Transfer Window Speculation

[Benzo-13]

  4 hours ago, Leo No.8 said:

I’d like Frimpong as he can play RB and RW and he’s really f*cking fast too. It’s a difficult one with Bradley as you want him to be first choice but he has a poor injury history so we need high quality cover. I think that’s a solution.

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Yeah he makes a lot of sense as a wing back and forward cover. 
 

[Big Red Machine]

  4 hours ago, ThewaytoRome said:

We signed four midfielders when we needed them 

We will sign imo four players minimum again this season and that will probably be enough 

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We signed 4 new midfielders 2 years after we should have started signing new midfielders. 

[WillG]

  4 hours ago, Hassony said:

Hi James Pearce,  always wanted to ask you, your missus, how? what's your secret?

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His tongue is MASSIVE

[Gethin]

  3 hours ago, FakeNewsBear said:

14 players due to enter last 28 months including Salah and VvD but it's OK because Nunez is signed up until 2028. 

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So 12 then. And how many of the others are players that we almost certainly will be moving on anyway? 

[Falconhoof]

  18 hours ago, Eiler99 said:

Goal and assist for Ekitike today. 

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Hugo Ekitike, we can watch him if you like
He's got a right foot, a left that scores
And things to make him look good
I'd give him to you if I could, but he's contracted

[Gethin]

Contracts as far as I can see 

This summer 

Mo (done), VVD (rumoured done), Trent (probably gone) 

Next summer

Kelleher (probably sold this summer), Ibou, Robbo (we probably won't offer), Elliott (may be sold), Endo (probably sold this summer)

Summer 27 

Ali (love him to stay but may want to do Saudi), Bradley, Gomez (probably sold this summer), Jones, Jota (probably won't offer), Diaz (possibly off this summer) & probably both Mo and VVD again 

So really the important ones are just Ibou, Bradley, Jones, Ali if he wants to stay and Elliott if we decide he's got a future here 

[FakeNewsBear]

Transfermarkt has it at 17 (maybe 18 with Morton) out of contract by July 2027. 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/kader/verein/31/saison_id/2024/plus/1

[Gethin]

  2 hours ago, FakeNewsBear said:

Transfermarkt has it at 17 (maybe 18 with Morton) out of contract by July 2027. 

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/kader/verein/31/saison_id/2024/plus/1

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And, once again, how many of those are genuinely important and likely to be here long term?

Basically just the ones I list above. 

[Case]

I wonder if Delap is an option? Young, cheap, knows the league, trained at City. Big, Quick, good touch.

He’s nowhere near a nirvana, but would mean money could be spent elsewhere. Our problem at 9 is lack of pace AND Brains (Nunez), the ball sticking and bringing others into place AND pace (Jota) or physicality and positional sense (Diaz).

Delap solves some of these. He doesn’t score enough, but then … he plays for Ipswich. Salah re-signing ‘might’ mean we don’t need a completely different type of 9. Just a better one.

Dunno. Would prefer better, but there’s not many about.

[YugoB]

 The 9 position needs proper sorting, not convinced by Delap by any stretch of imagination. 

[Big Red Machine]

I'd take delap as a backup 9 for £30m.

But we have too many positions to buy for this summer as is, so can't see that happening. 

[charlie clown]

I don't really see it with Delap. Bit of a battering ram type - suit Brentford or Everton maybe but not us.

[Benzo-13]

  1 hour ago, charlie clown said:

I don't really see it with Delap. Bit of a battering ram type - suit Brentford or Everton maybe but not us.

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Me too and there’s no way he’s getting space behind at us to run into. We face too many low blocks.

 

 

[Hus]

Add me to the "not a fan of Delap" list. 

Decent shot but relies on physicality too much, he manages to get away with it at Ipswich. We need better, a pacey Firmino esque player who can link up play. 

[Barnesy_10]

  1 hour ago, charlie clown said:

I don't really see it with Delap. Bit of a battering ram type - suit Brentford or Everton maybe but not us.

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Would be like Ricky Lambert all over again 

[goodrobotusses]

  1 hour ago, YugoB said:

 The 9 position needs proper sorting, not convinced by Delap by any stretch of imagination. 

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Don't want a back-to-goal lump, even a refined one. Have any of the target men we've signed since Crouch been successes?

[épieur]

  17 minutes ago, goodrobotusses said:

Don't want a back-to-goal lump, even a refined one. Have any of the target men we've signed since Crouch been successes?

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Torres was pretty good.

[YugoB]

“Xavi Simons is definitely a player Liverpool like, 100% is on the radar. Whether that becomes something this summer depends a lot on competition around him where the spots where you can fit him in open up in the squad… but if it does and there’s a real possibilities for that to happen then I’m pretty sure he’ll be high up on the list, they definitely like him…”

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