28 May 2025 17:09:05
Akira. You mentioned not long ago about a bigger or better signing than Wirtz due through the doors next. Seeing if you're now in a position to give a name, or confirm if that signing is still going ahead?
28 May 2025 17:21:07
It’s impossible to have a bigger or better signing than Wirtz.
28 May 2025 17:26:22
28 May 2025 16:56:03
There is one striker everyone is missing who is world class and liverpool are interested in. 7th June because that's when the club representatives meet to discuss a couple of players.
It will be a coup if successful.
Akira 20 times
From the man himself - Guess we might find out in 10 days :)
28 May 2025 17:44:15
M. Thuram, L. Martinez, Guirahssey.
28 May 2025 17:45:52
To discuss a couple players I think may indicate the Nunez and Alvarez swap, which would be quite the coupe.
Could be Gomez/ quansah to Newcastle with Isak coming this way too, though.
28 May 2025 17:57:54
Alvarez is killing it in Spain, and loves it there. Its not him.
28 May 2025 17:59:50
Ok thoughts on some names:
Lautaro Martinez - feels unlikely as he’s more of a SS
Viktor Gyokeres - much more plausible but no noise
Marcus Thuram - bit older than we usually go for at 27
Victor Osimhen - insane wages
Lois Openda - coming off a poor season
Samu Aghehowa - seems very raw
Ollie Watkins - older
Mateo Retegui - seems a good shout, named by Carra
I could keep throwing out more names (Evanilson, Burkardt, Woltemade, Amoura, Mateta, etc) but most of these either don’t match his description or seem very unlikely. Best guess is Lautaro I think but who knows.
28 May 2025 18:03:44
Mark08 - I agree. It would be pretty hard to top Wirtz.
Enigma - Cheers. I completely missed that mate. What has thrown me is the “There is one striker everyone has missed who is world class” part. It can’t be Isak or Alvarez as both have been mentioned a lot. Now the following I wouldn’t put in the world class bracket but they have been mentioned, which are Gyokeres, Osimhen, Sesko, Ekitike. So can’t be any of them. This leads me to believe it’s one of Harry Kane, Lautaro Martinez or Lewandowski. Those are the only world class strikers that everyone has missed. I have a feeling it’s either Kane or Lautaro Martinez. And I would take either in a heartbeat.
28 May 2025 18:03:24
It could really be Isak, everybody has written him off after Newcastle secured CL spot so maybe that means everybody is missing the world class striker. Newcastle oddly still search for a striker and we are in a very good position with their interest in Gomez and Quansah.
28 May 2025 18:05:55
I think we should give Akira time to work. Right now, I'm sure he has Hughes in a room, beat up, bloodied and chained to a chair.
"I'm going to ask you one more time. WHO ARE WE SIGNING!? "
{Ed025's Note - love it Davey..
28 May 2025 18:06:36
Guirassy is 29 so he's out surely. Martinez is 27 too, so like Thuram, seems a bit older than we like.
28 May 2025 18:20:28
I think (no knowledge, just a random guess) that it will be Sesko.
28 May 2025 18:26:58
Osimhen is world class and well priced.
28 May 2025 18:33:38
For the record :) - I suggested Guirassy a few weeks back and the same reply was received about his age. IMHO so what he's 29 - 3 or 4 year contract as a placeholder whilst we look for the next generation of strikers to appear. He's been banging them in for fun this past season.
28 May 2025 18:37:04
I think it'll be Retegui personaly.
I would also suggest Harry Kane would score lots of goals at Liverpool but will be 32 soon and likely too old.
28 May 2025 18:39:23
Wouldn't surprise me if we went for evanilson of Bournemouth.
28 May 2025 18:44:08
Laturo Martinez please.
28 May 2025 18:51:54
What about Vlahovic? One year left on his contract. Worth a shout at 35 mil.
28 May 2025 18:51:59
Lautaro loves inter and is on big money there, too. Guirassy is a decent enough player but the first part of the bundesliga season he was poor and had some very questionable body language when things didn't go his way. Retegui is an interesting player, great in the air and in the box but he's only had one season scoring those numbers.
28 May 2025 18:52:43
World class is world class. It’s Vini Jr. Or l. Martinez.
28 May 2025 18:55:04
Haaland?
28 May 2025 18:59:09
Lautaro is the captain of Inter, he is on 290k euros pw, I do not see him leaving. And who are the couple of players Liverpool are discussing with Inter? Lautaro and Bastoni double announcement maybe :D.
28 May 2025 19:18:07
Vini and Tchoumeni.
28 May 2025 19:22:59
Dominic - I do not want Vini Jnr anywhere near our club. He is one big cry baby, throws his toys out the pram when the game gets tough and is massively overrated.
Kpm100 - That’s the other world class striker that everyone has missed. But he has just signed a new contract, so chances of him coming is about 0%. Only way that would happen is if he had a release clause inserted into that new contract. Even then Haaland would cost a fortune. World class striker though and would be a shoe in to score 30+ league goals in our side but ain’t happening, unfortunately.
28 May 2025 19:33:39
I didn’t even think of Haaland and for me he is the only striker that fits the description. If we’re saying bigger and better than Wirtz then for me it can only be Yamal. Not technically a striker but if he said RWF people would lose their minds.
Think it’s all just a load of bs personally though.
28 May 2025 19:35:06
Alonso, I agree, just throwing it out there as there always seems to be something bubbling under between him and guardiola.
28 May 2025 20:02:45
It’s Kane.
28 May 2025 20:20:19
It’s Carroll, lads.
28 May 2025 20:41:20
Kpm100 - ‘World class striker’ is subjective. That being said, the only universally recognised world class striker missed by everyone, so that excludes Isak and Alvarez as they have been mentioned for the last few months would be Haaland, like you mentioned. Also, that is the only striker out of the two mentioned above that would top the Wirtz signing in terms of statute and buzz.
Personally, I just want a striker that can score 15 - 20 league goals and I’m happy. Call it Nunez fatigue ?.
28 May 2025 22:21:12
Wonder if the ? is going to hit the ? at City and Haaland wants out.
28 May 2025 22:36:33
Kane - no thanks.
Haaland is an interesting one. All the characteristics to go down in history but Thierry Henry made some very good points about his lack of football intelligence which is holding him back. Perhaps his physicals have enabled him to dominate so much that he has never had to work on his reading of the game. Either way I can't see us being able to afford his salary let alone his transfer fee.
29 May 2025 00:20:23
Maybe a contrarian opinion bit I personally don't feel like we need a "world class" striker with Wirtz, Salah etc in our team already.
We just need a solid finisher that won't miss sitters like Darwin.
Surely we can get someone like that, no?
29 May 2025 07:51:52
Davey Sulls, when I read that I got an image of Casino Royale lol, Richard Hughes tied to the chair with Akira standing over him, twirling that rope
'You will tell me who we are signing'
???.