Mane transferred when Mourinho started as manager no? Many linked him to us whilst under LvG - had he stayed it's not beyond belief we'd have been in for Mane.
Virgil van Dijk | OFFICIAL: Liverpool agree £75m fee (£70m upfront) with Southampton
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, just shows what a joke the transfer market is at the moment. If clubs are stupid enough to pay these prices, they will keep increasing.
, just shows what a joke the transfer market is at the moment. If clubs are stupid enough to pay these prices, they will keep increasing.I'm guessing you have never watched Keita play? He's not even comparable to Coutinho. Liverpool won't make it to Champions League next season without Coutinho.
Could have been £10M cheaper if they hadn't pissed off Southampton last summer but suppose £10M isn't that much in this market.
Why? We were most linked to him when LVG was manager. We signed Bailly under Mourinho before Liverpool signed Mane.
Think that fountain of talent has well and truly been drained.
In which case I'm glad LVG was fired. Mane or no Mane
That was already a given as next year is always their year
Lukaku doesn't seem 'great' either tbh. The market has changed. Liverpool's desperation played a part in the fee.
For that money you can get 2 Davinson Sanchez's
You could buy Zidane and buy a villa
You could buy 84 mio Frenkie de Jong's
Or pay about 10 mio more and get Caldara, Lemos, Laporte & Iñigo Martínez and don't have to play one major investment next to Klavan, Moreno and Lovren.
You could buy Zidane and buy a villa
You could buy 84 mio Frenkie de Jong's
Or pay about 10 mio more and get Caldara, Lemos, Laporte & Iñigo Martínez and don't have to play one major investment next to Klavan, Moreno and Lovren.
Regarding the money involved of course is too much, don't even think VVD is amongst the best in the world regarding his position, anyway with him and Keita for next season, if they only sell Coutinho for next season also if they can bring anyone decent to cover Coutinho then I believe these 2 players are well suited for the type of football Klopp pretends at Liverpool.
Probably means Klopp will stay 1 more season at least, only if they have a massive fall untill the end of the season, curious to see how they will handle with Porto too, I see a lot of optimism on their part but actually Porto is better than Sevilla imo.
Probably means Klopp will stay 1 more season at least, only if they have a massive fall untill the end of the season, curious to see how they will handle with Porto too, I see a lot of optimism on their part but actually Porto is better than Sevilla imo.
Makes me grateful to have Christensen who was free. What steal Rudiger was too. Fees are going mad.
Does Lukaku even get the service other top strikers are getting? Is he supported by real wingers?
Hard to get your head round that
As much as I hate City, VVD is not far better than Walker. Especially not £25 million better. If this season is anything to go buy then Walker is the better player.
Liverpool may have been illiustrious 30 years ago but they are not that illustrious now. How many years ot not winning league titles does it have to be before a team stops being illustrious? Because 30 years is a long time. But not a chance are they as illustrious as United, a team that won the league less than 5 years ago and have had 3 trophies in that time.
Regardless of them being a plastic club, more players will be drawn to Chelsea than Liverpool just because they will be seen as a bigger club to young players. Because they have actually been very successful in the last 10 years or so. Liverpool not so much.
He has been steadily improving.
No. It's a Klopp being a hypocrite shocker.
Btw, is Klopp quiting now?
Plus it's even more obvious how much they've needed to improve the defence
I have no idea why he's so highly rated. Part of a poor Southampton defence, a remarkably poor Dutch defence and is now the most expensive defender in history by some margin.
Am I allowed to point out that Bailly cost £30m without being branded bitter? A fit Jones is also a better centre half.
Kind of feel they just paid whatever was needed to 'beat' City, which will fill the fans with pride but probably masks the fact Coutinho is off in the summer.
Coutinho is obviously the better player and I'm not comparing the players but rather the system in which Klopp intends to have them play. Keita would offer more aggression and drive in midfield to compensate for the quality that Coutinho possesses. You've got to compare the system and how the team plays at the end of the day. I think Liverpool will make Champions League next season without Coutinho. They didn't need to rely on Coutinho for the first 2-3 months or so.
So poor Lindelof is the newest victim of underrating our and overrating rivals' additions by our own fans.
No you're not allowed. Praising our own players is not in vogue.
Extra burden on Minge to feck things up.
That was already a given as next year is always their year
That’s true, yes, but their defenders are individually average besides Kompany on his day.
Between him and Keita, that’s the Coutinho money spent.
Jesus
Christ, even worse than I thought, I was thinking 75 million euros not pounds, adjusted to euros is something like 85 million, if one sees Bonucci in the Summer was something like 35 or 40, ok he isn't having a great season, no way VVD is twice the player Bonucci is, England has gone crazy tbh.
To be fair, I’m feeling well negative about United at the moment, but criticising Lindelof is a joke. The poor cnut has played less than 20 games
It's cafe for you these days.To be fair, I’m feeling well negative about United at the moment, but criticising Lindelof is a joke. The poor cnut has played less than 20 games
Liverpool is leading us 1:0.
Lets panic.
Has he not played much for Southampton this season? They have let in more goals that Liverpool. Why is he the second coming?
By that logic, Liverpool could also say that they spent £8m on Coutinho and we spent £89m on Pogba and they spent £40m on Salah and we spent £80m on Lukaku.
Van Dijk is a ball playing CB and Bailly and Jones are not. They spent wisely and addressed their issues which we haven't. For three seasons now, we should have addressed the LB issue and we haven't. Let's give our competitors some credit when they deserve it instead of criticizing them. We could learn a thing or two and this could be a wake up call for Mourinho and Woodward.
Mix of ‘injuries’ and being out of favour.
75m defender out of favour?
I’d genuinely rather Bailly / Jones over VVD having watched them all at length.
Head wasn’t in the right place after summer transfer shenanigans.
He was acting like a cnut because Southampton didn’t want to sell him.
£75m
I've got news for you buddy.
The prices of players are going to rise. The only way is up.
Why? Because TV companies will keep paying more and more money for the broadcasting rights to football matches.
£75 is good business in today's market.
A top CB in 5 years, will most likely cost £100M+.
I reckon the summer darma surrounding him had something to do with it.
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