Imo we sold Quansah because Slot didn’t rated him at all and the club didn’t believe he has the ceiling to be a long term starter for us.
Think we should have kept him as a squad option for as long as possible - that’s import for our identity. But now that we sold him I don’t think there will be a way back.
Looked up some end of season rankings for CBs in the Bundesliga by different sources and neither had him in the Top 20.
Have you seen much of him in the Bundesliga GR?
That’s the Slot problem since that’s what happened to all of our academy players. He had plenty of game time under Klopp. And frankly he would have had lots of game time last season had we not sold him last summer given how depleted our defense was.
The buyback clause as I understand will allow us to prioritized over other teams if we choose to trigger. There is another window in summer 2027 where we can buy him at 50m.
One with an ACL, and the other with a big shoulder injury. Neither of them has as much senior football experience as Quansah right now.
No coach will be dumb enough to regularly start a CB pair consisting of a 20-year-old and a teenager in a big club like us.
This is my genuine question for everyone who mentions him. I’ve reduced my following of other leagues to bare minimum - and when I get the time, I choose Italian football. This is why I have no idea how good Quansah is right now and about the progress he’s made there.
Had we kept hold of Quansah, given the circumstances of Slot not fancying him, I suspect he would be worth about 20M having stagnated further on our bench.
He has played and done well, and is now a 50M+ player. If we are going to bring him back, I always thought it would be next summer, when Van Dijk hangs up his boots. Let’s cross that bridge when we come to it. We’ll see what the needs are and also we will know more about how everyone has been coming along.
Less than ten games and I don’t think he has improved at all.
Yes he played a lot and gained experience in the CL but that doesn’t mean that he’s suddenly good enough to to be a starter here.
Watched a few games here and there. His first 2-3 and then a couple more throughout the season. He looked pretty good in the games I saw. Nothing special, but not bad either. I’m guessing he had a good season since Tuchel selected him for the world cup squad.
Although, Dan Burn..
Commiserations
He made the England WC squad.
He already was a starter here. He took Konate’s job under Klopp.
The clause can say whatever it wants but if someone else puts money on the table Leverkusen are happy with and he’d rather go there then there’s nothing we can do.
Buybacks will often have a match clause, where if someone agrees a price we have the right to take the player first if we want to.
I like camara and sangara to be fair..
wharton will be at least a 100 million
But to do what?
What are their roles for us?
Genuine questions because I think we have signed midfielders with no specific role. I wouldnt say they are the same type of player as Wharton for example.
play the roles of scott/wharton but at half the price… wharton is different because of his passing range, but needs a runner next to him to be effective in the way we play
But Wharton and Scott play different roles.
That is what I am getting at. Basically different types of players.
Scott is a neat and tidy footballer.
Wharton is an elite line breaking midfielder.
I think Scott is very good but he’s only really had a few months of playing at a top level, and I think Jones does everything Scott does but is a bit better at it all.
Wharton is a unique talent. I’d definitely sign him, especially for the system we expect to play where progression will be key.
Camara or Sangara role would be like Fabinho used to do for us, to help shield the defense and stop people running right through the middle against us next season and to be mobile enough to help cover for the full backs bombing forward. Which I agree with you, is a compliment to a player like Wharton, not an alternative.
Wharton is the technician, a specialist No. 6 offering the progressive profile Liverpool need. His game is built on vision and line-breaking passing rather than physical dominance. That’s also the question mark: there are concerns the club needs more of a physical profile, and Wharton’s arrival wouldn’t necessarily fix that. Sangare is the destroyer with ambition. He leads all Ligue 1 midfielders for possessions won (194), ranks first for ground duels won, and tops possessions won in the final third per 90, numbers that scream ball-winner. But he’s not purely defensive: he’s a high-intensity central midfielder with high progressive passing capabilities, and he’s operated both as a lone pivot and in a double pivot, with analysts noting his complete profile and willingness to play progressively under pressure. Camara sits between the two,the energetic connector. He brings athleticism, box-to-box capability and physical presence, winning 6.7 duels per 90 in Ligue 1, and one analysis frames it neatly: Camara is arguably the safer tactical profile, while Sangare carries slightly greater attacking ambition from deep.
Sangare is arguably the single best fit of the three, with Camara not far behind. Wharton’s game is more about tempo control from deep, which was a more natural fit for Slot’s structure than for an Iraola side… and that is why i said, if you sign a wharton, you need a runner next to him to do a lot of the heavy lifting