Liverpool Rumours Archive March 20 2016

20 Mar 2016 09:47:58
Ed1 or 2 I have seen some reports regarding Henderson being available for a transfer in the summer, is there any truth in this?

{Ed002's Note - I am not aware of Liverpool making Henderson available (e.g. telling his agent to find another club) but if an offer were made to the club that was acceptable then it would I am sure be given consideration - be it for Henderson or anyone else.}

20 Mar 2016 10:34:51
Cheers for the reply, ed2 do you see a massive playing staff change this summer because I think that our squad is decent and just needs fine tuning. Also how do you see Ibe future? Maybe a loan in the summer?

{Ed002's Note - The squad is very bloated and far too large. Adding Caulker and bring back Ilori & Ward in January was a mistake. Many of the squad players and loan players have no future at Liverpool. The early part of pre-season will be used to establish if others such as Markovic and Ibe have a future with the club as both will be available at that time whilst many other Liverpool players won't be available. If Klipperty wants to make significant changes he then needs to move on a high-profile players. Ibe could possibly make way.}

20 Mar 2016 23:42:04
I agree with Ed 99.99% of the time but got to disagree with Ward, it was a hard decision but if Mig got injured then to rely on Bogdan would have a very bad move.

{Ed002's Note - Well Ward was getting good experience playing in the SPL every week and no he has nothing, nada, zip whilst another goalkeeper was sent out on loan ..... and Liverpool looking to replace Bogdan with another goalkeeper in the summer - leaving Ward with nothing, nada, zip. If it were Rodgers then everyone would be all over him, but of course it is Klopp who people are blind to.}

21 Mar 2016 06:05:12
Maybe he brought back Ward to replace Migs but he hasn't impressed in training. Or he wanted actual competition after Bogdan had been sidelined after the Watford game.

21 Mar 2016 07:28:53
Bringing back Ward was the right thing to do. Giving him no gametime was absolutely not the right thing to do - he should have had a few weeks to settle in and then been given the no.1 spot to try - or at least the cups.

21 Mar 2016 12:58:46
I thought the point was to bring back as many players as possible so he could see them as much as possible for himself. Ultimately the squad is a real mix of top 5 (odd one or two), mid table and some bottom of the table players, he needed to see them all first hand to see what to keep. The targets for Klopp seemed to have been made clear when he signed in terms of expected league position progressing and on that basis I don't have an issue with bringing all the players back. I'd not be surprised if there is a big clear out in the summer because clearly this squad isn't capable of reaching the required level.

On Ward, if we are going nowhere in the league then it would be a waste not to give him a game or two at the end of the season. (Yes I am aware that the positions make a difference to the money the club gets) . But unless he has already been written off then by the looks of it we have 3 keepers competing for 1 first team slot and maybe 1 dev/ reserve slot. So surely it would be worth seeing something of him.

{Ed002's Note - No, that would be futile at this point in the season. He needs to get on dealing with the first team squad and the games in front of him. Right now Ward's situation will be up in the air after having this season disrupted and knowing that a replacement for Bogdan who can challenge Mignolet is on the cards.}

21 Mar 2016 13:46:54
Hi Ed002, I know what you're saying and I did struggle with posting that or not. Should it be taken as a given that Bogdan is on his way out?

{Ed002's Note - Yes, you can assume Bogdan will be off.}

20 Mar 2016 08:15:53
hi all eds are we looking at Koln duo Timo Horn and Jonas Hector or more paper talk.

{Ed001's Note - I don't know sorry.}