The Bigfooty Liverpool Thread

[RossFC]

Guessing vs Ipswich the XI will be the same as the Sevilla game?

Diaz-Jota-Salah
Gravenberch-Macca-Szoboszlai
Tsimikas-VVD-Quansah-TAA
Alisson

Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Gomez, Robertson, Endo, Jones, Elliott, Gakpo, Nunez

 

[jod23]

Guessing vs Ipswich the XI will be the same as the Sevilla game?

Diaz-Jota-Salah
Gravenberch-Macca-Szoboszlai
Tsimikas-VVD-Quansah-TAA
Alisson

Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Gomez, Robertson, Endo, Jones, Elliott, Gakpo, Nunez

I can see Jones and Robbo starting ahead of Tsimikas and Grav.

 

[Cooldude]

The longer this Zubimendi thing drags, the more it probably ain't happening, might've done a U turn Stevie style

 

[RossFC]

Would put our net spend to -46mil.

 

[Wrenny]

This is a really frustrating off season.

 

[Steven Gerrard]

Liverpool is the only club in Europe's top 5 leagues not to have made a signing this window. The club's first match is this weekend.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

The good news is we seem to have nearly everyone available for next week. Robbo might be sub or come off early but that’s ok, Tsimikas been good in pre-season.

I haven’t been following it super closely with the Euros and Olympics, but have any of the big clubs signed anyone of note. Our lack of action has been very frustrating, but has it been a quiet transfer window across the board?

Also is Danns injured?

Putting a lot of faith in the likes of Quansah, Bajectic, Jones/Grav, Bradley and Elliott to be the depth players over a 50+ game campaign.

 

[Dylan8]

We are saving up enough money to purchase Rodri. Trust the process.

 

[gaskin]

Looks like the deal is getting done but it is not straight forward. Zubamendi has to pay the release fee which I am assuming how they structure it all is holding up the deal.






This guy explains it in better detail:

 

[jod23]

Outside of transfers... I'd really like to see some announcements on some new deals for Mo, TAA and Virg please.

 

[RossFC]

22.5mil + 5mil add-ons and a 17.5% sell-on clause.

 

[_Cerberus_]

That is some really decent coin for Carvalho tbh. Handy to use on transfers.

 

[Zidane98]

Id hope Zubi isn't the only #6 we are chasing. Looking like it won't happen now.

 

[RossFC]

Id hope Zubi isn't the only #6 we are chasing. Looking like it won't happen now.

It's the same old crap. Our shortlist for a position is insanely small and then we pull out and then panic loan someone like Kabak, Arthur or buy Endo.

 

[triggering bro]

 

[jod23]

Knew that was happening as it was taking way too long.

Good on him though, he loves his club and wants to stay there.

 

[RossFC]

 

[jod23]

From all reports too he left a lot of money on the table too as our contract offer obviously far outweighs what Sociedad can pay him. So his decision to stay is a huge nod to his loyalty.

Now watch him join Real Madrid in 12 months time haha

 

[CFC_JP]

Reports I've seen say his club told him if he wants to leave he needs to pay the transfer fee. How does that work, can't Liverpool just pay the fee and he's ours or even deposit the fee into the player's account. The Spanish are weird.

 

[Zidane98]

Reports I've seen say his club told him if he wants to leave he needs to pay the transfer fee. How does that work, can't Liverpool just pay the fee and he's ours or even deposit the fee into the player's account. The Spanish are weird.

Spanish law says all contracts in La Liga must have a unilateral buyout clause. To activate it unilaterally a player's agent must pay the stipulated amount directly to La Liga.

The easy way around that is for FSG to cough up 10-15% extra above the buyout fee. Which they are obviously too tight to do so.

 

[Lebbo73]

Liverpool is the only club in Europe's top 5 leagues not to have made a signing this window. The club's first match is this weekend.

Why does the collapse of the potential Zubimendi transfer deal to Liverpool feel like a kick in the guts even though I was convinced it wouldn’t happen?

 

[Cooldude]

Sounds like we convinced the player two weeks ago, but instead of giving him the money to trigger the buyout clause, we tried to lowball Sociedad with a different payment structure, which gave them a chance to convince the player to stay

 

[Zidane98]

Sounds like we convinced the player two weeks ago, but instead of giving him the money to trigger the buyout clause, we tried to lowball Sociedad with a different payment structure, which gave them a chance to convince the player to stay

The smart thing to do would have been "Let's give you 57m instead of your player activating his 51m buyout clause. Player gets his transfer, you got another 15% on top of the buyout clause, everyone's happy".

Sounds like FSG didn't go down that path and spent two weeks trying to convince Sociedad on a payment structure instead of paying the entire 51m at once to Zubi's agent for payment to La Liga triggering an immediate transfer.

 

[Lebbo73]

I hope that you’re right. I’d put my left testie on FSG being the major obstacle though. They’re probably trying to negotiate a lower buyout fee or being able to pay it over several years.

I hate it when on the rare occasion I’m probably right.

 

[Cooldude]

Sounds like they won't sign an alternative 6 which would be absolute madness

If we don't sign anybody then it becomes harder to convince Trent, Virgil or Mo to extend their contracts tbh, the club could be in the shits 12 months from now