Spanish right-back Javier Manquillo is due to undergo a medical at Melwood today ahead of a two-year loan deal, and as the following photo seems to prove, the youngster is in Liverpool, which means the deal will surely be announced sooner rather than later.
According to Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo yesterday:
* Liverpool have agreed a 2-year loan deal for Manquillo.
* The deal includes an option to buy for €7.5m (£6m).
* The youngster said goodbye to his team-mates at 9am on Monday.
* Manquillo has allegedly rejected Arsenal to sign for LFC.
Well, this photo of Manquillo and an LFC fan seems to confirm the above:
Manquillo's basic stats for Atletico Madrid:
* Passing accuracy: 73%
* Headed duels: 83% success
* Tackle success: 59% (higher than Johnson and Flanagan)
This is based on just three La Liga appearances, though, so it's hardly persuasive. Still, at this stage, any new right back is preferable to Glen Johnson, so bring it on.
Author: Jaimie K
According to Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo yesterday:
* Liverpool have agreed a 2-year loan deal for Manquillo.
* The deal includes an option to buy for €7.5m (£6m).
* The youngster said goodbye to his team-mates at 9am on Monday.
* Manquillo has allegedly rejected Arsenal to sign for LFC.
Well, this photo of Manquillo and an LFC fan seems to confirm the above:
Manquillo in Liverpool with fan @Birdy181 ahead of 2-year loan deal. Atlético right-back had medical earlier. #lfc pic.twitter.com/Na0aKXnP8m
— Sam (@samuelJayC) August 4, 2014
Manquillo's basic stats for Atletico Madrid:
* Passing accuracy: 73%
* Headed duels: 83% success
* Tackle success: 59% (higher than Johnson and Flanagan)
This is based on just three La Liga appearances, though, so it's hardly persuasive. Still, at this stage, any new right back is preferable to Glen Johnson, so bring it on.
Author: Jaimie K
I genuinely am not in a position to comment on this kid as I've never seen him play. He sounds like he ticks all the boxes and the fact we've got a try before you but deal is a good bit of business by the club IMO.
ReplyDeleteIf Glen Johnson NEVER plays for us again it'll still be too soon. Utter liability defensively, but more than that what drives me nuts about him is what I perceive to be a complete lack of effort, mixed with what seems to me to be complete ambivalence about our results. Sooner he's gone the better
GJ might have had a better tackle % but that would imply that he actually tracks back to make a defensive tackle. Any videos of him tracking back to play defense can be found next to the catalog of grainy Sasquatch videos.
ReplyDeleteAny truth to the rumor in Tuttosport that we offered PSG 18M for Lavezzi?
ReplyDeleteReports are stating that we are willing to offer Suso + 16M for Alberto Moreno... Madness. I'd rather lose Allen and Lucas but definitely not Suso.
ReplyDeleteDon't have a clue about him or ever seen him play, but I know he's better than Johnson.
ReplyDeleteI don't get this transfer..I just don't...
ReplyDeleteHe looks good, attacking and dribbles well with good pace despite not playing many games. Haven't seen his defensive duties, but I can see why BR wants him
ReplyDeleteWe're all better than Johnson.
ReplyDeleteCan your Nan play on the right as well?
ReplyDeleteB Rodgers is losing his mind i think, why would you want to lose the class, creativity Of Suso. Give the boy a chance, we have so many competitions this season. And he shows real class, promise and quality. Whereas Allen and Lucas always dissappoint, they are average football players who don't make us fans stand up as most of the things they do is basic. R Savage could do what they are doing week in week out and that's saying things.
ReplyDeleteRodgers and the scouts are pretty average at finding fullbacks imo. When the season ends the first thing you do is look at what was your biggest weakness and fix it first. Fullbacks was obviously ours yet waited so long and let other clubs but the decent ones. Liverpool should've signed Debuchy before Arsenal or Serge Aurier before PSG. And at LB it's obvious Ricardo Rodriguez is the real deal but we never even tried to get him.
ReplyDeleteIts only on loan though we are not losing him.
ReplyDeleteI believe it is only a loan deal for Suso.
ReplyDeleteThey have to have offers for a few right backs surely.
ReplyDeleteSince i lost me wooden leg i have really struggled but i do try hard.
