Let's get Callejon then. Would be good to have him bang in 40 goals next season.
Mo Salah
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Let's get Callejon then. Would be good to have him bang in 40 goals next season.
That he has been average against you is an extreme exception/meaningless when you're one of only two teams he hasn't scored against.
If he breaks Ronaldo's 42 goal record, or even the 31 PL record, then we will not be asking for anything less than 250m+. Even at the risk of him having a crap or ordinary season next season.
I don’t know, he is the best African footballer alive and is also Muslim.
Yes but he’s one ugly fecker. He’s not going to have much to bring to the table with image rights.
250+ may be stretching it but fine. Don't think any team will come near that offer, not they should.
Hopefully. That's the plan.
What’s this record?
Not really a record tbh. Ruud got 45 goals in a season with us. CRonaldo got 42 in the 07/08 season and scored 31 league goals as well as being top goal scorer in the cl
Yeah that’s what I was thinking. Van nistelrooy got 44 in 2003, unless it’s most goals by a player who isn’t an out and out striker, which is the type of thing only Liverpool fans notice. (Not Aimed at dumbstar in particular )
Callejon is 30 something and has scored 17 goals in 50 matches last season. Salah is younger, he's got the right characteristics to succeed in the EPL and he scored more goals per game.
Because Messi is such a good looking guy?
You need to recheck both his and Salah's Serie A stats last season. You know, the league where Salah's numbers made it obvious to you that he'd be banging in 40 this season.
He is much better looking, and also regarded as one of the best to ever play the game since about the age of 23.
Of course Salah is marketable. African, Muslim, Arab, one of the best players in the world at this present time. Especially if he goes to Madrid, lots of Middle Eastern people support them.
Looks are subjective.
We're heading nowhere near. If you think that its not impressive for a 24 year old winger to score 15 goals in 31 Serie A matches then what can I say?
You could say that those performances gave no indication that he'd smash in 40 goals this season and rip the league a new one. You know, the truth instead of pretending you saw it coming.
Were have I said that I predicted he'll score 40 goals per season?
All I said is that its a shame we didn't went on him instead of yet another Dortmund's bottler. Salah had the right characteristics to succeed in the EPL, he was on cheap, he was young and he's been doing consistently well for the past 3 years. There's a way bigger chance of him succeeding then failing.
We were never going for him as soon as Mourinho became manager.
I disagree on that. Mo Salah is a classical right sided forward whose pacey, reasonably hardworking and with a good eye for goal. At OT wouldn't be that different to how Mourinho used Etoo at Inter or Rashford with us. Its a shame we opted for yet another Dortmund's bottler. These no converted wingers with meah pace are really getting on my nerves.
Mourinho got rid of Salah at Chelsea.
He also got rid of Mata and Lukaku. That means nothing.
Got rid of Lukaku as well.
I think scoring 15 goals in 31 serie A matches is pretty impressive, given the reputation of Italian clubs for for tight defending. I would argue that over a season it is easier to score more goals in the PL than it would be in serie A.
Lukaku forced the move. I don't think he trusts/likes Mata. He sort of puts up with him.
I'm sure he would want Salah now of course. Last season and the one before, I doubt it.
Despite playing for Liverpool, it's hard to dislike him.
Is that completely accurate? Most Chelsea fan will tell you that Salah was a very talented but raw player. It made sense to loan him out.
We'll never know what would have happened if JM had stayed at Chelsea but all this " Mourinho got rid of him," stuff seems all a bit convenient from the anti Mourinho brigade.
The fact is that 2 years on loan in Italy, particularly the season at Roma made Salah. If anything Conte could have kept him seeing as he had agreed to manage Chelsea in April of '16. Salah only made his deal with Roma permanent in August. Furthermore, as he was national manager he would have had perfect opportunity to see first hand, Roma's POTY.
He needs to stay with Klopp.
you could argue then he is the wrong continent and religion, in the case of marketing. Many sponsors like hearing sportsman, actors etc talk about their thankfulness to God but they are usually the Christian God
Bale wasn't great looking and was extremely marketable. Actually that's strange excuse. Since when all marketable players are Beckham and Ronaldo-esque ?
My original point is that all things considered salah won’t break the fee for Neymar. Bale went so high because of levy.
He won't, no one will for a long time, but he'll cost similar to Coutinho if he leaves imo, about 140-150m.
Yup and that’s fair.
No chance prices go up not down.
You are seriously overrating the looks factor in terms of marketability. Football isn't a runway. The target consumers are predominately men. The most marketable players are the best players first and foremost. Everything else is secondary. The geographical region a person comes from, his personality and his native tongue play a much larger role than looks (i.e. Ronaldinho, Drogba, Messi). And you if you think Messi is some stunner go ask Argentines (who place a lot of importance on looks) what they think. I was there 2 years ago and in all the conversations I heard about Messi I never once heard anyone talk about his looks. Neymar went for the fee he did b/c a) he was already playing for one of the top teams in the world b) PSG were desperate c) Barcelona wouldn't have ever sold him if his release clause wasn't met d) Most people viewed him as the 3rd best player in the world e) his marketing machine was already in place from his time at Santos.
The looks argument is ridiculous.
So basically basing it on that one game.
He's having a fantastic season but true greats replicate that time after time.
Let's see how he gets on.
Let's see how he gets on.
Why, you like people laughing at you?Rejecting Madrid - I'd stick that on my CV if I was a player.
Prohibitive, i don't think so, but on the other hand i'm not sure it would be worth it. He'd cost neymar money most likely
That he'd be better in the PL on a team that suited him even better than Roma? Sure. That he'd tear the PL to shreds? Nooooope
Though tbf to him, Roma fans spent two years telling anyone who'd listen that he'd be Messi if he could finish. As only romans can do they gave him one of the all time great nicknames, "Sciupone l'Africano"
21, and everyone knew what he'd become since he was 18. But looks aren't a prerequisite for marketing potential, they just help. Zlatan is no Adonis either. Salah is already as big a draw as Cristiano/Messi in the Arab world
Pogba himself isn't Beckham, but has great marketing potential anyways
Heh, depends. There's no absolute here. Scoring for teams like Napoli or Lazio or Roma last season or early seasob juventus doesn't seem to be very difficult in Italy. And certain types of players also have an easier time here then elsewhere. Roma scored 90 goals last season, but at the same time Salah was never unleashed to his full potential as a goalscorer in part because of the way the team was structured(with Dzeko the main finisher) and in part because serie A teams are better at containing Salah's main weapons. Even so, Salah scored 15 goals while being constantly criticized by his fans for being a very poor finisher, so....
Woth that said, 16/17 serie A was a strange season with like 8 teams having literally nothing to play for since January, which skewed goalscoring stats for everyone.