Transfer discussion thread

[kane249]

Most expensive CB, GK and 4th most expensive PL signing. Yet the woe is me line vs city is rolled out

Not quite, Harry Maguire and Kepa hold the record for most expensive CB and GK.

Fee for Nunez have him as the 13th most expensive signing in PL history (£64M / €80M)

 

[Sphynx]

It is kinda funny that we just waltzed in and stole him from you guys. Weird role reversal from times gone by huh.

You didn’t steal him, you paid €100m….

 

[chef]

 

[typeclub]

is it true Pool won't pay Mane a starting 11 salary even after all these years? Lmao how did they **** that up so bad. Why don't Pool respect Mane, did he do something wrong off the pitch ?

 

[jod23]

is it true Pool won't pay Mane a starting 11 salary even after all these years? Lmao how did they **** that up so bad. Why don't Pool respect Mane, did he do something wrong off the pitch ?

He's on 180K. VVD highest at the club on 220K.

So...

 

[Frank Bunn]

So we're being linked with Ismaila Sarr today for 25M quid and Benrahma is being linked with a move to Fulham for 15M.

I would consider that an upgrade in all honesty for the simple fact that Sarr has more pace and would be a better fit in Moyes' system.

Sarr usually plays on the right doesn't he? You wouldn't move Bowen.

If he switched to the left that would be an upgrade on Benrahma or Vlašić.

 

[Indie_]

Despite the obvious trust in the scouting team and decision-makers when it comes to transfers, I can't shake the feeling that Nunez is the riskiest purchase of the Klopp era. I'm not convinced he's going to be the 20+ goals in the league striker that we need him to be. That twitter thread posted by chef has me spooked.

To me it could be argued there is a bit of desperation about the move. Missing out on the big two trophies, Mane leaving and City signing Haaland... I'd be surprised if we have had this transfer in the works for 12/18 months like most of our business.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Broke the gk and cd records 5 min after this gibberish

 

[kane249]

Premier League’s top 25 transfers
1. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa to Man City, 2021) - £100m
2. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan to Chelsea, 2021) - £97.5m
3. Paul Pogba ( Juventus to Man Utd, 2016) - £89m
4. Harry Maguire ( Leicester to Man Utd, 2019) - £80m
5. Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund to Man Utd, 2021) - £77m
6. Virgil van Dijk ( Southampton to Liverpool, 2018) - £75m
7. Romelu Lukaku ( Everton to Man Utd, 2017) - £72m
8. Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea, 2018) - £72m
9. Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea, 2020) - £72m
10. Nicolas Pepe (Lille to Arsenal, 2019) - £72m
11. Alisson (Roma to Liverpool, 2018) - £67m
12. Ruben Dias (Benfica to Man City, 2020) - £65m
13. Darwin Nunez (Benfica to Liverpool, 2022) - £64m
14. Rodri (Atletico Madrid to Man City, 2019) - £62.8m
15. Angel Di Maria (PSG to Man Utd, 2015) - £60m
16. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester to Man City, 2018), £60m
17. Alvaro Morata ( Real Madrid to Chelsea, 2017) - £60m
18. Joao Cancelo (Juventus to Man City, 2019) - £60m
19. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea, 2019) - £58m
20. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal, 2018) - £58m
21. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao to Man City, 2018) - £57m
22. Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg to Man City, 2015) - £54m
23. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig to Liverpool, 2018) - £52.75m
24. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund to Man City, 2022) - £51m
25. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool to Man City, 2015) - £49m


Manchester City 9 times
Manchester United 5
Chelsea 5
Liverpool 4
Arsenal 2

 

[DBAH0]

Sarr usually plays on the right doesn't he? You wouldn't move Bowen.

If he switched to the left that would be an upgrade on Benrahma or Vlašić.

Yeah RW is usually his spot, but I think he can easily play LW or as a striker also.

I'm all about adding more pace to our team and also at left back.

