Slightly inflated fee but a good signing for them nonetheless. Wasn't too bothered about us signing him as think we can aim higher.
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Good signing, but he's no Mkhartdude.
Do Liverpool need another attacking midfielder? Or are they planning on playing him on the wing?
Wing Id say.
Great signing for them imo.
Lpool and United are two different levels of clubs. We struggle and sign Ibra / Mkhitaryan and Bailly while being favourites for Pogba. All made possible by our name and financial muscle despite having no CL.
Lvpool cannot do it. They have an extra level to climb. They have Klopp but have to sign the likes of Mane, make it work to compete for CL and if successful can then try for the next level of player.
Lpool and United are two different levels of clubs. We struggle and sign Ibra / Mkhitaryan and Bailly while being favourites for Pogba. All made possible by our name and financial muscle despite having no CL.
Lvpool cannot do it. They have an extra level to climb. They have Klopp but have to sign the likes of Mane, make it work to compete for CL and if successful can then try for the next level of player.
It's a bit of an overspend but he seems like a decent fit for Klopp's system and could be very useful in a fluid attacking set-up. I don't expect he'll tear up trees though.
A good number of folks here too think Mane would've been a good buy for us too. He's quite young, fast, can beat a man, scores and assists decently but just inconsistently. Many were skeptical in the Mane's thread about his signing and some even went ahead of themselves to say he'd cost as much as £40 million and used that as a beating stick to state why we shouldn't sign him. Now market prices are supposed to have gone up since then but Liverpool is getting him for £30 million and i think that's a fair price in the current market for him. But in general, i'm not against foreign buys if they're good enough for the PL and ready to hit the ground running and i think Mikhi should manage that. If he fails to do that, Mane would most likely be considered the better buy.
I doubt we were ever interested or even linked with signing Sterling from Liverpool( who would never sell to us) so your attempt at drawing that parallel has been quite unsuccessful.
Excellent signing for Liverpool. He has the ability to single handedly change games and has the ability to improve. I think hell be a very popular prem player.
I wasnt overly keen on him coming to United when that was going on but hell do well at Pool their fans should be happy.
I wasnt overly keen on him coming to United when that was going on but hell do well at Pool their fans should be happy.
Good signing and could even be a great one if he improves under klopp.
Fair enough. But that's all general assessment without reference to Mourinho's style. I did my part a few pages back. With those general assessment, nobody can tell if a typo like Sane happens.
Paper did link us with Sterling last year. https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...united-raheem-sterling-liverpool-transfer-bid
This guy is a very good fit for Klopps current setup. Expensive? Yes but nowadays price is only a number. He is one of those players whose explosiveness similar to alexis sanches would be too much for teams to handle. I really don't like the fact that he is going there. Would have preferred him here. We still haven't sorted out our own wing. Mkhytaryan is not as explosive as mane is but is much more creative. I can definitely see Liverpool competing more now that they have an attacker that isn't bang average.
Never got on the Mane bandwagon. Seems a good player, but £30 is too rich for him in my opinion, but understandable based on his success with Southhampton. I guess I was just never really sold that he'd take it to the next level at a big club.
I'll be really disgusted if we don't add a top right winger this window given we are missing out on him. Just like clyne I'm pretty sure we could have acquired him if we came calling first. Instead we had to settle for darmian.
Mane the new Lallana.
We missed out. It happens. No need for knee-jerk slagging him off, just hope we have a better option.
Doesn't worry me at all, if we'd signed him I would be annoyed at our lack of ambition.
I think it's a little bit too early to make an excellent assessment on how both players would fit in or perform their various clubs. A prediction would do for now.
I followed almost every single United transfer news during the summer window in the previous year but can't remember seeing that or it's possible i did but simply realized it was such nonsense to even think Liverpool would sell Sterling (who they actually wanted to keep) to us. Most transfer links are like that; usually bullshit with no actual truth to them. I should've stated i meant "genuine links" earlier.
He reeks of inconsistency, but on a good day, he's bloody good. Similar to Nani.
I wouldn't argue about paper gossip. We don't know for sure whether Mane was another Pedro neither, tbh. So don't waste your post discussing this topic. I only brought up Sterling vs Martial due to the gut feeling argument about PL proven vs foreign new comer.
