Ex Lion Tamer

The other spin on it is that a lot of the young players 11-18 seem to want the experience of being at the big clubs and believe they'll get the best development there (plus the money helps), but when they start getting to 19/20 or so they realise that they need first team football so we come into the picture. It's a shame that we have to pay £10m or so for the privilege of bringing them over but that's the lay of the land. Dibling going to Newcastle does seem purely money motivated and is outside of that pattern

I can see his (already limited) pace dropping off around the age of 32 and him seeing out his career in the Championship. Hopefully not with us!

He needs a loan spell

His passing looks good but then I thought that about Diallo so who knows

Our best bet is that he does well on loan in the championship and restores his value so we can sell him

I know it's not all about money but shouldn't a player stepping up to the Premier League be worth more than this? He has three years on his contract

I imagine Ralph's approach is 'do the pressing and fitness work like I ask, or you're nothing to me'. Hard discipline which has casualties

How do you know when it hasn't been tried?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-set-pieces-blog/2022/jun/23/secret-man-management-football-redknapp-ferguson-mourinho-klopp-benitez This article is worth a read: it talks about how Gerrard was motivated by Benitez's frostiness and Terry worked harder to recover from injury because Mourinho would ignore him. Other players need a different approach though

The trick is recognising which players need an arm around the shoulder and which need the tough approach

Bodes well for the coming season then

I think he'll have a decent start to the season and a bad finish, like always. Although the world cup may actually help him this season by giving the players a rest

Haidara and Szoboszlai are regulars. Hwang passed through to Wolves without doing much for Leipzig, and Wolf is now at Swansea. I think the model has fringe benefits but anyone thinking it will transform our club is likely to be disappointed

The other thing @Matthew Le God omitted is that Leipzig have been averaging just one transfer per season from the RB group. Hardly transformational

Leipzig missed out on Daka and Mpewu

Lengthy shoulder injury

Only a year left on contract so should get a nice discount

I like the sound of this one, hope it happens

I felt positive about last summer as well. Hopefully this time it will be justified

I reckon he'll do well in a different system. He was great under Hughes

I was there too although it says a lot about my memory that I can't remember half the stuff you mention! Great turnaround win though

Unless we're selling KWP

Some great players on show there, Niemi, Beattie, Delap 😀 Couple of nice passes from the much maligned Fernandes in there too.

I'd agree he didn't do this enough

I'm sold