Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2018

martingriff

not yet wrote: »

Karma is a bitch Sergio..

Dry your tears mate.

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Favourite moment so far, seeing Ramos crying at the end of that one!

martyos121 wrote: »

The sweetest sight in football.

My god are people not over it yet

Spain were deserved losers no plan B

Chardee MacDennis

martingriff wrote: »

My god are people not over it yet

Hated Ramos before the CL final, hate him more now. He's the Spanish Pepe...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Couldn't give a flying **** about Ramos. Spain out, didn't think they were all that exciting to watch anyway. Sooner France get knocked out so we can sort out Fekir, the better.

not yet

If Lovern is not careful there'll be a 80million bid in for him tomorrow..

giveitholly

not yet wrote: »

If Lovern is not careful there'll be a 80million bid in for him tomorrow..

Should of scored just there now

ricero

Chris Bascombe saying today that lfc will not pursue more signings until after the world cup.

mosstin

Mo has his say on the modding situation in the soccer forum.





https://twitter.com/MoSalah/status/1013496868788146181

ERG89

mosstin wrote:

Mo has his say on the modding situation in the soccer forum.

The replies of that tweet have a lower level of intelligence than a bowl of cereal.

noodler

WTF does that mean.

Is he talking about Karius

HandsomeBob

noodler wrote: »

WTF does that mean.

Is he talking about Karius

Probably bout the Egypt situation if I had to guess.

noodler

HandsomeBob wrote: »

Probably bout the Egypt situation if I had to guess.

No, it's definitely Karius.

HandsomeBob

noodler wrote: »

No, it's definitely Karius.

Forgive me even blatant jokes tend to go over my head.

Francie Barrett

Harry Palmr wrote: »

At least that bury the memory of his corner.

It was my first thought when seeing him line up to take the pen.

shamrock55

Tears from lovren,showing great mental strength again

ricero

shamrock55 wrote: »

Tears from lovren,showing great mental strength again

He really has had a fantastic tournament so far

shamrock55

ricero wrote: »

He really has had a fantastic tournament so far

Ah he has in fairness,I'm only messing tbh

Mr.H

Chardee MacDennis wrote:

Hated Ramos before the CL final, hate him more now. He's the Spanish Pepe...

This.

I hated ramos way before may. I also hate costa. My dislike for the spanish side is nothing to do with the champions league final. Their slow build up pass pass pass rubbish is not entertaining anymore. They have zero flair in that team right now. So many talented players but such slow boring football. Im delighted they are gone. Im delighted to see ramos cry. I just wish i got to see costa have a melt down. But again my hatred is for their unsporting behaviour and their tedious bland football. Absolutely nothing to do with being a liverpool fan. Even if certain players tend to give even more reasons to dislike them.

Zak Flaps

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Couldn't give a flying **** about Ramos. Spain out, didn't think they were all that exciting to watch anyway. Sooner France get knocked out so we can sort out Fekir, the better.

I'd much rather Isco.

dogbert27

5starpool wrote: »

Should ask the PL if we can play fly goalie or last man back.

And have jumpers for goalposts! :pac:

Put the VAR into overdrive!!

mightyreds

News of a new deal for salah

gotthebug

mightyreds wrote: »

News of a new deal for salah

Signed a new long term deal

MD1990

Fabinho & Keita in.
New contracts for Firmino & Salah.

Easy to forget with the Fekir deal that we are having a great start to the window.

Get in a another forward/AM & a GK it will be a great window.

5starpool

Mane next.

Vicxas

Theres no release clause in Salah's new deal


Thats a bit odd.

5starpool

Vicxas wrote: »

Theres no release clause in Salah's new deal


Thats a bit odd.

Not really. Club doesn't really do release clauses if it can avoid it. Can wanted one, didn't get it. Firmino had one in his old deal, not in his new one.

