Topic: Arthur Melo

[Historical Fool]

So you think Tsimikas, Eliott and Carvalho are guaranteed to play 3-400+ games for the club? Thats my definition of an unqualified success. Eliott and Carvalho might well do that (personally I think they will) - but its far too early to say. Also, these are the complete opposite signings of Melo - we clearly spent a lot of time in effort into making them. Melo was a last minute punt. If you can't see the difference, I don't know what to tell you.

So… of the current squad only hendo, Bobby and Milner are unqualified successes

[Cafe De Paris]

Imagine coming into a player thread while our game is on to say "I told you so!" about one of our players getting injured.

Sorry I should of asked for your permission first.

[stoj]

Is he injured?

[tubby]

Is he injured?

Needs surgery, 3 months or so.

[him_15]

What an absolute waste of time and money.

[RedBec1993]

I was thinking we’d probably send him back to juve, 3/4 months out after surgery, he’d then need probably a month or two to get up to speed, so that’s at least 6 months given his injury history. What’s the point.

[Fromola]

May as well have just given all this money to Gini for his new contract.

[killer-heels]

May as well have just given all this money to Gini for his new contract.

No. If anything, we deserve that hammering financially. The player doesnt, we do.

[damomad]

Disaster of a signing that a lot of us called it from the beginning. Getting in an injury prone player in an injury prone squad. We almost won the quadruple last year and we've been reduced to taking complete gambles for some reason.

[stoj]

Needs surgery, 3 months or so.

Thanks, well there was a suspicion of prone to injury? Couldn't make it up right now

[Keith Lard]

Turned into a melon 😁

[KirkVanHouten]

May as well have just given all this money to Gini for his new contract.

 

We’ve really fucked ourselves in midfield

[TSC]

Needs surgery, 3 months or so.

Recall signing Aquilani years back who seemed to be constantly injured.  That seems like a super signing compared to this fella.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Recall signing Aquilani years back who seemed to be constantly injured.  That seems like a super signing compared to this fella.

We signed him injured. Not Rafa's finest hour!

[Fromola]

We signed him injured. Not Rafa's finest hour!

We could only sign him as Roma owed us money so it didn't cost us anything up front. Not like he was a player we'd have wanted otherwise.

[RedKenWah]

Needs surgery, 3 months or so.

Brilliant… our emergency signing in midfield is now severely injured and essentially not going to play/do much for us.

FSG need to dip their hands in their pocket this Jan to buy some more decent midfielders, go big or we go bust.

[kaesarsosei]

Again, did he get a fresh injury with us or is this something he was carrying that they thought he could work through but it hasn't panned out? And what exactly is the injury?

[killer-heels]

Again, did he get a fresh injury with us or is this something he was carrying that they thought he could work through but it hasn't panned out? And what exactly is the injury?

He had returned from an injury and therefore didnt have a pre-season with Juventus. When he signed for us he was fit to train but lacking match practice and sharpness so thats the programme we put him on.

[stockdam]

He had returned from an injury and therefore didnt have a pre-season with Juventus. When he signed for us he was fit to train but lacking match practice and sharpness so thats the programme we put him on.

A bit like Ramsay after we signed him………picked up an injury immediately. Is this coincidence or something to do with the intensity of our training?

[Simplexity]

A bit like Ramsay after we signed him………picked up an injury immediately. Is this coincidence or something to do with the intensity of our training?

Ramsey I believe was already injured as we signed him.

[stockdam]

Ramsey I believe was already injured as we signed him.

He started training and then the medical team found a problem. Maybe it was already there and it had been missed or maybe it was picked up in training.

[Hedley Lamarr]

He started training and then the medical team found a problem. Maybe it was already there and it had been missed or maybe it was picked up in training.

Incorrect.  An injury was found during his medical.

[redbyrdz]

A bit like Ramsay after we signed him………picked up an injury immediately. Is this coincidence or something to do with the intensity of our training?

Ramsey had an injury that we found during the medical. He could have carried on with it for a while, but a decision was made to fix it right away. But with Ramsey, we bought someone long-term, and not someone we brought in as immediate cover. Different situation.

[UNO]

Whoever advised us to sign this guy should be sacked right now.

[Funky_Gibbons]

Whoever advised us to sign this guy should be sacked right now.

Even if it was Klopp?

[killer-heels]

Even if it was Klopp?

If it was Klopp then sack Ljinders for encouraging him.

[Gerry Attrick]

If it was Klopp then sack Ljinders for encouraging him.

[Clayton Bigsby]

If we are faced with this situation again I just hope we elevate one of the U-23 guys showing the most potential

[killer-heels]

If we are faced with this situation again I just hope we elevate one of the U-23 guys showing the most potential

I don't agree. If we are in the position again then I hope we do the same thing which is get the best footballer we feel we can get our hands on.

The problem is that we found ourselves in the same situation as in January 2021, again. It was a fuck up by FSG, Ward, Klopp, the transfer nerds, all of them. Don't know if it was arrogance or misplaced faith, but it has cost us. In a perverse way I kind of like the fact that we have pissed away £8m. As my mum would say when I lost my last £8m, that will teach you.

[lfcred1976]

We signed him injured. Not Rafa's finest hour!

Classic from Rafa that whole episode. Fuck off Alonso that much he wants to leave and then sign a cripple to try and replace him.

[JRed]

If we are faced with this situation again I just hope we elevate one of the U-23 guys showing the most potential

Jay Spearing?

[newterp]

If it was Klopp then sack Ljinders for encouraging him.

And writing a book about it: "The Melo Years"

[Machae]

Has Klopp commented on Melos injury or intimated how long he's potentially out for?

I know Melo wrote a piece a few days ago despondent over his injury.

[Too early for flapjacks?]

Don't think he has but I'm pretty sure I read 3-4 months with a torn quad muscle.

[NarutoReds]

Don't think he has but I'm pretty sure I read 3-4 months with a torn quad muscle.

Hope going to see him soon. It's quite reassuring to have another midfielder actually. 

[Too early for flapjacks?]

Tore his quad in early October and a 3-4 month recovery time was mooted. So we should see him in training in the next couple of weeks.

[smurfinaus]

Tore his quad in early October and a 3-4 month recovery time was mooted. So we should see him in training in the next couple of weeks.

Was going to ask about him... so we looking maybe late Jan early Feb for him to start training ?

[robertobaggio37]

Was going to ask about him... so we looking maybe late Jan early Feb for him to start training ?

Right in time to get him fit for the next season at his new club.

[JJ Red]

No offence to the lad but i think big Andy Carroll finally has competition for worst ever signing.

[Schmidt]

Right in time to get him fit for the next season at his new club.

Should be fit early enough for the inevitable "The club feels with Arthur fit they no longer need reinforcements" from the usual suspects late in the window.