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Wildcard Wednesday - Branthwaite to Liverpool! Liverpool Transfer strategy assessed.
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Its Wildcard Wednesday and Jesse Sarwar and Connor Northcott are talking transfers!
In Part 1 we'll be assessing the clubs transfer strategy. Why have they not made any signings?
In Part 2 we'll discuss rumours that Jarrad Branthwaite will be making the move across Stanley Park to the better half of Merseyside as well as the latest transfer news and rumours
In Part 3 we'll discuss the senior player most likely to leave this window...Joe Gomez! Should he stay or should he go?
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Introduction and Topics Overview
00:00:09
officialgspn
Hello and welcome to today's episode of the Daily Liverpool Podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. I'm Jesse Sawa and the Daily Liverpool Podcast will be coming to you every day Monday to Friday to bring you everything Liverpool FC related.
00:00:27
officialgspn
It's Wild Card Wednesday on the Daily Liverpool so we've decided to look at Liverpool's approach to this summer's transfer window as well as as well as some of the players that may feature in sales both in and out of the club. We're also hoping to bring you some latest transfer news.
00:00:46
officialgspn
So in part one, we'll be discussing the club's approach to this window. Part two, we'll discuss the big rumours this week and latest transfer news. And in part three, we'll talk about the most senior player tipped to leave the club this summer.
Introducing Conor Norco with Banter
00:01:01
officialgspn
So to discuss that and much more, I'm joined today by one half of Connor Jones' favourite daily Liverpool pairing. Connor Norco. How's it going, Connor?
00:01:11
Connor
the
00:01:12
officialgspn
I heard the podcast.
00:01:13
officialgspn
I heard the podcast.
00:01:21
officialgspn
I'm not an Everton sport, am I? No,
00:01:28
officialgspn
I know, you're right. I'll be the bigger man.
Why No Summer Signings for Liverpool?
00:01:30
officialgspn
Okay, so let's start today's pod by looking at the club's transfer strategy this summer.
00:01:31
Connor
fifth
00:01:36
officialgspn
It's well known that we we are the only club in the Premier League, indeed, across the top five leagues in Europe that hasn't made a single signing. but what what do you What do you make of this? Obviously, we're not happy as supporters. you know We all want big signings, but what do you think are the main issues behind this? It can't be just that you know FSG are tight. They don't want to spend any money. What what do you think some of the reasons are?
00:02:02
Connor
I think, I mean, it's it's circumstantial and it's it's positional as well, right? So if if we're talking about the position that we all know Liverpool are lacking, it's that number six that we keep banging on about. I think when it comes to the market for sixes at the minute, especially in the European leagues, the ones that you think could fit in and bet in straight away,
00:02:20
Connor
I just don't think there's that many players out there who are 1. Available and 2. Liverpool have the funds to be able to go after them, you know? I think Zubamendi ticked those boxes and suited Slott's style of play specifically and that's why they targeted him. He seemed like the one to go for. When that fell through, it came out that Liverpool weren't going to target another number six. Because why would you go for another backup player when we already kind of have one there in in endo, you know?
00:02:46
Connor
But that's not the only issue, I think, that Liverpool fans, myself included, have with the squad. And I think looking at it, especially if we're going to talk about some of the outgoings that are going to, you know, potential to be happening. I think Liverpool are quite short on defence, and I'm sure we're going to talk about it. But I think that left-centre back slash left back, whatever you want to call it, those two positions, I'm a bit worried about what that's going to look like come the rest of the season.
00:03:13
officialgspn
Yeah, no, we'll we'll definitely cover those positions a bit later on in the pod. But in terms of the structure of the club, obviously, there's been a huge upheaval in the last few months.
Offseason Upheaval: Departure of Klopp and Edwards
00:03:24
officialgspn
We've not only lost Jurgen Klopp, iconic manager there for a better part of a decade.
00:03:32
officialgspn
We've got a new sporting director you know in place, Michael Edwards has returned, and then Arnie Slott, obviously new manager, new backroom staff. Do you think that that has kind of created almost a perfect storm of inactivity? because You've got a new manager come in, new backroom staff. They want to assess the squad. They want to assess the players and see yeah just where we are strong and where we're not so strong. Do you think that's played some kind of part in this?
00:04:03
Connor
It was funny, i was I was watching some of the Monday night football stuff last night and i have to nobody's surprise, Gary Neville had Liverpool finish on the outside of the top four and stated that it's because, what i well a surprise, what a surprise, right?
