No contract extension for Keita. I have no faith in his ability to stay fit. He will always let us down. Just let him run down his contract.
Good thing the club is more thorough than you.
If they were thorough, our midfield wouldnāt be in the state that it is now. So much for forward planning.
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We all know that on his good day, he is class. Thatās why weāve tried to make it work.
But itās just a case of play well for a few games, then out with an injury (which lasts for an unknown time). Then heāll be on the bench waiting for his turn again.
But just when we need him to start, the injury happens again. We just cannot rely on him at all. People can say that he has been available for selection, but he needs a few games to get going, and itās all a bit stop start.
He just never can get a good run of games together. I mean, Gini, Mane, Suarez and Mo are outliers. But Keita is an outlier in the opposite direction.
Heās basically been Harry Kewell mark II.
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You underestimate the effects of luck.
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Counterfactuals are the most annoying form of argument. They are completely untestable and allows the arguer to grow ever more confident in their assertion in the absence of the argument having the ability to ever to disproven.
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Well of course. Iām assuming that something clearly sated as a personal opinion will be easily understood as such.
Not in our CL squad?
He must be out injured until January or fallen out with JĆ¼rgen.
This feels like a confirmation of what weāve already suspected - his time at Liverpool is quite likely done. The only issue is that heās our fourth most expensive player ever and that is likely 50+ million pounds plus wages down the drain (not quite Pogba level but stillā¦).
Weāve always had one supremely talented player whose legs were made of glass but it seems as though Kloppās Liverpool sides always have at least two (Sturridge and Lallana at first, now Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Matip, Gomez and Alcantara - I just wonder who else will join that list). Itās a crying shame as I really, really wanted the club to sign Lallana and him and thought they would be massive players for us.
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His exclusion from the CL squad means heās out until November because thatās when the last group game is. I suppose it is feasible he might return after the World Cup, but I think it is more likely he is done here and for whatever reason we wonāt see him much, if at all, during the last year of his contract. The one positive is at least he didnāt sign that new contract we allegedly offered him. That never made any sense to me given his availability.
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Really harsh to include Gomez on that list.
Iām not sure why you and anyone else would use it as an indication that KeĆÆtaās time here is likely done though. If anything it only goes to suggest the seriousness of his latest injury, rather than the supposed throwing the toys out of the pram like some people on here would believe.
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No disrespect meant to either player but Gomez has already missed the equivalent of three to four entire seasons in his time at Liverpool (and heās been here for seven seasons, going on eighth if Iām not mistaken).
As for Keita, his contract is up next summer, heās started the season with disputes over new contract and with an injury that will likely sideline him for around three months and heās been unavailable for at least that much every season. Heās thus been excluded from our CL squad - if thatās not an indicator that his time here might be coming to a close, then I really donāt know what would make you think that way. Unless he accepts some pay-as-you-play type of contract, I donāt see how he remains here after the next summer.
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Yeah it is. Everything pointed to him being the ideal Klopp midfielder. Thing is, he had a bad injury record at Salzburg as well but it got even worse with us, understandable as we are a high velocity, high impact league.
I donāt remember if I read it on Twitter bullshit or some place more respectable, but there seem to be rumor that he/his agent was demanding a handsome raise as well as guaranteed playing time.
Bajcetic is the 17th non-homegrown player in the squad. With Milly, Hendo, Carv and Gomez being named as our 4 association trained players, there isnt room for Ox or Naby unless we deregistered Bajcetic. That doesnt necessarily mean that neither will be back before the end of the group stage, just that they are expected to miss enough of the group stage games to justify giving the spot to the Spaniard.
With the rules in the league being a bit different (both Carv and Bajcetic would be on the kids list) there would be room to register both of them in the Prem.
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Mostly from major contact injuries.
I think there were reports that he was offered a new contract and theyāre in negotiation, Iām unaware thereās been anything else bar one dodgy rumour from Germany?
Heās been excluded because of the injury, so how does that relate to being an indicator? The club, in offering him a new contract, will most likely have already assessed his physical condition and probability of getting a new injury. Itās not like itās big news.
So basically, once again, fans getting baited successfully by ājournalistsā.
I donāt believe any of it.
He missed 9 games over 3 seasons due to injury with Salzburg? Not sure where youāre getting a bad injury record fromā¦
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