he's looking for a bite I think
But no the fee seems to be circa 35M with bonuses which is an absolute steal in this market for a player with his record. It's no exaggeration to say if he was English the price would be double. It remains to be seen how he does but on paper it looks promising but then again football isn't played on paper.
G/A over the past two seasons.
In Italy.... different game here.
Lovren is shit and Clyne barely offers anything offensively. And Mignolet will never be a top top goalie.
Was Suarez really "the best striker in the world" in early '11? No, he became the best at Liverpool. And I don't think Salah is a potential world beater but once again - I think he's a good buy.
I'd say two are miles below top4 standard, two are barely there (if they have a good day) and there's Matip. It's a shit back 5, significantly worse than United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs and on par (if not worse) than City, probably few other clubs too
Yeah that's what I meant, we need to buy players who are ready to become the best in the world like we did with Suarez (and Coutinho to a lesser extent).
Yeah, just slightly lesser.
Delusional, it's tough playing defence for Liverpool? Are you serious man. That is the main reason Liverpool haven't won anything worth talking about in the last decade. You don't win anything with a crap gk and defence. Just call it as it is, Matip is alright. When I say alright, I mean it in the same way Smalling is alright. Every team has weaknesses, some more than others. Has it ever occurred to some pool fans, that buying Southampton players won't win Liverpool the league.
Disagree that Suarez was on the verge of a breakthrough when you signed him, but I agree with your point.
Johannes Geis would be a great alternative. Agree that it'll be nearly impossible to lure Keita away from Leipzig, but it's clear indeed that LB, CB and CM are our other priorities. It's still early so I'm not really worried about it.
Performace wise (so not on paper), I'd say our attack last year was absolutely miserable and the main reason we finished so low. Comparison with Bournemouth is not that off. That's why I fully expect Jose to prioritise this issue and address it with probably 2 major signing in attack. Liverpool's defence was arguably the main reason why you didn't seriously challenge for a title nor won any trophy - I wonder if Klopp will strengthen this area as significantly as Jose will deal will our attack
Süle is at Bayern already, but Hector is still a solid option for LB yeah and I don't think we would have to break the bank to get him either.
We attacked a shit ton until the last two months of the season where we realized we'd fecked up Top 4 and focused on EL and tried to grind out results. Granted, we weren't as attacking as Liverpool but we created a ton of chances. I don't think you understand how awful we were at finishing, we would attack and put together some great moves but as soon as we got into the box we turned into fecking MiddlesbroughKlopp is crackers but surely not that crackers.
I reckon United could of attacked more if they wanted to but Jose was the problem.
What? No.
You couldn't be any further from the truth if you tried. Rojo shits on Lovren. In any team.
It's not a league winning team but it's probably better on paper than the Leicester team that won it.
So not shit.
Damning with faint praise. Far better than solid. I'd imagine they'll outscore nearly every team next season. Klopp doesn't build solid attacks. He's improved an already strong attack.
I'd say it was Jose's tactics that was the main reason for the failure of your attack and outstanding performance of your defence, rather than personnel per se. Buying more and more expensive players doesn't necessarily fix that. Hit and miss as we've seen over the years with expensive signings. And that is arse about tit with Klopp, he prioritised the attack over the defence, hence the fine performance (when all fit) of the attack and relatively poor performance of a frequently exposed defence. Both managers need to find a balance and that's what I expect them to be concentrating on. Of course in Liverpool's case they also need to add depth, so therefore Salah's signing is not surprising in that regard, and change one or two personnel in the back five, but wholesale changes aren't required there.
Dint he play striker last season and score many tap ins( i know they all count), my point being you cant compare two players in different positions in terms of goals?On my part i was talking about talent and potential.It's not the same price since it's £37m while City paid £43m for Bernardo Silva
It's a fair price, no steal for us but we've not overpaid either imo. This is a player with something like 19 goals and 11 assists last season, and the Serie A is probably higher quality than Ligue 1 at the moment - Bernardo Silva had 8 goals and 9 asissts for arguably the best, most free-flowing attacking team in the world last season. The only thing he has on Salah right now is age, and more hype.
No way they stick with that 11 next season - its bang average and they have Europe to contend with as well
Of course as others have pointed out that won't be our starting lineup - ditto all the other top clubs - so difficult to make a call at this moment in time. What is clear is that we have just added depth to the forward line so that if we suffer a similar run of injuries to key forwards, as happended in Jan/Feb last season, our game shouldn't drop off a cliff.
He didn't just perform last season though. In terms of Serie A only (exc. cups and Europe) he scored 15 goals and 13 assists last season, the season before 14+8 and in the half season before that when he had just arrived, 6+3, that's very consistent. Of course Liverpool play a different style but the argument could also be that with so many other potential goalscorers around him (and not just a target man as at Roma) his attacking options will be better and could compensate.
he's looking for a bite I think
But no the fee seems to be circa 35M with bonuses which is an absolute steal in this market for a player with his record. It's no exaggeration to say if he was English the price would be double. It remains to be seen how he does but on paper it looks promising but then again football isn't played on paper.
