From the BBC Gossip this afternoon I got the right club but wrong player Liverpool's Belgium striker Divock Origi, 23, is among the players Tottenham are considering with England striker Harry Kane, 25, out injured. (Telegraph) Tottenham have planned a 'top-level meeting' to discuss how to deal with Kane's absence over the next couple of months. Loan signings are being considered, as well as the potential promotion of 16-year-old academy striker Troy Parrott. (Talksport) The second source is highly dubious but the final sentence maybe the closest to the truth
Origi's the right kind of player and if memory serves me right (it often doesn't), we were interested in him when he went to them. He's really hit and miss from watching him for Wolfsburg when he was on loan there. Would Liverpool sell/loan him to us? They've certainly got their act together on sales, and if they were willing to sell, £19m for Solanke suggests that he'd be expensive, more expensive than he's worth, for me.
He's got 18 months left on his contract and he's surplus to requirements, so they might allow him to join us. I doubt that they'd make the negotiations particularly pleasant, though.
I'd be far more interested in a swap deal of Trippier for Alexander-Arnold, given A-A is out for a spell...
Dier - Appendix - Feb 2019 Janssen - Foot - Feb 2019 Kane - Ankle - March 2019 Sissoko - Groin - ? Wanyama - Knee - ?
From the BBC's reporting of MP's press conference... Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko has been ruled out for two weeks with a groin injury. The Frenchman suffered the problem in the defeat against Manchester United on Sunday and looks like missing at least three games. Sissoko joins Harry Kane in the treatment room, with the England striker set to be missing until early March. I do hope that's true.
The weekly update on our walking wounded said "approximately two weeks" Gallows humour commences in 3...2...
Dier - Appendix - Jan 2019 Janssen - Foot - Feb 2019 Kane - Ankle - March 2019 Moura - Calf - ? Sissoko - Groin - ? Wanyama - Knee - ?
If Liverpool had this many injuries the pundits would be falling over themselves to provide excuses for bad performances. The term "injury crisis" would be used in every report. When Spurs have the injuries it's because our squad isn't big enough as we haven't bought anyone. Yes we haven't bought anyone, but this many injuries would test anyone's squad, and the "squad depth" are already playing.
Absolutely. I think if they lost 2 of Salah, Firminho and Mane they would be a Europa cup standard team.
If 'Pool had as many injuries to key players as we do, Jim White and Mickey Dim (off TalkSport) would both hang themselves live on radio.
Even if Dele Alli's hamstring injury proves to be serious, I don't think Tottenham need to rush out and sign anyone in January. (Danny Murphy, BBC Football) Yet, on the very same news page, the BBC is also carrying a story that we could "turn to Andy Carroll" in Kane's absence. Lol at the BBC!
You are looking at this in completely the wrong way. The true question is this : How sh*te are the Poool after 23 PL games, to be only 9 pts ahead of Spurs given the latter : 1. had 9 players on full WC fixture duty in the summer 2. have had a CM/DM injury plague that has been going on all season 3. have a key attacking player TWICE having to be released for international duty (missing at least 3 club games) 4. have played at least 4 more League Cup games, with : - all opponents being PL teams - at least three of which have been against current PL top 5 teams 5. are still in the FA Cup
But Liverpool do have an injury crisis. The Ox , Lovren Gomez, Alexander-Arnold and Wijnaldum. All top top players. Ours is made worse because Son is on International duty. And because, according to Jamie Redknapp, we sold Dembele
For the PL at least, the stats show (in terms of minutes played) that Spurs have REALLY had it far worse.
Not sure about "top" players. Let's see them cope without Virgil Van-hissy-fit-or-transfer Dijk, Saleh, Mane and/or Firmino. That would be a better comparison.
