Topic: LIVERPOOL TRANSFER THREAD 2023 - archived discussions about what’s offensive

[Coolie High]

Arsenal have basically changed the whole team in recent years, not the best example! Yeah we'll hopefully get Trent and a few others back to his best football but it very likely will never happen for all our old players.

How many did they add last summer? The nucleus of the team is still the same as the one which finished outside the top 4 the season before, only change is bringing Saliba back from loan and adding Zichenko and Jesus.

[Barefoot Doctor]

Who'd be a good CB for us in the summer? Gvardiol is obviously great but will be extortionate (and maybe not the best in the air which is an issue). Been loosely linked to some young lads like Antonio Silva and Giorgio Scalvini.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

How many did they add last summer? The nucleus of the team is still the same as the one which finished outside the top 4 the season before, only change is bringing Saliba back from loan and adding Zichenko and Jesus.

Arsenal haven't been ravaged by injuries to key players, we have, that doesn't excuse our form, but it goes some way to explaining it, I'm just wondering what further disaster awaits us during this wretched season.

[Solomon Grundy]

Who'd be a good CB for us in the summer? Gvardiol is obviously great but will be extortionate (and maybe not the best in the air which is an issue). Been loosely linked to some young lads like Antonio Silva and Giorgio Scalvini.

Scalvini is a big lad but he isn't the quickest. I know nothing of Antonio Silva.

[killer-heels]

Who'd be a good CB for us in the summer? Gvardiol is obviously great but will be extortionate (and maybe not the best in the air which is an issue). Been loosely linked to some young lads like Antonio Silva and Giorgio Scalvini.

No idea but Badiashile looks good for Chelsea and I hadnt heard of him until recently. Must be someone out there.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

No idea but Badiashile looks good for Chelsea and I hadnt heard of him until recently. Must be someone out there.

Of course there is for normally functioning football clubs, but apparently we have to sit and wait for our Big Summer™

[cdav]

Of course there is for normally functioning football clubs, but apparently we have to sit and wait for our Big Summer™

Chelsea are a normal fuctioning club?

We need another centre back this summer in the Konate mould- young, tall, quick amd aggressive (and ideally available all the time). Agree with Killer that Badiashile looks good

Also frustrating that Newcastle got both Guimaraes and Botmann as they also look good. There are certainly good players available everywhere and we are a huge draw, just got to identify them and get them

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Chelsea are a normal fuctioning club?

We need another centre back this summer in the Konate mould- young, tall, quick amd aggressive (and ideally available all the time). Agree with Killer that Badiashile looks good

Also frustrating that Newcastle got both Guimaraes and Botmann as they also look good. There are certainly good players available everywhere and we are a huge draw, just got to identify them and get them

They sign players don't they?, we don't

[cdav]

They sign players don't they?, we don't

Yes they do, but that certainly doesn't make them normal or functioning!!

[Draex]

We’ve got to spend big, regardless of previous philosophy, too many areas of the team need improvement. If we aren’t willing to then it’s difficult to see how we’ll be in and around the top 2/3 any time soon.

I agree, this kid is 23 and going on a free. Smart business!

[Red-Soldier]

Well Xhaka was, i don't think Fabinho and Henderson will suddenly turn things round, but i feel the likes of Salah, VVD, Trent Robertson Thiago still have a lot to offer, in a settled team.

Pretty much agree with this.

Many of the players are looking a lot worse than what they actually are, at the moment.

[El Lobo]

Xhaka wasn’t written off was he? He’s just shite

[Ratboy3G]

Announce Paul Mitchell or someone else as Sporting Director ASAP for fucks sakes. 

Grant and Phil's long lost brother???

[red mongoose]

Chelsea are a normal fuctioning club?

We need another centre back this summer in the Konate mould- young, tall, quick amd aggressive (and ideally available all the time). Agree with Killer that Badiashile looks good

Also frustrating that Newcastle got both Guimaraes and Botmann as they also look good. There are certainly good players available everywhere and we are a huge draw, just got to identify them and get them

I imagine you could go to the French League, blindfold yourself, throw a rock in any direction and hit a good one or three. And that goes double for midfielders.

[Coolie High]

Xhaka wasn’t written off was he? He’s just shite

He would probably be in the team of the year, this season.

[El Lobo]

He would probably be in the team of the year, this season.

And?

[Coolie High]

And?

He's not shite, he just had clear weaknesses that could be alleviated by having the right players alongside him and the right system.

[El Lobo]

He's not shite, he just had clear weaknesses that could be alleviated by having the right players alongside him and the right system.

Because having one good PL season in his career makes him a top player…?

[Red-Soldier]

Announce Paul Mitchell or someone else as Sporting Director ASAP for fucks sakes. 

[Coolie High]

Because having one good PL season in his career makes him a top player…?

No just means hes not shite.

[classycarra]

Well Xhaka was, i don't think Fabinho and Henderson will suddenly turn things round, but i feel the likes of Salah, VVD, Trent Robertson Thiago still have a lot to offer, in a settled team.

No he wasn't. He's turned 30 this season (and has infamously always been slow and immobile anyway). Just googled when he threw the armband away and rightly told arsenal fans to fuck off (great moment) and it was october 2019, so three and a half years ago. So yeah, definitely not the same age related decline at all - he was just a scapegoat when they were bad and he turned it around

Who'd be a good CB for us in the summer? Gvardiol is obviously great but will be extortionate (and maybe not the best in the air which is an issue). Been loosely linked to some young lads like Antonio Silva and Giorgio Scalvini.

we looked at David Carmo years ago during the CB give up year (and got Kabak) - he then had a horrific leg break keeping him out over a year. Looked like he'd be a huge fee before the injury, but ended up staying in Portugal being bought by Porto after his recovery (still highest club transfer between portuguese clubs).

