I think midfield is a big concern although fairly certain changes await before end of August
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I think midfield is a big concern although fairly certain changes await before end of August
Is he that good?
I haven't really watched him but if a German club rejects 60 million for someone that has a 48 million buy out clause next year... he surely must be worth the fuss
Wow. Surprised LFC actually bid that high. Maybe that includes a lot of add-ons? Figured they'd go lower, despite the mooted price of 70mil. Seems to be a serious pursuit at such a high opening bid.
Out of curiosity, how highly do you rate Rakitic? Have a few mates who think he's world class, I don't see it at all tbh. Would you consider him to be world class?
On the same day that City have a £50 million bid for Walker accepted. How do Barca manage to sign players so cheap?!
yes, best midfield player in the Bundesliga outside of Bayern and wouldnt look out of place there if you ask me. He is still young, but the potential is huge.
Am I completely blanking on someone obvious here or do you guys only have Luke Shaw for you LB? I see you guys constantly calling for a RB, but isn't the need far greater at LB since Mou doesn't fancy Shaw?
better than weigl?
Darmian, Blind and Young can do the job.
Darmian, Blind, Shaw, Rojo, Young but has mostly been Darmian and Shaw.
No one has posted anything like this before, well done. Oh woe is us.
different players, he is box to box. Like comparing Carrick to Keane, even though Keane is better, but you know what i mean. Havent seen much of Weigl this season too.
Good thing though he stays, would improve them massively in midfield, where they have problems.
10 o'clocks are on their way people, brace yourselves!
Both are midfielders though aren't they? You said the best midfielder in Germany outside of Munich, so I was just conforming what you meant.
whats happening at 10pm?
I don't think we should be buying full backs at all. Shaw can still come good and Mitchell is quite promising I think. Blind and Darmian if we keep him can fill in there also. CBJ needs a move, either loan or permanent.
At RB, we have Valencia, with Young and Darmian as backups. There's also Riley, who I still like and can play either side but needs a loan, and Fosu-Mensah and Tuanzebe can play there. Neither look like major problems and Shaw's talent is far too good for him not to deserve a shot.
The squad looks weakest on the wings to me. I do like the idea of Fabinho for midfield too personally but not desperate, we could go with Blind/Carrick/TFM/Tuanzebe or even Herrera for the anchoring role.
I see why we are looking at Perisic, but would prefer more of a goalscorer and also would prefer a right-sided player. Ousmane Dembele would be great but doesn't look gettable.
At RB, we have Valencia, with Young and Darmian as backups. There's also Riley, who I still like and can play either side but needs a loan, and Fosu-Mensah and Tuanzebe can play there. Neither look like major problems and Shaw's talent is far too good for him not to deserve a shot.
The squad looks weakest on the wings to me. I do like the idea of Fabinho for midfield too personally but not desperate, we could go with Blind/Carrick/TFM/Tuanzebe or even Herrera for the anchoring role.
I see why we are looking at Perisic, but would prefer more of a goalscorer and also would prefer a right-sided player. Ousmane Dembele would be great but doesn't look gettable.
"United edging closer to Perisic. They offered £40m. Inter want £48m"
How much are they paying?
I think some of the best movement and goals have often involved him but his strengths do not involve breaking lines. He suffered this past year without Alves, for sure
I like him and love his competitiveness but I've been spoiled & prefer a more technical profile in midfield despite Rakitic being an elite player
Yeah, i meant more pure central midfielders, not number 6, so didnt think about Weigl, but your point stands. They are on the same level i would say, but he suits Klopp's tactics to a tee. We shouldnt look no further if we want to add another central midfielder next season to Herrera/Pogba.
Probably!
£30.8m according to the BBC.
I mean, these are all average players. I would've thought José would be desperate for an upgrade there. I can't for instance imagine you lining up against Real Madrid or Bayern with Ashley Young at LB like you did last season. At least Valencia has played in those sorts of games.
Isn't it 10.30pm when British papers reveal their exclusives? Other European news may break earlier though.
He could have way bigger pastures than liverpool. I am surprized Barcelona aint going all out on him when they seriousy need midfeild behind MSN after veratti is no more going, and them having no chance with herrera.
Fair enough.
Mourinho and united still belive in shaw and giving him one more chance, Might be intrested in Celtic LB too as a back up but who knows. Also the reason Mourinho is targetting pereisic would be he would add more balance on the left and take off burden off shaw.
Why aint barcelona after keita?
Well, some people seem to think the idea of getting Perisic is to use him and Valencia as WB's. Dunno how realistic that is though...
Last half decent fullback around thats it now were stuck with Valencia for the foreseeable future no cover or replacement in sight.
Fabinho, TFM
Apparently we're just about to announce that we've sold Chalobah to Watford. For only £5m.
My favorite of our youth players and the one I thought had the best shot of breaking through. Conte must not fancy him enough.
My favorite of our youth players and the one I thought had the best shot of breaking through. Conte must not fancy him enough.
Where are all the experts who said Bonucci wouldn't move.
Bloody hell, didn't we pay about that for Lindelof!?