Given that he is coming from Bayern, he's probably already on them
Thiago Alcantara | Pool bound
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Oh for sure I'm not slagging it. It's fantastic for them. Was just commenting on their strategy.
Seriously fair fecks to them. FSG, their director and Klopp have turned them into a true football club again.
We aren't even remotely a football club. We are a business and the fans are their consumers. Nothing more. I don't see it ever changing as if it was going to change it would have been under Ole.
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Quality player will bring ability and experience, at 29 has loads left in the tank.
Multiple 'ITKs'
It was always going to end like that, but this is still heartbreaking.
Not good at all. I mean, not many player have it on two pages.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/thiago/verletzungen/spieler/60444
Maybe this is their Bastian, despite being in the last year of his contract £27m seems way too cheap. When fit, he is absolute class though.
Yeah, this was pretty obvious to happen and we would never get him. Absolutely no point in bashing the club about not going for him. The problem is not getting other players and strengthening.
Much better.
Pretty sure the links to us were mostly to push the move along.
Remember when we said midfield was their weak spot and Klopp’s tactics were just shadowing their flaws? Yeah, that makes Thiago, Henderson, Keita, Wijnaldum, Chamberlain, Fabinho, Milner, Minamino and Jones. That is 8 good midfielders and one world class one. Couple that with their core of Vvd, TAA, Robertson, Alisson, Salah and Mane, and they are clear favourites to win the league. This makes me even angrier at Woodward and the Glazers, that they have just let Liverpool widen the gap, well, chasm between us.
Cannot stand the Dippers.
Cannot stand the Dippers.
We didn't need him. I resent pool improving while Woodward dawdles but feel we have much more pressing areas than what thiago could have addressed, even though he's a fantastic player
Disaster. Best we can hope is that his fitness isn’t up to the rigours or this league and he’s seldom available.
Wage?
You finished second in 2014 in a nail-biting title race. At that point it wasn't exactly a ridiculous idea, at least not until Suárez's departure.
We're a lot further away than simply a good manager. Every manager we hire will inherit a shitload of problems - for example, players like Jones on ridiculous long-term contracts. And I have little faith in the current leadership to get that "spot-on manager hire" anyway.
Pool don’t really get injuries.
I haven't got anything bad to say about Moyes in general, thought he was out of his depth and gave it a good go at what he knew. This was fecking criminal though.
Ffs. Great signing for them. cnuts. Best controlling/deep lying playmaker in the world.
I still refuse to believe this is true. I'd rather believe that Thiago changed his mind because of Guardiola. The idea that Moyes turned him down out of pure ignorance is just unbearable. The same with Kroos and Van Gaal.
It's clearly true.
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This could be the signing that starts to see the decline of Klopp and Liverpool.
He's 29, which is basically 35 if you think about it. Do not want.
Terrific signing. Excited to see him under Klopp.
WTF?
Hopefully he's another Schweinsteiger
But... how? How does a football manager in 2013 not know about Thiago Alcantara? I realise he wasn't ever going to sign for Everton but come the feck on.
Because the guy was a fecking dinosaur even then.
What does that even mean?
Schweinsteiger was very underwhelming when he came to England from Munich
He plays in the same postion as Fabinino.
He will be the highest paid player at the Club on a long term contract.
He will need time to adapt to the PL.
Has a poor injury record.
They will now probably let Wynaldam go. (Who I think is more important to the system they play than Thiago)
Basically Liverpool didn't need him. It's a desperate signing. Werner was the one they should have broken the bank for.
He was past it and his knees were shot when he came to England. Thiago will be massive for Liverpool IMO.
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I'm with you on this one. I also think Moyes time here was an absolute disaster and set us back years, however I have trouble believing this.
Also how come this bit of news never came out at the time? From what I recall from the saga was Moyes was more interested in Fabregas, Kroos etc and Ronaldo was being linked with a return. Then when Pep became Bayern manager Thiago to Bayern seemed to happen very quickly.
My feeling is 'Dithering' Dave lived up to his nickname and started chasing difficult targets and ended up getting nobody apart from Fellaini.
I don't agree with that, he isn't as defensive as Fabinho more box to box and IMO an upgrade on Wijnaldum. Hes a winner, I think he has been bought for his mentality as much as his ability. He is far from a desperate signing.
So you got 7 CM players now.
Let's see how Klopp juggles this.
Let's see how Klopp juggles this.
Redcafe: "Liverpool is thin on midfielders, that is their weakest area for sure".
*signs Thiago*
Also Redcafe: SEVEN midfielders, let's see how they gonna make that work!
It's gonna be Fabinho, Henderson, Keita, Wijnaldum and Thiago. That's 5 for 3 spots, not exactly a luxury. AOC will feature on the wings and sometimes in midfield too. Curtis Jones and Milner are emergency midfielders if need be.
Sounds ideal to me. Doesn't Utd have Fred, McTominay, Matic, Pogba, Bruno and VDB for 3 midfield places? Sounds more complicated than our own situation.
I'm glad they bring this up again because there's been a longstanding myth that he turned us down.
It's just the opinion of different people. I'm sure all the people RAWK don't agree on the same things.
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