COULD DECLAN RICE REPLACE FABINHO? | REBUILDING LIVERPOOL’S MIDFIELD EP3. In part three of our big midfield transfer chat, let’s take a closer look at Fabinho, what his skillset is, the importance of height at DM and whether Moises Caceido and Decland Rice could fit in at Anfield!
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Not going to happen. Peddling shite mate
Look at the Barca team under pep
Fab can play cb and right back aswell tho
Bellingham – Rice – Enzo Fernandez would be perfect. All similar playing styles to the current three so it’s evolution rather than revolution, which I think we need
Agricultural?🤣
I think Rice is more of a Gini replacement. Fab has just played too many games and has had dross around him, so has struggled this season. They've also changed the system a million times and I don't think it has suited him.
Rice is decent, but deffo overrated, to be honest. A solid, reliable 7 out 10.
Declan Rice is good, but under Klopp I think he can be great. Remember what Jurgen does to these players, he could turn him into a worldbeater
Shows just how far we’ve come since redmen started that we’re now weighing up pro’s/ cons of the best english CM’s available rather than spunking over the idea of Aquilani or an ancient Joe Cole. Bellingham or Rice won’t sign for us, we can’t compete. Bring me the next fabhinio, Sadio, salah, out the blue, underrated, great value and immense #YNWA
Anton stauch at mainz is a good dm🤷♂️i wonder is there any chance of getting locatelli from juventus? Always available,great ball player
No he can’t so stop chatting bubbles
I appreciate your get paid to chat rubbish but come on stop wasting peoples times who actually work hard for a living. Like nurses and ext
You do talk nonsense and you can’t ague with that… even klopp would say the same thing if you asked him on his press conferences he be like why come up with this rubbish who pays a journalist to ask such nonsense
Hope not yeno be a half decent addition to the squad like but not to replace Fab
Maych, it’s Yunus Musah, dive into the film, soak it in, lather yourself in his greatness
I think we definitely need an English mid, either Rice or Bellingham, and the other position could be a foreign player. Could be Bennacer Bellingham or Rice and some other more 8/10 mid. I doubt we buy both but I’d be happy with one, and we will get better value with the non English player as long as we choose wisely.
Are we… looking to replace Fabinho? 3 average/ disappointing months from Fab and he’s off in everyone’s eyes? Never fails to surprise me how fickle football fans are, he’s been our rock since day 1 that he began playing consistently in the team.
Trent has been 7216611728282x noticeably worse than fabinho this year by the way lads, we looking rid of him too aye?
Need to be honest Paul if FSG are staying it will be a free transfer midfielder and a underwhelming £30 mill midfielder.
Fabinho is a starter, he’ll be good with Bellingham. Need an attackkng midfield as well. Fab will be better after resting the WC, let’s hope Casemiro doesn’t get knjured.
Fabinho doesn't need replacing for a good few years. He had a bad start to this season but will be back to his best post world cup
What do you think of Enzo Fernandez of Benfica/Argentina
I see Rice as more of a Hendo replacement personally!!
I think he would be a quality purchase for us, I don’t see why he gets so much hate!
Maybe the price tag but put that to one side he’s a young, hugely experienced, leader & a solid 7/10 minimum every week
He would thrive under klopp
Get a new first team right back (cheaper than first team CM) and throw trent in the midfield.
I doubt Rice would come. I could be completely wrong though, but he seems to hang out with the Chelsea group more, and there's hasn't been any obvious camaraderie between Trent and Hendo, like they are doing with Jude. Our players seems to be even interacting more with the likes of Foden and Rashford more than him. Again, I could be completely wrong.
Nah not Declan or Caicedo will cost to much , we can get João Gomes from FLAMENGO for £35+ million , who may I add are after Phillipe Coutinho and Villa will only sell to a team who can pay in two installments. So the João Gomes move has some legs and he looks an absolute baller
I'd only look for a Fab replacement if we were to get £50m for him because he wants to leave. But if you offered me Rice and Bellingham this summer, I'd be over the moon
I reckon if the Franke De Jong deal isn't signed and sealed by Man U, then why not go big and get him in he is a class player and can, with a better class of team mates around him, become the best holding midfielder in the world.
