Pig Catcher » Sun May 28, 2017 10:40 pm wrote:As usual, most clubs will have to wait until the oligarch backed clubs (Man City, Chelsea and PSG) and the clubs who have been running like big corporates for years (Man Utd, Bayern, Barca and Real Madrid) make their big moves. Like it or not they get the pick of the litter. The other option is to go after players who haven't yet done enough to get on the radar of these clubs - the Dortmund model if you like. Personally I think we need to work on getting really good at the latter option. The likes of Van Dijk and Keita have a realistic chance of getting picked by one of those clubs and will wait and see. Don't think we should wait to see what scraps are left over.
Agree with this. Van Dijk (decent defender but don't fully buy into the hype around him) and Keita may well see us an option but only if they are not picked up by one of the moneybag clubs first (bigger wages, signing on fees etc).
I agree we can't afford to hang around too long but a worry is players may be waiting to see if theu can get that move to a moneybags club but also waiting for us to qualify for the CL proper.
Think we do need to be a bit cute about some of the players we sign. Players that have been under the radar but Klopp has looked at and thought 'I can make a real player out of him'
Likes of Van Dijk and Keita already have a lot of hype around them and if they are genuine Klopp targets, it would be pretty galling to lose out to a team with more cash and I just hope we have adequate (and i mean adequate alternatives, not rush job signing which are not upto the mark) alternatives lined up otherwise we really could be caught with our pants down