Reg » Fri Mar 28, 2025 6:28 am wrote:I hope there's equal focus on signing English and Scottish replacements, moving to the EPL is a massive step up for many of these foreign lads etc...
Should we factor in replacing Chiesa ffs...?
Not sure about the nationality as Mane, Firmino and Salah were all foreign. I do think that PL experience is important. I think in the PL you need to be fit, can take a tough tackle and quick of thought. All successful foreign players in the PL have that. Firmino and Salah were PL gambles, Mane looked good at Southampton but all had toughness, fitness and were quick of thought. Nunez on the other hand was a gamble that didn’t pay off, he has two of the three attributes needed but not “quick of thought” and where he is struggling.
I think if history is anything to go by we will buy talented young players that are on the verge of breaking out like Firmino, Salah and Mane were. I think there is no chance we will buy Isak for 150m, it’s not how we have operated in the past and seeing as we need so many players we won’t spend that on one. I sense that Nunez was more a Klopp decision than the transfer committee. I hope they unearth at least a couple of future world class players.
