Summer 2015 Transfer Window General Discussion

Harry Palmr

Just checking the forums - Blue Moon has plenty wondering about the price and the fact they are so crap at negotiating a deal, Red Cafe are raising a glass for exactly the same reasons! RAWK is just relieved to have it all done and the money in the bank.

AdamD

Can see Liverpool starting the season slowly again due to having to integrate too many new players to the team.

CantGetNoSleep

Turtyturd wrote: »

Couldn't have used a better photo of Sterling in that tweet, even he can't believe they coughed up that much.

Think he is just off his beak on laughing gas

Utopia Parkway

City really didn't want the fee to reach 50M did they?

yabadabado

AdamD wrote: »

Can see Liverpool starting the season slowly again due to having to integrate too many new players to the team.

If Pool makes the right signings unlike last summer they may do OK.
Still cant see them getting top 4 but the money should help fund a few decent players.

Hulk Hands

What a deal for Liverpool. Whoever rejected the £45m bid has absolute balls of steel

GLaDOS

I think Sterling will do very well at City tbh. With Aguero making space ahead of him and Silva feeding in balls I think he'll thrive. £50m mightn't look too crazy in a few years, considering how young he is.

Lot a pressure to perform straight away though, could get to him if he doesn't hit the ground running.

WallyGUFC

Liverpool must be absolutely laughing. You see Juve's midfield, built for what 10 million? Then City go and throw 49 million at Liverpool for a moody young lad who's achieved absolutely nothing in the game yet. Ridiculous.

Hulk Hands

AdamD wrote: »

For all the talk of Sterling being 'badly advised'; hes gotten the move he wanted and a massive contract.

Been brilliantly advised id say. A rather stupid young lad with one known skill in life. Any agent worth his salt will advise him to make as much money as he can while he's young, marketable, injury free and still has his pace. The only losers here as City by the looks of things. But if FFP has been relaxed, maybe not so

rwbug

WallyGUFC wrote: »

Liverpool must be absolutely laughing. You see Juve's midfield, built for what 10 million? Then City go and throw 49 million at Liverpool for a moody young lad who's achieved absolutely nothing in the game yet. Ridiculous.

Liverpool won't be laughing. The price may seem ok but they are proving that they can't hold on to their top talents. The money they got from Saurez didn't exactly drive them forwards.

Sterling cost about £15m more than Sanchez cost Arsenal :eek:

rwbug

rarnes1 wrote: »

Sterling cost about £15m more than Sanchez cost Arsenal :eek:

It would be scary to think of Sanchez value if he was homegrown.

Paully D

Liamalone wrote: »

Sterling gone for 49m

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33497488

Southampton rubbing their hands with glee as Rodgers prepares a £40m bid for Maya Yoshida.

Turtyturd

rarnes1 wrote: »

Sterling cost about £15m more than Sanchez cost Arsenal :eek:

Barcelona also wanted rid of Sanchez to bring in an upgrade.

MightyMandarin

Jaysus this puts things in even perspective. Good talent but a serious risk taken by City here.

https://twitter.com/MatthewStanger/status/620277995450814464

Utopia Parkway

So the question now is it going to be Benteke and AN Other or just Benteke? Would be disappointed if we just settle for Benteke by himself now.

City can afford to take the financial risk I guess

Rayne Wooney

City are insane

rwbug

So Liverpool get £36m now after QPR get their cut. Doesn't seem that great for them.

SantryRed

rwbug wrote: »

So Liverpool get £36m now after QPR get their cut. Doesn't seem that great for them.

Beats having a divisive figure in the dressing room for the next two years and getting nothing for him. He was adamant that he wanted to go. Liverpool have gotten a very good deal here.

CSF

rarnes1 wrote: »

Sterling cost about £15m more than Sanchez cost Arsenal :eek:

6 years age gap in the difference and homegrown status. It isn't a simple comparison of like for like who is better. City have now got a guy with all the potential in the world who they'll have for 10 years now.

Is he overpriced? Yes. But for a 20 year old English player with homegrown status and that high of a ceiling of potential, it was never going to be a situation where the player would go for anything like their value.

Sterling no more overpriced than Firmino was so I'd say Liverpool have broken about even in terms of inflations of value.

Harry Palmr

rwbug wrote: »

So Liverpool get £36m now after QPR get their cut. Doesn't seem that great for them.

Liverpool bought him for £500,000 quid they pocket £36 million. Not bad.

slingerz

rwbug wrote: »

Liverpool won't be laughing. The price may seem ok but they are proving that they can't hold on to their top talents. The money they got from Saurez didn't exactly drive them forwards.

They'd be grand sure Raheem left his laughing gas at Melwood he was in such a rush out the door

Paully D

I reckon Sterling will do very well at City.

diusmr8a504cvk

Brendan Rodgers is a genius, wouldn't sell Sterling until he got "The Godfather Offer". The question now is whether or not he'll put that money to good use.

CSF

Duke Disgusting Certificate wrote: »

Brendan Rodgers is a genius, wouldn't sell Sterling until he got "The Godfather Offer". The question now is whether or not he'll put that money to good use.

Brendan Rodgers would have nothing to do with that kind of thing really. Liverpool have done well to get that much for a player who had completely isolated himself from the club though. No question about that.

diusmr8a504cvk

CSF wrote: »

Brendan Rodgers would have nothing to do with that kind of thing really. Liverpool have done well to get that much for a player who had completely isolated himself from the club though. No question about that.

Well and truly, he had to go. He had made himself such a terrible reputation over the course of a few weeks that he would never survive the deserved abuse he was in for.

