Amblève.

Not disagreeing entirely but two years is still two years. We were in the position to dictate, not Everton, as we could have kept Lukaku for one more year and sold him then. It's not like he would have lost much value, especially considering how the transfermarket has developed over the past 2 years.

There's no messing around with Costa. Love that attitude.

That shouldn't matter that much. His contract was still running for 2 more years.

Can't believe we didn't manage to negotiate at least 35m. Young striker, homegrown, proven goalscorer, loads of potential... even Roma sold that midget CB to PSG for over 30m last year, ffs.

No sane person would consider calling Mata half the player Fabregas is "critique".

Let's forget that Mata was played in a position where he isn't effective at all, that he had to do something that isn't part of his game, that he was in the team one week, and then was benched the next weekend.Oh, and let's forget that he was basically the only reason why weren't as "creative" as Stoke, that he had more win shares than anyone else in those 2 years. This is exactly the "sheep and shepherd" analogy I was talking about in the pub.

This lack of respect for Mata is reaching Liverpudlian proportions, and it's disgusting.

I knew what I was talking about when I said that he has the potential to become our LB in the future.

Gotta love that this picture is always being used for these pre-season games

I really don't know how Torres missed that one. The ball only had to hit him, FFS

Torres is definitely back.

Torres desperately trying to win The Marin Award aka pre-season MVP award.

I really hope for vG that he's able to grow a beard. #preseasontalk

Shut up Nah, I meant his reactions were slow in the first half. Nothing to be worried about in pre-season though.

The first of hopefully many more.

Costa is so slow.

Then you're clearly mistaking something. Those people who actually rate Mikel, myself included, used to visit this thread mainly because idiots like that Phil Driver dude would unjustifiably shit on Mikel after 70% of his games for us. If you're not acknowledging that Mikel IS a beast for Nigeria when not deployed as the sitting midfielder then you should rewatch the Confed Cup where he bossed every game he played (including the one vs Spain) to remind yourself of what he's doing for his NT on a consistens basis.

Maybe, juuuuuuuuuuuust maybe, there's literally nothing to talk about

Again that light blue shit... as if the training gear was not enough, JFC.

Costa definitely never had any problems getting stuff at the liquor store.

Moses' defensive contributions are on the same level as Willian's. Offensively both didn't manage many goals and assists but the thing is Willian will be 26 years old in a few days, has never produced many goals/assists, shies away from doing anything significant when it matters and cost us 32m whereas Moses still isn't a finished product, is more direct and cost the usual amount you pay for your #4 player in a position.

I wish he'd get rid of that long hair.

That description suits Willian as well.

Looking at his career stats, I don't have any hopes his end product will change dramatically. His assist and goal scoring numbers are that poor.