Quote (A1R @ Jun 5 2017 06:33am)
From what I'm seeing in transfer rumours, we've been linked with quite a few players for a while now:
Virgil van Dijk - Another Southampton player! Apparently we are battling it out with City for his signature. A player that could compliment Matip really well. The fee that's doing the rounds is 50m.
Timo Werner - We're in the market for a striker and from what I've read, Timo looks to be a decent player to have. Don't know too much about him but if he can do a job and fits Klopp's style, I'm all for it!
Naby Keita - With Henderson being injured a lot of last season, we're no doubt looking for CM reinforcement, especially with extra games through the CL. Naby looks to be a solid box to box midfielder.
Andrew Robertson - Don't know too much about him other than being a left back from Hull, but we are in the market for a LB and would come on the cheap. Would prefer if we went for someone like Chilwell as he seems a much better prospect.
With hopefully tying up a deal for Salah soon, these additions would definitely be welcome! Perhaps afterwards, a look into goalkeepers.
ST: Werner, Sturridge (assuming that he will stay, unlikely though), Firmino, Ings, Origi, Solanke
AM / Wingers - Salah, Mane, Coutinho, Firmino (if not used as a striker), Lallana
CM - Keita, Can, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner (unless he's used as a LB), Lucas (assuming he stays), Grujic
Defenders - Van Dijk, Matip, Lovren, Klavan, Gomez, Clyne, Robertson, Moreno
GK - Mignolet, Karius, Ward
A pretty good squad, plus mix in there some youth like Woodburn, Ojo, Alexander Arnold, we should be able to challenge both domestically and in Europe.
Might also see a number of players leave such as Sturridge, Lucas, Sakho, Markovic, possibly Moreno. Depending on how many leave, could look to fill those positions with prospects as well.
Hopefully we see some deals wrapped up early so that they have a full preseason together.
Van Dijk and Keita's asking prices are £50m each, not sure we can afford to pay that + match Van Dijk's wage offer from City and Chelsea which is £200k a week.
We've been linked with some Polish striker as well (forgot his name), who's got a really impressive goals record, but it's in the Belgian league. He'd only be £10m though so I'd probably just buy him.