04 Jul 2017 23:41:06
Interesting FACT (as Ed025 loves them so) .

If we buy VVD or Keita for >£40m, it will be the first time in over 20 years that our transfer record has not been held by a striker/ forward.

The last person who wasn't a forward player?

Yep, Phil Babb at £3.6m in 1994! Only a mere 1/ 20th of the potential VVD fee!


1.) 05 Jul 2017
05 Jul 2017 00:15:33
And only 1/ 100th the centre half.

Phil Babb should, even now thank 'The great Paul McGrath' every morning when he gets up for making him look the real deal as a centre half.
They played together in the 94 world cup in USA for the Rep. Of Ireland

We signed him shortly afterwards on the strength of that world cup.

Not our finest bit of business.

But What a player McGrath was.
If VVD is 70 mill. McGrath today would be worth 120 mill.
He was that good (when sober)


2.) 05 Jul 2017
05 Jul 2017 00:29:49
Agree with you on McGrath, although you'd have to cover off the sobriety aspect and the dodgy knees.


3.) 05 Jul 2017
05 Jul 2017 01:25:03
Our current CB's from the youngest to the senior members should be all locked into a dark room for a week and shown exactly how you play the game like he did, late in his career he had 2 very very bad knees but his determination, abilities, spacial awareness, positioning, ability to read the game, passing, tackling and that crazy way he would always manage to get a leg in the way anywhere on the pitch just at the last second after being turned by a really fast winger or CF and still not give away a silly free kick or penalty but almost always manage to save the day was absolutely amazing to watch. Yes he drank a lot but many many pros back then did drink quite heavily but put guys like him in his prime on the field against the likes of VVD or anyone else and he would put them to shame with his ability. Franco Baresi was another great to compare as well but in my opinion McGrath was and will always be the most underrated CB of all time he was that good.

LFC if you really want VVD that badly stop screwing around and cough up it's very rare these days when really top defenders are made available even if the price seems crazy. Yes LB/ RB are and should be priority but who would anyone start come August if you had
Klavan
Gomez
Matip
Lovren
VVD

For me it has to be Matip - VVD

Sell Klavan and lovren along with Clyne and Moreno.
LB I'm hearing is almost sorted Milner can cover on the right if we are desperate at least he's better than Clyne who I have never been a fan of personally.

I will probably be given out to now for some things I have said but it's an honest opinion.


4.) 05 Jul 2017
05 Jul 2017 06:57:59
We need three players. CB, CM, and LB. Keita must be the CM and I don't know who the other two are!


5.) 05 Jul 2017
05 Jul 2017 07:04:40
VVD is not worth 70m and that is why no one else wants him. Antonio Ruddiger is a better and more exp. CB than VVD and he went to Chelsea for half that so people should stop acting as if only VVD can play CB on this planet. That is patently false. There are others out there. Ed (I can't remember which) said we bis for Khoulibaly this summer but the bid was insufficient and had we made an improved bid, maybe something could happen, which shows that VVD is not the be all and end all for LFC.

I do agree that Clyne should be gone and Milner should play RB as he will be more effective there than at LB.


6.) 05 Jul 2017
05 Jul 2017 12:21:57
Apparently, they're still trying to chip one of Babb's tezzers out of the post at the anny Road end when he collided with it!


7.) 05 Jul 2017
05 Jul 2017 19:37:25
Brussels

You are not getting the point mate. No one is claiming VVD is worth £70 mill and I don't see anyone willing to pay that sum let alone us. Your manager loves him and the club is doing everything possible to get him! You should ask Mr Klopp on his preferred choice rather than having a dig at the club!