Headshot

Just watch ssn there now transfer window is gone mad. It makes Bale look like value

GLaDOS

His first game back at Anfield should be fun

CSF

ScienceNerd wrote: »

His first game back at Anfield should be fun

Hated for life there. No question.

diusmr8a504cvk

Just saw a list on Facebook of people who cost less than Sterling, I'll list the big ones:
Aguero=£38m
Sanchez=£32m
Costa=£32m

Sterling=£49m.....

CSF

Duke Disgusting Certificate wrote: »

Just saw a list on Facebook of people who cost less than Sterling, I'll list the big ones:
Aguero=£38m
Sanchez=£32m
Costa=£32m

Sterling=£49m.....

If I'm a City fan I'm happy enough here. They don't get players for anything like their value ever. Sterling for 49 million or Fernandinho for 30? 10 years from Sterling there and they won't be unhappy they paid it.

Fowler87

Duke Disgusting Certificate wrote: »

Just saw a list on Facebook of people who cost less than Sterling, I'll list the big ones:
Aguero=£38m
Sanchez=£32m
Costa=£32m

Sterling=£49m.....

Its all relative to the crazy inflation within the league last few years though

DenMan

Just watched Phil Thompson being talked to on SSN. Man what a gob****e! This man still lives in the 80's and is so seriously blinkered it's unreal! He was asked "Are Liverpool now becoming a selling team?" and he responds talking about the new stadium and all the new fans Liverpool will have next year. 10,000 new fans in a revamped stand...WOW!!! Carragher was on yesterday dismissing Utd's deal for Schweinsteiger while Liverpool sign Milner to replace the legend Gerrard and then give Henderson the captaincy! They'll bring on Balotelli as a sub next season expecting him to turn things around and win games for them. Seriously deluded club they are!

razorblunt

Paully D wrote: »

Southampton rubbing their hands with glee as Rodgers prepares a £40m bid for Maya Yoshida.

Surely Ward-Prowse, two players for the price of one?

Or FSG will charge £10 for the hyphen, they'll have the money made back in no time.

CSF

Someone had to make it a Liverpool United thing eventually. Congrats DenMan. You're now that guy.

DenMan

CSF wrote: »

Someone had to make it a Liverpool United thing eventually. Congrats DenMan. You're now that guy.

It was bound to happen in fairness!

Utopia Parkway

CSF wrote: »

Someone had to make it a Liverpool United thing eventually. Congrats DenMan. You're now that guy.

There's always one.

Ordinary man

Have liverpool already spent the sterling money on firimino and the others or is it extra to spend on top of that?

Oat23

CSF wrote: »

Someone had to make it a Liverpool United thing eventually. Congrats DenMan. You're now that guy.

I think when we wanted that LOI forum a few years ago we made a huge mistake. The campaign should have been to give United and Liverpool their own forum.

We would have had a lot more support and this forum would be much better.

Fowler87

Ordinary man wrote: »

Have liverpool already spent the sterling money on firimino and the others or is it extra to spend on top of that?

Depends on the Ings tribunal but I make it net spend of around 10m when the Sterling deal is finalised

Utopia Parkway

Ordinary man wrote: »

Have liverpool already spent the sterling money on firimino and the others or is it extra to spend on top of that?

The most reliable journalists that cover Liverpool seem to think the spending done so far was not the Sterling money being spent in advance. Guess we''ll find out soon enough.

CSF

Fowler87 wrote: »

Depends on the Ings tribunal but I make it net spend of around 10m when the Sterling deal is finalised

Which isn't good for a team on the outside of the top 4 wanting to break in. They'll spend more, I'm sure of it.

Fowler87

CSF wrote: »

Which isn't good for a team on the outside of the top 4 wanting to break in. They'll spend more, I'm sure of it.

Be surprised if it doesn't hit 50m+ alright by the end of the window

Moneymaker

Liverpool have been a selling club since 2009.

Thompson is absolutely clueless.

yabadabado

If FSG want to give Rodgers a chance of getting CL football then they need to give him all that money to invest.
Pool need a few players to go into the first team and most importantly a striker who can stay fit.If Pool dont buy a striker BR will be gone next summer,I have no doubt about that.

CSF

Fowler87 wrote: »

Be surprised if it doesn't hit 50m+ alright by the end of the window

Some of it will be slashed by the fact that Liverpool have way too many strikers.

Sturridge, Borini, Lambert, Ings, Origi, Balotelli plus the one they're gonna sign this summer. 3 of them will go to fund that inside forward that Liverpool probably need now to compete with Lallana and Ibe for a spot in that bank of 3 with the 2 Brazilians.

yabadabado

CSF wrote: »

Some of it will be slashed by the fact that Liverpool have way too many strikers.

Sturridge, Borini, Lambert, Ings, Origi, Balotelli plus the one they're gonna sign this summer. 3 of them will go to fund that inside forward that Liverpool probably need now to compete with Lallana and Ibe for a spot in that bank of 3 with the 2 Brazilians.

Borini,Mario and Lambert are the most likely to leave imo.Would they raise 25m?

Utopia Parkway

Moneymaker wrote: »

Liverpool have been a selling club since 2009.

Thompson is absolutely clueless.

Liverpool have often sold their best players. It's not a new phenomenon. They sold Keegan, Rush, Owen, McManaman, Suarez, etc. All pretty much in the primes or close enough to it.

rwbug

Man City out this summer - total approx £45

Negredo - 27m
Nastasic - 8m
Rekik - 4m
Sinclair 2.5m
Boyata - 1.5m
Trippier (sell on clause) - 1.2

Milner, Richards and Lampard wages off the books and fpp being relaxed there could still be big spending from City even after Sterling.