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16 Sep 2024 09:01:46
Hi Ed,
Just saw Rabiot agreed a 2 year deal with Marseille. Any insight into this deal? Would be very surprised if they had the ability to offer a better financial package than us or some of the other clubs that were in for him but assuming they would have done?
{Ed002's Note - Adrian Rabiot (CM/DM) Juventus are looking to replace their midfield misfits. They are looking to sell and move off the wage bill players they no longer want in order to fund replacements they have already identified. As a free agent, Rabiot will, like every other player, be offered to Newcastle. A third party has been instructed to find him a new home and whilst he could have been used in part exchanges previously he has let his contract run down and has left as a Free Agent this summer. Liverpool offer an unlikely, at least to me, solution but they have declared an interest and know what the financial implications are - but they have made an offer seen by the player as too low. The player wants to move to Manchester United but their interest has been waning as they look to others and would at the very least require him to lower his wage demands. Milan offered another option. Arsenal, Atletico and Real Madrid offer unlikely wildcard options. Turkey could provide a solution but the player has no interest. Pablo Longoria and Medhi Benatia were approached by someone close to Rabiot to consider taking the player and their project to the player and his mother. There were discussions on Saturday at the game against Nice and agreement reached yesterday subject to a medical which is due later today.}
1.) 16 Sep 2024 11:07:47
That’s a relief that he’s going to Marseille. Midfield misfit just about sums him up nicely.
2.) 16 Sep 2024 14:19:10
Wonder what Marseille are paying him. Strange one to me although he is French I guess.
{Ed002's Note - It is unimportant.}
3.) 16 Sep 2024 17:26:02
Priced himself out of his"dream"to play in the Premier League.
4.) 16 Sep 2024 18:30:58
Never seen a hatred for player from a fan base who never seen him play in person. Very odd agenda imo!
5.) 16 Sep 2024 19:39:28
@KC, I agree with you,
6.) 16 Sep 2024 20:20:14
We had enough "Rabbits" caught in the Headlights last Saturday.
7.) 16 Sep 2024 20:34:26
Me too @KC. Always seem strange to me that some people take a natural dislike to players who, allegedly, ask for high wages. I assume most of these people work for free.
8.) 16 Sep 2024 20:42:20
I also found it odd from the reverse angle that people were seemingly happy to have him onboard regardless, despite seeming to know very little about him.
Rabiot has fallen out with more than one manager, he’s a controversial figure IMO, also has said before that he doesn’t like to play DM, which is what we need, and had plenty of fans opposed to him at Juventus.
Good luck to him, but I really don’t see why signing him would have made any sense.
9.) 16 Sep 2024 23:58:48
@DN, perhaps it not making sense is why the club didn’t sign him?
10.) 17 Sep 2024 10:48:40
Olympique de Marseille have put together a decent squad, the players below may not set the EPL alight but they should do well in Ligue 1 and remember they have De Zerbi managing them
Neal Maupay
Mason Greenwood
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Luis Henrique.
11.) 17 Sep 2024 17:44:02
West Derby that’s not at all my reason for disliking the player. He’s a bit of knob by all accounts and that’s putting it mildly, and if there is a “no dickheads” rule in signing players it would make no sense signing someone who is a well known dickhead and has a known dickhead for an agent, then there is his cognitive dissonance between his opinion of his talent and his actual ability, he seems to think he’s the second coming of Zidane when he’s more like a regeneration of Salif Diao. He’s a very very mediocre footballer at best and he’s asking for the thick end of £300k for that privilege. Then there’s the question of whether he actually improves our squad. And he doesn’t, not one iota. I consider this a bullet dodged.
23 May 2024 11:26:31
Ed - any world in which we would be in for Bruno G from Newcastle? Seems to have a release clause and would be perfect for us in the DM role imo. Would happily spend £100 million on him if we still have the budget from last year.
{Ed002's Note - No but there is interest from elsewhere. I don’t know of any “budget” from last year.}
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27 Jan 2024 07:36:49
Speaking with a mate yesterday who obvs highlighted the obvious in that we only won 1 league under Klopp and Guardiola is a better manager.
Question on here - who would turn back the clock and take a Guardiola for example and another 1/ 2 league titles over Klopp? I certainly wouldn’t trade him for even a bit more success.
1.) 27 Jan 2024 07:52:49
better manager?
better resourced manager would be accurate.
the fact that Klopp won 1 and came super close twice tells u how good he is. without him, City would have walked the league the last 7 years. think of any other team that really challenged them and go toe to toe without a much more modest budget in comparison. there was none.
Yes we did spend big but its not a year on year practice like City. They literally bought GK after GK, LB after LB, each one more expensive than before and could buy players to form 2 teams that would compete in the PL like money wasnt a concern. We had excellent first teamers, good squad players and this season, a bunch of very exciting youngsters.
And apart from what happens on the pitch and at end of the season, Klopp connected with the fans and the city, and whilst football is a results game, the many other parts surrounding it makes it whole. I don't see that in Pep.
2.) 27 Jan 2024 08:01:40
Nah. Am sure we would have done well with Pep too but Klopp just fits the club and city.
The titles argument will always be there but Klopp couldn’t have done anything more to win more than 1.
