Nicolas Pepe

[BlueLyon 9,359]

The one player we should be all over and would probably join, but no. 

[Vesper 30,085]

11 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

The one player we should be all over and would probably join, but no. 

Don't worry, soon we will announce a 2 or 3 year Willian extension

[Vesper 30,085]

Nicolas Pepe is set to snub interest from several Premier League heavyweights and sign for Bayern Munich.

https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/08/nicolas-pepe-makes-transfer-decision-amid-liverpool-manchester-united-interest-9871841/

 

We dodged a bullet AND no way Bayern still sign CHO, unless he totally gives us the bollocksing and leaves on a free next summer.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

If it's true that he's off to Munich then that's a big disappointment for us. We need to talk about Bayern however.

Bayern are the unrivalled team in one of the world's most powerful economies. As a result their titanic sponsorship income helps keep their overall revenue near the top of the football rich list. They are an attractive destination for the world's great players and routinely have the pick of all the best young talent in Germany at little or no cost. Given this I think we must ask, are Bayern the biggest underachievers in European football? Being dominant domestically is no challenge for them, but what do they achieve in European competition? Nowhere near enough given their resources and advantages. Their fans are being short-changed.

[Vesper 30,085]

1 hour ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

If it's true that he's off to Munich then that's s big disappointment for us. We need to talk about Bayern however.

Bayern are the unrivalled team in one of the world's most powerful economies. As a result their titanic sponsorship income helps keep their overall revenue near the top of the football rich list. They are an attractive destination for the world's great players and routinely have the pick of all the best young talent in Germany at little or no cost. Given this I think we must ask, are Bayern the biggest underachievers in European football? Being dominant domestically is no challenge for them, but what do they achieve in European completion? Nowhere near enough given their resources and advantages. Their fans are being short-changed.

Better Bayern than any of the other EPL big teams. There was zero chance Lille was not going to sell him this summer, their director said that multiple times (obviously they would only sell if a fair price was given.

I am just devastated we did not (talking January 2019 window now, when the bans were looming hard) buy Barella and loan him back to Cagliari, Buy Piątek outright (instead we shit away 16m on Higs for six months of toiling, which is more than half what Piątek would have cost to buy PERM (plus his salary is almost 8 times times less than Higs at present grrr) an then do the buy and loan-back thing with Pepe and Lille. We knew the bans were coming, we should have grabbed those 3 players, 2 on the buy and loanback option, like we did with Pulisic (I will not go crazy and say we should have done it /buy and loanback) with 6, 8 players, that is madness)

Even if Piątek is not at Jovic or Werner, etc level (and his 30 goals in only 42 games at least shows he can bang them in) he still SURELY was worth £15m (the difference between owning him and loaning Higs for 6 months) to have him here and wholly owned. He is streets ahead of any striker we have had since Costa, and probably since Drogba. In his last 3 games against  the top 3 CL Serie A clubs (Juve, Napoli, Atalanta, he scored FIVE goals., 1 v Juve, 2 v Napoli, and 2 v Atalanta. His 'big' 'slump' was 5 goals produced in a 12 and a third game run (and he was carrying a knock in multiple games during that, including the game he left after only 28 minutes, and a couple others he also was subbed off for) Take that out, he scored 26 goals in the other 29 games.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,057]

4 hours ago, Vesper said:

Better Bayern than any of the other EPL big teams. There was zero chance Lille was not going to sell him this summer, their director said that multiple times (obviously they would only sell if a fair price was given.

I am just devastated we did not (talking January 2019 window now, when the bans were looming hard) buy Barella and loan him back to Cagliari, Buy Piątek outright (instead we shit away 16m on Higs for six months of toiling, which is more than half what Piątek would have cost to buy PERM (plus his salary is almost 8 times times less than Higs at present grrr) an then do the buy and loan-back thing with Pepe and Lille. We knew the bans were coming, we should have grabbed those 3 players, 2 on the buy and loanback option, like we did with Pulisic (I will not go crazy and say we should have done it /buy and loanback) with 6, 8 players, that is madness)

Even if Piątek is not at Jovic or Werner, etc level (and his 30 goals in only 42 games at least shows he can bang them in) he still SURELY was worth £15m (the difference between owning him and loaning Higs for 6 months) to have him here and wholly owned. He is streets ahead of any striker we have had since Costa, and probably since Drogba. In his last 3 games against  the top 3 CL Serie A clubs (Juve, Napoli, Atalanta, he scored FIVE goals., 1 v Juve, 2 v Napoli, and 2 v Atalanta. His 'big' 'slump' was 5 goals produced in a 12 and a third game run (and he was carrying a knock in multiple games during that, including the game he left after only 28 minutes, and a couple others he also was subbed off for) Take that out, he scored 26 goals in the other 29 games.

That would have been a better winter market for sure. The only defence I'll offer for the club is in regard to the Gonzalo signing. There they seem to have been deferring to the manager's wishes.

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

Looks to be Liverpool bound atm. 

[Vesper 30,085]

35 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Looks to be Liverpool bound atm. 

Liverpool supporters aren't being fooled by Nicolas Pepe transfer hoax

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-supporters-arent-being-fooled-16483470

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

11 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Liverpool supporters aren't being fooled by Nicolas Pepe transfer hoax

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-supporters-arent-being-fooled-16483470

Pretty reliable bloke when it comes to French football

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

Lol then there is this literally moments later

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/liverpool/story/3885330/furious-liverpool-call-pepe-chatter-pure-lies

[Vesper 30,085]

13 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Lol then there is this literally moments later

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/liverpool/story/3885330/furious-liverpool-call-pepe-chatter-pure-lies

Pepe is a fool if he goes to the dippers

he isnt going to bench Salah

and they both are pure RW, neither is nearly as effective on the left

i truly hate to say it, but there is one team who is exactly what he (and they) need

Bayern

perfect fit

if Pulisic can flourish on the LW, then we are another perfect fit

I really need to see more of Puli on the left, he seems (despite the fact he is right footed) more comfortable on the right (exactly the same as Sancho, which is why they fought over the RW, and didn't just have one switch over to LW)

[the wes 7,212]

Lille president confirms Reds approach for Nicolas Pepe

https://talksport.com/football/569469/liverpool-transfer-news-lille-nicolas-pepe/

[Vesper 30,085]

16 minutes ago, the wes said:

Lille president confirms Reds approach for Nicolas Pepe

https://talksport.com/football/569469/liverpool-transfer-news-lille-nicolas-pepe/

fuck me sideways

[Jase 43,479]

 

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

10 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

If Napoli get him and James Rodriguez they will be class this upcoming season. Dont think their enough to bridge the gap to Juve but they will comfortably (if they werent already) be the best of the rest even with Conte at Inter. Koulibaly, Manolas, Insigne, James, Pepe, Fabian Ruiz, Allan, Mertens.. very good players all in their own right.