Exactly. Of course we want players in ASAP but we have to deal with a selling club - why would they want to conclude a deal quickly without prolonging negotiations, starting a bidding war, and getting the best deal possible? It also gives them more time to find replacements.
My gut feeling is that we're waiting on Gravenberch. If so we'll be waiting a while. as he seems to want to clarify his future at Bayern after the U21 Euros first before possibly deciding to move.
the clubs we are dealing with in this instance are nice and the munchers. this is exactly the same as benfica and nunez. both want the moneny in asap and both want to get on with thier own business. the thought of bidding wars and all that is all well and good if theres a big queue but in this case there is not. LFC first have to actually make the telephone call and start. after that if they are trying it on then we move on its a LOT easier find a replacement with cash in pocket than wait for months then find you have little time yourself. LFC need to go put the money down. If every deal followed the logic peopel are feeding me here they'd get nothing done til deadline day without a massive double the value offer.
I'm a bit late to this one, but I've been away. With all due respect, a few of your posts on this thread have come across like a spoilt child's demands - "I want this and I want it now!" I'm sure you're fully aware that real life is considerably more complex than that. As fans, we see very little of what goes on behind the scenes, rumours are probably about 5% substance and the rest is bullshit. Drawing conclusions or making predictions based on such sketchy evidence is pointless. What is ideal and what we get can be two very different things, with nobody really to blame.
Thuram AND Lavia? Three midfielders in one window would be a surprise. Four midfielders, I might pee myself in shock!
I don't think he was ever the right player for us. Doesn't really fit how we want to play, I get what we were trying to do by buying him, we wanted a player that could flip a ball over the top or play a clever pass through a tight defence, but it just hasn't worked out. On top of that it was a lot of money for a player who has always had injury problems and wasn't as young as we've looked for before, on a big wage too. Maybe it is only £15m we can claw back, but its also a high wage off the bill.
its this simple. if you want to line up lfc on day 1 and have 3 or 4 formations as options then does thaigo make your first 11 on that first day? (in any of said formation option you think of) if the answer is yes I'd like to see your 11 but if the answer is no then would you have him as a clear sub option to come on and where and why?
The signing made sense at the time because, the way teams played against us at our peak, he was a luxury player that could pick the lock. However, he's never been a replacement for Wijnaldum and at this point is almost obsolete in our new system.
I've never agreed with buying him, like I said above I don't think he was ever the right player for us. And I think he is a symbol of our transfer thinking of the time, that we were all set and could afford to buy luxury players, rather than young up and comers or upgrades on what we already had.
my line up would have the following ironed on. alisson trent konate vvd Robertson fabinho macallister salah diaz there's 4 or 5 people then vying. gakpo, jota and nunez up top and the final midfielder could be Szoboszlai or someone else. 3223. 433 442 424 4231. I personally Could not see us turning to thiago if for example: fabinho gets injured fabinho is on a yellow. we are behind with 20mins left.. no way. if we are ahead and want to see it out. I don't know,would klopp go Henderson or thiago?
Thisgo a luxury player? Guy is absolute class and head and shoulders above any other midfielder in the club in terms of ability. Yes he can’t run anymore, Pirlo couldn’t run, doesn’t mean their bad players. Needed runners either side, problem was fab and Hendo also dropped off a cliff in their performance and fitness and they don’t have the ability on the ball that he does. Yes injuries haven’t helped but no surprise he was instrumental in our good runs and I’m sure if you look at his win % we’re a better team with him than without.
Win ratio: 63.92% W:62 D:15 L:20 Games/assists ratio: 16.17 League games / goals / assists: 67 / 2 / 4 Total games / goals / assists: 97 / 3 / 6 He's got a good win ratio, but he doesn't score and doesn't assist. He's 32 (33 by the end of next season) and his contract runs out next summer. Sell now. No-one is doubting his ability, just his effectiveness in our system and his injury record. And if he can't run in a midfield that requires him to run, then he is very much a luxury player as he doesn't do what the team needs him to do.
Of course ge doesn’t score or assist. Hendo doesn’t score or assist. Neither does fab. Neither did Gini. That’s not our midfields job
No, its to run and close down and win possession back. Which he can't do. And he was bought to assist, to play the key passes through stubborn defences. He was bought to be different from Hendo, Fab and Gini
that's all true bit look at what modric does for real. he covers more ground still. our team is a up and at em type of team and that's just the fact of it. the first season thaigo was here he was tried at rcm and he couldn't cover and we were all over the pace. if klopp was evolving his style then fair eno8gh bit we still leave gaps all over and all we need look at is fully fit thaliago last season after 2mins at the Emirates. jogs forward in a half hearted press then walks back watching it all happen. saka in behind him, vvd fails to engage and the ball is in the net in 2 passes. he has to do what the side needs first to them have the platform to dictate play.
in fairness assists are not the only type of pass a midfielder can play. positive forward passing is key to driving a side on and thaigo can do that but without the running all they do is send players on and leave gaps he won't cover. if he could move like modric he'd be at Barca or a real, not us. that's the reality here.
If Klopp is looking for that industrial midfield again (seems like it to me) then Thiago doesn't play
He can do. He is actually decent at winning the ball back when he’s fit. And he’s not there to assist. He’s there to break the lines with his passing which is what he does so often. He plays that pass through the midfield to get the opposition turned rather than knocking it sidewards to another midfielder to a full back. He’s the pass that opens up the play for the next player to create the chance.
