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Scouseinthehouse said:
I don't think you've been paying much attention to just what L'pool let out and what they don't since they badly messed up the initial van Dijk deal that ended up costing them another £25 million or so. There's been little to nottin coming out of the club since then and when there has, they've invariably made a good few journalists look pretty silly by completely misdirecting them. Alisson last year was a prime example that left the local corp with egg on their face.

The Pepe example doesn't stack up with how you've just described it either as there's absolutely zero reason to so vehemently deny any interest, if they have no interest. It wouldn't effect them at all. The Bruno Fernandes rumours won't go away but they've not gone off on one through a local at Sporting and those links as much as they moot through the press they aren't interested there. So what gives on Pepe to make that different? If anything, if they were working on something else, that distraction with Pepe only benefits them.

I've no clue whether they are or aren't interested. (I couldn't tell you who their targets are. So good have the got at letting next to nothing out.).

But I certainly wouldn't dismiss anything as a possibility out of the club given how they've been operating the last few years in the high end, smoke and mirrors transfer game.
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You're talking to someone who interacts with media managers and sport journalists for a living. I don't pretend to be an expert in everything, but this absolutely one area I know better than anyone here, and by a country mile. Again they didn't misdirect over Allison, they just didn't say anything, and let papers run with what they were hearing from other agents and sources, that's not misdirection, that's no comment.

The Pepe argument does stack up, I'm not sure how you've managed to misread what I wrote on that entirely, as I said, its also about pointing out they won't be used to play games, as such things can drive up fees for anyone they do want to chase.

Again its not smoke and mirrors, transfers aren't spycraft
 
I didn't misread what you wrote on Pepe. It just doesn't stack up any more than saying they aren't misdirecting people that they'd so vehemently deny any and all interest in those links (to the extent of Edwards contacting the Lille manager to assure him we have no interest) and not equal strong links to anyone else if they did indeed have zero interest.

It's playing games whoever the player is on that theory and you'd think would elicit the same response.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
I didn't misread what you wrote on Pepe. It just doesn't stack up any more than saying they aren't misdirecting people that they'd so vehemently deny any and all interest in those links (to the extent of Edwards contacting the Lille manager to assure him we have no interest) and not equal strong links to anyone else if they did indeed have zero interest.

It's playing games whoever the player is on that theory and you'd think would elicit the same response.
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Because clubs don't go out to lie to reporters on a regular basis. This just isn't really a thing in the industry.

Because sometimes you do something like that to set the record straight, in this case it was with Lille. It's not a blanket rule that you have to do with everyone. Of course, Mane could break his leg at the AFCON and that would change everything, that's what I'm alluding to.
 
'Sake Messi lad. Yers not catching the best goalie the planet out twice over with the same thing!

https://mobile.twitter.com/AnfieldHQ/status/1146304712846860288

NINE successive clean-sheets and counting for club and Country now.

Props to Firmino for another goal and assist too. That's now 2 G/ 3 A. More goal involvements than any player in the tournament.

All the best Alisson and Bobby the Copa final Sunday evening. All for players keeping up the habit of picking up silverware.
 
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Absolute bargain!

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And I know there's no 'official' CL Golden Glove. But to be the first goalie to ever keep the most (joint most the CL) clean-sheets through a season in the three major club and Country competitions just adds to an absolutely phenomenal debut season that's elevated him to the top of the very top echelon of 'keepers currently.

Throw in a club record of 21 clean sheets the league (joint-second most in PL history and the first in over a decade to hit 20 or more), along with the first shut-out in the European Cup Final in 9 years .....

If he extends his current run of 9 successive clean-sheets to double figures against Peru the Copa America final Sunday night and goes through a whole major International tournament from the start to win it without a conceding a goal ..... Absolutely phenomenal year he's had. No other way to put it.

van Dijk's been a ridiculous, difference making addition and is by common consensus the best CH in World football right now and the bookies favourite for the Ballon d'Or. But Alisson has been even more important an addition to a L'pool defence that was never that bad under Klopp outside of the sub-standard clown between the sticks.

As much as goalies rarely are, he should be RIGHT up there for Ballon d'Or consideration this year after his ridiculous, record breaking first season at Anfield.
 
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After a well earned summer break basking in the glory of numero seis, the Reds are back at it today starting out on the long road of hard work to (hopefully) repeating in Istanbul next May.

With the first game at Tranmere a mere 5 days away!

Will Milner beast the bleep test again today? (Rhetorical. The Ronaldo-esq super human freak that he is.).

I'll post on what I'm looking forward to out of pre-season toward that game. But as for the upcoming season as a whole, and expectations/ personal wants .....

