Yeah, I’d prefer a loan at this stage.
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I don’t know why we’d even consider selling him, unless it’s silly money.
Young, home-grown with a big upside. He needs game time and he should get a loan but a sale should be off the table.
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2023-24: 33 games, 2494 mins
2024-25: 25 games, 1290 mins
That’s a significant drop, specially considering Gomez didn’t play much either.
For the players good that’s I’ve got to find a new club figures. Even if it’s Championship.
This tweet’s a bit too long, almost an article in itself, but I liked this part:
Quansah studied one player in particular. “We had Joel Matip at Liverpool. I couldn’t believe how well he could step into midfield and keep the ball. It looks easy sometimes when you’re stepping in and you’re just going past players but knowing there’s three or four players either side of you and trying to make the right pass is so difficult. It’s definitely a skill I’ve not mastered, but seeing players like Joel do it and the way he did it with such success, I can only aspire to be that sort of player.”
I think Huijsen also mentioned Matip as one player he studied because of his forward runs, so it’s nice to see young players appreciating him as a player because he always looked a bit underrated outside of Liverpool and LFC fanbase.
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Just moving the transfer-related posts to the new rumour mill player thread to tidy up.
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Steve Parish hasn’t let me know
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I think if he does move to Bayer I think it’s a very courageous move. He could have stayed and play backup and learn from the best in the greatest club. But he chooses to step out and try to advance his career. All the best to him!
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Interesting that this is Leverkusen’s new transfer record.
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Also, a record sale of a Liverpool academy product.
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Because they keep leaving for free!
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Doesn’t Raheem Sterling count?
I guess it depends on your definition of academy product, we bought him from QPR aged 15…
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Weird, I totally blanked out that he played for Leverkusen. In my head he retired after leaving us.
Not only played, but managed them also.
Nope…he came via QPRs academy
Still an academy product considering he did play for the Liverpool academy teams.
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https://x.com/LFC/status/1940334723299266751
https://x.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1940336258343190946
This is a heartfelt admirable farewell, I wish him all the best.
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I thought he counted as QPR’s academy product - at least I’m looking at him as one.
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