Alonso

Maybe huijsen was an option if Konate wasn’t going to renew and there’s been a breakthrough there and we’re looking at a different profile for CB like the left footed option mentioned earlier.

Some talk of huijsen also wanting a release clause in his contract presumably for the inevitable transfer to Madrid. We don’t do those so be interesting to see how it plays out.

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Just to go off topic thought I’d post some Trent news… The agreement between Trent Alexander-Arnold and Real Madrid is yet to be completed in terms of signing the contract, but verbally is at the final stages. Expected to be here we go, @FabrizioRomano

Well according to this Simons is completely unstoppable so you’re all wrong!

Get them both in!

That bit about Madrid is basically them saying to him stay in the prem for 4/5 more years don’t sign an extension and we’ll get you at the end of that contract

Nico Williams doesn’t seem the most prolific of wingers though. Admittedly he’s not at the best of teams but I’d still expect more than 4 or 5 goals from that position.

But something that is entirely reasonable. If we just needed a number 9 and young lad to come in at say CB for arguments sake you could probably make a case for it but the fact we’re needing at least 4 or 5 new players with a finite budget then it seems sensible not to blow all our money on a striker.

Get him to hand in a transfer request!!

And a month of wages off the books too so that’s probably another £500k

If there is anyway of getting some money for him during these transfer windows for the club World Cup then make it happen

Yeah and I think he’s played very forward under Alonso too and leverkusen have played a back 3 so would be a real change in set up for us to accommodate him or a change from the player to fit in with slot’s system.

If we did go frimpong I wonder if we’d go for a less attacking left back to balance it out or would be just get both bombing on?

I’ll let you off!!

James Pearce agrees… | @JamesPearceLFC Pearce via @TheAthleticFC podcast: As good as Bradley’s been - more his injuries than anything else - I think surely you have to get someone with a decent profile, someone like Frimpong from Leverkusen — speculation #LFC have been linked for a while

Southgate dropping him from England will no doubt be raised again as a masterstroke and helped him grow and achieve this move.

I don’t think we can afford to lose any of our CBs even if we do bring one in. Gomes provides cover across the whole back line and is HG but admittedly has limited availability, Quansah has been showing signs of improving and is ideal 4th choice, games will be there for him. Then we sign a new one as third choice and a view to replacing virg and being a viable rotation option. Lose quansah even if it’s on loan and we’d need 2 coming in IMO. We could then be losing virg on a free, suggestions Gomes is to be sold be even if not is hardly fit and that just leaves Konate with a year left on his contract as our only CB.

£30m seems cheap for a young England international who’s likely to have a premier league winners medal. Talk of £75m for guehi and north of that for branthwaite.

Yeah that’s how read that too. Also “since day 1” wonder then that was? Probably doing that with huijsen. “Sign for Liverpool and sign a 5 year deal and then we’ll take you on a free at the end of that deal”

Ooh that’ll go down well to lessen the animosity. Nice bit of s*** stirring there too.

Give us the £20m they offered in Jan and they can have him start of June!

I dunno that CM has been ripping it up this season!

I think as well once we were out of the champions league and no chance of meeting Madrid might also have been a factor in delaying any announcement

He came through city’s youth ranks so think he’d count as home grown as well which is an added bonus.