He has injury issues though doesn’t he? Don’t think he’s ever played a 30 game league season in his career and has just recently come back from surgery at 29 anyway.
Think he’s an immense talent and a big upgrade but I’d be worried if I were Liverpool about how many games they’ll get out of him for what I imagine they’ll be paying him.
If they want to upgrade that midfield they should sign Grealish and call it a day.
Signing a 29 year old with suspect fitness is just stupid which is why I doubt it, their average starting XI age needs to drop not increase especially considering the intensity at which they play.
That’s crazy though. We’re apparently going to spend more than half on a guy who is supposed to be midfield Jesus but plays in one of the most restrictive systems in Europe. I worry that Partey is going to get run over.
Just did a quick fag packet lookup on Thiago’s numbers. He’s had 150 league appearances in the 7 seasons he’s been at Bayern.
That means he’s featured in 56% of their fixtures in the time that he’s been there. Coupled with the fact Bayern are willingly letting him go and Liverpool tend to run their midfielders to the ground during games to create the spaces out wide I do find this one somewhat baffling.
Don’t get me wrong though, he’s a supreme talent. Fantastic on his day.
Bayern are far better than everyone else, the level of pressing is night and day.
Like I said he’ll most likely break down and it’s yet another aging player to their squad, it wouldn’t be an awful signing at all and yeah he’d add technical ability but it’s not how you go about building a dynasty IMO
Maybe they figure on only having him available fifty percent of the time because they’ve got faith in Keita still coming good,and think their other options are pretty good, which is not wholly unreasonable given they’ve won’t the CL and league in consecutive seasons.
Having Thiago fifty percent of the time just makes Liverpool even better than they already are. I think it looks like a good move, especially given it’s on a free and they’re supposedly not spending much this summer to ensure their side remains placed to win trophies.