03 Jan 2026 22:19:33
This debate about player valuation drives me bonkers but I excepted ages ago that I am in a minority.
I broadly asked this question just after we had won the CWC after stuffing PSG the European Champions.
An outlet is suggesting that PSG are considering an offer of £200m (€200m) for Palmer. If such an offer was forthcoming would you sell him?
I may well be wrong but I think I was the only poster, at that time, who said I would sell him. One poster suggested there would a riot if we sold him.
We all have different and often biased valuations. We all have different views about a players importance to a team. I personally think that Caicedo is far more valuable to the club.
03 Jan 2026 22:48:19
Tom, wrong again Caicedo is not more important than Cole he is very good but plenty of that type of player around.
03 Jan 2026 22:49:54
TomB I am in your camp with that one. Yes Palmer is different from others at the club. But there is a trade off when playing Palmer. Out of possession Cole is not at the races in any way whatsoever, which makes it difficult to control games. For me Cole can also be petulant when it ain’t happening for him, which leads to a carelessness in his game and I have seen needless turnovers of possession in dangerous areas.
The way to really cash in on Cole’s talent is for the club to have two top CBs (or one WC addition to play alongside Colwill) with Caicedo as a 6 and having the gate fully shut behind the maverick.
03 Jan 2026 23:13:05
Tom, I just laugh at posters who put a value on a players head, they know nothing about what this player or that player is worth and it is of course all very subjective. let's take Moises Caicedo for instance, one poster thought he was a donkey and worth a bale of hay whilst another poster now values him at £200 million.
It is of course a banter page and we all have a good chuckle at each other. Bottom line though as with selling a car or a house is that 2 parties must agree on a fee.
04 Jan 2026 02:18:11
Liverpool fan here so I hope you don't kind me weighing in on this. But £200m is absolutely an insane amount for a player. When FSG purchased us, we went for around £300m. I know there's inflation and all but it's still a huge amount. Not to say that Palmer isn't worth that amount but rather how crazy the market for players have now become.
04 Jan 2026 07:38:09
Jimbo, maybe you’re “wrong again, ” who knows? I personally believe he is more important to our team than CP but it’s just my opinion but as I always say it’s just an opinion.
04 Jan 2026 08:01:48
Greenaway, the Donkey comment was about Caicedo not Cole Palmer but the potential offer of £200m was for Palmer. If that makes sense.
I think Wirtz is one of the best players in Europe and it’s also the reason I fancied Liverpool to win the Premiership after signing him for what I considered to be a reasonable price. His Anfield career didn’t start well with some fans and pundits questioning him as a player and transfer fee. Little consideration is given to his such things as teammates form or managers tactics when some people want to revalue him as a player. I would have him at our club every day of the week regardless of fee.
The constant valuation of players through good and bad periods of personal form and team form makes no sense to me. Talking about the reasons why the player isn’t performing at his best level is something I enjoy. I hope that makes sense.
I suppose one day a poster will put up a list of players over the last twenty years we have sold with the benefit of hindsight at a very price. We wi be the only club to have done that either.
04 Jan 2026 08:24:12
Very low price.
I should definitely read my posts back before sending. Sorry.
04 Jan 2026 09:44:44
The thrush is the player is only worth as much as the buying club want to pay.
Tom if somebody offer £160mil for Calcedo, would you sell him?
04 Jan 2026 10:52:26
Truth.
04 Jan 2026 11:20:10
Bill, in truth that would be about the minimum I would except for him but another fan might take what we paid for him and yet another fan might take less than we paid for him.
As I said in a previous post it’s like nailing down jelly for us fans. In my view it also pointless but as I’ve also said before I except I am in a minority.
04 Jan 2026 20:09:53
After that performance today we would be lucky to get £20m for Palmer?? and that’s the problem with player valuations.
04 Jan 2026 21:23:42
Yes he was pretty poor Tom.