How good is he compared to Declan Rice? Highlight reels look good and would be cheaper but signing players from the French league is always a gamble (still traumatised from Bakayoko)

1 hour ago, Drogba1 said:

How good is he compared to Declan Rice? Highlight reels look good and would be cheaper but signing players from the French league is always a gamble (still traumatised from Bakayoko)

For every Bakayoko there is a Fabinho. 

On 11/05/2022 at 19:50, Drogba1 said:

How good is he compared to Declan Rice? Highlight reels look good and would be cheaper but signing players from the French league is always a gamble (still traumatised from Bakayoko)

I have seen Tchouameni play some number of times for France and Monaco over the last couple of years. He is a better all around player compared to Rice, particularly on the offensive side. Pairing him and Gallagher as double 6s could add a lot more fire power in the Chelsea midfield which they have lacked for a while. 

On 14/05/2022 at 13:40, TheGreatestGame said:

I have seen Tchouameni play some number of times for France and Monaco over the last couple of years. He is a better all around player compared to Rice, particularly on the offensive side. Pairing him and Gallagher as double 6s could add a lot more fire power in the Chelsea midfield which they have lacked for a while. 

He is a box-to-box player or a DM? Rice is actually very good in attacks as well although you can't expect him to score. Ideally I would love us to have a pure DM. Jorginho is another option against different kind of opponents.

Read some rumours that Liverpool have agreed personal terms with him. I’m sure there’s plenty of teams who are after him so I’m hoping this doesn’t mean he’s agreeing a move to them. 

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

Read some rumours that Liverpool have agreed personal terms with him. I’m sure there’s plenty of teams who are after him so I’m hoping this doesn’t mean he’s agreeing a move to them. 

Seems like our rivals will be even stronger while we will take a step back and surrender the spotlight...

Really hoping we wrap up Kounde, and he inflences Tchouameni to come here. 

If we end up with Dembele, or Nkunku too it could be quite the french revolution! 

2 hours ago, Gol15 said:

Seems like our rivals will be even stronger while we will take a step back and surrender the spotlight...

Been happening for a while Gol.

41 minutes ago, big blue said:

Really hoping we wrap up Kounde, and he inflences Tchouameni to come here. 

If we end up with Dembele, or Nkunku too it could be quite the french revolution! 

cucurella, kounde, eriksen, koulibaly, dembele and touchameni would be great 

3 hours ago, JM7 said:

Read some rumours that Liverpool have agreed personal terms with him. I’m sure there’s plenty of teams who are after him so I’m hoping this doesn’t mean he’s agreeing a move to them. 

Liverpool sources/outlets only ones reporting it. They are notoriously sh*t. Nothing was agreed, just that Real Madrid have pulled out which makes them think they are the only front runner because we apparently can't do anything all summer. 

3 hours ago, JM7 said:

Read some rumours that Liverpool have agreed personal terms with him. I’m sure there’s plenty of teams who are after him so I’m hoping this doesn’t mean he’s agreeing a move to them. 

One thing Liverpool do that is great is if they want someone there isn’t 3 months of hearsay, there might be some rumours but as soon as the interest is concrete they wrap up the deal quickly  

15 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

One thing Liverpool do that is great is if they want someone there isn’t 3 months of hearsay, there might be some rumours but as soon as the interest is concrete they wrap up the deal quickly  

They were linked with Werner for months until we got him. Same with Pulisic. 

44 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They were linked with Werner for months until we got him. Same with Pulisic. 

Linked with players is a bit different though, that’s just journalism. If you look at our interest in Havertz for example we knew of the concrete interest for a couple of months before we made it official. But if you look at recent deals from Liverpool like Diaz and Kouyate that interest was made public and within a couple of weeks the deals were done

10 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Linked with players is a bit different though, that’s just journalism. If you look at our interest in Havertz for example we knew of the concrete interest for a couple of months before we made it official. But if you look at recent deals from Liverpool like Diaz and Kouyate that interest was made public and within a couple of weeks the deals were done

They were dealing with Diaz since last summer and finally pulled the trigger in January. Konate had a release clause. 

