June 2, 20223 yr Last year was amazing but was long as fuck. The squad will get very little reprieve as the season starts at the beginning of August with a stupid World Cup parked in November/December. And just for added insanity there's another AFCON next summer. The club have a ton of work to do in a short amount of time. It looks like a lot of players could go this summer and if we're planning on competing on 4 fronts again then we'll definitely need reinforcements. Below is the roster as of today. Let's get it started: “Jurgen said to me, you know. We'll win the Premier League, you know. He said so. “I'm in love with him and I feel fine. “I'm so glad that Jurgen is a Red. “I'm so glad he delivered what he said." Position Main Position Player Age Contract Summer Attacker CF Sadio Mané 30 2023 Attacker CF Roberto Firmino 30 2023 Attacker LW Luis Diaz 25 2027 Attacker LW Diogo Jota 25 2025 Attacker RW Takumi Minamino 27 2024 Attacker RW Mohamed Salah 29 2023 Defender CB Virgil van Dijk 30 2025 Defender CB Ibrahima Konate 23 2026 Defender CB Joe Gomez 24 2024 Defender CB Joel Matip 30 2024 Defender GK Alisson Becker 29 2027 Defender GK Caoimhin Kelleher 23 2026 Defender GK Adrian 35 2022 Defender LB Andrew Robertson 28 2026 Defender LB Konstantinos Tsimikas 26 2025 Defender RB Trent Alexander-Arnold 23 2025 Midfielder AM Harvey Elliott 19 2023 Midfielder AM Ox 28 2023 Midfielder CM Naby Keïta 27 2023 Midfielder CM Thiago 31 2024 Midfielder CM Curtis Jones 21 2025 Midfielder CM Jordan Henderson 31 2025 Midfielder CM James Milner 36 2022 Midfielder DM Fabinho 28 2026 Edited June 2, 20223 yr by maninblack
June 2, 20223 yr Outs Origi is heading to Milan. Mané is almost certainly on his way to Munich. Taki? I think he sticks around and fights for more minutes but I wouldn't be surprised if he wanted a move abroad. I also would not be terribly surprised to see us sell Gomez. Great player, when healthy, and he's filled in admirably for Trent, but I think a more like-for-like backup RB will be one of our moves this summer. Gomez deserves first team football and he's our fourth-choice CB at the moment, which has to be frustrating as hell. I don't know what kind of fee we'd ask but he's one of England's most promising young defenders and if Arsenal paid £50M for Ben White, Gomez has to be worth at least £60M. Obviously we won't get that kind of money for him but if the price is right I don't think we block a move. Don't know what's going on with Adrian but I'm not terribly concerned with our third-string keeper. I thought I heard Milner was about to sign a one-year extension. Ins Mané has to be replaced, and someone needs to soak up those Origi minutes. Carvalho is in and he looks the part, though it's a lot to ask of him to step up into our first team. I would love Jarrod Bowen but he's going to cost like £75M due to the English/PL tax and I don't see us paying that. Lots of promising attackers in Portugal right now, a league that Julian Ward has led the scouting on for years, and Darwin Nunez is the dream. Could see us splashing the cash on him over Bowen but he's less versatile than our usual attacking profile. Lots of chatter that we'll bring in Calvin Ramsay as Trent's back-up. Based solely on YouTube clips, he looks very much in the mold of an attacking full back. Pretty wicked left boot on him too. Looks like we missed on Tchouameni but PSV sources are saying that we're going to sign Ibrahim Sangaré, who sounds somewhere between Yaya Toure and Fabinho, in terms of playing style. We desperately need cover for Fabinho so this would be fantastic. Anything else I'm missing?
June 2, 20223 yr Why not us? Sad that Sadio is leaving but I always saw it as the most likely defection. Excited to see mor Diaz. I believe in Jurgen. I believe he’ll find a great replacement.
June 5, 20223 yr We turned down Bayern’s first offer for Mane at 21M + add ons. Millie is getting a new one year deal Edited June 5, 20223 yr by mdmost
June 8, 20223 yr Need Bayern to up their bid for Sadio if we want him. That would break the transfer fee record for the club. Edit: the club rejected Bayern's 2nd offer. I know Sadio's getting up there in age but that's a laughable number for a guy who's going to score you a lot of goals. Edited June 8, 20223 yr by mdmost
June 8, 20223 yr Just the hat trick of Ballon d'Ors and CL titles in the next three years then? Seems reasonable.
June 8, 20223 yr So potentially go from: Mane/Firmino/Salah/Jota to Nunez/Salah/Diaz/Jota/Firmino You NEVER know how things work, but the process of getting younger seems ok in my book.
June 8, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, pied06 said: Interesting thoughts from Gutmann. I hope he's right on the upgrade part because without Mane, a lot of the 2nd half would've been pretty awful given Mo's goal drought.
June 8, 20223 yr Mane’s 30 years old (as is Salah and Firmino). Nunez is younger than Trent. Like Darwin taught us we have to evolve.
June 8, 20223 yr Right. I'm not arguing we should've kept Mane given his age. I'm just hoping Nunez can fill the scoring void not having Mane will leave. I'm hopeful year 2 of Diaz under Klopp will be even better. Mo I still want to keep but that's more because he's my favorite player and I'm stupidly selfish.