Wijndal from AZ has a 8.6m release clause apparently we should be all over that IMO.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Premier League’s top 25 transfers
1. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa to Man City, 2021) - £100m
2. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan to Chelsea, 2021) - £97.5m
3. Paul Pogba ( Juventus to Man Utd, 2016) - £89m
4. Harry Maguire ( Leicester to Man Utd, 2019) - £80m
5. Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund to Man Utd, 2021) - £77m
6. Virgil van Dijk ( Southampton to Liverpool, 2018) - £75m
7. Romelu Lukaku ( Everton to Man Utd, 2017) - £72m
8. Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea, 2018) - £72m
9. Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea, 2020) - £72m
10. Nicolas Pepe (Lille to Arsenal, 2019) - £72m
11. Alisson (Roma to Liverpool, 2018) - £67m
12. Ruben Dias (Benfica to Man City, 2020) - £65m
13. Darwin Nunez (Benfica to Liverpool, 2022) - £64m
14. Rodri (Atletico Madrid to Man City, 2019) - £62.8m
15. Angel Di Maria (PSG to Man Utd, 2015) - £60m
16. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester to Man City, 2018), £60m
17. Alvaro Morata ( Real Madrid to Chelsea, 2017) - £60m
18. Joao Cancelo (Juventus to Man City, 2019) - £60m
19. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea, 2019) - £58m
20. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal, 2018) - £58m
21. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao to Man City, 2018) - £57m
22. Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg to Man City, 2015) - £54m
23. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig to Liverpool, 2018) - £52.75m
24. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund to Man City, 2022) - £51m
25. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool to Man City, 2015) - £49m


Manchester City 9 times
Manchester United 5
Chelsea 5
Liverpool 4
Arsenal 2

Don't forget cities very impressive wAGe StRUctURe

 

[Frank Bunn]

Despite the obvious trust in the scouting team and decision-makers when it comes to transfers, I can't shake the feeling that Nunez is the riskiest purchase of the Klopp era. I'm not convinced he's going to be the 20+ goals in the league striker that we need him to be. That twitter thread posted by chef has me spooked.

To me it could be argued there is a bit of desperation about the move. Missing out on the big two trophies, Mane leaving and City signing Haaland... I'd be surprised if we have had this transfer in the works for 12/18 months like most of our business.

I reckon Liverpool have got this spot on as usual. With TAA and Robertson firing in from wide they don't have to change their tactics to accommodate Nunez. Whereas City will either have to change for Haaland or he will have to adapt. We've already seen Grealish struggle to fit into Pep's system.

Liverpool will be getting good dollars for Mane while he's still in good form and not too old.

 

[SM]

He will only help us if disaster strikes and one of our stars goes down. And even then we drop in quality.

Really surprised the concept of spending close to half a transfer budget and not improving the quality of the starting XI is seen as great business. Sure if you're Liverpool or city and the starting xi is stacked. But we have Dier, Davies, Hojberg, Djed Spence / Doherty and Bentacur in ours.

If we end up breaking the transfer record on him he's really stuffed. Rebrov, Soldado, Lamela, Sanchez and then Ndombele before him. None lived up to the price tag or hype

Don't you concede barely any goals on average when Dier plays?

 

[CFC_JP]

Premier League’s top 25 transfers
1. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa to Man City, 2021) - £100m
2. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan to Chelsea, 2021) - £97.5m
3. Paul Pogba ( Juventus to Man Utd, 2016) - £89m
4. Harry Maguire ( Leicester to Man Utd, 2019) - £80m
5. Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund to Man Utd, 2021) - £77m
6. Virgil van Dijk ( Southampton to Liverpool, 2018) - £75m
7. Romelu Lukaku ( Everton to Man Utd, 2017) - £72m
8. Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea, 2018) - £72m
9. Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea, 2020) - £72m
10. Nicolas Pepe (Lille to Arsenal, 2019) - £72m
11. Alisson (Roma to Liverpool, 2018) - £67m
12. Ruben Dias (Benfica to Man City, 2020) - £65m
13. Darwin Nunez (Benfica to Liverpool, 2022) - £64m
14. Rodri (Atletico Madrid to Man City, 2019) - £62.8m
15. Angel Di Maria (PSG to Man Utd, 2015) - £60m
16. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester to Man City, 2018), £60m
17. Alvaro Morata ( Real Madrid to Chelsea, 2017) - £60m
18. Joao Cancelo (Juventus to Man City, 2019) - £60m
19. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea, 2019) - £58m
20. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal, 2018) - £58m
21. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao to Man City, 2018) - £57m
22. Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg to Man City, 2015) - £54m
23. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig to Liverpool, 2018) - £52.75m
24. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund to Man City, 2022) - £51m
25. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool to Man City, 2015) - £49m


Manchester City 9 times
Manchester United 5
Chelsea 5
Liverpool 4
Arsenal 2

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story

 

