Liverpool will be linked with at least 300 players between now and when the window opens on July 1st.How many will they sign,we'll just have to wait and see.
I must say, I do not mind at all being linked with fernando gago and Diego. That would solve Defensive midfielder with good passing ability ( not really the hard man but a solid midfield option) and a very attacking minded creative player in Diego who when given the chance to express himself and use his ability is immense ( Werder Bremen he was awesome). We shall see though, but I do like the names we are being linked with a lot better than what it was this past summer ( Carlton cole, Poulsen, etc) Also, a quick rafa question, If he had stayed on, I believe we would have kept mascher, I also believe we would have bought Banega who is an awesome talent....... where do you think we would have been had he stayed and the aformentioned stayed/joined? Just a question, wondering peoples thoughts ( I know we would prob still have no strikers in and width)
This will be an interesting summer,more encouraging than last summer,as I reckon there will be money to spend seeing as the interest repayments no longer exist.As Liverpool(Unlike Man United) are debt free.Liverpool will spend sensibly,but they will spend.
Interesting question, a lot of Liverpool fans beleive that if Rafa had been given the funds to buy the players he wanted instead of the alternatives then we would be a different team today. As you say a very compact team with no width but hard to break down and suited to playing in europe. I was a Rafa fan and did not want him to go, however I wouldn't swap Kenny for him.
Hey, I am well and truly happy with kenny, with Suarez and Carroll, with the way we are at least trying to play, I would not trade any of that. But it does question, with how topsy turvy this season was and with just the addition of Banega and maybe a winger or forward ( highly doubt we would have got that) also add Aquilani might not have gone out on loan, I can't help but think we would be in champs league places at least with rafa.... I thought he deserved one more year to prove it was just a one off, but hey it is what it is. Not gonna lie, I would prob take Mascher, Gerrard, Banega, Aqua, lucas over our current CM/AM options....
Also, this is not a pro-rafa con-rafa debate, just my thoughts or others thoughts on probably what might have been. I am really liking the gago, diego, M'Villa talk with who we might buy in the summer. I have a feeling there will be a wildcard in there somewhere, someone from out of the blue ( A la carroll, although we did try to get Gomez and llorente but those fell through in jan)
As for signings i'd like to see Sterling left wing and us buy a right winger. I expect the Sterling is too young replies but really think he is good enough already. I'd also like a center back and cover for Lucas.
No probs, just didn't to draw up IRWT and all that nonsense that went for ages. it is a new era and one that I can only see us back to being one of the best in Europe and battling for trophies on all fronts. Really exciting summer coming up, although there is still a lot to play for right now and people would be thick to just write us off under kenny for those 6-4 spots.
I agree with Sterling though i would like to see a bit more of him. I am huge admirerer of Suso. imagine if Arsene Wenger didn't give some 16 yr old by the name of Fabregas with a God Awful Barnet a chance.... I think we have to give Suso a chance here and there and a proper AM for him to learn from ( Hence well excited about the possibility of Diego, he was immense at Santos, WB, and at times for Juve)
I personally wouldn't swap Kenny for Rafa. Rafa could never find a balance between rigid and free-flowing.Even though both of them worked. We were rigid against Man United at OT and we won 4-1.We were free-flowing against Aston Villa and Blackburn and Real Madrid and we scored a 13 goals in those three games.However..... What about West Ham and Stoke at home when we were rigid.? Or the 4-4 draw against Arsenal when we were free-flowing. Kenny knows how to find a balance between the two. I'm convinced that when Kenny gets us back up to our 2009 level.He'll finish the job off.I'm also convinced that we're short of just 5 players to get back to the 2009 level.
