Whoever that is advising Zubimendi has to be sacked. Any agent worth their weight would know that Real Sociedad is never going to make good of their promise of a contract with a massive salary increment. So why stay?
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Modern Liverpool Echo offer an article that contains the word āreportedlyā in the title - I didnāt even click on it and neither should you. Theyāve become a parody, quite the opposite of what they used to be.
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Yes Grav is doing great butā¦have you seen our bench? Look past the forwards and weāre relying on the U21s and Endo. Jones has become unreliable fitness-wise and is a bit meh anyway imo. Who else is there whoās not crocked? Itās gonna be another 60+ (at least) game season. What happens if Grav gets injured?
Endo is a holding midfielder, pure and simple. Getting on too. Slot prefers a deep-lying playmaker as a number 6. I think thatās been made clear. Weāve only got Gravenberch who can play that role effectively. Mac can cover at a stretch but then who plays as the forward pivot in his place? Iād get Zub if offered without a thought. His type of player doesnāt grow on trees.
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BBC reports this in their gossip transfer page:
Real Sociedad and Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi, 25, regrets not moving to Liverpool and wants the Reds to come back in for him. (Estadio Deportivo - in Spanish)
Yeah, but apparently Estadio Deportivoās source isā¦ IndyKaila 
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I think it could all have been a bit quick and sudden this summer for him and his family. Now they have had time to think on it heās reconsidered. Gravy has been great, but adding Zubimendi would add depth and give us more options. So Iām a āyeah, go on thenā.
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Did we ever go back for a player if it did not happen at the first try?
Honestly canāt remember.
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Heās our center half
Heās our number 4
Also Gravenberch. Why we failed to land them initially is different, but you can also say that about our interest in and eventual acquisition of both Mane and Salah
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Youād have thought that that one would have been pretty obvious.
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Also got to bear in mind that we got a very āmediaā view of what happened over the summer. How it concluded the way it did, and what was said by both parties we arenāt sure of. Maybe an option was left in there.
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Obviously Slot not happy with his midfield options but I still can not see us going back for Zubimendi.
1W 1D 4L since he turned us down and now he changed his mind. He can fuck off.
Iām sure we have other targets lined up for January.
I definitely think we need another midfielder. Not necessarily a ā6ā. Barella looks the business
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I think heās a lifelong Serie A player.
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I think i read Sociodad were going to give him a new contract with higher release clause but then kind of low balled the offer after convincing him to stay with some promises, so i wouldnāt be shocked if it made him sour on them a bit.
Iād still be all for bringing him in.
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So would I.
I think the market for deep midfielders is really thin, and I donāt think we can afford to turn our nose up for spurious reasons
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Iāll be for it.
A Trio of him , Grav and Bajcetic would set us up nicely.
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I wouldnāt cut the nose off to spite the face. Heās a good player, so provided the hunger is there to come here and do well (itās reasonable to look into this aspect after it fell through last time) then fine, letās do it. Oh, and the terms need to be right, of course.
Zubimendi could play in a double pivot with Gravenberch, giving us the option to play Mac Allister a bit more advanced. Obviously Szobo will factor into that, and the other midfielders we have will want a look in too, in particular Iām thinking Jones and Elliott.
If we sign Zubimendi I think Endo might be the casualty to make way. Iād be fine with that. Thereās a sense in which Endo is down the pecking order and he might not be a great fit for what Slot wants, but in the meantime, he is a solid citizen who can do a job when called upon. Zubimendi would be a clear upgrade.
MacAllister
Zubimendi
Gravenberch
Szoboszlai
Jones
Elliott
6 players for 3 positions, with the likes of Bajcetic potentially coming back, and Nyoni coming through.
Looks very good.
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Why would we need a casualty? Our squad is not particularly large at the moment. Also, werenāt we reportedly refusing offers for him during the Zubimendi saga?
We wouldnāt need a casualty! If we retain seven first choice midfielders for three spots, great.
Iām suggesting Endo might be a casualty, for the reasons given. If we sign Zubimendi and Endo stays, good luck to him.
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