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21 May 2024 12:47:29
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21 May 2024 12:14:07
Tsimikas to Brentford for £40 million? Edward's working his magic again.
21 May 2024 12:45:55
£40m? Sure that’s not £4m?
{Ed025's Note - or 4 pence.. :)
21 May 2024 12:46:15
You missed the decimal place.
21 May 2024 09:25:23
Hello Eds, hope you are well.
I know you have covered quite a few things, it's all appreciated thank you.
It's very early into the rumour season but it looks like these are the players possibly coming in:
Homegrown 3rd Keeper
Pacho
Koopmeiners
Bakayoko
Are these, in your opinion, Liverpools top targets and then if Diaz does leave, someone to replace him?
{Ed002's Note - I have covered all of this before. Try searching.}
21 May 2024 09:59:14
I'll take that.
21 May 2024 10:15:45
Hoinkz - seems like a pretty good summary of what has been hinted on here so far.
No2, CB, DM, LB, RW and if Diaz goes, LW.
Personally, if Pacho is coming in, I think he'd be LB/ LCB hybrid and that we'd still need another CB to challenge Konate who has had a disappointing season.
I don't see the point in Koopmeiners. Doesn't solve the DM problem for me. Mac Allister, Szobo and Curtis can do everything he does.
Bakayoko, Williams, Kubo, Kudus, Summerville - pretty relaxed about any of them.
21 May 2024 11:27:24
FPF
Isn’t Quansah the man to challenge konate?
21 May 2024 11:05:46
Apparently Edward’s and hughes don’t want to sign Dutch league players or feyenoord players as they’re keen on avoiding eth type mistakes.
{Ed002's Note - Nonsense.}
21 May 2024 11:09:50
Thought Konate was excellent for the majority of the season when he played. Granted he, like a lot of the team faded at the tail end. its more the injurys that's the problem with ibou not performance.
21 May 2024 11:34:15
They seem to be the most talked about targets.
Pacho will be able to cover CB and LB, Tsimikas, may leave and Beck may be given a chance, but Gomez can cover the whole of defence if he chooses to stay.
Koopmeiners is a good player, not a pure DM, but a good option in midfield. Varela or Weiffer for DM maybe.
21 May 2024 11:48:08
Agreed on Koopmeiners - looks a class player but I'm not sure he fixes our DM issue. Yes he can play there but why would you, that's the type of thinking that hampered MacAllister early in the season.
21 May 2024 12:03:05
Just posting a rumour which is doing the rounds on twitter, I refuse to call it x, makes it sound like a blue movie site.
21 May 2024 12:04:00
17 season when slot played a 433 koopmeiners played as the 6 but I think he would be deep lying roaming with Trent cutting ito midfield judging off his previous tactics.
21 May 2024 12:44:54
Navy, I like Quansah. He's been exceptional this season. But, I am not convinced he will be quick enough (short burst) to be long-term first choice. He could of course prove me wrong but the Premier League is utterly unforgiving when it comes to speed and agility of defensive players.
June, Konate was poor in the main. He had a couple of standout performances like Arsenal at home but in the main, he was poor by his high standards. He needs to spend less time on Insta modelling and get back to focusing on his game.
21 May 2024 08:13:19
Is Bakayoko of PSV a realistic target.
{Ed002's Note - Try searching.}
20 May 2024 20:51:19
Ed, any interest on our side in Alessandro Buongiorno from Torino or Alexsandro Ribeiro from Lille for the central defender position?
Also, any interest in Adam Wharton from Crystal Palace? Looks great everytime I see him and he's only 20.
Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - No.}
21 May 2024 07:51:50
Ribeiro? Surely we're not down to recruiting the cast from Fresh Prince only 2 days after the season's finished. Don't get me wrong, his celebration is iconic but can he even play football?
20 May 2024 13:09:38
Ed, it's been said Liverpool are considering going in for Juventus player Federico Chiesa Anything you know about that.
Thanks.
{Ed002's Note - Federico Chiesa (LW/F) A third party has informed Juventus of possible interest from Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich and with sanctions this may lead Juventus to consider a sale, although they would prefer a new contract. Spurs, Newcastle, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal interest seems to have gone. Aston Villa interest will go nowhere. Liverpool would be an option but it seems unlikely as they seem well stocked for versatile forwards, particularly left-sided forwards. Spurs are likely to try and get agreement early on. Seen as a Felix replacement by Atletico. Ongoining injury concerns but a one year extention to his contract will allow his agent and Juventus to negotiate next season - and I suspect that will happen.}
20 May 2024 16:46:46
I’d hope we look at his injury history and swiftly move on.
