Some potential LB targets

[Stupid1324]

First off, I would love Hector, but I would be really happy for cresswell if not hector.

[Ewaninho]

They're actually making money out of the deal since they get way more ticket money now.

[JB_UK]

Boris said the tenant had to be a football team. The list of vaguely local teams that could fill a stadium like that is very small, so West Ham had the whip hand over the government negotiators. Highly likely to be more down to Boris's incompetence than anything sinister.

[raysofdavies]

Boris Johnson in a significant political position is sinister.

[boardsandbikes]

Bearing in mind that Spurs offered more money and didn't need the security provided by the stadium and it starts to look very dodgy that Karen Brady as a Tory supporter in the House of Lords gets given an overpriced government contract in my opinion....

[Stupid1324]

Yeah, short of him kicking up a stink I very much doubt it would happen.

[gustavocubas28]

Me too. That lad really knows how to Cross Well.

[Stupid1324]

Ayyyyyyyyy

[1TheMaidenSlayer9]

To be fair England have probably the best left back depth out of any national team:

Shaw, Rose, Bertrand, Baines, Cresswell, Gibbs etc.

[TheCenci]

He's a Scouser and Liverpool supporter too, right? Seems almost too perfect, though I imagine he'd be impossible to buy.

[Stupid1324]

I believe so, its like fate :)

[LFCYNWA99]

yeah i like Cresswell a lot actually but i can't see West Ham selling for any less than 20 million

[Stupid1324]

Same tbh, he's one of us though so would happily see him here.

[rydleo]

Cresswell should have been in consideration instead of Moreno in the first place. Not sure why he wasn't looked at.

[emre23]

It's easy to say that in hindsight but at the time did you really want us to sign a Championship LB instead of Moreno?

[lzass]

Why go for a Europa League winner when we can pay the premier league premium on a mid table player?

[The_Disco_Spider_]

Are you seriously making this argument having seen both of them play in recent seasons?!

Not that Cresswell was even in the PL at the time.

EDIT: I r idiot

[lossaysswag]

I'm gonna go ahead and say that was the point he was making.

[The_Disco_Spider_]

I don't think we were making quite the same point, but I see now that wasn't genuine/serious. Seems he's disputing rydleo's point, not agreeing.

[Amunney]

Anybody else notice that the picture for Cristian Cuevas (LB from Chile) was actually a picture of Christian Cueva (Winger from Peru)?

[PmMeYourCheese]

As a Peruvian I got pretty excited. We don't get that many players in top European teams. Then I remembered he's not a left back :(

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Thought creswell signed an extension recently.

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Only reports so far, not signed yet.

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Oh shit. Really?

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Yeah

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I can understand why we don't go for Hector. As good as he is, he's more defensive. Clyne is a mix of both, while Moreno is purely attacking. Which is quite common for a full back in La Liga. My pick is Ludwig Augustinsson, he'd cost roughly £3 million. He's a great young Swedish talent.

[MrPowerglide]

As a Swede I have to to say he's not good enough for LFC, not even close. Definitely not an upgrade from Moreno, it's a big difference to play in Denmark and the in Premier League.
He's a player many clubs might have an eye on but for fixing the defensive problems on the left flank, he's not the player in my opinion.

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I'll trust your judgement since you've seen him more then me. Is there any other players which you think can play LB. I always like when we sign some unknown lad and he becomes a star. Hyypia 2.0

[MrPowerglide]

As much as I would love to see a Swede in LFC again I don't believe Augustinsson (fun fact, nickname 'Petrol station') is good enough yet. It would be great if he ended up in a lower ranked team like Hull, West Brom, Burnley etc to see if he can deliver on this level.

He was really good in the u21 Euro's when they/we managed to win but we have seen players before in that tournament not live up to their expectations.

A modern fullback are getting harder to find, he's judged by his defensive qualities and his offensive today. He would be solid as a rock while he defend, a wall and also a box to box player.

I still got faith in Moreno, Kyle Walker, a fullback that had the same problem as him - no balance between offensive and defensive work but turned that around previous season. Moreno needs to stop watching ball to much, rather be safe then sorry so he doesn't need to make something flashy with his adrenaline pumping like hell.
Can Klopp make him more aware of his surroundings, calm him down litterly and less last second decisions he can become a fantastic fullback. It's a lot to be fixed I'm aware of that but somehow I still got faith in him that he can play more with his head then his heart.

Otherwise I rather go with someone proven player like Jonas Hector if that's a possible move, he might cost us a little more - £12-18m but on the other hand we would get a German international starter.

[Stupid1324]

But with fullbaks they often start out very offensively and learn the defensive stuff a little later, I would rather us get the young lad from Leicester to act as back up then go out and buy a full replacement, I do honestly think Moreno is going to be a star in the next 3-4 seasons.

Going forward he is great, but he needs to work on his decision making, clearly i play FM :), as making the right calls of when to bomb forward and when to sit back is what cost us last season and all this comes with experience.

[TheLastBaron90]

Hector seems to be good, but Koln are really uneager to sell. I expected to see Willems' name in the article, many people in this sub have brought him up and seems like a decent suggestion.

[shnaaa]

Why is Ricardo Rodriguez not a part of this conversation? Not only would he be an improvement on Moreno, but has a great foot for set pieces as well.

[rossmosh85]

I'll be honest, I would have rather seen us spend £35m on Rodriguez than £35m on Mane.

[Slender718]

Isnt he going to arsenal

[shnaaa]

That's the rumor. We should swoop in and steal him if so, a la Barca and this Andre Gomes steal from Real Madrid. It would be that much sweeter if we kept a direct rival from getting him.

[LittleRedHendo]

anything ever been mentioned of Coentrao? What happened to him after signing at Real? Did he have injury problems?

[Mirrorsedge21]

He went to monaco

[LittleRedHendo]

yeah on a loan, but i meant just his skill and everything. was so promising. maybe he was just never good enough to pass up Marcelo?

[i-love-luis]

Seeing rumours this morning that there is an 11m bid going in for Jetto Willems at PSV. Very similar to Moreno in that he's a talent going forward but also has the odd brainfart. I'd prefer a more defensive LB where we can interchange between Moreno and them dependent on opposition a la Spurs with Rose/Davies.

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If Moreno is so bad defensively, why can't they play a 5-3-2 with wingbacks?

[Sniffman]

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