I'm not gonna argue with you about the money, your view is entirely reasonable, but just to pick up on the bit in bold, the club do a hell of a lot in that regard and should really publicise it much more than they do.
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And also something about passing the ball because football is a team sport? Earth-shattering revelations.
Not to pile on (you said you didn't think much about it, so no problem), but even if other teams wouldn't lend their facilities, the Glazers own an NFL team with top of the line facilities that is just a couple of hundred miles away from Miami (4 hours by car, probably an hour and half in that Lamborghini that Pogs was driving around in, and less than an hour by plane).Yeah but I still don't see why other sports team would lend their facilities or staff to other teams (except for the ones with shared owners). Point still stand it may be easier to schedule a time in a larger city. Anyway, the post was not too well thought of I do admit that, and it's getting late. I'll take my shame
Also, teams lend their facilities to soccer/football teams all the time when they are in the US on these tours. In fact, the owner of the Miami Dolphins owns the International Champions Cup that we have participated in the last 3 years, and which they'll definitely want us to participate in during future pre-seasons. With the draw that we are for that tournament, especially after the mess in China, I think he would bend over backwards to help us.
"Klopp has vowed to walk away from football if the sport becomes more about spending money on the world’s best players and less about building a great team spirit."
He is aware that he joined a BPL team right? This league hasn't been about football for a long time.
He is aware that he joined a BPL team right? This league hasn't been about football for a long time.
yes. But one player can be a huge difference to a team. tbh only Mourinho will know how important Pogba will be to us. He is willing to spend that money for him.
But on just the money issue. The club manages these risks. Not bothered.
I was anxious only about one thing. That we get Mourinho. After that, I don't care who he gets.
He knows what he is doing.
I won't be able to sleep tonight, Klopp will walk away
Damn it Ed, you made the man cry.That has been happening for years with Madrid, now we're getting into the action and he wants to walk away, knowing he can't compete with Liverpool
He should walk away then. Cause football has become more about spending money.
He should have accepted fergie offer
I think Klopp was trying to say 'its no biggie if they sign a player for £100m because in football, the team who gets team spirit right etc can still put up a fight and win titles. If football was the sort of sport where money directly translated to success and there was no way of finding a means to success without it, he would walk away from the game'.
He's really a hipster, isn't he. Sounds like a high school student.
So tedious. Was he threatening to quit when Real signed Ronaldo and Bale or Barcelona Suarez and Neymar?
He is just pissed off he made the decision to return too soon to football. Im confident if both Klopp and Mou would have been available we would have approached Klopp first.I won't be able to sleep tonight, Klopp will walk away
strangely it does not seem crazy after all the sums mentioned for players. Its all relative.
I think he is a very good player.
I really don't think too much about it, how can one think too much about such things when Pogba is returning home.
But that's some good information man.Fair enough, I just feel that a club our size should and could always do more. I dunno maybe I'm living in the past but this is the sort of transfer that we used to looked down at the Madrid circus for, but here we are. A part of my grievence with this transfer is the fact that I know that many loyal life long fans got priced out of seeing their team play, all for a few million more in match day revenue each season but now we'll go and waste money on transfers like it's going out of fashion.
I've already taken this thread off course a bit but I can see your point of view on this too.
Not really. Leicester proved anything but last year. If it was all about money, we'd be in the Champions League and winning it every year the amount we have spent in recent years.
Guardian saying 100 mill on tomorrows paper.
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I was being sarcastic because they spent £35m on Benteke, £32m on Sane and £25m on Wijnaldum.
My bad. Sorry.
Leicester is the exception. I wasnt saying money brings you success every time cause it doesnt. I just meant big money is thrown around these days in football.
Absolutely the same here...I do not bother one bit...I will always remember how I looked upon the odds for our new manager in 2013 and when I saw that of Moyes plummeting like the British Pound after the Brexit I almost cried. When the news about Mou leaked the day we won the FA cup I think I was more happy about that. In my opinion we got the best manager there is and he will lead us to glory again!!!
Well they are both in their early/mid 30's now and Fletcher has had a serious illness so no obviously not.
But in their prime maybe, Carrick definitely could have played for any team and not looked out of place. He was an excellent player for us for many years when we were one of the best sides in Europe.
Match day revenue is becoming less and less important for clubs, it's broadcast revenue that has exploded at obscene levels, and the money we're forking out here when looked at in relation to our turnover isn't actually as high as you'd probably expect.
Money in football is ridiculous, worrying about it is a waste of time, the CEO knows what he's doing and there's always more and more coming in.
indeed.
Sounds like Wenger, preparing the fans for them to do nothing of note in the transfer market and not compete for the title. "But ve vill have ze team spirit!"
Money has always been thrown around. Its just the numbers are different these days so it seems more reckless and mind-boggling. If anything more clubs seem to be able to spend big now, but instead of promoting competition or a fairer playing field.. we are seeing more money than sense. Juve with this fee, should absolutely be using it to knock on the door of guys like Barca, Bayern, Madrid or Atletico at least. Instead they go and splash it on Higuain.. a complete non entity when it comes to winning continental level titles
And the moral victory of not "ruining football".
bringing in high profile players in itself gurantees huge revenues.
I think that is what it comes down to. He is bitter because Liverpool just cannot attract that calibre of player.
I bet he wouldn't be saying this stuff if he was in Mourinho's shoes right now.
Not by itself it doesn't.
But it was fine being at the 2nd richest Bundesliga club and hoovering up all the smaller team's players.
Hypocrite. Just because he's in a bigger league now with several richer clubs he's getting a bit tetchy.
Exactly. It's like some people refuse to read the actual article and are just willing to give the reaction the journalist wants from them.
The article is co-written by Fabrizio Romano so it is from the same source as Di Marzio.
Our last truly top class signing was Robin Van Persie. Since then we've signed players well below his level for silly money. Herrera, Mata, past it Bastian, Schneiderlin, Blind, Rojo ect. All way below what we should be signing as first team players. This summer we've done things right.
Who gives a feck what he thinks. I genuinely forgot he even existed, has-been manager for a has-been club.
lol.
lol.
Exactly. Quality over quantity.
Urban area has 5.5 million people. It's actually bigger than Barcelona lol
what I meant is that initially that it is a huge revenue generator. Of course the player/team will have to perform.