00:04:12
officialgspn
I'm just not a challenger for title, yeah.
00:04:17
Connor
And it's stated because you know if history is to prove anything, once a legendary manager leaves the club, the club goes into turmoil. But when you look at those two case studies, Arsenal and Man United in particular,
00:04:29
Connor
The squads that were left behind weren't of a high standard. Sure, the legendary managers left, but they didn't leave the club, specifically the on-pitch or you know the squad in a good position. And I think that's the one thing that Klopp did really well in his last season. He wrote he wrote it out. you know he You could see he was tired even before his final season and managed to get the squad up to a shape where a new manager could come in and hopefully hit the ground running.
00:04:54
Connor
No i think you know he's got his own profile of players that you want to play i think we've got quite a dynamic squad where they could they're all coachable they're all the young enough profile. Where even if you were to sell some on you gonna generate profits there too.
00:05:08
Connor
I think it's what really, really bothers me is just the is that it's the it's the constant comparisons with other clubs. you know And you you find yourself, it's impossible not to do it. Listen, I don't want Liverpool to be run like Chelsea are. I really don't want that. But I also would like to be interested in some of the players that these big clubs are targeting. We spoke maybe two weeks ago now about United signing Mathias de Litt. Now that's a player we really should have been targeting. I don't know if you agree with that, but
00:05:37
officialgspn
yeah no look I was surprised that at the very least that there there was no there was no there were no reports, no indication that we were at least
Comparing Post-Era Club Situations: Liverpool vs. Others
00:05:48
officialgspn
interested in him. Because I think that he does tick a lot of the boxes that the FSG looked for, that Liverpool looked for.
00:05:56
officialgspn
I also think it's interesting that this kind of narrative that's been doing the rounds ever since Klopp left or certainly since he announced that he was leaving.
00:06:08
officialgspn
that, you know, the danger of repeating the mistakes of Manchester United with Alex Ferguson, Arsenal with Arsene Wenger. But I just think that those situations were just completely different. One, you're right about the squad that Arnie Slott has inherited versus the squads that David Moyes inherited at United and and the ones that were inherited at Arsenal. But the overall structure of the club is completely different.
00:06:38
Connor
Yeah.
00:06:39
officialgspn
Liverpool is a 21st century club.
00:06:41
officialgspn
Like it or or not, whether you but whether you like FSG or not, whether you think they're good owners or not, no one can dispute that they are a well-run modern football club and the structure reflects that.
00:06:56
officialgspn
It reflects modern football. Manchester United are still in the process in 2024 of completing a structure that is that is modern, that is a twenty that reflects the structure of an elite football club in 2024. They've just about got a sporting director role you know up and running. So i I just don't think that the comparisons are either fair or crowded. I think it's lazy. It's it's lazy comparison. you know Big manager leaves and so everything's gonna fall apart because it fell apart Manchester United.
00:07:36
officialgspn
But in in terms of our approach, this transfer window, what does it say about this new regime, the slot regime, that some of the club's young talent have been moved on?
Young Talent Exodus: Sales and Loans
00:07:52
Connor
Mm hmm.
00:07:52
officialgspn
Fabio Carvalho is sold to Brentford for, I think i think it's 20 million plus add-ons, I think a total of 27 million.
00:07:59
officialgspn
Cowen Ramsey has been sent out on loan to Wigan, Liverpool agreed sale of Bobby Clark to RB Salzberg. He did really well last season. And there's rumours that Ben Dope might be either sold or loaned out. You know, it's it's interesting, isn't it? that You know, slotters come in with his ideas, with his backroom staff, and some of these young players that were lauded, you know, are being shown the door.
00:08:28
Connor
It's interesting, isn't it? Because I don't know if some of those players that we've talked about were ever going to get serious minutes as a Liverpool player, you know, and then you have that question of when do you cash in on them if you can. Bobby Clark, I think, is one that you maybe could have stuck around for a little bit. I thought he was really exciting. I loved how versatile he was, and I loved his energy, especially off the bench in in that last season.
00:08:51
Connor
But if we're being honest, could you imagine him starting for Liverpool in five years' time? I don't know if I could have, personally. I really don't think I could have. And you know what? He's going to a club in RB Salzburg that are now helmed by, or helmed, I should say, by Pep Linders and Victor Matos, who used to be at Liverpool. So clearly they recognise he's a talent and they want to coach him and I'm sure he's going to have a great career.