ReplyDeleteHave to say after last nights shambles we still have a very long way to go and the two FB positions are absolute priorities. I liked Kelly but he is just awful now. Enrique is constantly injured and a liability defensively anyway. Flanno is just Flanno (solid but never going to be a top player). The less said about Johnson the better, I mean seriously I could play better in spirit.
ReplyDeleteOf course we need a top striker, I would go for Falcao now. I know he won't be cheap but he returned from injury and scored the winner against Arsenal last weekend so worth a shot.
Other than that Gerrard needs to be a sub and Lucas and Allen seriously need to just do one.
I feel my pre season positivity evaporating...
Oh yeah, my dear departed nan, she's pretty versatile. Might need a bit of mobility assistance getting up and down that wing mind, but still a significant upgrade on Johnson.
ReplyDeleteProbably because Suso is never going to get ahead of Stirling, Lallana, Markovic, Coutinho, Ibe.
ReplyDeleteAnybody else think we should send Lambert back to Southampton? It's like having Carroll back after it took us so long to get rid of him the first time! We're not a crossing team and Lambert obviously has no pace, plus last night showed he's poor at shielding the ball and average at passing.
ReplyDeleteLet's not kid ourselves here. He only "rejected" Arsenal because they have too much competition in that position. Whereas at Liverpool he'll be a guaranteed starter over Johnson...
ReplyDeleteSpot on, he rejected Arsenal because they signed Debuchy while they were in talks with Manquillo and he knew he wasn't going to start in front of him. At Liverpool he is as good as nailed on to start.
ReplyDeleteI have criticised him before but I think his mobility has improved a bit from the previous games. I think he is struggling mentally but he also really needs to get fitter and quicker if that is possible but at least it was £4M not £35M :-/
ReplyDeleteCan't see him ever getting quicker if I'm honest. Think perhaps he might do OK against the likes of Leicester, QPR, Burnley etc but there is no way in a million years he is going to have an impact in the CL or big PL matches.
ReplyDeletehe s a hard worker but hardly scored for PSG and at 29 there s not a lot of chances he ll drastically improve, rather look at someone else.
ReplyDeleteI assume so because he hasn't played in either of the last 2 matches. You know your in dire straights when Enrique is the best FB at the club.
ReplyDeleteI don't quite understand the obsession this site has with trying to promulgate the myth that every signing Liverpool make is on the back of the player rejecting Arsenal. Quite clearly, Arsenal were never in for him- they've signed Debuchy and Chambers and - on the back of those signings - have loaned Jenkinson. Sanchez chose Arsenal over Liverpool. Get over it and move on.
ReplyDeleteif hes here we should go with him and give him a good run off games otherwise its pointless rogers signing him .....what i dint want is for him to have a good game and then be dropped as we normally do with young players
ReplyDeleteHe's a superstar in the making. What a signing coup for Rodgers, this is the one all Liverpool fans have been waiting for. Absolutely brilliant, he'll walk into the starting 11 and instantly make us a better team. I'm massively excited, any lingering doubts about Rodgers in the transfer market are totally abolished in my mind.
ReplyDeleteSuso should be ahead of Ibe, except pace he hasnt shown a lot (suso got a couple goal without playing a lot). Ibe just run, try to take on the entire team then loose the ball. looks like the pressure of having a better end product has gotten to his head and he doesnt pass the ball anymore. he should still be around the squad and get cup games though.
ReplyDeleteThis is probably the second time Arsenal have been mentioned on here. Maybe three times, there would have been at least one article on that 5-1 thrashing from last season. Yeah, we're obsessed with Arsenal.
ReplyDeleteLove those BT ads on telly, they're brilliant aren't they?
i see what you're doing, and i love it. well done.
ReplyDeletei hope not as hes vastly overrated
ReplyDeleteapparently wenger wouldn't give him game time assurance and rogers has.Im not sure how that works to be honest sure give him a run of games but if hes crap hes out
ReplyDeleteLet's be honest ANYTHING is better than Johnson. I cannot believe that he is still here AND being selected. I really must be missing something with this guy. The only thing I can hope is that the guy coming to cover him is , in reality, to replace him and if we can't prise Johnson's fingers off the gate he will be the new guy's cover.
