Shambles

£50m, absolute nonsense. The bid would need to be outrageous and even then he's got legitimate trophies to win here

Stop fannying about and get it done if he's the right player

Happy to set one up

He needs to agree personal terms. Ornstein saying formality would suggest they know what he is asking for and it's within our pay structure, and that he would be happy to join us. He could say no.

Proper belter

I'm certainly not critiquing your efforts and welcome all speculation

Nunez is either a steal or a trap at 7.5m. Bruno at 8.5m very interesting, need to see how Mount fits in.

If I'm reading the tiering correctly, this is speculation in its purest form

He could arguably do the same job Lavia could, but we can't run him into the ground again he will break

That was my thinking with so much noise around Thiago and comments such as "see what the coming weeks brings" despite him saying no. Would love one last season of a strong and fit Thiago but if we can reinvest £20-£30m in a younger option for a guy with one year left on contract then it's a no brainer.

The two midfield purchases we have made are fantastic. A CB is surely next priority, with 3xCMs and a CB dreamland to be honest without a significant exit.

Way to pick a clickbait headline BBC!!

ASM at times looks all flair and limited end result. He'll score you a worldy now and then. Barnes outscored him 13 to 1 last year albeit with ~50% more matches. Assists 5-1 in favour of ASM.

In 21/22 they played a similar number of matches (35 to 32 in favour of ASM) and Barnes outscored (6-5) and outassisted (10-5).

Barnes also homegrown.

Ramsdale, Kelleher (if transferred) James, TAA, Gabriel, Estupinan, Pinnock Bruno, Son, Ramsay, Mbeumo, March Haaland, Jesus, Simms

Guessing quite a lot of template picks already but first/second attempt this morning.

I think we will learn very little from this game. There will be two XIs, switching at half time, with those XIs as units not representative of Klopp's future plans.

Perhaps we will get some insight with Nunuz playing at 9 instead of LW, but likely that will be because Gakpo plays as 9 in the other half. Maybe some youngsters featuring will provide insight into pecking order. Jones and Elliott may not feature given they are just back after u21s.

All that said, I can't wait.

Imagine if we had lost. Shambles of a decision.

Here we go! Tinkering with first drafts always exciting, full of hope and/or misguided confidence before our dreams are dashed. Love it.

I'm excited and still very surprised FSG pulled the trigger for the price. Must have been a top target for Klopp.

I've set one up, assuming there isn't one already.

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Milner will be missed thoroughly. Critically important that the new signings get set a strong example, Milner would have done that but not concerned about others stepping up. Most interested to see who wins the lactate test now.