Topic: LIVERPOOL TRANSFER THREAD

[PeterTheRed ...]

The only way he wins a place on the team is by poisoning all the lasagne and salads, to be fair. But yeah, he's entitled to collect the salary stated in his contract and train with the squad of course.

You are making him sound like Winston Bogarde. Ox was very useful for us a few months ago, when Salah and Mane were at the AFCON. A total of 28 appearances (1.511 minutes) with 6 goal involvements is a decent return for a squad player. And with Minamino gone, he might even get some minutes in attack now ...

[Asam]

My ego has been on the weights though.

Yes light-weight clearly 

[Passmaster Molby]

People have no idea what Bellingham would demand in wages. Young players have both demanded ridiculous wages (Sancho, Haaland) and other younger have not (Nunez is apparently getting less than 100K a week). We have no idea what Bellingham will ask for.

Nunez net wage is around 100k a week, which suggests his total weekly wage is closer to 200k a week less tax.

[Asam]

You are making him sound like Winston Bogarde. Ox was very useful for us a few months ago, when Salah and Mane were at the AFCON. A total of 28 appearances (1.511 minutes) with 6 goal involvements is a decent return for a squad player. And with Minamino gone, he might even get some minutes in attack now ...

It all depends on his fitness, if he’s retained his dynamism he is physically gifted and he is one of the few who can score from long range

Is it worth selling him for £10M or are
We better off keeping him?

[El Lobo]

People have no idea what Bellingham would demand in wages. Young players have both demanded ridiculous wages (Sancho, Haaland) and other younger have not (Nunez is apparently getting less than 100K a week). We have no idea what Bellingham will ask for.

Thought Nunez was 130k a week

Nunez net wage is around 100k a week, which suggests his total weekly wage is closer to 200k a week less tax.

Ghost is gonna lose his shit when he sees this

[PeterTheRed ...]

He is on £140,000 per week:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/footage-that-put-juergen-klopp-on-trail-of-64m-striker-darwin-nunez-bmrgctcp6

And this discussion is boring ...

[Barefoot Doctor]

If we think Salah is leaving in a year on a free, then you'd imagine we'd be interested in Gnabry right? Curious what happens there, whether he moves this summer with one-year left or leaves Bayern as a free transfer next summer.

[PeterTheRed ...]

It all depends on his fitness, if he’s retained his dynamism he is physically gifted and he is one of the few who can score from long range

Is it worth selling him for £10M or are
We better off keeping him?

If he is willing to accept the bit part role, I'd keep him ...

[clinical]

If we think Salah is leaving in a year on a free, then you'd imagine we'd be interested in Gnabry right? Curious what happens there, whether he moves this summer with one-year left or leaves Bayern as a free transfer next summer.

You'd imagine Gnabry would want over £300k a week. I doubt that happens.

[newterp]

You'd imagine Gnabry would want over £300k a week. I doubt that happens.

that's astronomical!

[PeterTheRed ...]

You'd imagine Gnabry would want over £300k a week. I doubt that happens.

Well, the reports in Germany suggest that he has rejected €20 million per season for a contract extension at Bayern. He is even worse than Bellingham ...

[El Lobo]

that's astronomical!

Is that before or after tax though? I saw he only wanted £140k a week.

[Ghost Town]

Ghost is gonna lose his shit when he sees this

Fucking inflation. And the Wispa bars are half the fucking size

[lamonti]

While that article makes some good points, it still drastically underestimates the total cost of the Haaland deal, based on the known fees beyond the transfer, the true figure is closer to the €150m level even before you consider the relative cost of the salaries.

Mad thing is that we are hardly skimping on the salary for Nunez, he'll still make over £40m from us, even without the inevitable contract renewal in a few years if he's doing well.

Will we renew his contract if he's got a six year deal?

[Knight]

Gmabry will be free though. And if we don’t have to spend market rate to buy him we can offer in wages what we would have offered in transfer fee. Which is exactly why it’s attractive for the likes of mane and Salah to run their contracts down. But we can play at the same game!

[Barefoot Doctor]

Gmabry will be free though. And if we don’t have to spend market rate to buy him we can offer in wages what we would have offered in transfer fee. Which is exactly why it’s attractive for the likes of mane and Salah to run their contracts down. But we can play at the same game!

