The Summer Transfer Window Thread 2014/15

[Tigerstyle]

I still want to know what the whole Remy/Liverpool thing was.

I keep looking at our squad and think we've bought well, we obviously weren't going to get another Suarez, but something is missing and I don't know what.

We have a lot of defensive cover, midfield cover (including 3 of the prems top prospects in Hendo, Coutinho and Sterling) and cover up front. But I dunno, we haven't solidified.

[stokeriño]

I've been busy not-winning at the Game of Thrones board game all evening, so I only just saw the Torres news.

IT'S THE END OF AN ERA!

[Gorka]

Who do Liverpool fans regard as a better strikes during their spells: Torres or Suarez?

[The Lusophone]

Not a Liverpool fan obviously, but surely it's got to be Torres, purely on behaviour alone?

[Tigerstyle]

Its weird, because people forget we almost won the league with Torres too.

I absolutely loved Torres, but him leaving and being rubbish was a good feeling, maybe Suarez will be the same... Who knows.

Too early to tell to be honest, but when Torres left we got Suarez who for all his problems was setting the world alight, and obviously he hadn't been exposed to British medias scrutiny so much so nobody really felt the bites/handballs/spits pre Anfield. It hasn't happened this time.

If Torres has gone on a two year loan (until the end of his contract), how much of his wages are Chelsea paying you reckon?

[TCO]

Suarez is a better footballer than Torres ever was but Torres was the better striker. It's hard to comprehend just how good he was in his pomp at Liverpool looking at the shell he is now. Electric pace and frightening composure in front of goal to match.

[The Lusophone]

Yeah in his first season Torres was incredible. 24 in 33 in the league and 6 in 11 in Europe.

[stokeriño]

If Torres has gone on a two year loan (until the end of his contract), how much of his wages are Chelsea paying you reckon?

The most reliable source I've seen says that Milan are paying £6m per year (£115kpw) of Torres' wages, with Chelsea supplementing the other £3.1m (£60kpw).

[ZJ Penn]

So if he's there till the end of his contract, does that mean Chelsea are paying Torres £60k a week not to play for them. Talk about a confidence knock.

[Tigerstyle]

It happens, a lot

[Colly]

Is it actually possible for Torres' confidence to get any lower?

[Berober]

Is it actually possible for Torres' confidence to get any lower?

Yes?

[Pesci]

Torres in his prime was the better goalscorer in that he needed less shots to score, but Suarez scored the better goals, created more chances for himself and his overall play both individually and for the team was better. Torres never had a season as good as Suarez's last season, but then I don't think many strikers in Premier League history have.

Edited August 29, 2014 by Pesci

[DavidMarrio]

I still want to know what the whole Remy/Liverpool thing was.

Supposedly its to do with his heart. Which was a reason why Marseille in the past didn't sign him. Although it's clearly not stopped him that's the rumour.

Who do Liverpool fans regard as a better strikes during their spells: Torres or Suarez?

Torres was the out and out better striker but Suarez is the better footballer. Torres was absolutely lethal for us and his finishing and composure were amazing but the things Suarez could do were unreal.

[Gorka]

Swansea have signed Modou Barrow, a Gambian striker aged twenty-one. He looks ecstatic.

[Colly]

That shirt is enormous.

[Gorka]

You know what they say, he's got big shoes shirts to fill.

[Arjen Robben]

Daniel Agger to... Brondby.

[Tigerstyle]

£3mil for a 29 year old centre back who could guarantee a starting spot in over half the clubs in the top leagues?!

That can't be right.

[TCO]

Odd move. He could live in Denmark for the rest of his life after football yet he chooses to go when he's in the prime of his career and could walk into loads of top European teams?