ReplyDeleteill be honest we dont have a good history with loan signings look at sahin and cissoko and they had more experience than this kid but i hope it works out as im sick of our plodding sicknote fullbacks
ReplyDeleteAgree with you about Aurier but not about Debuchy. I think he is just average and just becuase Arsenal fans are in a dream world with Sanchez do they think that Debuchy is world class.
ReplyDeleteHe is supposed to come on the pitch in the last 30ish minutes and wait for those crosses which will be inevitable when someone parks a bus, and many will.
ReplyDeleteYou also have to take into account that Ibe is only 17 where as Suso is 20.
ReplyDeleteI cant wait to see what Ibe will be like in another 3 years
But, we have never had a loan like this. It is the same contract as the one KT has and we can buy him permanently as well. He is basically ours.
ReplyDeletelets cut to the chase your saying sissoko was no good
ReplyDeleteAm I missing something here, who is KT?
ReplyDeleteSuso will be worth 25 in a year or two- hope that isn't true.
ReplyDeletehe look good on youtube ;-)
ReplyDeletein all seriousness he'll be fine. the only question is will he get enough game time to prove himself - i'm guessing not
Kolo Toure
ReplyDeletethats my concern i remember wisdom and suso having a run playing as well as anyone and then being dropped for no real reason
ReplyDeletehaha i couldnt work it out either i was gonna say kathy tibbens the tea lady
ReplyDeleteTo go and get some constant playing time.
ReplyDeleteIn an ideal world, Flanno and Manquillo will be the RB's and Moreno and Enrique will be the LB's. But, sadly, we do not live in an ideal world.
ReplyDeletebut at the time orme they where playing well enough to keep there spot i think wisdom had one bad game
ReplyDeleteBut given his age it was expected he could just vanish and we started to feel as title contenders and that was job for someone more experienced(if not better)- someone as Johnson.
ReplyDeleteHope you will post a link to this comment in ten months adding- No,it was not irony...
ReplyDeletethats my conern orme its like circular argument as Johnson is still here and stll being paid big wages will rogers succumb to the old school click
ReplyDeleteAs I said before- I only hope BR is buying all these fullbacks knowing that GJ won't be here for Southampton game,,
ReplyDeleteWe have what 25-30 players, and there was no way I could figure out who the hell is KT...
ReplyDeleteThe only team that legitimately wants Johnson is QPR. Let's hope Harry follows through.
ReplyDeleteJohnson is on massive wages in comparison to his ability i hope im wrong but like reina i cant see it happening unless there is a world class idiot with a big cheque book
ReplyDeleteFingers crossed..
ReplyDeletehell follow through in his pants when he see what wages hes on at anfield
ReplyDeleteThere was a similar headline about Origi last week. Arsenal were ever in for him. No doubt there will be another one when Liverpool re-sign Peter Crouch.
ReplyDeleteI agree, debuchy is massively over rated. Pretty sure I remember Coutinho utterly tormenting him when we tonked Newcastle 6-1
ReplyDeleteLike Sid says- hope for QPR..
ReplyDeleteIt's not this site but newspaper reports that link Arsenal with Liverpool.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the abuse he is taking - YNWA doesn't always apply as much as it should. I'm definitely not directing this at you, but if soneone is playing badly then to say so is fine, but some of the twitter abuse he received disgusts me.
ReplyDeleteim not sure who are we talking about
ReplyDeleteI think GJ
ReplyDeleteThat's good news, but only if they won't have an option to buy and that Suso will sign a new contract.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Lambert's biggest problem is in his head at the moment. Really hope he can get it together soon or his dream move will soon become a nightmare.
ReplyDeleteHe's not the quickest but we've got bags of pace in our team. Lambert will be utilised when all our pace isn't working and a change of tactics is required
They are excellent. The first one they released is probably my all time favourite ad
ReplyDeleteThat explains why I couldn't think of him...in my mind he doesn't exist...
ReplyDeletei dont follow twiiter or facebook so i dont know but this is a football forum so if you think a player is rubbish its fair comment its nothing personall i base every comment on someone football ability thats all im bothered about
ReplyDeleteYeah. As a Liverpool fan, I try to defend all our players as much as I can. Players like kelly,Aspas and Alberto are players who I still try to make a case for. But, Johnson is one of the highest earners in our team and while others are busting their gut, he is not doing anything. This is not personal but on a Liverpool basis. He represents the club which myself and millions of others love with all their heart and he just does not care about us.
