Has to be Lukaku if I had the choice, but he'd be the more expensive. I hear it's around 26mil?? Bony 19mil??
Have to say that some of the rumours flying around are comical. Read one report this morning saying that it's Markovic, Reus, Lukaku, Origi, and Bony. Not two of them. ALL of them and the values they gave were topping £120m <doh Then there's Turan! I wonder if, when we buy that lot, we'll start buying defenders!! There's Loven and Moreno for starters at a reported £20m each......When will this madness end?? On a similar note, anyone else concerned that we are (a) recruiting so many new players that we may struggle a bit like Spurs last year and (b) that we end up with also rans....not bad but not great players I'd love Reus and Turan off the above list but the pair would consume the entire Suarez transfer budget, surely?....and (c) that we are going to be conceding lots of goals next year as I can't see that our team balance will change much with the signings to date?
Reus and Moreno - and I'll be more than happy. A CB would be nice, but I reckon Sakho will be a huge player for us this season. It's just who will partner him. Skrtel?? To be fair he had a good season last year. I'd like Sakho and Lovren (but not at 25mil)
Reus, Moreno and Lovren to add to Markovic, Lallana, lambert & Can Not bad. I feel Can was an absolute steal but time will tell....but in essence, we'd be adding 6 £20m + players to the squad. That's both quality (assuming they're actually worth £20m!!) and depth. Question is (1) will they gel and (2) Will it address both last years shortfalls in defence and the absence of Suarez? I still feel that we lack a world class holding midfielder like Masch......put it this way....if we bought back masch, I'd be ecstatic! Doubt it'd happen though.
Tony Barrett of the Times says he's baffled by the reports linking us to Reus as we've not shown any interest to date. Am as interested as any in who we'll buy but am also looking forward to locking the transfers down and getting on with next season. Speculation is getting ridiculous now that we have a wedge of cash burning a hole in our pocket!!
Been saying for a long time that I think it's mad to bring in too many at once. However, we haven't bought that many yet, so we don't know what we'll actually end up with.
It's 3 confirmed. looks like Markovic and Moreno are very close = 5 and we'd still have a reported £55m plus player sales to spunk! look like at least 7 new players imo. All of who will be in the first team squad. That's a lot! Could get interesting!!
I'm not too worried about us signing him. He scored a bagful in a struggling team last year......Just don't want to overpay.
I've decided to become a sports journalist first coup below Liverpool to sign Messi and Neyma as Rodgers says " We need more squad players as we are in Europe this year". Rodgers also refused to rule out a move for Nat Lofthouse and Stanley Matthews saying "if they are good enough we won't worry about how young they are"
Nevermind incoming, who's on the way out (or looking like both loans and sales) so far (apart from the obvious)... Aspas, Toure, Reina, Assaidi, Alberto, Ibe, Ngoo, Bijev, Roddan, Sama, Sokolik - fair few of those are irrelevant as far as ins dealings go as they were nowhere near. Anyone else we should shift?
i would add Kelly as i don't think he will ever be fit or likely to step up. Johnson is a waste of wages, but can we shift sadly. unless we get someone else in i would rather keep Reina. might not be a popular choice, but why do we still have Allen as well. Coates should go also.
think we're getting quite carried away here... if and when moreno and markovic are confirmed then we'll see what occurs next
