S1 E2: What transfer do you want to see happen?

As a Man Utd fan, Kris wants Harry Kane at Manchester, even though his dream transfer would be Messi.

Klajdi doesn’t want to have an overlap with Kris, considering the link between Kane and Bayern Munich in the recent weeks, so he goes with Vlahovich at Bayern.

The biggest surprise and eyebrow-raising claim is made by Lorenzo, who as a Juventus fan, wants to see Marco Veratti at Liverpool. (If someone can make it make sense, we’d appreciate it).

All jokes aside, this episode contains a bunch of claims and statements that some could consider questionable.

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Full Transcript:

Klajdi (Klyde)
What’s going on everybody? Klyde here with the Offside Perspective and I’m joined by Lorenzo and Chris, and We are going to talk about a very nice topic today. What transfer do you want to see happen since we’re in the transfer window? We got a few more weeks to go and we just, let’s just talk about what transfer you want to see happen? Let’s go with Chris first. Chris. What do you want to see happen?

CHRIS
Alright, so since I’m a United supporter and we’ve been crying out for a striker, I think Harry Kane to United would be the ideal transfer. I think he’s very, I personally think he’s underrated. Like, oh yeah, maybe not in that, but I’d want to see that. Yeah, of course. I personally think he’s underrated. Even though English media likes to hype players up and this and that, I think there’s a lot more to his game than just goal scoring.

Klajdi (Klyde)
You still got hopes in that? Really?

CHRIS
He practically played the last two, three seasons as a number 10 to Son, vice versa as well. The guy can turn on a dime, he can hit it, he can finish with both feet. He’s not the quickest, but hey, he knows his positioning. He’s tall, he can head the ball. He can see a pass, I think, like the best of the midfielders can. Yeah, I’m a big Harry Kane fan.

He’s probably gonna go on and break a bunch of records. He just broke Rooney’s, I believe, for England, right? If I’m not mistaken. Can you confirm Loren? Loren, what do you think? You broke it. Okay, good. All right, good. I just wanna be talking about that, you know? But yeah, that’s my pick. And I can say, obviously my pick up here is like Messi to…

Klajdi (Klyde)
I believe so, yeah. I think he’s aiming for, he’s aiming for Alan Shearers.

Lorenzo (01:40.953)
Yeah, yeah, I think it did break Rooney’s record.

CHRIS
Manchester United because I’d want to see Messi play there. But realistically, I think that’s the problem.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Well, a little bit realistic too, I mean,… All right, Lorenzo?

Lorenzo
I mean as a Juventus fan, a lot of transfers I want to see, especially in this past 2-3 season that Juve has been playing, definitely have a lot of room to change players and bring some fresh players. But as a neutral, just somebody that likes the game, I think it would be pretty interesting to see Verratti go to Liverpool. Liverpool has a promising team, they have Darwin Núñez, they’ve got Luis Díaz on the wing.

I mean, a player like Verratti who’s literally just a hustler the whole game, he just running, you know, that midfield. I feel like that would be, you know, promising. I’d like to see, you know, Liverpool back to what they were doing before, you know, and Klopp’s a good manager. I feel like they had, you know, got unlucky with the injuries a little bit, but Fabinho this past year, I don’t think he’s performed, you know, the level we’re used to seeing him.

So I feel like they’re missing something in midfield to make their strikers shine. So I feel like it’s interesting to see Veratti at Liverpool.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Even though they just made two new signings with Szobolai and McAllister.

Lorenzo
Yeah.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Because that would mean that they would have to redo their whole midfield. Is that, is that, is that the way to go for Liverpool?

Lorenzo
Right. So, so Macallister, that’s, I feel like, is a more creative player. I feel like they just missing somebody that’s like, like a holding mid or kind of like, you know, like Rice that we mentioned earlier, you know, playing box to box, I think Verratti provides it for any team. And I feel like his leadership quality too, you know, just bringing on like they, yeah, they got Macallister, they got Szobolai, but they missing a leader, you know, and I feel like those players are becoming rare and rare, you know, in modern day football, but I feel like some of the teams need. That’s all I want to say about, you know, obviously, you know, they.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Well, that would mean for Henderson to go though. And there has been talks for Henderson to go to Saudi Arabia and whatnot.

CHRIS
I don’t know what you guys are debating about Henderson about, but anyway, go ahead. He’s finished as a player. If anything, this season I’d be surprised if Klopp played him more than 10 games. The guy’s done, I think, personally. Fabinho too. I can’t agree with that. He doesn’t offer you anything else.

