Throw in Jesus and you have a deal.
Throw in Jesus and you have a deal.
(The Brazilian lad, not the Christianic messiah).
Could have gone down a legend, will go down as a Michael Owen. Shame.
Staying at one club your whole career is massively overrated. Don't blame him one bit for wanting to go overseas and play football in the sun, albeit at the most paranoid, childish club in the world.
I'm under no illusion that they're the biggest club on the planet and that living in/around Madrid will be much superior to living in Formby/Cheshire.
Still, not a single minute more on the pitch please.
Yeah, ousting a fully fit Carvajal is going to be very difficult.
It's nothing to do with the weather, and everything to do with thinking he has a better shot at the balloon of gold there. These guys live in splendid super-rich isolation with personal chefs etc no matter where they are playing, I doubt lifestyle makes a difference in the way it did 20 years ago.
Aye, British players seem to settle abroad much better than they used to.
Getting butthurt about someone wanting to leave surely can’t be the focus when you’ve just walked a league. What an odd set of supporters.
He’s given everything to your club from the age of 6 and won everything there is to win. Not like Liverpool fans to overreact and become emotional though. He’s a bigger legend than Steven Gerrard.Originally Posted by Gray Fox
I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
I don't think Leeds is quite built with bus parades in mind.
EDIT: The PA's pleading with the fans to get out of the way of the buses.
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I was tempted to go down and soak up the atmosphere, but it has only been two years.
Liverpool fans are so fucking cringe on this.
Didn't Gerrard only stay because some gangster-lads were going to chop his legs off?
That's a great point. I'll give the lads a call to give it a go. Might change his mind yet.
Obviously not a bigger legend than Gerrard (him wanting to leave or not) but comparing to Owen seems a little extreme, no?
He's won the lot and is signing off with a second title in 30+ years. He is, as you said, moving up. Not like he is pissing off to City on a free (Unless.....).
I completely understand and agree with your second line there. Purely based on a football decision he likely is making the best move for him.
However this is the same lad who has spent the last few years saying how all he ever wants is to be Liverpool captain and that it means more to him to win the 1 with us that say, 4 at City. To the point where City even mocked him for it with their "This means four" post. This is what irks me about the whole thing.
Time to be honest with the fans or whatever it is is a bit lol. Maybe he has been honest behind the scenes though. Think the way the season panned out probably hasn't helped in terms of any sort of January compromise which was maybe where it should have been heading if he was never going to sign a contract.
Hard to wish him well as Madrid are such a detestable club, but to the extent possible I hope he does well enough there. Not really the same as when McManaman went as they were coming off a long period of irrelevance and Liverpool were shit.
Ill be honest, I didnt see him say of those things. Certainly ups the snake level up a bit
Shinners boys in the mud.
A spectacular parade of northern shitholes for you to wind your way past for promotion.
Aye. Well deserved, too. We've been rotten since Rob Elliot left.
Indeed. There's very little chance we go up, mind.
Someone told me today that McManaman was the highest paid player (£65k) in La Liga when he went to Madrid, on over double what Figo (£25k) was getting. Surely not?
I'm a twit
Maybe? The hot rumour going round here in 2000 was that Alen Boksic was the highest paid player in the Premier League and he was on £63k.
When McManaman signed in 1999 the Galaticos shit hadn't kicked off.
Pre Perez (2000) was a very different era in La Liga.
Part of me wonders how it will work out for Trent at R Madrid. This season there’s been two holding midfielders to do the dirty work for him when needed and his been noticeably better defensively. But he’s going to get fuck all help from what’s in front of him there which could be a bit of a killer for him.
I have no issue with him wanting to go and if the club wanted some money they could have taken what was on the table in January. It is just a bit weird that he’s talked about as has been said, wanting to be captain and how it means more and now he’s off. When you look at what he’s already won it’s not as if he needs to leave to carry on winning things by the looks of it.
Aye I distinctly remember a time where them and ‘Mes Que Un Club’ would be in a real fight to even qualify for the Champions League. Both Valencia and Depor around the turn of the century were excellent teams.
Eagles have always been my favourite type of bird
I lied
There must have been a time when 5 different teams won La Liga in as many years. Vieri inspired Ath Madrid, Depor with Makaay or Tristan or whoever it was and then Cuper / Benitez Valencia.
On Trent, Real Madrid are the biggest club in football, you don't turn them down.
Close. Between 1995-1996 and 01-02 (7 seasons) they had 5 different winners.
Looks like 86-87 to 92-93 is the last time we had a run like that. Even though football was only really invented for the last one.
I think Liverpool fans have every right to think 'Trent' is a wanker, but ultimately they are too big and successful to seethe about it for decades like Tottenham have with Sol Campbell. I reckon he will have a shit time of it there anyway and be back in the Premiership within three years.
Also, like Barca m8, they operate by unsettling players to trigger this exact scenario. They were never coming in with £150m for him.
Yep, it's got Chelsea transfer in the Summer of 2027 all over it.
Dumfries wishes he could play Barca every week.
How have Barcelona done so well this year? The way they play is absurd.
Of course, but once they wanted him they were always going to get him, by hook or by crook.
This Inter team is about eighth in the Premiership on paper. How are they doing it?
That genuinely made me lol and I was thinking similar based on this start.
It's just the way we play mate, they just have enough good players to outscore most opponents.
Although as Jim said upthread and he's bang on, there are about 6 good teams in the World outside of the BPLSBB.
If they get this penalty then I think the answer is corruption.
Saudis look to be lining up a mega offer for Fernandes.
I guess we'll see if dreams can in fact be buy.
Good game this.
That's a pen for me.
Penalty incoming.
He doesn't get any ball.
Nah no way.
Edit: Actually wait.
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