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You are looking at it from a supporters point of view, look at it from a clubs point of view

Chairman/person
"how much is he going to improve us"

Manager
"we have just sold Neymar, he's not going to improve us"

Chairman/person
"then why the **** do you want to spend that much on him :huh: <grr>"

To placate the fans we've now stirred into a frenzy by saying for two weeks that a deal is imminent.
 
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You are looking at it from a supporters point of view, look at it from a clubs point of view

Chairman/person
"how much is he going to improve us"

Manager
"we have just sold Neymar, he's not going to improve us"

Chairman/person
"then why the **** do you want to spend that much on him :huh: <grr>"

Replace 'Manager' with 'Diego' <laugh>

It was all just your opinion after all it seems
 
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Apparently not available this week which is ominous.

Am I the only man who thinks £100 million is loads for him?

I know the cost of buying someone else could be a bit and there is the risk associated with that player not settling and it will probably put us back a year, possibly two.

But £100-120 million is a lot of money for him.

He's good, sometimes brilliant and looks set to get better but he's not in the Suarez, Messi, Ronaldo league lets be honest.
 
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You are looking at it from a supporters point of view, look at it from a clubs point of view

Chairman/person
"how much is he going to improve us"

Manager
"we have just sold Neymar, he's not going to improve us"

Chairman/person
"then why the **** do you want to spend that much on him :huh: <grr>"
Don't give a **** what Barca think tbh
We need to be strong just like Southampton and RB Leipzig
We (for once ) hold the cards
He on a long contract
It's a World Cup year - he not gonna play
Worst thing will be feign injury but risky game that
He not really a trouble maker
Barca have 200m
We have no time to replace so ****s us up
So they pay over the odds not under or on
 
Apparently not available this week which is ominous.

Am I the only man who thinks £100 million is loads for him?

I know the cost of buying someone else could be a bit and there is the risk associated with that player not settling and it will probably put us back a year, possibly two.

But £100-120 million is a lot of money for him.

He's good, sometimes brilliant and looks set to get better but he's not in the Suarez, Messi, Ronaldo league lets be honest.

Yes
Few years maybe no but right now defo yes
But that not the issue
After many years of getting screwed we have a chance to be the screwee:)
 
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You are looking at it from a supporters point of view, look at it from a clubs point of view

Chairman/person
"how much is he going to improve us"

Manager
"we have just sold Neymar, he's not going to improve us"

Chairman/person
"then why the **** do you want to spend that much on him :huh: <grr>"

So in Diego's world of [HASHTAG]#delusion[/HASHTAG] selling a player for a world record fee entitles you to discounts because you've just sold a key player :emoticon-0112-wonde

[HASHTAG]#desperate[/HASHTAG] stuff
 
The club's pay structure will be in tatters if he stays, nice whoppa of a payrise leaving the others in his shadow no matter how he plays.

Win win for Couts.

What pay structure? He's the best player at the club - just like Luis was. Why wouldn't we offer him £250k a year with the offer that if a non-Prem team comes in NEXT summer with £80m we'll sell?
 
Haven't read through everything but it seems there can't be too much complaining if we sell Cout? All I can see is 'it's X or **** off'...

We have said he is not for sale and rejected the bid immediately - so why does everyone think there is some magic number in mind?

We are telling them to do one aren't we?
No
I will be mad as hell tbh
Already shatting a brick about this season but accepting it's gonna happen
They the bigger fish
Just don't want to bum rushed again
Think they should pay waaaay over the odds for ****ing us over again :)
 
No
I will be mad as hell tbh
Already shatting a brick about this season but accepting it's gonna happen
They the bigger fish
Just don't want to bum rushed again
Think they should pay waaaay over the odds for ****ing us over again :)

We're bigger fish than Southampton or Leipzig. IMO this will be ****ing outrageous of FSG to let it happen and show that we are really not up for competing.

Fans will want them out as we'll be left so short
 
So in Diego's world of [HASHTAG]#delusion[/HASHTAG] selling a player for a world record fee entitles you to discounts because you've just sold a key player :emoticon-0112-wonde

[HASHTAG]#desperate[/HASHTAG] stuff
Nope, I just think when you sell a player who has the potential to be a Ballon D'or winner for the next few years for a record fee, you shouldn't be expected to pay above the odds for a decent player as a punishment.
 
So in Diego's world of [HASHTAG]#delusion[/HASHTAG] selling a player for a world record fee entitles you to discounts because you've just sold a key player :emoticon-0112-wonde

[HASHTAG]#desperate[/HASHTAG] stuff

In all seriousness though, ever since barca's papers leaked the story of Barca 'Fearing' that Liverpool would price them out of a deal, this is they way their (and most of the English) press have portrayed it: 'Poor barca, PSG have screwed them, Liverpool should do them a favour as they've been horrid to Soton'. Why are Barca held in this Disneyfied high-esteem?
 
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Hang on. He is on 180k a week with 5 years left.

Next year he will be on 180k a week going into wc with brazil so why would we assure him of any such price.

The message is go play, win something and see if Barca will be serious next year.

Not suggesting we should or have to do that, just saying that is something we did with Luis in 2013 and it didn't break our 'Pay structure'.
 
Nope, I just think when you sell a player who has the potential to be a Ballon D'or winner for the next few years for a record fee, you shouldn't be expected to pay above the odds for a decent player as a punishment.

When you sell a player in a limited market you affect the going rate for everyone, including yourself

Also, when you make it public that the entire fee was received in advance you're in no position to ask for installments
 
So..... Everton knew lukaku was going and spent the load early.

Lfc are holding coutinho back imo in case injury might ruin a supposed deal yet Barca low ball them.. that's mistake I tonic already.
Mistake 2 is not buying 2 players min expecting this money.

Mistake 3 is failing to spend any of the money we supposedly have available.

Right now a strong possibility exists lfc could sell sahko for 20 and markovic for 10 maybe and end up all but at zero net spend .... again.... if we sell coutinho imo we will have a huge negative net spend at end of window.