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Liverpool agree to sell Takumi Minamino to Monaco for €18 million

Monaco have agreed a €18 million deal to sign Takumi Minamino from Liverpool. Minamino has agreed personal terms with the Ligue 1 side but the deal is subject to a medical as the 27-year-old is still in his native Japan. Liverpool will receive a fixed fee of €15 million with another €3...
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Can't argue with that. £15.4 million, with £12.87 million guaranteed.

More than doubling our money, along with all the merchandising off the signing in Asia, after 2 and a half seasons and all the major domestic trophies he contributed to.

To continue your excellent start in the main gig, not too shabby work Mr Ward for a 6th/ 7th choice forward. Not too shabby at all. ✅ 👏🏻

Really hard not to like Taki San. He come into a completely new culture, on and off the park, and was immediately locked down in a strange City/ Country with no friends or family around him. Fate dealt him a terrible hand here from the get-go but he persevered, always playing catch-up to what he missed out on in that vital first 6 months and more, and made himself a pretty successful piece his one proper full season here last year and somewhat turned himself into a cult hero.

My highlight of last year remains his dramatic, last kick equaliser in the comeback against Leicester to take the LC tie into extra-time. The noisiest by far the arl place has been since we were allowed to return to the match on a real Scouse pride night.

We wouldn't be still buzzing off our 8th double winning season if it wasn't for Minamino. For that alone, he'll always be fondly remembered.

Thank you, for your, albeit brief, contribution to the cause and some boss memory's therein. All the best in the Principality mate. If you can't enjoy living there, you can't enjoy living anywhere.

With that, Connor's loan, and the positive afternoon at the French Senate making it clear we weren't to blame for the horror at the CL Final, after the earlier UEFA lies fell on deaf ears, this has turned into a very good Tuesday.
 
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* @Tyton - Small point of interest for you domestically next season mate. Your National U19 'keeper is stepping up to the Esktraklasa.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1539519108341026816

We have a proper goalkeeping school in place don’t we? All at different levels and all with tremendous potential. All developing nicely. It was only a few weeks back we gave Jakub’s younger countryman, Mrozek, his first contract extension.

Really is testimony to both out youth recruitment and the excellent coaching of Achterberg, Robinson, Taffarel, Edwards and co that L’pool is becoming a real haven for quality goalies. Which should save a packet financially as the conveyer belt is firmly in place for when Kelleher deservedly moves on, another quality back-up to the Worlds best will be ready to step up into the role.

And now a major step up in this young Poles development from the Welsh league last year, to the top league in Poland this.

All the best back home Jakub next season. You certainly have as good a chance as anyone to be Alisson’s next understudy if you keep on developing as you have to date.
 
Excellent little read this AM on the one signing this window who (admittedly as I've watched him far more than any of the others to gauge a decent opinion) excites me more than anyone. I can well see Fabio being significantly involved early.

www.bbc.co.uk

How a chance meeting made Liverpool's next star

BBC Sport charts new Liverpool signing Fabio Carvalho's rise from Benfica to Merseyside, via Balham FC.
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With Sadio set to be 'officially' announced at Bayern at some point today, ending a trophy laden era of one of the best forward lines in not only this football clubs but PL history, looking back over the numbers of our 'original' front three is mind blowing-

GAMES.

731 combined appearances together since Mo joined in 2017. Consistently available.
  • Mane and Salah: 223 games (150 wins)
  • Salah and Firmino: 212 games (135 wins)
  • Mane and Firmino: 197 games (126 wins)

GOALS.

338 combined.
  • Salah: 156
  • Mane: 107
  • Firmino: 75
ASSITS.

139 combined.
  • Salah: 58
  • Firmino: 50
  • Mane: 31
With 66% of those to each other! So much for the 'selfish' bunkum that they don't get along. 🤦🏼‍♂️
  • Firmino to Salah: 21
  • Mane to Salah: 18
  • Firmino to Mane: 18
  • Salah to Mane: 18
  • Salah to Firmino: 11
  • Mane to Firmino: 6
End of an era indeed. Those numbers are just mind boggling in black and white.

Sadio is the defining player of the Klopp era to date for me. His first major signing and a key building block who was one of the most important and influential players through all the trophy laden success his 6 years here. He kickstarted the revolution under Jürgen and was at the start of what is now a World envied recruitment operation that underpins everything we do as a football club and how successful we are. Heck, he reinvented himself twice, from initial RW, to LW, and then CF last year to great success. All without missing a beat. It's been a privilege and an absolutely phenomenal 6-years with him donning our colours.

I shall miss him dearly and can't thank him enough for the copious amounts of wondrous memories we've experienced together that money just can not buy. An absolute bonafide Liverpool FC and PL LEGEND!

What I won't miss, however,, is those among our number (on-line/ SM), who follow him and are desperate to discredit Liverpool, Klopp and, in particular, Mo Salah at every opportunity. Like it was always some great contest between our two African Kings. And you had to come down on one side or the other. 🤦🏼‍♂️

EVERY Red should love Sadio Mané for what he is. An absolute club legend on the pitch. And even better and bigger person off it.

If you need to slight others because your favourite has gone, and can't appreciate every L'pool player equally, then honestly, this football club isn't for you.
 
That too, just can never produce midfield capable of feeding them passes. It's very odd when you think about it, must be something ****** with youth recruitment and training.
 
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