00:09:14
Connor
And as we record today, there's rumors that set Vandenberg who's barely kicked the ball for Liverpool really is to be sold. He joked and said that his value was 2 million pounds in preseason, but it looks like Liverpool are going to get 20 million pounds for him. So listen, we'll take that. And that's the kind of.
00:09:31
Connor
If we're going to go for another another lazy comparison, that's the kind of Michael Edwards business that Liverpool used to do. As soon as players weren't up to it or they thought like, they're not going to get minutes here, let's sell them when we can, you hit that perfect apex of their potential sale and you move them on. And I think if Liverpool start doing that, you'll start seeing some incumbents too, because we're a club that don't splash out a ton of money unless we've got a lot of money coming in from transfers, whether it's in one season or split over two, you know.
00:10:00
Connor
I'm a little bit sad to see some of those young players go, but maybe it's just the right time.
Does Arne Slot Need a Marquee Signing?
00:10:05
officialgspn
Yeah. The other thing about this transfer window and slot coming in, it's interesting to see that the difference of opinion between the Liverpool fan base and those outside the fan base, so pundits and ex-footballers. I heard Joe Cole on the weekend saying how shrewd Liverpool were, how smart they were, that they haven't been in the transfer window. They've got the new manager in and he's just been under the radar. is you know he's He's doing his work on the on the on the training field and Liverpool are not panic buying. But I do also think that because we've got a new manager in and because the person that he was replacing was so iconic
00:10:55
officialgspn
I'm wondering whether does slot need a marquee signing to say, right, this is my era. Okay. This is the start of my era because at the moment, all the players that are there are clock players. Okay. But just one player that he can kind of hang his hat on and say, this is a new era. I'm just wondering whether that's an important factor here as well, whether we should in terms of whether we should sign someone.
00:11:22
Connor
I think there's something to be said for that and also when you look at like the key players for Liverpool, we always talk about how important Mo Salah is, how important Virgil van Dijk is and how important Alison Becker are. Those three players, you know they're all in their 30s now and if rumours are to be be be believed that Liverpool are going after the Georgian keeper whose name I won't try and butcher on this,
00:11:43
Connor
It looks like they're trying to succession plan. Another thing that was so important with Michael Edwards was the sporting director. Obviously, he's the CEO of Football Night Under FSG. And I think succession planning is really important. I think the squad at the minute doesn't seem like it's in a place where we need one sign in to come in. But I would You know, I think when it gets to January and probably the next summer, if Arnus lots civil in charge, fingers crossed he is. I don't think Liverpool are the kind of club that would move a manager on within a year. and i will I think you'll see a marquee sign and a slot sign and come in probably next summer at least. But he said he said numerous times, he wants to assess the quality of the squad.
00:12:19
Connor
And I know that can sometimes sound like, you know, a PR spin, but the quality of the squad is is a really high level. And I think you might find that because, you know, some of the new arrivals, whether it's McAllister, Gravenbert, Sobersleig, who came in last year, they only had a year under clock. Maybe they are going to be the slot marquee sign, and yeah although, you know, albeit under a different manager.
00:12:44
officialgspn
Yeah, we'll see.
Interest in Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite
00:12:45
officialgspn
Okay, time for a very short break. We'll be right back after this message.
00:13:26
officialgspn
Okay, welcome back to the podcast. So let's talk about this week's big transfer rumor. And that is that Liverpool are in for Everton's Jared Braithwaite. But before we talk about him, we have had some breaking news regarding, as Conor mentioned earlier, Sept Vandenberg. Conor, what's the latest?
00:13:48
Connor
reported live like it's deadline day or something.
00:13:52
Connor
The latest looks like he's leaving and I think you know Liverpool, it came out at the start of the preseason that Liverpool valued him at 20 million pounds and as soon as a club starts valuing their own players it looks like they're in the shop window.
