Yeah I’m happy enough, Klopp will create something special with these lot - now get to work and ensure this midfield doesn’t leave our defensive line as exposed as they have been for far too long.
Yep, I was desperate for us to get Amrabat in the January window, and his agent was pushing him like mad. Think he was still 27 then too, but they were talking £40m then. Apparently the club (FSG?) wasn't interested at that age and the fact he was underwhelming in the Italian league (I dunno - I never watch it) , which is ironic as we ended up getting Endo at 30 , but that was because of the **** up with Lavia, which I still think we'll regret. If you believe Twitter, after that debacle we asked again, but this time around United had already agreed terms with him, so fair enough - getting humiliated over Caicedo was bad enough - getting humiliated over Amrabat as well would have been a ****ing disaster. Still wish him luck though - he came over as an honest warrior in the WC, and with quite some passing range too. I assume United will continue with 4-2-3-1 with him alongside Casemiro. Makes sense.
I'm a little bewildered Maupay failed at Everton. I rated him - he was utter dogshit though away from Brighton. What do I ****ing know?
So... one more week of rumours of improved Saudi bids for Salah, and seeing what the club does. At least it's just the one game tomorrow and then the international break.
I expect an improved bid (or two) for Salah and I also expect us to sell, perhaps with an agreement of him moving in January. The club simply cannot afford to not sell him. It more than covers our omission from the CL for this year and depending on how much, maybe even next year! As much as he is loved, he is 31 and has an AFCON tournament after Christmas - anyone remember his drop on form after the last tournament. Not to mention that he is one injury away from a career ending injury at hos age; those hamstrings won’t last forever, regardless of how much yoga he does. I think that we have enough in the tank to see us to January without him. Give Klopp that money for real quality and we know we will be set for another good 5 years or so.
Im all for selling him this summer, as long as the money is right, they want him as the crowning jewel of project sportswash. Fine, pay up then. They have the cash, cold hard cash in truckloads. I want minimal or no add ons. 250m cash up front 50m in add ons. Lets see if they really want him or not eh. Id throw 400m cash or **** off as a starting point and go from there
So you didn’t watch one of those games, he didn’t play a single minute last year or this year but yet you know he’s better than a guy you’ve loaned in? Interesting.