20 May 2024 17:22:39
We should just swap Nunez for Felix. Nunez perfect Simeone type of player and Felix could play Bobby role perfectly.
20 May 2024 19:00:50
Bobby was unique. We built a whole team around him and every recent player who gets asked who their best team mate was, says it was Bobby. You can’t just find some cheap knock off and try and recreate that. Nobody before or since did exactly what Bobby did. We have to move on and build something new instead of trying to turn a player like Felix into something he’s not.
{Ed025's Note - outside of the Liverpool fan base im not sure that other supporters rated Bobby that highly MK, but there is nothing wrong with over-egging one of your own i suppose mate..
20 May 2024 19:57:53
Brummy, Felix couldn’t handle the pace and physical nature of the premier league the last time he was here.
20 May 2024 21:23:33
That’s fine Ed025, his coaches and his team mates knew what they had in Bobby!
He was very unique though regardless of how good you think he was. Never seen a player with such an odd blend of skills. A Central Defensive Striker was a new one on all of us!
{Ed025's Note - in the end its all about opinions MK, it would be a boring old world if we all thought the same mate..
20 May 2024 21:57:53
Ed25 don't wind him up. We both know Bobby was the lube on our marigolds!
{Ed025's Note - my penchant has always been for a left handed boxing glove Pearljam, but i suppose we all have our own vices mate.. :)
20 May 2024 22:20:56
Totally agree on Bobby, @MK.
He has an excellent football instinct, for want of a better term. He was my favourite player in Jurgen’s time and the only one who really came close in terms of instinct was Thiago.
Such a pity that Thiago’s body wasn’t up to the pace of PL and 60 games a season. I suspect if it had been and with the two of them ‘on song’ we’d have won a couple more trophies, at the very least.
20 May 2024 22:44:18
Did vvd not recently say Bobby was the best player he played with? Would give anything for another prime Bobby an absolute pressing machine and fantastic playmaker, generational talent.
{Ed025's Note - yeah SR, considering all the world class players and generational talents you have had over the years...that you would have won more mate, its quite strange that really dont you think?.. :)
20 May 2024 23:32:17
If we had Bobby over nunez this season and our winger tucked in like the olden days we’d have definitely done better, 90 + points for 3 seasons and 3 ucl finals. If the premier league acted promptly and punished city we would have 3 more prems at least and probably a couple as fa cups. Klopp achieved more in 9 years than saf did in his first 9.
21 May 2024 00:27:47
Felix?
Maybe that well known Hungarian prodigy Whiskas or his team mate Kitekat might do better? 🤣.
21 May 2024 04:10:22
I won't say Bobby was a great striker, but his work rate, defensive capabilities and selflessness is not something you'd easily find in players these days. He was the player to complement Mane and Salah, but on his own, I don't think he was prolific enough. Having said that, I do regard Bobby highly because of the values he has.
20 May 2024 23:56:06
@ed25 that's because of the refs mate ;-) they've got it in for us don't you know.
{Ed025's Note - i should have taken that into consideration Phil your right mate.. :)
21 May 2024 02:49:38
@Ed25 - the squad we had didn’t do too bad mate - if we could guarantee that we would win the League Cup, FA Cup, PL, CL and World Club Cup in the next 5 or 6 years with Arne, playing attacking football that is good and exciting to watch I’d definitely sign-up - for the better part of a year 19/ 20 we were the best team on the planet and we, as Liverpool fans, were very, very lucky to be around when it happened, (here’s the bast thing) nobody can take away the memory or belittle the skill of the players that did it.
{Ed025's Note - i think you have had a brilliant time of it WDW and in all probability should have won more, if it wasn,t for the serial cheats along the East Lancs im sure you would have mate, just dont rub it in.. :)
20 May 2024 06:44:19
Hi Ed02, I know that Man Utd have scouted Odilon Kossounou Kouakou, the right-sided CB from Leverkusen. and allegedly he is a favoured target of Slot. It wouldn't be a surprise, given how solid he has been for them, the positions in defence he can cover and how injury free he remains. Is he a realistic target for any team and do we have him on our radar?
