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But we made a profit in the last window and didn't spend anything in January - maybe that was with the view of spending big this summer ...

Spending big does not justify spending disproportionate amounts on a single player who may not be worth the price tag.
Keita was the main reason RB Pegleg came second from being promoted the year before. Without him they wouldn't have got close (so they say). So maybe he won't win games single-handedly but over the season he'd make a huge difference in my opinion.

We have players like Mane and Coutinho to win us games single-handedly.

Still a lot of money though.

Fair point to make. It's all evidence of his quality but still not convinced £60m accurately reflects his true value. I agree with your point about him perhaps contributing over the course of a season (perhaps ensuring we see out victories etc) which could get us vital points.

Unless it doesn't. If owners say you can go spend that on those players and won't impact on future transfers then what's the issue? So long we've penny pinched and lost out over a few million, be nice to just get job done and pay up. Now not saying should be held to ransom but what's £5m to Prem clubs nowadays?

Getting those players should also help attract better players in future windows.

I agree except this doesn't concern £5m, this concerns £60m-70m for a player who previously would barely fetch £25m. I understand the market has gone insane but I just don't agree with every valuation being justified with the "going rate" argument.
 
He barely started for Spurs and not in his position but overall yes, his impact wasn't enough (whose was under AVB exact bale?). I agree 40m is too much for him though. However he far better than Barkley which was your original argument :p.

As for Baines free kicks, maybe in the past but considering Barkley, Mirallas, Lukaku are all taking frees and corners before Baines a lot then Baine's cant be that great anymore. Sigis are far better shown by how many chances swansea get from set pieces.

Still not for me, he just doesn't do enough. If he did then clubs other than Everton and Leicester would be after him. Klaassen played a similar role at Ajax and now we have him and Rooney coming in, Barkley looking unlikey to find a club willing to meet his club value and Tom Davis....why spend £40 on a flop/big fish in a small pond
 
Naby Keita to hold talks with RB Leipzig to force Liverpool move
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06 July at 18:20
Liverpool transfer target Naby Kieta is set to hold talks with his side RB RB Leipzig to force through a transfer to Anfield.

According to the Daily Mail, RB Leipzig have held firm on their belief that the player should remain with the club amid transfer rumours linking the 22-year-old to a move to Merseyside. The Bundesliga runners-up have even slapped a £70m price tag on the midfielder to keep interested parties at bay in their pursuit of the player.
Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick said: 'We will definitely not be letting any key players go. There's nothing that will make us budge.'

The problem facing the club is that their number 8 is understood to want a move away.
Reds manager Jürgen Klopp is no stranger to the Bundesliga, having been manager a Borussia Dortmund. He would know that capabilities of the players there, and the knowledge on whether their skills would be transferrable in the Premier League.
 
PSG are poking their nose in our business, Coutinho not for sale. Selling him is going to weaken our team.

Lukaku isn't for sale either. But maybe net talks. If the interest is real, not agent talk to get Barca interested then it will show where Liverpool are if they sell or keep
 
Coutinho will leave us eventually and I would think he would wait for his move to Barcelona. I can't see him going to PSG
 
Well RB Leipzig have signed a striker who outshone Mbappe at youth level only to stall a bit as PSG were not playing him. What are the odds he blows up and we bid 100M next year.
 
Well RB Leipzig have signed a striker who outshone Mbappe at youth level only to stall a bit as PSG were not playing him. What are the odds he blows up and we bid 100M next year.
When did we become a chequebook club? (not that the chequebook has or will ever come out with Edwards busy sticking the pen up his nose rather than on the cheque). FSG and Klopp's philosophy is to build from youth, so why are we not buying the next Keita or the next VVD? I just cannot see FSG dropping £70m on one of them, yet alone £140m on the pair.
 
When did we become a chequebook club? (not that the chequebook has or will ever come out with Edwards busy sticking the pen up his nose rather than on the cheque). FSG and Klopp's philosophy is to build from youth, so why are we not buying the next Keita or the next VVD? I just cannot see FSG dropping £70m on one of them, yet alone £140m on the pair.

Unfortunately in this day and age you have to be a chequebook club. Relying on scouts finding youthful gems is sure way to drop out the top 6. It's a real shame but that's where football is now.

We won't spend 70mil on either imo. Keita might be 60mil with add ons. I can't see VVD even coming after whats happened.

I'd have to say though given the choice of signing Lukaku or VVD I'd take VVD, so just because he's a defender should he be less than Lukaku? Interesting argument, but modern day defenders are a different class to what defenders used to be. To be a top CB you need more than a good hoof up the pitch like the typical 90's defender. The all round game of a CB is massively different, and prices in comparison to other positions are reflecting that.
 
Unfortunately in this day and age you have to be a chequebook club. Relying on scouts finding youthful gems is sure way to drop out the top 6. It's a real shame but that's where football is now.

We won't spend 70mil on either imo. Keita might be 60mil with add ons. I can't see VVD even coming after whats happened.

I'd have to say though given the choice of signing Lukaku or VVD I'd take VVD, so just because he's a defender should he be less than Lukaku? Interesting argument, but modern day defenders are a different class to what defenders used to be. To be a top CB you need more than a good hoof up the pitch like the typical 90's defender. The all round game of a CB is massively different, and prices in comparison to other positions are reflecting that.


That's an interesting comparison between a foreward and a CB. A good attacker or GK/CB can win you 15 points a season n with some key performances. Liverpool don't need more goals, they need a CB so VVD would be the pick for Klopp I guess
 
That's an interesting comparison between a foreward and a CB. A good attacker or GK/CB can win you 15 points a season n with some key performances. Liverpool don't need more goals, they need a CB so VVD would be the pick for Klopp I guess

Exactly why I wasn't surprised we didn't go for Lacazette. We didn't have trouble scoring goals last season, it was keeping them out!!!
 
That's an interesting comparison between a foreward and a CB. A good attacker or GK/CB can win you 15 points a season n with some key performances. Liverpool don't need more goals, they need a CB so VVD would be the pick for Klopp I guess

Exactly and on market value Lukaku at 75mil is about right. So surely a CB that would save you shipping goals has to be worth a similar amount?

Lukaku might gain you 12 points a season and VVD might save you 12 points a season. Yet people get all dizzy when you mention 60-70mil for a CB. Yet for a forward it's standard money.

It seems times are changing.
 
Exactly and on market value Lukaku at 75mil is about right. So surely a CB that would save you shipping goals has to be worth a similar amount?

Lukaku might gain you 12 points a season and VVD might save you 12 points a season. Yet people get all dizzy when you mention 60-70mil for a CB. Yet for a forward it's standard money.

It seems times are changing.


But Rio did break the transfer record twice. To Leeds then to United. So it's not beyond to see it happen again, well bobody will go Pogba money for a CB......and in my opinion not for VVD either