08 Jun 2018 18:50:04
Turning out to be a great summer with the reported Fekir deal and Keita to join and Fabinho on the books already and we are how many weeks into the summer?

If we add Alisson Becker I seriously think we can mount a challange for the Premiership and another good run at the Champions League.

It is clear we are looking at cover for the front 3, wanted to know what other peoples choices are for this position? Personally I say go for Sessegnon because he can cover the front three and also rotate with Robertson so plenty of game time, not mention he looks a great talent.

1.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 19:16:38
Agee with you Alonso, but given our expenditure to date, and hopefully Alisson to come, £50m for him may be too much. I’d really like to sign him tho, esp as he appears to be a Liverpool fan. Hopefully, with Fulhams promotion, he stays for 1 more year and then we get him next summer.

Moses Simon or Shaqiri is more likely.

The prospect of Klopp being able to get the most out of a clearly talented but under motivate Shaqiri is growing on me, despite my reservations about him!

2.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 19:24:06
Indeed so far so good. To be honest imo I'm fairly happy with fekir to cover the front 3.his signing brings so much not only a starter in midfield but another flexible player to play across the frontline and enable us to use different systems aswell as clearly at times last season we just lacked a plan b. With ox to return granted it'll probably be after Christmas before we see him match fit again he gives us options and id like to see Harry wilson giving a chance to impress. id imagine if wilson and woodburn can step it up in pre season and Impress it might help prove we don't need more, but that might just be me hoping the young lads can step up. Either way we already have so many more options due to the flexibility of our signings.

Very exciting times i can't remember being this excited and the transfer window hasn't even officially opened yet. Great to get the business done early and also key that van dijk keita and fabinho all missing the world cup amongst others should help be fresh. And while id love to see the likes of mane and Salah have great world cups the selfish part of me kind of hopes they both get knocked out in the group stages so they can have a bit of a rest even.

Either way im delighted with how we're getting business done and hopefully we've learned our lessons and are doing things above board!

3.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 20:03:58
Zeddicus agree with you that our expiduture might decticate who we get to cover the front 3 but like you said Klopp has a habit of getting the best out of the less fashionable names so I will support whoever comes in.

BlameItOnTraore, Fekir is able to play the attacking midfield role where Coutinho used to play and cover the front 3 for rest, injuries and change of formation due to injuries, so with you on that. My thinking behind Sessegnon was it would potentially allow us to trim the squad down in letting Moreno go, having one play cover to two positions and promoting say Woodburn or Wilson, both of whom I would like to see more of as they can also provide cover for Fekir etc.

Either way I am delighted to be excited for a transfer window and the season ahead.

4.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 20:36:07
Dont get me wrong id love sessegnon kids got amazing talent but to be fair a year in the prem for fulham is probably best for his career and he'll get his move. Ideal scenario would be sign and loan back to fulham for a year but with the money we're spending and the fact he won't come cheap I can't see that happening. But hey much wants more if we can't be greedy what can we do ;-)

5.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 20:57:01
Zed, Klopp can work miracles BUT he is not magician. The fact of the matter is that Shaquiri is not even fit enough to play in the high octane, high tempo system Klopp deploys. I mean, just look at the guy, He is clearly to over-weight for the system we play some of us need to pipe down about him cos frankly, he is a poor player, lazy, inconsistent and stinking attitude. Someone mentioned that when Stoke came to Anfield last season, the guy was already dead on his feet after 25 mins. If that is true then, look out.

I hear people comparing his coming to that of Ox. I beg to differ. I was one of those who did not want Ox cos I thought he had run his course at Arsenal. However, NOT ONCE, did I question his attitude and work ethic as clearly he had those in abundance at Arsenal. He was just stagnating over there and needed to get away from that sinking ship. If Klopp wants Shaquiri then so be it. All I'm saying is that people (Not you Zed BUT others on SM) need to let things play out and stop trying to gas us up that "Shaquiri was always a boss or good player who needed an arm around him" or something. He was at Stoke for a reason.

6.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 22:46:47
That’s why I’m interested to see what Klopp does with him and sees in him.

For the first time in a long, long, long time, we have a manager who hasn’t really had a ‘miss’ in the transfer market. Look at the players he’s bought and they all make sense and have worked out in their own ways.

What’s he seeing in Shaqiri that you (and me, I agree with your comments on the player) are missing?!

7.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 22:48:43
P. s. I’d rank working miracles over being a magician 😉

Rafa/ Jesus = miracles

Paul Daniels = magician

😂😂.

8.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 23:05:18
Totally agree, Zed. However as much as I know that Klopp is near spotless (well, bar Caulker BUT he can get a pass on that one, IMO) in the TW in one way or the other BUT I will be very frank with you. With near tears in my eyes, I don't want Shaquiri here. Please Zed, make Klopp rethink this, seriously. LOL!

9.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 23:09:48
How about Shakira?

Now if Klopp could turn HER into a rotation sub for Salah, well, we’re talking idols, turquoise shell suits, the whole avocado!

10.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 23:10:16
Home base for me is Switzerland (although I don't spend that much time there anymore) and I have followed Shaqiri in the Swiss Press from the very beginning. Apart from getting the benefit from Swiss patriotism during World Cups, the Swiss Press does not like him, calling him a "nuisance" and a "diva". He was a pain at Basel. He has always been a pain in the Swiss national team. He has a problem defining where his loyalties lie because he has Albanian, Kosovar and Swiss flags painted on his shoes, and will walk around with Albanian and Kosovar flags after games while playing for Switzerland. His time with Bayern didn't exactly paint him in glory either. Complaining about his team mates has been a regular refrain in basically all the teams he has played in.

This is not character assassination. In my opinion, he just seems to be a very difficult man with very firm and fixed ideas about how things should be. And he will not deviate from those ideas. He has always struck me as someone who plays more for himself than his team. I don't see how such a character can fit in with our front 3 who basically play for each other. And he can be an unsettling influence if his playing time is not up to his wishes (his time at Bayern Munich) . I have implicit faith in Klopp and his man management skills but most of the time a frog remains a frog no matter how many times you kiss him.

11.) 08 Jun 2018
08 Jun 2018 23:29:00
I’m going to steal that last line of yours, Ra.

I love it!

12.) 09 Jun 2018
09 Jun 2018 07:49:29
Be my guest, Zed.