June 8, 20223 yr 7 minutes ago, mdmost said: I hope he's right on the upgrade part because without Mane, a lot of the 2nd half would've been pretty awful given Mo's goal drought. Don't disagree or necessarily agree with him. I remember when Mane was going through a dry spell. Previous season I think. It happens.
June 8, 20223 yr Just now, pied06 said: Don't disagree or necessarily agree with him. I remember when Mane was going through a dry spell. Previous season I think. It happens. Oh definitely. Post AFCON Mane was about the best he's ever been. Pre AFCON was not doing well. It's like he and Mo traded places at AFCON.
June 8, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, mdmost said: Sell him to Fulham since they sold us Carvalho. Not a bad shout. Would probably do really well there, though I'd kinda be surprised if we got that kinda fee from Fulham.
June 9, 20223 yr Man the club really looking strong in the market again. Think we have to get a midfielder that can play Hendo’s role with more athleticism but I don’t see many other holes that need to be plugged.
June 10, 20223 yr 13 hours ago, hobbes2702 said: Man the club really looking strong in the market again. Think we have to get a midfielder that can play Hendo’s role with more athleticism but I don’t see many other holes that need to be plugged. We need someone to spell Fabinho and Trent, though Ramsay looks to be almost done and that will take care of the latter. The fact that we were in for Tchouameni means we're almost certainly signing a #8 and there were a few rumors last week about Ibrahim Sangaré being that guy. PSV fans rave about him and said he's been their most important player.
June 10, 20223 yr 35 minutes ago, 406W30th said: We need someone to spell Fabinho and Trent, though Ramsay looks to be almost done and that will take care of the latter. The fact that we were in for Tchouameni means we're almost certainly signing a #8 and there were a few rumors last week about Ibrahim Sangaré being that guy. PSV fans rave about him and said he's been their most important player. Sangare would be perfect as he can play both the Fabs and Hendo roles
June 11, 20223 yr Author On 6/8/2022 at 7:45 AM, 406W30th said: Just the hat trick of Ballon d'Ors and CL titles in the next three years then? Seems reasonable.
June 12, 20223 yr Hitting the home stretch. Pearce said earlier that we were about 8 million apart on the deal.
June 12, 20223 yr What do we think of him? I’ve seen some comps to more big physical strikers and also to guys like Torres. From the clips I’ve seen he almost seems more like Bobby. Not as tricky it seems but looks like he makes interesting runs that stretch defenses and scores most of his goal through positioning.
June 12, 20223 yr 12 hours ago, hobbes2702 said: What do we think of him? I’ve seen some comps to more big physical strikers and also to guys like Torres. From the clips I’ve seen he almost seems more like Bobby. Not as tricky it seems but looks like he makes interesting runs that stretch defenses and scores most of his goal through positioning. I’m not really sure and think we get lost sometimes trying to figure out who they look like or what role they replace. I think him and Diaz totally change our look and tactics. Can only hope they’re as successful as Mo/Sadio/Bobby and think they have a good chance to be. Hate losing Sadio, but thinking of Mo/Diaz/Nunez/Jota/Booby adding in Harvey and Carvahlo has me excited.
June 12, 20223 yr Author 3 hours ago, pied06 said: I think him and Diaz totally change our look and tactics. I agree with this. We'll see but this feels like a new evolution in the Klopp era. Nunez profiles differently then anyone Klopp's had before which means our build-up play will likely adjust. I can see us using more 4 attacker sets this season. We need another starting level center/attacking mid this window imo.
June 12, 20223 yr I've seen some thought that Mo might move back to his Roma position on the right side and Nunez takes the middle since he's not great at assists. Jota needs to reclaim some form because that's an f'ing lethal combo of Diaz/Nunez/Mo and Jota off the bench.
June 12, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, mdmost said: I've seen some thought that Mo might move back to his Roma position on the right side and Nunez takes the middle since he's not great at assists. Jota needs to reclaim some form because that's an f'ing lethal combo of Diaz/Nunez/Mo and Jota off the bench. I think we’ll use Nunez in the middle because he’s a huge, fast natural goal scorer. But his passing/chance creating isn’t bad, it’s just not Benfica used him. I believe the talent is there if we want to develop him into more of a playmaker.
June 12, 20223 yr Author 20 hours ago, hobbes2702 said: and also to guys like Torres. El Nuño Edited June 12, 20223 yr by maninblack
June 13, 20223 yr 16 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said: I think we’ll use Nunez in the middle because he’s a huge, fast natural goal scorer. But his passing/chance creating isn’t bad, it’s just not Benfica used him. I believe the talent is there if we want to develop him into more of a playmaker. Yeah, in 20-21 he played more of a playmaker role for Benfica and racked up 10 assists. Hard to pin down a comp for him tbh, though I do think Torres is the closest one for me.
June 14, 20223 yr 31 minutes ago, maninblack said: Leave Klopp at your peril We let his contract expire. He was a free agent.
June 14, 20223 yr Author 50 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said: We let his contract expire. He was a free agent. We offered him a new contract
June 14, 20223 yr Very excited about this one. A lot of expectations coming with him, fairly or unfairly partly because of the price tag.
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