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Apparently Arsenal didn't want to sell to us, so we waited for Chelsea to make an offer for Chamberlain and then matched it, leaving them with no choice but to accept. Smart.

Spending £35m on him with 1 year left on his contract still seems excessive to me though, but if it doesn't preclude us from signing our other top targets I'm not too fussed. We'll see.

We're potentially putting together a seriously strong and balanced looking squad. Van Dijk is still the critical one for me.

Mané Firmino Salah
Coutinho Keita
Henderson
Milner VVD Matip Clyne
Mignolet

AOC Sturridge Lemar
Lallana Wijnaldum
Can
Robertson Lovren Gomez TAA
Karius

+ Klavan, Grujic, Ings, Solanke
You can't put AOC out wide - that's a travesty!
 

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If they didnt want to sell to Liverpool they could have just said no. Doesnt really matter what bids they've accepted from anyone else.
You think Arsenal of all clubs would actually consider flushing £35m down the toilet for 12 months of Oxlade-Chamberlain?

Their preference was for him to go to Chelsea, and that's who they were primarily negotiating with over price by all accounts. Once Chelsea had done the leg work to set the fee, all we had to do was match it. Once that happened, there was no way that realistically Arsenal were going to turn it down.
 

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Isn't that why he's going to you guys?
Nobody chooses what position they play under Klopp. If he's required to fill in at full back he'll have to do it. He obviously won't be getting much time in attacking positions. Wil be used as squad depth in CM primarily.
 

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Nobody chooses what position they play under Klopp. If he's required to fill in at full back he'll have to do it. He obviously won't be getting much time in attacking positions. Wil be used as squad depth in CM primarily.
If that was true, he may as well have just gone to Chelsea on much, much bigger wages.

Someone at Liverpool (presumably Jurgen) has told him what he wanted to hear.
 

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You think Arsenal of all clubs would actually consider flushing £35m down the toilet for 12 months of Oxlade-Chamberlain?

Their preference was for him to go to Chelsea, and that's who they were primarily negotiating with over price by all accounts. Once Chelsea had done the leg work to set the fee, all we had to do was match it. Once that happened, there was no way that realistically Arsenal were going to turn it down.
No. But I don't think they ever had any problem selling to Liverpool.
 

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If that was true, he may as well have just gone to Chelsea on much, much bigger wages.

Someone at Liverpool (presumably Jurgen) has told him what he wanted to hear.
Klopp won't be dictated to by any player. Has presumably been told he'll get a go when required at CM. There will be plenty of opportunities this season with the amount of games we have. Klopp will also expect him to fill in other areas of the pitch if need be.
 

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Klopp won't be dictated to by any player. Has presumably been told he'll get a go when required at CM. There will be plenty of opportunities this season with the amount of games we have. Klopp will also expect him to fill in other areas of the pitch if need be.
Yeahhhhh, that's the reason he wouldn't sign an extension at Arsenal or sign a contract with Chelsea.

But I'm sure he's all of a sudden fine with it, because Jurgen.
 

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Yeahhhhh, that's the reason he wouldn't sign an extension at Arsenal or sign a contract with Chelsea.

But I'm sure he's all of a sudden fine with it, because Jurgen.
Yeahhhh. Klopp demands versatility from his players. That's really going to change for the sake of AOC. I don't see Klopp changing his philosophy to suit AOC of all players.
 

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Nobody chooses what position they play under Klopp. If he's required to fill in at full back he'll have to do it. He obviously won't be getting much time in attacking positions. Wil be used as squad depth in CM primarily.
I think he'll be playing more than you think. £40m fee in the last year of a contract, 6 year deal and £120k a week with promises of a CM position.

Seems a lot for squad depth.
 

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I think he'll be playing more than you think. £40m fee in the last year of a contract, 6 year deal and £120k a week with promises of a CM position.

Seems a lot for squad depth.
Unfortunately that's what squad players are going for these days in this market.

Jonny Evans is likely to go for £30m with 100k wages. Compared to that AOC seems totally reasonable.

Home grown also adds a premium.
 

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I wouldn't be shocked if they knew Can was leaving, and Ox is the pre-emptive replacement for him in the CM ranks.
 
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