ReplyDeletei woke up this morning and read a sample of the twitter abuse of glen johnson. he's a good lad who is playing crap. i would say this is when we back him.
ReplyDeleteAmen. I don't follow any of that rubbish either
ReplyDeleteGo to the Arsenal site then and leave us in peace.
ReplyDeleteill be honest phil i dont aim personeell abuse at anyone thats not my style but Gj is on 100g a week and just trots about, thats kind off insulting to fans who pay out to watch him who are on minimum wage circa around £5/6 an hour
ReplyDeletehe has the occasional (and costly) concentration issues, and to comment on that is fine, but a lot of what i read this morning really disappointed me. loads of players are overpaid, but i think this guy has tried his best. plus we're talking about a pre-season game. none of us know how tired these guys are form training...
ReplyDeleteBack him? Are you mad? He deserves no backing whatsoever IMO, in fact the only backing I would give him is straight out of the club.
ReplyDeleteThe idiots on twitter are just morons but in reality the guy is useless and this is compounded by the fact he never looks like he is giving a shite. If he gave 110% every game I could accept that. Trouble is he doesn't and he's worse than my nan.
i know you don't. i repsonded to you for that reason :-) He itches off, but i think he cares 100 k a week or not
ReplyDeleteits not nice phil and i dont agree with it but they are paid well and it comes with the turf ...i work in sales phil and get face to face abuse for reasons beyond my control and get paid a lot less for the privalage
ReplyDeleteI earn 1 euro per hour and I pay two euros per beer to watch the game in a bar, so...
ReplyDeletePeace? Yeah, right...
ReplyDeletefair enough - but does your firm live by the YNWA motto? it's what makes us special. Sure if a player abuses that then fair enough they can have a go, but otherwise we should keep it dignified :-)
ReplyDeleteSee, if somebody is spouting personal abuse and threatening his family, then that is not right. I am not a huge fan of twitter, facebook or whatever social media junk there is. I only go there for the views of James Pearce, Tony Barrett and Ben Smith. Personal abuse is not right. But, he deserves to be criticised for his football because he was the only dark spot in our amazing season last year. He was underwhelming for the enitre of last season.
ReplyDeleteyou should expect effort or at least the personna of effort from players on a lottery win every week which the fans going through the turnstiles,buying the shirts,subscribing to the channels are funding
ReplyDeleteManquillo was in a neck brace last season for a month after this fall. Seems like a tough young lad.
ReplyDeleteagreed
ReplyDeleteI hope he likes football more than GJ. When I see GJ play, I see a person who has lost interest in playing for the club.
ReplyDeleteHe allegedly has some Jonjo style with couple of reds and penalties...
ReplyDeleteExcatly...
ReplyDeletei get your point phil and im not condoning any abuse either on line or in person, but football evokes emotion and we live in a media age a lot of footballers use the media as a means to an end to try and get a move to try and pressure the manager ( like agger ) or get more wages ...so you cant have your cake and eat it its a lot easy to walk alone when your a multi millionare in fact you can fly alone usually in a private jet
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more he just doesn't every seem to enjoy it anymore. I would swap anything to be in his position and for that I cannot forgive him. Maybe he is too distracted by his maths degree.
ReplyDeleteAT TIMES LAT YEAR HE WAS LIKE AN ILLUSION ON THE PITCH
ReplyDeleteWith people like Ashley Young and Wayne Rooney lurking around, I am worried if this is a characteristic of his play. Did you see Rooney's dive today?
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing this. OUCH!
ReplyDeletehe need a maths degree to work out his astronomical wages although the idiots who handed them out are the ones who are truly culpable
ReplyDeletepoint taken, but i don't think johnson has ever given us reason to think he's a bell end. he's just not playing well
ReplyDeletehe looks like a good player to me - lets hope he gets a fair crack at playing for us
ReplyDeleteif im honest phil thats all im bothered about i have no favorites on the playing front if they play well i say so if they play crap i say so
ReplyDeletei agree. i like your posts for that reason. the donald duck washing cars was a recent favourite!!!
ReplyDeleteI was about to say something I no doubt would regret...
ReplyDeletei actually like Kt but i cant resist it
ReplyDeleteFFS. I need a neck brace for just viewing that pic. Sending you the doctor bill, Logan.
