LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers, talking to Liverpoolfc.com, has explained that he is only interested in bringing players to Anfield who have ‘the right quality’ as he continues to work on improving the squad this summer.
Rodgers has already signed a quartet of promising talent; the Northern Irishman bringing Kolo Toure, Luis Alberto, Iago Aspas and Simon Mignolet to the club early on in the transfer window.
Despite these arrivals, Rodgers has not finished yet and still wants to bring more fresh faces to the club, though insists that he is focused more on the quality of the players he signs than the number of players.
During the Reds’ overseas tour recently, Rodgers told LFC TV:
“They have to be of the right quality, that’s the bottom line, we’ve got money to spend on getting that quality in, but if it’s not available I won’t waste it for the sake of bringing a player in.
“We’re really working hard to bring in the type of profile that can really help us push on. We just need to see if that’s available and affordable.”
The four new signings have so far enjoyed a positive start to life at Liverpool, with Aspas having scored three goals already in pre-season and Mignolet yet to concede a single goal.
Rodgers spoke highly of each of the quartet, starting with Mignolet:
“Simon Mignolet has been first-class. He has shown that he is one of the top young goalkeepers in European football. I think he will prove over the next coming years at Liverpool that he is a top goalkeeper.
“Kolo Toure speaks for himself – his experience and his fitness has been first-class since he came in. And he’s a really good man. That was the idea of bringing him in, because of his winning mentality and his personality.
“Iago has settled in well and got a few goals in pre-season, which is great for his confidence. He’s a livewire in and around the box, and he’s a good man.
“Luis Alberto is obviously still young but has shown the qualities, technically, and has got a strong mentality. I think we can see early on that he can end up being a very good player for Liverpool.”
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Well lets hope it’s NOT for Diego Costa. That would be a big mistake
Need to get players like eriksen and tello to compete for top 4 otherwise we will be amongst the swanseas and everton
Tello just signed new contract with barca.
eriksen to arsenal now call it payback lol.
Eriksen wants Liverpool move
Suarez will stay at LFC
Costa is Suarez replacement….big disappointment !
I strongly recomend that eriksen and Toby is the right quality as well as price.. Diego Costa would be a gamble with such price(21.8) and suitability to Liverpool game style are worried..
Somehow or other i am having difficulty in trusting Rodger’s words.
Really ? He is not known as bullsh it brenda for nothing
Best tin 2 do is 2 get player like erickson and yilmaz nt coste if we need top4
BR, dnt even tink dat all dis ‘wacky wacked’ players u signed can compete in epl… Plz feed us with more quality player nd stp buying quantity…
I feel like crying 4 nt seen my beluv club #LFC playing in Ucl…
Dont cry bro we will get there ok trust me, we will never walk alone my guys
But it will be a shame if none of these signings can’t half Suarez quality.
I beg Mr Br, to go for d like of; Erickson, Yilmaz, papa, diego costa not d cheap cheap prize like £3, £5.
swansea are a team to watch if we are not careful we might be in trouble Rodgers though built that team should know doesn’t have the luxury of time to buy promise hopping to make them super stars
The owners should give B Rodgers £50-£80M to spend whether we keep L Suarez or not, then B Rodgers needs to ship out these dead wood average hard working players this summer:
GK B Jones RB J Flanagan CB S Coates
DM J Spearing AM: D Pacheco RW/ RWF: O Assaidi
LW / LWF: S Downing FD: F Borini
These 8 players above could bring in £25-£28M on sales, that and the £50-£80M needed from the owners and these 8 class quality players would replace the 8 dead wood average players we have at club.
Four Defensive players:
1:GK: A Mccarthy(23) Of Reading for £4-£7M to compete with Mignolet
2: CB: K Papadopolous(21) Of Schalke for £12-£15M to compete with Skrtel
3: CB: T Alderwierld(24) Of Ajax for £7-£9M to compete with Agger and Toure
4: DM: E Capoue(24) Of Toulouse for £7-£10M to compete with Lucas
Four attacking players:
5: I Munian(20) Of A Bilbao for £10-£14M to compete with Alberto and Coutinho
6: C Tello(21) Of Barcelona for £9-£14M to compete with Sterling
7: B Arfa(26) Of Newcastle for £10-£15M to compete with Aspas and IBE
8: L Muriel(23) Of Udinese for £10-£14M to compete with Sturridge and Suarez
And if Suarez is sold, Hopefully for no less than £55M or he she be kept at club.
If he Suarez is sold for £55M this summer then these other two attackers should be brought to the club:
M Reus(24) Of B Dortmund for £17-£22M
L Adriano(26) Of Shakhtar Donesk for £15-£20M
he is searching for quality players like joe allen, who are not afraid to play a backward pass or sideways pass which is essential for liverpool to get into top4