Apart from VVD no. Andy Carroll will have signed for us 7 years ago next Jan for 35m from Newcastle. Very poor transfer as it happens.
Virgil van Dijk | OFFICIAL: Liverpool agree £75m fee (£70m upfront) with Southampton
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Apart from VVD no. Andy Carroll will have signed for us 7 years ago next Jan for 35m from Newcastle. Very poor transfer as it happens.
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Those three cost I believe circa 45m. Sadly only Clyne is a decent defender from those three.
I expect all three to be gone in the summer.
Vvd rectifies how little we've invested in defence under Klopp. Before this we'd turned a 16m profit on defender ins and outs under Klopp ffs. This was well overdue.
Conte and Guardilola wanted VVD as well. Which shows that he is probably quite good. Only time can tell whether he is worth the money.
It was over 50 million for the three of them but yeah.
He is. He's a very good defender. Now Liverpool can't use the excuse of personnel for having a woeful defence, let's see.
We shall see
I feel the same as most on here: good buy for Liverpool, Clop a hypocrite.
Impressive the way they wrapped it up sharpish this time, avoiding another saga. Southampton must be pleased with the fee.
Impressive the way they wrapped it up sharpish this time, avoiding another saga. Southampton must be pleased with the fee.
It was always going to be wrapped up fast considering he’s been dropped the past few weeks. After that you’d knew he was basically off as you don’t drop your best defenders.
I genuinely believe he's better than most on that list. Alderweireld and Azpilicueta are the only ones that I think are a level better than him. Unfortunately, Kompany cannot keep himself fit for 10 minutes.
The PL isn't blessed with quality CBs
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It was probably mostly wrapped up last summer, just a bit of face saving from Southampton at the time, much like Coutinho to Barca will be this coming summer.
A GK is probably their next acquisition
Ridiculous fee but that's the insane time we live in
Wanting him is one thing. Obviously neither were willing to spend £75m on him. Would've been a luxury signing for either City or ourselves. Both are well stocked at CB.
Give me strength.You reckon Southampton can stand another player departure?
They've still got Keita lined up as well for the start of next season. If they do sort their goalie out, next year actually could be their year!
With the money they'll get in return, why not?
I hope it isn't but I can't deny that they building something.
Why don't Liverpool and Southampton just merge and call themselves Liverton or Southpool or some shit like that?
I guess so. £75 million plus another £50 million for their 'keeper would certainly soften the blow.
Well, they're shit hot going forward with Lallana and Mane as backups. They just need to sort that backline out.
Hopefully Coutinho buggers off to Spain.
PL spending is out of control.
He's as good as gone. The Coutinho money has paid for Keita and VVD in one swoop. They probably have some change for a bargain player from the Bundesliga
Yeah, Liverpool are going to end up winning 17 of their remaining 18 games thanks to the signing of van Dijk.
Those figures are wrong. Unless I had euro figures.
Are you watching Woody?
Okay, well they were the figures reported across 95% of reputable media outlets at the time of the deals. Perhaps your figures are wrong?
And Mignolet will turn into Schmeichel.
I dont think they include the add ons. Transfer market has them all higher.
Transfermarkt is messed up right now. Says Keita was bought for £67M when everything at the time said £48-51M
If you really go through the other top teams in the PL, Liverpool were the only ones who even made sense for him. City, Chelsea, and United are very well stocked at CB and all would have to either bench or offload good players for only a negligible improvement. Arsenal nor Spurs would even be sniffing around Van Dijk at this price range.
Calling it now. He won’t make a tremendous difference, certainly not to the tune of £75m. I think their style and Klopp’s in-game management will lead to results akin to the Arsenal, Watford, Sevilla, etc, kind of games regardless.
Crazy price, no way he's worth that much and puts on yet another layer of player inflation into the market.
Still, Klopp had such a hard-on for him, they could have, and did, ask whatever they wanted.
Still, Klopp had such a hard-on for him, they could have, and did, ask whatever they wanted.
Pretty sure it was £50 million + 10 million premium for signing him early.
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