Transfer Window Speculation

[downunder]

2 minutes ago, Stevie said:

I hope Baleba isn’t a red herring

if he puts us back on our perch iI will carp on about him for years

[DPD1973]

We’ve tried many options, but I don’t think we’ve tried to make a ‘cautious approach’ yet.

Maybe we should give that a go.

[Cobs]

11 minutes ago, Flasher said:

Very interesting interview with Brighton CEO re Liverpool and Caicedo. Said we were excellent to deal with and could not have done more. Said most players would have run up the M6 to join us, but for some reason Caicedo just wanted Chelsea. 

 

Ind££d - on£ wond£rs what that r£ason could b£ ?

[Alonso]

Being bored I looked up some u21 South American lads we could go for:
 

Fabricio Diaz (Uruguay) u20 World Cup captain and winner
Federico redondo (Argentina) son of legendary fernando redondo 
Ezequiel Fernandez (Argentina)
Oscar Zambrano (Ecuador)

Easy this scouting lark!
 

[Stevie]

1 minute ago, Alonso said:

Being bored I looked up some u21 South American lads we could go for:
 

Fabricio Diaz (Uruguay) u20 World Cup captain and winner
Federico redondo (Argentina) son of legendary fernando redondo 
Ezequiel Fernandez (Argentina)
Oscar Zambrano (Ecuador)

Easy this scouting lark!
 

If Brighton aren’t after any of those then we’re not interested.

Having Redondo in the squad would be pretty f***ing cool though!

[PhilM]

11 minutes ago, Earl Hafler said:

Absolute c****. Pre obsessed with puns rather than finding the ideal players 

I prefer "By fans..."

[Stevie]

Just now, philmatthews said:

I prefer "By fins..."

 

[Alonso]

3 minutes ago, Stevie said:Having Redondo in the squad would be pretty f***ing cool though!

along with Thuram’s son as well!!

[WillG]

24 minutes ago, Flasher said:

Very interesting interview with Brighton CEO re Liverpool and Caicedo. Said we were excellent to deal with and could not have done more. Said most players would have run up the M6 to join us, but for some reason Caicedo just wanted Chelsea. 

 

I thinks the full deal runs to approx' 125 million 'reasons' over the course of his contract

[growler]

7 minutes ago, WillG said:

I thinks the full deal runs to approx' 125 million 'reasons' over the course of his contract

I’m sure the agent explained the opportunity clearly…. Without counting his commission cheque 

[D.Boon]

35 minutes ago, Flasher said:

Very interesting interview with Brighton CEO re Liverpool and Caicedo. Said we were excellent to deal with and could not have done more. Said most players would have run up the M6 to join us, but for some reason Caicedo just wanted Chelsea. 

 

Isn't that nice?

Feel loads better about it now.

[usualsuspect]

37 minutes ago, Flasher said:

Very interesting interview with Brighton CEO re Liverpool and Caicedo. Said we were excellent to deal with and could not have done more. Said most players would have run up the M6 to join us, but for some reason Caicedo just wanted Chelsea. 

 

Of course he’d be nice to us. We effectively added £30 big ones to his pot. We should be demanding commission.

[Ombudsam]

1 hour ago, Martinus said:

My preference would be to target a 6 of a similar standard to Rodri, Caicedo (safe to assume Jurgen agrees) 

This sort of out of the box thinking could change everything!

1 hour ago, Flasher said:

Very interesting interview with Brighton CEO re Liverpool and Caicedo. Said we were excellent to deal with and could not have done more. Said most players would have run up the M6 to join us, but for some reason Caicedo just wanted Chelsea. 

 

This is great news. Add it on the honours list with the UEFFP Cup

[Jay M]

Remember when TAA was good in midfield at the end of last season? How about we do that again and buy a decent RB! At this point, he’s wasted at RB

[Hassony]

1 hour ago, Flasher said:

Very interesting interview with Brighton CEO re Liverpool and Caicedo. Said we were excellent to deal with and could not have done more. Said most players would have run up the M6 to join us, but for some reason Caicedo just wanted Chelsea. 

 

They should give us Enciso for £20m as a thank you for being so delightful to deal with 

[takanohana]

2 hours ago, Swipe said:

Tell you what. If Brighton are after that fella we should just buy him now… will save us £100m next summer

Let's pay Brighton to procure him for us.

[Nebraska Red]

58 minutes ago, D.Boon said:

Isn't that nice?

Feel loads better about it now.

Brightened my day. I can spend the hours feeling so much better about our nice transfer team.

[RBM]

16 minutes ago, Jay M said:

Remember when TAA was good in midfield at the end of last season? How about we do that again and buy a decent RB! At this point, he’s wasted at RB

Who’s playing as the DM?

[Benzo-13]

I think he’s great but we are over indulging Trent a bit with the formation. He still needs to cop it on with the defending. 

I’d go 4-2-3-1. We’ve the players for that until we buy a 6.

Edited August 15, 2023 by Benzo-13

[Dominus Maximus]

3 minutes ago, Benzo-13 said:

I think he’s great but we are over indulging Trent a bit with the formation. He still needs to cop it on with the defending. 

I’d go 4-2-3-1. We’ve the players for that until we buy a 6.

Bring back 442. 

Mo and Nunez up top. 

Gakpo LM. Diaz RM. Dom and Alexis CM. 

Edited August 15, 2023 by crouchinho

[Ombudsam]

You can't ask Trent to reprise 18-20 without the same midfield. The role is different.

[miceal]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/15/liverpool-have-swapped-clarity-for-confusion-in-the-transfer-market

 

Andy Hunter has reappeared and written a calm, well-balanced piece that will dispel all the angst from this forum.

I was wondering whether we should go and throw a sack of cash at Edwards to get him back rather than spend big  on expensive Crystal Palace middleweights. 

Edited August 15, 2023 by miceal

[Flasher]

So the guy that recruited Lavia at Southampton now works for Chelsea (who bid for him in January, which I wasn't aware of) 

So that one makes more sense too. 

[Benzo-13]

3 minutes ago, sammy & a said:

You can't ask Trent to reprise 18-20 without the same midfield. The role is different.

I’m asking him to do an attacking right back. He can do a Dani Alves in that setup.

[Alonso]

Seems Chelsea have just activated michale olise release clause of 35m