Paul Joyce has tweeted that Liverpool have triggered Frimpong’s release clause.
Sounds like he will be a Liverpool player soon.
We landed a high quality offensive right back. Gotta admit this sounds like a really good move for the club.
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We need to sign him, many top strikers can score goals but how many can balance a boot on one finger too?
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Seems a little lower than would be ideal? Also for someone who has had their end product and statistics lauded, 5 assists seems solid rather than amazing.
It does look like if we sign both Frimpong and Kerkez , we will be back to the marauding wingback era of early Klopp.
That style suits Bradley too.
We should be getting goals from the wingbacks too , not just assists.
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Isak might be a possibility if we get good money for Nunez.
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What is not taken into account with these statistics, is the calibre of forward attempting to get on the end of those crosses… The better the forward player, the more they would anticipate what is needed. The important point I noted, was the number of crosses per se was quite good
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Wouldn’t Robbo be up there with the best left backs the league has seen. His assists are probably close to being the best produced by a left back since football began😉
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It’s amazing how quickly people forget. Robertson was the best LB in the world 5 years ago. He is without doubt one of the best, if not the best, LBs we have ever had.
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Very good player but fairly injury prone.
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Leverkusen have it seems already replaced Wirz with Ibrahim Maza from Herta Berlin for around €12.5M.
One thing Robbo lacked in his armoury, was dribbling the ball to the by-line, before pulling the ball back across the goal… note the difference here with Kerkez:
*Milos Kerkez is known for taking the ball to the byline before crossing. He is considered a major threat when crossing from near the byline, as seen in his assists against Everton and Manchester City. *
*For example, in a match against Manchester City, Kerkez beat Phil Foden for pace, reached the byline, and squared the ball for Semenyo’s goal. *
He is also described as having a roughly even split between crossing from near the byline and crossing from further back
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I think we will keep Robbo, sign Kerkez and sell Kostas. Kostas will have suitors as he’s a solid player, and it will put some money in the bank.
I expect Robbo to stay and help make Kerkez even better. The younger man has a lot to his game, and especially his physical conditioning. But Robbo will bring even more out, while also giving the last of what he’s got left in the tank, at an elite level.
In 1-2 years I expect Robbo to rock up at Celtic, hopefully with another Prem and CL in the bag. He has been an excellent left back for us, and I think he’s got more to give, per above.
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Yeah, hopefully Robbo will only have to play once a week or so, which should help him extend his career.
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Tierney’s going back to Celtic on a free this summer so who knows if Robbo ends up there.
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IMO, Robbo deserves a two year extension, if only based upon the fact he epitomises what we want from a footballer at LFC…
Before Jurgen, to say our team/club was disjointed would be a massive understatement - we have a grit and determination now that we never had before…
The attitude Robbo portrays is paramount to this - However, the guy himself needs to do some self-assessment, and recognise, his legs and inner engine are most certainly on the wane… his role now, is to blood his own ‘mini-me’ that signs for us
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Sadly I think it’s this kind of sentimentality that saw us hand out a new deal to Henderson when there were already signs of decline.
At best I think I’d look at Robbo getting a one year deal with an option for a second but only if we don’t think there’s a good enough option to replace him with next summer.
It’s why I wouldn’t be against a Hincapie, Hato or Inacio type CB this summer. Someone who could play LB or left sided centre back. Someone who’d mean we’re not forced into keeping Robbo, would give us chance to rest Virg and with a long term eye in succeeding him.
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We don’t win titles without Scots though.
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Promote Doak then.
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