Just completely lost his motivation and once Cabaye left his complete inability to pass the ball forward became more apparent. Actually did well towards the back end of last season
€25m and a possible €5m in add ons is the repoted fee for Milik.
Apparently he is not Higuian’s direct replacement as Napoli are hoping to sign Icardi off Inter.
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Van Persie to Rangers?
Once an Orangeman always an Orangeman (who is married to a Muslim).
Updated list
ARSENAL
INS: Granit Xhaka (£33.8m, Borussia Monchengladbach), Rob Holding (£2m, Bolton), Takuma Asano (undisclosed, Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
OUTS: Isaac Hayden (£2.5m, Newcastle), Wellington Silva (undisclosed, Fluminense), Jon Toral (loan, Granada), Dan Crowley (loan, Oxford), Ryan Huddart (loan, Eastliegh), Mikel Arteta, Mathieu Flamini and Tomas Rosicky (all released).
BOURNEMOUTH
INS: Jordon Ibe (£15m, Liverpool), Lewis Cook (£7m, Leeds), Lys Mousset (£5.4m, Le Havre), Brad Smith (£3m, Liverpool), Emerson Hyndman (free, Fulham), Mikael Ndjoli (free, Millwall), Nathan Ake (loan, Chelsea).
OUTS: Matt Ritchie (£12m, Newcastle), Tommy Elphick (£3.6m, Aston Villa), Lee Tomlin (Bristol City, £3m), Glenn Murray (loan, Brighton), Joe Quigley (loan, Gillingham), Harry Cornick (loan, Leyton Orient), Jayden Stockley (free, Aberdeen), Sylvain Distin, Stephane Zubar, Josh Carmichael, Josh Wakefield, Mason Walsh and Jon Muleba (all released).
BURNLEY
INS: Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£2.5m, Charlton), Nick Pope (£1.1m, Charlton).
OUTS: Alex Whitmore (loan, Morecambe), Josh Ginnelly (loan, Walsall), Joey Barton (free, Rangers), Matt Gilks (free, Rangers), Luke Conlan (free, Morecambe), Steven Hewitt (free, Accrington), Lloyd Dyer (free, Burton Albion), Danijel Nizic (free, Morecambe), Michael Duff (retired), Jason Gilchrist and Matty Taylor (both released)
CHELSEA
INS: Michy Batshuayi (£33m, Marseille), N’Golo Kante (£30m, Leicester City).
OUTS: Stipe Perica (£3m, Udinese), Wallace (loan, Gremio), Andreas Christensen (loan, Borussia Monchengladbach), Nathan Ake (loan, Bournemouth), Nathan (loan, Vitesse), Lewis Baker (loan, Vitesse), Alex Kiwomya (loan, Crewe), Joao Rodriguez (loan, Santa Fe), Charly Musonda (loan, Real Betis), Mitchell Beeney (loan, Crawley), Kasey Palmer (loan, Huddersfield), Victorien Angban and Jeremie Boga (loan, Granada), Tomas Kalas (loan, Fulham), Matej Delac (loan, Mouscron-Péruwelz), Reece Mitchell (free, Chesterfield), John Swift (free, Reading), Marco Amelia and Kevin Wright (both released).
CRYSTAL PALACE
INS: Andros Townsend (£13m, Newcastle), James Tomkins (£10m, West Ham), Steve Mandanda (£1.5m, Marseille).
OUTS: Dwight Gayle (£10m, Newcastle), David Gregory (free, Cambridge), Christopher Kettings (free, Oldham), Emmanuel Adebayor, Reise Allassani, Andreas Breimyr, Marouane Chamakh, Connor Dymond, Spencer Forte, Matthew George, Brede Hangeland, William Hoare, Adrian Mariappa, Patrick McCarthy, Oliver Pain and Christian Scales (all released).
EVERTON
INS: Maarten Stekelenburg (£850,000, Fulham).
OUTS: Tim Howard (free, Colorado Rapids), Jordan Thornley (free, Sheffield Wednesday), Aidan Graham, Tony Hibbert, Leon Osman, Steven Pienaar, Felipe Rohde, Jindrich Stanek (all released).
HULL
INS: Jonathan Edwards (free, Peterborough), Will Mannion (free, AFC Wimbledon)
OUTS: Sone Aluko (free, Fulham), Ben Clappison (free, York), Max Clark (loan, Cambridge), Ryan Taylor (released).
LEICESTER CITY
INS: Ahmed Musa (£16.6m, CSKA Moscow), Nampalys Mendy (£13m, Nice), Ron-Robert Zieler (£3m, Hannover), Luis Hernandez (free, Sporting Gijon), Raul Uche (undisclosed, Rayo Vallecano).
OUTS: N’Golo Kante (£30m, Chelsea), Andrej Kramaric (£8.5m, Hoffenheim), Joe Dodoo (free, Rangers), Jacob Blyth (free, Motherwell), Jonathan Maddison (free, Yeovil), Ryan Watson (free, Barnet), Paul Konchesky (free, Gillingham), Callum Elder (loan, Brentford) Kyle Bailey, Jack Barmby, Dean Hammond, Aaron Hassall, Michael Kelly, Keenan King, Harrison Panayiotou, Mark Schwarzer and Max Smith-Varnam (all released).
