Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 243. (Read 71695 times)

They aren't publishing it because most probably they don't have any clear targets yet. There are just rumours we see so far. Still yeah, I agree that Arne Slot has newly arrived. I assume I will need to be more patient with his clarifying his target players. We have another Dutch manager in the Premier League after Erik ten Hag. I wouldn't be surprised if Arne Slot wants to bring some players he knew from his country.  

By the way as far as I know Arsenal is close to finalizing the Calafiori deal so Liverpool might miss the train.


If it's the case then it's very good news for Liverpool side. Because I don't even know whether Liverpool has anyone in their mind as a good replacement for him yet. Salah is still the most important player at the team.

To be honest, i never heard liverpool try to let him leave from Liverpool. I repeat it once again, never. Liverpool never changed his mind, and if they try to let him leave from Liverpool. Trust me. Liverpool's social media accounts will be flooded by many negative opinions. They'll come from hundreds of thousands of fans.
A player can replace Salah. Many great wingers like him are available. But, there's no guarantee Liverpool can find someone who fits the club's style.

Salah has been fully developed under Jurgen Klopp, and he is a very experienced winger. It's a big loss if liverpool sell him; However, i have also an alternative opinion about this too. I see the case for keeping him. It's clear to Liverpool. But, I would have thought that if they can also get a good fee for him, then it's time to sell. If there's a very lucrative offer for Salah, say 200 millions, then they should sell. It's worth it to sell this 31 years old player for money to rebuild the club.

Apart from the newness of Slot that you mentioned above, indecision of Mo Salah is also a problem to Liverpool. If it is certain that Salah is leaving, Liverpool would bold enter the transfer market to get a big fish. But if Salah is staying, Liverpool will not be able to buy someone above Salah.

This is why I love Jurgen Klopp, who made it easy for Liverpool by saying his decision of leaving and it gave Liverpool enough time to search for his replacement.

Salah future at Liverpool is still a heated debate considering Salah contract which will expire in 2026 later, leaving Liverpool in a dilemma to keep Salah or even sell him in the near time in order to be able to get a lot of money, because Salah still has a high selling value at the moment, Salah is one of the players who continues to be the mainstay of the klopp in the last few seasons,but I don't think if he will be included in the Arne Slot game scheme next season considering Salah performance which has declined very drastically after he has suffered several injuries both in the national team and Liverpool so far.

Arne slot may try the game scheme that he has been applying in feyenoord which often builds attacks from below and relies on both wings to attack, So it is likely that he will look for new players who are both wingers and central attackers and have the speed to be able to optimize their quick attacks next season.

Most likely Arne Slot still wants to use the current players, even so there is no pressure for Liverpool management to Arne Slot to force him to find players that Liverpool needs next season, Arne Slot's trust in the players left by Kloop is still good enough if Arne Slot is able to provide the tactics he has, able or not at least saving cash is much better than wasting money to buy expensive players, rather than correcting the squad to find out what is needed.

As long as Liverpool is still playing well, of course there will be purchases in the transfer market next season because no one will know the quality of Liverpool in the hands of Arne Slot.

This is still possible but I think this depends on how interested the SPL club is in the end because after all Salah leaving now is a risk that is definitely very risky for Liverpool but it can still happen when there is a very large bid.

Last season Liverpool were even offered around almost 150 million to let Salah leave and it could be that offers like this will be back when transfers start to get busy and there could be a different result where last season Liverpool did not take the offer but this season there could be another consideration for Liverpool with Slot as their helmsman.

Salah is still a pretty vital player for Liverpool but on the other hand they must also be aware that business can beat their ego to keep Salah so in this case I think we still have to wait for what will happen in the next few weeks because I think the transfer will start hot for the next few weeks.

Perhaps Liverpool has changed there mind in letting go of Mohammed Salah because his performance is still needed on the club at least for this season that is about to start, considering the fact that as so many clubs are seriously trying to get more players and enhance there club but Liverpool on the other hand has not been following that trend, so there is no way they would make any rash decision in letting Mohammed Salah leave the club this season because I don't think there is any player currently on the market that can handles Mohammed Salahs roles in Liverpool.

Perhaps the most realistic reason is that Pochettino was unable to make Chelsea perform better than Management expected, he also failed to bring Chelsea to finish in the top four or the European Zone. In my opinion, Chelsea management should not rush into making a decision, they should give Pochettino at least one more season to prove his abilities.
Now that Chelsea will start a new season with a new coach and several new players brought in, management's hopes remain the same as when they appointed Pochettino as coach. It is very likely that Enzo Maresca will suffer the same fate as Pochettino if he is unable to bring Chelsea to compete in the top four, management will immediately fire him and replace him with a new coach.

