FSG are supposedly looking to buy Getafe to has a partner/feeder club for Liverpool.
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Tbf I think it should be standard that the Champions start the next season off with the very first match at home.Opening fixture they got their usual home game.
That's about 19 out of 20 previous seasons.
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That's actually a fair point. But they usually always get that advantage either way.Tbf I think it should be standard that the Champions start the next season off with the very first match at home.
Didn't this exact thing happen with Steve McManaman?
Not fun to lose a good player on a free, but this is hardly some unheard-of thing.
The Michael Owen departure wasn't too different either.
ENIC should really be doing this.FSG are supposedly looking to buy Getafe to has a partner/feeder club for Liverpool.
ENIC should really be doing this.
A club that wants to develop talent at scale, which Levy very much does, needs more places to develop them than one PL squad.
ENIC should really be doing this.
A club that wants to develop talent at scale, which Levy very much does, needs more places to develop them than one PL squad.
Totally, but if the rules don't change (which they of course should), I doubt there will be any other Europe-contending PL teams that don't also own at least one farm team on the continent within a decade or so, and the greatest advantage will come to the first movers.They should, but I'll maintain that I don't think ENIC (or Tavistock/Lewis) have any interest in sports.
Totally, but if the rules don't change (which they of course should), I doubt there will be any other Europe-contending PL teams that don't also own at least one farm team on the continent within a decade or so, and the greatest advantage will come to the first movers.
It's not about the narrow economics of owning a middling continental club, which are awful, it's about the benefit to Spurs, which is considerable, especially for an operation that wants to develop young talent and leverage bargains in the marketplace.
If ENIC means to continue owning the team (which they of course should not), I doubt they're going to be able to get away with NOT doing this for very long, everyone can see the advantages.
By far the favourites for next season at present. Unsure how they’ll keep this level of spending up though.Unless Salah and Van Dijk fall off a cliff, they are already the team to beat next season,if not for the next 2 ir 3 seasons.
Slot may find next season harder than his first,but if he brings Liverpoll title number 2, or takes the CL crown (quite possible), it will be one of the most impactful arrivals ever.
And I think Liverpool will buy at least one more player, if not 2.
Their transfer activity just exudes clarity and conviction.
Meanwhile..... tumbleweed closer to home.
By far the favourites for next season at present. Unsure how they’ll keep this level of spending up though.
Also, already looking like the Salah deal is leading to other players demanding as much. Was always going to happen. Same will happen here if Levy listens to the calls to just “pay the big wages, you bald cunt”. Plenty of wiggle room in our wage ratio, but shows the danger of just paying whatever.
Not sure the average player has the sense to take those things into account. He’ll just see what a top earner makes and tell his agent “me want”.True, but Salah had earned the right to demand the alleged amount. That is rarely the case, and in such instances it's far easy to talk of contribution, quality and longevity.
Liverpool did not have to offer the contract.
The same with us. If we are after players who have demonstrated their quality, then you have to offer a commensurate (not moneybreaking) wage.
We need to find and fund a way to something that resembles a squad that should genuinely compete.
Maybe their modern-day Paisley. We'll have to see.Unless Salah and Van Dijk fall off a cliff, they are already the team to beat next season, if not for the next 2 or 3 seasons.
Slot may find next season harder than his first,but if he brings Liverpoll title number 2, or takes the CL crown (quite possible), it will be one of the most impactful arrivals ever.
And I think Liverpool will buy at least one more player, if not 2.
Their transfer activity just exudes clarity and conviction.
Meanwhile..... tumbleweed closer to home.