That's fine if everyone agrees to play by the same rules but there's already been possible problems
It was reported that Lovren was not even informed about our £20m offer to meet his release clause just because it would not be all cash
If other clubs are going to be bitches and make this kind of distinction then we need all or almost all of the Suarez money right now
This especially applies to clubs being invesigated for financial irregularities
wasn't a release clause the fool signed no such thing but had unwritten gentlemans agreement...

You quoting girls aloud here?
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That's fine if everyone agrees to play by the same rules but there's already been possible problems
It was reported that Lovren was not even informed about our £20m offer to meet his release clause just because it would not be all cash
If other clubs are going to be bitches and make this kind of distinction then we need all or almost all of the Suarez money right now
This especially applies to clubs being invesigated for financial irregularities
The same doesn't apply to UK buys. I'm fairly certain that all of the fee has to be paid within 12 months.
However, you're somewhat missing the point. The structure of the fee is forming part of an ongoing negotiation between LFC and Barca. They're not activating a buyout clause here, as if they were there'd be no negotiation, it'd be a 'hostile' purchase and they'd have to stump up the cash to activate the clause.
The mere fact that you met with them for discussions meant that you were prepared to sell, once the willingness to sell is established it's then just down to agreeing the fee and the payment schedule.
So? My point was the payment schedule should be as much up front as possible if not all. Cash in the bank makes things easier for us negotiating our other deals.
You quoting girls aloud here?
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Neither do I. Does it involve that Kimberley Walsh getting jiggy? If not, I'm not interested.

The buyer isn't going to give you it, as they simply haven't got it.
So you're going to accept something less than it all up front, as you now patently want to sell and they're the only bidder, as the player obviously has made it plain they're his choice.
We want to sell- but not at any price. We have no reason to sell him on the cheap or for conditions that won't work for us. His contract isn't expiring, he isn't demanding a transfer or go on strike, etc.
Yes, we want to sell him, but we're not going to make it easy on the buyer... we will strive to get what he's worth.
Until recently Real were interested too... despite the bite... give it till January if Barcelona aren't making a reasonable offer.
Not in public, but you're naïve if you think he's not made his wishes clearly known privately.
It's just a negotiation, same as any other, only this one is for a huge fee, so will take longer to conclude the detail.
Same as every other negotiation a compromise will be reached.
precisely. far too many lfc fans seem to have not paid attention to the bale move and seem very impatient for something to happen.
it'll happen when it happens. right now everyone is onboard and nobodys going to spit a dummy when he can't even play.
There's not many Liverpool fans, if any, complaining that nothing is happening or that we are taking too long to close the deal from what I've seen.
Most Liverpool fans are really calm about the transfer because we've all known he would eventually leave and we know we'll be getting a lot of money for him.
Tobes...
Didn't Luis make his intentions clear last summer too?
Tobes...
Didn't Luis make his intentions clear last summer too?
Yeah.
And Tobes, amongst others, said we had to let him go or we'd have a useless stroppy get on our hands.
Look how that turned out.
Think he might be on safer ground this time around, though.