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27 Jan 2016 17:31:11
Sky sports reporting texiera deal off as a deal could not be struck, typical lol.

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27 Jan 2016 18:20:32
Sorry general but typical would of been paying way over the odds and signing him! He is a great player and would of loved to have him in our team but not for the amount they were asking! I for one am happy the club acted sensibly in this occasion!

27 Jan 2016 18:15:50
They said it was unlikely we would pay the €50million asking price not that the deal is off completely, I don't understand your typical comments? We have spent and brokered a lot of deals recently so don't get your point.

27 Jan 2016 18:38:19
I tend to agree with STEPH1, good player and a welcome attacker with an eye for goal - but they are holding tus to ransom from a strong position as they own him. It's a huge fee and we paid that for Benteke who is proven in EPL with a 50% goal to game ratio when he joined us (that's gone down a bit somewhat), I am not entirely sure why but it just hasn't worked for him with us.
Financial security, allowing the new manager to use a range of players in different roles, a clear out in the summer (we expect) and we can be in a better position to buy then when Mr Klopp has decided what we need and no longer need.
He is doing well in what most would say is a slightly lesser league, I am sure he looks good enough to do well in EPL but we don't know. We may be able to get the fee lower in the summer if still of interest and he doesn't move elsewhere.
That was longer than I expected, sorry.

27 Jan 2016 19:16:09
Some reports saying €50m xhaka
Ynwa.

27 Jan 2016 19:16:26
Does it not remind u of the sterling situation? Every team has their price if you want the player you have to pay it you can't play hardball with your own players then go in with half hearted bids for other teams stars just my opinion : )

27 Jan 2016 19:22:53
Consider we were willing to pay £30m for Willian - or £33m? I can't quite remember - and that we paid £32ish for Benteke, we should just pay the £38m in my opinion, before we lose him, like we lost Willian or the price goes up in the summer.

In the summer we can move on whatever players we don't need when there is perhaps more time to do so over the summer window. Just my view, I know it may be a bit naive, but I think the club is taking a long view on the road to success and if so we need to get these quality players in whilst they are available to us. We've dithered in the past and lost out.

27 Jan 2016 19:33:50
Actually it is typical, we overpay on average players and don't cough up when it's the better quality players. £38m is a lot of money but that's the going rate. We bought benteke for £32.5m but heistitate when it's the better player. That is what's typical about it. Yet again we miss out on a player that can actually improve us and yet again fans have been stripteased into thinking we are actually getting a player everyone wants.

27 Jan 2016 19:48:57
Bazzaa the Benteke signing was never going to work if we adopted a pressing style with the style of football being more intricate. We replace a footballing God in Suarez who was a pressed, intricate and had an eye for goal and replace him with a static, immobile and lazy striker, TWICE, Balotelli and Benteke respectively. I'm not doubting the talent of the two, particularly the latter but it was madness to buy him let alone spend that amount on him, both of them for that matter.

27 Jan 2016 20:04:58
carlitoc, completely agree. Nearly £50 mil wasted on them both, we could have got Texiera and Cout for that. I meant if we pay that money our game would need to adapt, for £32 mil, but it didn't and Benteke hasn't changed his game either which is all rather confusing - square peg round hole situation with no give from either side.
Mr Klopp is coming in means he now has a very expensive player who is of no use to how he seems he wants the team to play.
I just don't think we have the capital for a £38 mil player untiland summer transfers begin, I really fear FFP sanctioning us.

27 Jan 2016 20:42:10
Id rather over pay a bit for a player I really want than end up with 2 I didn't.

27 Jan 2016 20:57:14
Chris bang on

There's a good chance teams are going to come in for him in the summer, whether they pay the asking fee or the price lowers I don't know.

So if it is a top target then snap him up, we've enough players to sell in the summer to cover the fee.

27 Jan 2016 21:11:47
Also to add to my point, how many times have we lost out on our main targets because we wouldn't up our bids?

So then we get our pants pulled down going after our 3rd choice targets.

At times we have only needed a couple of world class players but instead we buy 7 or 8 players every summer.

I'm hoping klopp trims down the squad and brings in proven quality players, then in a couple of years we only have to look at bringing in 1 top player a summer.

27 Jan 2016 21:14:38
Agree with others, worth paying the premium to get him now.

I think also to bear in mind is how happy that keeps Couthinho. Its worth paying an extra few million if it keeps Phillipe happy, stops him thinking about moving to Spain, well worth it.

27 Jan 2016 21:55:19
i think you all need to realise we have to start spending more wisely, just because we wasted 32 mill on benteke does not justify spending money we currently don't have! the club is going to offer what they believe he is worth and what they can afford and not overinflated offers (i hope) just because you guys want to see another fancy brazilian name on the team sheet whos made a name for himself playing in ukraine (no offense to the ukranian league but its nowhere near the level of the pl) .
Sorry for the rant it's just sometimes i find some posts to be very naive. I'd much prefer we get a deal done at a reasonable price (in the summer maybe) or if not move on, plenty of fish in the sea.