The other thing with Gnabry is that his age (27 this summer, 28 if he were to join on a free) means he'd probably only get one contract here, so you don't have to worry about renewing him and paying even more down the line. Thiago, for example, is I think the only signing we've made who has gone straight into our top earner bracket but that's easier to absorb when someone is late 20s when joining.

Personally I'd go for Gnabry now, and then we're future proofing against Salah's departure.

[Red Cactii]

If we think Salah is leaving in a year on a free, then you'd imagine we'd be interested in Gnabry right? Curious what happens there, whether he moves this summer with one-year left or leaves Bayern as a free transfer next summer.

It’s almost certain that he’ll end up at a team that rhymes with Hagrid.

[has gone odd]

Assuming we do go for a midfielder this summer, how do you think its this going to affect our team going into the new season? I rarely remember Klopp having to deal with so many changes in a single window. Doesn't appear to be all over as am noticing a lot of smoke going about on our bids and offers for various players, probably agents trying to bump a players stock but still.

Would be nice to be all done and dusted either way in time for pre-season, new midfielder or otherwise.

[OsirisMVZ]

If we think Salah is leaving in a year on a free, then you'd imagine we'd be interested in Gnabry right? Curious what happens there, whether he moves this summer with one-year left or leaves Bayern as a free transfer next summer.

I think we will just look at getting a left footed wide player who is a little younger than when Salah was when he joined, and hope to mould him into a goal scorer (hence everyone's interest in Saka who is the main scoring and creative outlet in a team that doesn't create many chances). The club clearly have a limit on how much they will pay someone in wages and anyone wanting a massive 300k/w salary at us will sent away.

[Garrus]

Jakub Ojrzynski joins Radomiak Radom on loan.

Sounds like something pulled out of a Radom name generator.

[Tobez]

Jakub Ojrzynski joins Radomiak Radom on loan.

Sounds like something pulled out of a Radom name generator.

Todd Bonzalez likes this

[Tobelius]

Jakub Ojrzynski joins Radomiak Radom on loan.

Sounds like something pulled out of a Radom name generator.

Seems like a really Radom loan this one.

[PeterTheRed ...]

Jakub Ojrzynski joins Radomiak Radom on loan.

Sounds like something pulled out of a Radom name generator.

They were promoted last season to Poland's first division, and finished 7th. I don't know who owns them, but definitely an ambitious club ...

[Fromola]

Assuming we do go for a midfielder this summer, how do you think its this going to affect our team going into the new season? I rarely remember Klopp having to deal with so many changes in a single window. Doesn't appear to be all over as am noticing a lot of smoke going about on our bids and offers for various players, probably agents trying to bump a players stock but still.

Would be nice to be all done and dusted either way in time for pre-season, new midfielder or otherwise.

Injuries aside, he'd be given time to settle in like Konate was anyway, or even Fabinho in 2018. That's unless we got a Thiago type signing who can just slot straight into the team and improve it.

That aside, Nunez for Mane is the only real change and Diaz was more of a direct replacement for Mane.

[killer-heels]

Assuming we do go for a midfielder this summer, how do you think its this going to affect our team going into the new season? I rarely remember Klopp having to deal with so many changes in a single window. Doesn't appear to be all over as am noticing a lot of smoke going about on our bids and offers for various players, probably agents trying to bump a players stock but still.

Would be nice to be all done and dusted either way in time for pre-season, new midfielder or otherwise.

Is it that many? In 18/19 we had to integrate Shaqiri, Alisson, Fabinho, Keita and had only signed Van Dijk 5 months prior.

[Lastrador]

They were promoted last season to Poland's first division, and finished 7th. I don't know who owns them, but definitely an ambitious club ...

Have to invest in a new badge though. This thing is a crime against football.

[Elzar]

Have to invest in a new badge though. This thing is a crime against football.

Looks like my statistics exam

[Linudden]

Radomiak Radom sounds like it's dangerously radioactive 

[El Lobo]

Is it that many? In 18/19 we had to integrate Shaqiri, Alisson, Fabinho, Keita and had only signed Van Dijk 5 months prior.

I guess the one difference is that those changes in the main were undoubtedly upgrading what we had previously. Like I appreciate its always a task integrating new players, but I can't imagine changing Skrtel for Van Dijk or Mignolet for Alisson was as tricky as swapping Nunez and Mane (for example).