Fair enough with the assessment opinion. It's just the opinion game after all.
A good signing but not one that worries me too much. He won't turn them in to premier league contenders.
Good signing for them IMO, they needed some pace in that attacking trio (Coutinho, Firmino and Lallana aren't speed merchants).
I was talking to a Southampton fan and he mentioned Mane wanted to leave in January but was told no. This brought friction for a few weeks/months resulting him being a sub than a starter. He wasn't on great terms with Koeman. Could that explain his dip in form (which worries me admittedly).
Who's going to score against Liverpool when they play Southampton now? 
I think he'll do well. Quick, strong and a goal threat. Miles better than anyone they already have
Good signing for us I think, we needed pacy winger type to go in a trio with Coutinho,Firmino. Slightly annoyed with the astronomical fee and that its a return to the Southampton shop AGAIN but he can be a game changer and on his day can single handedly bury teams by scoring braces/hat tricks. Only negative is losing him for ACON that feels like is played every frigging year.
I didn't watch every game but he is inconsistent. As you said, "He had a patch in the middle of the season where he went horribly off form." He's not bad a bad player (10 goals, 3 assists in 2014/15 and 11 goals 6 assists in 2015/16), he just needs to turn up more often.
Very good player who can improve massively under Klopp. The difference between him and Mkhitaryan is not as big as some are making out.
Why do you think that mr. Snk123? Please elaborate..
I'm more interested in what Southampton are going to do to replace him. With the new TV deal and the money for this deal, they should be fine.
They signed Redmond from Norwich like yesterday.
He's a good player but very inconsistent. Would have taken at United for rotation/back up.
Don't think Liverpool's signings are the kinda quality needed to break into the top 4.
Don't think Liverpool's signings are the kinda quality needed to break into the top 4.
Seems a good signing, but not really LFC's priority area is it? Feels like they've loads of players that play in similar area: Lallana, Coutinho, Firminho, Milner, Ibe - even Sturridge peels wide quite a lot.
Guess that's the total end of Benteke - fair enough.
Think LFC need CBs more tbh. And a GK. And a CMF. And a true striker.
Guess that's the total end of Benteke - fair enough.
Think LFC need CBs more tbh. And a GK. And a CMF. And a true striker.
But he isn't a winger though. You get the best out him when played centrally, in fact I believe Koeman mostly used him centrally.
Off the top of my head, his 3 best performances last season (3 match winning ones) were against Chelsea (a brace) where he took advantage of Terry's lack of mobility, the game against you guys (another brace) where he came off the bench in the 2nd half (Koeman punished him by leaving him out) and the game against City (hat-trick) - all happened when he's played behind the ST.
The price isn't that bad as some are making it out to be. In today's market especially after the new TV deal, 30m is nothing in my opinion.
As you say, Mane can be very good on his day. His problem is his consistency which is what will be his next step, that is improving his constancy.
Sorry it isn't overstated.
He'd a spell of 13 PL games last season where he didn't score or assist. Then had another spell of 8 PL games where he'd a goal and an assist.
So that's 13 + 8 = 21 PL games, that's alomst 2/3 of the whole season where he'd only 1 goal + 1 assist in total!
He scored total 11 PL goals last season 7 of which came in 3 games (a brace against Chelsea & Liverpool and a hat-trick against City). So he'd 4 goals (+ 6 assists) from the rest of 35 games!
I think he will fit perfectly in Klopp's system. So a good signing but other areas for them are more pressing.
He's a little inconsistent, some games he looks totally awful and disinterested, but he's young so it's no surprise and he should improve.
He's a little inconsistent, some games he looks totally awful and disinterested, but he's young so it's no surprise and he should improve.
Ah right forgot about that one.
Very good signing by Liverpool. Considering the money rolling around I'm surprised he hasn't gone for more.
Yes, good move by them, on his day he's a quality player, shame.
A good step up on their current options.
Prob not what pool fans wanted when they thought they would get reus etc
Prob not what pool fans wanted when they thought they would get reus etc
A good player for them - not too gutted that we didn't get him even though I would have liked him for us. Just hope now that he doesn't perform for them.
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