I think he was just saying that to be polite. He even liked a report on Instagram or Twitter a few weeks ago saying he had signed for us.
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I wonder if you canāt effectively announce it?
I wonder if theyād like Minamino? Seems like a good fit. Iām sure heād like that part of London.
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Thatās a good shout. I feel if he stayed around heād be the sort of visiting player who got a great reception from the Anfield crowd and Iād love to see him get that.
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Minimino is AEWā¦
Oops wrong Tony Khan outlet.
I have got nothing but respect for that guy. After what happened when he arrived in the UK, to the way he has thrown himself into every appearance with a smile on his face, to his humble demeanor and low profile. Heās a fucking belter and Iām sure heāll be a much-loved success wherever he goes 
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Is it too much to ask for Taki to stick around solely to play in domestic cup games?
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Probably. Donāt you think?
Iām disappointed by how this whole Fabio thing has/is going. Given that Fulham got promoted and he was a key part of it and heās only 19, it would have been ideal if we had been able to loan him back to Fulham for a first season in the PL. Now that we didnāt complete his signing in January I understand that this will not be possible and Iām not sure heās likely to get many PL minutes with us next season so I can understand if the lad is a little disappointed in the moment of promotion euphoria amongst his teammates. Now Iām sure itāll be great for us to have him in our squad and training for Klopp will really help him develop so heās ready to fit but I do wonder if we wouldnāt have rather give him a season in the PL where he was going to get lots of minutes alongside players he was familiar with. Ultimately the Fulham transfer deadline holdups in January are going to cost Fulham and Fabio.
I hear what you saying, I just donāt think it makes sense to sign him at this age and then loan him out before even training with us.
Why?
Heās shown heās probably on par with where Elliott is at in his development and Elliott was starting games for us before his injury.
He also offers us something a bit different in midfield. He plays more like a 10 and gets beyond the attackers, something our current crop donāt do. The closest we have to someone like that is Ox who is clearly off in the summer. He can also play wide left so with Origi off heās a very useful option to have on the bench, especially with the five subs rule coming into effect.
Fulham have shown theyāre a yo-yo team. Their success this season is down to their attack but theyāre not going to be all gung-ho in the Premier League. A season training with Thiago, Diaz, Mane, Salah etc with occasional starts and a bunch of time off the bench or a season getting battered and battling relegation? I know which Iād want if I were him.
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Iām not entirely sure that isnāt tactical. We do do it on occasion, just not very frequently.
In any case, we usually keep around players for a season before loaning them out, just to bed them into the team.
To be honest the āheās X years old, he needs to be playing regularlyā is usually overblown. Players get better through training regularly with better quality teammates.
In any case he will play plenty next season I suspect, although I imagine heās the type who may take a few months before we see him. After all heās going to likely be changing position to either a CF or CM.
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Would it be wrong to say that he is similar to Martin Ćdegaard?
Peak Dele Alli perhaps.
Done deal?
Paul Gorst from the Echo seems to think so.
Hasnāt Tony Khan confirmed it. He is a pretty good link considering he sort of owns the club.
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I believe heās confirmed a deal has been done but he didnāt specify with who. At this point his destination is either the worst kept secret or the best kept one.
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Yes he did specify to whom.
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Whereās the lean 