Tommo_b Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 It’s quite staggering, Bissouma leaves for Spurs, his replacement some unknown kid comes in and what a season later is off for a British transfer record. Games gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 It’s amazing how much Klopp and Liverpool have stretched that Coutinho money. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 That Liverpool shine ain’t what it used to be and this a desperate ploy after the Bellingham saga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 FWIW, Caicedo looks a cracking player from what I’ve seen. I’d rather have him than Declan Rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Liverpool’s midfield this season is either going to be amazing, or completely terrible. Has a team ever completely overhauled their midfield in one go before? Usually you bring these players in gradually over a few seasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Happy with that transfer for them. Terrible business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MWARLEY2 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) I dont know if this has been geniius from Liverpool or if i am giving them too much credit. Lowballing on Lavia all this time to enable them to watch what was going on with Chelsea and Caicedo. Then Chelsea going in 2 mill under the asking price ( 2 mill !!) to try and get Liverpool to bite for Lavia. Then Liverpool all of a sudden finding £70 mill down the back of the sofa for Caicedo I am positive Bloom would have been feeding them info as he hates Chelsea by now. .....scrap all that 110 mill for the same price as Kamara, Luiz, McGinn, Martinez Tielemans, Pau and Diaby. Mentalists Edited August 11, 2023 by MWARLEY2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 They could have signed the likes of Graverbach or others for cheaper in Europe. The desperation to appease the fan base is bad for the game generally. Outbidding Chelsea is not a good look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, The_Steve said: They could have signed the likes of Graverbach or others for cheaper in Europe. The desperation to appease the fan base is bad for the game generally. Outbidding Chelsea is not a good look. As big as Liverpool are, they don't have the money backing of the oil teams. If Caicedo flops they are **** Will take them a while to recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 11, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 11, 2023 That is a lot of money for Caicedo! He's a player that I must admit largely passes me by in games I've seen Brighton play - I mean he must be good, but for the money they're paying you want someone that you come away from games thinking "wow" about. What do Brighton fans think about this signing? I think our midfield four just became worth a quarter of a billion pounds. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 56 minutes ago, bobzy said: FWIW, Caicedo looks a cracking player from what I’ve seen. I’d rather have him than Declan Rice. He's better and has more to his game imo. 110 is ridiculous but he should cost more than what Rice did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: That is a lot of money for Caicedo! He's a player that I must admit largely passes me by in games I've seen Brighton play - I mean he must be good, but for the money they're paying you want someone that you come away from games thinking "wow" about. What do Brighton fans think about this signing? I think our midfield four just became worth a quarter of a billion pounds. He is what they need which is why i am a bit gutted. All their attacking players need that base and indeed legs. They now have them. Might not be an exciting signing but it is the right signing for Liverpool. And its not a risk. They know Him and Gary can play together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Might be one for the conspiracy thread, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out like Chelsea, Liverpool are getting Saudi backing. I’ve tongue in cheek joked about their away shirt being Saudi colours, but then if you look at the money they got for Henderson and Fabinho, mixed with the amount they are now spending on Caicedo and it starts to add up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 11, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, MWARLEY2 said: He is what they need which is why i am a bit gutted. All their attacking players need that base and indeed legs. They now have them. Might not be an exciting signing but it is the right signing for Liverpool. And its not a risk. They know Him and Gary can play together Even so, it's a huge fee for a player that's played one Premier league season and looked very good rather than great, there's also the Brighton risk factor, there are examples of players that move from Brighton and don't look the same outside of that system/set up. Amazing fee really - the most expensive player ever in the English league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said: Even so, it's a huge fee for a player that's played one Premier league season and looked very good rather than great, there's also the Brighton risk factor, there are examples of players that move from Brighton and don't look the same outside of that system/set up. Amazing fee really - the most expensive player ever in the English league. With players like Grealish City at least knew he was good for marketing and sold plenty of shirts and seats to cover some of the fee. Liverpool ain’t getting any sort of bounce from Caicedo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 56 minutes ago, duke313 said: I bet not one journalist will have the bottle to ask him this either or the price tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Liverpool fans in the office are very excited about this signing but have completely changed their tune on clubs affording to sign a player for £100m - now it appears it’s ok to do so (but they still don’t spend like the Manchester(s), Arsenals, Chelsea’s etc etc) I hope he completely flops at Liverpool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 10 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Even so, it's a huge fee for a player that's played one Premier league season and looked very good rather than great, there's also the Brighton risk factor, there are examples of players that move from Brighton and don't look the same outside of that system/set up. Amazing fee really - the most expensive player ever in the English league. Like I said though I genuinely think these clubs have so much money that the fees are largely irrelevant to them, Liverpool have a higher revenue than Chelsea and utd they've just not splashed it historically, spurs could do it too if Levy felt like it We'll see more and more of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 I have always said buying Brighton players is a huge risk. The club is well organised that a lot are system players and managers. Potter, Bissouma, Cucarella failed when moving on. Trossard has done OK at Arsenal nothing special same with Ben White 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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