The Liverpool FC Thread XII

Actually didn't see Gomis' age. Guess that's fair enough. Bony is excellent, requires good service, something he'd get at Liverpool. It's a risk at the 19m quoted, i'd rather he stay where he is but i'm being biased towards Swansea here

Would like to see Borini get a chance personally. Don't think he's good enough, but still.

Tbh I've heard that your chairman (Huw Jenkins? is his name?) wants to sell him this summer so will ease off on his buyout clause and he might be available for 15. Even at 19m he's relatively risk free imo. Would be a great second choice.

He's a good guy and a hard worker, but that isn't enough. He's not quick enough, prolific enough or technical enough to play in our front three. And all three by a long shot. Nowhere near good enough and £14m is honestly unbelievable, I was thinking we'd be looking at the £6-8m range.

£20mil (including wages) for a season of Falcao is ridiculously risky. If he had PL experience and wasn't just coming back from a serious injury, then I would say go for it because he's that good, but I dunno. What if he struggles? That would be £20mil that we would never get back.

To put it into perspective, Bony would cost about £20mil as well as £3-4mil wages per season, and with sell-on value.

If I was playing football manager, I would go for Bony in that situation.

On the other hand, if Falcao comes in and hits the ground running, then we would challenge for the title and CL without a doubt.

I still think Borini would do well in our team now. In his first season, his movement always seemed to be amazing but we just weren't able to pick him out. Now our midfielders are much better at picking out runs and I think he would flourish. But really he needed the chance to prove this in pre-season which is why the injury was such a shame. As he hasn't proven himself, we have no option but to get another striker which means he'll probably leave.

We've got you beat there.

For example we currently have 3 fit CM's, one with a terminal illness and one being Tom Cleverley, yet there is no indication that a replacement will be brought in even though we've needed one for about 8 years.

Falcao I doubt will happen.

Monaco must be in the **** financially if they're having to sell their players the second they get into the CL. You'd think that they'd just keep that team, take the FFP fine from UEFA and use the CL money but I don't think they thought it through properly in trying to win Ligue 1 from being a promoted team in the space of a season by financial purposes when PSG already had 2 or 3 seasons to do what Monaco have tried to do.

Falcao loan for a season just seems like it'll happen because he has been on the bench for the first 2 games. May be possible that they cannot afford Falcao and are shifting their best players to balance books.

Falcao I doubt will happen.

Monaco must be in the **** financially if they're having to sell their players the second they get into the CL

I've heard that their owner is involved in some costly divorce and has pulled the plug. Not sure how reliable that is.

supposedly his wife will get half of his money.

lol, no point talking about their attendance etc.

their owner is having a £9bn divorce settlement and he's lost all appetite to pursue the project at Monaco apparently, according to Balague and others. Makes enough sense.

Well that almost settles you being top 3 this season minimum if you have Falcao and possibly top 2. You have better selection of strikers than last season, better range of midfielders and a CB. The transition from Suarez to Falcao isn't that bad. Falcao is pretty complete as a forward although not as good as Suarez as a footballer.

Interesting stuff man. They're in turmoil as well. You'll easily come above them in the case of a group of death.

Falcao wouldnt be £450,000 a week lol. Would probably be on what Suarez was - £200,000-£250,000.

I dont really think an out and out striker is needed tbh, just a winger that can play upfront ( Reus, Lavezzi or someone of that mould) because Reus will never happen and Lavezzi is doubtful.

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£20mil (including wages) for a season of Falcao is ridiculously risky. If he had PL experience and wasn't just coming back from a serious injury, then I would say go for it because he's that good, but I dunno. What if he struggles? That would be £20mil that we would never get back.

To put it into perspective, Bony would cost about £20mil as well as £3-4mil wages per season, and with sell-on value.

If I was playing football manager, I would go for Bony in that situation.

On the other hand, if Falcao comes in and hits the ground running, then we would challenge for the title and CL without a doubt.

I still think Borini would do well in our team now. In his first season, his movement always seemed to be amazing but we just weren't able to pick him out. Now our midfielders are much better at picking out runs and I think he would flourish. But really he needed the chance to prove this in pre-season which is why the injury was such a shame. As he hasn't proven himself, we have no option but to get another striker which means he'll probably leave.

Well if Falcao gets 12mil a year - that's 230k a week and then you have to double since there's next to no tax in Monaco but 50% in England.



Jeez we wouldn't even be able to fit both into the side.



That money for Falcao is insane.. maybe FSG see it is spending that money makes CL next season more likely?

Well that almost settles you being top 3 this season minimum if you have Falcao and possibly top 2. You have better selection of strikers than last season, better range of midfielders and a CB. The transition from Suarez to Falcao isn't that bad. Falcao is pretty complete as a forward although not as good as Suarez as a footballer.

Interesting stuff man. They're in turmoil as well. You'll easily come above them in the case of a group of death.

Not really. A lot of things can go wrong with Falcao;

- doesn't get used to the league
- doesn't integrate into the team properly
- reoccurence of his injury
- takes time to reach top form after injury

The first factor is enhanced because he's older, the second factor is enhanced because he's much more of a pure 9 than Suarez was, and the other two factors aren't things that should be coming with a new signing.

If he hits the ground running and plays to somewhere near to his peak then we'll be title winners. No doubt. His goals and our improved defence.

If he flops due to any number of possible reasons, the main ones above, we'll have burnt £20m and will be in top four race (and possibly worse off than we would be without Falcao).