00:14:04
Connor
It was interesting because we thought that like you know if they're not going to replace Joel Matip straight away maybe set Vandenberg get some minutes he played quite a lot of preseason he looked really good Noticeably he's really good on the ball, really good in that right center back position and he's really quick so he can cover those spaces when Trent bombs forward or Liverpool push forward a bit but it just looks like he's going to be moved on and maybe it's a case of whether it's the coach and the coaching staff and and the the recruitment staff saying like he might not be the guy that you want to hang your hat on so we should move him on. I think it looks like Brentford are in for him
00:14:39
Connor
I think I'd like to see that happen. you know I've got a soft spot for Brentford, so any any players that we can give them and they can give us a nice, healthy bit of cash for, i I'll take. you know
00:14:49
officialgspn
Well, you just hope that you know we've sold Carvalho and if Vandenberg is on his way, I think Liverpool fans are just hoping that these outgoings kickstart some incomings.
00:15:05
Connor
Yeah. Yeah.
Debating Transfer Strategies and Rumors
00:15:06
Connor
And it looks like, it looks like, you know, we talked a bit about Liverpool potentially signing the the goalkeeper from Valencia, the Georgian goalkeeper.
00:15:14
officialgspn
Mamadashvili. Mamadashvili.
00:15:15
Connor
Yes. If you, so if you say so.
00:15:17
officialgspn
I've been practicing that all last night this morning. Mamadashvili Valencia.
00:15:20
Connor
Good, good, good. And it looks like it's going to be around 40 million euros. Now that's a pretty hefty fee to to bump out on a player when he potentially isn't going to be joining until the end of this season.
00:15:34
Connor
So I don't know. So. like
00:15:34
officialgspn
Well, I don't know if you've seen, sorry, I don't know if you've seen the latest is that the latest on the wise is that Liverpool had apparently bid 30 million, but Valencia looking for closer to 40.
00:15:46
officialgspn
And some of the latest reports are suggesting that deal is dead, that Liverpool won won't up the offer.
00:15:54
Connor
Yeah. Again, that's very Liverpool of old, you know, they identify a target, they have a price they're willing to pay and if they don't want to pay it, they're not going to pay it. And again, I respect that. I like the way Liverpool operate as a club, but we do. We want some signings, man. Sign-ins are s sexy and we all want that, you know?
00:16:11
officialgspn
It just increases the pressure. I mean, in principle, I hear what you're saying that it all makes sense. But when when you've had the window that we've had and you know we've gone after you know our our top number six target, it didn't go through and we're approaching the end of the transfer window and we haven't had anyone in, the optics of it just
00:16:17
Connor
Mm-hmm.
00:16:33
officialgspn
Just isn't good, but let's talk about Braithwaite from Everton. Tell us a bit about him. What do you know about him as as as a player, his background, his profile?
00:16:44
Connor
I think it's interesting when Liverpool under Klopp were looking at defensive players, especially whether it was a number six or centre backs, it was always talked about, it was always reported the percentage of aerial duels they win and how big they were and how good they were in the air. I think Klopp liked big players, especially in that defensive section of our team. And he's six foot five, you know, he's a monster in the air, he's quite good quite good on the ball.
00:17:08
Connor
I am not like i'm I'm quite skeptical on this because when was the last time a player moved between the Merseyside clubs?
00:17:16
Connor
I'm not too sure on yeah, it's been a while. It's been a while and I I think its it was reported because of betting odds, is what I saw yesterday, where it was even that he would go to Liverpool rather than sign for Everton or something like this. But I've not seen any of the journalists that we you know we know and trust report it. So I don't want to get too carried away. But just to rile up to daily Everton lot, God, that would be good, wouldn't it? It would be real good.
00:17:16
officialgspn
It's been a while.
00:17:42
officialgspn
It would be great. And it it has been a while. I mean, i I do remember a time where it wasn't that on uncommon for players to switch from Liverpool to Everton and and and vice versa. It's actually Liverpool United where the transfers don't happen.
00:17:59
officialgspn
But we've got quite a long history of players that played for Liverpool and for Everton. You know, going back to like Nick Barnby, Steve McMahon, Gary Ablett, Peter Beardsley, a lot of really good top players. Don Hutchinson, I don't know whether he falls into category of a top player. but so But if he's listening, he was a great player.
00:18:22
officialgspn
But so yeah, I think it would be a really controversial signing now because the bitterness between Liverpool and Everton I think has really increased over you know over time. I think that's just a feature of modern football. But he's like you you mentioned he's a left-sided defender, which you know kind of points towards you know potentially a long-term successor to Van Dyke. United had a bid, I think, of £45 million, pounds rejected by Everton in July. And it's it's reported that Everton value the player closer to £75 million. But you would imagine that there's going to be a Liverpool tax on top of that. And I'm also thinking, that is there a concern that
00:19:08
officialgspn
If you think about his Premier League football education, if you like, has really essentially been as a relegation defender, sitting deep, backs against the wall defending, whereas if he were to come to Liverpool, you know, he'd have a a lot of the ball, he'd had a lot of possession, a lot of our build up play would start with him. So, I mean, how how would that translate to playing for Liverpool if he's had that experience of like back to the wall defending in a relevant relegation scrap.
