Cicero Posted August 12, 2023 Posted August 12, 2023 Nothing official. Given nothing has been agreed on the player side I'd imagine he prefers Liverpool and is waiting for Liverpool to come and outbid. A direct opposite of the Caicedo situation.
Administrator Stan Posted August 14, 2023 Author Administrator Posted August 14, 2023 It's the Caicedo saga all over again...
Lucas Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 Surely if you are Lavia, you are choosing Liverpool? He walks into their team, where as I'm not sure that happens at Chelsea with so many bodies there, not to mention, they are just signing a bloke for £115m who plays in a similar position to him. Liverpool have no one like Lavia. He will absolutely come on leaps and bounds playing first team Football there.
Happy Blue Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 Just hurry up and move so we get our share of the fee ..people saying City academy players being sold for inflated fee's, looks more like we are selling them too cheap!
Cicero Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 With Lavia I think Joe Shields is playing a major factor.
Dave Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 'I know Todd likes to get shiny new toys every six months but I promise with you it will be different'.
Cicero Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 He'll be a Liverpool player. Lavia imo was collateral in case we lost out on Caicedo. This whole 'he prefers Chelsea' I find it hard to believe, but again the player has a good relationship with Joe Shields so anything is possible. Lavia more polished than Santos and Ugochukwu but ability wise I wouldn't say they are far off. Keep Gallagher, have one of Santos/Ugochukwu (preferably the latter) stay and the other on loan.
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 Even if we get him I think we’d need another midfielder. And we need to sign a CB as well.
Happy Blue Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said: Even if we get him I think we’d need another midfielder. And we need to sign a CB as well. Cant believe no prem teams have come in for Laporte, he wouldn't even have to move house
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Happy Blue said: Cant believe no prem teams have come in for Laporte, he wouldn't even have to move house I don’t think it’s easy for other teams in the league to sign from you, unless it’s a free transfer or the player really really wants to move. Because we’d have to match your wages basically. I can’t see that happening unless we don’t need to pay anything.
Bluewolf Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 I think we should put in a higher bid just to make sure we get our man.. again!!
OrangeKhrush Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 55 minutes ago, Happy Blue said: Cant believe no prem teams have come in for Laporte, he wouldn't even have to move house We are in the market for a RCB
Happy Blue Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said: I don’t think it’s easy for other teams in the league to sign from you, unless it’s a free transfer or the player really really wants to move. Because we’d have to match your wages basically. I can’t see that happening unless we don’t need to pay anything. He's not on mega wages mate, only a few are, he's on 120k a week
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 Ridiculously inept from our new look transfer department. The other signings we only were able to land by triggering a release clause. The Caceido/Lavia saga just makes the new DOF look like a fucking moron tbh. Hopefully they can quickly identify some decent players that have release clauses because fuck me, what a waste of two weeks from them.
Rick Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 Gets more and more pathetic, doesn’t it. We’ll end up with Milner back on loan at this rate.
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 1 minute ago, Rick said: Gets more and more pathetic, doesn’t it. We’ll end up Getty Milner back on loan at this rate. Only after paying £50m to Brighton for him probably
Cicero Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 Yeah the worst thing about it for Liverpool is not only did they waste the entire summer in getting a DM, but they've now showed their hand. Every club in the world now knows you have £110m to spend on a single position.
Dr. Gonzo Posted August 14, 2023 Posted August 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, Cicero said: Yeah the worst thing about it for Liverpool is not only did they waste the entire summer in getting a DM, but they've now showed their hand. Every club in the world now knows you have £110m to spend on a single position. It blows my mind that we've needed midfield reinforcements for 2-3 years... we only now start to get serious about reinforcing the midfield (but only after clearing out most of our experienced players) and we manage to fuck things up so badly. I think it really reiterates how poorly run we've been in the last few years, honestly even since winning the CL. We may have won the league after that, but we really just rested on our laurels and didn't focus on making constant improvements. Now we've got to spend a shitload for our 3rd or 4th choice DM. And we're basically walking into having the same problem pop back up next season but for our defense. It's just very poor and the lack of foresight is a pretty stark contrast from how well we were run 4 years ago.
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