[chef]

Premier League’s top 25 transfers
1. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa to Man City, 2021) - £100m
2. Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan to Chelsea, 2021) - £97.5m
3. Paul Pogba ( Juventus to Man Utd, 2016) - £89m
4. Harry Maguire ( Leicester to Man Utd, 2019) - £80m
5. Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund to Man Utd, 2021) - £77m
6. Virgil van Dijk ( Southampton to Liverpool, 2018) - £75m
7. Romelu Lukaku ( Everton to Man Utd, 2017) - £72m
8. Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao to Chelsea, 2018) - £72m
9. Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea, 2020) - £72m
10. Nicolas Pepe (Lille to Arsenal, 2019) - £72m
11. Alisson (Roma to Liverpool, 2018) - £67m
12. Ruben Dias (Benfica to Man City, 2020) - £65m
13. Darwin Nunez (Benfica to Liverpool, 2022) - £64m
14. Rodri (Atletico Madrid to Man City, 2019) - £62.8m
15. Angel Di Maria (PSG to Man Utd, 2015) - £60m
16. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester to Man City, 2018), £60m
17. Alvaro Morata ( Real Madrid to Chelsea, 2017) - £60m
18. Joao Cancelo (Juventus to Man City, 2019) - £60m
19. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea, 2019) - £58m
20. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal, 2018) - £58m
21. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao to Man City, 2018) - £57m
22. Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg to Man City, 2015) - £54m
23. Naby Keita (RB Leipzig to Liverpool, 2018) - £52.75m
24. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund to Man City, 2022) - £51m
25. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool to Man City, 2015) - £49m


Manchester City 9 times
Manchester United 5
Chelsea 5
Liverpool 4
Arsenal 2

I guess Nunez could rise to €100m though.

 

[kane249]

I guess Nunez could rise to €100m though.

A lot of people on the above list could rise, they are all before add-ons

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story

 

[pantskyle]

It is kinda funny that we just waltzed in and stole him from you guys. Weird role reversal from times gone by huh.

United never even got to making an offer once FDJ became the priority signing. Let's not pretend Liverpool haven't been working on this deal for longer than one week some supporters think it was.

 

[ADL9798]

I don’t think Klopp can cry poor (though not the most well resourced coach on the planet, he’s been pretty well looked after), but you can’t ignore that this quote is from 6 years ago. I don’t know what football inflation has been over that period, maybe if we were spending £150m on Nunez?

 

[RPCB]

This board can be summed up in one gif

 

[ADL9798]

I reckon Liverpool have got this spot on as usual. With TAA and Robertson firing in from wide they don't have to change their tactics to accommodate Nunez. Whereas City will either have to change for Haaland or he will have to adapt. We've already seen Grealish struggle to fit into Pep's system.

Liverpool will be getting good dollars for Mane while he's still in good form and not too old.

I think this is also a factor in Liverpool fans not being too down about him leaving.

Not expecting him to fall off a cliff but he is 30 years old, realistically we’re going to see more injuries and declining performance levels over the duration of his next contract.

We were fortunate to have the best years of Mane’s career, but it won’t last forever, and at some point it’s just sensible business to let him (and others) go in order to reinvest our finite wage bill in the next generation of players who are about to enter their best years.

 

[Marcel Proust]

I think this is also a factor in Liverpool fans not being too down about him leaving.

Not expecting him to fall off a cliff but he is 30 years old, realistically we’re going to see more injuries and declining performance levels over the duration of his next contract.

We were fortunate to have the best years of Mane’s career, but it won’t last forever, and at some point it’s just sensible business to let him (and others) go in order to reinvest those salaries in the next generation of players who are about to enter their best years.

Salah should go too by the same logic no?

 

[ADL9798]

Salah should go too by the same logic no?

Eventually, yes. You can (and probably should) carry a couple but there’s risk in investing too much of your wage bill into older players. Not ideal to end up stuck with a crocked 34 year old on £300k/week with 2 years on his contract.

 

[Zidane98]

Salah should go too by the same logic no?

Salah looks like a player who can perform at a world class level until his mid 30s.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Salah looks like a player who can perform at a world class level until his mid 30s.

But not mane?

 

[chef]

That twitter thread posted by chef has me spooked.

It was a bit damning that thread, he came across as worse on the ball than Lukaku

But I think he'll suit your direct style football and you won't have the same issues we're stuck with.