Not getting Keita, losing Coutinho, losing Can, ****ing up VVD. This could be a shower of **** transfer window. Worse than the one where we lost Suarez.
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.
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.
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
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
So in Diego's world of #delusion selling a player for a world record fee entitles you to discounts because you've just sold a key player #desperate stuff
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?
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
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.
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.
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?
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'.
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.
