January Transfer Window 2017/18

Robbo · 27 Dec 2017 at 18:24

He's not the greatest defender but he's a ball playing defender who pushes forward and acts like a defensive midfielder at times too. Klopp's aggressive football needs defenders like that.

Transfers have gone crazy now, any in demand player will be £50m+.

BaZ87 · 27 Dec 2017 at 18:30

Jimbeam3678 said:
Pants.Pulled.Down! That fee is ludicrous, he is hardly the next Rio is he?!

This normally upsets people but Ferdinand's fee adjusted for football inflation would have been well over £100m. The fee is mad though, no doubt but look at all the transfer fees for CB's in the last year or so. You spent £40m+ on Sanchez who was relatively unknown/unproven, Utd spent up to £40m on Lindelof and he's ****, Michale Keane cost £25-30m(?), heck even a soon to be 30 year old Jonny Evans is supposed to be costing £30m odd.

The standard of CB's around is pretty abysmal these days and anybody half decent or with an ounce of potential is costing a fortune. We could have easily spent a lot of money and ended up with another useless CB, paying a bit more is fine by me if he ends up doing his job.

Kenai · 27 Dec 2017 at 18:45

Good riddance, he's been gone since the summer anyway. Hopefully we can make use of the money but I suspect it will be going to a Chinese bank account.

killem · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:00

Kenai said:
Good riddance, he's been gone since the summer anyway. Hopefully we can make use of the money but I suspect it will be going to a Chinese bank account.

my thoughts exactly. We really need to spend it on attacking players and start scoring more goals.

ThestigGT999 · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:11

could have got Stefan de Vrij for half that

omnomnom · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:20

You could have got a number of players for half that...they arent as good mind you.

killem · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:20

ThestigGT999 said:
could have got Stefan de Vrij for half that

Seeing as Lazio sold southampton Wesley Hoedt in the summer I doubt they would sell for £37.5 mill.

Tombstone · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:24

Its a big sum thats for sure but as someone said above, the way the market exploded last summer any top player will cost a minimum of 50m now. The days of picking up top players for 10 or 20m are going to be few and far between now.

He isnt perhaps the greatest defender in the world but he is a leader and more than anything thats what we lack in defence. Going to be a lot of pressure on him but the important thing is that we got a centre back instead of yet another attacking midfielder.

ThestigGT999 · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:32

killem said:
Seeing as Lazio sold southampton Wesley Hoedt in the summer I doubt they would sell for £37.5 mill.

contract expiring next summer

BaZ87 · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:33

Tombstone said:
Its a big sum thats for sure but as someone said above, the way the market exploded last summer any top player will cost a minimum of 50m now. The days of picking up top players for 10 or 20m are going to be few and far between now.

He isnt perhaps the greatest defender in the world but he is a leader and more than anything thats what we lack in defence. Going to be a lot of pressure on him but the important thing is that we got a centre back instead of yet another attacking midfielder.

I chipped in £25m to get the deal over the line just to shut you up about signing a cb

nemtizz · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:39

Insane money to spend on a CB when Migs is still throwing them in.

Tombstone · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:40

BaZ87 said:
I chipped in £25m to get the deal over the line just to shut you up about signing a cb

Now for Keisuke Honda

dannyjo22 · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:41

Pre spending the Coutinho money. Should have 50m left over too.

Jimbeam3678 · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:45

BaZ87 said:
This normally upsets people but Ferdinand's fee adjusted for football inflation would have been well over £100m. The fee is mad though, no doubt but look at all the transfer fees for CB's in the last year or so. You spent £40m+ on Sanchez who was relatively unknown/unproven, Utd spent up to £40m on Lindelof and he's ****, Michale Keane cost £25-30m(?), heck even a soon to be 30 year old Jonny Evans is supposed to be costing £30m odd.

The standard of CB's around is pretty abysmal these days and anybody half decent or with an ounce of potential is costing a fortune. We could have easily spent a lot of money and ended up with another useless CB, paying a bit more is fine by me if he ends up doing his job.

The Rio fee I was more than aware of as you may have mentioned it a few times

I'd agree with all of the above however, hasn't he been **** all season? Happy to be proven wrong.

Sanchez was hardly unknown though.

BaZ87 · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:50

Jimbeam3678 said:
The Rio fee I was more than aware of as you may have mentioned it a few times I'd agree with all of the above however, hasn't he been **** all season? Happy to be proven wrong.

Sanchez was hardly unknown though.

I can't say I've watched every Southampton game but he did gift us a goal earlier in the season but we all know his head and heart was in a Liverpool shirt by then so who could blame him

Unknown probably isn't the right word but £40m+ for a 21 year old who's had 1 season in Europe and coming from a league with a very patchy success rate was a lot of money. We're obviously paying a premium because he's tried, tested and established in the PL.

Kenai · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:55

Van Dijk has been utter crap this season but I suspect it's down to being mentally a Liverpool player already

BaZ87 · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:57

Kenai said:
Van Dijk has been utter crap this season but I suspect it's down to being mentally a Liverpool player already

I'm not sure if you're saying his mind hasn't been on the job or he realised he's going to play for Liverpool and that's enough to destroy him as a defender. I suspect both could easily be true.

Andybtsn · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:58

When fullbacks are 50m nowadays not really surprising.

Kenai · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:58

BaZ87 said:
I'm not sure if you're saying his mind hasn't been on the job or he realised he's going to play for Liverpool and that's enough to destroy him as a defender. I suspect both could easily be true.

It happened to Lovren

antijoke · 27 Dec 2017 at 20:05

Holy ****, they actually pulled it off