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That’s it Adlab. I don’t think it’s about getting the cash into the club Threeps but what that cash can do for the team when reinvested. In just 12 months Salah goes into his final year and there’s every chance he won’t sign a new contract. Salah for 2 years or potentially rebuilding the side for the next 10 years? Easy choice for me. I’d sell him. The very fact they’re going for him tells me he’s suggested to them he’s keen which means he’s had his head turned. What Salah are you going to get for the next 12/24 months with that in mind? Selling him and showing the rest of the team that nobody is indispensable would be a big call but one I think they would benefit from in the long term. Spurs wshowing again today what you can do when reinvesting after selling your star player at the right time.

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Your first paragraph is exactly my point though Nil. Liverpool are desperate for Salah to not go. Is that sustainable? Is that healthy? On Mikus’ point, I can’t help but feel Liverpool should be in a position where they can allow Salah to leave, bank the cash the reinvest when the time suits.

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Mikus’ point about not being so dependent on individual players and ensuring it’s the club that matters and not the players had me thinking about Salah. Liverpool seem desperate to hold onto him. Should that be the case? 100% City would have sold him to the Saudis and reinvested. I can’t help thinking Liverpool might regret not selling him if the fee gets to the kind of silly figures being thrown around. Look at West Ham post-Rice, Spurs post-Kane. I realise the critical factor here is timing. There’s no time for a replacement, sure. But I’d genuinely let him go for crazy money if that was me, then reinvest either in Jan or next summer. What difference would it really make this season, anyway? Will Liverpool get relegated if they sell him? Obviously not. Are they likely to win the league with him? No chance. Hence why I don’t see the sense in turning down crazy money.

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It’s also a case that, irrespective of how they’ve got to the top, now that they’re there, they no longer need to act immorally (payments to parents, routing payments through other subsidiaries, inflating sponsorship deals etc). They can now sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labour because they’re perceived to be the best place for young players to develop and thus the cycle goes on. The best young players then go there, increasing their revenue stream, allowing them to continue to spend reasonable amounts of money filling the gaps the academy can’t with players financed by academy sales. The rest of us are basically screwed 😁.

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Spot on Alfie. It’s easy to point at the net spend and say “wow, they’re just brilliant aren’t they?” but it’s far more complex than that. Take, for example, all their academy sales which prop up their recruitment and allows them to point to an impressive net spend. They’re known for making illegal payments to parents which has basically allowed them to scoop up the top talent at youth level from around the world. That has allowed them to create an unrivalled revenue stream. Their academy is basically a sales channel. Sell-on and buyback clauses allow them to avoid any mistakes. It’s impressive but it’s very much all the result of unlimited wealth masquerading as “just being good at transfers” albeit they have been getting most things right, too, in transfers which helps.

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Fair enough Harry.

Yeah really good points Mikus.

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I wish I could disagree about Mount Harry but I’ve never particularly rated him. Not sure what that has to do with Salah though.

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A billion, Harry? 😂 for what will be a 32yr old Salah next summer?

Adlab, yeah a bit all over the place. Not sure about Hojlund yet. Mount I was never sure about but I hold some hope there simply because all the big clubs in the league wanted him so maybe it’s something I’m missing. Otherwise, seems a bit of a scattergun approach again. Filling gaps really now because of holes in the squad rather than really improving the team.

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Yeah fair enough Sean

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Won’t he only have a year left next summer though? I’m not sure they’d get that kind of money again after this summer

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It will really test Klopp and FSG’s relationship if that bid starts going up much further. FSG will, somewhat understandably, see certain offers being too good to turn down for a 31yr old who will never fetch anywhere near this kind of money again.

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Fully expecting a title challenge from us now after the loan signing of Sergio Reguilon!

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Phillips won England’s player of the year a couple of years back and Maguire, another questionable choice, has been a good player for England in tournaments and in team-of-the-tournaments while playing for England. I think, in Phillips’ case especially, he probably feels there’s no in-form alternative who gives his side the same balance. I’m not defending the choices of any of those. They’re all very questionable (Maguire, Henderson, Sterling, Phillips). I just think there are likely to be good reasons for him making those choices which will often go beyond just who is on form or not.

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I’m torn on this whole “choose on merit” debate that comes up with every single squad announcement. His job isn’t to pick the best/most in-form players. His job is to win tournaments. If his job was to pick the most in-form players, we might as well let a computer pick the team based on data and stats. He knows which players he can trust, which ones are disruptive, which ones follow his instructions, which ones add value in the dressing room. Managers for the national team need to be judged by what they do at tournaments and not which players they pick for squads IMO. I have my opinions too, of course, and there are some questionable choices for sure but I just think we need to stop pretending the national team is something which should only be picked on form.

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It’s madness Sean 😄. Chelsea must now be fully expecting a transfer ban and are just stocking up in preparation. I really don’t know how City get so much money for their players.

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I think you’re miles away from giving City a run for their money Mikus. Defensively, Liverpool look a mess at times. Trent was given the run around again by Newcastle. You’re probably the best of the rest but still miles off City, which says q lot about the quality of the league in my opinion.

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I think Ange will fit right in at Spurs! 1 cup match. 1 cup exit 😄

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Yeah surprisingly rare that those big transfer fees are spent wisely, too. Thinking of the Bale money and the Grealish money mainly. No doubt Brighton will find some gems with the Caicedo/Mac Allister money, too

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I thought it was soft Adlab. Rashford goes down way too easily there. Again, it’s confirmation bias at its finest to suggest it’s big club bias, as some do. I have no doubt it will be discussed all week again though, just as the Onana incident vs Wolves. If only the clear pen we should have got against Spurs got as much attention 🙄.

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It’s an interesting theory Lucky re them almost expecting a transfer ban. It wouldn’t really hurt them that much to be honest. They’ve bought so many players now that it’s just a survival of the fittest where they pick the ones who make it and sell the others. They’re set for years to come even with a potential ban.

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