You can forget the Real Madrid pair. Tchouaméni is not for sale according to Real and Valverde is not for sale according to Real Fun times ahead.
There is pressure on Moises Caicedo to perform at Chelsea. I am not that disappointed that he does not come to us.
I don't have any inside information on either, but if we did get Tchoumenni I think everyone will be relieved the other deals fell through.
Target wise you can ignore Doucouré and Paulhinhia as we've clearly decided the price is too for them You can ignore Valverde and Tchouaméni as Real don't want to sell. That leaves Arambat, Kimmich and a bunch of players none of us will know much about.
I think Doucoure could be the play, or FLorentino Luis (Benfica). There is also Andre ... Tchouameni would be the dream but let's be honest, he ain't joining our club.
"According to David Ornstein, Liverpool are one of several clubs who would be interested in a move for Real Madrid midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni. However, despite the interest in the French international, Los Blancos are not entertaining any sale as they view him as a key player. In addition to Real Madrid’s unwillingness to sell the former Monaco midfielder, the player himself is not keen on leaving the Santiago Bernabéu." Forget it, don't both even thinking about it, not happening.
Oh, I agree. Outside chance, and only going to happen if they need to free up funds... probably only happen if something shifts with Mvappe.
Florentino Luis could be a viable option. Would fit what we are looking for and we were linked before the Lavia/Caicedo mess.
Another thing from 2020 - FSG used Covid as an excuse to cut investing in the squad. Nobody else did - I think they doubled FFP amounts to accommodate extra spending. We went backward then.
Don't know anything about him. 23 DM. £100m release cause (so worst case scenario cheaper than Caicedo). Don't know I'd want to have to break a £100m release clause on a player I don't know though. Hopefully FSG could get him for significantly less.
imo this goes back to Michael Edwards. the club was on the slide then with poor decisions and lack of will and he walked (not that he was gods gift) instead of a proper replacement in a key job they just appointed a no mark assistant in ward who then walks after 12months. still no replacement. Well guess what? First thing you do is pay the best possible staff to work at your club. hiring a smackhead for 3 months is not how to work. they had their shot at lavia weeks ago and blew it. then they showed him he wasn't wanted by bidding on caicedo then went crawling back after cheslea dumped adam only to find him tapped up too. start at the top here.
Fifa are doing that. Number of players can loan out is dramatically reducing over next few years I believe.
So you're finally admitting the importance of Michael Edwards? ... There's one significant reason why Edwards and then Ward left, along with Ian Graham -=