That's actually quite possible that when Federico came along I thought he was older than he was because I'd been hearing "Chiesa" mentioned for a long time before that.
Can't find what Fabio is making at Brentford- he was £52kpw before he left... £100kpw is of course about double that (about £2.6 mill extra in wages a year). It's still quite a low amount compared to many Premier league players, and players on our squad. And certainly would take a long time to eat up the savings we made selling Fabio and buying Chiesa.
Indeed - the low fee is making up that £34k pw wages we've heard quoted. Sure I read somewhere that getting Matip and Thiago (especially) is freeing up £350k pw from the wage bill? Don't know how much of that was set aside for Zubi (£150k pw is one figure I heard quoted that he wants RS to now match), but we still have enormous wiggle room in terms of FFP anyway. Not that FFP seems to be a thing anymore anyway, so that's FSGs Get Out Of Jail Free card gone.
Looking like the Chiesa transfer is real. Video of him at the airport thanking the Juve fans. All smiles. That's what we like.
Oh he'd be gone if I had my way. This is year 3 and bar the crowd loyally chanting his name what has improved? His ability to get onside? His finishing? His English?
Thst figure of 350k would be a little high but in the range. 320k would be my guess there. The media talk a lot of **** but you have to assume zubimendi would have made around that 120-150k mark We do not actually know the wriggle room for this coming season for ffp. We know that our wages are high. We were on 68% of revenue to wages and transfers etc and the new magic target is 70% of revenue (eventually) Tou have to account for the anfield road end debacle and the loss of cl revenue for a season. Until we see the 2023/24 numbers and hear we are OK then we can't really know if the club actually has the scope or not.
Carvalho on £52k per week sounds pretty unlikely to me made even more unlikely as that would make him one of Brentfords top earners even without a rise .
His best patch for us was when Klopp experimented with him putting him out wide... he did well there... and then Klopp put him back in the centre and he did less-well again. I think we just use him wrong. Slot obviously doesn't want him, and he's too expensive to put on the bench, so I'd rather sell him and get a replacement in that fits Slot's vision. But not because I think Darwin doesn't have merit. I still believe, at the right club, Darwin will be a goal scoring beast... just not at our club.
That is according to this website: https://salarysport.com/football/player/fábio-carvalho/ Of course, that website also says Liverpool are in the Bundesliga for 2024. I'm not sure if being in the premier league in 2023 and Bundesliga for 2024 is a promotion or relegation.
Just because a player doesn't make the first 11 doesn't necessarily mean he's not wanted. When Jota inevitably picks up another injury we might need him. I for one, would like to see what he can do under a different coach.
Agree entirely. I'm surprised that Slot considers Gakpo a LW and Nunez central, if have them the other way around. Gakpo's looked decent coming off that left TBF though (in his brief appearances this season)
I’d hope Nunez gets another shot but if manager doesn’t fancy him then best to move on. Def wouldn’t want to be selling to a prem club though on the off chance he finds his form. Wouldn't get rid this year just because of injury doubts over Jota and chiesa settling in. Only then 1 injury from being short up top again and having to move people around. But next summer if Salah goes for free and we get a decent offer for Nunez then can see the club taking it and using that to reinvest in a proper right sided forward for the next 5/6 years.
I think it's too early to be saying that Slot doesn't want Nunez. He was one of the last back and although Diaz was too and is getting on ahead of him, there may be something in training that's showing Nunez still isn't quite there. There could also be an element of Slot, not happy with his behaviour after the last Copa match, having told him that he won't start the first games. Purely speculative, obviously.
