With Sancho i get the feeling that he already knows exactly which english club he wants to join.
They also say that Bayern will have the biggest chance to sign him because they have an excellent and long-standing relationship with his representatives. He'll go to Bayern imo, like most German supertalents. The fact that Klopp is German won't change much to this. Also, a bidding war with all European top clubs would make the player exceedingly expensive, and we know that the club will never sanction a £ 90m-150m move for that lad.
He will have two years left on his contract next summer and for me it's pretty obvious that there is no clause and Leverkusen are entertaining a bidding war which Bayern won't be able to win against english clubs.
If they can't that would mirror the PL rules but it's not a FIFA dictat so it's up to the individual leagues although it potentially undermines the integrity of the league. I seem to remember Bayern announcing they'd agreed to sign Gotze as a free agent before the German season was over though...think it was right before they played Dortmund, in fact. Was it before a Cup final or something?
That what I’m wandering, I know in England they can only talk to a player a month before the players contract expires and the announcement was before I believe the champions league final so that would fall into that timescale.
Yes they can, Goretzka did it in Jan 2018, announcing it for his move as free transfer in the following summer. So yes, they can absolutely do that.
A few dortmund players have done so in the past - most notably llewandowski.
Is that Lewandowski’s Welsh cousin?
come on!!! it's gerwyn llewandowski . once scored a hat trick in the sheep cup final . would have had 4 but blasted a penalty over the baah !
Oh Betty! Bloody apted username after a joke like that
(I have a feeling it’s form financial reasons rather than footballing ones. A talented young English players won’t have a lot of chances to feature in their top clubs, harness that skill and build them up from decent to good and then sell it back to England. If they turned out to become a Sterling level, the selling club will laughing to the bank.
I hope he goes now. Firstly becausr that would be an interesting move for him and secondly because I'm getting tired of seeing him/his agent try and force a move.
Well, I hope we hold on to Duncan. He looks like proper talent and the club must convince him to renew his contract /I think he signed for 3 years with LFC last season/ and then no problem to loan him out, but definitely with no option to buy.
He has been pushing for a move since the day he signed for us. He forced his way out of Man City, he is trying to force his way out of Liverpool - I'm not sure how the club could ever "trust" him.
I don't want to see our club bullied by agents ot players. He still has a contract /2 years left as far as I know/ with Liverpool and Klopp definitely likes him, because he was one of the few youngsters that travelled with the main group to USA.
Duncan's major problem is he is a no.9 and that's it. He isn't flexible like Glatzel or Brewster in the fact they can drop deep (as a no.10) or play as a wide forward. That means his minutes will be limited and as Sweeting says he isn't better than either of those two (and doubt he will be ever).
This is my opinion as well. There obviously is something about him (it's rather unfortunate that he will be mostly remembered as "Stevie G's little cousin"), I think he's a decent finisher and that he has a bit of single-mindedness and arrogance about him in the box but compare him to Glatzel and I think he's found wanting in the technical and tactical department (not that Glatzel is the second coming of Thomas Mueller, of course, and his injury issues will most likely cost him his Liverpool career, unfortunately).
I guess it is all about perception but if we were to move him on, on our terms financially, then we are also sending a message to young players that if they can't make it here they can get a good football education and then we will let them go to a good club to get their football. That can be a selling point for a lad at, for example, Crewe deciding whether to join us or Man Utd.
I don't see the boy ''causing a public fuss''. He wants to play football at a higher level and thinks he can do that. Can't see the problem. A loan will be a good option for both LFC and the player /but signing a new contract is important. Last winter we had the same problem with Kane, but he signed his contract and continued playing for Doncaster/. If he is good enough he will come as a better player and his price will rise. If he can't make it /after 2-3 years/, maybe the club will be more cooperative about a potential sale.
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Also tweeted 2 hours ago that Duncan is looking for a new agent.
Yeah but that seemed almost sensible. It's the tweets he puts out that implies he can influence people's behaviour that I find most amusing. I seem to remember he was going to get on a plane to sort Monchi out and then two days later Roma agreed to sell Salah and indykaila was making out it was all his influence, haha. I kinda love that crazy fucker.