Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

Speaking of defensive midfielders - anyone remember Stefan bajcetic,seems to be injured forever,did his hamstring I think.Was a great prospect before the injury?

I really don’t know how he has been given so much time at the club considering he’s been injured most of his time here. I know he’s still only 21, but I’d hope he’s a world beater for the club to have held on to him. Whenever he gets into first team squads, he will be under serious pressure to perform in short time.

Would like to see it work out for him, he obviously a baller with huge potential.

He's under contract and has been pretty much injured through every transfer window. I'm fairly certain if an offer came in it would be considered. But its almost impossible move on perma injured younger players.

Yes, he's an exceptional manager by any standards, but, obviously his City connections make it impossible

It's our own fault,he was a kid and we ran him into the ground,playing repeated 90 minutes over and over in a light midfield . It destroyed him,a player of great promise

Didn't he say that rather he'd rather win a ballon d'or than captain Liverpool, win a champs league with Liverpool or win a World Cup?

Think Tuchel's comments confirm that's why he was left out.

“I can assure every fan in the country that we have 26 one-hundred per cent committed players in camp...committed to the idea of team spirit and being unselfish".

I always felt we overpaid for both Wirtz and Isak, for that momey they really needed to be hitting the ground running, like waiting on Wirtz to bulk up shouldn't be a thing when you pay that money, same with Isak, we knew he wasn't going to be fit as he had no pre season, so straight away you are sacrificing the first few months ( plus he's injury prone anyway), but, having a slow start at a new Club after a huge fee can weigh players down and they can subsequently find it hard to recover.

Look at Ekitike in contrast, pretty much hit the ground running, and even when Slot inexplicably dropped him for a clearly still unfit Isak, he still generally preformed well. I'm all for giving players time, but, when fees go into 100 million territory, they need to be working out from the get go!

I suppose I've always felt the money for those 2 in particular, could have been spent better on the wider squad, I was of that opinion before their disappointing seasons, obviously I hope they turn it around next season, but, I wouldn't be too convinced they will. I'm not doubing their footballing ability, but, are they suited to us and in Wirtz case the league.

Ornstein just drop one. Liverpool are in for Yan Diomande. If the player is up for it club to club talks will begin.

Looks a very good player in the few games I saw him in this year and I'd expect him to be an very good addition if he did join.

I would say the rumoured fee is massive and he would be a risk.

He has only made 22 appearances for the club and played something like a total of 990 minutes. Maybe my memory is poor but I don't remember him repeatedly playing 90 mins for us?

It's something the club should have known, he was/ is a slight player, the EPL even before this season was known to be physically more demanding and intense than any other league, but, really went into overdrive this season- fair enough the club might have not anticipated the league to get even more physical, but, they should have taken into account if he was physically ready for the league, which he wasn't.

I'm just saying when you pay 100 million for a player, he needs to be ready from day 1, it's different to taking a punt on a player for 30 million ( even that's high, but, nothing in today's market) and it not working out

There aren't that many players in the history of the game who have gone for 100 million or more, so any player that does is going to be judged to a higher standard!

I don’t really agree that 100m+ should mean instant impact or they’re considered failures - it’s just the market rate for high rated players these days. It’s not like signing him meant we couldn’t afford other targets.

From the clubs perspective I’m sure he’s considered a very low risk investment. A young superstar that can sell plenty of shirts that we’re really unlikely to lose value on. Bayern would obviously love to have him so at worst I could see us letting him go for close to what we paid with a couple of years left on his contract. I sort of expect Bayern to be his next club anyway, and how much they pay depends on how well he does.

It would be great if it was an instant impact, definitely - but he’s definitely not an albatross around our necks, and if we can help him realise his potential we will have a serious player on our hands.