24 Jan 2016 12:47:55
A bit of Sunday banter.
Looking back over the past 5 years, think of your 3 realistic targets that we missed out on/ didn't go for, that in hindsight you wish w had? Remember to be realistic, so no Messi's or Ronaldos!
Would love to hear the ed's views too 😀
My 3 all happen to be English, and young!
Delle Ali - literally cannot believe we didn't snap him up after being linked for so long.
Jack Butland - really growing into his potential now and I know we were linked at the time he went to Stoke.
Demerara Grey - think he's looking better and better and for less than £4m, unbelievable.
Total outlay of around £20m - not much more than balotelli!
What do you folks think?
24 Jan 2016 13:08:07
Delle Ali.
Alexis Sanchez.
Petr Cech.
24 Jan 2016 13:09:02
Yup makes you wonder. but anyway hope we do better in the coming 5 years.
However, one thing to think abt is that the amount of pressure and criticism the payers get at Liverpool is like no other. Sometimes it's detrimental to development of young/ new players.
But of course we love our players also like no other! I hope I speak for everybody else also.
24 Jan 2016 13:24:07
Just out of interest why Demarai Gray? I've seen every one if Leicesters games since he signed and he's like Wilfried Zaha. His 3 best attributes are 1. Pace 2. Speed 3. Fast.
Touch is poor, shooting is poor, crossing is poor.
One thing I will give him is he can take a very good corner.
Just don't see why you think he's a bigger mistake than the likes of Sanchez, Mkhitaryan, Diego Costa, Rakitic, Cech etc.
24 Jan 2016 13:24:52
Willian - never ceases to impress me.
Sanchez - was only person who might have replaced Suarez.
Delle Ali - Looks like he could become a proper player.
24 Jan 2016 13:55:30
Hey EMS,
I was trying to overlay realistic and needed right now. I'd rather we took a punt with Gray than Markovc given respective fees.
Realistic is also the reason I didn't include Cech or Sanchez as we tried but they tuned us down, same with Mikytarian and Willian too. I would've included Kono as he wanted to come, but on balance (price, potential etc) I think I've seen more potential in Gray (albeit I've seen him play more! ) than the few clips I've seen of Kono, especially at less than £4m.
24 Jan 2016 13:55:47
Dunno if Sanchez was realistic or an option so:
Konoplyanka - creative wide forward with pace
Kovacic - creativity from midfield
Cech - sorted arsenals defence and would be great to ward under him.
24 Jan 2016 14:03:24
cech sanchez and konoplyanka, he is tearing it up in spain.
24 Jan 2016 14:09:19
Not sure how he's doing at the mo, but Carlos Bacca was big news in the last window. I know before he moved he was very impressive?
Sanchez is a given.
Any decent centre half worth a Premiership place.
24 Jan 2016 14:29:37
Shaquiri linked with us before his inter move also kono we were going for the league that time and going strong starting 11 was strong bench was weak players looked tired I think it could have really helped.
24 Jan 2016 14:30:43
Oh and Alderwerield
All recent enough.
24 Jan 2016 15:38:41
I've actually grown up playing against demari and even the levels we were playing at he's was so clearly a class above.
24 Jan 2016 15:52:32
Where we that at Sam?
If you Don't mind me asking did you play at a high level?
24 Jan 2016 16:03:45
Alexis Sanchez - No questions
Jack Butland- Absolutely class goalkeeper
Yevhen Konoplyanka- We really need a winger.
24 Jan 2016 16:21:07
Thanks for the replies!
Just to clarify, a lot of you have mentioned Sanchez and Cech. I've left them off my list as we were never going to get them, imo. Cech said he wanted CL and to stay in London. Sanchez - everything was lined up and I'm sure Barcelona wouldn't have cared whether he went to Liverpool or Arsenal, perhaps even favoured Liverpool as it may have made the Suarez deal quicker to agree. However, he said no to us, repeatedley. So we were never going to get him.
Compare that to Ali, for example, where he was so keen to come to us, and we only lost out because we dawdled on money (again! ) .
24 Jan 2016 16:51:46
What did Liverpool want to pay for Ali?
24 Jan 2016 17:35:40
Alderweirield - deli ali- Konoplyanka. When leaving ajax originally 7 million! Kono on a free! Deli ali just pay it! But no - why- we are liverpool!
24 Jan 2016 17:53:44
LFC together, one of the Eds mentioned in another post recently that whilst Liverpool were arguing about £500k (so I guess £4.5m rather than £5m), Spurs stole in and ponied up. Apparently Ali was set on us, a fan as well allegedly, but Spurs coughed up when we wouldn't.
As more and more and more and more of these sorts of reports come through on so many players, I do think our commercial boys don't really know what they're doing. This at the same time as coughing up a fee rising to €50m for Firmino (don't get me wrong, think he's a great player, but why pay so much more than others were offering? ), and £32m for Benteke?!?! Not even going to mention Carroll, although FSG had just taken over so I will cut them some slack.
I hope that Klopp is able to have more influence and command more respect than Rodgers, so that he can ensure that we don't lose potential stars that he and the scouts have identified through the (bloated EPL equivalent of) nickel and diming, whilst paying vastly over the odds for other players.
24 Jan 2016 19:36:26
Stevie P, Good shout on Alderweireld.
Also, I still think Eriksen would've been a good purchase, and would've come for not a huge amount of money. I haven't seen him play too much (hate Spurs, long story! ), but I do believe he could play in an attacking 3 with Coutinho, and possible have meant that we didn't need to splash on Firmino. Scores a few goals too.
24 Jan 2016 22:24:54
I Can't believe no one has mentioned kun aguero :)
25 Jan 2016 08:37:13
Zeddicus - eriksen- just anotherr on a long list! Whoever is responsible - and its years now- beeds to be gone €€€€ too many missed opportunity s mate.