Transfer Tweets - 2021/22 | Check the OP for blacklisted sources before posting
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Liverpool's transfer committee has come a long way since Duncan Castles wrote the below article in 2014.
Duncan Castles: "How do you spend more than £215 million on transfer and loan fees and sign 24 footballers but end up with only two who have significantly improved your first team?"
"You hire Liverpool's infamous "Transfer Committee."
"Established in the summer of 2012 to introduce science and collective decision-making to the club's recruitment policy, Liverpool's committee is formally composed of four individuals—Brendan Rodgers (manager), Ian Ayre (chief executive), Dave Fallows (head of recruitment) and Michael Edwards (head of performance analysis)."
"Their collective conclusions have been little short of catastrophic. More than half of the Transfer Committee's spending occurred this last summer, when Rodgers boasted of having a "different vision" and a clear transfer "strategy" to Sky Sports (h/t ESPN FC). Yet with that spending, Liverpool have descended to ninth in the Premier League, scoring just seven times in eight home games."
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...sfer-committee-has-been-a-spectacular-failure
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We probably did. But Bayern want him, so not a lot you can do if the player wants to go there too.
The annual Lewandowski drama seems to be especially creative this year. I hope it's just Falk being creative, because it would be seriously sad if Lewandowski really is this insistant on getting another one or two million more per year, when the club has already broke their wage structure for him.
Why Pep, why? Can't buy players?
Good passer but I’m not sold on him to be honest. He can be complete hit or miss. Would also depend on who we’re getting alongside him
Agreed. We'd basically be replacing Pogba with Pogba-lite, I'd rather opt for a player who's going to give us 7/10 every week than a 9/10 every few months.
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I'm guessing they're looking at him as he can potentially be cheaper to acquire given Everton's season.
Pep's quote about staying at City:
Tielemans should be a no brainer. A cheap playmaker perfectly suited to Ten Hag's football. So watch us spunk 100 million on Rice instead.
The place is literally built for him, and he has an unlimited supply of resources, and his brother (problem him too) gets a club I'm Spain for when he retires.
Why would he leave City? Well, until it all comes crashing down like a house of cards.
Or his football becomes outdated. Pep doesn't strike me as the type who can stay at one club for long until he gets bored so we shall see.
The fact that he's not far off being at City longer than his previous stints at Barca amd Bayern combined means he's comfy, very comfy - even with his gripe of having no fans in the stadium etc.
Hugs.
Tielemans would need a player like Rice next to him. Clearly you are another anti British fan. Pathetic really.
What is this guy smoking?
£140m at least before you talk wages, I'd walk away.
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And what if you had a fortune of around 15-20 billion dollars and money didn’t matter?
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Doesn't Macron have more important things to do (after the mess that it's his spell as president of France) than trying to convince a multimillonaire footballer to no leave a multimillonaire club?
Well if we start seeing strong links to midfield playmakers can assume Ten Hag is sealed
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Should never have given him a contract extension last summer. Has played the occasional cup game, when most big clubs give opportunities to youngsters. He’s not even been a great player for us.
I've also read reports that he might sign for one of the Miami clubs. He could be a terrific player in MLS, it's really "only" his severe lack of pace that's a huge issue with him. But he's still probably one of the most reliable players on the ball around.
Witsel and Mata might make a great 6, 10 upgrade for an MLS club if you put plenty of runners around them.
How credible is this journalist ?
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Jason Burt isn't that credible compared to the rest of the Telegraph journalists. He's probably the least reliable of the lot, IMO. Besides, the German journalists are denying the links, so we've nothing to worry about.
Disgusting levels of greed. I'd happily miss out on any player just to avoid dealing with that particular agent
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