LIVERPOOL
INS: Sadio Mane (£34m, Southampton), Georginio Wijnaldum (£25m, Newcastle), Loris Karius (£4.7m, Mainz), Ragnar Klavan (£4.2m, Augsburg), Alex Manninger (free, Augsburg), Joel Matip (free, Schalke).
OUTS: Jordon Ibe (£15m, Bournemouth), Joe Allen (£13.5m, Stoke), Martin Skrtel (£5.5m, Fenerbahce), Jerome Sinclair (£4m, Watford), Brad Smith (£3m, Bournemouth), Sergi Canos (£2.5m, Norwich), Lawrence Vigouroux (£400,000, Swindon), Jordan Rossiter (£250,000, Rangers), Joao Carlos Teixeira (£250,000, Porto), Ryan Kent (loan, Barnsley), Danny Ward (loan, Huddersfield), Adam Bogdan (loan, Wigan), Ryan Fulton (loan, Chesterfield), Jack Dunn (loan, Morecambe), Kolo Toure (free, Celtic), Daniel Cleary (free, Birmingham), William Marsh, Ryan McLaughlin, Alex O’Hanlon, Kristof Polgar, Jose Enrique and Samed Yesil (all released).
MANCHESTER CITY
INS: Ilkay Gundogan (£20.3m, Borussia Dortmund), Nolito (£13.8m, Celta Vigo), Oleksandr Zinchenko (£1.7m, FC Ufa), Aaron Mooy (free, Melbourne City).
OUTS: Seko Fofane (£3.8m, Udinese), Aaron Mooy (loan, Huddersfield), Jack Byrne (loan, Blackburn), Enes Unal (loan, FC Twente) Charlie Albinson, Martin Demichelis, Nathaniel Oseni, Sam Tattum, Richard Wright (all released).
MANCHESTER UNITED
INS: Eric Bailly (£30m, Villarreal), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£26.3m, Borussia Dortmund) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (free, Paris Saint-Germain).
OUTS: Tyler Reid (undisclosed, Swansea), Ashley Fletcher (free, West Ham), Oliver Rathbone (free, Rochdale), Victor Valdes (free, Middlesbrough), Joe Rothwell (free, Oxford), Nick Powell (free, Wigan), Guillermo Varela (loan, Eintracht Frankfurt), George Dorrington (released).
MIDDLESBROUGH
INS: Marten de Roon (£12m, Atalanta), Viktor Fischer (£3.8m, Ajax), Antonio Barragan (£1.5m, Valencia), Alvaro Negredo (loan, Valencia), Brad Guzan (free, Aston Villa), Victor Valdes (free, Manchester United), Bernardo Espinosa (free, Sporting Gijon), Gaston Ramirez (free, Southampton), Jordan McGhee (loan, Hearts).
OUTS: Jonathan Burn (loan, Kilmarnock), Connor Ripley (loan, Oldham), Rhys Williams (free, Perth Glory), Luke Coddington (free, Huddersfield), Jordan Jones (free, Kilmarnock), Jonathan Woodgate, Damia Abella and Andre Bennett (all released).
SOUTHAMPTON
INS: Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (£12.8m, Bayern Munich), Nathan Redmond (£10m, Norwich).
OUTS: Sadio Mane (£34m, Liverpool), Graziano Pelle (£12m, Shandong Luneng), Victor Wanyama (£11m, Tottenham), Juanmi (£2m, Real Sociedad), Gaston Ramirez (free, Middlesbrough), Jason McCarthy (loan, Walsall), William Britt, Kelvin Davis (all released).
STOKE CITY
INS: Joe Allen (£13m, Liverpool), Ramadan Sobhi (£5million, Al Ahly)
OUTS: Steven Sidwell (free, Brighton), Yusuf Coban (free, Hoffenheim), Benjamin Barber, (free, York), Mark Waddington (loan, Kilmarnock), Edward Dryden, Bobby Moseley, Ryan O’Reilly, Peter Odemwingie, Petros Skapetis and Mason Watkins-Clark (all released).
SUNDERLAND
INS:
OUTS: Emanuele Giaccherini (£2m, Napoli), Santiago Vergini (£1.5m, Boca Juniors), Sebastian Coates (loan, Sporting), Danny Graham (free, Blackburn), Steven Fletcher (free, Sheffield Wednesday), Martin Smith (free, Kilmarnock), Adam Matthews (loan, Bristol City), Wes Brown, Mikael Mandron, Liam Agnew and Steve Harper (all released).
SWANSEA CITY
INS: Leroy Fer (£4.75m, QPR), Mike van der Hoorn (£2m, Ajax), Tyler Reid (undisclosed, Manchester United), Mark Birighitti (free, Newcastle Jets), George Byers (free, Watford).
