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Because we probably didnt offer £37m. We probably offered 35m Euros over the course of 35 years with the option to pay with Oyster card creditsLol BBC listing that he's going for less than what we struggled with. 37m apparently.
150 - 200 reasons a week someone will comeWhy would any player want to come to our club? It's a stepping stone into continuous high expectations, a club in constant fluctuation into nothingness with very little chance of silverware. Hardly enticing is it!
Had we tried to attract a player like Diaz even a year or so post CL final, we'd have no problem. But now? :contescrewface:
So Liverpool were hot on Diaz, he was their #1 target for the summer, and so when we got serious with Porto they pushed ahead their plans and dove in with a 60M bid six months ahead of schedule to ensure they secured their guy. And it's easy to see, he's so obviously the kind of player who matches the attributes of their front three.
This of course on the heels of selling Coutinho and buying Van Dijk the instant January 1st hit, and then seeing they were a goalkeeper short of greatness and paying whatever it took for Alisson.
This is not City or Chelsea spunking silly money ad infinitum. This is just decisive organization with total trust in its scouting and coaching setups and a commitment to making the most competitive team they can with the resources they can bring to bear.
It hardly even needs pointing out how polar opposite this is to Levy's entire concept of what the club or his job is. Night and day. Forget about the money, the very idea of a player who is that perfect, must-have fit doesn't even compute with the manner in which we do business.
You forgot Luis Suarezfirst there was Figo (remember that?)
Then Diego 'The Sock' saga!!
and onto Mouthino....
B.Fernandes...
Dybala...
Couthino....
Traore....
Diaz ..?
The list goes on....
Were they ALL near misses, or just fanciful wishful thinking???
first there was Figo (remember that?)
Then Diego 'The Sock' saga!!
and onto Mouthino....
B.Fernandes...
Dybala...
Couthino....
Traore....
Diaz ..?
The list goes on....
Were they ALL near misses, or just fanciful wishful thinking???
We lost about three years monitoring Zaha.Benteke
Berahino
Zaha
Martial
Sometimes missing out on players works in our favour too.
Thank god we still have enough scouts to go to the Lewes game.We lost about three years monitoring Zaha.
I know this forum would be boring as fuck if everyone was like me, but I just can't be arsed with media/twitter speculation and hearsay, and it genuinely surprises me how much so many people buy into it and how angry what is most likely absolute bollocks makes them.
I know this forum would be boring as fuck if everyone was like me, but I just can't be arsed with media/twitter speculation and hearsay, and it genuinely surprises me how much so many people buy into it and how angry what is most likely absolute bollocks makes them.
No, you moron, we haven’t.
And we never will. So stop being an idiot and get out of this thread