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Liverpool with Klopp are a huge pull now, they seem to bide their time in the market rather than rush for a lesser option & it nearly always pays off. I don't think Dortmund would've been interested in any kind of buy & loan back deal with a world cup coming up and the fact he's pushing on every single season.
Probably wouldn't want to announce a sale when Haaland had already left too.
Different positions.. assume Udogie would be succession planning for Perisic, Lenglet is placeholder for Bastoni/Gvardiol/LCB who emerges as target this coming season.is it likely we've been working on the Destiny signing for quite sometime, and a loan back for the season was the deciding factor which we knew early on? Is this perhaps why we signed Langlet on a season long loan, to give us cover until our preferred target joins?
And sometimes the players or the clubs say no. Of course we could always chuck £100+ million at them and offer the players a 6-year contract at £300+K/wk. I mean, we're a powerful club after all and, if they don't work out, I'm sure there will be oodles of clubs tripping over themselves to sign them.I don't buy into this bullshit peddled about players being available.
Its lazy and it's nonsense.
The transfer market has always been about the powerful clubs identifying a player and using their financial muscle to unsettle and land their target. Available or Not
They don't wait for a player to be made available or put on the market
destiny makes sense perisic has 2 seasons at top, destiny will take over at some point, planning for the future i like it
Phew! That's a relief. Afraid we'd have to suffer average/functional MFers like last season.Winks won't be starting. We have Bentancur and Hojbjerg starting while Bissouma and Skipp recover.

Romario?
We have improved 2 key positions in the team that had one of the strongest finishes last season. And added quality depth. We're not going to overhaul everything in one transfer window and Conte has stated that it's a project. So we still need another TW or two to get there.I think we have to bring more in if Conte wants to get closer to what he wants to achieve.
Although the squad strength may have improved overall the starting 11 isn't that much better than last year IMO so definitely a couple of more are needed.
The league will be strong this season even clubs like west ham and Newcastle etc are buying well so we can't afford to allow them to get to close.
Im starting to think youre getting a little bit obsessed with Winks
I don't disagree with what we have added but we are still a couple short for the season ahead.We have improved 2 key positions in the team that had one of the strongest finishes last season. And added quality depth. We're not going to overhaul everything in one transfer window and Conte has stated that it's a project. So we still need another TW or two to get there.
I would argue that we lacked the decisive cutting edge when evaluating said players and then didn't move them on when there was enough evidence to suggest they were not good enough (the ol' "they'll come good just give them 7 years" crap). There was never enough competition or squad churn to properly improve and, yes, that could be finished articles but need not be.To be fair, mate, buying players who have potential to be elite is probably what's stopped us getting over the final hurdle in the past decade or so.
The teams that mean business more often than not get the finished article.
Zaniolo plus a CB still seems likely.
Outgoings becoming a bit of a concern.
Lo celso will prob get his move, Tanganga too you'd hope
but seems like nothing for Ndombele, Reguilon and Winks
Well worth continuing to highlight the fraud. Shambles of a player, will cost us points if he makes an appearance. Not even Championship standardIm starting to think youre getting a little bit obsessed with Winks
MAKESHIFT RWB :contesmile:Zaniolo does not make sense to me.
Aside from his significant injury history, he's only made 8 assists in his whole career (100 appearances). I don't see how that will add the creative element we lack.
So, do you honestly think we will sign another player? I’m not talking the Udinese lad by the way, who’s being loaned back. I just can’t see us signing anybody else now and have thought this for a while that Spence is our final signing. Just wondering why people are so convinced we are definitely bringing 1 or 2 more in? Have I missed something?