Summer Transfers 2014

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Ra's al Ghul wrote:So all our direct rivals and Manchester United have already confirmed at least one signing. So much for it being impossible to make signings during the World Cup.

   Tottenham and Everton haven't signed anyone.

Tottenham and Everton have never finished ahead of us in Premier League history, I don't see how they could possibly be considered our rivals. The rivals to which I'm referring are the ones we finished three and five points behind in the league last year.   

Speaking of Spurs and Everton. 

There are rumors that Spurs manager is interested in Hector Moreno. He's the manager that originally brought him to Europe so he probably knows him well.

Oh, and Everton might be interested in Enner Valencia.

I will riot if signing Lallana means no Shaqiri or Sanchez.

BBC reporting Barcelona still want Suarez (it's their top story on the website at the moment)

Please sign Sanchez. Please.

Ben Smith ‏@BenSmithBBC 3m
Liverpool still very keen to sign Chile and Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez. Other clubs interested too

What kind of player is Herrera and is he any good?

Zzonked wrote:What kind of player is Herrera and is he any good?

inB4 Vela googles him and then pretends to know all about him.

Scott_LFC wrote:Stfu football hipster phaggot.

"Unbalanced"

Lol.

GTFO.

   

Arsenal linked with Lovren, would be a fantastic back-up.

Scott_LFC wrote:

Zzonked wrote:What kind of player is Herrera and is he any good?

inB4 Vela googles him and then pretends to know all about him.

I made a post on Redcafe (Man Utd forum) back in August 2013 about Herrera. Some guy on there PM'ed me and asked me to put it on his website. So I let him.

http://thepeoplesperson.com/2013/08/30/how-good-is-manchester-uniteds-30m-midfield-man-ander-herrera/

Look at the end. "By Jay Swaggum" I don't need to pretend to know about footballers I already know, and watch.

The reason behind that is because many teams in La Liga actually press through the centre, which is almost unheard of in the Premier League and if afforded the space, Herrera would thrive in the middle of midfield.

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ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Ra's al Ghul wrote:So all our direct rivals and Manchester United have already confirmed at least one signing. So much for it being impossible to make signings during the World Cup.

   Tottenham and Everton haven't signed anyone.

What the heck happened to you? First the Ozil joke, now this.

Vela wrote:

Scott_LFC wrote:

Zzonked wrote:What kind of player is Herrera and is he any good?

inB4 Vela googles him and then pretends to know all about him.

I made a post on Redcafe (Man Utd forum) back in August 2013 about Herrera. Some guy on there PM'ed me and asked me to put it on his website. So I let him.

http://thepeoplesperson.com/2013/08/30/how-good-is-manchester-uniteds-30m-midfield-man-ander-herrera/

Look at the end. "By Jay Swaggum" I don't need to pretend to know about footballers I already know, and watch.

Clearly that isn't your work, you don't have enough swag to have the second name Swaggum.

Ander is the next Scholes watch class of 1992 becksy giggsy scholesy or class of 2014 shawsy andersy vidalsy

888sport ‏@888sport  3h

Man Utd sign Shaw & Herrera, Man City sign Fernando, Chelsea sign Fabregas, Liverpool to sign Lallana.

Meanwhile... pic.twitter.com/GNXxgo8I46

If playing beach soccer meant Wenger was too preoccupied to spend £25million on Lallana or £30million on Shaw then long may it continue.

Keyser Söze wrote:If playing beach soccer meant Wenger was too preoccupied to spend £25million on Lallana or £30million on Shaw then long may it continue.

Shame he wasn't preoccupied last summer when he wasted all that money on Ozil

Tony Barrett ‏@TonyBarretTimes 40s
Liverpool moving rapidly in the transfer market. Deals for Origi & Lallana almost done and now a move for Benfica's Lazar Markovic too.

Anyone shed any light on him? Just watched a couple of videos of him and he looks great, but of course, that's cherry-picked highlights.

Where the hell are our defensive signings?

Scott_LFC wrote:Tony Barrett ‏@TonyBarretTimes  40s
Liverpool moving rapidly in the transfer market. Deals for Origi & Lallana almost done and now a move for Benfica's Lazar Markovic too.

Anyone shed any light on him? Just watched a couple of videos of him and he looks great, but of course, that's cherry-picked highlights.

Where the hell are our defensive signings?

Emre Can will play in midfield so Gerrard can make his long-anticipated move into central defense.

Yeah, what's happened to Moreno? Wasn't he supposedly having a medical at one point?

Keyser Söze wrote:Yeah, what's happened to Moreno? Wasn't he supposedly having a medical at one point?  

I think we've opted for a Bertrand/Flanagan rotation instead.

Scott_LFC wrote:Tony Barrett ‏@TonyBarretTimes  40s
Liverpool moving rapidly in the transfer market. Deals for Origi & Lallana almost done and now a move for Benfica's Lazar Markovic too.

Anyone shed any light on him? Just watched a couple of videos of him and he looks great, but of course, that's cherry-picked highlights.

Where the hell are our defensive signings?

Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be a disaster similar to one Spurs had last summer. I'd rather we signed 2 or 3 quality signings rather than a load of potential players.

Scouser_Dave wrote:

Scott_LFC wrote:Tony Barrett ‏@TonyBarretTimes  40s
Liverpool moving rapidly in the transfer market. Deals for Origi & Lallana almost done and now a move for Benfica's Lazar Markovic too.

Anyone shed any light on him? Just watched a couple of videos of him and he looks great, but of course, that's cherry-picked highlights.

Where the hell are our defensive signings?

Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be a disaster similar to one Spurs had last summer. I'd rather we signed 2 or 3 quality signings rather than a load of potential players.

