EVER since it became clear than Henrikh Mhkytaryan had slipped through our grasp as he signed a four year deal for Borussia Dortmund, a little bit of panic has set in amongst the Liverpool fan base.
The optimism of early deals being completed for Iago Aspas, Luis Alberto, Simon Mignolet and Kolo Toure has dispersed as people point fingers toward the club for the failure to capture the signature of the talented Armenian.
Personally, I have a lot of sympathy with the club over that deal. It was very complicated and ultimately Dortmund did not have the concerns of the third party ownership to the extent we did. But that’s covering old ground. Who have we got in mind instead? Who is the back up?
In this era of 24/7/365 sports news, our fans DEMAND to know who we’re in for, when we’ll be signing them, how much for and how much we’ll be paying the player per week.
To the absolute credit of the club and Brendan Rodgers, information from the club is as hard to come by as it has for the last ten years. Even the respected journalists such as James Pearce are not giving much information away because simply they don’t have it. He did however appear to rule out a move for Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen, who we have long been linked with.
There has also been alarm as links to Papadopolous have died down, with latest reports indicating that Liverpool are not prepared to pay Schalke’s price demands for the talented Greek international.
My view is that the fans should learn to trust the club a little bit more. There’s too much of an assumption that the quietening down in this particular window means that we’re about done with our transfers. This is something I reject completely. With or without the Suarez situation continually rearing its ugly head, I still think we have plenty more business to conduct.
Stepping around the issue of the Uruguayan, I expect that the scouting department have got a number of other targets in mind. It is their job to provide Brendan Rodgers with prime transfer targets for key positions in need of strengthening.
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This must be a tough task. In our current state of no European football for the coming season we are no longer dining at the top table anymore when it comes to transfer targets. But there will be a list of targets available.
It’s important that we don’t panic and get these transfers right. I feel that we are almost there in terms of putting together a team capable of forcing our way back into the Champions League positions. We need to have a good summer and we now need to sign some proven quality. That’s the hard bit. Players like Aspas and Alberto are doubtless talented but are a bit of a gamble. We can afford that no longer.
However I have faith in our transfer planning. After a rusty start in August we appear to have nailed it in January if you look at the successes of Daniel Sturridge and Phillippe Coutinho. We need to have that kind of window again now. Signing quality players who are ready to go straight into the first XI.
In an ideal world we would have had all our business done now and they would have already played their first game for us against Preston North End at Deepdale on Saturday.
That wasn’t the case, but that’s not to say the club aren’t working on anything. I would be stunned if we weren’t. We’re just doing things the Liverpool way – keeping our head down and getting on with trying to buy the best we possibly can.
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Trust the club ??? Your having a laugh
Ayre is a incompetent Muppet .and fsg are only interested in saving money.
Ayre takes responsibility for Borini and Allen, but not Countinho or Sturridge. FSG interested in saving $$???? FSG is interested in responsibility and efficiency with their $$. More bang for the buck. 6 EPL games with 3 teenagers starting and we still come in 7th. Now our youth has a year under their belt and are hungry to impress and win.
Don’t confuse Gillette/Hicks regime (high wages and tons of dead wood) with FSG. There is a business model that must be adhered. You can’t count your chickens before the eggs are hatched which in essence was the problem in Dalglish/Comolli’s first winter and summer transfers. FSG overspent on Carroll, Downing and Henderson by about 40M pounds.
FSG are extremely rich, but not oil and gas rich like the Russians or any Middle Eastern owners. You can make mistakes and win, but it will cost you $50-100M. Man City and Chelsea can do this. Arsenal chooses not to do this, but that is another story. United seats 77K for one game and are comfortable making a few mistakes here and there, but overall has the resources to pay and play.
The days where we can splash $50M on two players in a transfer window will not come about for some time and we will have to be shrewd with every pound. We have spent about $1.5M on 4 players in this transfer window. Sans Suarez, we still could have $20-25M left in the kitty with additional players moving on from LFC. Times it by 2.5 if Suarez is sold.
“Interested in saving money” only makes you sound like a gold digger and LFC is divorcing the “gold digger” mentality from the club. You don’t see it yet, but LFC is on the up with a wholly different business model based on avoiding contractions in the market and expanding our assets. LFC’s players are assets. Anfield is an asset waiting for expansion.
FSG is spending $$ the right way, the Liverpool way.
Bore off ya plank. What bull, FSG were the ones who wasted millions on their moneyball system, they now know what a fool they made of themselves and are scared to spend big again in case they get laughed at by the football world. They have been the biggest joke only the Venky’s have been more embarassing.
Bull Rush of ye plank. Are Lord Raglan/Field Marshal William Birdwood your idols Brigadier? You don’t keep throwing $$$ until something sticks. We can play he said/she said in regards to FSG’s first 2 transfer windows. Unless you are an oligarch or part of Middle Eastern Royalty, LFC can’t sacrifice money by overspending on players, especially British players. FSG does not want to take the club back into the Valley of Death. History shall not repeat itself. Carroll, Downing, Henderson, Adam, Coates were our Balaclava. Let’s not get a Gallipoli or Ypres under our belt as well.
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.
He will win who has military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”
Nuff said.
Yep. World class moron jgray
Jerry Garay, losing a debate clearly gets you rattled eh?! Cant take the heat then stay outta the fire.
World class moron, probably a yank?.
Jgray ..man you talk bull sh it. Get a clue
I do believe, HM was a case of players preference of UCL & Bundes Liga Runners up vs a 7th team in EPL with no European football. Also, shared/3rd party ownership isn’t an issue in Germany, so LFC had to over pay. I don’t think we are after Erikssen – he simply isn’t required. Arguably, we have a better prospect at similar position in Coutinho & the boy Suso also plays at the same position. & I believe, the Portuguese teenager in U20 squad is also very good.
So far BR has bought players to strengthen squad; I am expecting 2/3 quality signings for starting XI. If we can keep Luis & add a CB, a left winger (Diego Cappel/Ben Arfa) & may a Left Back, I ‘ll take this window as the best in last 5/6 years. Off loading some dead woods (already 2 garbage gone, love to see back of Downing, Spearing & Coates) would be icing on the cake.
we need a left back/center back nd a right winger not left.
Whatever happens, we must sign a mature attacking midfielder if we must make any impact this season. Coutinho is good but for the future. Lfc should sell Suarez if the right offer comes. His mentality & intelligence is not of liverpool. There are alternatives in the market. Imagine Spurs Bale who is more sought after making the type of comments he makes.
I will request BR to loan out Suarez to a club where he can play for Champion League and next season as we will be playing for the champion league he can play for us.
This the best deal he can make and convince Suarez. He may even tell him if ever Liverpool will not qualify again for the Champion League, then we will sell him to any club he wishes.
If I were BR, would have suggest the above.
We need quality players now like DM,DIAME, CD,TOBY OR SAKH,LB,ALY SISOKO,RW XAQURI, AN ERIKSON IN . Out coates,allen,pocheto,spearin fabio,skrtyl,reina,downing
what we need to get rid of is fans like you!
Dumb comment . No sheep the moron
Will liverpool ask for your opinion to sign any player? No. Just let d manager and his team do the job. We have seen wat they can do. YNWA peeps
What can he do ? Oh yes …give us our worst season in decades and sign sh it like Allen
Exactly, that’s why we are worried, I have a pair of eyes you know, I use them to measure a situation, not just relying on the gaffers rhetoric.