ReplyDeleteMaybe he should put his maths degree to better use and work out the following = crap at football plus don't give a shit = get out of LFC
ReplyDeleteWatch the actual video clip :-o
ReplyDeletethere seems to be something fundamentally wrong with the club where we have to offer crazy wages to make then resign.In the papers today we are offering tino a 25% rise fron the 50 g he is on ...hes had a good preseason but has he improved so much.we are putting the entire future of the club at risk, i look at the team and if llana 25m lazer 20m sterling sturridge hendo gerrad can allen are all fit will tino actually get in the team and if so at whose expense lazers or llana who we have splashed 50m on crazy business
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone think that BR played GJ on the wrong side deliberately to highlight the teams need in strengthening the position to the board? It seemed it was the same as last season. Oh, and when will Mignolet actually make a save? He looks worse and worse each performance I see.It seems like open season on our goal, we have to expect that there will be periods of the game when the other team will have the ball and there seems to be no plan in place but panic and let them score. I can't see its a personel thing its got to come from the coaching staff.
ReplyDeleteAnd another thing all these young players in the squad, seems to me these faces are going to be around a while while the clubs money gets used to build the stadium.
ReplyDeleteIt's not losing that is so worrying but out toothlessness up front. With moreno an manquillo wee may be good at full back but skrtel made his usual errors in the back leading to rooney goal n lambert cant do the job alone. Danny will be injured multiple times a season an top 4 will be a big ask this year without another striker an the hopeful pairing of lovren n sahko at the back. Skrtel can't a trophy winning team
ReplyDeleteWell said but there are other players who need to be shown the door: D Agger, O Assaidi, F Borini, B Jones and P Reina.
ReplyDeleteB Rodgers needs to bring a GD Gk to compete with S Mignolet(25) as apart from being great shot stopper, he is poor at everything else and no point implementing passing at back to front when if S Mignolet(25) is pressured he is more likely to kick it out of touch or back to opposition
The point about Suarez is that when he was in the team other players used the the opositions fear to make space an made us more a threat. You just sit on Lambert our Danny an they're done. Or take the ball of Danny when he tied to do alone. Point is Suarez added the fear factor an other players intensified it, like raheem. I am pessimistic because without a crazy high scoring front line our def mistakes will get its this year worse than losing title by a few points
ReplyDeleteThat comment right there brightened my spirits thanks
ReplyDeleteWhat about Jesse, cavani, Bernar
ReplyDeleteCant get excited about this guy - suspect the lad we got on a free from Spurs will be better -Seen clips of E Levessi -TOO OLD and I think he will struggle with Premier League - POOR POOR choice.. Come on B R you have had 15 months to find a Suarez replacement - this guy is no better than average.
ReplyDeleteBarcelona bid for Vermaelen
ReplyDeleteCross him of the list :-)
I will once I reach the level of sousedness required to do so without shrieking like a schoolgirl at the show-and-tell portion of an arachnid enthusiasts convention.
ReplyDeletetbh, he could be an utter flop but at least we haven't paid a fee as of yet. I like the try before you buy policy, especially because if he does turn out to be very talented we get at least two seasons for just his wages and maybe a set loan fee.
ReplyDeletePeppy Ranyner has gone - good
ReplyDeleteMignolet isn't better then Pepe even when he have a off day Pepe never let in 50 goals in for a season. Pepe still is at age 31 his the best kicker of the ball and I'll take him over Mignolet anytime. Roger is stupid manager and we won't see Europe next season
ReplyDeleteCan't see Abramovich signing him in all honesty:-)
ReplyDeleteHey Hey Ash's Nan is after his spot but could your nan fill in at left back?
ReplyDeleteIt's ok. You can have the young rb we will have Sanchez who rejected you ;)
ReplyDeleteno pressure on him anyone is better then glen johnson
ReplyDeletewhy do we always keep aiming for the uninspiring.. sigh. we must be having the money to snag a big one here. if everton can drop close to 30 million on lukaku without batting an eyelid surely we can get a player that matches our club's level and ambitions.
ReplyDeletei love watching suso play. shades of david silva there.
ReplyDeleteNot a BR type of player , sorry
ReplyDeleteBest news of the week!!!
ReplyDeletelol, i hope he could count the number of times he lost possession and misplace passes and caught out of position and not tracking back and the wage he is drawing weekly and the number of months left in his contract
ReplyDelete