They would have won it regards. Where he could be key is the CL IMO. Or he could be disappointing. I mean, people pretend as though this CL run is the norm for him whereas it isn't.
Thiago Alcantara at Liverpool - Will he be a success?
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He will fit in just fine, technically pretty much perfect he could be deployed anywhere in midfield.
Pissed off! He should have been our player years ago. Fecking hell.
He will be a success, but it's up to our players to stand up and perform.
They were a good team without Thiago and they will be a good team with him, has anything really changed?
We need to focus on our game and make sure we are more hungry than them. That is the only way we can hope to compete.
They were a good team without Thiago and they will be a good team with him, has anything really changed?
We need to focus on our game and make sure we are more hungry than them. That is the only way we can hope to compete.
Seriously, people are talking like they have signed Messi in his prime.
12 months ago I didn't even here is name mentioned.
12 months ago I didn't even here is name mentioned.
Fantastic player, it's pretty much a guarantee he will be a success as his game is so simple I find it hard to believe he wouldn't slot into any team and look fantastic.
He has had a really great year and is clearly a good player. I'm not sure though if I rate him just as highly as some others do.
He inst on Messi levels clearly, few are, hes a world class midfielder for £25M, its robbery.
Injury prone and with a reputation for disappearing in big games. Liverpool aren't winning the league this season.
Best way to gage these things is by asking the BM fans, haveing heard a few on here and on other forums... they are all gutted to have lost him.
If he stays injury free for them he will be massive for them. Our only light at the end of this tunnel may be the fact that our age profile is younger than theirs and hopefully we will but still hitting our peak as they are tailing off.
Thank you.
Just because a rival signed a WC midfielder the caf breaks down. We cannot sign everyone that becomes available in the market.
The funny thing is when we did used to do that with Di Maria, Falcao, Sanchez, etc... they complained that we just buy players for the name.
We changed our transfer strategy, now they want big names coming in.
I know Thiago would have been good for us and it is a good price but think about it logically, this club does not have a bottomless pit of money. We have CM's we need a RW and defence, any further money spent on areas we dont desperately need means less money to improve the actual team.
I simply cant see past Liverpool winning the league.
Reminds me of Ballack to Chelsea. Chelsea were the PL champs and Ballack was a world class midfielder that arrived from Bayern.
Everyone thought him and Shevchenko arriving meant the title was a given for Chelsea but Ballack disrupted the balance of the team and United pipped them to the title.
I think it will go a similar way but City will be the ones to win the title. Bayern don’t let their best players go unless there is a reason. They clearly don’t trust his injury record and the pace and physicality of the PL may add to his already ridiculous injury record.
Everyone thought him and Shevchenko arriving meant the title was a given for Chelsea but Ballack disrupted the balance of the team and United pipped them to the title.
I think it will go a similar way but City will be the ones to win the title. Bayern don’t let their best players go unless there is a reason. They clearly don’t trust his injury record and the pace and physicality of the PL may add to his already ridiculous injury record.
What an emotional malady that must be.
Quite unpleasant I will grant you that.
He wanted to leave.
I'll piss in my own mouth if he flops let's put it that way
Bayern won't miss him, Goretzka and Kimmich the real stars of Munich's Midfield.
He's a good player but it's funny how people don't state 'will he be able to handle the pace of the premiership' with Thiago, yet seem too with majority of other foreign brought players.
The fact remains he was good in the Champions League, less so in the league. He's never plied his trade in the premiership, I think he'll find it a challenge.
Also will his groin hold out under the extra demands and games he'll have to play?
He is overrated on here by the majority, I'm not losing much sleep over Liverpool getting him.
He's a good player but it's funny how people don't state 'will he be able to handle the pace of the premiership' with Thiago, yet seem too with majority of other foreign brought players.
The fact remains he was good in the Champions League, less so in the league. He's never plied his trade in the premiership, I think he'll find it a challenge.
Also will his groin hold out under the extra demands and games he'll have to play?
He is overrated on here by the majority, I'm not losing much sleep over Liverpool getting him.
He was ready to stay at Bayen, until his agent informed him someone somewhere is offering more money.
Its a no brainer in terms of quality & price, but it does raise some tactical questions for Klopp. His style of play at Liverpool relies on 3 workhorses in the middle of the park to consistently cover all areas of the pitch. That's what gives Robertson and TTA the freedom to attack so much down the flanks, and in turns allows Mane and Salah to get in the middle and score goals. Thiago pulls his weight, but he's not going to provide anywhere near the levels of hard work that Henderson or Wijnaldum do, or be the defensive shield that Fabinho is. Obviously the hope for their opponents is that he upsets the balance in that team.
There's i) literally nothing that indicates that and ii) literally nothing so far that indicates that he'll earn more at Liverpool than he did at Bayern.
You're talking out of your arse in this thread.
Basically this. Even looking forward to seeing him at times too, that’s the worst part. I never watch their games unless forced to, but be is a star and he will make them better for sure. Fecking sucks endless.
If Bayern wanted to keep him they easily could have, especially when they are financially stronger than Liverpool. No way Bayern accept €30m for him if they don’t see him as surplus to requirements.
Has he signed?
Ask the Munich fans.
If he wanted to leave, he will leave and he has one year left on his contract. I've only watched him in the big games in Germany and the CL and he is a quality player. Why do some fans on here not accept that when it comes to Liverpool, don't let the rivalry blind you, this is a cracking deal for Liverpool.
Like someone else said, he is only leaving because of being offered more money. Bayern would have matched that amount if they deemed him worth the wage request. They don’t let players contracts run down unless they know something.
I just cant see the point of a ball playing DM when the midfielders around him doesnt play well that way.
Someone like Pogba who can pick balls over the top and spread the play would be amazing for them, not soneone who is great at playing it short and in tight spaces only to give it to Henderson or Fabinho?
Someone like Pogba who can pick balls over the top and spread the play would be amazing for them, not soneone who is great at playing it short and in tight spaces only to give it to Henderson or Fabinho?
How?
Please explain to me how keeping a player against his will for one more year is beneficial to either one of the parties, rather than bagging €25-30m for him now and parting in excellent conditions?
The change in mentality between both us and Liverpool in the past 5 years it's absolutely extraordinary. I'd never thought I'd see Man Utd just watch our biggest rival make crucial signings and we are standing still basically applauding them while deep in our own shit.
Against his will, that is such hyperbole. He is leaving for money it’s as simple as that. If Bayern matched his wage and he had to choose, he would choose to stay at Bayern.
Bayern just don’t deem him to be worth the wage demands.
See my latest post. I'm done with this, keep clutching at straws mate. Believe whatever you want if that makes you happier.
Nothing worse than a biased Liverpool fan. The fans love to believe “everyone wants to join us, we are the biggest club in the world and our amazing manager is Jesus reincarnate,”
I also didn’t make anything up.
The contract was fixed between the 2 parties until Liverpool offered him more money. You do realise he along with most players are in talks with other clubs representatives.
He could be the catalyst to play a different way. Keita began to settle in last year so maybe the midfield can play on the front foot now. Their success last year relied on an exceptional defence, and the attack was gradually becoming less potent. A more dominant midfield could potentially release the burden on both.
That's exactly the same thing I seen reported. He has won everything he can in Spain, Germany and now will in England, BM fans can accept this, guys who watch him week in and week out.
Im getting sick and tired of United when it comes to transfers my blood is boiling why cant some rich Arabs take over and rid us of this ownership from hell