Roberto Firmino - signed the silky swine

[LeTallecWiz]

[article]On Tuesday, mega Brazilian portal Globoesporte have revealed that the chase for Roberto Firmino is between a number of Premier League clubs.

Manchester United could well face competition from local rivals Manchester City, whilst Marcelo Hazan and Richard Souza report from Chile, where Firmino is playing in the Copa America, that Liverpool have “strongly” entered the race.

Globoesporte also add some meat to the bones on Firmino’s move this summer.

The Hoffenheim attacker will not leave “The Village Team” for less than 25 million euros and the destination will only be revealed after Brazil’s participation in the Copa America is over.[/article]

 

[Oliver Twist]

Firmino and Kovacic are just media ploys to force Burnley to sell us George Boyd for the £2.7m (plus add ons) we have offered.

 

[Best Believe It]

Would he be a replacement for Sterling?

 

[the count]

Would he be a replacement for Sterling?

I would like to think that we are actively looking for his replacement and we will do the deal concurrently with selling Sterling.
The more likely outcome is that we will overpay for a one season wonder from last season's premierhip minutes before the transfer window closes

 

[keniget]

I'm surprised that no-one signed him last year.

 

[6TimesaRed]

Would he be a replacement for Sterling?

From what I have read he his to be seen more as a Suarez type signing...

When you look at his stats & ability, you can see why...

The Reds are in the market to spruce up their squad for a proper top four challenge next season and are currently weighing up a move for Firmino, who has had 21 assists over the past two seasons in the Bundesliga, only superseded by Kevin de Bruyne, who has 26.

 

[hmmmmm1]

This guy is the real deal

 

[Jack D Rips]

Someone else's deal unfortunately

 

[6TimesaRed]

Someone else's deal unfortunately

Sigining him probably will depend on whether we sell sterling or not..

I wouldn't say he is a replacment for sterling though.. we have him already.. he is called IBE..

 

[Best Believe It]

Sigining him probably will depend on whether we sell sterling or not..

I wouldn't say he is a replacment for sterling though.. we have him already.. he is called IBE..

If Ibe is replacing Sterling, who is replacing Ibe?

Anyway, Firmino is exactly the sort of chump we should be signing within FSG's transfer strategy. Young, talented, not 100% proven yet. Someone who can use the club as a stepping stone etc.

 

[gkmacca]

Just once - just ONCE - I wish these YouTube videos didn't have some fecking AWFUL electropop ear slap accompanying them!

 

[Hansern]

Markovic? Maybe we can actually use him in his natural position..

 

[6TimesaRed]

Markovic? Maybe we can actually use him in his natural position..

I was going to suggest that...

IBE was probably recalled because Markovic hadn't adapted his game for the prem... hopefully Markovic can kick on next season..

Dont forget we have Origi coming in.. so I see no panic over selling Sterling imho, providing the money raised is spent well

The Firminio fella would be a good start..

 

[Rosco]

The Metro with some amazing insight here:

The stats to prove Roberto Firmino is Liverpool’s perfect Raheem Sterling replacement
Lee Thomas-Mason for Metro.co.uk
Sunday 14 Jun 2015 10:57 am
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Hoffenheim’s Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino has been declared the perfect replacement for Raheem Sterling if he departs Liverpool by statistics company WhoScored.

The 23-year-old joined the German club from Figueirense in 2010 and has gone on to make over 150 appearances in five seasons, scoring 49 goals in the process.

Firmino, who is currently away with his national side for the Copa America, scored the winning goal in their last warm-up fixture against Honduras last night after netting in the 33rd minute and has been heavily linked with a summer transfer following his impressive form.

According to WhoScored, Firmino is the best player available in the market at the moment, rating him at 7.79 – even higher than Raheem Sterling himself.

The Brazilian started 23 times for his club this season in comparison to Sterling’s 34 for Liverpool but both players managed to score the same amount of league goals, 7. In that time Firmino managed to chip in with more assists, shots on goal, key passes, dribbles AND passes.

So yeah, he’s pretty good.

 

[gkmacca]

Perfect replacement for Sterling:

Tiny - check
Runs in a funny way - check
Often disoriented - check
Not a natural goalscorer - check


Put it through the computer, and we have the results:

Candidate 1:

Candidate 2:

Candidate 3:

 

[ILD]

I'm gonna jump on this Firmino bandwagon.

Has anyone seen @Herr Onceared? Get the tent man. We ain't going no where til this is done.

 

[Oncy]

*puts down sausage on a stick*
Mate ive been here for hours.

 

[Aidan O' Neill]

Put on a pot of coffee, drink it and start making burgers.

 

[eecheerow]

I'm surprised that no-one signed him last year.

That's what we should have done, though it would have been completely out of character to sign someone quality before we had a chance to tack on an extra £5-10 million unnecessarily.

 

[C/O]

I'm gonna jump on this Firmino bandwagon.

Has anyone seen @Herr Onceared? Get the tent man. We ain't going no where til this is done.

*puts down sausage on a stick*
Mate ive been here for hours.

Put on a pot of coffee, drink it and start making burgers.

If you lads need anything, let me know.

Stay warm.

 

[the count]

I'm gonna jump on this Firmino bandwagon.

*puts down sausage on a stick*
Mate ive been here for hours.

Has anyone seen @Herr Onceared? Get the tent man. We ain't going no where til this is done.

Put on a pot of coffee, drink it and start making burgers.

Thinks about wandering over to see what the lads in the new tent are like.

 

[Oncy]

Good to see so many of yis at the Firmino site lads.
Could be a few days, but look *opens cooler chest*
BEEEEER!!!

 

[ILD]

Get some rest lads. I'll send one of the lads to trawl twitter for updates in the morning.

 

[FoxForceFive]

It's gone well cold.

*sticks head inside sleeping bag*

 

[C/O]

Herr Onceared keeps 'accidentally' rubbing up against me and telling me "it's ok, I'll let you away with that one... this time" while giving me a weird wink. I'm going home.

Still hope we sign Firmino though.

 

[Dirty Sanchez]

For me, no.

 

[peekay]

What a miss by Firmino against Colombia.

http://giant.gfycat.com/FirstUnknownDevilfish.webm

 

[C/O]

What a miss by Firmino against Colombia.

Stay on topic, please!!

 

[Oncy]

Herr Onceared keeps 'accidentally' rubbing up against me and telling me "it's ok, I'll let you away with that one... this time" while giving me a weird wink. I'm going home.

Still hope we sign Firmino though.

Those arent pillloooooows

 

[ILD]

What a miss by Firmino against Colombia.

http://giant.gfycat.com/FirstUnknownDevilfish.webm

Not watching that. I'm staying positive. Any more 'credible' links to him?