Roberto Firmino - signed the silky swine

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All very exciting but can he do it on a cold Thursday night in the Ukraine?

 

[Lippy]

I can't get excited about this until someone tells me how good he is on Championship Manager

 

[Cerberus]

Fucking delighted.

 

[Lippy]

All very exciting but can he do it on a cold Thursday night in the Ukraine?

Voronin could......just saying

 

[hmmmmm1]

Never seen him play but it sounds exciting and we have not had that buzz since we signed Luis

 

[dmishra]

Barrett has just tweeted saying Ayre has flown into Chile to complete the deal. And the fee is 29m.

 

[keniget]

I didn't expect him to go for that much at all. Good fee for Hoffenheim. Hopefully this works out.

 

[barrymac20]

Wouldn't it be great if we had a scout network that would have spotted this fella 4 years ago before he signed for hoffenheim for only 3 million.

 

[dmishra]

Yes, I'm surprised at the fee. I was expecting it to be 20 tops. Anyway, fingers crossed.

 

[Ryan]

79%

 

[Ryan]

The excitementometer ramps up cos he's Brazilian, is costing us a wedge and has tricks on Vine that give you a lob on.

Is he any fucking good though? 7 goals for Hoffenheim hasn't got me flooding my pants anyway.

I know zero about him mind you, happy to admit that.

 

[Shadey]

I'm sure we have coutinho to thank for this.

 

[Ryan]

1. Tony Barrett ‏@TonyBarretTimes 3m3 minutes ago
   A deal for Firmino is not yet agreed. Elements of it are. Other issues still to be overcome but Liverpool have made significant headway.
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2. Tony Barrett ‏@TonyBarretTimes 20m20 minutes ago
   Ian Ayre has travelled to Chile as Liverpool close in on a £29m deal to sign Roberto Firmino.

 

[Ryan]

Watch Ayre fuck it up from here the great Vodafone Team Leader.

 

[Jack D Rips]

Barrett says a deal has been agreed yet.

Edit: Apparently that news reached Australia first

 

[mark1975]

Beeb saying he has agreed terms, deal subject to a WP which shouldn't be a problem due to his International status. Will be wrapped up after the tournament. Ayre there to finalise the player contract officially.

 

[Skullflower]

99.9%

 

[Hansern]

Sky Sports reporting 18 mill. Globo at least 25 mill €.
Guardian 25 mill £ + add ons. Telegraph 28,4 mill £......

BBC and Express 29 mill and the Echo 25-30 mill.....

Ha!

 

[Skullflower]

Is he any good?

 

[Ryan]

Is he any good?

The Brazilian Stewart Downing they say.

 

[Skullflower]

It'll be about 25 plus add ons I reckon.

 

[Woland]

I bet he's a diving little bastard.

 

[Lippy]

I bet he's a diving little bastard.

Hope so. The last one we had was fuckin boss

 

[Gary25]

I bet he's a diving little bastard.

If you can't beat em join em. I hope he's horrible for opposition players and fans of other teams hate him. I love all that shit.

 

[Mystic]

I cant believe we've wrapped this up, I know jack shit about this player, but having seen a short clip of him playing with Coutinho, I'm very excited!

 

[737Max]

Globo the Brazilian newspaper were the first to say we were close to signing him so maybe it is €25m

 

[Hansern]

One of his strenghts is his defensive work. Made the most tackles by an attacking midfielder in Europes top 5 leagues last season.

We've really missed that since Suarez left.

 

[Skullflower]

The Brazilian Stewart Downing they say.

They don't though

 

[Skullflower]

I'll only be excited if we make another two signings that make everyone this excited. That's my general ratio

 

[Skullflower]

Or if we keep the tiny bell end, sterling