It's nothing about the money honestly. You may not be a fan of Erik Ten Hag, you may not like him personally but then, when you make your analysis, don't let how you feel for him come in between your judgement, do that and you'll see how much of a great football fan you'll be. ( I use myself as example, Chelsea is a team I'll never let my son fan lol, but then, I have never allowed my hate or dislike from this club hate a single player that plays for the club. )

It's not about money, when you look out there, you'll not see a better manager than Erik Ten Hag for the Manchester United job... If Hansi Flick was vacant and eager to land the job, then I'll say they should go all out to get him as manager but he choose Barcelona at the end of it all. We will see to that, Erik Ten Hag will definitely win Manchester United the Premier League Competition. It's same way I predicted he'll win thr Fa Cup Competition and he did, good he has the fans backing him up.

These Manchester United team lacks standard, and there are only a few players with high standards, some of the names playing for Manchester United right now, wouldn't have made it during Sir Alex Fergusons time as manager. The glazers are obviously about profits, because if they have invested with the right coaches, and players Manchester United wouldn't have been this poor all these past years. I'm disappointed with them.

Agreed, Palmer isn't a striker. But he really performed like a striker last season.    However of course Chelsea wouldn't rely on him to score this many goals every season. It is difficult for a midfielder to maintain such performance.

This is where Chelsea would make use of a real striker who they can benefit from significantly. They are making their investments into midfielders recently but they had better focus on the attacking area as well. Marc Guiu is a new arrival who is a 18-year-old striker. Chelsea is full of young centre-forwards like this. But I think they should actually have a star scorer there to increase the productivity more.

Jackson is still not good enough. I don't think he should be their main striker because of that. 

Personally, I have never had faith in what Ten Hag can do, but if it is to make MU great again like before, then I hope it works for him. It is a fact that the club does not have much money to look for a coach who really measures up. For me, there are many opportunities for him to see if something good comes out of it, but for me it will not work.

I would say that the entire MU team is super good, but it could shine with another coach, although the club does not see it that way. I do not know, but sometimes I think that the owners of the club no longer have that love for the team.

Erik ten Hag: 'At Man United the standard is you win games and definitely don't lose games'




Source:https://www.newsletter.co.uk/sport/football/international-football/erik-ten-hag-at-man-united-the-standard-is-you-win-games-and-definitely-dont-lose-games-4703865

I don't know why Chelsea management sacked coach Pochettino. We have seen a series of good performances from Chelsea in the last matches of the season. And from this it can be assumed that coach Pochettino was able to stabilize this team. Pochettino was then sacked by the Chelsea management.

However, Chelsea management has appointed a new coach. And spending a lot of money to strengthen their squad. But I would say the Chelsea management should give the coach enough time and opportunities. The Chelsea management is living in a fool's paradise if they expect good performances from Chelsea so quickly. The situation of the Chelsea team is very shaky. This group definitely needs time to improve.

Preparing more complete player material is Liverpool priority for next season, but they have not succeeded in reaching an agreement with any players. Arne Slot will have to focus more on defenders in his first season in charge of Liverpool, as he will lose Joel Matip when his contract expires. Previously, Arne Slot really wanted to land Waldemar Anton, who performed well with Stuttgart, but the player preferred Dortmund to Liverpool. Maybe Liverpool is in the process of negotiating with several players to complete their moves. Arne Slot, who will start managing Liverpool next season, will make preparations to strengthen his squad before the competition starts.

Chelsea showed big ambition this time after failing with the previous coach, large sums of money were immediately prepared to bring in several quality players to improve the quality of the club. Being absent from the Champions League is certainly a setback for big clubs like Chelsea, they don't want the failures experienced last season to continue next season. It is hoped that the arrival of several new players will improve Chelsea's performance in the competition for the top four positions.

Palmer isn't even a striker, he's a attacking midfielder. But, he's become the top scorer for Chelsea because Chelsea don't have any good striker, so he need to take care by himself. If Chelsea has a good striker, Palmer will become a good support for the striker.

With sooo many players that currently Chelsea have, they need to sell or loan their players as many as possible or they will suffer bad financial.

Not a right move for Chelsea to sign Osimhen when they still have many players.

