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@MultiGrooves I still can't quite work out why you didn't go through with the Fekir deal, he looked like the perfect player for you given his pressuring stats, dead ball skills and ability to play anywhere across a front 4.
Not sure I should be saying this given I don't know for sure and I hate to add this kind of rumour regarding some else's career but AFAIK the medical team feel his previous surgery is somewhat botched and as it stands he has a finite amount of time before it goes again (2 years). Supposedly it could be redone and he'd miss about 3 weeks for recovery. They don't feel it worth the gamble. Remember all the press and PR stuff had been pictured and recorded; touching the sign, the lean...the whole shebang. So to pull out from that suggests it's a non-starter. It is a shame; had we gotten him, I would be talking the title.
Nearest we've been in this situation was Loic Remy. Chelsea turned up after we pulled out, paid the money....we all remember how that worked out right?
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Yeah - the transfers from this window (Fabinho, Shaqiri, Alisson and Keita) have come at a net deficit. The previous two or three windows have been B/E for Liverpool. They might still sell some players - Origi, Ings, Markovic, Karius etc which will likely net £70m (judging by recent Liverpool success in getting good prices).
That said still pretty good going to have totally transformed the squad from dogs dinner to top class with only a net outlay of c. £100m
@MultiGrooves I still can't quite work out why you didn't go through with the Fekir deal, he looked like the perfect player for you given his pressuring stats, dead ball skills and ability to play anywhere across a front 4.