I know all that mate, I posted it a few days ago. I was asking mito for a link where Zubimendi is "demanding a huge pay rise" and quotes from his manager talking about it.
I think he has form, we are not the first club to offer and be be rejected by the player, basically used to get an improved contract offer.
I could go along with that if Zubimendi had turned us down for another club or a higher wage increase at his present club than the tripling of his current salary that we were offering. He's currently on €57,000 (approx £49.000).
I would guess RS, in order to persuade him to stay said they would give him a pay rise. He's then declared he's staying and gone back to them with what he thinks (or has been) offered elsewhere to which they've balked at the number. Remember this guy has turned down a number of clubs before, he'll know his value and it'll have gone up dramatically since winning the Euros We should buy imo. He appears the one we wanted and will improved our 6 issue. Who cares how he got there just so long as he does what is needed
Can’t see us going back in for him. If he’s rejected it then that’s it, moments gone. Looks weak and like we’ve settled for his 2nd choice and you’d have to ask if his heart is really in it or if in a year he’s going to want to move back to Spain.
As examples: originally their manager spoke to marca but put it out there that he might still go. https://www.teamtalk.com/liverpool/...ociedad-boss-hints-last-minute-change-of-mind The exact same scenario happened in 2022 when he got his current 50k a week to 2027. He issued a bid on him to push them into it. This is now reported again https://www.football365.com/news/liverpool-shocked-zubimendi-fsg-reason-snub-surfaces He now wants to be their highest paid player If anyone really believes he was offered 150k a week by us or thst he only wants half that to stay then that's their business. The pattern from the player is very clear.
He has a buyout clause which is fixed so his asking price isn't going up whether he wins the Euros, the World Cup or anything else. I just think he doesn't want to leave. If he's turned down triple his salary with us then it looks pretty clear. I don't think we"ll sign him and I'm not fussed one way or the other.
Yeah it has nothing to do with the ins and outs of football, it just seems more of a risk than normal that he’s home sick this time next summer. Move on
I see you use the very best sources Surprised you didn't have one from the Express. There's nothing in there that backs up your comment that he was asking for a huge pay rise. If he's so greedy and clever at getting what he wants, wouldn't he have secured the big pay rise before rejecting his suitors? And already have got himself much more than the £50k he's currently on?
Yes there is..he wants to be the best paid player at that club. Not only that is repeats the exact trick he puller in 2022
You're seeing it as him playing the club. I'm seeing it as the club playing him. Is he really going to turn down Arsenal, Bayern Munich and us, over a period of time to end up on £49k and see that as great negotiating skills? It all points to him not wanting to leave the club and the club using that to offer him very small monetary incentives to stay.
Things exactly what he did. He turned down clubs and signed a new higher contract. Now he's flirted, got his offer, turned it down and turned round and demanded the same out of his club. 2 years down the road. This is classic having cake and eating it stuff. His attitude is so far away from a top player that we really have got lucky here. The facts his character doesn't seem to have filtered his.out of our selection process should be worrying.
