Winter Transfer Despair and Bafflement.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Spending the Coutinho money I say.

Probably.

But then before the Dembele/Neymar/Mbappe insanity, then we probably would have got about £70m rather than £120m+ we'll get now.

And we probably had to put about £15m on the fee for Blackpool

[Marc Overmars]

I would say fair enough if it was a striker or even an attacking midfielder who could elevate the team to a new level, but a single defender alone isn't going to solve anything automatically. Having a good defence is as much about good coaching as it is individual ability IMO.

[Globalgunner]

Jose will not be happy. Now he`s going to ask Woodward for 500m to spend in January.

[Xhaka Can’t]

True, Sol Campbell was an excellent defender but he couldn’t do it all in that shambles of a Spurs defence before he came to us.

[Cripps]

Respect to VVD.

Could have taken the mercenary route and signed for Chelsea or Man City and taken the easy option as most do, going for instant trophies and more money,, but decided to go to a real club with real fans and where he'll get game time, with probably a lesser package.

Respect.

[GP]

The day that this is football, I'm not in a job anymore

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...b-anymore.html

[Globalgunner]

The day that this is football, I'm not in a job anymore

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...b-anymore.html

Lol!. Famous last words

[selassie]

Liverpool to sign Van Dijk for 75 million in January, at least they're trying to do something about their defence and willing to pay the necessary

#ambition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42496637

Meanwhile at Arsenal whilst half the team prepare to depart in the summer.

On the brightside we scraped a draw against Liverpool at home and drew a game away to Chelsea #spoilt

People are laughing at them for overpaying but as you rightly said they are addressing their weakest areas by purchasing the very best players available to them within their budget. That Naby Keita the midfielder they signed from Leipzig is absolute quality too.

They are putting us to shame in the ambition stakes, it’s not even funny anymore, it’s gone way beyond that.

This time next year they will be miles ahead of us, you can quote me on that.

[Özim]

You pay what you have to pay to get the player you want, if you want to be cheap you won't get him, so it kinda depends how serious you are about being successful, it seems Liverpool are pretty serious.

Respect to them, they don't have the finances of other clubs but are willing to pay what's needed to improve their team, their attack is pretty amazing but their defence is dodgy and they're trying to improve it.

Choice of spending nothing or signing nobodies or spending big bucks and signing proven players, I know which one I prefer.

[selassie]

English international 15 years ago playing for a European football attaining (at that time) heated rival.

In any case no words will make me think this isn't ludicrous.

A glass of fortune is worth a fortune to a man dying of thirst. If they win stuff with the signing of him and Keita then the fee is irrelevant.

We have the budget to sign a 75million pound defender but won’t because of the regime.