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I don't think anyone wanted to take the punt on Isak at 70 million, was linked to both United/Arsenal but neither were that keen to pay that sort of fee for him. Newcastle's signings are all solid, Isak, Wilson, Tonali, Harvey Barnes (surprised that no-one else went in for him as a squad winger, had pretty good stats for Leicester), Bruno G, Botman, Livramento once he's fully fit...

I mean back in the day Essien, Kalou, Drogba would all go AFCON and we were still solid as a squad... Jackson & Kudus going to AFCON wouldn't have been a deal breaker as the other African players have been sold (Mendy, Koulibaly, hopefully Ziyech).

RLC was also wasted in the deeper midfield roles. He's at his best taking on the opposition and trying to score/create goals. Always felt he'd do well in a different league where pace/intensity isn't as high as the PL.

I would think the Hall deal isn't related to a potential Chalobah/Gallagher sale. Hall's transfer fee would probably go straight to Palace for Olise (if that's still happening...) If Gallagher is likely to be sold, then that would cover a large part of the Lavia deal. 35m is alright if it includes future sell-on clauses.

The funniest thing is, we have a striker sitting in the reserves/training alone who in an ideal situation would fill that no.9 role. People say 'proven record'....well that's what he has during his previous stints in the PL and in Serie A. People say 'experienced'...well, he's definitely experienced. Such a shame that we're now left with a 97 million dollar hole in the first team squad thanks to Tuchel and the previous management.

Wasn't it Liam or someone else on twitter who mentioned that the club are looking at Sterling's performances this season as he's considered one of the pre-clearlake signings and they prefer to have players on the new structure of lower base wages with large performance bonuses. I don't see him leaving this season but it'll be interesting to see what happens next summer if he's not scoring goals or leading from the front.

What you're not taking into account is the fact that United, Pool and Newcastle have much better finishers and more experience where it matters. United can long horrible for many games but you just know Rashford, Bruno or someone else will pop up with 2 goals and they get the 3 points. Liverpool will kick into gear sooner or later, they always go through a good patch every season where Jota, Salah and co start scoring for fun....and Newcastle is arguably the biggest threat of all, they have all the players needed to stay in the top 4.

This is why the Lavia signing is so confusing, if he was say 28 years old and coming in to help out the midfield with some experience, that would make more sense. Poch about to roll out a team with 3 DM's next season as part of the Chelsea revolution, forget about CB's, time to collect all the DM's out there.

Think the only reason for that is to help balance the books for FFP...with no-one keen on Cucurella on a permanent transfer. Clubs will be lining up for Maatsen at the 20 million mark. I was actually keen to see Maatsen play as a backup winger this season, seemed to have proper pace/dribbling that could really be useful alongside Chilwell/James/Gusto.

I would assume Southampton is just following Brighton If Liverpool bid 60 as per other reports, why would Southampton accept 55 from us?

Rival fans are just salty as they thought our days of spending big were over after Roman was asked to sell the club. I agree that they are superior players, just not sure if 55 million on Lavia was needed considering we still lack quality in attack. Would have preferred that money go to someone like Kudus who could have helped our attack this season!

If he failed his physical why would Ornstein post about other PL clubs showing interest in signing him? https://motleedsnews.com/transfers/david-ornstein-shares-new-tyler-adams-update-after-leeds-united-saga/

Such a shame that our attack is once again mid table standard (with Nkunku out for 3+ months) 😆 Rest of the team could compete for a top 6 place.

I just don't see both happening, there's no way Liverpool would allow us to get away with both players. Would have made more sense to wrap up the Caicedo deal and go for Adams as the squad midfielder.

Understand that but if that was the plan, surely you get Sanchez earlier in the window and let him play some pre-season minutes with the defensive unit? Seems a bit odd to bring him in and ask him to play from day 1 with zero chemistry

I get that Kepa isn't the most amazing keeper but to let your #1 leave (on loan) with the opening game of the season a day away is crazy.

Should be sold with a buy back at this stage of his career.

If getting a good CM was that easy, we should have had our signings completed by now. Also, a good CM can turn into a match-winner or game changer with their influence in midfield (just look at Casemiro for United, Rodri for City, even Kante at the peak of his powers).

If his father didn't play for them in the past, Haaland wouldn't be at City right now. Bellingham turned them down in favor of Real Madrid.

I mean talk about a f*cking transfer saga. Wonder if Boehly asks his investors to bid for Brighton Football Club next....that would save all the hassle with these transfers 😃

I mean....that's just funny. Boehly about to bid 111 million + 1 pound just to mess around with Brighton

Until Ornstein or Romano says anything about this, it just sounds like people trying to get their clicks!

Surely we can get Lavia in to help with the midfield rebuild and might as well get Kudus (as he's been stalling the Brighton deal as they weren't interested in a release clause).

Wasn't it Carragher on twitter who said that Liverpool have the funds for Caicedo and he's shocked that they haven't moved for him...and then literally within a week, Liverpool get their midfielder.

What was our last bid for Caicedo? I hope they don't 'somehow' get him for like 90 million after Brighton kept quoting us 100 million.