Honestly, just to continue improving and be seriously challenging again.

We win the league? Great. We push City all the way and drop 90 plus points but don't? Sound. Can't ask for much more than knowing L'pool have given everything like last season. Aim for consistently putting up 85/90 points at least and eventually you'll win one. Not least with Pep liable to be gone after this season but that's for another discussion on another day.

I fully expect us to be European Cup quarter-finalists at the very least year-on-year from here on in now. And from there it's all down to the luck of the draw.

The CS will be a seriously competitive affair for once with neither side wanting to lose face. But we're liable to not be anywhere near full strength so that's a freebie.

DEFO want to win the SC and CWC though. They should be prioritised.

Above and beyond that, I'd honestly be absolutely made up with an FA Cup (or even League Cup) win. Even if there was no League or European Cup to go along with it. Just continue winning at least one trophy every season and have the memory's of L'pool picking up silverware on a consistent basis again to know we're properly back where we belong.

That'll more than do me.

Great to start out on the journey with them again.

Up the returning best in all of Europe Reds!
 
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Whilst it's on my mind, two personal things that DEFO need sorting ASAP out of pre-season .....

Announce the Charity Shied details L'pool!!!! This is getting beyond ridiculous now! Games less than a month away for Pete's sake! It'll be pay on the gate at this rate! Sort it out!

And FIFA, announce the dates for Qatar already so we can start planning/ booking for December! What the heck is the hold-up there?

I'm checking this daily WAY more than any transfer rumours and it's LONG past being frustrating waiting now!
 
Talking the start of pre-season-

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/355415-caoimhin-kelleher-injury-details

I wonder what difference that may well make to any potential Grabara loan?

Great chance for the big Pole to reestablish himself in the pecking order this summer now.

One man's bad luck is another's good fortune and all that.

Gutted for Naby the other day too that he had to be pulled from Guinea's squad the AFCON. But the break and resting up won't do him any harm before the season starts.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
After a well earned summer break basking in the glory of numero seis, the Reds are back at it today starting out on the long road of hard work to (hopefully) repeating in Istanbul next May.

With the first game at Tranmere a mere 5 days away!

Will Milner beast the bleep test again today? (Rhetorical. The Ronaldo-esq super human freak that he is.).

I'll post on what I'm looking forward to out of pre-season toward that game. But as for the upcoming season as a whole, and expectations/ personal wants .....

Honestly, just to continue improving and be seriously challenging again.

We win the league? Great. We push City all the way and drop 90 plus points but don't? Sound. Can't ask for much more than knowing L'pool have given everything like last season. Aim for consistently putting up 85/90 points at least and eventually you'll win one. Not least with Pep liable to be gone after this season but that's for another discussion on another day.

I fully expect us to be European Cup quarter-finalists at the very least year-on-year from here on in now. And from there it's all down to the luck of the draw.

The CS will be a seriously competitive affair for once with neither side wanting to lose face. But we're liable to not be anywhere near full strength so that's a freebie.

DEFO want to win the SC and CWC though. They should be prioritised.

Above and beyond that, I'd honestly be absolutely made up with an FA Cup (or even League Cup) win. Even if there was no League or European Cup to go along with it. Just continue winning at least one trophy every season and have the memory's of L'pool picking up silverware on a consistent basis again to know we're properly back where we belong.

That'll more than do me.

Great to start out on the journey with them again.

Up the returning best in all of Europe Reds!
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Yep the onus should be competing for the league and CL year in year out and picking up at least one trophy a season. Make a habit out of it.
 
Devoed for Salah with Egypt's shock loss the AFCON last night. Hopefully he clears his head of this before he returns and it doesn't linger as that one will cut especially deep being the host Nation with all the weight of expectation. I might not do International footy per se, but I can fully appreciate just what it means to guys like Mo. Which the manager patently understands and encourages for the benefit of happy players and the changies too. For example in how he happily let's them jet off for the African player awards a few days before a major game. The pride and importance of being there in person to these lads on the Continents highest award stage is immeasurable. And no video acceptance is replacing that.

Success breads success and the older I get, rather than selfishly being happy Mo and Nabby no longer have the extra burden of more games, returning even later before the start of the season; I now take the POV that this is majorly important to them and wish them all the best in games for their respective Nations. With the major positive for L'pool being, when it comes to major tournaments, our players (hopefully) continuing that winning feeling by adding more medals to their collections.

A LOT to be said for one or more of our lads lifting silverware this summer to follow on from #6.

Once you get that winning taste, you want it ALL the time. And that can only be to the benefit of the football club.

