Signing of the season for me this is. Always been a huge admirer of Thiago, technically fantastic and has got a bite of bite in his game which is needed in the premier league.
He is in the top 3 CM in world football, as marquee of a signing as Liverpool could get.
Absolutely gutted he has gone there because it only strengthens their quest to retaining the title. Would have loved him at City, would have been absolutely perfect for our midfield. Liverpool finished 18 points clear of us last season and are bringing this maestro into their midfield. Oh Boy!
Do i think Liverpool will win the league? Yes i do. This signing has clinched it for me.
I just feel so deflated by it all. This window started so well and is coming to an abrupt end. People will say that the window hasn't finished and lets judge afterwards, but the fact is, we should have got our business done as early as possible.
If the Koulibaly transfer is taking us a long time, move on to other targets in the process and bring in additional players.
We have gaping holes in the squad and it is painful to see. We need a new left back, we need possibly another central midfielder to add more dynamism to our midfield and we potentially needed another striker due to Aguero's bad injury.
Sam Lee and his cronies had been telling us all summer we had up to 300m warchest on players. Simon Bajkowski said about 3 weeks ago, if City do sign Messi, they will bring in two more players as well. The only players we have been linked to are CB targets. We have no concrete links to midfield players, left backs or forward players.
If we fail to bring in 3 more players in this transfer window, it will come back to bite us on the arse. The worry for me is, De Bruyne after the Lyon match in his post match interview was absolutely deflated. If we get dumped out so easily in the CL this coming season, will our best players... the likes of Sterling and De Bruyne decide that their time is up at the Etihad?
After all, Sterling left Liverpool to win trophies and Liverpool ended up winning the one trophy he and the other players in the squad are craving for.
I was hoping this window would be a chance to really stamp our authority and give Pep all the tools to absolutely go all out for the CL this season, especially considering it looks to be his last season with the club.
What started in such excitement, is ended in such disappointment. Still less than 3 weeks to go before the window is shut, but i am not confident we will get exactly what we need. We have dropped a huge clanger here.