Transfer rumours

[Dimples]

Liverpool accepted £35m from Bayern for Mane. If Arsenal think they can fuck about with £30m for Jesus just move on from them. We do what’s best for the club.

Media reports saying his salary will be almost trebled at Bayern from £6M to £17M.
If accurate he was paid way below the market rate at Liverpool and £4M less than Salah.
If Salah is running down his contract, that has to affect his performances. No way is he going to risk being injured and he cannot possibly have the same focus and drive. Human nature.
Liverpool's front four will be, an uncommitted Salah eyeing his next move, Diaz who has only played a handful of PL games, Nunez who has had one successful season in Portugal and two major knee operations and Jota who is useful but not elite.
Out of those four only Salah would get a place in our starting eleven imo.

I'm happier to see Mane go than I would be Salah.

So am I

I’ve a few pals who are dipper fans and none are happy to see him go. They know it’s the start of the team break up, which is always inevitable as it goes, but they’d prefer Salah to have gone and Mane to have stayed

According to a large portion of media reports I have read, Liverpool are evolving their style of play for next season.
Nunez is central to this new style (so are Thiago, TAA and Roberstson) and Mane will not be missed. At least nothing like he would have been in previous seasons. That moving him on was great business as he is 30 and they got what the paid for him plus six years service.

I wonder what they would have been writing if he extended his contract?

[patrickblue]

Had he stayed and they extended his contract the narrative would be he's irreplaceable.
Yet to see what Nunez is like, but AFAIC, he's got a hard act to follow.
I'm a huge fan of Mane (very grudgingly, I might add) and always felt he'd have been superb for us, especially in those all too frequent games of trying to tippy tap it past an eleven man back line.
As I say, Nunaz is an unknown quantity (to me at least), but I'd imagine Mane's power through the middle will be hugely missed, though fortunately not by me.

[Original Dub]

I think Mane has been one of the best finishers in world football over the last few years.

I'm not saying he was the best striker because perhaps he drops too deep sometimes or isn't in the right place when the ball comes in, but when he is... absolutely clinical.

He'll be a huge miss, but as said, the focus will be on nunez and their evolution.

Just like when salah decided to run down the last year of his contract, the headlines were all about "salah commits to Liverpool for the coming season".

That one was a corker

[Mase]

I think Mane has been one of the best finishers in world football over the last few years.

I'm not saying he was the best striker because perhaps he drops too deep sometimes or isn't in the right place when the ball comes in, but when he is... absolutely clinical.

He'll be a huge miss, but as said, the focus will be on nunez and their evolution.

Just like when salah decided to run down the last year of his contract, the headlines were all about "salah commits to Liverpool for the coming season".

That one was a corker

When Rio interviewed him before the CL final and he said “I’m staying next season” and Rio took that as he was signing a new contract and Salah corrected him and said, no he’s staying next season and that’s it BT still ran with ‘Salah is staying’

[zuricity]

I think Mane has been one of the best finishers in world football over the last few years.

I'm not saying he was the best striker because perhaps he drops too deep sometimes or isn't in the right place when the ball comes in, but when he is... absolutely clinical.

He'll be a huge miss, but as said, the focus will be on nunez and their evolution.

Just like when salah decided to run down the last year of his contract, the headlines were all about "salah commits to Liverpool for the coming season".

That one was a corker

When Rio interviewed him before the CL final and he said “I’m staying next season” and Rio took that as he was signing a new contract and Salah corrected him and said, no he’s staying next season and that’s it BT still ran with ‘Salah is staying’

Genuine question Mase, where on earth is Salah going to go ? Madrid are struggling for cash Barca are bankrupt. Bayern don't need him . Juve ? Milan, PSG?

He , like Mane is the wrong end of the age range, these are difficult times.

The woke generation are finding out what mortgage interest rate hikes mean. It is about time.

[Mase]

I reckon now Mbappe has turned down Real, they’ll go all out for Salah mate.

Salah apparently has said he would prefer to stay in the Prem, even if it’s for a rival

[zuricity]

I reckon now Mbappe has turned down Real, they’ll go all out for Salah mate.

Salah apparently has said he would prefer to stay in the Prem, even if it’s for a rival

fair enough , but he wont risk diving around like in the past . Heaven forbid he gets a long term injury , i mean , he's an old tosser now.

[Dimples]

If I was Salah I would go to Newcastle.
He has won everything there is to win with Liverpool
Time to cash in.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Chelsea coming in for Sterling...

I'm getting all excited.

[zuricity]

Chelsea coming in for Sterling...

I'm getting all excited.

just had to Switch Desert Island Discs off for a few minutes.

[nottsblue]

Chelsea coming in for Sterling...

I'm getting all excited.

Stop teasing

[zuricity]

Everton in for the Zinc ?

[blues2win]

Chelsea confident of getting Sterling for 35 million. Ridiculous. Zinchenko going Bernardo going. OK Jesus fair enough.

[Wooders]

All names that are ok to go (apart from bernie) we need a good squad refresh and these boys will be on good salaries

[salford city]

All names that are ok to go (apart from bernie) we need a good squad refresh and these boys will be on good salaries

Agree Bernie needs to stay at all costs

[carl_feedthegoat]

All names that are ok to go (apart from bernie) we need a good squad refresh and these boys will be on good salaries

Agree Bernie needs to stay at all costs

100% he needs to.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Chelsea confident of getting Sterling for 35 million. Ridiculous. Zinchenko going Bernardo going. OK Jesus fair enough.

No way will we let 'shit his pants in front of goal' sterling go for 35 mill.....50 million at least.
Zinch will go for around 20 million I reckon with Jesus off for 40 million .

[Dubciteh]

Happy to see sterling go but not for 35m. Hes 3 years younger than mane and coming into his peak, plus english tax. Isnt he vice england captain too? Thats 50m at a bare min and i dont care if he only has a year left.

The only drawback from us is that he prob wants 3-400k a week so it means clubs wont pay true value if thats the case and only a few that can afford it

I think id rather see him go for free next year than 30-35m this summer

[nottsblue]

Happy to see sterling go but not for 35m. Hes 3 years younger than mane and coming into his peak, plus english tax. Isnt he vice england captain too? Thats 50m at a bare min and i dont care if he only has a year left.

The only drawback from us is that he prob wants 3-400k a week so it means clubs wont pay true value if thats the case and only a few that can afford it

I think id rather see him go for free next year than 30-35m this summer

For £35M I'd snatch your hand off. Yes all of the above is true but it isn't as if he brings world beating performance to our table. He has not lived up to expectations the last 18 months and that money could buy Cucarella for example. That would benefit our squad more IMO

[Dubciteh]

Surprised at this.