So now over to Sadio and his compadres to do Senegal proud now and (hopefully) win the AFCON for the first time.. Draw's really opened up with all these shocks. And first, tonight, all the best to Alisson and Bobby in trying to end Brazil's LONG 12-year-wait for a major International trophy the Copa final against Peru.

Chin up Mo mate. You can't do it single handedly.

Props to SA. Superb display. Thoroughly deserved victory. Take Mo out of the game and Egypt have little else.




 
The most convoluted, mad trophy presentation of a thousand individual awards ever aside, congratulations Alisson, Bobby and their Brazilian compadres on winning Brazil's first major trophy in 12 years.

The Copa America is the oldest International football tournament in the World. First held in 1916, this years vintage was the 46th edition. And Alisson has now become the first goalkeeper in all that time to not concede a goal in open play through the tournament. They'll still find a reason not to, but just give him the Ballon d'Or already after his phenomenal year!

Absolutely made up for our boys there. Biggest prize in club football the start of June. Major International tournament winners the start of July. Not been a bad month or so huh? Go party and enjoy the rest of the summer lads. You've MORE than earned missing the gruelling slog of pre-season.

Campione Liverpool.

Campione Brazil.

Now we just need Sadio and Senegal to round out the year perfectly by winning the AFCON for the first time.
 
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Call me whatever, but a keeper should never win Balon d’Or. Especially not when attackers are registering 40/50/60 goals per season. Would’ve been a farce if Neuer won it a few years back. I appreciate a world class keeper is invaluable to a side, but we have to remember growing up that 99 times out of 100, keepers are keepers because they’re tall & not very good at football lol. Heck even out on the streets, the fat, **** one went in nets.
 
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RhQQ said:
Call me whatever, but a keeper should never win Balon d’Or. Especially not when attackers are registering 40/50/60 goals per season. Would’ve been a farce if Neuer won it a few years back. I appreciate a world class keeper is invaluable to a side, but we have to remember growing up that 99 times out of 100, keepers are keepers because they’re tall & not very good at football lol. Heck even out on the streets, the fat, **** one went in nets.
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You will trigger a lot of responses with this....:P

Also in other Liverpool news:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...17s-midfielder-harvey-elliott-join-liverpool/
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
..... That's an academy signing BTW. For those confused over man-mountain Sepp. :P
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I may have jumped the gun there. This lad is so highly rated they have a similar fast-track plan for him to be integrated with the first team squad from the get-go it would appear-

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spo...rpool-fulham-harvey-elliott-transfer-16551663

https://www.thisisanfield.com/2019/...t-teenager-with-arrogant-footballing-ability/

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/harvey-elliott-fulham-liverpool-transfer-16550422

Whilst other fanbases currently fret about signings, and invariably see their clubs over-paying in this currently vastly over inflated market out of desperation to try reel in City and L'pool; I'm loving being in such a fantastic position as to not have to be worried on the first-team squad per se with the club in no desperate need/ hurry. Able to sit and wait for who they want whilst quietly adding some of the most sought-after young talent across Europe as they continue to plan and safeguard the future.

Real shift change in European football under the mad German ******* going on at all levels of the football club.

Within a week or so of each other, that's the likes of Ajax, Bayern, Barcelona, City, PSV and Real Madrid beaten to two highly coveted youngsters. We're really positioning ourselves to top the tree/ be one of the most attractive clubs around for top young European talents. (And we're not just talking beating major clubs to the punch on Academy prospects here but young lads who are earmarked across the Continent to be genuine first-team stars.). L'pool are putting the homework in over a duration with the players and their family's to not be in a position like Barcelona and Munich were with van den Berg. Desperately calling him and his agent during his medical at Melwood to try usurp the deal. With a proven track-record of both an open pathway to the first team and platform to becoming a European star there for youngsters. And, if they desire the big money, glamour move to one of Spain's big two at a later date, we've shown we've no qualms in selling them on to let hem fulfil that dream.

Just another side of the market we're currently excelling at.

Loving all the future-proofing of the European Champions going on around the arl place.
 
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https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/355737-jurgen-klopp-on-xherdan-shaqiri-injury-latest

Well that's frustrating. Not least for big Shaq with a big sophomore season ahead of him.

But that's football. You find a solution and deal. Next man up and all that.

So on the flip side I love it'll probably give a young lad a bigger chance to impress with the first-team this summer.

No rush Xherdan. Rest up well and fully heal it mate. More than enough games this year for you to get your share again.
 
The Fulham lad it's been widely reported City were heavily interested in him.

But it's all moot when it comes to City and youth as until you start showing that pathway you're not going to be in the market for top youth.

The Sancho mess is all any young player needs to look at.
 
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