00:19:42
Connor
Well, that's a good question. I think it could go one or two ways, obviously. I think when you look at the first game we had against Ipswich on the opening day of the season, well, our opening day of the season, I should say, it's interesting that the players, the top two players are the most touches for Liverpool were the two centre backs. And I think if the build up is going to start there, especially on that left side, which we were played down more often because we kept switching the ball out to Salah,
00:20:07
Connor
I'm not too sure how that would fit and I'm also not too sure, I've not seen too much of them. How good is it to defending the space behind them? Liverpool would push so high up that you have to retreat back quite a lot and I think you've seen players in the past get caught out who've played centre back for Liverpool when they just weren't quick enough.
00:20:22
Connor
You think of that early transition time where it was Dejan Lovren and Mamadou Sacco and the guys like I just don't know if... if if brand I'm not saying Brandfoot is better than probably both of them.
00:20:33
Connor
And he probably has a higher ceiling than both of them. Well, yeah.
00:20:34
officialgspn
Saka potatoes.
00:20:38
officialgspn
and that's That's what he was known on my WhatsApp group, Saka Potatoes.
00:20:43
Connor
So yeah, I don't know. We'll see. He's a player that I don't know too much about, but I really don't think that he's someone that we're going to be going for, especially at that price tag, especially when you consider our clubs and especially when you consider a style of play too. I think you nailed something there, Jesse, where I just don't know if he's suited to that right profile.
00:21:02
officialgspn
Yeah, yeah, maybe. Okay, we'll be right back after this very short message.
Joe Gomez’s Future: Stay or Go?
00:21:28
officialgspn
OK, so for this final part of the podcast, let's talk about the one senior player that is most likely to leave the club this summer, and that is Joe Gomez. Now, there's been speculation swirling around Gomez all summer. It really came to the fore when the Anthony Gordon rumors surfaced, with some reports saying that Gomez was being made a make way in that potential deal.
00:21:56
officialgspn
and that's And this weekend as the team traveled to Ipswich for the opening game of the season Gomez was left out the matchday squad and it was reported he was assessing his future at the club. I think I'd be really sad to see him go. For me, I think we did a podcast not so long ago. Joe Gomez, for me, was our player of the season. He stepped in when we were ravaged by injury. He played at left back, he played at right back, centre back.
00:22:25
officialgspn
even at number six, and he didn't just play, he played well. And I think he's our most underappreciated player. I think his ability to be that kind of utility player, it was so important under Clops Liverpool, and you'd assume that it would be under on his slot as well. So whats what's your thoughts about Gomez potentially leaving?
00:22:52
Connor
I don't feel good about it for a few reasons, and i feel yeah but I also think it makes sense and I'm sure we'll come on to that in a little bit. We were talking yesterday on the on the tactics podcast and I was saying that I wasn't too sure about that left side of the defence. I think Robertson didn't play too well. I thought Simakas looked good when he came on. Obviously Robertson didn't have a lot of pre-season minutes, so maybe that's why.
00:23:13
Connor
But I think when you look at the the top two teams, Man City and Arsenal, their back four are basically all centre backs. They all play with big players. Although if you look at City the other day, obviously Rico Lewis played. I like the idea of Gomez playing left back and I like that he can kind of go into that half space on the left hand side because I think those triangles and build up on both sides of the pitch are going to be so important to high Liverpool play. I'm not too sure if that was just like, you know,
00:23:42
Connor
whether the gods were smiling down on yoga and where's last season but he put in enough minutes and he looked really good doing it on that in left centre back and even when he inverted inside he looked really good and in left back too I'd be sad to see him go but when you think about it he's been there since what 2015 I think Liverpool signed him
00:24:00
officialgspn
long inside of there.
00:24:01
Connor
Yeah, Liverpool signed them for three and a half million pounds from Charlton. Again, if we're talking about that ruthless transfer strategy of moving players on at their max potential, when else do you sell them to get money for them, you know?
00:24:14
Connor
And I want to know what would be a fee that you would be happy accepting?