Enzo Fernandes would be near HALF the price of Declan Rice and has better technical skills. I get Paul's point about size in midfield but its overstated. Some of the best DM's in modern history have all been 'relatively' small ( under 6 foot tall ). Kante, Makelele, Deschamps, Pirlot, Keane and on and on… What's being argued for here is the fact that Harvey Elliot being in our team means we can't really be in the market for other midfielders under 6 feet !!! That's ridiculous… In order to defend set pieces well a team typically requires 3 or 4 good height, decent headers of the ball.🤪
I see Rice as an upgrade on fab, he is more mobile for sure…though not rapid by any means, I think he’s better in tight areas as well. My concern is more is it one or the other with him and Bellingham, if so I prefer the latter because I can see a world where hendo fills in at 6 for a few years yet, I hope so, because his leadership loss is huge and super difficult to replace if he’s totally away from the team on the pitch
Ahhh pleas man what's going on with Liverpool and these decisions. Fabinho is the best midfielder we have. Stop loveing thiago ever sins he has come in the team has gone slow and s. Douse not ever pass the ball to sallah in a hood position allways give it to sallah when he can't do nothing…. we need sallah to be the focal point of the team if we have any sens. We need a number 10 like madison we need hendo replacement. We should have kept kaback would have been a good choice now wouldn't it with how vvd is doing. He plated good with a bad defence and got no credit. We need to give credit where its deserved because the team if getting found out sins last seasson. Using salla and mana and bigging up the hole team when they didn't deserve it is over
I don't know about replacing, we just need 5 don't think we should replace anyone, we are already 1 short then we have OX , Kieta, both leaving Arthur (who knows?) Milner can not be expected to keep playing all these games if any . That's probably 4 gone without even trying to improve midfield. Then we need a striker and small defensive shift . It's getting bad without having anyone else leave until 2024 . We will probably have Morton coming in but we just need some bodies. Probably going to have a free transfer come in because there is some great value to be had for next season and we basically can get a decent player in for wages. That may help with the money situation but if we are waiting any longer 🤷
I have to say, I'm more than a little tired of the Fabinho's played so much football over the last few years nonsense! I've had a look at the stats for someone comparable in his position and he has NOT done anything 'exceptionally' greater than most. Take Rodri at Man City for instance: he's played roughly 15,0066 mins over the past 3 & 1/2 seasons… whereas Fab has played 15,626 mins over the previous 4 & 1/2 seasons. If Fab is run into the ground then Rodri should be dead on his feet but he's not. And I know ppl will say but our football is more demanding blah blah but that's not always true at all. Over the past few years we have learned to really dominate the ball in most games. Take a look at the stats for other midfielders around the premier league and you will see that Fab has not done anything exceptional in his running stats.
Fabinho has had a relatively small dip. He's still world class so I'd keep him at all costs. I do agree with having a balance between technical ability and bruality so i'd go for Caicedo, he could be the new Gini Winnaldum as he's very similar. Personally I think Enzo is more technically gifted but defensively he's not great. I'm in the 'lets get Jude at all costs' camp…but I wouldn't say no either if Klopp got him
Have people forgotten or just don't know that we've actually got an excellent prospect already making first team appearances for us?
Stefan Bajcetic looks really good at 18 and Klopp trusts him. So why constantly go on about spending millions on replacements when we've already got one being developed?
Have people got an issue with our academy and youth development?
Disagree on Rice technical ability mate. Brilliant footballer, his first touch and ability to drive is fantastic
What are your thoughts on Ruben Neves? Good build and technically gifted as well as defensively sound
I think he could definitely do a good job for us. So easy answer, yes he could……. Bigger problem is "will he" which I think is highly unlikely. I mean, Rice, Jude and maybe Tielemans on a free would be a fantastic summer window.
Technically rice looks a lot better than fab! Fabs got a clipped pass every now and then! Rice can actually run!
we need a new 6 to be a backup and then in future a replacement for fabinho, but not keen on rice, i also don’t know who but i’d definitely be looking elsewhere for a 6
Rice + Jude in the heart of the midfield, with my hero Harvey on the right behind Mo, will b killer 🔥 💯 ..
Hightest ? what will they think of next