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luv antony...stats..style of play almost identical to diaz...even around same age too but he plays more on the right side which is what we need. too many rightfooted wanna play frm the left

isn't fekir supposed to be free agent

khoulibaly.....solid n with pace n agression n good enuff for high balls/set-pieces...i fear whoever our opponents he land into will fortify them few-folds... my fantasy pairing for CH: Gomes--------Khoulibaly; de Light------Virg; i know...dream on

he clogs the squad slot..get rid

Yay! and still some think he warrants a start....it'll do my head if he is even offered a new contract..i'll sooner he goes on a free just to relief him off our wage bill...and give someone more deserving of the slot in the squad

https://acmilan.theoffside.com/2018/5/30/17407038/donnarumma-rejects-60-million-liverpool-move https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Nkci1bCTuM8

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His agent Mina been crying his heart out to convince his client to accept our offer but donnarumma REJECTED us....

maybe they just dont care and willing to risk it if Fekir ends up in the treatment room after he is signed just to appease their emotions.....maybe...the aquilani factor was long forgotten

cheers BnB..thanx for the snippets...a lil smile is better than a frown any day

the closest i see in styles of play and capabilities to Bobby is Son from spurs

oh enuff of this Sanchez Ozil and Aubameyang talks, please. If they are really that good and World Class...Arsenal and Dortmund are in better league positions than they are now....We have seen how mediocre Arsenal are with them in their team...if they really are the 'saviours' that work wonder for their teams...Arsenal would not be as crap as they are now. 29 and 30 next year...have we not seen players slowed down enuff...bar Suarez...350k per week on wages..yep...we can pay that..sure...and the rest of the team can bite their nails and wondering if the club worth them enuff ...to play that extra mile...1-2 players then can totally demolish the camaderie in the team...we have seen that in Arsenal....at least we knew we got a 'trier' of that team in Ox...we should be looking past Arsenal...we should not help clean out their 'mistakes' and let them rebuild with better players. Not worried at all about Sanchez with Mouninho....Mikhi....in all perspective..we were all wondering why Klopp never gone to get him when he became available...landed to MU and see...hardly rooting off trees for them...we have seen how good Mouninho use his creative players..deBruyne..Salah, Pedro, Willian...hah...just wait and see Sanchez drop into those list...besides as someone mentioned...that will hinder Rashes and Martial's place in the team and that will bode very well for us. Auba is a talented finisher...but discipline is the key for klopp...Sakho was shipped out for failing to adhere....Klopp values team integrity and respect anytime against no matter how talented/good that player is but lacking discipline.

as long as lovren, migno and morena remains...there will always be jitters no matter how improved or good they turn out now. Harder to score and create goals but too easy to concede 3 against Sevilla and not for the first falling...we do not these kinds of hindrance

Mane, Salah and Coutinhi are fine patches.....Firmino knits and stitches the separate patches into one beautiful loom

i'd sooner cut sturridge loose 1st before origi based on injuries/out-time alone

AOC 's efforts and workrate often underrated...tbh i see only he gives a fook in that arsenal team. Armed with pace and strength...only fitness will stop him

he is really disrespectful celebrating that goal with benteke....don't ever hope to see him back with us...he's just too blunt to realise who his real employers are

