15 Jun 2020 22:40:32
Hello guys, sorry if this has been asked before, but do you see any of our bigger players looking to leave anytime soon? I know salahs team has been looking previously, how about mane and bobby? Even vvd or alisson, do you think they are all here for the long term or will madrid and Barcelona manage to turn their heads.
16 Jun 2020 01:16:59
I don’t see any first choice players leaving this summer. After that who knows? A year is a long time in football.
16 Jun 2020 03:20:42
None of them will leave at least during their prime. The cash rich clubs u mentioned will have younger players like Mbappe, Haaland, Lautaro etc on their minds, so no chance of them spending big on Salah, Bobby and Mane.
VVD wants a new contract to end his career at LFC itself so he will stay regardless. Barca, Real, Juve etc are not known to empty their coffers for GKs so Alisson stays with us as well.
Most importantly, we need to continue being successful to keep our best players so it does not matter which club comes knocking at our doors for our players. Our best players will stay as long as we are winning things on a regular basis.
16 Jun 2020 03:41:11
Players want to win trophies, as long as liverpool keep winning trophies i don't see a problem.
I also think Madrid and barca's recent record with signings is pretty appalling, why anybody would rush to sign for 2 clubs who drop you like a hot potatoe at a moments notice is beyond me. Coutinho, Dembele, Griezman all cost a fortune and are all surplus to requirements. Hazard has not got started yet and Ronaldo has not been replaced.
Everything that VVD and Allison, Mane, And Salah want to achieve they can do so at lfc and not only become Legends but at the same time be appreciated whilst doing so.
Firmino will hopefully end his career with us, if this side can stay together i expect more trophies to be won at home and in europe.
16 Jun 2020 13:24:07
Spot on IB and KK7. Those players you mentioned have won the big trophies and had some of their wildest dreams fulfilled at LFC. Bobbie for ex. had won nothing in his career before he came to us. Mane won the Austrian double with RB Salzburg but per Ed01, his biggest dream of winning the CL came true at LFC. Salah won the CL as well, the very thing he wanted to win since his days as a kid playing on the streets in Egypt. VVD went from nearly losing his life to being the second best player on the planet, per Balon D'Or standards. You can't just wave these things aside cos this is emotional, not business, IMO.
They want to keep winning stuff with us cos it was here that they achieved their dreams and as long as we remain competitive and hungry and keep winning trophies, they could retire here, something I think Bobbie could actually do. The ol'' RM and Barcelona "everyone wants to play there" schtick is running stale and tired now, IMO esp. since both clubs are a shambles when it comes to their transfer market decisions.
16 Jun 2020 15:44:36
Spot on Red Meister, the Madrid/ barcelona narrative gets pushed by pundits who like to pretend they know what they are talking about. When was the last time either of these clubs bought a player for big money that turned out to be a sucess?
yet apparentley all the top players can't wait to join either club.
16 Jun 2020 17:56:06
Spot on, KK7. I read somewhere several months ago that the last big/ great signing Barcelona made was a certain Luis Suarez. Their whole transfer strategy (and that of RM) has gone to hell in a hand basket with no clear direction or focus on what they actually want to achieve. Oh but yeah, every top player wants to play there.
I also agree with your point on the pundits saying that. "oh, when Real Madrid or Barcelona come calling, surely you can't say NO" is another rubbish line they use to make them look and sound smart while not realizing that players reject Barcelona and RM frequently.
19 Jun 2020 03:43:57
I do agree very much that Madrid and Barcelona have recently not been able to integrate new star signings with the quality they expected and we currently are riding at the top at moment but I disagree that ye think the Barca/ Madrid power has lost its glamour. Every single player still sees them as the pinnacle dream to reach in a career.
Madrid have won multiple CL titles in last 6 or 7 years, Barcelona also regularly winning league titles so it's not like they're going through barren years of no silverware. Players who play for them win titles nearly every year, play in front of 80,000 fans at nou camp or bernabau every week and can earn the best of money.
No top player would ever consider how other players have failed as a reason to judge their own opportunities to succeed. I think ye are massively undermining the stature those clubs definitely still have.