bonesmccoy
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Phil is gone, but I don't see him leaving until next summer.
I can't see FSG walking back on their refusal to sell after the club's recent transfer failures.
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Phil is gone, but I don't see him leaving until next summer.
I can't see FSG walking back on their refusal to sell after the club's recent transfer failures.
Suarez did well after the club forced him to stay for one more year no reason not to do the same to Phil since he just extended his contract.
WhateverItTakes
Banned
Oh fuck, Phil's biting someone next summer.
James Milner in training.
McMoneyman
Member
"I asked Phil if he bit me, he said 'yes'. I said 'ok''"
Lol if he played as well as Suarez did I don't give a crap who he bites. No point selling him at this point as we will not have enough time t get a replacement.
Bull. The man clearly has enough to spend it on 44m Game Digital shares. May as well throw away your money instead...
nufc.com have some quotes up. Basically said that while he is, in theory, a multi-billionaire, all his wealth is tied up in Sports Direct shares. He doesn't have the ability to write a cheque for £200 million, or compete with the likes of City and United.
TBH that's not the part I take issue with, what will be crucial is if this was what was communicated to Benitez at the start of the window, or if Benitez feels like he has been misled.
WhateverItTakes
Banned
I'd think we were morons if we sold him without having 2/3 signings in the pipeline to beef up the squad, which I think in this market, those signings just aren't there. Especially with the statement this morning, and how FSG handled the Suarez thing, I'm leaning towards that they're gonna stick to their guns and keep him.
But 20 days of the window to go, so I can't be sure. Last week I was certain Phil wasn't the type to hand in a request like this.
I would just defer to my normal calling him a twat, but this market is fierce. On the other hand we just got promoted and have sold high since forever.
Really hope Rafa stays.. I can't deal with the revolving managerial door anymore.
Please sell the club Ashley
Not just that he also said he can't compete with many owners (in Prem)in the part I saw on Sky. Also saying Newcastle can't get big sponsorship deals.
Heebie Jeebies
Banned
What is the best site to buy shirts from? I want to get my brother a Barca shirt for his birthday but I don't have much time because it's on wednesday 👀
Scousefury
Member
I am fucking raging. The cunt should be loaded into a rusty cannon and fired to Barca with no net to catch the twat. If he wants go whats the point in keeping him! I'll get quite tired booing him from the Kenny Dalglish stand over the next season. Your either 100% in or 110% out!
MrS
Banned
Staying. FSG can't go back on the statement they put out earlier. They will look extremely weak if they renege now.
tiebreaker
Member
I think you can find Neymar's on the cheap.
MrS
Banned
No point cutting off your nose to spite the face. Like I mentioned Suarez was forced to stay didn't C.Ronaldo forced to stay for an extra season as well? As long as the club get back to winning ways we will be able to attract top talents. Winning is the issue and at this point we need Phil to stay and perform before he sod off next summer.
Heebie Jeebies
Banned
lool
bonesmccoy
Banned
Expanding Anfield. Throwing oodles of cash at Leipzig. Refusing a lucrative transfer to maintain a strong squad.
No ambition whatsoever.
We have like 6 healthy players and the rest are held together by sticks and mud.
I was so optimistic at the start of the offseason but injuries and our board thinking a paper-thin squad would cut it has me way down :<
They don't "care" about the money. They can't replace the player. Barca wouldn't have accepted 222 ML from PSG for Neymar. They made a mistake with that release clause.
If Coutinho leaves is because he won't stay at Liverpool not because they can't refuse 120 or 130 ML. I don't think that Liverpool needs money.
Fair points. But I'm not convinced they won't still sell the lad and I do feel they could have more ambition.
bonesmccoy
Banned
What exactly do you mean by ambition?
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Paying 900m each for Messi, Ronaldo, Asensio and VVD obviously
So, how long til he's gone then?
The worst possible chairman to go at with a transfer offer when you've just been handed huge great wodges of cash.
Didn't Arsene say this is a good thing? lol
I'm not that bad. I don't mind if pool win almost anything. Except the league. I'd rather have City win it that Liverpool.
Only reason really is that you're a big club and you might take our record away. City won't.
The worst possible chairman to go at with a transfer offer when you've just been handed huge great wodges of cash.
Didn't Arsene say this is a good thing? lol
I'm not that bad. I don't mind if pool win almost anything. Except the league. I'd rather have City win it that Liverpool.
Only reason really is that you're a big club and you might take our record away. City won't.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Lol
That is what it seems like.
edit: Dele is a Liverpool fan?
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Just sell him already, Arsenal.
jungomitis
Member
This makes me so mad. I hope hes holding onto Gibbs and such with the idea that them joining a PL team on deadline day is better for Arsenal due to lack of training time.
I feel really bad for Campbell - so mistreated.
And wilshere, chambo, santi, ozil, sanchez is all a case if mis managed contracts. Why youd even have ozils and sanchezs contract expire at the same time is beyond me
GoldenCrow
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He actually said: In the next three or four years Manchester City will buy one, two, maybe three players. But not what happened this summer."
I expect more this transfer window though as there are still a lot of rumours about City chasing CB's, midfielders and a players that can do a false 9 properly.
Yeah, if they win 0 trophies then that's absolutely cause to call him a fraud.
I don't think a word exists that would describe how bad not winning anything would be.
Can't sell a player with a serious injury.
Not sure if looking for username and avatar quote or not.
MaizeRage25
Member
No?
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
I'll give you the Anfield expansion. But intentions to buying players are meaningless, only actual signings matter. And we have no idea how the Coutinho saga will end.
You can't really claim they have ambition when we will likely have had negative net spendings for the last 4 transfer windows.
GoldenCrow
Member
Sure. People call him that already despite having one of the best trophy records of 21 trophies in 9 years as a top flight manager. If having one year with no trophies and finishing third makes him a fraud then I feel very sorry for every other manager. Then again certain Bayern fans called him a fraud because he couldn't win them the CL yet won them pretty much everything else.
Oveja Negra
Member
Fraud is way too harsh, but OVERRATED, yes, totally.
I'd be shocked if City don't win the something. The league looks to be a good bet.
Chelsea in disarray, Spurs refusing to spend any money and Arsenal being Arsenal. It might be a straight fight between UTD and City.
Then again a ball hasn't been kicked yet. Perhaps Newcastle will go on an amazing run.
Yeah there's a story floating around that he came to Mellwood to visit as a youth player and was supposed to meet his hero Gerrard. But Gerrard was asleep when he arrived so they did not meet that day
WhateverItTakes
Banned
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As for this:
Well what do you want them to do? VVD fucked up due to people at the club, not the owners. Keita was always going to be a no go. And you can't criticise them for the Coutinho saga when we don't know how it's going to end. Going back on their statement this morning would be a bad look though.
Like what else do you want from them? They could throw a bunch of money at a 'statement' signing but if it isn't somebody Klopp actually wants it's just dick waving.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
MaizeRage25
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