Welcome Giovanni Leoni

[peterbread]

I wonder what the plans are for the lad this season? Do we play him in the 21’s for a few games to get used to our style of play where mistakes aren’t such an issue?

I think it was Pearce who said they see him as someone who can come in and play in the first team straight away especially in the cups and certain champions league games.

He can play as a RB too apparently so that gives us an extra option with Bradley’s injury record and it might be a good way to ease him in at times.

[SB]

I think it was Pearce who said they see him as someone who can come in and play in the first team straight away especially in the cups and certain champions league games.

He can play as a RB too apparently so that gives us an extra option with Bradley’s injury record and it might be a good way to ease him in at times.

I hope we give him a couple of games with the kids to assess his match fitness

[memzey]

He would be the biggest right back I think I'd have ever seen play for us. Especially compared to Frimpong who is relatively short.

[SB]

He would be the biggest right back I think I'd have ever seen play for us. Especially compared to Frimpong who is relatively short.

Yeah I doubt he’d have the athleticism & endurance to play RB for us in our setup. Maybe if we were holding on to a lead or in a back 3 but who knows.

[Exiled_red]

He said his dad was born in liverpool. He should clearly be considered home grown in my opinion!


http://twitter.com/LFC/status/1956424045584343061

He's only 18, so by the time he needs to be registered for the senior squad he'll have been here for 3 years and will count as HG

[Scratch]

With Frimpong being an injury doubt for Monday (slight hamstring issue, and you don't take risks with them) he could be on the bench straight away as a back-up right back to JoGo.

[SB]

With Frimpong being an injury doubt for Monday (slight hamstring issue, and you don't take risks with them) he could be on the bench straight away as a back-up right back to JoGo.

He’d have to have impressed Arne in training as we’ve got Endo, Jones & Szoboszlai who’ve played there for us before.

[peterbread]

Slot was asked about him in his press conference. He said he was quick and very good on the ball. I’ve seen people talk about him being slow elsewhere but I doubt many people have actually watched him and only seen a few clips online.

[SB]

He’d need to be quick to play against Gordon

[Yozza]

He’d need to be quick to play against Gordon

Nah - just Lukaku him

[labourRed]

He’d need to be quick to play against Gordon

Gordon will be playing as a striker by virtue of them being useless in the market for one and dicking their only good one about.

[SB]

Nah - just Lukaku him

Gordon would roll around like he’s been hit by a sniper & get him sent off

Gordon will be playing as a striker by virtue of them being useless in the market for one and dicking their only good one about.

Doesn’t mean he won’t drift out wide if there’s a kid making his debut & he thinks he’ll do him with pace

[baitman]

So Leoni is the back up at the moment.
He's basically a like for like swap with Quansah. Maybe Slot felt that quansah needed more games to develop and he didn't trust him. Will slot trust Leoni to step in when needed?
Maybe the management team think Leoni has a higher ceiling?
Given how wobbly konate has been we may see Leoni sooner rather than later.

[Yozza]

So Leoni is the back up at the moment.
He's basically a like for like swap with Quansah. Maybe Slot felt that quansah needed more games to develop and he didn't trust him. Will slot trust Leoni to step in when needed?
Maybe the management team think Leoni has a higher ceiling?
Given how wobbly konate has been we may see Leoni sooner rather than later.

In the games that I saw Quansah I was never impressed with his physicality - this is one of the main reasons why we went for Leoni

If he can have Lukaku in his back pocket at 18 imagine what he's going to be like once he's matured a bit?

[ame="https://youtu.be/G_ld22YHhIg?"]Giovanni Leoni Showing His Talent Against Lukaku - Welcome To Liverpool ?? - YouTube[/ame]

[rudedog]

I hope he gets a chance soon, looks like he could be an absolute beast