Xherdan Shaqiri SIGNED FOR LIVERPOOL

[Indisguise]

I'd take Shaqiri for £12m all day long. Precociously talented bastard when he can be bothered. If anyone can get the best out of him, it's Poch. At £12m it's not even a gamble.

 

[GeneralBurk]

Solid and well considered post mate. I'm not 100% sold on him but some measured arguments here and i can't argue with the logic.

This is not how social media works. Constructive arguments and reasoned responses accepting a different opinion. Back to Twitter school for you two and learn to sling mindless abuse and whataboutery arguments at each other.

 

[dtxspurs]

He would literally be 6th choice in the AM lineup. Not to mention I believe he pretty much just plays off the right where we lineup Eriksen, Lucas, and Lamela, so he would be 4th choice at his favorite spot. Not to mention this guy would likely make a fuss about not enough playing time. Not worth it for our 6th string AM.

 

[sonofsam]

Seems a confidence player to me and you'd expect he'd have limited game time so just can't see him being a success. I don't think we can afford to carry a player like this anymore, we've moved on from days when we had players like Ginola. I see Shaqiri as exactly that type of player. We'd be excited over him if we were still shit but we aren't any more.

 

[kaz Hirai]

Malbranque \ deuce quality player.

Okay for the spurs of old but would be strange now. For me He isn't better than son,Alli,eriksen,Lamela, or Lucas and can't even do the double role of Sissoko so not sure if there's any truth in it

Decent signing for Newcastle or Everton

 

[chinaman]

If it is true that he costs only 12 million, and Poch is agreeable, sign him up. After Poch has smarten him up a bit; even if he doesn't fit in, we can turn a 50% profit easily selling him off to some mid-table team in the next window.

 

[tiger666]

If it is true that he costs only 12 million, and Poch is agreeable, sign him up. After Poch has smarten him up a bit; even if he doesn't fit in, we can turn a 50% profit easily selling him off to some mid-table team in the next window.

I dunno. There's agent fees, signing on fees, his wages for the duration of his time here. Not as simple as buy him for 12 and sell for 15 a year later. Not really fussed either way on this guy.

 

[tiger666]

He'll also take up a non-homegrown slot of course.

 

[Adam456]

What nearly everybody else said ^^

5 years ago yes. We already have lots of options a notch above

 

[brendanb50]

If it is true that he costs only 12 million, and Poch is agreeable, sign him up. After Poch has smarten him up a bit; even if he doesn't fit in, we can turn a 50% profit easily selling him off to some mid-table team in the next window.

The Poch influence is key for me in all this (if it's actually a goer) - Arnautovic was allowed to play very similarly at Stoke in terms of turning up in games when he fancied and not really applying himself. Hard work and focus was lacking. Then at WH, he's gone on to be their player of the year. I very much doubt this was done without some graft for the team.

Appreciate a POY performance in a poor team doesn't equate to the signing we should be looking at but it does show that with the right manager and focus, these talented players can show a lot more application than they did at Stoke, i think they got away with too much there and ultimately cost the team their PL place.

 

[JB_Spurs]

If he couldn't do it under Pep at a team like Bayern I can't see him doing it here

 

[brendanb50]

What nearly everybody else said ^^

5 years ago yes. We already have lots of options a notch above

Agree on the latter - i'd imagine there's a couple of key targets above him (and players in our own ranks arguably) but time will tell. Despite positive ITK regarding backing/money, Levy is as Levy does.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

If he couldn't do it under Pep at a team like Bayern I can't see him doing it here

Who was he competing with for positions, though?

It's a genuine question, as I don't know the answer. But it's surely relative?

 

[Metalhead]

What nearly everybody else said ^^

5 years ago yes. We already have lots of options a notch above

What about 4 years ago?

 

[JB_Spurs]

Who was he competing with for positions, though?

It's a genuine question, as I don't know the answer. But it's surely relative?

Robben and Ribery are the obvious names but he still made about 40 appearances for them under Pep.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Robben and Ribery are the obvious names but he still made about 40 appearances for them under Pep.

So, if he was competing with 2 of the best players in this generation of players, surely it could be argued that getting some 40 appearances, is far from not doing it under Pep?

Joe Hart couldn't do it under Pep. How many appearances did he make after Pep came in?

Shaqiri was literally a boy whist at Munich, yet still amassed the amount of appearances you said he did, under a coach who we all know will not play you if he doesn't like the way you play.

He can't have been too shabby.

 

[chinaman]

So, if he was competing with 2 of the best players in this generation of players, surely it could be argued that getting some 40 appearances, is far from not doing it under Pep?

Joe Hart couldn't do it under Pep. How many appearances did he make after Pep came in?

Shaqiri was literally a boy whist at Munich, yet still amassed the amount of appearances you said he did, under a coach who we all know will not play you if he doesn't like the way you play.

He can't have been too shabby.

Maybe Pep thought he was too tubby.

 

[JB_Spurs]

So, if he was competing with 2 of the best players in this generation of players, surely it could be argued that getting some 40 appearances, is far from not doing it under Pep?

Joe Hart couldn't do it under Pep. How many appearances did he make after Pep came in?

Shaqiri was literally a boy whist at Munich, yet still amassed the amount of appearances you said he did, under a coach who we all know will not play you if he doesn't like the way you play.

He can't have been too shabby.

And then he was sold to Inter and flopped hard there as well. There's a reason he ended up at Stoke and stayed there for three years. He's not good enough

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

And then he was sold to Inter and flopped hard there as well. There's a reason he ended up at Stoke and stayed there for three years. He's not good enough

I'm not arguing with you buddy. I know absolutely fuck all about the lad, other than what I've seen on MOTD.

I'm just answering questions in hope of learning more about the lad.

My opinion is exactly the same on every player thread we have. I don't care how good or shit anyone thinks a potential target is. I only care what Poch thinks.

 

[Adam456]

What about 4 years ago?

Indeed