What would you pay for Berahino, or do you just not rate him at all. I think Poch could get a lot out of him.
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What would you pay for Berahino, or do you just not rate him at all. I think Poch could get a lot out of him.
He's worth somewhere in the region of 10-15. I'd stretch to 18 at the very most. But I really don't rate his attitude. 25 for him is extortion and levy was right to tell wba to take a run and jump at that.
Also.. Berahino will have to settle for a place on the bench as second to Kane. He is nowhere near the level of Kane, nor could he play on our wing as Lamela, Eriksen, Son, Chadli and Dembele are all better.
I think we're more likely to go for someone who we can mould. Moussa Dembele at Fulham has been mentioned, maybe a bit unproven but so was Dele Alli. If anyone can get the best out of someone unproven its Poch.
One could argue however that son and N'jie were plan b however. We went in for a lot of forwards over the summer and when we first failed for Berahino we bought son.
While I agree neither son or N'jie are ready to lead the line for us, I also feel that berahino doesn't offer the quality to lead our line yet either.
I thought berahino was our plan b or c after martial.
I think it starts to get a bit shit if you're going after your 5th preference - I think its better to find another solution and save the cash.
Lacazette wasn't available for 25m, Rondon has been bang average this season, Perez is on par with Berahino. Don't be such a biased cunt, you can't deny Berahino's talent. He's a good player, a very good finisher and english as well. He's being mismanaged in Pulis' extremely defensive side, who knows what he can when given a bit of freedom and creative players around him? He's still our best option and most realistic option in January
We didn't fail with Berahino and then bring in Son. We tried for Berahino until the very last minute, Peace blocked the transfer
Yes. Son, N'Jie and Berahino were all on the same list, along with Martial, Ings, Werner and probably the tooth fairy.
We wanted forwards who could either play wide or central, and who had plenty of pace. If we get another forward in January, I think it will be someone fitting that same profile. Who that would be depends entirely on stuff we don't know about.
Yes we did fail with berahino and bring in son. Just because we kept going for a player doesn't mean we didn't look at other options while he was going.
Lacazette was available for 25million and all the shit you just said about berahino also applies to rondon. As for your "given more freedom" bullshit, you don't know that berahino would do jack shit for us. I don't rate him, Especially not at 25 and neither do most people in the world. I've already said I'd be fine paying 10-15 million for him. But he is a bang average player, who's already shown his attitude and discipline issues, being bigged up by the English hype machine just like townsend was 2 Years ago.
Are you serious?
Alexandre Lacazette was available for 25million? That's just one of many inaccuracies.
LOL.
Liverpool 'should beat Woolwich to £21m striker transfer'
You're right. It is inaccurate. Many sources quoted it as 21million.
But he didn't end up going. So how was he available for that price? He didn't leave, presumably because 21m was not enough for Lyon.
We agreed a deal for Willian. Why is it he is a Chelsea player?
Agreeing a fee is only one part of a deal and all manners of things happen behind the scenes. Maybe Lacazette Googled Liverpool and saw how big a shithole it is? Maybe they didn't love his wage demands? Maybe the club convinced him to stay one more season after all? I mean, it's not like we convinced modric and bale to stay one more season.
I love how with hindsight we spent 16 million on bent and he was a terrible player for us, and now fans are calling for us to sign berahino for 25 when odds are he could very well be less successful for us than Darren bent.
It is good to see that people don't understand the value of money when it isn't their own.
It is good to see that people don't understand the value of money when it isn't their own.
Bit different because Willian got transferred somewhere, meaning he was available.
So maybe we didn't love his wage demands. If Lyon convinced him to stay, then he was not available to us. I doubt that he was available for 21m. If he was, then we, along with numerous other clubs would have made very serious plays for him
As the article finishes up saying 'if £21 million Lacazette is available, they must try to sign him.' The article in turn quotes from a Telegraph article saying 'according to reports' and leaves it there. He is good enough to start for most top teams out there I think and would have been poached very quickly, if he was truly available for that fee.
The fee for benzema was around about 25 in pounds, it was 35 million euros. I don't see any reason they would value Lacazette so much higher really.
And none of this really helps the argument that we should have paid 25 for Berahino. Because the fact is, it's a huge fee for a player who isn't all too great.
Transfer market has changed a fair bit since then though.
No, completely agree. Don't think that he's not worth near that. Has potential certainly, but not worth that.
I don't believe the market has changed that much really. The French league doesn't have nearly as much money as we do so we can buy good players from there for relatively cheap still. The biggest argument I would make is Son cost 22 Million. He's a more proven player than Berahino, a better player than Berahino and probably still has a fair bit to learn which will make him a better player. Calling for us to spend 3 million more on a player who will be Kane and Son's backup is silly because his price will make him feel that players like Son deserve to be on the bench instead of him.
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