Well that’s not very fun.
Ekitike, Fofana, Guehi. Three more signings for me, and job’s a good 'un.
There will obviously be outgoings.
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Falconetti
Who the hell is that?
Are you assuming Diaz stays and Fofana comes in?
A minor character in The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Probably, but let’s see what happens. There is a lot of smoke around Diaz right now and earlier in the summer it felt friendlier. It looks to me like he wants to maximize his earnings and I would imagine he probably feels like a 4 year deal to take him to 32, on better terms, is deserved.
If he’s not getting that at Liverpool, he will want to get it elsewhere. Preferably at a top European club, Barcelona his ideal, but Bayern is fine too.
But they will need to put down the money, and there’s the problem. He’s a good player with two years left on his deal, so we won’t do anyone any favors over the fee.
At some point something will give. If he stays on the current terms, will he be happy to do so, and keep harmony in the group? Will we extend his contract and give him a pay bump? Will we sell him? And to whom?
Fofana is versatile and extremely fast. If he kicks on he could be in with a shout of replacing Salah in a couple of years. Slot might prefer to shape a young player with a very high potential ceiling as his refreshed team takes shape.
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Apologies
I was drunk.
He was the best baddie ever.
Rich Man, Poor Man
Played by William Smith.
Plus @Bekloppt answer.
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I don’t see how we can entertain the idea of letting Diaz go this summer with what’s happened and Nunez’s departure looking like a case of when rather than if.
I think we have to do at least one CF and make a decision on whether we’re confident with a combination of Diaz, Gakpo and maybe Wirtz being options there. If that’s then the plan a winger like Fofana makes a lot of sense.
Or the other option is we go for a second striker but perhaps we have to look outside our usual ideal parameters. Maybe that’s more of a younger development project type like a Samu Agehowa at Porto or a Woltemade at Stuttgart or Biereth at Monaco. Not quite the body of work we want to see just yet but plenty of promise.
We could also go the other way and get an older head like we did with Endo. Can’t think of any real candidates here and I doubt it’s the route we go.
But we have to get a CB and a CF to replace Quansah and Nunez. The question then is how to we replace Jota? Unless the idea is we keep Chiesa for another year and hope a full pre-season is enough to persuade Slot to actually use him more often. I thought he was out the door for sure but maybe with what’s happened with Jota means a reprieve for another season.
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