I'd rinse Liverpool for all they've got now. If the above is all true, including how much of a sulk VVD is currently in the middle of and the evidence Saints have on Liverpool tapping up, then both VVD and Liverpool are very very vulnarable. Celtic have 10% of the transfer fee too so in our interestes to secure a fantastic (world record for a defender?) deal with incentives and clauses that suit us.
I also think Gomez, Sakho and/or
Markovic would all fit in very nicely to our squad, should that sweeten the deal

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We hold all the cards after the big contract signed and the tapping up.