The main priority for me for midfield is having at least 5 non injured players to pick from on any given week.
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Kone and Thuram for me.
Leaves us a little overstocked for one year, but perhaps thatās what we need if weāre carrying on with the box midfield.
Picking from Trent, Jones, Mac Allister, Thuram and Kone gives us plenty of quality and legs before considering the older players & Bajcetic.
Both are fairly priced according to reports. Not the very best players on the market perhaps, but good enough with plenty of potential to improve.
Not concerned with the age of that group, 22-24 is plenty old enough with the amount of games they have between them.
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That would be my business too, and I donāt thinks it hurts to plan ahead. Thiago leaves next summer, and Hendo will be properly into his twilight years.
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I donāt think itās a major issue for one season.
Itās evident Thiago isnāt staying beyond this year and we do have Europa Football and the 7-8 injuries we get per month 
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Iād take a third midfielder as well. Even if we are overstocked , knowing our injury record , it wouldnāt be a bad idea to start getting guys this year especially considering that Thiagoās availability for the whole season is doubtful. Makes sense for them to play with Thiago even on the practice sessions too though.
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Like that Mac Allister chap from Brighton?
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Excluding the macallister Irish/Scottish chap
Though Klopp said that we want to do our business well before the start of pre-season, this tournament ends on July 8, beginning of pre-season ā¦
Wishes and reality.
Itās very hard to complete our whole transfer business before pre-season.
Most important remains is that theyāre the right players. If some come early and some come later, it is how it is. Hopefully all of them will catch at least part of our preparation.
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Ah but they might go out early
He wants it!
š”ššŖ: Ryan Gravenberch wants to leave Bayern Munich and has informed his teammates of his intention to do so. He is very keen on a move to Liverpool. #lfc [@kerry_hau]
NEW: Liverpool are interested in Nicolo Barella as they feel his energy fits exactly what they want from a second midfielder to complement Alexis Mac Allister. [Miguel Delaney - Independent 
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How we would feel about a midfield trio of Gravenburch Barella and MacAllister then?
No way we get 2 more if one of those is Barellaā¦.too expensive. Plus, watching him in CL he seemed to be kind of a dick to his teammates when he didnāt get the ball exactly how and when he wanted it. Super talented to be sure though.
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Iām distinctly underwhelmed by the Gravenbach links. I hope thatās all they areā¦links. Call me cynical, but the owners seem to look at two factors regarding potential player purchases; age and price, and not necessarily in that order. The actual quality of an individual seems to be a poor third.
I hope Iām wrong but it wouldnāt surprise me if Gravenbach turned up here, simply because he will probably be the cheaper option from the French midfield pair weāve been linked with - unless JK tells FSG where to get off this time.
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Still feel Jurgen will go back in for Tchouameni - even if it is January.
With that belief, I think we will get the player at the moment that compliments his style, rather than replicates it 
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You think owners are involved in any way aside from signing cheques?
The price factor is a simple one. We need a few players and havenāt got endless cash or CL money from which to pay for them.
Age is exactly what weāve been moaning about for a while. Aging players whose legs are going.
As for ability, well Ajax and Bayern saw enough in Gravenberch so heās obviously not a complete a complete bum. Nor is Mac Allister. But the owners arenāt judging any of them, they hire people like JĆ¼rgen to do that type of thing.
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The owners sign the cheques. My point is that keeping those cheques as low as possible is very much in their interests. They are not in it for the love of the sport after all. This is widely accepted I think.
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Which owners are?
The club pays for itself. That is also widely accepted. Happy for them to keep out the way and just sign cheques and building a sustainable club thatās won everything going in the last few years.
What is also widely accepted is the fact that more expensive doesnāt mean better. Brighton want more than double what we paid for Mac Allister for Ceicedo. Is he twice as good? No.
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By the way reverting back to topic the U21s is being streamed via UEFA Tv in the Uk at least.
Yeah, Leadership and experience got us the exceptional chance for Klopp to truly complete football by getting the only trophy that got away!