[HardworkDedication]

Liverpool ECHO

Additionally, if Liverpool were to pursue a long-standing interest and sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham this summer he would still count as a homegrown player, despite spending the majority of his senior career to date in the Bundesliga, because of the ten years he spent at Birmingham City prior to his move to Germany.

However, the ECHO understands that any move for the England international will most likely come next year, although the Reds recruitment team will be on alert should there be a change of circumstance.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-bellingham-nunez-premier-league-24290153

The media have mentioned this a few times now.  I wonder whether we will bid to test the water?

[PeterTheRed ...]

Liverpool ECHO

Additionally, if Liverpool were to pursue a long-standing interest and sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham this summer he would still count as a homegrown player, despite spending the majority of his senior career to date in the Bundesliga, because of the ten years he spent at Birmingham City prior to his move to Germany.

However, the ECHO understands that any move for the England international will most likely come next year, although the Reds recruitment team will be on alert should there be a change of circumstance.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-bellingham-nunez-premier-league-24290153

The media have mentioned this a few times now.  I wonder whether we will bid to test the water?

We have obviously talked with the player, his family and his agent. If there was any chance of him moving this summer, we would have already made a bid to Dortmund ...

[BER]

Liverpool ECHO

Additionally, if Liverpool were to pursue a long-standing interest and sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham this summer he would still count as a homegrown player, ...

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-bellingham-nunez-premier-league-24290153

The media have mentioned this a few times now.  I wonder whether we will bid to test the water?

I take it to mean if anyone else bids then we'll be "forced into action"

[Samie]

Julian Ward has placed a tracker. Anyone else bids we'll be alerted.

[Lynndenberries]

I guess the one difference is that those changes in the main were undoubtedly upgrading what we had previously. Like I appreciate its always a task integrating new players, but I can't imagine changing Skrtel for Van Dijk or Mignolet for Alisson was as tricky as swapping Nunez and Mane (for example).

True, but we have seen forwards incorporated pretty much right away in the past. Mane, Salah, Diaz, Jota to a degree... With a full preseason, I imagine Nunez will be ready to go right away. I could still see us starting the season with Diaz, Jota, and Salah though.

[HardworkDedication]

I take it to mean if anyone else bids then we'll be "forced into action"

I did too but I also wouldn't be surprised if we did make a bid later in the window after moving a few players on.

[Lynndenberries]

Liverpool ECHO

Additionally, if Liverpool were to pursue a long-standing interest and sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham this summer he would still count as a homegrown player, despite spending the majority of his senior career to date in the Bundesliga, because of the ten years he spent at Birmingham City prior to his move to Germany.

However, the ECHO understands that any move for the England international will most likely come next year, although the Reds recruitment team will be on alert should there be a change of circumstance.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-bellingham-nunez-premier-league-24290153

The media have mentioned this a few times now.  I wonder whether we will bid to test the water?

Has there been any noise about this from Dortmund's end? With Sancho, they always said pay the price and he's yours, but I haven't seen anything as explicit as that.

I would imagine we're at least trying to lay the groundwork for him.

[Red Cactii]

Gmabry will be free though. And if we don’t have to spend market rate to buy him we can offer in wages what we would have offered in transfer fee. Which is exactly why it’s attractive for the likes of mane and Salah to run their contracts down. But we can play at the same game!

And then you blow up your wage structure and have to offer similar wages to keep your own players; which ironically is a problem Bayern have experienced with Alaba and now Gnabry having not been able to keep the former and likely the same fate for the latter.

[PeterTheRed ...]

Has there been any noise about this from Dortmund's end? With Sancho, they always said pay the price and he's yours, but I haven't seen anything as explicit as that.

I would imagine we're at least trying to lay the groundwork for him.

Yes, they have clearly stated than Bellingham wiil be with them next season ...

[paisley1977]

Liverpool ECHO

Additionally, if Liverpool were to pursue a long-standing interest and sign Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham this summer he would still count as a homegrown player, despite spending the majority of his senior career to date in the Bundesliga, because of the ten years he spent at Birmingham City prior to his move to Germany.

However, the ECHO understands that any move for the England international will most likely come next year, although the Reds recruitment team will be on alert should there be a change of circumstance.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-bellingham-nunez-premier-league-24290153

Why do the Echo need to mention this at all.

[PeterTheRed ...]

Why do the Echo need to mention this at all.

For the clicks?