I like Hee-chan! He reminds me a bit of Arshavin for some reason.

That's boring. The most expensive Norwegian player ever is 19m, thought the release clause rumor was bs and that he'd obliterate that record.

Wonder if we were ever interested in Minamino or Chan. Imagine selling Lacazette and signing both with money to spare.

Never heard of either before today. Shrugs.

Clrnc wrote:

Liverpool close to sealing the deal for Minamino for 7.5m. 

One of the most young impressive forwards in europe for peanuts. Their transfer team really is swift. So smart deal again.

He’s no Martinelli.

I only watch Salzburg in the CL, but Minamino is turning 25 in January. Surely he can't be one of the biggest forward talents in Europe?

Yeah he's not exactly young.

Hee-Chan would be a good signing

Saw a report on the BBC that MU are talking of making a 76m bid for him in Jan along with loaning him back to Salzburg for the remainder of the season = they'd not be doing so if the reduced release clasue was legit or open to anyone.

I had seen an earlier article that suggested the reduced release clause only applied to RBL being part of the RB group.

Can’t the other clubs sue for that? That feels like anti-competitive behavior.

Why would they even need one with the same owner?

Claudius wrote:

Can’t the other clubs sue for that? That feels like anti-competitive behavior.

Not sure as BL players have limited release clauses that only apply outside the BL.

TBH if he was to move elsewhere and not to RBL then he'd have rocks in his head as I doubt any other top flight CL club would make him their starting CF at age 19.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Why would they even need one with the same owner?

I think part of it is to ensure that any club is rewarded for their work in finding and developing players.

Anzac wrote:

Claudius wrote:

Can’t the other clubs sue for that? That feels like anti-competitive behavior.

Not sure as BL players have limited release clauses that only apply outside the BL.

TBH if he was to move elsewhere and not to RBL then he'd have rocks in his head as I doubt any other top flight CL club would make him their starting CF at age 19.

Either way I doubt anyone can sue over something like that in football. Didn't liverpool have a release clause for Firminho that explicitly excluded Arsenal?

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

I only watch Salzburg in the CL, but Minamino is turning 25 in January. Surely he can't be one of the biggest forward talents in Europe?

For £7m he doesn't have to be, another astute squad option for them. Klopp has a good record at elevating players so don't be surprised if he does turn out a top player.

Talk that Arteta is recommending Oyarzabal

JazzG wrote:

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

I only watch Salzburg in the CL, but Minamino is turning 25 in January. Surely he can't be one of the biggest forward talents in Europe?

For £7m he doesn't have to be, another astute squad option for them. Klopp has a good record at elevating players so don't be surprised if he does turn out a top player.

I'm not saying it's a bad signing, it was an answer to Clrnc's claim. 

Supposedly a number of players are making noises about leaving if Arteta is appointed.
Should go some way to remove the uncommitted, unwanted and provide some revenues towards rebuilding.

Hope the players realise we don’t care who gets binned or sold bar a couple of players

https://www.football-espana.net/82372/barcelona-milan-talks-over-jean-clair-todibo-deal

Might be worth a look at to help bolster our CBs.

Anzac wrote:

Supposedly a number of players are making noises about leaving if Arteta is appointed.  
Should go some way to remove the uncommitted, unwanted and provide some revenues towards rebuilding.

If thats true the clubs a worse mess than we thought.

Apparently, they are saying they want to leave anyway. Regardless of Arteta. Just feel we are a general show of shit.

New project means new project. Bring it on.

Linked to Soumare

Arteta knows what’s up

Also linked to Dembele.

Be so good to bin Xhaka and Laca and get them in

Clrnc wrote:

Soumare looks good. Been watching some Lille matches because of Osimhen and he caught the eye too

We've been linked to him as well after the stories about PEA and Laca both wanting out.

Anzac wrote:

Clrnc wrote:

Basically he just buy whatever players Red Bull produces for their club as Ragnick's youth setup meant all their players are good at pressing. 

This is like the 5th player they bought that is produced by Ragnick after Mane, Keita, Firmino, Matip. Basically it just needs to fit Klopp's philosophy.

We can't even find a philosophy yet. 

Speaking of LFC transfer strategy
https://www.football365.com/news/minamino-coup-proves-liverpool-streets-ahead-of-premier-league-rivals

Klopp really is the modern day Wenger. Tapping into a niche market which the other teams in the league have not caught on to. Allowing him to acquire top players whilst spending less than his rivals. Only a matter of time before everyone starts shopping in Germany.

It’s 2019. Germany isn’t exactly some remote virgin country/league filled with untapped gems waiting to be discovered.

No shit! I meant more specifically about players who come from a specific educational background, like those brought up under gergenpressing.

Rolling my eyes. Hard.

A shame. You were on fire today in the match thread. Agreed with everything.

Being linked with a cut price deal for Dries Mertens. Despite his advancing years he’s in decent form and is a clever little player. I’d be for it.

Also linked with Ndidi

https://readleicester.com/2019/12/22/arsenal-to-bid-40m-plus-granit-xhaka-for-wilfred-ndidi/

Why would Leicester sell him now?

Maybe we’ve got leverage and are asking them to do us a favor though...