17 Mar 2019 09:00:41
A lot of noise/ cobsistancy from several papers claiming Contact made about benfica, ferro, 21yr CB.
I don't believe the prices qouted 85m buy out for unproven but seems loan 8m + opt to buy was rejected last year.


1.) 18 Mar 2019
18 Mar 2019 14:24:58
He only has 10 senior appearances. I'd think we'd like to see a bit more of him at senior level before making such an investment.

{Ed002's Note - Francisco Ferreira was one of the three young CBs Liverpool looked at in 2017 with a view to taking one in January 2018. He is priced in order to turn any potential buyers away, such as Manchester City, West Ham and Borussia Dortmund who have also shown a little interest and watched him in the B side over the past 18 months.}


2.) 18 Mar 2019
18 Mar 2019 17:19:56
Thanks Ed002. It's the first that I've seen about him. Surely nobody with any sense would pay such an obscene amount of money for someone with so little senior experience.

Reece-Oxford of West Ham springs to mind. He had an amazing debut at 16 against Arsenal (also MOTM if I remember correctly) and looked good in his other appearances, but he's nowhere near their first team now.

Jack Robinson is another good example.

10 appearances? A lot of it depends on the mentality of the person. Lots of players (not just defenders) have had really bright starts to their career and tailed off because they didn't have the right mindset to play at the highest level and to keep improving.

{Ed002's Note - No, I would not expect anyone to be paying anything like such an amount.}


3.) 18 Mar 2019
18 Mar 2019 23:19:41
The way I read the story is that we’re interested in this young player, his buyout clause is £85m or some such number, therefore we are prepared to break the record.

Can anyone else see the leap the ‘journalists’ have made? 😉😂.