https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/durchschnittsalter/wettbewerb/GB1
One of them will be twice as expensive., though...
Naah. It will be pretty difficult to convince Dortmund still.
And Gomes
I think your only real competition was Liverpool. Madrid have Benzema and have just invested on jovic, Atleti just got Morata off of you guys and Barca have a hard on for Lautaro Martinez. Haaland at dortmund, Lewa at Bayern. The other English top teams don't seem to have a striker as a priority signing. Juve seem to be trying to upgrade their midfield not the attack. There was a lot of movement of strikers to big teams last summer.
The hope is they try to fix their leaky defence instead
I think Liverpool are just skint. 50m for a player of Werners caliber is not that much even in this current climate. Look at how much you guys sold Morata for.
It’s kind of a moot point though in the sense Werner is more valuable to Chelsea who need a striker and Sancho more valuable to us who need a RW.
They certainly aren’t skint but I don’t feel there is the same demand/need for a striker like Werner at Liverpool as Firmino, Salah and Mane still have a few peak years left in them.
Klopp asked for more time to raise the funds. They seemingly desperately wanted him.
Long term injuries to three of our best attacking players (Pogba, Rashford and Martial) was particularly unfortunate this season. Without those I think we’d have been confirmatory ahead of Chelsea.
Only because he's young and raw. He's a striker. Scored a hatrick against Chelsea youth team to knock them out of the youth Cup for first time in 4 years not too long ago. I was there. The lad is going to be a superstar. Far better than Martial and Werner from what I have seen. We've struck lucky with a generational talent.
Good players but both are a pretty slight builds. I think Chelsea will have a physicality issue with Ziyech, Werner, Mount and Pulisic in the same side. Kante and Kovacic are both good players but neither are tall or strong. Defending set pieces could be a nightmare.
VVD and Alisson were funded by Coutinho's sale. Our net spend since Klopp arrived is £107m, about 25m a season. Looks like we are going to start the new season with the same squad for the 3rd consecutive year.
Mortata actually started strongly at Chelsea.
Morata actually did start strong though, he had 6 in 6 in the league including a hat-trick.
Well that's why he had 6 in 6 then isn't it
It's a strong start nonetheless. United players haven't managed a single league hat-trick for over 7 years.Well that's why he had 6 in 6 then isn't it
Would make the second transfer window in a row where they didn't buy anyone. Betting on their front three to always make it through 70+ games a season without picking up serious injuries is a huge gamble.
Well, add that to the AFCON in January, they will definitely need another forward.
Pre Covid 19 they would have matched our bid I think, now they don't want to though as will lose loads of money like all clubs. We promised Lampard the Hazard money to spend so still paying a pre covid 19 transfer price. I expect transfer fees to collapse over the next couple of years and there to be lots of swaps.
I think Liverpool's bussiness model is much, much closer to Arsenal/Spurs than City/UTD. Personally I see Gerrard replacing Klopp two years from now and Pool trying to do smart deals instead of spend, spend.
You sold Morata+Hazard for 150M+, right? So still should have 60+ available. Plus sales and other money.
We didnt kill morata.
Chelsea wouldn’t have all of them on at the same time I wouldn’t have thought.
I’m sure they will add to the squad I just don’t see them doing so heavily.
How's this related to whatever I said?
Chelsea did spend £40m to make Kovacic's deal permanent last summer though.
This is the problem Klopp will have in the next year or so. Every player he goes for will want regular football.
They will get Mbappe when the time is right.
Ziyech and Werner this summer.
Yeah, just saying, you mentioned the Hazard + Morata money, which has essentially translated into Ziyech, Werner this summer, plus Kovacic last summer, so the extra £60m from the sales is more like £15-20m.
Which big team is desperate for a striker? There is a reason why there are no strong links for someone like aubameyang despite the fact that it's obvious he wants to leave. All the big teams seem to be content with their options on the st position.