Agent Coulson

Welcome to the new season.

gimli2112

That's brilliant news on Salah. You'd wonder how that conversation goes?
"Hey Mo we want to give you bags of money"
"Why?"
"Uhm, no reason"

BullBlackNova

Surely having no release clause is a good thing, too? With the rate of inflation in the market, release clause valuations either have to be off-the-charts (say, £300-400m) and, therefore, of no practical use or risk being caught on the hop because of inflating values.

2 years ago, selling a player for £50-60m was big business. Now, that's not an unusual fee at all!

Either way, good news about the contract. Next up, Mané...

murpho999

Vicxas wrote: »

Theres no release clause in Salah's new deal


Thats a bit odd.

What's odd about it?

It's better for the club. Means club will only sell when they want to and for the right price rather than being forced to sell at what most likely will be an under valued release clause.

Also shows commitment from the player, I don't like the idea of players putting in clauses in contracts to help get their next move.

shaunr68

Fantastic news on Mo, it's been a great few days. CR and Messi on the plane home, Ramos blubbing like a little girl and now this! Happy days!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44679819

klose

Great news on Salah, an extremely well deserved pay rise for him.

Luckycharms_74

No further talks between Liverpool and Lyons over Nabil Fekir

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/no-further-talks-between-liverpool-and-lyons-over-nabil-fekir-f98w7h0ls?t=ie

wrote:

Paul Joyce, Northern Football Correspondent
July 1 2018, 6:00pm,
The Sunday Times

Liverpool have had no contact with Lyons since the proposed transfer of the France playmaker Nabil Fekir collapsed.

The projected £52.8 million transfer of the 24-year-old ended abruptly on June 8 on medical grounds and, despite the continued noise surrounding the matter, there have been no further negotiations.

The facts are that Liverpool agreed the fee, an initial £48.4 million and £4.4 million in add-ons, with the French side on June 6 and struck personal terms with the player.

Liverpool staff travelled to France to conduct a medical the following day and it was the next morning that Liverpool pulled out of the transfer completely.

Lyon then issued a statement announcing they had stopped negotiations 36 hours later. There has been no more contact, no re-negotiation of transfer fees, since then.


Fekir, who suffered a serious knee injury in 2015, has been involved in France’s World Cup campaign and appeared as a substitute in their 4-3 last-16 success over Argentina.

He replaced Antoine Griezmann in the 83rd minute of the game and Didier Deschamps’ side will now meet Uruguay in the quarter-finals in Nizhny Novgorod on Friday.

Liverpool return to pre-season training tomorrow when Jürgen Klopp’s summer signings, Naby Ke and Fabinho, will train officially for the first time.

One of Klopp’s priorities will be to assess the mental state of Loris Karius as he reports back to the club following his errors in the Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid.

There remains interest in signing a new goalkeeper, but a move for Roma’s Alisson has been complicated by the valuation of the Brazilian No 1 and rival overtures from the likes of Real Madrid. Liverpool have no interest in Barcelona’s back-up goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen.

Vicxas

Some rag reporting that we're interested in Julian Brandt.

They used the word "could" about 20 times in the article.

Boom_Bap

Vicxas wrote: »

Some rag reporting that we're interested in Julian Brandt.

They used the word "could" about 20 times in the article.

I haven't seen much of him, but what I did notice is that when he came on for Germany in the WC, he added a spark and got things moving for them.
Seemed to like mixing crossing with cutting in and doing it at pace.

Fantastic news about Mo, best bit of business since we signed him

giveitholly

Any idea how much salah is on a week

Should be £200k+/week IMO all considered if he continues putting the ball in the onion bag to the extent he did last year.

gimli2112

giveitholly wrote: »

Any idea how much salah is on a week

33 year old Lebron James just signed a 4 year deal with the Lakers worth $153M. So it's probably something in between that and what I earn.

corwill

Was it definitively confirmed that FunBob's new deal was without a release clause?

cj maxx

5starpool wrote: »

Not really. Club doesn't really do release clauses if it can avoid it. Can wanted one, didn't get it. Firmino had one in his old deal, not in his new one.