{Ed002's Note - Odilon Kossounou (CB/RB) With Tapsoba, Tah and Hincapie all attracting attention Bayer Leverkusen will not want to lose Kossounou as well. Versatility to play at both CB and RB and has regularly attacted scouts from both Manchester sides and Real Sociedad, who may be forced to replace Robin Le Normand. Liverpool scouts may have noticed him when watching another Bayer Leverkusen player - but they have preferred options.}
20 May 2024 08:30:58
Hi Ed,
With the amount of defenders Liverpool are scouting and “interested” in,
Do you see any possibility where Liverpool sign 2 defenders this summer. I think we need two cbs, 1 of which is versatile enough to cover rb too.
Thank you in advance as always,
Your information is amazing. I can’t wait for the summer to see what Liverpool do, and to know about in advance thanks to you!
{Ed002's Note - If one of the others (van Dijk or Konate) were to leave, then yes. But with Quansah emerging and even with Matip and quite possibly Joe Gomez departing, the club could look to Pacho staying in Frankfurt on loan before replacing van Dijk and giving Sepp van den Berg a shot in pre-season. Joe Gomez' agent continues to talk with Michael Emenalo. Other fringe players like Koumetio and Nat Phillips will be sold in the summer.}
20 May 2024 09:35:45
Thanks, Ed002! And sorry for short-changing you a 0 in my initial comment, lol.
20 May 2024 09:38:49
Thanks Ed.
If Gomez were to leave along with Matip. 2cbs would definitely be needed as Konate cannot be trusted with his injury record.
{Ed002's Note - So you don't want van den Berg to get a chance then?}
20 May 2024 10:46:34
I thought you had said a few months ago he’ll be sold. Perhaps I misread.
I guess with a change of manager he might get his chance.
20 May 2024 10:47:06
I’d go into next season with
RB: Trent/ Bradley
RCB: New signing/ Konate
LCB: van Dijk/ Quansah
LB: Robertson/ Beck
Gomez can cover every position.
20 May 2024 11:31:29
Ed, you did say that Liv is still looking to add a DM midfielder this summer with Koopmeiners being first choice. With the amount of midfielders at the club right now plus the youngsters that coming through, are we looking to sell any of our senior midfielders at the club?
{Ed002's Note - Thiago will be leaving and the club will be worried about losing Mac Allister in 2025. They have looked at some versatile option who can play both CM and DM options. Endo is in his 30s but has another 3 years on his contract. Clark may get a loan - the new coach will look at him in pre-season.}
20 May 2024 11:53:34
We’d be daft not to give Sepp a chance. He’s statistically the best under 23 defender in Germany this season ahead of Pacho and Hincapie, he’s had a great season in a team who have struggled and he’s very highly regarded in Germany (its easily findable on whoscored), I think he’d excel for us under Slot.
20 May 2024 12:19:34
Alexis buyout clause kicks in next season? If rumours of a 60m buyout are true, he is surely destined for Barcelona or real.
{Ed002's Note - There is no buy out clause on the Transfer Matching System. He may have a separate agreement with the club - I don't know.}
20 May 2024 13:05:00
Ed002, where is it Mac Allister wants to go next summer?
{Ed002's Note - I am not aware he does want to go but Real Madrid have him on their list for next year.}
20 May 2024 13:44:06
The only scenario that Real Madrid can have Macca is one whereby we can take our pick from Tchouameni, Camavinga or Valverde.
20 May 2024 14:41:46
I think it'd be sad to see JG go to the Saudi league - he'd be first choice for most teams in the PL, only 27 (in a few days) and I still think he can play a massive role for us.
20 May 2024 15:28:29
Interesting Ed regarding the Macca on Madrid list for 2025. Just curious Ed, how far do clubs really plan their transfer stuff? Do clubs really planning their transfer 1 or 2 years early?
{Ed002's Note - Clubs maintain a changing list of players they are interested in. For 2025 Mac Allister is on their list and they could try and persuade Alexander-Arnold's agent to have hisclient run down his contract.}
20 May 2024 19:35:56
Regardless of whether Mac Allister leaves, we should be lining Adam Wharton up for 2025.
20 May 2024 22:02:16
Wonder if we become a 'selling club" again.? Would be good to have that perception I think.
20 May 2024 02:42:01
Ed's what are your Jarrad Brainthwaite. He seems to be well thought of and as per rumours floating around he is in good demand.
Can't he be a possibility for Liverpool.
{Ed002's Note - No, he is not joining Liverpool.}