Matthijs de Ligt

WallyA said:
It's very easy to get confused reading some of the comments, anybody saying "Eric" has been referring to "Aymeric" Laporte I believe (pronounced "Ay-mear-ic")

It is laziness on the posters part, I'd wish they'd stop because as you notice, we do have an actual defender named Eric.
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It's a nickname, a shortened name,we do it all the time in england
 
BlueRebel7 said:
Eric Garcia ahead of Van Dijk ffs this forum stoops to rival forum dribble levels at times. One of the worst takes I have ever seen.

Van Dijk will be 2nd in the Ballon D'Or at least and considering Messi got 6th last year, don't be at all surprised if he wins. He most certainly deserves top 3. Does he deserve to win, no not while Messi is still an active player, but the Ballon D'Or has lost its credibility years ago so I wouldn't be surprised at all if he wins comfortably.

Van Dijk is an absolute monster of a player, he instantly became a leader at Liverpool and more than Allison, Salsh-Mane-Firmino is the main reason they came within one point of us this year and why the won the CL. It wasn't Divock Origi, or TAA or Winajldum or Mane or Salah, it was VVD that won them that CL.

I wouldn't swap Laporte for him as Laporte is so unique as a defender and a perfect fit but VVD is the most dominant CB since probably Cannavaro.

Anyway OT. But speaking of OT, this transfer window has already driven me demented and it hasn't even gotten out of first gear. Seems like every club is waiting to make the first move.
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Vinny has been and is still a more dominant CB than anyone esp dick(van dyke)
 
karen7 said:
It's a nickname, a shortened name,we do it all the time in england
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Nicknames are not special to England lol.

Anyways, as I mentioned in the 2nd part to my post, the main annoyance is because we already have a defender named Eric, its confusing to people, someone was already confused by it. Is Eric that much shorter than Aymeric anyways? I don't understand young people I guess.
 
WallyA said:
Nicknames are not special to England lol.

Anyways, as I mentioned in the 2nd part to my post, the main annoyance is because we already have a defender named Eric, its confusing to people, someone was already confused by it. Is Eric that much shorter than Aymeric anyways? I don't understand young people I guess.
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I'm most definately not young lol,Young Eric is not really a first team player yet,when he plays a nickname will follow i'm sure,bit like zinchy being called baby or mini kev
 
WallyA said:
Nicknames are not special to England lol.

Anyways, as I mentioned in the 2nd part to my post, the main annoyance is because we already have a defender named Eric, its confusing to people, someone was already confused by it. Is Eric that much shorter than Aymeric anyways? I don't understand young people I guess.
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Kaz is down with the kids bro in’it.
 
RMC saying he will decide soon (matter of days). According to them, only Barca and PSG stand a chance.


Imo, it will end the same way it did with de Jong.

At least, we can see he is following Cruijff spirit with his choice of clubs :
 
BlueRebel7 said:
Eric Garcia ahead of Van Dijk ffs this forum stoops to rival forum dribble levels at times. One of the worst takes I have ever seen.

Van Dijk will be 2nd in the Ballon D'Or at least and considering Messi got 6th last year, don't be at all surprised if he wins. He most certainly deserves top 3. Does he deserve to win, no not while Messi is still an active player, but the Ballon D'Or has lost its credibility years ago so I wouldn't be surprised at all if he wins comfortably.

Van Dijk is an absolute monster of a player, he instantly became a leader at Liverpool and more than Allison, Salsh-Mane-Firmino is the main reason they came within one point of us this year and why the won the CL. It wasn't Divock Origi, or TAA or Winajldum or Mane or Salah, it was VVD that won them that CL.

I wouldn't swap Laporte for him as Laporte is so unique as a defender and a perfect fit but VVD is the most dominant CB since probably Cannavaro.

Anyway OT. But speaking of OT, this transfer window has already driven me demented and it hasn't even gotten out of first gear. Seems like every club is waiting to make the first move.
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That's over the top.

LFC got to the CL final last season without him

LFC's biggest strength is still the front 3 and the fullbacks.

There's a narrative out there that says LFC were shit at the back until VVD joined. It's not true. They had largely fixed the defence before he joined. He improved it, as did Alisson, but after conceding 16 in the opening 9 games they conceded just 6 in the next 12 before facing us.
 
waspish said:
Think I've been dupped by the media to believing vvd is the worlds best defender! Dont get me wrong he is a fantastic defender that liverpool wouldnt of finished second without him, but if you look up Kompany’s stats in the 2011/12 season every stat vvd falls way behind kompany and guess what no hype by the media for kompany that season unlike Liverpool bias media driven over vvd.
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Dunno. For about 4 years before his injuries really took over many thought he was the best CB in the world, including Carragher
 
richards30 said:
So we miss out on an unbelievable talent every time he represents one?
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If he asks for 15m, and wants to be a pain in the arse while De Ligt is playing for us, constantly asking for better wages and asking for a move to another club in a couple years, so Raiola can earn more money, then yeah.
 
FCBarca said:
Fair point but between these two clubs, clear which is which
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I know, it was in jest.

This transfer is rather similar to that of de Jong. Lots of noise, lots of ‘could he go here, could he go there’, but ultimately he went where everyone thought he’d go in the first place, and the agent probably did jolly well from it, too.. The de Jong thread made 207 pages, so by that standard Barcelona should be unveiling him fairly soon. ;-)
 
richards30 said:
Really can’t understand why we aren’t in for him!?
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He's made it pretty clear he wants to go to Barca, Barca refuse to sign off on Raiola's demands (at least until they can bin off a few players) and now the rags are involved because they probably aren't too fussed about paying what needs to be but De Ligt doesn't want to go there.

We aren't going to get in a bidding war for a non priority position, excited for next season when the next great CB is unearthed and everyone is clambering over him for a world record fee.
 
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