Klajdi (Klyde)
What about Henderson? He’s…Why do you say that?

CHRIS
There’s a fine line, once players gets, you know, above the stage and yeah they have done well when they’re English and they’re your captain and all this stuff. There’s a fine line between them performing, and then you playing them just because of their name. And I think it’s

Klajdi (Klyde)
No, no, obviously he’s not gonna play him just for his name, but I mean this past year Liverpool had a bunch of issues and it wasn’t just one person, you know, it was a collective.

CHRIS
Well, I think there’s some of that that’s been done. Yeah, and injuries and stuff too. You’re right. You are right. So yeah, I personally think he’s not going to play him much. Liverpool have not had squad depth, I believe, and they have horrible owners. Is a Man United fan talking about a horrible Liverpool owners? I mean, you know, at least the Glazers actually spend money. I don’t think they’re that horrible as everyone makes them. They have a lot of bad stuff.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Right?

CHRIS
As does every other owner, but Liverpool has had very, very bad luck with them. So, but yeah, I could see that happen. Maybe when he was younger, I could see Verratti go there. Now it’s probably past his time, but.

Klajdi (Klyde)
I see Veratti going to Saudi Arabia, honestly. Or just continuing being part of that PSG project, so to speak. Well, I’m gonna have my say. Yeah, Lorenzo, this was a bit surprising. Veratti at Liverpool? Didn’t expect that

Lorenzo
I mean, we’re saying, you know, transfers that we want to see. Right. I don’t know, to me that would be like an interesting project. Not necessarily it’s going to happen, right?

CHRIS
You’re just more realistic than we are. That’s it.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Right, right. Definitely more realistic than you Chris. I mean Kane to United?

CHRIS
No, it probably is, you’re right. I mean, now, you know what the cherry on top would be if you say Kane to Bayern, because he’s been linked.

Klajdi (Klyde)
No, no. So as a Bayern fan, I like Kane. I really do. I think he is a… He would definitely be the perfect replacement for Lewandowski, but I would want Vlachovic. Vlachovic or… Can I have two? I’m gonna have two. Vlachovic or Ossimeh, the Napoli guy. I cannot do that? Okay, okay. All right.

CHRIS
You can’t do that. We can only have one, it’s not fair. Okay, you’re the host. Go ahead.

Klajdi (Klyde)
I’m gonna save Vlahovich man, that guy is good.

CHRIS
See, I like your second pick better. I think Ossimeh is a better player than Vlahovich is.

Klajdi (Klyde)
But trying to be a little bit more realistic, Napoli is not going to let him go for 200 million, 150 million. And knowing Bayern, they’re not going to splash that kind of money, even though they have that money. They’re not going to splash that kind of money on one player. So I think Vlachovic, especially with the uncertainties at Juve, I don’t know, I would like to see him at Bayern. I think he would fit perfectly there and he’s, even though Last season he did not perform well, but again, kind of like same thing with Liverpool. It was the whole team that didn’t perform well, you know. So you can’t blame it on one person. But I think Vlahovich is a top player so I definitely want to see him at Bayern and I that’s I’d rather pick him over Kane, even though as crazy as that is.

Lorenzo
Well, I mean, also you have to realise, you know, two different spectrums of the career, you know, Kane, is how old compared to Vladovic, who’s still basically 22. So he has a lot of years.

CHRIS
Really?

Klajdi (Klyde)
Harry Kane 29, I thought he was a bit older actually. I looked him up and…

CHRIS
Hey, this is dream transfers. We can idolize, you know, we can say in theory that they’re gonna play till they’re 40 years old. So, Kane on top.

Klajdi (Klyde)
No, I mean 35 I would say that’s where it is. But if you compare it because obviously I’m not going to be Bayern’s financial advisor, but you know, investment wise I think

CHRIS
Yeah, but when you see what some of the players are going for and stuff, it’s not the worst. Because you know, you look at the age, but you also look at the…

Klajdi (Klyde)
But you gotta look at the age and you gotta look at the years left in contract. He’s in his final contract. I mean, that plays a huge role in the price.

