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FSG appointed him mateLiverpool's recent success is all down to their DOF Michael Edwards & his scouting team.
Nothing to do with FSG.
FSG appointed him mateLiverpool's recent success is all down to their DOF Michael Edwards & his scouting team.
Nothing to do with FSG.
This is an excellent point tbf, maybe together as a club we need to implement a philosophy in the market such as Ajax, Borussia and stick with it. At least if the club are honest about where they are, what they can get and want, then fans are less likely to go into uproar because it would be clear on what we're trying to do, and expectations will be reasonable. And like you said it could work out really well.If these deals have taught us anything it is we need to stop being the smallest big fish and be the shark in the next pool down.
Leipzig & Dortmund do this brilliantly and I think we will have a lot more success doing that at the moment.
Diaz would have been superb as would Traore and Vlahovic IMO (not expecting them all). But everyone has been taken by a more appealing club than us.
You've skipped some pages here, haven't you?Have serious doubts we'll agree a fee for Diaz or have enough time to conclude such a deal. We move at such a snails pace, it's more likely this deal will fall through and for us to revisit in the summer unfortunately get gazumpted. This story has been written loads of time at Spurs... We were lead to believe the stadium will ensure better investments.
On a positive note as this is written there's still time for loan deals etc to be done.
If these deals have taught us anything it is we need to stop being the smallest big fish and be the shark in the next pool down.
Leipzig & Dortmund do this brilliantly and I think we will have a lot more success doing that at the moment.
Diaz would have been superb as would Traore and Vlahovic IMO (not expecting them all). But everyone has been taken by a more appealing club than us.
CorrectExactly this.
There's no doubt that some of the signings made by Leicester, Wolves, Everton, Villa and West Ham over the past 2-3 years would improve us greatly.
That's where we should be looking.
They did and only a year after buying Liverpool.FSG appointed him mate
And I think Paratici is for the most part doing that. Sarr and Gil were vintage Leicester/Dortmund type signings. Even Romero, as expensive as he was, was unproven at a top team and still one step below the big boys.Exactly this.
There's no doubt that some of the signings made by Leicester, Wolves, Everton, Villa and West Ham over the past 2-3 years would improve us greatly.
That's where we should be looking.
Did he appoint himself?Liverpool's recent success is all down to their DOF Michael Edwards & his scouting team.
Nothing to do with FSG.
They have signed 2 first team players in 3 years....Yep, and now also selling Minamino who hasn't cut it and Origi.
They are such a well run club, even with their outgoings.
They don't hang on to players too long if they don't make the grade. Although Origi has actually been an amazing super sub for them. All you can ask for from a back up striker.
If the reports are true, I reckon that Liverpool firmed up their interest (with Mendes at least, if not Porto) and that instantly blows us out of the water.Firstly thanks to Stoof, Rob and A&C for this it was muchly needed.
As I said unless things changed I wouldn't be posting again so glad that it has.
Late last night we had all the financials pretty much in place for Diaz, both clubs and player were happy, and only details needed to be done.
What exactly has happened since? Well I know as much as the rest of you on that. I haven't heard anything on it and the club has gone into full lockdown information wise. I spoke to my man this morning, who had spoken to someone who had just gotten off the phone with FP(bit Chinese whispery I know) and from what I've heard he's still positive about the rest of the window. What that means I don't know. What I do know though is they are trying to back the manager but we do have finite resources and we do have a lot of squad to build. Bare that in mind when you start shouting we should have just thrown everything at it in the first bid. What it hopefully shows you all though is that we do have money and we are prepared to spend it on the right players.
Hopefully we are back on track because whatever any of you think, or whether or not we get the players you want, we will be busy.
So you wouldn't of tried if there was a small chance it could have happened??If our only hope of signing Diaz was to do it in the dead of night, it smacks of hilarious hijinks and incompetence. When do transfers ever happen in silence, especially if you're worried that the player might want to go to a different team
They have signed 2 first team players in 3 years....
Imagine the scenes in here if we had won the league then done that.
Sounds exactly like what we used to say 5 years ago. We all looked at our first team and couldn't really see where we could improve and the rest is history. Liverpool's bench is almost as bad as ours was back then and it's why their fans are so pissed - Klopp is only here for two more years and they might "only" finish with two major trophies to show for it despite building one of the most competitive sides the league has seen in a long time.But they already have an exceptional side so it's not easy to improve.
the Ireland-Liverpool connection predates football, no?They're far bigger than us worldwide, they have multiple LFC stores over here in Ireland as it is, there isnt even a Man Utd one. Their world marketing likely brings in a lot more than us, although I'm open to correction if this isn't the case.
They spent the Coutinho money remarkably well as well. They may not have a modern stadium but its full every week and turn players who aren't good enough out a lot quicker than we have done.
They're well run and haven't had the upheaval we've had since 2019. Before Klopp arrived they were a mess.
Why are you under the impression that Spurs were desperate to get the deal done without anyone knowing? Levy and Paratici know how it works. They would have known very well that it was in both Porto's and Diaz's agent's interests to have as many clubs interested as possible.If our only hope of signing Diaz was to do it in the dead of night, it smacks of hilarious hijinks and incompetence. When do transfers ever happen in silence, especially if you're worried that the player might want to go to a different team