Transfer Deadline Drama

Of course, the day I've waited a long time for finally arrived. Transfer Deadline Day or TDD is my own party of the summer. The 23 hours that epitomises the TDD always serves more drama that beats the previous drama on display in the 59 days sandwiched between June 1 and August 31. I'm definitely not here to bore you with all the transfers that happened yesterday - over 1000 deals - but just to discuss the few crazy ones and its impact on the teams.

Liverpool's got a Melo
Anyone with a set of functioning eyes can easily decipher the problems with Liverpool this season. Asides the mounting injuries and the unending noise about Mane's departure, one problem that has plagued Liverpool for a while is the absence of ball playing midfielders. Now, during the Wijnaldum-Henderson era, Liverpool triumphed as the master of counter pressing, the energy and tenacity of those two proving the perfect foil for the creativity of the two full backs.

With very fast attackers and a super creative false 9, the midfielders' responsibility is to win the ball high up the pitch when the opposition defence is unsettled, feed it to the constantly moving attackers or the waiting full backs. In fact, back then, I called those midfielders 'the recyclers'. Klopp moved away from gegenpressing when he swapped Wijnaldum for a more controlled, more technical Thiago. Since then, Liverpool dominated the game more and ran less. They also created more chances.

However, recurring injuries to the only man who can actually dictate play from deep has hurt them ever since. Thus, getting Melo, a very similar midfielder to Thiago makes a lot of sense. Thiago won't go a season without injury. In his absence, Melo plays. If Liverpool choose to pass up the option to buy Melo when his 1 year loan expires, Harvey Elliot would've grown in leaps and bounds and taken over the midfield creativity. A very smart business from the Reds.

Auba' to Chelsea

This is a win-win for all parties involved. Chelsea desperately needs a very fast striker who can turn in those chances created on the fast break. Aubameyang is definitely second fiddle to Lewandowski at Barca and will probably start a few games if he stays in Catalunya. Chelsea's attack that looked blunt in previous games immediately looks dangerous with Auba' in their ranks. He's a proven goal scorer, and Chelsea will be very hard to suppress with the speed of Sterling and Auba.

Confused Villa
It's so hard to be associated with Aston Villa right now. Terrible results walking hand-in-hand with disastrous decision making is a sure recipe for disaster. And Villa is pushing that line very hard at the moment. Why reject £25M for a player who is not playing regularly and has just one year remaining on his contract? What a terrible decision! While Mr. Gerrard is flopping through matches despite having a squad with unbelievable attacking talents, his bosses up there are rivalling him for stupidity. I'm very interested in seeing this stupidity contest to the end. Funny lots!

Dieng, you got served!
I've experienced a couple TDD heartbreaks since I've grown. Seeing a player who looks on his way to your club make a dramatic u-turn is quite hard, especially if that player is desperately needed. So, I felt bad for Leeds when I learnt the bride (player) they've courted and agreed with dumped them for a richer boyfriend (club) with less than 24 hours to their wedding (end of transfer window). Patrick Bamford is still unwell; Rodrigo, a midfielder who has played so well as a striker for Leeds so far, got injured in the last game. That increased the urgency to get in a new striker ASAP.

But, how does it feel when that lady who dumped you for another guy crawls back to you just a few days after because the new boyfriend doesn't want her anymore? I bet it does feel good (Never experienced that before😂). Well, Deng dumped Leeds for Nice, only for him to fail his medicals and get dumped by Nice. So, he's back at Marseille with a tattered reputation. That made my day. That was the peak of my party of the summer!

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Arthur Melo's move to Liverpool surprised me, he will definitely be a good reinforcement for Liverpool's midfield.

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The dude is a capable midfielder, though he struggled for some reasons at Barca and Juve. But, he's really talented.

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That Auba's deal to Chelsea is one I am really looking out for cause Chelsea are actually in a serious need right now.

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I hope the guy hits the ground running at Chelsea, else his career will wind down very quickly. Also, Mount now has two very fast forwards to aim his passes and crosses at which only makes it more interesting.

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That's true, let's just hope he finds his feet well in the squad.

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That's the important thing.

A midfield trio of Fabinho, Thiago, Melo will be interesting. The opponents will chase the ball for the entire 90 minutes.

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Lol... Who's Melo?

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Liverpool's new guy signed from Juventus. He's quite good.

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Oh..
Okay. Would love to see him in action soon.

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He will definitely get to play very soon, probably in this week's Champions League.

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It's funny how Klopp claimed he did not need an extra midfielder considering his players' injury history and the nature of this season.

I'm not concerned about Auba to Chelsea at all. I'm very sure that Tuchel will misuse him as well.

And Deng thought he was peng 😂. There's no TDD without a good drama. I can imagine how Leeds must be feeling now for avoiding the bullet

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Getting Melo in actually strengthens Liverpool. Klopp was only trying to play smart in front of camera. If he had admitted his team needed a midfielder, agents would've blasted his phone with calls. And, Melo would've cost them more because Juve will assume they are desperate thereby jacking up the guy's value.

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An interesting TDD, Villa were unlucky today, that should have been a win in my book, offside my arse!
In Scotland, my team shot themselves in the foot, sold Bassey and Aribo, got into the Europa League final last year, made the CL gorup stage this and invested nothing. Result we got hammered from Celtic today, not surprising really!

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Looks like EPL officials are protecting the elite more often in recent times. Aston Villa and West Ham should've got more from their matches but were robbed.

I watched the Celtic vs Rangers match on ESPN. It was a difficult one for me to be honest. I was quite happy when Gerrard's Rangers unseated Celtic as the champions. The presence of Aribo further developed my interest in Rangers. But, since Gerrard left the club has struggled. They just couldn't handle Jota yesterday, and they looked too slow in attack. Conceding three goals in the first half was embarrassing, I didn't bother to watch the second half.

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so I see a big meeting about VAR tomorrow, of course nothing will happen.
yep Rangers got what we knew was coming unfortunately.

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I know absolutely nothing about football but thank you for your post. I just learnt a lot from this.

Via dreemport!

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Thank you for checking out my post.

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