3.) 27 Jan 2024 08:27:23
I prefer Klopp as a manager for us, but let's not go down this route of Pep buying success. City have had plenty of managers who couldn't sustain success even with the Arab resources. Pep is clearly one of the greatest managers in the history of the game and to think otherwise is lunacy. If he wanted to come to LFC at the end of the year we would bite his hand off.
4.) 27 Jan 2024 09:44:27
That is true Westwood. Previous City managers all had the same resources as he did and none came close to won what he has. But you can't discount that Pep had infinite resources as well. Could he have done the same with City without them? I would think not. So, while he is clearly the best manager City has had in the PL era, I would stop short of calling him the best manager in general.
5.) 27 Jan 2024 09:55:40
Brummy, allow me to dispell something a lot of people say. Yes, Klopp won only 1 title in his 8 seasons so far compared to Klopp. However if you deep it, people forget that it took him 3/ 4 years to build the team until it was ready to challenge and eventually win the title based on the mess Brodgers left him. Pep took over the deppest and most quality squad in the title and still spent 200m in his first season, something Klopp could not do for obv. reasons.
So essentially, Klopp won one title in in 4 years since 2018, challenged Pep in 3 of those 4 years and won once in 4 legitimate tries so 25% conversion rate. Not bad, right considering the opposition? As for going back to see if we could have taken Pep or Klopp, sorry Klopp all day everyday and I wanted him over Ancelloti at the time already. Pep? Great coach who needs everything set up perfectly in order to perform. I'll pass.
6.) 27 Jan 2024 12:01:58
No one denies Pep is a world class coach, but he’s not as good as Klopp, and he knows it himself. Klopp WOULD have achieved everything Pep has had he competed with similar funds, but Pep wouldn’t done the reverse.
7.) 27 Jan 2024 12:58:43
LoweLFC, Pep could not even achieve the dizzy heights Jose got to with that Porto team. The guy won A Treble (League, Cup, EL) in 02/ 03 and then THE Treble in 03/ 04 with majority of players very little people had ever heard of. Pep couldn't have even won the COnference League for Roma the way Jose did 2 years ago.
Pep's a great coach BUT like I said, if you can only succeed when everything is in the perfect situation for you then, how great are you really compared to those like Klopp and Jose who did bits at clubs where things are very much imperfect?
8.) 27 Jan 2024 15:57:11
To the OP, Guardiola couldn’t function under the restrictions Klopp has. Look at the starting 11’s when they started and their transfer budgets.
9.) 27 Jan 2024 15:58:55
Klopp could double his tally by May. Just saying.
05 Nov 2024 07:46:29
Arsenal constantly seem to be in the market for RWs - given they have Saka makes no sense to me. Should have just bought a CF two years ago now if they want to win something.
{Ed025's Note - spot on Brummy..
25 Oct 2024 13:13:41
Faith - Newcastle have been limited by FFP and were starting off in a far worse position than ours fighting relegation. Think for yourself mate.
25 Oct 2024 13:11:23
Crazy when pegged as signing of the summer. Plenty of opportunities to play over the season if he gets himself fit. Hopefully will get some minutes in carabao cup next week.
25 Oct 2024 00:16:28
Haizen, yes they got Klopp which was by far and away the best thing they have done for the club. I would argue they didn’t buy any superstars, Klopp made them. As you have seen for the last few years we did not push on from the super team that Klopp built - additions of ‘superstars’ to that team would have arguably had us win a lot more. As Klopp realised you can’t perform miracles on a budget year after year - PIG owners would relieve that pressure and let us challenge year after year without having to get every signing right. That is what I’m trying to say. Thanks.
23 Oct 2024 10:15:23
Time for Salah to go unless he is willing to reduce wages massively on a 2 year deal. Virg can play another few years and we have to try and keep Trent.
07 Nov 2024 06:35:16
Could win but need to beat city in a few weeks and get a good gap on them before new year. As good a chance as any but I’m sure they’ll strengthen and usually pick up form in Jan so we will need 6plus points advantage imo.
05 Nov 2024 07:55:37
Agree that in games where teams try bully us in midfield Endo should get more minutes. Also think he would play quite well in a double pivot as his lack of pace would get exposed as much and he would also give grav a bit more freedom.
Am also starting to get concerned with Mac, has all the attributes but just seems to be off the pace. Could fast become a passenger in the midfield unless he ups his level.
Gakpo is decent but just not as good as Diaz. Probably better shooting and more direct, can see why Klopp tried to convert him to a 9 and still think he could play there personally.
04 Nov 2024 03:35:45
Needs to get himself in more goal scoring positions. Would rather he left the defensive work and focused on saving his energy to run in the other direction. Still view him the same as last 2 seasons, potential but not good enough to win us a league as our CF.
04 Nov 2024 03:32:28
Agree we were bad - was a proper battle of a game in the first half. I thought we were off the pace slightly and towards last season would have lost that game. Turned it round and won so got to take the 3 points and move on. Do have a worry that we aren’t controlling games very well and haven’t won many by wide margins, could run out of steam like last season.
03 Nov 2024 10:44:34
Tbf I thought it was the best the crowd has been in a longtime against a so called smaller team. Reminded me of Klopp early days - need much more of that if the team are going to win the prem this year.