Liverpool FC - Talk /Gossip/Rumours 25/25

Why not? You don't think he's of our level?

Ibra at RCB and Trent at RB for Real next year ... Can we flog them Kostas as well ???

There's been some studies into Islamophobia and how Salah has been directly responsible for a significant reduction in Islamophobia in the Merseyside region and a halving of anti-Muslim tweets, which has also had an effect elsewhere

That's the important thing really, clearly very likable but also making a difference in the community

His performances this season are easy to excuse, he won us the league the season before, broke countless records and he was far from the only underperformer this season.

Have no interest in comparing him to inferior players at other clubs, good for Bruno I guess but who cares really?

Salah is a greedy,self-centered ba6tard,no doubt about that - he's had to be to get to the top of the game. His spats with Sadio originated by 2 similar characters,smooth on the outside but spiky on the inside,and driven to success. The difference was that Klopp was a big enough personality to manage the strops...it was clear long before Mo spoke out that something was irking him but it wasn't managed until it blew up completely. Mo bears some responsibility,but the public outbursts were very out of character and the whole thing should have been managed no in-house, and that's not all on Mo.

Either way,they're both gone from the club now, let's move on.

I'm not saying hes not a good person. Unreal player and good family man. I just think the way hes behaved this season he's let himself and the club down .

David Ornstein reporting that Iraola will sign a two contract..

Not much faith there either from him or the club.

If you were going with a 4-2-3-1 you could have something like

Ali

Frimpong, Jaquet, VVD, Kerkez

Grav, Jones

Szobozlai, Wirtz, Rio

Isak

Obviously a few new players in would change that a bit with a new RB, DM, RW and LW.

Didn't Szobozlai play as one of two 10s at Leipzig? Could actually do very well in the RM/RW position under Iraola as he'd be in a good position to trigger a press.

Kieran Morrison next Salah, Salah has guided him a lot apparently.Can see it in the his play, almost an impressionist

19, 20 before end of year, if you're not doing it now, when.. never usually. Would like to see come new players coming into team

Possibly some context re the 2 year contract

I think there'll be huge changes at Liverpool over the next few transfer windows, and it raises questions about what their long-term plan was with last summer's recruitment.

Iraola's game is massively intensive, with his front four doing almost non-stop running. If you listen to any of his former players, they'll tell you that one of his main demands is to run yourself into the ground for 60 minutes and then assess things from there. The intensity and work rate are non-negotiable.

That's why I'm struggling to see how some of the names there fit perfectly with that approach. I don't think Liverpool's plan was to spend £250 million or so on Wirtz and Isak only for them to spend large periods of games functioning primarily as workhorses. Wirtz is still young enough that you could see him developing aspects of his game to suit the role, but does anyone really think Isak is going to consistently put in the sort of off-the-ball work Evanilson does week in, week out?

It's not even a criticism of Isak. Part of what makes him such a special player is that you want him arriving in dangerous areas fresh and ready to make the difference. Asking him to repeatedly lead an ultra-aggressive press and cover huge distances every game could end up diminishing some of the qualities you're paying a premium for in the first place.

There's also the durability question. Isak has had injury issues throughout his career, so you'd have to wonder whether this kind of workload is sustainable over a full season, especially with the added demands of European football and international tournaments.

Maybe Liverpool see a way of evolving the system around elite attacking talent rather than asking those players to completely adapt to the system. If not, it does make you wonder whether they're hoping Isak has a huge World Cup and that, if things don't quite fit, they could eventually recoup a significant portion of their outlay. It's an interesting balancing act between buying the best players available and buying players who are tailor-made for the manager's demands.

I think there'll be huge changes at Liverpool over the next few transfer windows, and it raises questions about what their long-term plan was with last summer's recruitment.

Iraola's game is massively intensive, with his front four doing almost non-stop running. If you listen to any of his former players, they'll tell you that one of his main demands is to run yourself into the ground for 60 minutes and then assess things from there. The intensity and work rate are non-negotiable.

That's why I'm struggling to see how some of the names being linked fit perfectly with that approach. I don't think Liverpool's plan was to spend £250 million or so on Wirtz and Isak only for them to spend large periods of games functioning primarily as workhorses. Wirtz is still young enough that you could see him developing aspects of his game to suit the role, but does anyone really think Isak is going to consistently put in the sort of off-the-ball work Evanilson does week in, week out?

It's not even a criticism of Isak. Part of what makes him such a special player is that you want him arriving in dangerous areas fresh and ready to make the difference. Asking him to repeatedly lead an ultra-aggressive press and cover huge distances every game could end up diminishing some of the qualities you're paying a premium for in the first place.

There's also the durability question. Isak has had injury issues throughout his career, so you'd have to wonder whether this kind of workload is sustainable over a full season, especially with the added demands of European football and international tournaments.

Maybe Liverpool see a way of evolving the system around elite attacking talent rather than asking those players to completely adapt to the system. If not, it does make you wonder whether they're hoping Isak has a huge World Cup and that, if things don't quite fit, they could eventually recoup a significant portion of their outlay. It's an interesting balancing act between buying the best players available and buying players who are tailor-made for the manager's demands.