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Definitely.

I suspect Gakpo might be sold too if we get a good offer.

Nothing too much opportunistic about frimpong signing only it was an opportunity for us to get codded by leverkusen, hes not good enough and too lightweight for English football, sell on i think

Karius says hello.

In fairness any player that has two bad games for Liverpool you write them off. You wanted every player gone last season.

Matip was also German, just played for Cameroon internationally

With Gakpo, if we get a large fee for him I would let him go but if not, I'd be inclined to keep him as back-up. He's not a terrible player and I believe the fact he was played non-stop just showed up that he's not a first team player. It's not his fault. But we need good back-ups and I would see him as one, together with the likes of Jones, Elliott, Gomez when fit. We need those guys to come in and do a job in some games and for 30 minutes regularly to prevent too big a drop-off. I think Gakpo is more than capable of being very valuable to the squad. The question will be if he wants that role and also how much he's on per week. I think it'd be a shame to lose a decent player from the squad. We've already lost so much in the past year. Having said all that if the fee is large and his weekly wage is too big, letting him go to fund a better option would make sense. I just worry about our squad right now.

I was about to post that Bence Bocsak was talking him up a few weeks ago. Today he has posted his analysis on Substack.

Also wouldn't be registering ekitike until January, so that's a space.

People are mad to sell gakpo, it seems crazy to me. Are they only thinking of first 11s or something? There's 60 games a year. Games last 105 minutes and there's 5 subs a game. We NEED 22-24 players who are at a serious level. Not kids. Gakpo did great alternating with Diaz, offering different options and I'd love to see that again.

We need 6 forwards

Isak/ekitike (I'd love Darwin here until hugo is fully fit)

Munoz/ Another top winger

Gakpo/rio

That's bare minimum. I'd probably keep chiesa too.

I was never convinced by Aspas, and that corner v Chelsea just cemented it for me. You'd be glad for him that things went so well back at Celta Vigo, but don't think there was ever a Liverpool player in there.

As frustrating as I found Gakpo last season I wouldn't sell him unless a stupid offer came in. I don't want to lose anymore experienced players and he might form again under Iraola.

With Slot gone, I do feel we are just a few smart signings away from proper challenging again in the next 2 seasons.

Yeah, we need 3 (maybe 4), selling Gakpo means its 4 (maybe 5).

Confirmed pending visa.

The Athletic also reporting Liverpool ready to offer a package of around €100m/£85m for Diomande

Ornstein update on Diomande

18 months ago he was playing for DME sports academy in Daytona Florida and now he's a €100m player at the World Cup

Rejected by Glasgow Rangers, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Olympiakos and Chelsea after trials

"What do you want coaches to know about you?"

"I want coaches to know that I'm a good player and love the game of soccer."

I'm sold

I don’t get the rush to sell Gakpo either overall he have been very good for us, always popping up with goals etc and covers a few positions. Even if we get a mad fee for him we would likely need it all to replace him with someone as good and that person would be expecting to be starting every game - not that he doesn’t expect it but since we already have him and he is integrated it’s easier to have him not start every game.