Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

The bit where he falls over?

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Taki was signed because he had a frankly ludicrous release clause. It was a no brainer for the club who were virtually guaranteed to make money on the deal.

I think he’s a tidy player and I like him a lot, but he’s not near the level of our other forwards. Jota coming in and making the impact he’s made highlights that further. I’m sure he’ll be better off somewhere he can get more game time.

Diaz definitely looks the business, and his signing I think might mean Mane will be off this summer. He’ll be 30 by seasons end and the club might be happy enough to not have him around agitating for bigger numbers akin to Salah if Diaz can settle in. If it happens I’ll be sad to see him go but I’d understand it, he’s been an unreal player for this club.

Hard not to get excited when you watch Diaz's youtube compilations. Looks a quality player. Pace, dribbling ability and can finish. Didn't realise he was joint top scorer at last year's Copa as well. Despite being more a winger than a striker.

Plays on the left usually so looks like Mane's successor potentially.

Agreed. He's not been getting games for us and has at best looked ok. If Diaz is coming in, he falls even further down the pecking order. If we need back-up, I would prefer Firmino and Origi quite frankly. I think it's best for the player himself to go and get games. He's a good player and will do well if he steps down a level.

I'd say it's more likely Bobby will stay and possibly sign a new contract on lower wages.

I think the club will let Mane run down his contract to be honest. Probably worth more to keep him around for next season rather than whatever nominal fee they could get for a 30 year old with only a year left on his contract.

His price was so low that its not a real disappointment,

I seen it more as a player we took a chanceo but it didn't work out and now we will probably sell him for more than we paid for him

Sign a right winger understudy to Salah in the summer and hang onto Bobby and Mane for one more season that would be some forward line.

Both Mane & Salah turn 30 in a few months.

Mane 29 -Daiz 25 left wing

Bobby 30- Jota 25 forward

Salah 29 - ?? Raphinha 25 right wing.

Has to be said here that, he'll probably turn out to be a great signing for us given our track record in the transfer market recently, but YouTube compilations are the greatest smokescreens ever. I remember watching Nicolas Pepe compilations on YouTube when he was linked with us and was really disappointed when Arsenal signed him.

Being greedy now I want them to sign this highly rated Fulham kid now for £5m.

Well Klopp had him play AM of the midfield 3 this season when he was playing and he looked very comfortable in that role.

Maybe long longterm replacement for Hendo.

At 19 you could still sign a player for 5 seasons before Elliott is even turns 24.

Hopefully no hole in the heart or a brother who needs a squad place or a late bid from China 😂

Yep, and City, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, United, Newcastle would all take him in a heartbeat

Whats Can up to these days?

We complain about squad depth, yet first sign of a signing and we talk of who is going out.😀 We really need to keep Mane and Firmino, and rotate more.

We have a huge squad, the problem is too many are either not fit when needed or not good enough. It needs trimming.

Defenders - TAA, Williams, VVD, Matip, Konate, Gomez, Phillips, Robertson, Tsimikas - 9 defenders

Midfielders - Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Keita, Ox, Milner, Jones, Elliott - 8 midfielders

Attackers - Salah, Mane, Firmino, Jota, Origi, Minamino - 6 attackers (now 7)

That's 23 outfield players that would now be seen as part of the senior squad, Diaz makes it 24. City in comparison have 17 outfield players.

We could get rid of Phillips, Milner, one of Ox/Keita, Minamino, Origi and be fine numbers wise, we just can't trust all of the midfielders to be fit when needed. Summer we get two good/robust midfielders in with 5 or 6 fringe/constantly unfit players out and we are flying into next season.

When he's not playing the role of a football player he can be found designing his own clothing range. Given his lack of availability for the first half of the season he must have a great Spring/Summer 2022 collection in development.

He declared himself unfit for international call up last year and his international career appears to be over at the ripe old age of 28. He's now a utility player at Dortmund and fills in for the likes of Witsel, Bellingham, Dahoud, and Reus on occasion. Witsel no longer has the legs to anchor the Dortmund midfield and Can has repeatedly demonstrated that he is not the player to succeed him - he has a great engine but still suffers from a lack of awareness, is prone to crazy errors of judgement and lunging tackles. Dortmund were willing to listen to offers for him last summer but there were no takers. It's rumored that Denis Zakaria is lined up to replace Witsel/Can in the summer.

Unfortunately he has nowhere near enough pace for that role for us. Think that’s ultimately why Klopp sees him as a midfielder, making the same positional transition as he made with Gini.

Sums him up fairly well. The guy obviously has ability, every now and then he'd pull something special out his backside, but he wasn't a consistent enough attacking threat to be a real presence breaking into the top 3rd, hadn't the passing range or patience to a be a playmaker and is too bad at defending to be a defensive midfielder.

Just not really good enough at any one thing to nail down a single role in midfield. And the less said about him playing center back the better.

We haven't been at a loss for not renewing his contract all those years back.

Never really seen him play, but he's obviously the next best player in the world.

Diaz Friday bítches!

Bet the Colombia Peru match will get a serious boost in viewership, with Liverpool fans around the world tuning in to take a peek!