00:24:15
officialgspn
yeah
00:24:20
officialgspn
Look, I guess, you know, for someone like Gomez, I think if you were to get forty between 40 and 50 million, there is a financial argument to be made that, look, you just can't turn that money down.
00:24:32
Connor
I agree, yeah.
00:24:33
officialgspn
But I'm just thinking, surely, just in footballing terms,
00:24:37
officialgspn
I think that who else is there in our squad that can play left back right back and centre back and not just play there but play there completely unfazed whether it's a Premier League game whether it's a an FA Cup game against a low league game or if it's a huge Champions League game away from home I mean, this guy, when you think about it, he's he's done it
The Versatility and Role of Joe Gomez
00:25:05
officialgspn
all.
00:25:05
officialgspn
He's won won the Champions League, he's won the Premier League, he's won the Super Cup, the FIFA World Club Cup, League Cup winner twice, FA Cup.
00:25:05
Connor
Yeah.
00:25:15
officialgspn
He's literally won everything that you can win at club level with Liverpool. I just think that He's almost a victim of the fact that he his role slowly transformed from that centre back pairing with Virgil van Dijk. And then he had series a couple of really, really serious injuries. And then he became that kind of utility player.
00:25:41
officialgspn
that fills in you know when whenever there was an injury or a suspension. And I just think that he's almost become a victim of that in the sense that people don't often remember utility players in the same way they remember a Trent or a Virgil van Dijk who plays week in week out in the same position. It's like James Milner, even when James Milner was playing for Liverpool,
00:26:09
officialgspn
You know, there were kind of murmurings, oh, you know, he's not really, he's not that really sexy. He's not really, he's not someone that gets you off your seat. But you ask every single manager, they want a James Milner milner in their side.
00:26:21
Connor
Yeah, that's right.
00:26:23
officialgspn
And I see similarities with Gomez. i've I've never questioned his commitment. I've never questioned his his desire. So i I just think that If we were to get rid of him, I think that there would be a part of the season where if Trent got injured and we've only got Colin Bradley at right back, I think that we would feel it because he can't play every single game then. And if Robertson got injured and there's only Simicas filling it at left back, I think we would feel it. I think that's my concern.
00:26:58
Connor
I feel the exact same way and I think this is why I would be looking at specifically a left centre back to come in at Liverpool because and one that you know a young I think that's why Liverpool were interested interested in Lenny Yoro too before he went to Man United. A young one who you who will be moulded he'll get minutes but he won't be able to obviously wouldn't play the full time and apparently that's one of the main reasons why the deal between him and Liverpool didn't work out.
00:27:22
Connor
But I think if you're looking at Gomez, his ability to play across the whole back line is so important. But realistically, where does he play all the time? you know I think he deserves starting minutes, but he's not going to get them and in the Liverpool squad. I i loved him at left back last year. i If it was me, if I was the manager, obviously Liverpool wouldn't be doing very well at all if I was the manager. But Joe Gomez would be playing left back for me. I really like him there. And I would be looking to move on or upgrade on. Say that again, sorry.
00:27:52
officialgspn
No, so i thought I thought we would have gone for Calfiore, the Italian that asked, you know, left-sided defender plays centre back, capably, you know, left back as well.
00:27:56
Connor
another one
00:28:04
officialgspn
I thought that again, I thought that was a an ideal Liverpool signing.
00:28:06
Connor
i think I think that's a position that Liverpool desperately need. Maybe not need, but I think i think that's a position that they'll be identifying as really important, not just to succeed Van Dijk, but also to succeed Andy
Potential Replacements for Gomez
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Connor
Robertson. And Costa Simicast can't play every game as well, you know? They're both players who get an kt an injury for a month or two every season. And God forbid, they both happen it both happens at the same time.
00:28:30
Connor
I think that left centre back, left back player, someone like Callifiori, someone like Schlotterbeck for Borussia Dortmund I think is fantastic. Hincapi for Leverkusen, they had a great season last year. Those are the kind of players I think you could be looking at, but I might just be playing too much football manager, I don't know.
00:28:50
officialgspn
And with with them with with the left back, I think, Simakas, as much as I love him, I do worry that he's he's not he's not that elite level left back, that if Robertson does get injured, to to put everything on him, you know, i'm I'm not sure. but so But look, that's all for
Closing Remarks and Episode Preview
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officialgspn
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officialgspn
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