Swagger
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If this goes through, we've basically made Chelsea pay more for Caicedo, and they in return made us pay more for Lavia. Brighton and Southampton the only winners here.
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So let me get this straight. Southampton have been asking for 50m for Lavia since the beginning of the summer, and the player was anxious to join us. Time and time again we refused to pay that. Now we've offered 60m, and we need to convince him to join us. Brilliant I tell you.
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That too.
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Because they know someone will pay it.
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It would just give our players extra motivation.
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Don't get me wrong, Klopp is the most important person at the club by far, but even he cannot escape responsibility for dragging the midfield overhaul this long.
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Agreed. I was shocked Friday that we agreed to pay 111 million for Caicedo, being an obscene amount of money, but I accepted that he can transform us the way Virgil and Alisson did. Doucoure is good, but not transformative good.
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Absolutely. Everyone involved - from Henry and Gordon through Schmadtke to Klopp - should be ashamed.
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He is very good but anything over 50m is too much. Then again, we are getting desperate having left it this late.
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They've had plenty of notice from Ward yet still couldn't manage to get in a permanent replacement. Farcical.
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From what I've read, and I've no idea how accurate this is, they've agreed to pay 115 million, with negotiations still going on regarding payment structure.
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No one is in favour of buying a player for the sake of it, but we desperately need a DM, even if it is a stop gap. I am surprised no one has mentioned Florentino Luis lately.
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Palhinha and Doucoure by the way will cost 3 times as much this summer as they did last summer.
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Palhinha and Doucoure most ready made out of that list, as both have Premiership experience. Thuram, Gravenberch and - to a lesser degree Kone - not really DMs.
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In retrospect this would have made most sense. Amrabat first choice, Lavia gradually taking over, as I assume was the plan with Fabinho before the Saudis came in for him. My guess is they were waiting for Tchouameni in case Real needed to raise money for Mbappe. When it became clear that Tchouameni was no go, and with Southamptom refusing to budge on their valuation for Lavia, the club - flush with unexpected income from Fabinho and Henderson - pivoted to Caicedo.
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True, but they became more expensive the minute Henderson and Fabinho walked out the door.
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Whichever way you look at it, starting the season without an out and out DM is grossly negligible. Didn't Werner claim that whilst the club might not be the richest, it will be the smartest? We don't seem to be very smart lately.
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I think we are still a little short in defence, and the old adage is that defence wins you titles. And City are even stronger there with Gvardiol. Question is, and this is not me denying that losing Caicedo stings, whether those 111 million would have been better spent on Lavia and a CB.
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Would Caicedo have made us genuine title contenders this season? If not, then not worth anything near 111 million.
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Chelsea have gone from being a hideous club under Abramovich to being an even more hideous club under Boehly and co.
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Surely Caicedo will be on a nice wedge here. I wonder how that will seat with Mac Allister.
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I wonder if the rumours that Edwards and co. pushed for Caicedo before he signed for Brighton only for Klopp to block it are true.
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This also means that they had the funds for Bellingham, who probably indicated early on that his preference is Madrid.
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Stunned. I trusted our interest is genuine, but I believed it was too little too late. Sell Thiago and get Lavia in as well, and our midfield is set for the next 10 years (unrealistic I know).
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I remember someone tweeting during Fabinho's peak that he is so good that he sometimes deliberately gives the ball away so that he could win it back again. An excellent player, probably the best in the world at his peak, but it is the right time to sell and the fee is too good to turn down. Thanks for the memories Fab. YNWA.
