Comments on: Keita Alternative – Liverpool have to Agree $28million Midfielder Signing

By: Nick Smit

Nick Smit — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:45:45 +0000

If Kovacic is available at less than half the price of Keita, then why not. It seems like RB Leipzig have made up their minds that Keita is going nowhere next season. I will go for the alternative if he can do the same job and more.

By: Peter de Anointed

Peter de Anointed — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:43:02 +0000

We must try as much as possible and rap up the Keita deal. He’s got unrelenting energy and signing him would bring pace and stability into our midfield. With VVD, Keita and Aubameyang, Liverpool would be a force to reckon this season both in Europe and in the premiership

By: baldheadedstooge

baldheadedstooge — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:23:27 +0000

Kovacic definitely:Keita to me does not look like a player that will adapt with power and strength needed to thrive in EPL.But he is the one preferred by JK he wants more pace to enhance fluidity in his team.We could still get Kovacic provided is up for sale

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:08:35 +0000

I would love Liverpool to get Keita but my concern is that his club don’t need to sell him as Money is not a concern for them so how long do we wait for until we move onto another Midfielder and for me I would also go after
Real Madrids Mateo Kovacic who wants 1st team football and is a great player in his own right and could get for around that €30M mark !!! That way if we get Kovacic atleast we have a top Midfielder/DM and then still go after Keita and start putting a little pressure on the guy to put in a Transfer Request as once he does that the club will know he means Business so I presume Klopps idea of wanting also his team mate Werner will be a definite No go
And then also put pressure on VVD to do the same with a Transfer Request !!! Finally I’m still concerned that the best we can do at LB is Robertson Really ?? What about going after B Munich Juan Bernat who would welcome 1st team football and would be a fantastic fit for Liverpool and have Robertson as back up as I’m sure we will use more then 1 LB during the whole Season ??? And last of all 1 player I can’t beleive we have done nothing about since it was announced he would be leaving in this Transfer window and a Player Klopp has mentioned many times about wanting him at Anfield and that’s Lucas Moura available at €28M and a position I feel we are still 1 player short of even after buying Salah as I would like another winger to cover both sides and who can switch when required !!!! Your thoughts Guys YNWA

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:07:40 +0000

In reply to Josef Bianco. Josef, come on Keita ain't proven, Leipzig bought him last summer, he has played 1 full season and got some amazing stats, but then look at Torres, came to LFC was amazing the first season and then went down hill. Also Keita is unproven in the Premiership, look at the likes of Di Maria, Falco, pogba even to a certain extent, all amazing players in their own right, but in the premiership two of them failed miserably and 1 is struggling. So 3 players all costing over 50 million each and all of them amounted to an absolute waste of money. Keita I personally think would fall into that bracket and not only that but if Keita was to come to LFC (which he won't) when he falls short of the target. How many LFC fans are going to moan about the amount of money wasted on him like so many before in the past. I trust Klopp and I'm sure whomever he brings in will help us towards our fight to win the premiership. YNWA

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:59:18 +0000

In reply to Blue. Blue, I'm sorry to inform you but we will not be buying Keita, as his club also have Champions league football and therefore won't want to sell him. If you watched the market on that one player since we became interested, he originally supposedly had a buy out clause of 48 million euros, we actually offered 57 million euros, 9 million more than the asking price, they rejected it. But the clause stated 48m Euros. They then stated if we put up 60 million we can have him, 62.7 million bid and again refused, but wait a minute, that's nearly 15 miiilon more than original buy out clause and what's happened. The manager has no stated no amount of money will make them sell Keita.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:56:49 +0000

I say, go for all three, we need a stronger squad for the champions league and title contention, put the pressure on and get the players in.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:51:26 +0000

Imo, we do not need another versatile midfielder, we have 10 midfielders in our team already and that’s not including the Ines coming through from the academy. We have Coutinho, Firmino (although used as a striker), Wijnaldum, Llalana, Can, Salah, Mane, Milner, Henderson and Grujic. Academy players ready for first team football of the likes of Harry Wilson, Ryan Kent, Ovie Ejari, Sheyi Ojo, Chirivella,Rodrigues de Silva and Jordan Williams, so all in all we have 17 midfield players, we didn’t struggle in midfield, we struggled in defence as per usual. So solidify the defence, but a CDM or put Milner as CDM if we have a replacement LB. Any funds left over then spend them on a decent forward. (Although won’t be either of the two I would have preferred) Lacazette whom we could have had, but we dilly dally over a midfielder that we are never going to sign as the club he plays for also have Champions league football and the VvD saga, wasted nearly 3 weeks of the market for what? Solanke whom was arranged before window even opened and Salah whom joined just as the window opened.
42 days of the window left, what’s the best that come two days left we will have probably bought 1 other player as terms have already been agreed.

By: Godwin

Godwin — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:43:23 +0000

It will take time for Keita to sign for us, Kovacic can fit that space.

By: Gary Ward

Gary Ward — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:42:24 +0000

I don’t think either of these two is the amswer to the Liverpool shaped problem. We’ve become far too myopic about Kieta. For the past few seasons our biggest issue is that we concede too many goals from set plays. Is this because our defence is weak? Or is it that they get little support from the rest of the team? What do I mean by that? Liverpool play on a fast paced league where power and presense are as important as skill. We have the shortest outfield lineup in the league, and we’re looking at signing another midget. On a set play with 5 6ft+ players raining in, is Kieta, Clyne, Coutino, Mane and Firmino really going to assist much? We need a box to box midfileder who os also 6’2″ or more