birthday. He would be a good option to have on our squad but shouldn't be the one coming in to replace Gerrard. Like you said, we need a quality CM.
The only reason he wants to leave City is because he is unhappy with his squad role. If he joins us, it isn't to sit on our bench. We have enough squad players in our midfield. We need some proven quality to play with Henderson and Coutinho. We don't need another Allen or Lucas standard player. Handy though they are, we have enough of them. I don't think he'd be an awful signing because he's a bad player, I actually rate Milner, I think he would be a bad signing because of his age and because I think we have the numbers in attack if we sign one or two more players, it's just I want to see those spots filled with either talent like Ibe or some proven quality (not necessarily world class, but better than Milner and more consistent than him certainly).
I'll believe it when I see it. You tried all summer to punch above your weight and got knocked back time and time again. Shaqiri just turned you down ffs
Since he'd be on a free though, surely that'd free up more money to go and spend on a proper replacement for Gerrard?
Probably, yes. I agree with Barney that we don't need him, but he's on a free so he would definitely be a good option to have. That said, I don't think we'll sign him if he's looking for a starting role. It would surprise me if Spurs weren't after him, he's the kind of player they could use in their midfield, he's an improvement on both Mason and Bentaleb in my opinion. And Pocchetino is obviously not a fan of Dembele, so...
Milner would be excellent on the right in Rodgers' 3-4-3, it would allow Henderson to move centrally. It would be an improvement on their current midfield without doubt.
I'd really like to know who Liverpool think they could sign to replace Gerrard. They replaced Suarez with Balotelli for Christ sake.
Hendo and Milner would be like Xavi and Iniesta.
That's actually not bad thinking. Henderson is wasted in that role. Makes sense if that is the plan, but then again Rodgers and his transfers don't often make much sense.
Yes. Andreas Xavi and Iniesta Hernandez.
I've seen Ibe play a couple of times, he looks like he has a lot of potential. Really impressed in that pre-season game against us in the States as well.
Milner is very underrated. He's a good player
He signed a contract until 2019 without a release clause. There's nothing realistic about signing de Bruyne at the moment, even less now that Wolfsburg are comfortable sitting in 2nd place and extended Rodriguez' contract, which shows that they want to improve further and are willing to spend money.
It seems the squad size is fine so in terms of transfers if I were Rodgers I would abandon this mentality he seems to have that he can sign loads of mediocre players and make them play like they are world class, if I were him I would go for one or two key signings and throw my entire budget at those players.
It really is getting pathetic when Valdes would sooner sit on a bench in Manchester than play football in Liverpool. Unless he is looking at a centre back or something to put in goal, you know how all other teams have 10 players and a goalkeeper but they have 11 players, that said Valdes seems to fit this desire of his.
They might even better off sacking Rodgers at the end of the season unless there is drastic improvement and signing De Boer.
It really is getting pathetic when Valdes would sooner sit on a bench in Manchester than play football in Liverpool. Unless he is looking at a centre back or something to put in goal, you know how all other teams have 10 players and a goalkeeper but they have 11 players, that said Valdes seems to fit this desire of his.
They might even better off sacking Rodgers at the end of the season unless there is drastic improvement and signing De Boer.
No, I think they said Joe Allen is the Welsh Xavi last season.
Agreed. Liverpool have a raft of attacking midfielders who will get them 5 to 10 goals a season over a league season. Getting a few more would be pointless. They either need a striker with a history of getting 15 to 20 league goals a season, or they need to take at least 10 goals off their goals against column somehow.
I only included De Bruyne because the Belgian press keeps reporting that he's open to a move back to the Premier League. I don't think we'll sign him, mind. But he is a much more realistic target than Pjanic for me.
James Pearce is saying Cech is our ideal goalkeeping signing. He's reiterating that we're after Milner and has said we are keeping Lambert and want Origi to return.
The Telegraph are saying Johnson will leave amd that we have tried to sell him now, but no one wants him.
The Telegraph are saying Johnson will leave amd that we have tried to sell him now, but no one wants him.
We agree on something!Seriously though, I agree. He has been in the news aying that this is what he wants to do. Seems like he is putting pressure on the owners.