Well it depends if you think Joe Gomez is an upgrade on either as that's roughly the fee he's being linked with, but it's likely due to Liverpool looking to offload the player. But yeah, signing a better CB from someone not looking to sell will cost significantly more.
You're talking about £100m to get that sorted, £40-50m CDM, £30m Coutinho and £20-30m CB. Will also need to replace Cash if rumours to Atletico are true. An some outgoings like Douglas and Sanson.
West Ham are in contention to qualify for Europe and in EL 1/4 final, we on the other hand are fighting to finish mid table. Bailey hasn't played much this season, and not started many games since he came back from injury.
Isn't the Premier League TV money split evenly already? How would Premier League having a streaming service change that? If anything it risks the bigger clubs negotiating their own deal similar to how Barca and Real had in Spain.
SG and his team need to be able to change things up when it isn't always working. Being able to play a 4312, 433 or 4231 makes us less predictable and harder for teams to play against us.
It's definitely net, they had a verbal agreement of 10 million euros net, which they have now lowered and has been rejected. To think they turned down a bid from Spurs in 2019, now they are going to loose him for nothing, what a shit show.
SG to mix it up and completely change things by switching to a 4-2-3-1
--------------Martinez------------------
Cash Chambers Mings Digne
---------McGinn Douglas-----------
Buendia Coutinho Bailey--------
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Defensively... a disaster, but lethal going forward. A 5-4 win for Villa.
I think you're right, we could have an entirely different midfield next season. Sanson and Luiz (if he doesn't sign a new deal) will most likely move on, and if a good offer came in for McGinn, he could be sold.
------------- New DM/Nakamba ------------------
-----Ramsey --------------------- New CM --------
He does seem injury prone, but if he can stay fit he'd be a top class defender for a mi-table team.
Most Liverpool fans on social media seem to rate him, but he's just not quite good enough for Liverpool and is down the pecking order. West Ham are linked with him, so unless SG can pull some strings, he'd likely choose them for European football.
Totally agree regarding Joe Gomez, at only 24 he's not even in his prime yet, there are not many defenders who would start for Liverpool in front of VVD/Matip.
I stand corrected then, he's made 1 start.
Bellingham had a full season as regular in that Birmingham team, and I don't know how long he had left on his contract but I doubt it was 12 months.
£10m for an 18 year old who's never started a league game is a bit generous. Apparently he's worth half the price of a Brazilian international with over 100 appearances for the club.