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/michael-edwards-just-who-liverpools-12124673 Michael Edwards has been promoted into one of the most powerful roles at Liverpool Football Club - the newly-created position of sporting director. It’s a structure which club owners Fenway Sports Group have been keen on for several years - Louis Van Gaal’s name was in the frame in 2012 - but one which was abandoned when Brendan Rodgers agreed to become manager in the same year. Now it’s back with Jurgen Klopp a firm supporter of a structure he worked successfully in at Borussia Dortmund with Michael Zorc. The future identification and recruitment of players will be perhaps the most publicly identifiable aspect of Michael Edwards’s new job - and probably one which will define his success. Yet despite the position being filled through an internal promotion - and Edwards being a member of a Liverpool transfer committee which has never been far from the headlines for the last few years - for many Liverpool fans the 37-year-old remains a little known figure. So here’s what you need to know about him: Where did he start out? Edwards was born in Southampton but started his football career at Peterborough United where he came through the youth system and was an apprentice professional when they were in the Championship, playing as a full-back. He was released after getting no further than the reserves and went into education, getting a degree in business management and informatics at the University of Sheffield. He continued to play semi-professionally. When did he start his off-the-field career in football? Portsmouth in 2003 was his big break. He was taken on as an analyst there working with manager Harry Redknapp when the Premier League started to employ the analytics company Prozone. Each club had a Prozone analyst and Edwards fulfilled that role at Fratton Park. Since he had a football background Edwards was able to build up a better rapport with players than most people in such roles. The department expanded and he became Head of Analysis for the side then owned by Milan Mandaric, He led pre and post-match analysis, just as he has done at Liverpool. When did he leave? He left Fratton Park in 2009 after six years in his role. He went to Tottenham where he was asked to fulfil a similar role and build a newly expanded analysis department at White Hart Lane, where Harry Redknapp was again manager. He worked primarily on opposition analysis as well as analysing the performance of the Spurs team. Where next? Damien Comolli with Liverpool FC owner John Henry. He packed London in after two years and moved to Liverpool in 2011, with then Director of Football Damian Comolli - who had also been at Spurs - instrumental in bringing him to Liverpool. What was his initial role at Anfield? He arrived as Head of Performance and Analysis. The first thing he did with Liverpool was to look at how football was analysed at the club and instigated a restructuring both at Melwood and the Academy. Brendan Rodgers looks on during his last game as Liverpool manager at Goodison Park against Everton on October 4, 2015 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) He managed the analysis side for successive managers from Kenny Dalglish through Brendan Rodgers and now Jurgen Klopp. His relationship with Rodgers was known to be somewhat strained with the Ulsterman making his view on sporting and technical directors plain after he was appointed. Rodgers said: “For me coming in, I was always going to work with a team of people, rather than a director of football. I always think the manager is the technical director. He is the man who oversees the football development of the club, and I believe you should take on that responsibility when you are manager.” Edwards' relationship with Jurgen Klopp however is said to be “terrific” and his appointment to the new role is seen as an “obvious” one internally. His data-driven ethos ties in perfectly with FSG'S "Moneyball" philosophy of using statistics to find value in the transfer market. What has been his latest role at Anfield - what does he do day to day? In June 2013 he was promoted to the role of director of technical performance and was then made technical director in August 2015, basically running football operations which had three main strands. First he instigated a fundamental change into the way Liverpool scout, both at first team and Academy levels, and oversees that. Second he continued to manage the analysis side for the club. The final string to his bow was setting up a research department at LFC, something which has since become more commonplace at Premier League clubs. We know him as a member of the Transfer Committee - how did that come about? For the past 12 to 18 months he has been working alongside chief executive Ian Ayre in contract negotiations. With Ayre moving on at the end of the season he will step up to be the lead in those same contract talks. Securing players will often be down to him although specific targets may be approached in different ways. For instance Jurgen Klopp might take the lead in attracting a top German player. Why don’t I know his face? That’s the way he likes it. As of yesterday his picture wasn’t even on the Liverpool FC website. He’s very much someone who likes to get on with things in the background rather than be any sort of public face although that is likely to have to change somewhat given his new role. What will be his priorities? Primarily his job will be to support Jurgen Klopp, with player identification and recruitment while continuing the flow of information to the coaching team. He will head the team looking at the strategic direction of the club in footballing terms and is certain to be heavily involved in the project looking at joining the first team and Academy training centres together. Does he replace Ian Ayre as CEO? Firmino with his Liverpool shirt and Ian Ayre No, a CEO will be appointed at a later date by FSG. He or she will concentrate on all matters linked to the business of the football club, such as negotiating key sponsorship deals, but their direct input into more footballing matters and how they will dovetail with the sporting director will depend on the appointee. What is clear is that the new CEO will not be the lead on transfers, a role which from today will rest with Michael Edwards.

perhaps not a one-off: http://www.thisisanfield.com/2016/08/sky-germany-launch-partnership-jurgen-klopp-liverpool/

didn't that remind you of Stevie G? would u retract top class from him too?

tbh I am quite surprised how easily he sold on the youngsters almost out of the blue instead of continuing to leave them hogging in the team...brad smith is one example where klopp gave him/them chances and opportunities to stake the claim to continue to be part of the team...in the end, if they still do not meet the standards he requires,...they get moved on same can be said with illori, wisdom, stewart, randall....prolly their make or break season....there is no other guarantee...work it or move out....flanno going out albeit on-loan would seem to be his final chance...and if he fails too in that...I reckon he would be sold off too

yep..noone can hide on the pitch wearing this..time to highlight the spoofers out of the team lol..kinda like star-trekish too..now what does it say? "To Boldly Go.." i'll get me coat

A clear insight of how Klopp thinks and believe that would shed some light on how he does his strategy/transfers: “The best player of the last season is good to know but it is more interesting trying to find out who will be the best one next year,” he said. “If you knew it now, that would be a really cool transfer. It would be much cheaper too. That is what we work for. It is about finding the players who can make the next step with us. “If you bring one player in for £100million or whatever, and he gets injured, then it all goes through the chimney. “The day that this is football, I'm not in a job any more, because the game is about playing together. If I spend money, it is because I am trying to build a team, a real team.” ...but carry on with the moans and whine...fsg this and that and klopp was denied his big-namez signings. hindsight always easy to see as he says....past few seasons..7th, 8th in the league...understand who was/were the managers..Klopp only came in when the season has rolled with the mess he had to content with....I would say under those circumstances, he had successfully steadied the ship and salvaged what we could...chelsea despite having all the big-names did not fare any much better...that itself is lesson enuff that big-namez aint all it would be.. Lots of oracles too in this forum..many are already writing of players even before the season has started...so what if we successfully balanced the account and stayed in the black even after dislodging off the deadweights....isn't that so much better than spending way beyond and leaving ourselves more debts that would hamper the next few seasons? just because we have the money, we have to spend desperately? even if the most suitable players are not available cos their clubs would not sanction the sales? too bad. this is Klopp's ideas and how he will shape the team....

wow! Can....Grujic .....GiGi...... if this center mid clicks, we'll go places and for years to come