Popular Post Wainy316 Posted July 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2016 I hate seeing this thread has been bumped. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 £30 mill is the minimum fee these days in the prem for ok players. However old Tone was quite bolshy the other day about Ayew, so being the smart gazzillionaire he is I imagine he knows intimately and romantically nourishingly every detail of every contract - so given nothing else has pointed to Amavi being offski I doubt Tone will have to sell if he doesn't want to/ have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 For me, Amavi is the symbol of how serious/ able Dr Xia is at getting us back up and making us as good as he suggests. If we can't convince a player who has been out with injury for so long not to give us another six months (by Jan we'll have a good idea if we're going up) then we stand no chance of selling the same vision to players who aren't at the club. Even more so than Ayew as he would expect to play immediately. If Amavi is happier trying to prove his fitness/ ability on the bench elsewhere for a few months rather than give us a chance to match his ambitions then, for me, it'll speak volumes about our immediate to long term future. I recognise it's overly sweeping, but we have little else to go on. Amavi stays and I believe the dream is possible, Amavi goes and it was once again all talk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 8 minutes ago, jackbauer24 said: For me, Amavi is the symbol of how serious/ able Dr Xia is at getting us back up and making us as good as he suggests. If we can't convince a player who has been out with injury for so long not to give us another six months (by Jan we'll have a good idea if we're going up) then we stand no chance of selling the same vision to players who aren't at the club. Even more so than Ayew as he would expect to play immediately. If Amavi is happier trying to prove his fitness/ ability on the bench elsewhere for a few months rather than give us a chance to match his ambitions then, for me, it'll speak volumes about our immediate to long term future. I recognise it's overly sweeping, but we have little else to go on. Amavi stays and I believe the dream is possible, Amavi goes and it was once again all talk. I get your point but I'm not sure I fully agree. There isn't much you can do if a player wants to leave and you have to accept the realities of being a Championship team. Do you move to Liverpool now or do you wait and hope that Aston Villa will really become as big as Liverpool. Most players don't delay this sort of thing if the chance arises as you're only as good as your last season and despite his injury he proved he can cut it. It doesn't speak volumes of our ambition IMO, it speaks volumes of where we are. It'd be a different story if we were in this position but actually in the PL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Due to his serious injury I can't see a club offering us north of 10million for him. If we are strong enough to say no to 7-8 million bids (we best be!!!!) then i presume we will keep him till at least January. If he starts the season on fire then I'll definitely be concerned a top 8 club would come in for him. Should we let him go for a smaller fee, bare in mind RDM and co are seeing him in training every day. He might not have recovered from the injury / be a shadow of his former self (it does happen - think Michael Owen). In which case getting 10m for him might be seen as an excellent piece of business. Edited July 21, 2016 by pas5898 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2016 The only good thing about this will be to act as a nice little top up to my hatred of the scousers in time for the new season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 22 hours ago, Spoony said: I get your point but I'm not sure I fully agree. There isn't much you can do if a player wants to leave and you have to accept the realities of being a Championship team. If he is under contract, you're well within your rights not to sell him (assuming there's no clause). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 I think Amavi needs to look at what Liverpool have done to Downing and Benteke. Both careers have taken a tumble since they left us and joined them. He wont be first choice there, I think he is better to stay here and then move on to a better team that plop in 6-12 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Is this the same level of rumour we've been hearing for about 8 weeks now or has there been any solid interest confirmed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2016 Its a smoke and fire situation. Liverpool have a habit of accidently letting the press know of their targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jareth Posted July 22, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2016 13 minutes ago, Nigel said: Its a smoke and fire situation. Liverpool have a habit of accidently letting the press know of their targets. Scousers are naturally inclined to arson 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted July 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2016 You belong to Tony now! If Amavi and Ayew do stay, and I think they will, we have 2 quality players who will be head and shoulders quality wise, above 95% of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Get French Football @GFFN 1m1 minute ago Napoli have initiated contact for Jordan Amavi, Liverpool continue to monitor the situation, according to @FloFieschi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godders Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 7 minutes ago, daggy_333 said: Get French Football @GFFN 1m1 minute ago Napoli have initiated contact for Jordan Amavi, Liverpool continue to monitor the situation, according to @FloFieschi. Swiftly met by Tony politely asking them to do one if this afternoon's tweets are anything to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 13 hours ago, Demitri_C said: I think Amavi needs to look at what Liverpool have done to Downing and Benteke. Both careers have taken a tumble since they left us and joined them. He wont be first choice there, I think he is better to stay here and then move on to a better team that plop in 6-12 months you dont think Amavi is better than Moreno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Hopefully gets some game time today, could really do with him getting at least an hr under his belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) 23 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Hopefully gets some game time today, could really do with him getting at least an hr under his belt. I'd be happy seeing him get the final 30 minutes to be honest. Slowly, slowly catchy monkey. Edited July 23, 2016 by theboyangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 25, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2016 In some positive Amavi-related news, it would appear that Liverpool have bid £13m for PSV Eindhoven's Jetro Willems who has tweeted [Wijnaldum] holding up a Liverpool scarf and tweeted that they will "see each other again soon!". Pretty fair to assume they wouldn't be splashing that on a backup leftback. That's one major vulture sated. EDIT! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 16 minutes ago, BOF said: In some positive Amavi-related news, it would appear that Liverpool have bid £13m for PSV Eindhoven's Jetro Willems who has tweeted himself holding up a Liverpool scarf. Pretty fair to assume they wouldn't be splashing that on a backup leftback. That's one major vulture sated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 25, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: See edit. Not him holding it up* but the comment is interesting. * My knowledge of Dutch left backs is not what it once was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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