The only transfer related thing we should be focused on right now is appointing a permanent Sporting Director or DoF and rebuilding that analytics and recruitment team.
No point having £200m with no way to spend it and a disjointed team of people to spend it.
When the time does come for Mo to go, which should be no sooner than June 2024, we want his replacement lined up and a deal in place already.
i cant actually believe im typing these words but im actually OK with it if the price is at 200 ish.
amazing player, amazing human and amazing memories…but this new squad has a vibe about it im really keen on…i know if he leaves the quality is lowered…but sometimes…
sometimes things happen that dont make logical sense but help on a different level…
i realise this puts me firmly in the ‘FSG cant win bracket’
somebody earlier said it indicates a lack of ambition and obviously that would affect the players…the flip side of that is…its would also be a massive boost to the existing lads…‘hes a legend, but i trust you guys completely without him’
i love sports psychology …its such a fine line
What if … And I wouldn’t be surprised if that is the case - Klopp is actually very happy with what we did over the summer window and Jorge stays?
I would have liked a CB, but I can’t say the end result of going from:
Keita, Ox, Henderson, Milner and Fabinho… To Dom, Mac Alister, Endo, Gravenberch… was a poor result.
I honestly think Klopp is quite happy with the players at his disposal. And then if so, do we introduce changes to something he is happy with. Idk
Don’t think Klopp should be the one choosing the next DoF. But if everyone is convinced and he’s the best candidate available then so be it.
But we need to be making that decision sharpish. We’ve known Ward was leaving since November.
I’d imagine we’ll see the next expansion in a few years anyway. I was using it as an example though rather than a serious suggestion.
The extra £50m could be used to pay you to do motivational pictures for the players?
Jorge said he had an agreement with the club for 12 months, with a review after three months, so I expect him to continue.
Based on the initial 12 month contract or based on his performance over the summer?
Based on the first 3 months (so basically the summer)
I had assumed that his appointment would be related to doing business in Germany. Three of our players were signed from the Bundesliga and at least 2 must have been long term targets.
There’s no way of knowing if there were others that failed to come to fruition.
12 month contract with the first review after 3 months. If thats what you are saying.
I think he should leave primarily because no club should hand over so much of power to the manager even if the manager is Klopp.
Klopp worked best when he had an empowered DOF like Edwards. Two equals bouncing ideas makes for better decision making rather than having Schmadtke who’s clearly a Klopp reco
Out of those 3. The ground work for Sobosbzlai and Gravenberch was done far earlier under Ward and Edwards. As was the ground work for Mac.
Schmadtke has only the Endo deal.
Someone like Schmadtke comes , you assume he’s got a list of 20 picks ready to go.
That clearly didn’t happen.
They need to put money where mouth is.
The £150m wasnt £150m. It was £100m and £50m of add ons that according to someone on radio was £35m of near impossible targets.
If they offer £200m cash then the club have a difficult call to make.
20 deals or 20 players? He obviously knows 20 players and 20 deals wouldn’t make any sense since the profile of club, structure of the deal, money involved etc are all completely different from his previous clubs.
20 players.
I can’t be the only one who’s wondering why it’s Schmadtke’s job to bring names with him? Surely it’s a matter of running the process we already have in place here, otherwise what’s the point of having the process?
If it’s just names… I think about half of the posters on this board qualify for the job.
Was about to say the same