It is not surprising that Chelsea are quite active in the transfer window, they not only change coaches every season but also make player changes and they always recruit young players and this is what makes Chelsea's strength unstable because they always change players if they feel that the player is not capable of performing impressively. Even though Chelsea already has good players in it, they just haven't trained them well. Chelsea wastes too much money on transfers. They don't want to be left behind by other clubs, but what Chelsea is doing is completely wrong, which will make Chelsea commit a transfer violation.

So you think Cole Palmer is not a brilliant striker? he was a key player for the Blues last season, you can check his statistics yourself, he has attracted a lot of attention.
It's true that Oshimen is a great striker, but if Chelsea already has a good striker, why bring in this player, after all, bringing him in doesn't necessarily mean Chelsea will be successful in the EPL.
Chelsea has negotiated with Napoli regarding the exchange, not only giving Lukaku but also Cesare Casadei, but if you think about it, Napoli got a big advantage because Chelsea gave Lukaku and Cesare Casadei for an additional fee of 70 million euros, this is what has not reached an agreement to date because the clause currently benefits Napoli while Chelsea gets Oshimen with his declining performance.

I heard the rumor that Liverpool is interested to sign Frimpong, Kimmich, Dani Olmo, Anthony Gordon, Marc Guehi, and Donyell Malen. Sure, Arne Slot must expect to sign few players to strengthen Liverpool squad. However, it seems Arne Slot doesn't want to hurry buying the players. He is likely to sign the players if their transfer fees are reasonable. Liverpool actually has many players, they don't need significant change on their squad. What I see that Liverpool only has lack of striker (CF), but it is surprising that Arne Slot has no issue to sign a new strong striker. I only know that Liverpool is trying to sign Anthony Gordon, he is actually not a striker (CF), he is a left-winger.

Check Liverpool transfer rumors here:
- liverpoolecho
- newsnow

maybe they were doing some preparations, because they have to adapt first to the new coach, but I am sure they will make us surprise with new transfer player.

Yes, it's true, signing Joshua Zirkzee is quite reasonable for Man United. He is a striker who is still quite young at 23 years old, so the contract option for the next 5 years is quite reasonable to sign. And with Joshua Zirkzee at Man United, with Ten Hag still being his coach, many are speculating that Man United might have an Ajax-like performance style in the future, if Joshua Zirkzee is the main striker in every match. Yes, indeed, every new signing at Man United is certainly expected to bring big changes to the club. It's just that what we need to understand is that it is a club, not just because a talented player comes and the club will change drastically. Of course, Ten Hag should do that and continue to plan other signings that are very suitable for the progress of the club.

In fact, Liverpool have been linked with several rumors of players they are interested in. However, some time ago, Liverpool pulled out of the competition by getting Leny Yoro from Lile, where Man United and Real Madrid are currently studying him.
Source: Liverpool pulled out of race to sign Leny Yoro

For this reason, Liverpool is more focused on getting other players who might be more capable of actually signing. Some of the lists that are currently emerging or even more intensely rumored after Euro 2024 are:
1. Mohamed Simakan
Liverpool are currently interested in signing the RB Leipzig defender, as they will also have a meeting with Atletico Madrid who are also currently approaching him. At least, they have to spend €40 - €45 million to get Simakan.

2. Teun Koopmeiners
For this Atalanta midfielder, Liverpool also apparently has to compete with Juventus to get Koopmeiners. For a long time, Juventus wanted this Atalanta midfielde



Source: Liverpool 'interested' in Mohamed Simakan and Teun Koopmeiners
Source: Liverpool 'interested' in Mohamed Simakan Twiter

This won't be the first time they'll be recruiting star players as they always do that every time the transfer window is open. Chelsea don't have a plan, they're just buying everybody they see and this was the same mistake they made last season. What they should be doing is trying to sign quality players for the position that they're missing quality players. They don't have a very brilliant striker and there's Victor Osimhen that is available in the market. Chelsea not going after him is not a smart move. Napoli wants Romelu Lukaku and he is a Chelsea player, why don't Chelsea negotiate a deal for swapping of Romelu Lukaku and Victor Osimhen. They can also get some money on top the swapping deal. Chelsea shouldn't just be signing all the stars they hear about but be more focused with their signings.

I have not really followed the happenings in the football clubs recently, specially after the premiere league was over, but then, I was also surprised when I learnt that Liverpool are yet to make any transfers in preparation for the new premier league season that is only some months away.

But I am not surprised though, the club may possibly have some plans of their own, and remember this saying that "who laughs last; laughs best", it could be that the club is patiently waiting for other clubs to be done with their transfers, and then they commence theirs, making sure to choose only the very best of players, or maybe they have a different plan altogether, it's completely up to them and I believe they know absolutely what they are doing.