It isn't crazy money anymore. Just the way the transfer market is now.
Virgil van Dijk | OFFICIAL: Liverpool agree £75m fee (£70m upfront) with Southampton
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Money has gone crazy. Probably means Coutinho is off, though.
I know Lukaku isn't in great form right now, but in the Premier League you'd still have to rate him as one of the top centre forwards. I don't think Van Dijk is anywhere near being as good a CB as Lukaku is a striker... Can't believe that sum. Southampton are just rinsing Liverpool there, but if you're desperate in January you're going to overpay drastically anyway. They do need a CB, but I'm not sure he is going to improve their defence that much. I reckon fans of most sides could rattle off 10 CB's in our League they'd rather have (and likely cost less).
However, I suppose it could be the difference in the end though and if it means they finished 4th, not 5th, you'd have to say it was worth the money?
I know Lukaku isn't in great form right now, but in the Premier League you'd still have to rate him as one of the top centre forwards. I don't think Van Dijk is anywhere near being as good a CB as Lukaku is a striker... Can't believe that sum. Southampton are just rinsing Liverpool there, but if you're desperate in January you're going to overpay drastically anyway. They do need a CB, but I'm not sure he is going to improve their defence that much. I reckon fans of most sides could rattle off 10 CB's in our League they'd rather have (and likely cost less).
However, I suppose it could be the difference in the end though and if it means they finished 4th, not 5th, you'd have to say it was worth the money?
This is mental
When you think walker went for what, 50m, and he's a far better player they are definitely paying over the odds!
Sorry but it is, even in this market.
He's worth twice that 
How do other clubs get such bargains while we have to overpay for everything? whitetext
How do other clubs get such bargains while we have to overpay for everything? whitetextSeventy five fecking million.....absolutely insane for a defender.
75 million 
Pool...The market, if possible, just got even more inflated.
Shopping around for us will be a fecking joy.
Shopping around for us will be a fecking joy.
Bizarre. Good player, but not the kind you spunk that much on. Will he even sort out their defence?
Where's the Klopp quotes about him not spending crazy money
Same fee as we paid for Lukaku, lets see which team benefits most before we ridicule the pool. No idea how Liverpool can afford this deal at quoted fee.
Seems that Jose had a point with his recent statements on transfers after all....
Seems that Jose had a point with his recent statements on transfers after all....
Hate to admit it, but if they got a good goalkeeper, they'd actually have an argument for the first time in a while. Although, I think they'd still be at least a full back short, and might need an actual striker of some pedigree as well. I think Coutinho and Sturridge won't be there next season.
They will surely have to sell some players?
No they wont
Coutinho is off anywayKeita is awesome and well worth the price tag.
Just think about some of the top class players who have gone for less than that just in the past year or two. Not even CB's either. Liverpool will pay more for him than we payed for Morata. Insanity.
Damn am I glad we're set at CB. Christensen is only 21 and I think better than VVD. He was a free transfer. Rüdiger was "only" about 30m and he's been great for us this season. Don't think VVD offers anything that he doesn't.
Damn am I glad we're set at CB. Christensen is only 21 and I think better than VVD. He was a free transfer. Rüdiger was "only" about 30m and he's been great for us this season. Don't think VVD offers anything that he doesn't.
Jurgen Klopp
Find it hard to believe that if he was as good as people are saying Liverpool were able to get him without much competition. Why didn't a perennial title challenger scoop him up?
It crazy we see teams getting better and we laugh at them. They needed a defender and they got one. We on the other hand beat around the bush instead of buying the players we actually need. We have a 36+ year old as a back up striker yet we are laughing at teams that are actually upgrading their talent.
Firmino has 16 goals and 8 assists in 29 games and presses/works very hard for the team. Having an out and out striker wouldn't work for us, it would hinder our attack
We need to get our transfers right. It is fecking annoying that every rival signs a random player every summer who turns out to be an absolute game-changer and elevates their whole team. While we faff around signing the likes of Mkhitaryan and Lukaku.
Theyve conceded goals from set pieces not involving CBs. Granted he might help organize it a bit better, but from what ive seen, hes not been great for Southampton. Theres a chance he might have been phoning it in trying not to get injured for this move to happen however.
I think hes an upgrade on their current CBs though.
He'd only been at Leipzig for a year so guess other teams don't want to take the risk (or were sorted in that position).
They needed a goalkeeper more and don't seem to be linked to one.
And in VVD's case, 75 million quid.
Talk about Liverpool title challenge
They got Salah, Mane, Firmino, and Coutinho without competition too. Spurs got Eriksen and Alli without competition. City got KDB, Sane and Jesus without competition.
I'd say the main reason is that no other top club wanted a near 60m midfielder, especially if they had to wait a year to get him.
Indicator that Coutinho could be on his way out in Jan?
Didn't they say they were going to stay away from VVD after the scandal in the summer?
Or was that just for the next couple days, and after that it didn't matter anymore?
Or was that just for the next couple days, and after that it didn't matter anymore?
VVD hasn’t played well for the best part of a year. The fact he probably downed tool shows what a character he is.
Not sure why people are getting annoyed over this. They wasted most their Coutinho funds on him.
Christensen? I thought you were a United fan.
Wouldn't have to be first choice, but IMO you need that extra dimension because time and time again, whichever team you talk about, Plan A never works every time.
No he pretended to be one.
Hence why it has cost them over 75m.
£75m for a guy whose either been phoning it in or on the treatment table for the last 12 months.
I was talking about Keita more, actually. I am not too worried about Liverpool, we actually finished above them 3 times out of the 4 banter years we had and won 2 trophies in that time.
I am angrier at our scouting policy. It is literally non-existent bar chasing superstars like Griezmann, Pogba etc -- players that even I could scout at first glance. What about unearthing some lesser names who turn out to be great, we never seem to do that. If we do sign such players, like Herrera or Depay, they turn out to be shite.
Cause Klopp has a net spend of €50M before Keita and VVD. If they sell Sturridge/Coutinho, he´ll have changed over the whole starting 11 except for Mignolet/Henderson for €50M.
What more illustrious rivals are there than Liverpool in the Premier League? Manchester United are a par, albeit with bigger money. The rest are just plastic oil clubs.
It is.
It's a world record for a defender.
He has only played 67 games in a top league. He is nearly 27.
For that sort of money you would want a more proven player.
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