OUTS: Alberto Paloschi (£5m, Atalanta), Eder (£4m, Lille), Matt Grimes (loan, Leeds), Raheem Hanley (free, Northampton), Bafetimbi Gomis (loan, Marseille), Oliver Davies (loan, Kilmarnock), Liam Shephard (loan, Yeovil), Kyle Bartley (loan, Leeds), Ryan Hedges (loan, Yeovil), Kenji Gorre (loan, Northampton), Daniel Alfei, Kyle Copp, James Demetriou, Stephen Fallon, Alexander Gogic, Henry Jones, Lee Lucas and Gareth Owen (all released).
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
INS: Vincent Janssen (£17m, AZ Alkmaar), Victor Wanyama (£11m, Southampton).
OUTS: Filip Lesniak (loan, Slovan Liberec), Christopher Paul (free, QPR), Emmanuel Sonupe (released).
WATFORD
INS: Isaac Success (£8.25m, Granada), Christian Kabasele (£6m, Genk), Jerome Sinclair (£4m, Liverpool), Brice Dja Djedje (£4m, Marseille), Juan Camilo Zuniga (loan, Napoli).
OUTS: Almen Abdi (£4m, Sheffield Wednesday), Miguel Layun (£4m, Porto), Jose Manuel Jurado (£2.1m, Espanyol), Daniel Pudil (undisclosed, Sheffield Wednesday), Gabriele Angella (undisclosed, Udinese), Adalberto Peñaranda (loan, Udinese), George Byers (free, Swansea), Josh Doherty (free, Leyton Orient), Obbi Oulare (loan, Zulte Waregem), Luke Simpson (free, York), Bernard Mensah Jnr (free, Aldershot), Joel Ekstrand, Uche Ikpeazu, Jorell Johnson, Mahlando Martin and Alfie Young (all released).
WEST BROMWICH ALBION
INS: Matt Phillips (£5.5m, QPR).
OUTS: Callam Jones (loan, Accrington), Tyler Roberts (loan, Oxford), Anders Lindegaard (free, Preston), Kyle Howkins (loan, Mansfield), Victor Anichebe, Samir Nabi and Stephane Sessegnon (all released).
WEST HAM UNITED
INS: Manuel Lanzini (£9.4m, Al Jazira Club), Toni Martinez (£2.5m, Valencia), Havard Nordtveit (free, Borussia Monchengladbach), Domingos Quina (free, Benfica), Sofiane Feghouli (free, Valencia), Gokhan Tore (loan, Besiktas), Ashley Fletcher (free, Manchester United).
OUTS: James Tomkins (£10m, Crystal Palace), Stephen Hendrie (loan, Blackburn), Elliot Lee (free, Barnsley), Kyle Knoyle (loan, Wigan), Antonio Brown, Alexander Chambers, Nathan Mavila, Lawrence Nasha and Martin O’Brien (all released).
Kloppo really has cleaned house. Left back still a problem… If he was able to get a top centre half I’d be relatively happy.
Flanagan is being sent on loan to Burnley as well.
Centre midfield is still a problem. And hasn’t been addressed.
Agreed… Can will be the main man there and he obviously feels Hendo and Milner are enough…the lad Grujic plays midfield also.
I think Henderson can do a job there and Can could be a decent player.
Left back is a huge problem area and as well as centre back that should be the priority.
I never understand this idea of strengthening left back and leaving a gaping hole on centre midfield.
Centre mid is one of the most important positions on the pitch. Left back is not.
Grujic is an interesting one and could prove to be a gem of a purchase but retaining Millner, Can and especially Henderson in there does not give much hope of an improvement from last year in what was already identified as an area requiring big improvement.
I’m expecting a big year from Can this year… He really started to grow under Klopp last season and the experience away at his first major international finals will drive him on… He has a great engine.
I’m not a Liverpool fan so may not pay as much attention as others but i watch a lot of their matches and premier league football in general.
What’s up with that comment about Henderson? Wasn’t he one of Liverpools best players a couple of seasons ago and did well when he was fit last year. I think he’s a very good player and Liverpool have been a better team when he plays.
your comment in the second line is true to an extent but every position is very important, only as strong as the weakest link etc, Moreno has caused all sorts of problems.
I don’t rate Henderson meself but he was carrying an injury all last year so hopefully performances are better…Milner is fine in a free role but I don’t like him in CM as he wants to be everywhere on the pitch.
He did well in a certain context. Gerrard was there and Suarez to a lesser extent. Now is the time for him as a captain to step up but he simply isn’t able to in my view.
Centre mid is a vital position. At a risk of sounding like a Johnny Giles mouthpiece the importance of a centre midfielder demanding and getting on the ball is massive. What it does is it stops the balls being needlessly given away by centre backs as they attempt to play balls long. It is important from both an attacking and a defensive point of view. If that is gotten right then less ball goes the way of the left back.
Milner could play at left back and probably be very good at it.
Could be the best option in the short term. Moreno is hopeless.
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Midfielders who demand the ball off centre backs are rare and out of Liverpool’s league probably.
One of the best proponents of it in the last 10 years is available at 31 years of age. Completely out of form though and plays for Man Utd.
Henderson is a headless chicken. Runs around a lot, but lacks any creativity and isn’t particularly skillful. He’s also liable to do something stupid every couple of games. He’s a poor replacement for Gerrard.
Ticks all the boxes for an England international.
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