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I’d argue its Chelsea who are taking the kids 😆

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Sean, if Diaz was Mané’s replacement, why blow all that money on Nunez? In any case, Diaz is not a 25 goal a season winger which is what Mané was. It looks more that Mané has been replaced by Diaz AND Nunez (winger + goalscorer) which has cost us about £100 million gross. And Nunez is going to take some time to come good if he is going to.

As I said on the other thread, our best signings under Klopp mostly had previous experience in the premier league and because of that most of them hit the ground running. But we seem to have abandoned that more recently.

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Ed, I doubt City saw Arsenal as a threat. That could backfire this season.

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If City feel they have enough players there, and they can offload an unhappy player now and potentially cash in in the summer, why not? City seem very good at managing and keeping their squad fresh. Eyebrows were arguably raised when Sane and Sterling left. Didn’t Bernardo nearly leave too? But no player is bigger than the club. Compare to Liverpool where we seem to cling on to players for too long or when a player like Mané left, it is my opinion that it gave us a rush of blood to the head to blow big bucks on Nunez. In other words, Mané’s replacement should have arrived *before* Mané left, not after.

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As I say nil, I think it’s the classic case of a club reaching the top and then forgetting the methods that got them there.

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The question you have to ask though nil – when the club were developing under Klopp in those first 3 years – would they have spent that fee on Nunez? Our successful signings in those early years mainly had premier league experience: Salah, Mané, Jota, Van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum. If you are bringing in players without the league experience you need to be very sure about them. In my opinion I think we started throwing caution to the wind on our signings.

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As threeps says, this isn’t about money. I personally think this is the classic case of a club who reached the top and then got a bit drunk on the success and forgot the methods that got them there. I’m not writing Nunez off yet, but to spend that much money on someone so raw to me reeked of the club almost trying to make a statement by buying “hot property” in Europe whilst neglecting other positions. Gakpo also currently looks a long way off imo. And even if you take the position that Thiago is our best midfielder, we’re now relying on yet another older player liable to injuries in midfield. He wasn’t bought with the future in mind.

To echo what Ed says, it can take years to build something. But it can be undone in an afternoon.

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“UEFA to close loophole in wake of Chelsea’s record £460m splurge on new signings after complaints from Premier League rivals, with a five-year limit for the spread of transfer fees to be introduced from next summer.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11668493/UEFA-close-loophole-wake-Chelseas-record-spending-complaints-rival-clubs.html

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Both him and Gerrard need to step down to the Championship.

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Really got to hand it to Arsenal. They ain’t letting up.

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Well if Utd get a result today, the title race is absolutely blown open with City to still play Arsenal twice.

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Agreed Lucky. Bizarrely I think he goes under the radar but he’s such a great player. Always pops up with important goals.

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Mahrez always pops up with a goal.

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Well that didn’t take long.

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Agree Sean. We’ve been desperate for someone like Bajectic. Very good on the ball and shielding it too. Giving the ball away too easily been a big problem this season.

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Know he had a loose pass or two, but do like Bajcetic. By far better him there in midfield than Elliot, who as we see, is better further up.

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I’d actually argue several of those players are better suited in those positions. Elliot I think is better further up the pitch. Bajectic at least deserves a go in midfield again.

Here’s how we line up to face Wolves tonight in the #EmiratesFACup 📋🔴#WOLLIV

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 17, 2023

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Didn’t see this one coming…

Discussions between Steven Gerrard and Poland are ongoing. Waiting for his final decision but it’s being considered, as reported by Polish press earlier in the week. 🔴🇵🇱 #Poland

Polish FA will speak again to Gerrard in order to proceed with discussions. pic.twitter.com/2CnFNHhPHd

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 15, 2023

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It’s not so much I’m calling for his head Sean, it’s more what state his head is in and whether the players are now fully wity him or the whole thing is just getting tired. It can just happen. Like you, I’d like to think it’s salvageable, but circumstances may say otherwise.

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I understand that Sean, and the recruitment has obviously been poor as well. But sometimes when the party’s over, the party’s over.

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