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It’s not really removing all the experience though?

Ali
Taa Konate Vvd Robbo
szobo other? Mac allister
salah gakpo diaz

4 of the back 5 are vastly experienced at the club and have numerous medals plus Salah.

Szobo is captain of his nation and won league in Austria and played cl football. Mac won wc with Argentina.

Not sure how much gakpo and diaz have won but not inexperienced. Add in Gomez Matip thiago. Team has plenty of experience left in it.
Yeah I can see that but it’s definitely removing all experience out of the midfield
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Just a point Donga made - If Henderson does go for the blood money, it's likely he won't get anywhere near the hall of fame, like Owen didn't for his particular sin of going to utd.



I have a lot of respect for all Henderson has done for us over the years, but if we get £20 million for him at his age with one year of contract left..
... Out transfer team should be put in the hall of fame.
 
It is horrible... The even move amateur teams.

Last city I lived in we had a really good amateur Ice Hockey tean, so bastards up and moved to a bigger city to make more money leaving us hockeyless.

And that's was for an amateur team.
I could never understand it. I know football has been globalised now, but the clubs grew out of their community and to be anywhere else just feels completely wrong.
Still, my view of the US has always been that anything and everything comes second to money.
 
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If Henderson does leave
a) we definitely would need at least another Midfielder
b) can't afford to lose Thiago and Fabinho in the same window as Hendo, Milner, Ox and Keita

As said, we have to trust JH to re-invest, but we already have another £300m or so wiggle room under FFP to go out and get Lavia, Thurham, Colwill and another player if we really wanted even without selling Hendo, Fab, and Thiago.
 
I could never understand it. I know football has been globalised now, but the clubs grew out of their community and to be anywhere else just feels completely wrong.
Still, my view of the US has always been that anything and everything comes second to money.


A lot of their teams (especially the ones that move) are younger than the ones in Britain and not so entrenched in the local culture. Big, old established teams don't move very often. The New York Yankees are never going to move to Cleveland.


But I think, why it happens at all though is down to how most Americans view sports. Sure, there are diehard American sports team fans... But a lot of people who go to games, go to socialize not to support the team necessarily. That's doubly-so for small local teams in sports like Baseball (which let's face it, is almost as boring as cricket). Minor league baseball teams move almost nonstop every few years... And the fans don't really care... They'l go to the baseball game the same reason some people go to the pub... To drink a beer and socialize for a few hours.

The fans don't care if the team changes every few years. They may be miffed in the interim between one team leaving and the next one arriving... But they don't have a lifelong connection.

I would say the majority of American sports attendees are at the game to socialize. That goes all the way to the top.
 
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I have a lot of respect for all Henderson has done for us over the years, but if we get £20 million for him at his age with one year of contract left..
... Out transfer team should be put in the hall of fame.

why?

the transfer team would be the equivalent of standing there minding your business and a billionaire drives by chucking cash out the window of their limo (which is powered on the blood of babies) and it hits you in the face.

Hall of fame.

behave.
 
I always say the same thing.

there's always another player. absolutely always

but Henderson for me is now persona non grata.

fabinho will be the same.