Lots of chatter online that weāre closing in on a deal to bring in 16 year old Bobby Clark from Newcastle United. Son of Lee Clark (NUFC legend), heās a right footed winger. I know nothing about him.
Funnily enough the Liverpool Echo reported it yesterday as being on the cards, and the Evening Chronicle (the North East version of the Echo), saying the same today, but both citing one and other as the source of the information - theyāre sister papers.
Hopefully another good youngster in the door. Although these kinds of signings arenāt the most exciting right now, itās pleasing that we are snapping up talents of the future at as young an age as possible. Looking forward to seeing how Harvey Elliot does this season.
I think itās difficult to see that and not conclude itās Origi. Itās not just that theyād need a forward if they lost him, but other attacking options we might be willing to get rid, essentially Shaq, I cant see Fiorentina being high profile enough to interest him. Shaq may not quite be a player to start at this level, but heās a hell of a lot better than a lower mid table Serie A player.
Itās partly why it has to be Shaqiri because itās Friday afternoon, Iām thinking of booze, and I canāt think of a single alcoholic beverage to rhyme with Origi.
I was expecting some youth signings (3 or 4) but not knowing much about our youth academy not that sure about numbers. They do tend to be recruted nearer the end of transfer windows though donāt they?
If Nat departs we should get a healthy fee for him after his exploits last season. Ā£15M or so, and if you go back a year earlier, he was on the exit ramp for peanuts, so fair play to him.
If he stays heās a back up, fifth choice, and at this point, after tasting the action, I expect him to move on to play, and if he does, it is with our best wishes. Helped us to third spot and it somewhat smoothed out a dog turd of a season. Well done Nat.
As for Davies, apparently he can play, and he can assume fifth choice back up role, meaning league cup sort of thing, plus a smattering of other games here and there.
āLiverpool to offload 4 playersā - Origi, Shqiri, Phillips and usually another obvious one
āLiverpool not to offer Keita a new contractā - Shock horror
Itās why I think we saw some of these flights of fancy this week from those who need subscribers or traffic.