Y.N.W.A. Thread (Liverpool fans thread) II

[cb4]

A decent DM makes a huge difference to the defence, which is why I'd love to go after him. Teixera doesn't seem the sort of player we need when there is already Coutinho, Firmino, Llalana all in his role.

Although DM is tough because Henderson is captain and Milner is there, when you'd probably prefer to only play one of them.

You can easily line up with them all


Hendo - Suarez

Milner - Firmino - Coutinho

Teixeria


or


Hendo - Suarez - Milner

Firmino - Coutinho

Teixeria


Tex and Firmino can be interchanged.

 

[HayneKloppter]

A decent DM makes a huge difference to the defence, which is why I'd love to go after him. Teixera doesn't seem the sort of player we need when there is already Coutinho, Firmino, Llalana all in his role.

Although DM is tough because Henderson is captain and Milner is there, when you'd probably prefer to only play one of them.

Our priority should be a quality cm no dm, we need someone who can do what Allen has been doing lately (box to box) but on a more consistent basis and with more size.

Hendo could make an excellent full time dm if converted

 

[cb4]

Our priority should be a quality cm no dm, we need someone who can do what Allen has been doing lately (box to box) but on a more consistent basis and with more size.

Hendo could make an excellent full time dm if converted

I agree we need a top quality CM, but I don't think it should be Hendo. He has too much qiuality going forward. I would like a top quality CM in the summer, but I think we will be kicking ourselves by not getting Mario Suarez.

 

[saint.nick]

Even if we meet the asking price there's no guarantee the owner won't just raise it again like he already has twice to Chelsea.

Did Chelsea ever actually bid though?

 

[Jack_Napier]

According to ed2 they've had the price raised twice by the Shaktar owner. Teixiera agreed to go to Chelsea before we were even interested as well. They won't be held to ransom which is exactly how we should be looking at it. It's clear Shaktar don't want to sell in January and fair play to them. We are asking for their main goal scoring asset.

 

[saint.nick]

According to ed2 they've had the price raised twice by the Shaktar owner. Teixiera agreed to go to Chelsea before we were even interested as well. They won't be held to ransom which is exactly how we should be looking at it. It's clear Shaktar don't want to sell in January and fair play to them. We are asking for their main goal scoring asset.

I know the price was raised twice, but was that after they bid twice, or just after discussions?

 

[saint.nick]

I agree we need a top quality CM, but I don't think it should be Hendo. He has too much qiuality going forward. I would like a top quality CM in the summer, but I think we will be kicking ourselves by not getting Mario Suarez.

There's talk linking us to Xhaka. What do you make of it?

 

[cb4]

Hoping tge Xhaka link is nothing more than a cover for Gundagon.

 

[saint.nick]

Hoping tge Xhaka link is nothing more than a cover for Gundagon.

Do clubs even do that? Leak out disinformation that they're talking to player X to smokescreen that they actually want player Y?

 

[lolesi]

Of course they do!

If NRL clubs do it I have no doubt the heavyweights of EPL, La Liga etc would do the same

 

[saint.nick]

I've always heard about it but never known if it's just supposition or actually fact

 

[cb4]

According to ed2 they've had the price raised twice by the Shaktar owner. Teixiera agreed to go to Chelsea before we were even interested as well. They won't be held to ransom which is exactly how we should be looking at it. It's clear Shaktar don't want to sell in January and fair play to them. We are asking for their main goal scoring asset.

That ed fella is all guess work. He knew nothing about Caulker so I doubt he has a breeze on this.

 

[saint.nick]

That ed fella is all guess work. He knew nothing about Caulker so I doubt he has a breeze on this.

Nah, they're actually really good. They get many things right.

 

[saint.nick]

Even if we match the price, it might not be enough. We still need to convince the owner to sell now rather than later. The owner is saying, 'offer 38M, and then I'll think about it...'

 

[Jack_Napier]

That ed fella is all guess work. He knew nothing about Caulker so I doubt he has a breeze on this.

Sorry but Don't agree, he's knowledge is better than anyone I've read and not just LFC related. Obviously doesn't get 100% right all the time but there's people on here that get things wrong. Things can move quickly and unexpectedly in the football world.

 

[saint.nick]

If we say no on Teixeira then maybe expect a late move for Praet.

If we don't want to stump up the money for Teixeira then it's not purely an Ian Ayre decision. Klopp even said himself it's not necessary to spend crazy money for the sake of it. My gut feeling is that if Klopp really, really, really wants Teixeira, then they'd show the money.

 

[saint.nick]

When clubs dig their heels in then there is nothing you can really do apart from give them what they want. Liverpool dug their heels in with Suarez, and hence Arsenal didn't get their man because they didn't think Suarez was worth the amount we wanted (hindsight is so convenient though)

 

[cb4]

I think we would go for a striker and not a midfielder if we are to say no to Tex.

And you are right Nick, the decision is well out of Ayre's grasp now. He went to Florida as he was encouraged a deal could be done. He negotiated with the player and agent to get the wages in order and left Michael Gordon and co to do the rest.

 

[saint.nick]

Well, did they go after Teixeira for his AM qualities or his ability to play up front? It seems strange to not need a striker unless you fail to bring in a certain AM.

 

[HayneKloppter]

The only thing that gives me hope he can play as a false 9 is his goal scoring ability. You can't teach the knack of finding the back of the net, but then again kuyt and voronin were prolific too in lesser leagues