He's not completely falled out with Conceicao after a bizarre penalty incident in the champions league. Could be a chance for a club to speculate to accumulate and take him off their hands during a low point.

[Sangria]

No he wasn't. He's turned 30 this season (and has infamously always been slow and immobile anyway). Just googled when he threw the armband away and rightly told arsenal fans to fuck off (great moment) and it was october 2019, so three and a half years ago. So yeah, definitely not the same age related decline at all - he was just a scapegoat when they were bad and he turned it around
we looked at David Carmo years ago during the CB give up year (and got Kabak) - he then had a horrific leg break keeping him out over a year. Looked like he'd be a huge fee before the injury, but ended up staying in Portugal being bought by Porto after his recovery (still highest club transfer between portuguese clubs).

He's not completely falled out with Conceicao after a bizarre penalty incident in the champions league. Could be a chance for a club to speculate to accumulate and take him off their hands during a low point.

Carmo is supposed to be not particularly mobile. Pace needs to be the primary asset of any CB we look at.

[leinad]

Who'd be a good CB for us in the summer? Gvardiol is obviously great but will be extortionate (and maybe not the best in the air which is an issue). Been loosely linked to some young lads like Antonio Silva and Giorgio Scalvini.

Antonio Silva will go for a lot of money in the future, Benfica fans have been raving about him.

[G Richards]

It all depends on how much money we have. But assuming we are going to spend whatever budget we do have on the midfield, I would try to sign Evan Ndicka on a free in summer. Central defender. Eintracht Frankfurt. 6’4. French U21. Now age 23.

[67CherryRed]

It all depends on how much money we have. But assuming we are going to spend whatever budget we do have on the midfield, I would try to sign Evan Ndicka on a free in summer. Central defender. Eintracht Frankfurt. 6’4. French U21. Now age 23.

These kind of deals could (and should, if the manager wants him) be announced immediately. Even a free transfer would give the fans some confidence that a rebuild will start to happen in the summer. I'm pretty sure Matip was confirmed months before he joined.

[BarryCrocker]

It all depends on how much money we have. But assuming we are going to spend whatever budget we do have on the midfield, I would try to sign Evan Ndicka on a free in summer. Central defender. Eintracht Frankfurt. 6’4. French U21. Now age 23.

Arsenal were linked with him in the last transfer window. He's exactly the type of player/deal Barca will be over in the summer in order to get in their financial constraints.

[Asam]

They sign players don't they?, we don't

we sign left forwards and anyone that plays well against us

[lionel_messias]

It all depends on how much money we have. But assuming we are going to spend whatever budget we do have on the midfield, I would try to sign Evan Ndicka on a free in summer. Central defender. Eintracht Frankfurt. 6’4. French U21. Now age 23.

Should be but I've spent the last 5-6 years listening to well informed people suggesting good
transfers targets Liverpool don't even look at. We've hardly touched the French league for some reason. No Guimares, no Camavingas - despite alleged scouting and "interest".

[El Lobo]

Should be but I've spent the last 5-6 years listening to well informed people suggesting good transfers targets Liverpool don't even look at. We've hardly touched the French league for some reason. No Guimares, no Camavingas - despite alleged scouting and "interest".

How do you know we've not looked at them? One of our big issues at the moment seems to be when to actually pull the trigger on players we like, rather than not looking at them.

[cdav]

Bit of a non-story in the Athletic that Madrid think its us or City who sign Bellingham and "it is now very unlikely Bellingham will be sold for much less than £110million." Which seems weirdly specific

[Vinay]

No idea but Badiashile looks good for Chelsea and I hadnt heard of him until recently. Must be someone out there.

Badiashile was looking good even at 17 years of age.
(well, I watch French football). His ex-partner, Axel Disasi is also very good. (1.90m, 24 years).
I think Guehi is worth apunt, but Crystal Palace will want a lot for him. (Not a tall centre back though)

[DelTrotter]

Bit of a non-story in the Athletic that Madrid think its us or City who sign Bellingham and "it is now very unlikely Bellingham will be sold for much less than £110million." Which seems weirdly specific

A great price really, when you see the ridiculous sums for defensive midfielders and what horrendous players like Antony have gone for.

[killer-heels]

Bit of a non-story in the Athletic that Madrid think its us or City who sign Bellingham and "it is now very unlikely Bellingham will be sold for much less than £110million." Which seems weirdly specific

One down, one to go.

[Caston]

Bit of a non-story in the Athletic that Madrid think its us or City who sign Bellingham and "it is now very unlikely Bellingham will be sold for much less than £110million." Which seems weirdly specific

Bored of the Bellingham talk and not sure spunking £110m on one player (who is really really good I must add) is the best use of funds when we have as many issues as we do, especially if FSG stay on. If we get a takeover and they will commit funds then it's a different story.

[Draex]

we sign anyone that plays well against us

That list must be huge! Dawson incoming..

[cdav]

One down, one to go.

You were saying?

[Chris~]

So, are we more likely to sign Bellingham than city now?

[DelTrotter]

The Real game is the Bellingham derby. They won the Tchouameni derby, we'll take this one!

[killer-heels]

You were saying?

#welcomejudebellinghamlfcfire

[Bergersrightwingviews]

Where’s the windfall from Man City being declared cheats money, John?