Liverpool Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 *mod warning linked in OP 26/07*

Boom_Bap

kfallon wrote: »

They can fúck off with all 3 of them tbh

I agree, if we are not getting Sanchez, they can pony up the full amount so we can spend a good chunk of it on a replacement of our chosing.

Grayditch

Haha. I might stroll into Harvey Norman and try get a new telly, with 3 olds toasters, cause I haven't been paid this week. Get the boat, Barca.

Agent Coulson

I see we are being linked to Balotelli again.

kfallon

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I agree, if we are not getting Sanchez, they can pony up the full amount so we can spend a good chunk of it on a replacement of our chosing.

Yeah, offer us a full back, a guy we had before who isn't the same player anymore and a fella who, on his day, couldn't trap a bag of cement. All this to replace prob the 3rd most creative player in the world.

Thing is they are so arrogant they'd prob offer us that thinking we'd bite the hand off them.....excuse the pun!

kevohmsford

Replace Suarez with Balotelli. Having a laugh.

greendom

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I was reading somewhere that Barca may struggle to raise the funds, that is why they want to include Sanchez in any deal.
I would expect that if Sanchez blanks us, we will be offered the likes of Montoya, Masch and Pedro.

If they sell Sanchez to another club, that would take care of the funds issue, surely ?

I am pie

If Sanchez choses Arsenal this place will collapse under the weight of people blaming the manager for not signing a player who actively chose another club.

Again.

I am pie

greendom wrote: »

If they sell Sanchez to another club, that would take care of the funds issue, surely ?

Arsenal fan desparately hoping their LIDL style transfer pricing strategy works...

Pyjamarama

What's with all the Pedro hate? He's not much below Sanchez tbh. He'd bring a lot to the team IMO.

I am pie

I am pie wrote: »

If Sanchez choses Arsenal this place will collapse under the weight of people blaming the manager for not signing a player who actively chose another club.

Again.

No it won't.

tritium

greendom wrote: »

If they sell Sanchez to another club, that would take care of the funds issue, surely ?

I assume JW will want cash largely up front. Most deals for Sanchez would involve staged payment.

mormank

Ya know, the funny thing is, we might not even need to replace his 30 PL goals next season. If we improved our defence and team we might not concede as many as we did last year and in fact could win the league (or secure top 4) with just 71 goals scored, which I believe is 30 less than we scored last season. In theory you only need 38 goals to win 38 matches. This logic has made me feel alot better about him leaving anyway.

Benzino

With Falcao likely off to RM, perhaps Benzema is an option, but I'm not huge fan of his. Really struggling to think of other alternatives if we don't get Sanchez.

delw

kfallon wrote: »

Yeah, offer us a full back, a guy we had before who isn't the same player anymore and a fella who, on his day, couldn't trap a bag of cement. All this to replace prob the 3rd most creative player in the world.

Thing is they are so arrogant they'd prob offer us that thinking we'd bite the hand off them.....excuse the pun!

I'd fear that the transfer committee would be silly enough to accept it

Agent Coulson

I wonder is there any chance PSG would sell Marquinhos now they have David Luiz and Thiago Silva as a centre back pairing.

Still think we really need to get two fullbacks as well.

mormank

Spring Onion wrote: »

How much do you think the "bite" will cost Liverpool? I imagine his price tag must have dropped 20-30% as a result.

Bite? What bite??

mormank

slingerz wrote: »

TBH the premier league has lost a bit in recent years with an exodus of the best players to Spain.

Recent years have seen Alonso, Mascherano, Song, Bale, Ronaldo, Suarez all look likely to leave for Barca/Madrid and impact on the quality in the EPL.

i think we here would all prefer, regardless of club allegiance to see the best players in the world playing in the EPL. The tax system in Spain versus the tax system in the UK is limiting that potentially.

On an aside, should football take off in the states then you may see MLS sides becoming the next major force league and attract a lot better/younger players based on the salaries that would become available there.

They will need to change the whole structure of the MLS with the player ownerships etc before it will ever become a major force in world football I would have thought.

x43r0

RFOLEY1990 wrote: »

Cash plus Varane from Madrid would suit me.

A centre back pairing of Sakho-Varane would be out of this world

Fescue

While everyone is desperate for Alexis Sanchez to be part of the Suarez deal, I'm not so sure about him to be honest. Having watched him at Barca I thought he looked only so so. I would certainly be a bigger fan of Pedro.

I do realise he is a good footballer and might do well at Liverpool but I wouldn't expect him to perform at anywhere near the level of Suarez.

Turtyturd

mormank wrote: »

Ya know, the funny thing is, we might not even need to replace his 30 PL goals next season. If we improved our defence and team we might not concede as many as we did last year and in fact could win the league (or secure top 4) with just 71 goals scored, which I believe is 30 less than we scored last season. In theory you only need 38 goals to win 38 matches. This logic has made me feel alot better about him leaving anyway.

If we buy Dzeko and he scores 20 for us that will be 40 less for City so we will win the league.

RFOLEY1990

Just a shame Sakho is 'clumsy on the ball'

Turtyturd

Fescue wrote: »

While everyone is desperate for Alexis Sanchez to be part of the Suarez deal, I'm not so sure about him to be honest. Having watched him at Barca I thought he looked only so so. I would certainly be a bigger fan of Pedro.

I do realise he is a good footballer and might do well at Liverpool but I wouldn't expect him to perform at anywhere near the level of Suarez.

Only Messi and Clint would perform at the same level. Sanchez is the best of the rest, I wasn't a fan of him at Barca but his performances for Chile have been immense.

Dickerty

x43r0 wrote: »

A centre back pairing of Sakho-Varane would be out of this world

While we are at it, let's ask for Ronaldo?

No way will they sell Varane, he's the future...

Fescue

Turtyturd wrote: »

Only Messi and Clint would perform at the same level. Sanchez is the best of the rest, I wasn't a fan of him at Barca but his performances for Chile have been immense.

He has been good at the World Cup but I think his performances at club level are a better measure of him overall. He hasn't been great for Barca.

x43r0

Dickerty wrote: »

While we are at it, let's ask for Ronaldo?

No way will they sell Varane, he's the future...

No way - Ronaldo is pushing 30!

:pac:

Agent Coulson

Looks like Madrid are out of the running now.

Seems like they are about to buy James Rodriguez for £40million if they can sell di Maria.

Fescue

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Looks like Madrid are out of the running now.

Seems like they are about to buy James Rodriguez for £40million if they can sell di Maria.

Di Maria would be ideal for Liverpool. Fantastic player.

kevohmsford

It's like Football Manager in here today :pac:

Knex*

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Looks like Madrid are out of the running now.

Seems like they are about to buy James Rodriguez for £40million if they can sell di Maria.

Why would Monaco sell him for that?

8-10

Fescue wrote: »

While everyone is desperate for Alexis Sanchez to be part of the Suarez deal, I'm not so sure about him to be honest. Having watched him at Barca I thought he looked only so so. I would certainly be a bigger fan of Pedro.

I do realise he is a good footballer and might do well at Liverpool but I wouldn't expect him to perform at anywhere near the level of Suarez.

Why would you be expecting him to perform at the same level if he's valued at way less? If he was as good it'd be a straight swap. There's no realistic targets that would perform at the same level. It's like Spurs of last summer. Buy a number of players. Just hopefully better ones than they did