Transfer: Winter Transfer Thread Part II

[Evilo]

Again, smart move by Nice here. Low risk, high reward potential.

More importantly, happy for the player as I think he'll get playing time again Hopefully he kills it with Nice

Problem is right now they don't have a coach. Haven't had one in more than a month and are closing in on relegation spots.

 

[Chimaera]

Minamino fee was 500k? Dang, that’s a chunk of what they spent back.

 

[Evilo]

Villas-Boas just said live that he didn't want Ntcham to come and offered his resignation.
What a circus OM is.

Langoria is doing a great job and probably has the next coach in mind and everyone knows it won't be AVB.

 

[YNWA14]

Not happy about the Minamino loan but what can you do. At least he's going to a good environment. Not sure why they bought him.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

If Gilmour is staying, he better see some f***ing minutes.

 

[Savant]

Not happy about the Minamino loan but what can you do. At least he's going to a good environment. Not sure why they bought him.

They bought him because he was cheap release and thought they could at least double their money for him. Yeah he crazy thing is they still probably can. He only cost 7.25m to bring in

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Not happy about the Minamino loan but what can you do. At least he's going to a good environment. Not sure why they bought him.

The worst thing is that he has shown some good flashes.

 

[Blender]

If Gilmour is staying, he better see some f***ing minutes.

Tuchel praised his training sessions and talked him up, so yea he better get minutes. Not even been on the bench the last 2 games.

 

[Evilo]

Sorry @S E P H

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Not happy about the Minamino loan but what can you do. At least he's going to a good environment. Not sure why they bought him.

Well he is a Japanese player.

Probably marketing has little bit to do with it.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Sorry @S E P H

What did it say?

 

[Savant]

The worst thing is that he has shown some good flashes.

Klopp today basically said the reason that Origi keeps getting picked is because they need him for defending set pieces. Which is.....um...he’s the boss

 

[YNWA14]

The worst thing is that he has shown some good flashes.

Yeah he is a good player, and he looked very good in a couple of games. He's better than Shaqiri and Origi...oh well. Not the first player that Klopp has frozen out of the team that is better than the guys he relies on. It is what it is; every coach has their favourites and quirks.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Yeah he is a good player, and he looked very good in a couple of games. He's better than Shaqiri and Origi...oh well. Not the first player that Klopp has frozen out of the team that is better than the guys he relies on. It is what it is; every coach has their favourites and quirks.

Shaqiri has been contributing more offensively though.

 

[YNWA14]

Shaqiri has been contributing more offensively though.

He's definitely been an interesting player. He had that amazing assist for Salah's goal but was mostly very bad aside from that. Sometimes you need that sort of moment of brilliance and he's done it before in key moments. I'd still rather have the consistently better player as over time it should amount to better results.

 

[Epictetus]

Minamino rightfully went out on loan. He wasn't playing.
I don't see the fit here with Liverpool either, he looks like he'd play better with or off a striker. Southampton can offer that with Ings.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

17 year old American. Recently promoted to the first team at Dallas. Has an EU passport. He’s a right footed defender.

 

[Ceremony]

Villas-Boas just said live that he didn't want Ntcham to come and offered his resignation.
What a circus OM is.

Did this actually happen? I thought it was too good be true when I saw it earlier.

 

[Savant]

Apparently LFC made a call on Samuel Umtiti this window too, but he didn’t want to leave Barcelona.

Ozan Kabak: 'It’s try before you buy' for Liverpool

LFC sees Kabak as new Lovren and Davies as new Klavan. They aren’t done with that position yet; we will see what they do in the summer.

 

[Evilo]

What did it say?

Neymar has signed a 4 year extension.

 

[Evilo]

Did this actually happen? I thought it was too good be true when I saw it earlier.

It did. Hilarious.
AVB basically said he didn't want Ntcham, that he was not even close to the list of players he wanted to replace Sanson and that as such, he offered his resignation. He said he didn't want Mc Court money, he just wanted to leave. Said OM made some ridiculous moves in the transfer market in the 2-3 years before he came in.
He said he'd wait for the OM boss to accept his resignation and that until then he would work for the Lens game. He added it had nothing to do with last weekend's events.

Then we just learnt that OM's president said AVB's behaviour is unacceptable and that he's going to be fined and prosecuted. No idea where they're going. Somemone offers his resignation do it instead of firing him and giving him more money.
But then again, it's OM. Always good for a laugh.

 

[S E P H]

Sorry @S E P H

What did it say?

Yeah I can't see it too. It's either Aouar to Juve or Payet retiring or Neymar telling the truth for once.

 

[Evilo]

Yeah I can't see it too. It's either Aouar to Juve or Payet retiring or Neymar telling the truth for once.

Transfer: - Winter Transfer Thread Part II

 

[Chimaera]

Klopp today basically said the reason that Origi keeps getting picked is because they need him for defending set pieces. Which is.....um...he’s the boss

I mean, with midfielders playing central defender, and none of them all that tall (well, Fabinho isn't short... though I don't' know that he out muscles the oppositions central defenders on set pieces) Origi does offer something in providing someone big and physical in the set piece game.

That said, I think you can read more into it and identify that he (Minamino) just isn't ready to play the physical game defensively that Liverpool demand. I mean, even Salah works his tail off defending (you could see that in the West Ham match) when it's required. Minamino might have the want to, but I don't know that he has the ability to do it for what Klopp wants.


I do think there's a roll to play for him in Liverpool down the road, but it will have to be decided this summer when Shaqiri and Origi do move on.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

It's been coming the last season or two, but it looks like Dortmund is going to revamp the goalkeeper position. The problem is that the candidates this summer are not that good. Hopefully Zorc can get this one right.

Bild claims the candidates are Gulacsi, Onana, and Vlachodimos. No thanks on Onana. I think he's very overrated. Never liked his game. I think Gulacsi is the best goalkeeper in the Bundesliga that doesn't play at Bayern, but he's 30 years old. He's probably only helpful for another 2-3 seasons. Would be a very short-term fix. Vlachodimos is a former German youth international that now plays for the Greek Senior team, came up in the Stuttgart system before moving to Benfica. I don't watch the Portuguese league, so I don't know how good he is, but he's been highly rated coming up the ranks and he's only 26. If he's good, that'd be my preference. If not, activate Gulacsi's clause.