CHRIS (09:01.51)
Yeah, okay, I understand what you’re saying. Yeah, that makes sense. You’re right on that end. Because if you’re in the end of your contract, then you could wait one season and get him for free, which makes sense. But compared to some of the other players, I think they’re not asking a lot, because he’s going to guarantee you two, three years at least of 20-plus goals a season. That’s not rookie numbers. You’re not taking a gamble with him. You know what you’re going to get. He’s not injury-prone, which is…

Klajdi (Klyde)
Well, you kind of are taking a gamble because I mean, he’s not in the Premier League, but that’s you assuming and that’s you being biased towards, you know, thinking that the Premier League is the best league, but you never know how he’s going to be in a different league.

CHRIS
He’s done it for…no, you can…You could, so there’s some players, for example, like strikers, goalkeepers. Some of these players, they’re a lot more predictable than other players. Like this guy knows how to put the ball in the back of the net and he’s been tested versus, you know, low block, high block, you know, teams that can keep possession, teams that, you know, play on the counter, he’s been tested, he’s played in all sorts of systems and he showed himself. So with midfield players, with other creative players is different. But I think with Kane is.

Klajdi (Klyde)
you never know what you’re gonna get. Yeah I see your point, and don’t get me wrong, I don’t think he’s gonna suffer from scoring if he, if he went to Bayern. As a fan and as kind of like seeing myself part of Bayern so to speak, I would rather take Vladovich for a long-term investment.

CHRIS (10:15.17)
So can I ask you a question? Alright, one last thing before we end. We’re taking this a little bit over our time. What do you guys like in Vlahovich so much? I feel like he is missing something.

Klajdi (Klyde)
So Vlahovich is a typical nine that you don’t currently see anywhere else. I mean, other teams are transitioning to make shift number nines, so to speak. I don’t know if that makes sense, but he’s like a number nine, number nine. I see him as kind of like what the number nines used to be back in the day. Not even back in the day. I mean like a Suarez. I see him as a Suarez, even though he’s a left footer, right?

CHRIS
Does he score goals?

Lorenzo
So he scores goals and the thing is, one, he’s tall, right? So he’s good in the air. So he can definitely know on all set pieces, on corners, even on build up play, he can definitely bring the ball back for the other striker. Two, the guy can actually shoot. He has a nice shot and he can actually make space for himself. He’s not the quickest.

Klajdi (Klyde)
He was killing it in Fiorentina.

CHRIS
Right.

Lorenzo
But like I said, at Fiorentina, I was very impressed. I was really happy when he came to Juve, because obviously Juve is my team. But Juve as a team suffered on the field, off the field, a lot of problems. And he got injured too, so he wasn’t playing all the games. But I think he’s probably gonna stay at Juve this year. I feel Juve finally made their agreement with UEFA, to be out of the conference league this year. And just being focused on the Serie A and the Cup, I thought it was gonna help him out. And I feel like Vlahovich is gonna actually have a good year this year.But you never know.

Klajdi (Klyde)
I see Vlahovich as a better version of Morata. And Morata was a good striker. He just missed that final touch.

CHRIS
That’s a good way to put it.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Which as a striker, missing the final touch, you’re missing a lot. And I think that’s what Morata was missing.

Lorenzo
Yeah, I mean…Yeah, speaking of Morata, there is talk that he might come to Seria A. I think he might go to Milan.

Klajdi (Klyde)
This is interesting.

Lorenzo
But…

Klajdi (Klyde)
Milan, they’re building too, but that’s for a different episode. I think that was it for today. So we got Chris, wanting Kane at Man United. We got Lorenzo, wanting Verratti at Liverpool, which was totally random. Maybe we’ll create a gossip out of this or something. This will pick up. And then I, Klyde wanting Vlahovich at Bayern.

I think this will work well. There is no overlapping there. I didn’t say Kane to Bayern. So Chris, your wish could potentially come true.

CHRIS
Hope it does man. And I hope you guys have a good one and see you all.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Alright, well, thank you guys.

Lorenzo
I think it’s going to be Osimeh or Joao Felix, in United. One of those two, in United. You heard it here first.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Go ahead, finish your thoughts.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Ooh, Joao Felix. That’s… These are different topics, though, so we’ll leave those for… Hey, we can create our own rumors, man.

CHRIS
I don’t know where you’re getting this information from.

Lorenzo
I’m just saying.

CHRIS
Yeah, for real.

Klajdi (Klyde)
Let’s start a… here we go.

CHRIS
Here we wish, something like that. That’s how we should make it.

Lorenzo
Alright.

Klajdi (Klyde)
All right, but here we wish, really. All right, thank you, fellas. Appreciate your time, as always. Love talking to you. This was The Offsite Perspective. We’ll see you on different episodes.

CHRIS
Bye bye.