Transfer Rumours Transfer Rumours thread

[moreinjuredthanowen]

So Milner, Ox, Keith with Hendo and Fab likely to leave - replaced by Mac and Dom (and Lavia likely). I think we need one more midfielder to come in but we also have Thiago, Bajetic, Jones.

Exciting options.

you won't have thaigo. its only a question of how little we will get form the minor clubs snifing.

realistically only fabinho is a loss. the others are extremely expensive physio room experts or old stagers.

we will be light on options for europe in the main. I am now wondering about morton going on loan or staying til january.

If we get lavia i am almost, almost at the point of being more worried about CB situation again.

 

[Milk..]

So Milner, Ox, Keith with Hendo and Fab likely to leave - replaced by Mac and Dom (and Lavia likely). I think we need one more midfielder to come in but we also have Thiago, Bajetic, Jones.

Exciting options.

Considering kids getting older and wiser and half the players leaving didn't play much, I think one more midfielder (a #6, whoever it is) would be enough. I don't think we need a 4th new midfielder... I'm still concerned about RB though.

 

[Zanjinho]

So Milner, Ox, Keith with Hendo and Fab likely to leave - replaced by Mac and Dom (and Lavia likely). I think we need one more midfielder to come in but we also have Thiago, Bajetic, Jones.

Exciting options.

Poor Keith

 

[Milk..]

Poor Keith

My autocorrect always calls him Keira!

 

[Zanjinho]

So Milner, Ox, Keith with Hendo and Fab likely to leave - replaced by Mac and Dom (and Lavia likely). I think we need one more midfielder to come in but we also have Thiago, Bajetic, Jones.

Exciting options.

What if we signed a couple of RBs?

 

[Zanjinho]

My autocorrect always calls him Keira!

That's how Ahmed established himself as a superstar

 

[Jimmy Squarefoot]

you won't have thaigo. its only a question of how little we will get form the minor clubs snifing.

realistically only fabinho is a loss. the others are extremely expensive physio room experts or old stagers.

we will be light on options for europe in the main. I am now wondering about morton going on loan or staying til january.

If we get lavia i am almost, almost at the point of being more worried about CB situation again.

With younger and fresher legs, we can now manage Thiago a lot better. Even if we can get 60 mins a week from him, it will be a massive plus for us.

 

[Jimmy Squarefoot]

What if we signed a couple of RBs?

Yes definitely. From a squad perspective, we really need a LCB and back up to Trent.

 

[Zanjinho]

Yes definitely. From a squad perspective, we really need a LCB and back up to Trent.

I was referring to us signing someone to play RB instead of Trent

 

[Jimmy Squarefoot]

I was referring to us signing someone to play RB instead of Trent

No thanks. Trent needs to be the starting RB, and then move centrally into midfield during the game.

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

Midfield one: Szoboszlai Lavia Macallister (all klopps choices we assume)

or

Midfield two: Elliott Bajcetic Jones (children)

We can bring in Morton into this if we want to.

this has gone form having 9 players to 6. Now as we all agree 3 of those were virtually useless (ox, keita and thiago were always injured)

There is probably room for one more.

With europe being europa there is scope for midfield 2 to play a good amount with the couple of cup games as well.

any injuries though guys, any at all and we are up **** creek.

 

[Craig smith]

Didn't realise we were actually negotiating in here...

No just merely pointing out the uneducated that the fee is a mere 50 mill which is pennies to you guys and a vast sum of money to us,so as I say if want him just pay the fee.

 

[Zanjinho]

No just merely pointing out the uneducated that the fee is a mere 50 mill which is pennies to you guys and a vast sum of money to us,so as I say if want him just pay the fee.

Not my decision mate

 

[Ivan Dobsky]

So Milner, Ox, Keith with Hendo and Fab likely to leave - replaced by Mac and Dom (and Lavia likely). I think we need one more midfielder to come in but we also have Thiago, Bajetic, Jones.

Exciting options.

Midfielder and a defender.

 

[HugoEkitikeN01]

Liverpool have opening bid rejected for Japan International Keito Nakamura according to reports.

 

[Solid Air]

Glad somebody else has mentioned that. We need quality and quantity to get Thursday nights wrapped up as soon as possible. If so, playing on Thursday becomes a bonus as we rest the first team and have the added bonus of never having to play on Saturday lunchtime. Generally speaking, and with our really high co-efficient, we should get a relatively mild group, but the travel, I'm sure, will be taxing. We should be playing as many reserves in these matches as we can, the nominated squad notwithstanding, with the first team on the bench just in case. Get it dusted off by late October and we can put our feet up domestically until February.

You have to be fairly unlucky to get much more travelling than in CL last season it was fine unless you got Qarabag (Azerbaijan) as apart from that furthest east was Moldova
I didn't include Dynamo Kyiv in this as i have no idea where they played their games

Edit actually Finland might be 2nd furthest someone should make the effort to find out #oldlazybatard

 

[Ivan Dobsky]

You have to be fairly unlucky to get much more travelling than in CL last season it was fine unless you got Qarabag (Azerbaijan) as apart from that furthest east was Moldova
I didn't include Dynamo Kyiv in this as i have no idea where they played their games

 

[THE FOOL]

I'm unsure why people think one more midfielder is enough.

We have lost 6 midfielders, Yes 2 of them hardly played, but that in itself was an issue.

Possibly do you think we get so many injuries is because we've not got a big enough fit squad to rotate?

Or are we hoping for a miracle that we don't get any injuries all season, the first 11 play every game?

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

group stage draw is September 1.

Liverpool, West ham, AS Roma, Villarreal, Bayer Leverkusen and Atalanta are in Pot 1;

Sporting CP and Rennes will be in either Pot 1 or 2;
Real Betis in Pot 2 or 3;
Brighton, SC Freiburg and Toulouse in Pot 2, 3 or 4.

There remain 20 spots yet to be confirmed and could be Pot 1, 2, 3 or 4 depending on their coefficient.


Play-off round (are waiting for teams form other comps to fall in to play these)
Netherlands Ajax 89.000
Austria LASK 36.000
Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 19.000
Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 16.000
Scotland Aberdeen 8.000
Serbia Čukarički 6.475
Switzerland Lugano 6.335

Slavia Prague and Olympiacos are in the 3rd quali rounds waiting to see who they get.

From me at this point theres some big enough teams inthere that assuming children can play is not realistic but theres few enough really bad trips that i can see so far. we need the other clubs to come in here.

 

[Gerrardsitchyear]

I think Jones has come of age in the last few months, really stepped up like he believes he's a first teamer (whether he actually is or not is another matter). MotM in the Semi and Final of the u21 Euros. More than an adequate replacement for a perma-crocked AOC or Naby Keita. TBH, we needed to move on some players if we wanted Jones and Elliot to get more game time.

Bajetic looks like he could be the real deal, but too early to tell. So all in all, if we get a proper number 6 in to replace Fab, then from a purely footballing point of view I think the midfield is ok. However, i'm more worried from the leadership vacuum in the squad with Milner and Hendo leaving in the same window. Yes, we have other leaders in there, but who knows how well they will step up.