The stance the club took re Can leaves no doubt that you will not get a release clause and that Liverpool is a destination not a stepping stone for players to RM /Barca.
Add in Klopp , FSG backing him to get the players he wants and the future looks bright

Bandana boy

Zak Flaps wrote: »

I'd much rather Isco.

Isco was terrible yesterday , showed no ambition with the ball , I think the stats say of his 132 passes yesterday only 12 of them were forward .

Maybe that is not his fault but I would hate to see him in a Liverpool shirt with that attitude.

x43r0

giveitholly wrote: »

Any idea how much salah is on a week

£200k

rob316

Really hope now that Denmark are out Schmeichel is sounded out. Superb again yesterday.

Kolido

x43r0 wrote: »

£200k

Cant be many higher than that at Liverpool. Maybe Virgil?

Irishmale0399

Kolido wrote: »

Cant be many higher than that at Liverpool. Maybe Virgil?

Virgil about 180T per week if I remember reading it correctly when he signed.

5starpool

corwill wrote: »

Was it definitively confirmed that FunBob's new deal was without a release clause?

I'm pretty sure I read it at the time. Can't find it in an article now though. Lots of mentions of his old release clause and that this safeguards against that, but nothing specifically to say there is not release clause now.

gimli2112

Salah's address was leaked on FB over the weekend and a crowd of fans turned up on his doorstep. Baying for blood following Egypt's exit? Nope just there for the adoration. Rather than release the hounds he went out and chatted and posed for pictures with them.

Riesen_Meal

gimli2112 wrote: »

Salah's address was leaked on FB over the weekend and a crowd of fans turned up on his doorstep. Baying for blood following Egypt's exit? Nope just there for the adoration. Rather than release the hounds he went out and chatted and posed for pictures with them.

Saw the pictures alright, can they not leave him alone, he caused a traffic jam in one half of Cairo...

He was whisked away by armed security from the house as they just kept coming, ha ha

Gbear

Bandana boy wrote: »

Isco was terrible yesterday , showed no ambition with the ball , I think the stats say of his 132 passes yesterday only 12 of them were forward .

Maybe that is not his fault but I would hate to see him in a Liverpool shirt with that attitude.

Are Spanish players bad? Koke, Silva, Busquets, Isco, Iniesta, etc...

Multi-league and champions league winning players from back to front. Clearly the quality of the individuals isn't the problem and you can hardly accuse such serial winners of lacking bottle.

Isco would be phenomenal. He wouldn't have the pace but he's an incredible footballer. He'd walk into our team. It's a bit of a pity they've just changed manager because there's surely someone great in there who'll not be seeing games but they probably won't know themselves until halfway through the season.

It's funny how some are still a little puzzled by release clauses.
They are entirely in service to the player so that if a bigger team comes in the club can't put the foot down in negotiations and have to let them go (if Arsenal had really pushed over Suarez they would've got him, but in the end he was convinced to stay).

Spanish contracts are required to have a set fee that the person making the contract can pay to buy their way out of it. So Neymar was given 200m quid by PSG and he paid his way out of his Barcelona contract.
That's why all their top players, or indeed, all the players that play in Spain professionally, have release clauses. It's not because it benefits the club in any way.

From the perspective of the club and the fans you don't want any release clauses in any of your staff. There's never any benefit, unless it's the only way a player would agree to sign a contract.

corwill

gimli2112 wrote: »

Salah's address was leaked on FB over the weekend and a crowd of fans turned up on his doorstep. Baying for blood following Egypt's exit? Nope just there for the adoration. Rather than release the hounds he went out and chatted and posed for pictures with them.

Not a man to be telling ****ing donuts to **** off, then.

Reminds me of seeing Andy Keogh angrily striding past requests from a couple of kids for a photo at the usual RoI hotel in Portmarnock. John O'Shea, in fairness, happily obliged.