The issue with Havertz was trying to agree a fee with Bayer

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1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They were dealing with Diaz since last summer and finally pulled the trigger in January. Konate had a release clause. 

The issue with Havertz was trying to agree a fee with Bayer

Don't think Liverpool even wanted to buy Diaz in January it was only because Spurs where sniffing around that Liverpool jumped in and signed him Willian style.  They where most likely monitoring him with a view to buying him in summer then panicked thinking Spurs might steal him.

7 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Don't think Liverpool even wanted to buy Diaz in January it was only because Spurs where sniffing around that Liverpool jumped in and signed him Willian style.  They where most likely monitoring him with a view to buying him in summer then panicked thinking Spurs might steal him.

It was somewhat of a shock signing given the timing, as Liverpool had been linked with a summer 2022 move for the forward. But Tottenham were ready to go all out to secure the player's signature before then. So Liverpool was forced to move fast, and it executed the deal in January, rather than risk losing him to a domestic rival. 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/who-is-luis-diaz-liverpool-how-much-cost-transfer/vxuw2zt3lq7rgsz157xbxigw

You're right. 

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Liverpool linked with Ibrahim Sangare. 

Hopefully Monaco's price on Tchouameni has put them off. 

Reports are that Tchouameni is being linked to Real Madrid, especially now they have money to burn following Mbappe deciding to stay at PSG. 

4 minutes ago, Socrates said:

Reports are that Tchouameni is being linked to Real Madrid, especially now they have money to burn following Mbappe deciding to stay at PSG. 

Aye seen that too. They were more linked with him last year but it cooled down. Now Mbappe snubbed them, as did Haaland, they will be looking to make a splash. Toni is not a big enough star on his own for that.

Real will wait for the result in the CL next Saturday. Then they will decide if they will bring in a lot of fresh blood or more or less keep the same team.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/22/liverpool-agree-deal-with-aurelien-tchouameni-with-midfielder-to-decide-next-move-16689250/?fbclid=IwAR1VOyCmAebFs1WYHcZxhE6V1kVr6yuKWPbV2AG7aslEYVOieC7C6ZorEVk

Apparently will decide whether he goes to Real or Pool next week.

5 hours ago, axman2526 said:

https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/22/liverpool-agree-deal-with-aurelien-tchouameni-with-midfielder-to-decide-next-move-16689250/?fbclid=IwAR1VOyCmAebFs1WYHcZxhE6V1kVr6yuKWPbV2AG7aslEYVOieC7C6ZorEVk

Apparently will decide whether he goes to Real or Pool next week.

F Scott McLaughlin and his scouts who thought Saul was a better option than Tchouameni last summer. Peter Cech was pushing to sign him but got overflowed ruled . McLaughlin should be fired for that clear and obvious mistake. 

On 12/05/2022 at 09:22, Sconnie Blue said:

For every Bakayoko there is a Fabinho. 

I still don't get how our people overlooked Fabinho for Bakayoko. 

5 hours ago, TheGreatestGame said:

F Scott McLaughlin and his scouts who thought Saul was a better option than Tchouameni last summer. Peter Cech was pushing to sign him but got overflowed ruled . McLaughlin should be fired for that clear and obvious mistake. 

Yes. Last summer was the time to recruit him on the back of winning the Champions League. Instead we signed Lukaku, Saul, and sold off most of our promising young defenders. Has to be the worst transfer window in living memory. 

2 hours ago, Socrates said:

Yes. Last summer was the time to recruit him on the back of winning the Champions League. Instead we signed Lukaku, Saul, and sold off most of our promising young defenders. Has to be the worst transfer window in living memory. 

Yup, hope the new owners cut these clowns asap.