To be fair, I can't see that happening with Rodgers.

Scott_LFC wrote:

Scouser_Dave wrote:

Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be a disaster similar to one Spurs had last summer. I'd rather we signed 2 or 3 quality signings rather than a load of potential players.

To be fair, I can't see that happening with Rodgers.

How not?  He's been hit and miss in the market.  He's had one exceptional window (Coutinho & Studge), but besides that he's spent a lot of money on:

Aspas-Torres turn aside, awful.
Alberto-Young, but doesn't look like he'll ever make it.  Decent skill, but no pace and ponderous on the ball
Allen-Really good player but pricey
Borini-Average, good resale value tbf fair
Sakho-Okay first season, but 17m is a huge sum for a defender and he really needs to be dominant this season
Ilori-Too soon to say
Assaidi-Cheap and kind of pointless
Mignolet-Average
King Kolo-Not bad for a squad player I guess, but ridiculously error-prone

This window, he's brought in Rickie (could be an inspired short term signing, but nothing to put on his resume) and Emre Can, a player who has failed to live up to his potential by all accounts.  Rodgers is clearly a good man-manager, taking a number of seemingly hopeless players to levels nobody expected, and a decent tactician, but his transfer record is a bit worrying, hence a few reports claiming that his control over ins and outs has actually been curtailed.

Christ, Luke Shaw is younger than I am.

SBSP wrote:Christ, Luke Shaw is younger than I am.

He's only 4 years older than I am, it's getting so close.

Swansea have signed Gomis on a free transfer.

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Glen Miller wrote:

Scott_LFC wrote:

To be fair, I can't see that happening with Rodgers.

How not?  He's been hit and miss in the market.  He's had one exceptional window (Coutinho & Studge), but besides that he's spent a lot of money on:

Aspas-Torres turn aside, awful.
Alberto-Young, but doesn't look like he'll ever make it.  Decent skill, but no pace and ponderous on the ball
Allen-Really good player but pricey
Borini-Average, good resale value tbf fair
Sakho-Okay first season, but 17m is a huge sum for a defender and he really needs to be dominant this season
Ilori-Too soon to say
Assaidi-Cheap and kind of pointless
Mignolet-Average
King Kolo-Not bad for a squad player I guess, but ridiculously error-prone

This window, he's brought in Rickie (could be an inspired short term signing, but nothing to put on his resume) and Emre Can, a player who has failed to live up to his potential by all accounts.  Rodgers is clearly a good man-manager, taking a number of seemingly hopeless players to levels nobody expected, and a decent tactician, but his transfer record is a bit worrying, hence a few reports claiming that his control over ins and outs has actually been curtailed.

I wasn't really talking about the signings, I was talking about how he's got us playing. More (good) players on the books can only improve us, when you consider what he's managed to pull off with our incredibly thin squad so far.

I mean, under him, Sturridge has turned into a brilliant striker and was England's number 1 forward after never being called up, like, ever. Coutinho has been able to show the world just how good he is, Sterling has gone from being an inconsistent pace-merchant to genuinely being one of most feared attacking players in the League, Suarez has gone from a poor finisher to the best striker in the League, Henderson has become an integral cog in the Liverpool machine, etc.

We've gone from having a misfiring Suarez, Andy Carroll, Downing and a weak Sterling to possessing arguably the best attack in the League.

My point is, Rodgers seems to be an exceptional manager and I have no doubt he'll get the best out of any signings we make. I am looking forward to seeing what he can do with Can, and I am also looking forward to seeing how he uses Lallana.

Scott_LFC wrote:

Glen Miller wrote:
How not?  He's been hit and miss in the market.  He's had one exceptional window (Coutinho & Studge), but besides that he's spent a lot of money on:

Aspas-Torres turn aside, awful.
Alberto-Young, but doesn't look like he'll ever make it.  Decent skill, but no pace and ponderous on the ball
Allen-Really good player but pricey
Borini-Average, good resale value tbf fair
Sakho-Okay first season, but 17m is a huge sum for a defender and he really needs to be dominant this season
Ilori-Too soon to say
Assaidi-Cheap and kind of pointless
Mignolet-Average
King Kolo-Not bad for a squad player I guess, but ridiculously error-prone

This window, he's brought in Rickie (could be an inspired short term signing, but nothing to put on his resume) and Emre Can, a player who has failed to live up to his potential by all accounts.  Rodgers is clearly a good man-manager, taking a number of seemingly hopeless players to levels nobody expected, and a decent tactician, but his transfer record is a bit worrying, hence a few reports claiming that his control over ins and outs has actually been curtailed.

I wasn't really talking about the signings, I was talking about how he's got us playing. More (good) players on the books can only improve us, when you consider what he's managed to pull off with our incredibly thin squad so far.

I mean, under him, Sturridge has turned into a brilliant striker and was England's number 1 forward after never being called up, like, ever. Coutinho has been able to show the world just how good he is, Sterling has gone from being an inconsistent pace-merchant to genuinely being one of most feared attacking players in the League, Suarez has gone from a poor finisher to the best striker in the League, Henderson has become an integral cog in the Liverpool machine, etc.

We've gone from having a misfiring Suarez, Andy Carroll, Downing and a weak Sterling to possessing arguably the best attack in the League.

My point is, Rodgers seems to be an exceptional manager and I have no doubt he'll get the best out of any signings we make. I am looking forward to seeing what he can do with Can, and I am also looking forward to seeing how he uses Lallana.

I probably just about agree with you.  I'm taken aback by the fees, but given the amount paid for other players, maybe we are dealing with a newly inflated market due to the TV deal.