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a lot of money for keeper. I suspect we weren't even looking at him, maybe a new contract for Courtois is already in the works? 

 
BordeauxBlue said:
No chance Courtois signs a new deal.
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We don't know that. A quote come out yesterday where he said although his family means a lot, he would be open to a new contract and that he's happy living in London. Either that or we take Navas off of Real Madrid's hands. There's other options out there I am sure. I haven't watched Alisson nearly enough to comment on his ability or ceiling, but by next year no doubt a keeper will come on to the market that will be the next great keeper, it's always the way. Worrying over replacing Courtois shouldn't be a big issue yet. 

 
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yorkleyblue said:
They're still the dippers, though, masters of history and mourners of chickens.  They'll fall short again.

I'm thinking of putting a fiver on Salah going back to being pants again this season.  Then they're f**ked from the front.
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The refs and media alone will ensure they get a good helping hand.....along with their quality signings it could and probably will get them far......I love how they back klopp with what he wants, no matter the Price it seems.

 
enigma said:
We don't know that. A quote come out yesterday where he said although his family means a lot, he would be open to a new contract and that he's happy living in London. Either that or we take Navas off of Real Madrid's hands. There's other options out there I am sure. 
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Wouldn’t mind keeping him for this year, and letting him go on a free next year. That way the club can take its time finding a decent player in agreement with the coach. Any replacement goalkeeper at this point could turn out to be a turd.

P.S. Donnarumma is a Riaola client and that comes with its own issues. He is already on £100k+ at Milan which for a 19yr old goalkeeper is ridiculous.

 
ducavis said:
Wouldn’t mind keeping him for this year, and letting him go on a free next year. That way the club can take its time finding a decent player in agreement with the coach. Any replacement goalkeeper at this point could turn out to be a turd.

P.S. Donnarumma is a Riaola client and that comes with its own issues. He is already on £100k+ at Milan which for a 19yr old goalkeeper is ridiculous.
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That first sentence may well be what happens. No point rushing to get a keeper this season, and Courtois could easily sign a new contract which would work in both his and our favour. He gets to go next season, but for a price, not free, and we get to keep him for this season to help us back into CL and possibly challenge for the title too. 

 
All I'm getting from this is that Zappacosta or Drinkwater should be transformed into goalkeepers  :wink:

Or perhaps even Bakayoko?

 
Apparently Chelsea didn’t even bid for Alisson. So we can’t have been that serious about signing him could we?

I was always surprised that we was being link with a goalkeeper whose price would have made him our most expensive player... if we’re going to break the bank I think it’ll be for a striker. 

If we do end up selling Courtois I don’t see us spending much more than we’d sell him for. 

 
Remember when Klopp told us he didn't want to spend money like other clubs, Liverpool do things differently etc.... Ha ha, yeah, right. Hypocritical bellend is at the right club for certain. 

 
dkw said:
Remember when Klopp told us he didn't want to spend money like other clubs, Liverpool do things differently etc.... Ha ha, yeah, right. Hypocritical bellend is at the right club for certain. 
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£75m for Van Dijk

£60m Kieta 

£60m Fabinho

£66m Allison

£40m Salah 

Not exactly pocket change is it? They clearly mean business and it’ll make for a more competitive league but I don’t want the Scousers or media putting them on a pedestal about how they’ve got to where they are. 

 
I can’t see any other option than sell him if he doesn’t sign a new contract in the next week or so. If th3 offer is north of £30 million then that’s simply to much to in effect write off

 
Nibs said:
I agree we have made that mistake in the past with outfield players. But this is totally different. Alisson is NOT massively better than the likes of Pope, Butland, Heaton etc. It wasn't that long ago that he couldn't dislodge the great Wojciech Szczesny from the No.1 spot at Roma!! 
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I don't know a lot the english goalkeepers you mentioned,but as a napoli fan i've watched almost all Roma's games last season. 2 years ago was his first year in Europe and Szczesny had been great the previous year (Szczesny has imroved a lot,today he's very good) so it was their plan to give Allison 1 year to settle in. From what I've seen Alisson is today top3 goalkeeper in the world (maybe I'd rate Oblak #1 and Courtois #2), he's the starter of brazil national team instead of Ederson,no doubt about his qualities. I agree the problem is his currently economic value,maybe too much for a keeper, Roma hoped to make an auction for their best player between you,Liverpool and Real Madrid. So I don't know if it's correct to pay as much for a goalkeeper,but I'm sure Alisson is world classy. Donnarumma is Italian hope,but he's still in his prime and after a good first year (and after he signed a very rich contract) he didn't repeat in the second,he made lot of errors last season what  I think it's normal for his age. The problem of Donnarumma is he's very promising but u can clearly see the difference between him and top keeper like Alisson,but Donnarumma's manager is Raiola and last year he signed new contract with Milan earning 6 milions/year plus they signed his brother as 3rd keeper of the team and they pay him 1 mln per year (it was last year of donnarumma's contract so they were forced),when Allison earns much less. So you should spend at least 50 milions and pay his salary a lot,for a keeper who maybe one day will be as good as top keepers,but more likely he won't reach that level,and to be honest today is just a little more than a normal player. If Courtois goes to Real,and Allison to Liverpool, maybe u could get Keylor Navas(you give them Courtois for few money!) from Real waiting to sign new goalkeep next year. I heard very good things about Kepa but I heard also his team asks at least same money roma asks for Allison,so...

 
No way this guy is worth £70m...I'd take the keeper from Milan or look at Schmil or Butland...sorry but Cech is now only second keeper standard...

 
[SIZE=12pt]“Right, NOW Alisson to Liverpool is a done deal, so say Sky Italy[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]For the record. That’s a LOT of money to pay for Alisson. Of course I wanted him. But still. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]So Chelsea either keep Courtois, or work on another keeper. Main names linked Donnarumma, Cillessen, Schmeichel, Cech, Butland..[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Chelsea never made an offer by the way, before the hijack stories start!” - Simon Phillips. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Interesting that we didn’t make an offer - I wonder if we were put off by the price. [/SIZE]

 
JM7 said:
[SIZE=12pt]Interesting that we didn’t make an offer - I wonder if we were put off by the price. [/SIZE]
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I'd say that is the only reason.  I'm sure we were interested in him.

 
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