27 Jan 2016 22:19:39
Lads, everyone here is great in hindsight. It's easy to say that texiera is worth the money, but like Big Ben and super Mario, he could turn out to be a waste of money. How are the people who are championing him so sure he is so good. YouTube would be my guess and they really show a balanced picture and not just the players outstanding moments. I remember some, but not as many as there are now, saying benteke was wrong for us while some (I can't remember the names) thought he was an excellent option for a plan b for us. I wonder if any of these same people are proclaiming texiera to be all the answers to all of our prayers. I can't give an educated opinion on him as all I know about him is from the same famous YouTube. I know that just because he is Brazilian and has a brilliant conversion rate in a league not up to the BPL standard does not mean he is worth breaking the bank and FFP rules over. I'm not saying that I wouldn't like him to join but unlike Suarez, messi etc. but I can't just say "pay the asking price as he's defenitely worth it" Anyhow it's easy to ramble off all these figures-£38M etc. when it's not our own money. I have to have a think before I spend €100 never mind £38M. Hindsight is 20/ 20 vision.

27 Jan 2016 22:48:56
The problem with not paying a little over the odds is the competition in the summer if he is available at a lower price; highly unlikely if you ask me. There are other players available but the guy can be unplayable (albeit at a lower standard) and it may help convince Coutinho to wait for a move.

27 Jan 2016 22:56:48
I don't think there are plenty of fish in the sea, every PL team struggled to sign strikers last summer - we possibly ended up paying over the odds for Benteke as a result.

I don't think there's any question of Teixeira's quality, whether he's Brazilian or Ukrainian or Australian doesn't come into it.

Naive some of these posts may be - admittedly mine also, but I think that given what class players are going for, and that he wants to move, and that the club may (MAY) have bigger pockets than we realise, I think that he would be a good addition to the team.

27 Jan 2016 23:09:21
Transfer policy has been joke for many years
All this buying mediocre players has to stop

Policy should be 1-2 players each year that are genuine talents and will actually make a difference and improve the first team (not squad)

£25m of Moreno and Clyne are they really better than flannagan and smith?

If the spine of the team is strong you can afford to throw in 1-2 youngsters

In the past it seems the transfer committee have bought players just for the sake of it or simply to justify their existence or just use up the money because it was made available

Bonkers really.

27 Jan 2016 23:48:51
Everyone seems to be a genius after the fact. Balo and Benteke were known to be gambles and the "experts" led by BR either moved heaven and earth to get them or stood around and let it happen. So excuse the owners for being cautious at not wanting to pay 50m€ on an unproven and uncapped player. At that price, he'd better be worth it which I don't think he is. And the idea that if we don't get him now, he'll be off in the summer so we should just pay the fee now, is senseless. If we don't get him now nor in the summer, so what? We move on to other targets that are actually worth the money. Hence, I say end this farce, save our money and focus on living within our means.

28 Jan 2016 01:34:02
I have no idea if Teixeira is worth £38M or not. I have no idea how he would perform in the PL. What I do know is if it's pretty clear how much a club wants for a player and they're also clearly in no rush to sell, it makes little sense to waste either party's time with bids for 2/ 3 that amount.

28 Jan 2016 01:55:09
Should have flogged Benteke and brought in Teixeira. Longer we hold onto a player that doesn't suit our style of play, the more useless he appears to be and the less he'll be worth come summer. Teixeira is definitely worth 6M more than Benteke to our club. we just don't have the cash because it was all spent on a tall lazy striker last summer. By summer, the vultures will be circling above head and we'll lose out to a higher bid from United/ City/ Barca/ Chelsea. Happening far too often lately.

27 Jan 2016 23:34:44
If Ed002 is about, can I ask a probably simple question about the FFP? If we bought a player like Teixeira now for the £38m and paid in instalments, does the full amount go in this accounting period or when the instalments are made?

{Ed002's Note - It is nothing to do with the installments - it is to do with (a) when the player is registered (the date); (b) how the club account for the costs of a player (e.g. in one go at the start or across the length of a contract).}

28 Jan 2016 11:11:01
Thanks Ed.

28 Jan 2016 19:07:45
I think my final comment on this is you don't get points for losing games, you do for a draw or a win. Our defence really needs to be sorted out and despite some excellent work at times Migs is volatile.
Stop goals going in and you you are already registering points.
Oh and please don't get me wrong, I would welcome Texeira with open arms as looks a quality player. I just don't want our club with FFP sanctions when we have only just got a world class manager.







 

 

 
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