Looks like we’ve signed him, don’t know anything about him. My first impression is that it’s a bit underwhelming but I guess he’s a replacement for Borini rather than Suarez.
Is this a signing Liverpool fans should be pleased about?
Decent player, especially for £8.5m (how on earth have you scammed £14m for Borini?). Has twangy hamstrings, so best to hope he and Sturridge don’t synchronise on that front. On the down side, he signed for QPR rather than a proper prem team (Newcastle?) as they offered more cash, so don’t expect him to hang around if a big club come calling.
Allegedly a bit rapey, but at least that’d make for small talk if Brendan’s son ever pops round.
Yep went for QPR over Newcastle for cash till they got relegated then to Newcastle on loan then back to QPR to get sold on. Fine set of morals. Didn’t really shine that much at Newcastle I don’t think.
14 goals for Newcastle last season was a pretty good effort considering the run they went on after Christmas. He scored goals in the champions league for Marseilles so that’s a plus. He’ll most likely be a squad player at Liverpool good value at £8.5m
Remy could be a good buy scored a few goals at QPR and Newcastle in struggling teams so at Liverpool may do well. Doesn’t look like the type to work as hard as Suarez though.
If Rodgers gets £14m for Borini then I reckon he is already nailed on as manager of the year!
We’d have been in a relegation battle last year without Remy’s goals so I wouldn’t worry too much about his goalscoring ability. I would however worry about everything else that comes with him. He is the very epitomy of an a***hole blinged up footballer who thinks the world revolves around him.
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He spent was it 25m on lallana so let’s hold off on the manager of the year award
This.
Not much between the two. Remy scores similar or more goals and similar numbers of assists, and he’s more versatile as can play CF, striker and wide forward. A little older, but that experience comes with 25+ France caps and a similar number of Champions League appearances as opposed to a load of English lower league appearances. In my view, there’s no way Lallana’s worth three times as much on pure football terms. Either one’s massively overpriced or that’s a serious “a***hole blinged up footballer” discount.
Well the bookies clearly aren’t impressed. Present odds of Liverpool winning the premiership next season are 66-1
I might have a tenner on them because:
A) I never win anything ever, so they’d immediately be cursed
b) If by some miracle they do win it, at least my winnings would make this horror vaguely palatable
Either one’s massively overpriced or that’s a serious “a***hole blinged up footballer” discount.
Remy had a clause in his contract to allow a top 4 team to buy him for 8.5 mill, Lallana didn’t. His release clause rose to 11.5 for positions 5&6, and 15 million for the rest.
He’s a decent enough player and a good buy at £8.5m. I suppose with Suarez gone they are bolstering the bench / League Cup team. With pressure of PL and CL next year you need more squad players.
I have a feeling Liverpool might struggle to match the heights of last season. The loss of Suarez is going to be massive. Gerrard looked a little out of sorts towards the end of the season (and the World Cup). Plus they’ll be playing 2 big games a week for much of the season. A lot is resting on their new players hitting the ground running.
As we are onto predictions – I’ll go Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal with Liverpool and ManU fighting it out for 4th. Manu U have the advantage of no CL football and I think that will be to their advantage. Had Liverpool not sold Suarez they would have been definite favourites for top 4 over Manu U
Going off last seasons form, City are going to be the ones to beat. Now the scousers have to play midweek CL games too, normal service will be resumed. Worrying whether Everton will finish above them or not.
United back in the top four as they’ll be taking full advantage of not being in Europe, as Liverpool did last season
Disappointingly I too think they will struggle with the loss of Suarez and both PL and CL football.
I know they intended to buy more squad players and that there was a budget for this. So why not go and spend the money from Suarez on someone exciting like James Rodriguez?
I would have personally liked to have seen a ‘big name’ star signed. In fact, Sanchez coming the other way from Barca would have been good.
Real Madrid are going to have one hell of an attacking line up next season (assuming James head isn’t turned by the bright lights of Liverpool)
Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, James