re: OFFICIAL Liverpool FC 2014-2015 Season Long Thread

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Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager, will be handed the full proceeds from Luis Suárez’s club-record sale to Barcelona to reinvest in his squad, after the clubs confirmed yesterday that they had reached an agreement over the Uruguay striker’s fee.

Having already agreed terms on a five-year contract with last season’s La Liga runners-up, Suárez’s transfer is expected to be concluded early next week, once he has undergone a medical. Although neither club confirmed the fee, sources close to the deal have indicated that Liverpool achieved the full £75 million contained in Suárez’s buyout clause.

Liverpool have decided that the proceeds of Suárez’s sale will not be used for anything other than squad improvements. That process is already under way, with Emre Can, Rickie Lambert and Adam Lallana having been signed for a combined cost of £37 million. A £25 million deal for Lazar Markovic, the Benfica winger, is also close to conclusion and Liverpool hope to complete the £9.8 million transfer of Divock Origi in the next fortnight.

A £20 million offer to Southampton for Dejan Lovren, the defender, remains on the table, as does a £16 million bid to Seville for Alberto Moreno. In recent days, tentative inquiries have also been made to Swansea City for Ben Davies and Wilfried Bony, while a move for Loïc
Rémy is coming under consideration.

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So looking at money, assuming Markovic and Origi get done, that would put us at about £72m spent. I'm thinking Lovren will push his way through and Moreno could get done with Aspas being used as a makeweight or at least his sale helping to add money to our budget. Both of those deals would put at around £108m. With our original budget plus Suarez money bringing us to spend around £135m, that would give us a little over £25m more to spend. Do we go for one more big name attacker? Bony or Remy and save what's left or go for more depth in midfield or defense?

I haven't heard anything about muller but I hope we get Moreno that kid is gonna be a stud

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Muller

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Want.

Muller signed a new deal at Bayern today. No way they'd let him leave.

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One thing I'm very happy about is that BR has brought in some guys that can fit what we're doing currently, but also help us break some teams down, when the opponents inevitably try to pull a Chelsea on us.

Lambert and Lallana will both be good in our existing system and also to break teams down.

I do think we need another top option up top. But I guess I don't know enough about Markovic to know if he can play all three front positions and keep the movement we have up there similar?

A LB/RB and CB are critical this window. I think we'll need another CDM as well, assuming Lucas is gone. Unless BR think that \Suso is ready to play in the midfield which will allow for Allen, Henderson and Can potential coverage for Gerrard? Not that I'm really ecstatic about any of those three stepping right in to cover our back four - though I am admittedly lacking in knowledge on Can and he may be great in that role.

But for whatever reason, I keep coming back to the 30+ goals we'll be missing this season, and who will provide them. Who will strike enough fear into defenses to open things up for Sterling and Sturridge?

Also, looking at the photos from training, Enrique is at least jogging around. Didn't see any of him actually playing, but he was jogging with the team. If nothing else, he would be nice to have healthy.

Just saw that we're being linked to Loic Remy.

And don't forget Borini

I'd prefer Remy, all things considered... He is comfortable playing out wide and up top and he's scored goals for QPR and NUFC... plus, he's about 1/2 the cost.

I guess we could go still play the diamond with Bony, but then that would mean only one of Coutinho, Lallana, Sterling or Markovic would see the pitch..

It's not a bad problem to have, I'd just like a more versatile player... and I want to see DS as our undisputed #9 (Lambert as backup).. though if we get him, I will not complain one bit!

Yea I thought you were talking about our guys that could play up top.

I think with the lineup we have right now, I'd go a 4-2-3-1

-------Sturridge-------
Lallana-Coutinho-Sterling

And the 3 underneath Sturridge could interchange with Sterling probably floating up higher into a staggered kind of 4-2-2-2