If that's all upfront FSG are going to have a hard time saying no.
Ideal scenario if he does leave is to get £150-200m now and loan him back to us for either 6 months or until the end of the season.
If that's all upfront FSG are going to have a hard time saying no.
Ideal scenario if he does leave is to get £150-200m now and loan him back to us for either 6 months or until the end of the season.
Logically Liverpool were mad to turn down the 150 [if it was that and not some Xm per ballon d'or business] and you'd say the same about any larger sum.
The only thing is that [famous last words] Salah has been absolutely bulletproof over the however many years he's been there and the rest of Liverpool's forward options were out for extended periods last year. If they were lucky they could probably cobble by without him and not suffer too much [unless you expect them to be contending with City] but if they sell him I would expect serous injuries to Jota and Diaz to follow in short order.
I reckon Salah could actually want to stay in Liverpool for family reasons. His missus and kid must be dreading having to move to Saud.... they are probably living pretty in some nice leafy Cheshire mansion, going to a decent school and not being forced to live under the stairs.
Last edited by John Arne; 05-09-2023 at 01:07 PM.
Weekly burglaries notwithstanding.
I said Cheshire, not Liverpool.
No scallies round 'er lad.
He'd be in Formby at best.
In a similar vein apparently the done thing is to officially reside in Bahrain and travel in, if possible. The laws there are a bit more relaxed than in Saudi.
Bahrain is where the rich Saudis all go to get boozed up at the weekend, iirc.
Helicoptering into training every day. What could possibly go wrong?
Spinning his dick as he walks in
Jamaal Lascalles is allegedly on his way to Saudi Arabia. What a delightfully above board deal that must be.
Hearing the fee is about 95mil up front.
Michael Edwards apparently in talks to come back once this release clause merchant is gone.
You talk way too much shit to not be posting sources mate.Originally Posted by Shindig
https://www.teamtalk.com/newcastle-u...side-al-shabab
Team Talk appear to have broke it.
Fucking loving this content. Thoughts and prayers with her and the Rubiales family for having their lives wrecked by these latte-drinking Ukraine-supporting terrorists.
Seems they're not reliable.
It does seem like nobody proper's picked it up. Just the locals and nufc.com.
How long do we reckon before the sulking lot who want to go to Saudi and trouser that sweet blood money but their clubs wont let them, realise they could legally challenge the way their contracts work to get out of them? I've heard it said before that everyone in football sort of turns a blind eye to the fact in any other field you would be able to quit your job if contracted.
Isn't that sort of what that weird handball person EU ruling was about? Or was that Kolpak? I'm sure there was one about being able to buy yourself out of your contract which never seems to have filtered through.
Wouldn't it have to be a challenge to the whole transfer/registration system which probably gets special dispensation from strict application of whatever law on the sporting integrity basis. You want to be FIFA/UEFA/whoever registered, then you have to play by their rules. You're free to go to wherever if they want to exist outside of that [ie the SUPERLEAGUE].
FIFA are in Saudi's pocket now so I assume that wouldn't be an issue.
So, which "big" names still haven't got a club?
- Jesse Lingard
- David de Gea
Others?
Eden Hazard.
Oh, transfermarkt have a page for this...
Reggie Canon
Retired.
Hugo Lloris.
Isn't he still at Spurs or have they released him?
Aiden Huzzah retiring would be a bit sad.
I believe Loris is under contract but Spurs are willing to let him leave for nowt.
Oh, he's still at Spurs, just not in the squad and free to go wherever he likes. I thought De Gea was in the same boat (despite being better than Onana).
Mum: We've got Granit Xhaka at home.
Granit Xhaka at home:
That's some top tier content
Post of the year 2023 sewn up.
Close the board, we're done.
What do these players even do with themselves at the minute?
And surely someone would sign them? Are they just demanding wages that are too high for the level of clubs that'd be interested? Surely you'd be better off playing for a club you'd consider beneath you than not playing at all? You're probably already loaded from your big earning days and even with lesser wages you'd still be very rich in the grand scheme of things.
Yeah, it's bizarre. David de Gea "apparently" asking for silly money, which on one hand is hard to believe (given he is a multi-millionaire), but what other reason is their? These footballers surely can't be that greedy.
Isn't Lloris an alcoholic?
First I've heard of it, but it would explain why he turned down the Saudi's.
He's French, ofc he is.
De Gea is just shit, it's not some conspiracy.
He isn't shit really. But he probably is pricing himself out of a move.
They want what they think they can get/believe they’re worth. Now those numbers might be delusional, but they don’t suddenly think I’ll settle for less than I believe I’m worth just because I’m already absolutely loaded. Nobody who found themselves in that situation would.
He is. He has none of the traits of the so-called modern keeper, but he at least used to make up for it with insane shot-stopping. Now that his shot-stopping is completely mediocre he is pointless. Yes he occasionally makes an absolutely bonkers save, but he's equally likely to get beaten by something meh or drop an absolute clanger.
I'm not saying he should be playing for your Real Madrids, your Al-Ittihads, your Bayern Munichs but he's definitely still good enough to hold down a place for someone like Sevilla or pushing CL places.
I'd take him over the impostor we currently have guarding the onion bag.
But is being without a club and not playing for what, a season, half a season, not worse?
I googled and De Gea was on 375k a week at United. That deal was probably signed at the peak of his career but surely someone would be willing to pay him like 100k a week? That's still a lot of money and surely it's better to be playing than not? His bargaining power will decrease if he's out for too long, no?
If you're his agent, you're probably trying to get him one more huge contract so are probably willing to hold out for a while longer until someone with the means for that is desperate, rather than cutting your losses and tying him down to less.
Ah, of course, agents. I forgot about them.
Has the Saudi window slammed shit yet?
I think that's still illegal there.
An apposite typo.
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