I think the only way we will ever get a GK through the youth system currently is to hold on to him long enough until the opportunity comes up to be first choice. Wouldn't be surprised to see him spend multiple years out on loan before being deemed ready and the opportunity to play being there.
Fully agree on this. While I rate Grabara highly, that young Polish lad Liverpool signed a few weeks back, whose name I won't even dare to spell, probably has a better chance of making it at Liverpool if Alisson continues his form and stays at Liverpool for a prolonged period. Unless, of course, Grabara continues playing well on loan and maybe finds a club where he would spend few consecutive seasons before returning to Liverpool.
I believe he got a few games in cup matches and did very well in penalty shoot outs.
From memory, it's what Courtois did whilst he bided his time waiting for Cech to move on. Difference there is that Courtois' 10 years younger than Cech so the time for Cech to move on coincided well with Courtois' developmental maturity. As you allude to, the age gap between Alisson and Grabara is too small to allow for that so if all our youth prospects develop into top prospects and Alisson stays/stays healthy then we're more likely looking at the 16/17 year old lads (Jaros looks good) rather than Kelleher or Grabara.
I might be wrong, but wasn't the initial reason Courtois went on loan was due to clashing with one of the other younger players over an alleged love triangle?
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That's Wayn *ahem* Stamford Bridge for you.
And at Manure brotherly love makes you hairier.
He's a right miserable get. Don't want him bringing the morale of the squad down ;-)
Interesting that spuds are looking to sell their starting fullbacks. I wonder if they are looking to go 3 at the back which in turn indicates that the market for good fullbacks is tough?
It doesn't really negate the need for full backs though.
Doesn't seem likely at £25m. But i've heard worse ideas.
They are also rumoured to be selling another right back
Well it can, different style of CB and Wide Midfielder really depends on what formation, tactics and style you wish to play. 352 has enormous midfield variants!
Which suggests what?
that they might be selling another right back lol
He has suffered from depression, let's not make light of that.
Fair dos mate. It was in bad taste. Apologies.
Left back, obviously. There's nothing else.“How I said, it will not be the biggest transfer window of LFC; we invested a lot in the team in the last two years, I would say. We cannot spend every year in the same manner.
“People talk about it like, ‘Now another £300m or £200m’. There are maybe only two clubs in the world – it looks in the moment like Barcelona and [Real] Madrid can do the same – City and PSG that can do it every year.
“But we are fine. I’m happy with the team, we are really happy. We have to see if we find maybe one position, if we find something for it, but there’s no real pressure because it’s not about signing a player. We have solutions for all the situations.
“Do we have exactly the solution that everybody from outside would be 100 per cent happy? I don’t think so because people want to have world-class here, world-class here and the guy on the bench has to be world-class as well. That’s not so easy. But we are of course working on it.
“On the outgoing side, we are relaxed. The young boys are here and enjoyed working with us a lot. Not to forget Naby and Shaq are injured still and are not here with us. Players will come back.
“I’m really looking forward to the season, it will be really exciting again.”
Jürgen Klopp's update on transfer window
Jürgen Klopp has spoken about the current transfer window and explained why Liverpool are unlikely to do significant business before the deadline.www.liverpoolfc.com
"Nothing else"?
You mean this one? He's gone.
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People who are minted usually got there by being careful when managing finances. The club is no different. They are going to continue to try to pick a bargain out like they've done numerous times over the last few years. And we can afford to wait now that there are no pressures to buy. Klopp doesn't need to bring players in at the start of the window anymore.
