There will surely be activity, but I don’t expect too many changes.
As things stand (and for a while now) my feeling is that Virgil and Salah will stay and Trent will leave. But of course, as long as there are no announcements, we cannot know for sure. Maybe there will be some surprises.
We’ll have a clearer picture soon, hopefully the club already knows more or less what will happen, because now you already prepare the summer window. We don’t need to know.
I think in this situation we’ll be careful not to try and get rid of too many players, example: “let’s find a buyer for Nunez and also get rid of Jota because he’s not fit enough”.
So what, then, coupled with Chiesa’s questionable situation, we’d remain with a few forwards and that’s it? We’d end up needing to replace almost half the team, which isn’t going to happen.
This is not a game where by a few clicks we move a lot of pieces out/in, all down to our will. This is a very good team with almost ideal numbers. Obviously some players will leave and the rest will be down to our evaluation what can be done.
There’s also the eternal balance between wanting to sell, open for offers and what the market offers.
Saying that winning the league after a major rebuild is unlikely is not the same as saying that the sky is falling down.
There’s a big difference.
I’m confident that we will rebuild well and continue to be in the top four, but to think that we be unaffected by the personnel changes which seem likely this summer is unrealistic.
To be honest if we win it this season and decide that now is the time to rebuild I think that is fine. I can see the logic in letting this team finish their cycle with a big successful season and then waving goodbye to bring in some younger players and start over.
Obviously none of us know the plan but if we are planning a summer revolution then its as good a time as any.
I don’t see any reason why a major rebuild is required. Get the contracts sorted and bring a couple of young prospects in that can develop. Win the league again next year
Ok, I was talking about as things stand and as things stand the three contracts haven’t been signed. If they are, no major rebuild is needed, but, right now, they aren’t, and that means we will need replacements.
We still would need a rebuild even if Virgil and Mo sign on for another 2 years.
The main advantage is that we would have two more years of a stable leadership group to identify and build players. And the second phase of the rebuild happens in a more phased manner (considering that Klopp has actually completed the midfield rebuild)
Unless the demands of the duo are exhorbitant, I don’t see any reason why the club should refuse to get them an extension.
Out of the front line , only Gakpo is someone I would definitely have issues with leaving. Chiesa might come in there too considering he’s only kicking on and he needs the full season for us to gauge him really.
Diaz , Nunez and Jota can leave provided we have suitable replacements coming in.
We should still be having the 6 forwards. But replacing the increasing injury prone Jota in-house with someone like Danns is something worth looking at. No disrespect to Jota.
Diaz is an excellent player and he’s been great for us but if we have someone who can offer us something similar , I’ll be all in for that.
Nunez is Nunez , there’s talent in him to be of use to work with a 2 striker system. Unfortunately that’s not us. He’s had his chances and we possibly should look to cut our losses. I still maintain he’s got all the attributes to click on. His off the ball work and general game is excellent. But he as with all CFs is going to be rated on his goals and those haven’t been coming.
There will be a few inevitable departures and maybe a few we judge worth doing, depending on the market and other circumstances. But I expect a pretty good portion of this squad to remain as it is. You could make a case for two new full backs, a CB, a midfielder and a striker. But do I expect us to sign all of the mentioned + more (if something like selling both Nunez and Jota happens, which I don’t expect)? No, can’t see that.
I think the implication is that it would be a phased rebuild than a one shot one.
Allows us to still remain competitive and get the replacements in quicker so that they are used to the system by the time Virgil and Mo do leave.
The club that Liverpool is , we should have no problem attracting players.
Successful clubs almost always do a phased rebuild rather than doing the alternative. Having the core leadership of the team which is Virgil and Mo is important for both the short term and the long term.
This is the problem. If we lose Trent and Mo (and possibly Virg), then the signings you’ve listed are really just a minimum. It would be madness to go into next season with the same squad as this season minus our three out of contract stars.
Of course, I didn’t write that thinking that all 3 will leave (it’s possible, in which case, more would have to be done). We first have to see what happens with them, the club possibly already knows more or less. But there could be a combination, I’m not sure we’ll sign a RB if Trent leaves. I’m pretty sure we’ll sign a defender, maybe even two. But for all these “we’d consider selling y or z”, there will be a limit. We won’t do it with all of them, we will have to prioritize.
I’d always be wary of wholesale changes. If we do lose those 3 and with Becker’s future up in the air I’d only consider selling anyone if we had a replacement done.
