We should've signed Berbatov. Close the loop.
We should've signed Berbatov. Close the loop.
He could call a conference with Kenny Dalglish to 'explain himself' like when Stone Cold filled Jim Ross in after WrestleMania X-Seven.
Yes, with angry hordes of triggered Scousers banging on the doors and windows of the venue.
Wait a minute! That's... That's Sir Alex Ferguson! What in the world?!
Oliver Burke has signed for West Brom. Good signing that for them, they've been looking for a replacement to Brunt for 3-5 years.
They announced it as 'Red Bull gives you wingers' which gave me a laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
I liked the look of him at Forest and wingers seem to be a bit of a weak area for WBA, so yeah good signing all round.
Yeah, team needs some pace as well. Matty Phillips is a good technical player but he's not quick off the mark and the closest thing they have to a burst of pace from midfield is poor old James Morrison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weaver
Done deal for Dembele then. Sky reckon it's £97m upfront with £38m of addons.
I wouldn't fancy having to rely on James McClean all season, too. Things are looking good for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Dortmund are laughing. £135m potentially for a guy they can replace with someone already at the club. I'd argue Pulisic is actually the better prospect too. It's a shame this means we probably wont ever get the latter.
If you're right and he's as good this year as Dembele was last you wouldn't be getting him anyway. And Dortmund won't be keeping him either.
I was reading the posts about Barcelona going for Dembele instead of Coutinho and assumed it was the Spurs one :lol: FFS,
And yeah, we'll give Oliver Burke about 5 games before reverting to McClean and Phillips by the end of the season because they track back a bit. Maybe put Brunty back there when we have 4 fully fit centre backs for the back 4.
The Spurs one would be a better signing than that pleb Paulinho, and even with the Levy levy he'd probably cost them less too.
Pulis hates McClean so he definitely wouldn't be relying on him. I'm still holding out hope he gets a move to the championship before the window closes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Weaver
What do you / WBA fans make of Pulis nowadays?Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
I thought it was the Celtic Dembele when I first heard about it as my Celtic-supporting friend in work has been banging on about him for the past six months and apparently every big club ever has wanted him at some point since about May.
Dwamena's failed his medical at Brighton.
Heart condition. He's not had a good day. Imagine finding out that your new job on three hundred times the wages has fallen through and that you're a timebomb at the same time.
Man that's sad for him.
We've let Ince go out on loan again. He was looking as bright a prospect as Dunk under Oscar and Hyypia.
The spurs Dembele is a don. I don't think Levy/Pochettino would be letting him go easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by John
Mbappe to PSG...on loan.
Monaco would be pretty dumb to agree to that. Next season Madrid (and maybe Barcelona) will be even more interested, PSG will still have the money, and he could help them to win the league in the meantime.
This is one of those loans where the transfer is mandatory at the end isn't it?
I've read it could even go as high as €180m.
It says PSG have the option of buying him, aye.
Mandatory would mean they HAVE to buy him at the end (which is what Gray Fox was saying), not that they have the option.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waffdon
It has to be mandatory, otherwise they'd obviously take the loan just to stop Monaco challenging for the title.
I dunno really. I like the IDEA of Pulis, and I appreciate how consistent our results are and I'm not one of these deluded people who thinks we should be a swashbuckling attacking side getting top-half by default. But fuck me, it can be really tedious and annoying to watch. However I will say that today confirmed what I suspected - playing defensive, backs to the wall stuff is far more palatable when you're actually at the game, caught up in the atmosphere of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reg
Liking the idea of shit, one dimensional Sunday league football by a shit BIG SAM. :sick:
Pulis was doing some decent things at Palace until he fell out with the chairman. Outside of that he's stuck to shit football. God knows why Chadli went there.
I like Pulis teams. They add to the tapestry of life. If everyone was a 'bright, young manager' with an identikit team liking to play 'passing football' life would be fairly dull.
It's where Neil Warnock fits in as well. Total bellend, but also a bit of a legend when you dig down. Launching Vincent Tan back into mainstream life one game at a time.
€160m for Coutinho?
lol
£55.5m for Thomas Lemar apparently?
Sky are running with that now, yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
It's looking like the next day or two is going to be mega busy with transfer window stuff - I thought the window closed next Monday for some reason, but it's actually Thursday.
£21m bid from Leicester rejected for Jonny Evans as well.
Where does Lemar fit in if he's signed?
If LFC pinch Lemar from under Arsenal's nose after dicking them 4-0, I am going to LOL hard.
If you assume Coutinho as playing in from the left, then Lemar is a direct replacement in terms of position. He is however more a left footed left winger, so you're more likely to see him attacking his full back than cutting inside and firing a shot/pass off.
If you see Coutinho as playing from the centre it's more confusing. Not forgetting we have Lallana to come back. There's still Emre Can, Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Woodburn and Grujic. Other than Lallana and maybe Woodburn you'd not really want to play any of the others at CAM. So Coutinho would still need a replacement.
Big twitter rumour of the day for you is that Naby Keita landed in Manchester this morning. Though twitter is about as reliable as Liverpools defending.
If Lemar is a fast/powerful wide man then I like the sound of him. I have no idea if he is. Some combination of him, "The Ox", that Renato chap Kiko loves and a centre-half for one Coutinho would do.
Brighton should sign Origi on loan, if he's available.
Dortmund have replaced Ousmane Dembele with Andriy Yarmolenko from Dynamo Kiev.
Four year deal, €25m transfer fee.
I really don't want Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Apparently the Keita deal has been agreed but he's not moving till next summer.
How does Keita have a medical now for a move in a year? What if he does all of the ligaments in his body in the interim?
http://www.themag.co.uk/2017/08/excl...castle-united/
This would be a pretty cool move. He's scored goals everywhere he's played.
https://twitter.com/101greatgoals/st...70233179443202
Looks like a great buy :harold:
Oxlade-Chamberlain is rubbish.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41075272
There you go. If my reading is correct, we've agreed to pay the buy-out clause in advance (with a premium). It's effectively a buy and loan back at next year's release fee plus some money to get in ahead of other clubs. Which is fine.
He has been ruined by Wenger. Like so many other players, he's gotten chucked around different positions and roles to the point where he doesn't have a clear identity as a player anymore, and just sort of is mediocre at everything.
He's a crap wing-back, but I don't think Liverpool would be buying him to play there.
Lol it's so funny that Andy Carroll is STILL Cess's most expensive signing.
He isn't. Salah is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
EDIT: I'm guessing "Cess" is Liverpool or West Ham???
Ours is still Michael Owen in 2005 :face:
From BBC:Quote:
Originally Posted by John Arne
Liverpool have agreed a club record deal to sign RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita, with the player officially joining in July 2018.
The Reds have agreed to pay the £48m release clause that will allow him to move next summer, plus an undisclosed premium.
The 22-year-old had been one of Jurgen Klopp's primary targets this summer, but Leipzig had refused to sell.
The deal will surpass the £35m paid to Newcastle for Andy Carroll in 2011.