Wow.... talk about missing the point. You guys need to get real here. Wherever Bellingham goes he won't be on 250k a week in 2023. I've shown with plenty of example across about 6 years who the very hottest prospects get big wages. Each one has been denied as an outlier, clearly the delusion that Bellingham is a mate of x and y players and will play for half his worth just to wear the shirt runs deep. As I said, for lfc to pay bother the fee and the wage required a major change in policy and direction by fsg. Prior to this mooted "sale" I said it was never happening. At this moment in time it's going got require a significant shift in ownership with someone new breaking the wage structure.
ARE being operative word Sancho was a teen when he got 200k a week 5 years ago. These guys are allowed to grow up you know! I excluded several real Madrid kids as they were not worlds hottest properties due to the fact real as a top top of the food chain club had got them already as kids. I never even mentioned any real ones. As I've said many times and been ignored cos it doesn't suit the dream. Bellingham is the hottest property in Europe precisely because he is available for sale to the highest bidder.
I can see your struggling with this. I'm not saying liverpool won't pay him half a million a week, I'm saying no club will pay him half a million a week. It's nothing to do with mates, who his parrot & dog supports its just basics nobody but the very best, proven players get that wage.
It's supply and demand thanks. This whole thing as started by milk saying 250k a week and I've pointed out why that's a pipe dream. How much is sterling, grealish, de gea on, how much as alexia ****ing sanchez on 500k is no longer the mark for the ultimate players 1million is. Haaland , messi and mbappe are up there. I fail to see why people suddenly want to knock Bellingham to show he will accept less. I can't see why people think 500k is for the top teir when even robaldo still merits thst. (BTW players like iniesta, Oscar, greizmann and other are all on it) It's simple market forces. Either Bellingham is the hottest property in Europe right now or he is not. If he is then he will have a list of clubs vying for him to play off against each other and get the best deal. I mean we thought at the time coutinho fee and wage was ludicrous for what he was but barca managed to pay it.... 6 years ago. 250k then OK fine, 250k was a huge wage for Bellingham but today? No it's barely the going rate for some quite average player really. As for the teenager get out, guess what he will be 20 before July 1 and a world cup hero (apparently)
Is Bellingham the "hottest property in Europe" right now, or is it just our Anglocentric media making it into something big? Is the rest of Europe as obsessed with him as we appear to be?
an obvious answer to that are half the big clubs in Europe are in serious financial difficulty and are desperate to get reduce their wage bill not expand it .
Guess it depends how you determine the hottest property. Are we talking best young prospect or are we talking most sort after? Bellingham isn't the hottest prospect, I'd rate Vinicious Junior higher for example. But he is probably the most sort after atm (on these shores at least)
Yet again you've named established players that are in their prime as bench marks. Name a 20 year old and this is important midfielder that commands half a million a week.
Yeah, but the question I'm asking is whether or not the subject is a hot one throughout Europe or is it just our usual media inflation of all things English. I can't imagine there being this level of debate in Spain or France over him - maybe a bit in Germany.
Do you not think we think he's massively in demand because he's constantly linked with us? The smallest detail blown up into something it's not. I'm yet to see anything concrete that there's loads of teams after him, I'm still not sure we are after him In all honesty.
He's been linked to a lot of English clubs. We probably see more links to Liverpool because it's the club we support
Yes, but linked by who? The media, click bait articles, journalists who fish around in a hat for a players name then put it next to a clubs name that they pull out of a different hat. Crewe are looking to nake a massive bid for salah, you heard it here first
