Lazar Markovic

Reckon Danny Ward might be gone at the end of the season too. He's the same age as Karius so not exactly a youngster anymore.
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What are you basing that on? He's meant to have been decent for Huddersfield this year and if they were to get promoted i'd imagine we'd loan him out to them again so he gets a full season in the prem.

Markovic is a goner.

He's alright but not good enough for where we want to be.

We can easily get £12m for him though, if not more.

Klopp said the other day Ward would be coming back this summer so I don't see him leaving. I think he will stay at the club and might get a few games in the domestic cups. Long term he's probably got no future at the club though. Huddersfield fans have said he's decent but not more than that so I can't see him ever being good enough to play regularly for us.

Completely forgotten Wisdom was still on our books. The new contract he signed in 2013 really was such a bizarre decision, he hasn't played a single game for the club since. Probably got one more year left on his contract so might get a small fee for him.

I don't think it was bizarre.

We have had 3 years of loan fees for him probably with wages paid included, or part of them.

It's the modern game. Tie young players down so you can make money out of them.

We could have sold him in 2013 for maybe a couple of million, but we will probably still get that now, and have made that money on him in the last 4 years also.

Not very nice for the player but nobody forced him to sign.

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
Reckon Danny Ward might be gone at the end of the season too. He's the same age as Karius so not exactly a youngster anymore.
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What are you basing that on? He's meant to have been decent for Huddersfield this year and if they were to get promoted i'd imagine we'd loan him out to them again so he gets a full season in the prem.
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Maybe he'll get another loan, or be 3rd choice for us.

To answer your question of what I'm basing it on I'd use your own words - apparently he's been decent for Huddersfield. If he's going to break into our match day squad then he needs to be more than decent. He's not a youngster anymore, I just can't see him making it with us.

Hope I'm wrong and he proves to be excellent but it seems unlikely.

Huddersfield fans don't actually rate him. They've said it many times.

comment by (Kash) I'm the Mané, I'm the Mané - Justice4Gaza (U1108)
posted 6 hours, 31 minutes ago
I'd rather go for Antonio from West Ham then Lanzini. Antonio ticks a number of boxes.

Goals, versatility, pace, powerhouse, and great in the air in both boxes.

I think Clyne needs some decent competition too and someone Antonio can play there if needed.
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Oh god please no. As an attacker he's good. But he's worse defensively than Moreno, much worse.

comment by iCraft uGraft - God. (U1193)
posted 26 minutes ago
comment by (Kash) I'm the Mané, I'm the Mané - Justice4Gaza (U1108)
posted 6 hours, 31 minutes ago
I'd rather go for Antonio from West Ham then Lanzini. Antonio ticks a number of boxes.

Goals, versatility, pace, powerhouse, and great in the air in both boxes.

I think Clyne needs some decent competition too and someone Antonio can play there if needed.
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Oh god please no. As an attacker he's good. But he's worse defensively than Moreno, much worse.
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Chelsea don't seem to mind as they are linked to him today. A better version of Moses.

Chelsea play with wing backs.

They have the extra defender for cover and two sitters in front of the back 3.

Antonio is a good player but wouldn't suit us at all.

Klopp has been toying with 3 at the back but we don't have the RWB to make that happen. Anyway i was thinking of Antonio as an alternative to Mane rather than bring him into our defence.