Thiago Alcântara

[A_G]

Who's this Patrick geezer? Surely not reliable?

If Arteta has had a conversation with him consider it done.

He claims he's reliable because he said on July 24 that Gabriel had committed to joining Arsenal.

 

[Kingslayer]

Rational brain: Arteta probably called Thiago up to congratulate a fellow Spaniard on winning the UCL.

Transfer window brain: F**king done deal. Get innnnnn.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

In all honestly we will probably go for him. It would make sense to do so.

We would still need Dani and Partey on top of Thiago but it sorts a huge proper for us.

However why would you not want to join Klopp and Liverpool?

 

[Red London]

Interesting Ornstein tweet from July.

The amount of players that we probably win over just because we are in London is probably quite high not gonna lie.

Unfortunately no matter how strong the pull is, we are nowhere good enough for this guy. Maybe Chelsea throw some more Abramovitch fun coupons at him when they get bored after not buying someone for a week.

 

[A_G]

However why would you not want to join Klopp and Liverpool?

The issue is that Liverpool don't want to pay the fee for him. They don't view €30m for a player they can sign on a pre-contract in 5 months as value for money.

 

[Red London]

The issue is that Liverpool don't want to pay the fee for him. They don't view €30m for a player they can sign on a pre-contract in 5 months as value for money.

I guess if they are confident a deal can be struck then its clever, but the whole continent will be after him at that stage.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

The issue is that Liverpool don't want to pay the fee for him. They don't view €30m for a player they can sign on a pre-contract in 5 months as value for money.

Yes they're in the position to be able to do that as well. We however are pretty desperate.

So the price is £27M? I mean Partey and Thiago for £65M with Dani on loan is probably the way to go.

Transforms our midfield into a world class midfield almost instantly.

 

[James Bond]

Thiago
Partey-Ceballos
Pepe-PEA-Saka​

 

[HairSprayGooners]

If you think about it Liverpool have good reason to not pay a high fee for him. Thiago is on 205K a week at Bayern. Only one player in the entire Liverpool squad earns more than that, Salah.

I dont think Liverpool will be willing to pay a £20-30M fee and £10M a year wages.

However due to Özil breaking our wage structure we are pretty well set up to offer big contracts for top class players.

 

[Finesse]

Thiago is a top player. After playing for Barcelona and Bayern winning the CL , he is ripe for a new challenge / project to finish off his career. I hope Arteta has been able to articulate the project and pin point where Thiago fits in. Does he want to move to Liverpool to win another CL or PL or be part of a new project that would make him find more within himself?

 

[Rex Stone]

Whereas Liverpool have the ability to be able to wait five months and not drop in quality, we don’t.

Paying what Bayern want as well as high wages is a symptom of our position. You don’t feel like it’s a deal Liverpool have to make but for us it’s a game changer.

 

[Trilly]

Interesting Ornstein tweet from July.

So what you’re telling me is that this thread is my new home for the next few days? Cool.

 

[Trilly]

Whereas Liverpool have the ability to be able to wait five months and not drop in quality, we don’t.

Paying what Bayern want as well as high wages is a symptom of our position. You don’t feel like it’s a deal Liverpool have to make but for us it’s a game changer.

30M for a guy that is free in 4 months is a huge decision though. Think somebody makes or break their career on that decision.

I’d do it because risks like that are the only way we get back to competing quickly but boy...it’s a big outlay.

 

[Riou]

Arteta: "So Edu, how's the Gabriel deal going, almost done?"

Thiago: "Edu...it's me, Thiago."

Arteta: "Thiago...sorry, hit the wrong number...bye."

Thiago: "Oh, bye."

 

[Highbury_2006]

Patrick Moreau seem to be a random Twitter loser, like Eduardo Hagn, John Cross and Dial Square. I cant understand why we should care about him or his tweets.

 

[Highbury_2006]

Rational brain: Arteta probably called Thiago up to congratulate a fellow Spaniard on winning the UCL.

Transfer window brain: F**king done deal. Get innnnnn.

There is a third option: He never called him.

 

[yorch44]

Yes they're in the position to be able to do that as well. We however are pretty desperate.

So the price is £27M? I mean Partey and Thiago for £65M with Dani on loan is probably the way to go.

Transforms our midfield into a world class midfield almost instantly.

If you say it that way I think we wasted 80M in a winger las year.

 

[Iceman10]

This would be 1st or 2nd choice CM signing for me, can’t quite decide because I expect his wage demands would be high. 29 is not too old really, 3-4 seasons of high performance would be great, but I don’t see him going from winning the CL to being out of it for at least a season, that’s where his age kind of comes into it (what he is looking for).

 

[Lidl_Reed]

Put it this way, I'd rather have Thiago for three years than have Ceballos for the next 10

 

[OnlyOne]

This is an absolute non-starter.

1 his wages are massive and we're yet to get anyone significant off the book, and 2, the random guy on twitter isn't reliable.