Just seems like a new version of IndyKaila etc
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Iām expecting him to get boxes of dog sh1t through his letter box any minute now.
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Playing mainly as a CB now. Not the tallest with 1,8m.
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BBC have slightly misstated that. Heās not out of contract with Bayern in January, his contract ends next summer. He can, however, enter into a pre-contract agreement with a club outside of Germany in January for a move in the summer. I personally canāt see us being interested.
Heās an excellent player but one that we donāt really need as we already have very good specialists in the positions that he can cover. The wages heās asking for are also very high. We could overcome that with a generous signing fee to keep the wages over the length of his contract within the wage heirarchy that exists at the club (ala Milner) and perhaps heās the ideal Millie replacement given his incredible versatility.
Hmmā¦I think Iāve just talked myself around in the space of one paragraph. Get him signed up to join us on a free next summer, hopefully he can cover the loss of Wijnaldum and offer the exceptional cover we currently get from Milner but which is on the wane (he may also move on next summer as well).
What Alaba isnāt, however, is a 3rd/4th CB. I accept thatās the role heās currently playing but in our set up and in the PL I donāt believe he solves our issues here.
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So thats a Yes and a No???!!
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Heās a lawyer. What did you expect? 
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Iād be all over Alabaās signing if it was financially feasible, heās a top class player and extremely versatile. I think I read the other day that Liverpoolās current squad is the fifth oldest in the league, so signing him wouldnāt help in that regard but Wijnaldum is probably gone next summer and Milner is not getting any younger, so he wouldnāt impact the squad average age and heād replace one or even two most versatile players in current setup. His injury record is pretty good, too, at least I canāt recall him having a serious injury in his career.
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Iāve made my position perfectly clear. 
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What if our set up was to change due to lack of fit CBs.
Then the funds that would be required to bring in Alaba would need to be put towards a CB instead. I think CB will be sorted in Jan though.
I hope theyāve done their groundwork as weāre gonna be hit with quotes of double the price due to our prediciment.
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5th choice? Iād say heās 6th or arguably even 7th while Shaq is still here. That of course doesnāt mean itās always the case, depends on the game that day/opposition/our needs.
In reality if we want to add a CB, unless they are home grown, someone needs to leave or not be used. Origi is most likely candidate. If you look at the most attacking 4 positions the front 3 and most offensive CM in 433 or front 4 in 4231 Iād say Salah, Mane, Firmino, Jota, Jones, Keita, Minamino, Ox and Shaqiri are all now ahead of him. Elliott may have been too if we hadnāt had such a good last minute loan offer. Best for all involved if he moves on perm but loan at the least.
Milner skews those figures hugely though. When he leaves the average age will drop 8 years.
Liverpool are still interested in Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly and will make another bid for the Senegal international, 29, in January. (Calciomercato - in Italian)
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Would he get away with being a bit too physical in the EPL and more importantly in our shirt,not sure he would tbh.
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He is probably the best one out there, in terms of performance level right now, and obviously heās a robust character, so the sense in which our central defense could be overpowered while VVD is out would be diminished.
Not long term (is anything in football?) but could easily give 4+ years of great service.
How much? If the money is too stupid, it wonāt happen.
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Omar Colley. Ā£10.8M release clause. Itās been at least 20/25 posts since Iāve last mentioned his name. 
IMO Colley is the perfect solution for the short/medium term future. Sign him in Jan and give him 2.5 year deal.
Maybe discussed and I missed it, but Ibrahima Konate would be an actual 1:1 stand in for Big Virg. And a player to build with for the long term. I put this in the Champions League thread this week. Itās not just simply my own opinion, writers worldwide have often said Konateās all round game is most similar to our VVD.
EDIT: Iām a very firm no on Ben White. Easily one of the 3 most overrated footballers in England. I donāt at all get or understand the artificially inflated price tag. He just isnāt very good at the PL level. Brighton can keep him and keep raising his price and can keep creating hilariously unjustified hype about him.
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