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This would be my initial thoughts. Haaland and Bellingham had a right bromance going on at Dortmund.
Winter Transfer Window 22/23
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Dont know how much truth there is in this but if its true then I'm pretty happy with it, Amrabat really impressed me at the World Cup and I said a few times that he'd make a good alternative for the Fabinho role.
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Liverpool 'make Amrabat a top transfer target alongside Bellingham'
Amrabat was a key part of Morocco's run at the World Cup as they became the first ever African side to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, playing every minute in Qatar.
Rather have Enzo if picking from world cup players we saw.Dont know how much truth there is in this but if its true then I'm pretty happy with it, Amrabat really impressed me at the World Cup and I said a few times that he'd make a good alternative for the Fabinho role.
Liverpool 'make Amrabat a top transfer target alongside Bellingham'
Amrabat was a key part of Morocco's run at the World Cup as they became the first ever African side to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, playing every minute in Qatar.
I think the two issues there are that Amrabat can likely be had for 35-40m, whereas the price on Fernandez is 100m. Also Amrabat is really a defensive/holding midfielder, so would be a like for like with Fabinho , whereas Fernandez is a more central/attacking midfielder, which I would imagine is the role that Bellingham is wanted for. If you were looking at pairs of midfielders then a pairing of Amrabat and Bellingham would work, or Amrabat and Fernandez...as their positions would compliment each other, rather than Fernandez and Bellingham as they would be too similar I'd say.
Ideally id want all three to be honest as that would freshen up the midfield and Enzo and Bellingham both young so would get plenty of years out of them.
Yeah I'd agree with having all 3, not sure the financiers would agree with a 250m layout. Truth be told I think we'll only end up getting 1 of the 3 anyway.
I might be wrong but I'm not convinced by the Amrabat links - it feels very much like his agent trying to flush out interest in him. Regarding finances, the club have shown in the past that they're flexible in terms of spending big in the short-term and then making up for it with lower spends later. Something I don't think many people realise also is that for the past 7 years or so, we've spent between £250-300m on the stadium and training ground - that finishes this summer, freeing up a lot of cash.
We arent strapped for cash but equally I dont see us whacking out 200m on 2 midfielders.
I'm hoping theres geniune intent for Amrabat. If the rumours are true then Klopp himself has been involved in wanting Amrabat, as I say he impressed me a lot in the World Cup and could provide a good alternative to a form struggling Fabinho
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I think many people would have said the same about signing Alisson and VVD for £140m - across the 17/18 and 18/19 seasons we had a net spend of over £200m and the club are in a far stronger position financially now than then. Fwiw, I'm not sure Fernandez is costing £100m - the talk is his release clause is around that amount but I think you can get him for less.
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You also sold Countinho for 120 million.
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Last I read they werent (understandably) letting Fernandez go unless his release clause was met. If we are serious about Bellingham, then I feel that signing Amrabat for 35-40m is far more likely to happen than us signing Bellingham and then Fernandez as well but, as with the last transfer window and all the kerfuffle over us needing/not needing a midfielder, all we can do is wait and see what actually happens
I think if you wanted to sign him in January you'd have to pay it but I'm not sure about the summer. As impressive as he was in the WC (and reportedly has been for Benfica), I'm not sure he's done enough to justify that sort of fee and ultimately trading players is what Benfica do but time will tell I guess. What I will say is that we've been linked with Fernandez long before the WC - a couple of journo's reported back in August/September time that we had our eye on him prior to him joining Benfica and were continuing to monitor him. I think the club have taken an approach in recent years to wait and see how players do at the next level before making their move - that approach may end up costing them a lot of money in this case though.
And we still ended up with a net spend of well over £200m over that period, at a time where we were also spending £50-60m on a new training ground and repaying £100m+ on a loan for our new main stand.
I saw that tweet aswell
Cunha to wolves for 50 mill give or take, seems pretty excessive for someone that appears to be bang average.
Eventually they have to be right sometimesI saw that tweet aswell
Cunha to wolves for 50 mill give or take, seems pretty excessive for someone that appears to be bang average.
Yeah I don't get that fee for him, may still improve wolves slightly
I cant help but think that if we go for Enzo it will be because we are out of the running for Bellingham.
Is this for financial or footballing reasons? I ask because they're very different types of player
Keita was meant to be the long term answer as our midfield playmaker but his inability to stay fit for more than 45 minutes has meant Thiago has been required to play far more than his body is capable of. Fernandez is very much that type of player and would provide the short term cover/competition for Thiago as well as being his long term successor.
Bellingham is much more box to box and we probably don't play with that type of player which is why I've always been slightly cautious of the 'Bellingham or nothing' chat over the last 12 months. I've no doubt we like him and want him but I think our interest is purely because of how good he is and you just find a way of fitting him into the side but I don't see it as an either or with Fernandez. Whether we can convince one or both to sign for us is of course another matter.
Naby was very much a modern box to box midfielder at Leipzig- Status