They've already spent just over half of it on van Dijk.
Philippe Coutinho Barcelona Player
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Liverpool bought him for a pittance and profited on & off the pitch as well as in the bottom line - if anyone should be grateful it should definitely be the club. He put in a transfer request and made it clear he was desperate to leave once Barcelona showed interest - who wouldn't want to consider an opportunity you never hope to get? Took a paycut and foregoed part of his transfer bonus to help facilitate the move, knowing full well he'd be skipping Champions League ahead of the WC. Once a player goes to the lengths Phil did in summer, its only a matter of time before it gets done
Who knows what happened behind closed doors and what sort of assurances were given to whom, even the official LFC narrative is clear they hoped to change his intentions. It will be hard for Liverpool fans to understand all things considered but even with an incompetent board, Barcelona still has an allure for South Americans and of course, there's Messi
What is a "normal market"?
This is the normal market - a reflection of the ever growing revenues in football?
It's basic economics; supply and demand theory.
Club's are raking in mega cash and want top talent, which is scarce.
You can take those views and stuff it up your hole. We don't say that sort of shit to Southampton fans ffs.
At least a player who played a home game at Anfield in the league will have a league winners medal by the end of it.
Not often you can say that.
Not often you can say that.
There was a steady increase, which was always gonna happen.
Then last summer the record of £89m was smashed with Dembele, Neymar and Mbappe all making bigger moves in the one window. It has gone mad.
So what happened to the 50 million plus they were spending on VVD in the summer?
Good news for Valverde.
It's already been said a few times.
What?
@The Bloody-Nine
No joke but I honestly thought of that two minutes before i typed it.
Its not that clever but I will not be unfairly labelled as a sheep!
No joke but I honestly thought of that two minutes before i typed it.
Its not that clever but I will not be unfairly labelled as a sheep!
Yes, there was a massive increase.
However, it had been a long-time (Ronaldo in 2008?) since a player of Neymar had moved clubs.
It also has been a while since the ultimate big spenders of the world football (Real and Barca, and now PSG and City) had made serious moves in the market.
As I said, I don't think you will see many established top-class attacking players moving for less than £150m now - except in instances where current contract length is short or the player is older.
Sorry, bud. Some wag posted it on twitter and it's already had a few mentions. Great minds.
#FREENEYMAR
I am personally very disappointed to see another star player leave the PL.
You can take those views and stuff it up your hole. We don't say that sort of shit to Southampton fans ffs.
VVD didn't help Southampton get CL football or command the sort of transfer fee, moreover they didn't sign a nobody when they got him from Celtic. Coutinho's career had not taken off in any shape or form when he got to Anfield ahead of Klopp
Just curious how a Liverpool fan would justify labeling him ungrateful
We'd be daft to go for that.
Yes please.
With Suarez and Sanchez leaving the league would be a 2 horse race (which we'd probably lose).
People who think the Neymar transfer was a one off are delusional. The transfer fees reflect how much money is in the market and at the moment there's a number of clubs who can afford that type of outlay for undisputed top 3 player in the world.
Did you thank Neymar and PSG?
I absolutely thank PSG, we got maximum return - it was fantastic. You probably can't recall now but I was calling for his sale early last season and never dreamed we'd get what we did
At their stance in the summer to then just sell him in January.They were just spending (trying to anyway) the Coutinho money they knew they’d be getting.
Ronaldo, Bale, Neymar were the main culprits. Ronaldo was 8 years before Pogba and Bale about 5 years. So on football inflation Pogba was cheaper than both of them.
Then thank PSG and Neymar again, and Coutinho, when little Phil goes to join his countryman post Messi-era (i.e 2-3 years time)
I think the italians were the first ones to inflate it. Wasn't it Vieri that cost like 40m euros in the bloody 90s?
I suspect that the VVD deal and this one would have gone through in the summer, if Liverpool hadn't thoroughly embarrassed themselves by leaking to the press that VVD had already agreed to join them.
Was it really that confusing?
This.
I am still very disappointed that we didn't throw our hat in the ring on that one.
In a few years, Neymar will have looked a bargain.
As Mourinho said, he was "cheap".
If that happens then hopefully we will have profited even better than Liverpool have
Wasn't that Guilleme Ballague or whatever adamant he wasn't going?
See above.
What gives you the impression that Balague has any reliability whatsoever?
Marca will start the freeKane but Neymar has to make the first move.I don't see Hazard + Neymar but this time the signing of Hazard looks serious.If his father talked about the renewal I think there is a serious interest and not an "Aubameyang" trying his luck.
I'm just waiting for UEFA to start leaking that PSG have failed to comply with FFP and will get banned from CL, followed by Neymar Pai showing off an agreement with PSG that neymar can go if UEFA bans them from CL
I don't see Hazard + Neymar but this time the signing of Hazard looks serious.If his father talked about the renewal I think there is a serious interest and not an "Aubameyang" trying his luck.
But in all seriousness, if Neymar and Mbappé are a no-go, Kane should be the first priority. I'm already resigned that we'll sign Hazard...
Who says I valued what he said? I find it funny, that's all. Nowhere did I say he has credibility
Phil Thompson’s comments are the best. He’s questioning if the timing is right as he doesn’t seem to believe he has a great deal of opportunity to play for Barca.
Sure he won’t feature in the CL, but you can bet your left bollock he’ll play in all other eligible games. You don’t agree to pay 145m to leave him out...
Sure he won’t feature in the CL, but you can bet your left bollock he’ll play in all other eligible games. You don’t agree to pay 145m to leave him out...
€160m is 0.72 Neymars. Madness.
haha, do not be so spoilt . Papá Florentino will also buy Dybala if it's what you want.I'm just waiting for UEFA to start leaking that PSG have failed to comply with FFP and will get banned from CL, followed by Neymar Pai showing off an agreement with PSG that neymar can go if UEFA bans them from CL
But in all seriousness, if Neymar and Mbappé are a no-go, Kane should be the first priority. I'm already resigned that we'll sign Hazard...
Weird transfer time. Barcelona can't use him in the CL. If they had him for the CL, I'd pick them to win it. I suppose it allows them to rest Iniesta even more for the CL.
Liverpool have done well. Just depends how they use that money.
Liverpool have done well. Just depends how they use that money.
Take out the Neymar money/Neymar transfer effect, and Barca would basically have spent around 100M-120M to buy in Coutinho and Dembele, which would have been around the sort of expense you'd get in the current market. As soon as oil money lifts fees for certain players, it will have a knock-on effect on already large fees. Why else have Liverpool just spent 75M on a CB that would normally expect to go for, say, 40M nowadays?
As for the signing himself, very happy. Barca needed to replenish and rebuild the creative base of the team, this will simultaneously take a huge amount of the workload off Messi, and free up Messi to do more work near the goal rather than simply carry the attacking building on his back.
As for the signing himself, very happy. Barca needed to replenish and rebuild the creative base of the team, this will simultaneously take a huge amount of the workload off Messi, and free up Messi to do more work near the goal rather than simply carry the attacking building on his back.