01 Aug 2024 12:39:46
Just a quick one I'd heard this morning regards contracts.
Trent to sign new deal and probably announced soon after the closure of the transfer window.
Club are seemingly aware that vvd and salah both intend on leaving next summer.
01 Aug 2024 12:52:50
I don’t like that it would be announced after the transfer window has ended at all.
I want him to re-sign a new contract.
However if he’s not going to sign, it would be better to sell him this summer window, otherwise he will be able to sign a pre contact with RM in the January window.
Not sure I follow the logic of announcing it after the summer window has closed.
01 Aug 2024 13:19:22
If true, that is terrible management from the club. if not signed up should try n sell ( i know we can't force them to leave ) . not into this running down contracts malarkey. If they're only thinking about themselves we as a club have got to do the same.
01 Aug 2024 13:57:40
To be fair to the OP, he passed on that it will likely be ANNOUNCED after the window has closed, not that it will be signed after the window is closed.
01 Aug 2024 15:10:52
Apparently announcing contract extensions in the days after a window closes is not uncommon but I’m no expert.
01 Aug 2024 15:45:04
I don't think it's in their interest to sell VVD, the payoff isn't great, it's tough to replace him on that back line, and that's a big loss in the room in terms of leadership too.
Salah, I have a little interest in selling as I think he could fetch a huge fee from Saudi. Also think the system is capable of producing goals without him. He also seems to be on the doorstep of hitting a decline.
01 Aug 2024 15:48:01
I wonder as TAA and VVD are away and the team are on tour, all will be sorted once all back in the UK so they can sign, photos and whatever circus required as its 3 of our most important players.
01 Aug 2024 15:56:46
Nah need to get Trent and Virg sorted imo. Salah can go on a free next season although I would sell him this summer but Virg has a couple years left in him as a CB and we cannot risk losing Trent for free. Not even hard - pay him what he wants.
01 Aug 2024 18:10:34
Why wouldn’t Salah and Virgil look after themselves? They’ve given us the best years of their careers.
01 Aug 2024 22:26:45
Irish Rover . that's just silly isn't it. we've given them their best years you mean. Played for the mighty reds under the best manager n won all the trophies, and paid handsomely doing it . really don't get this look after the players before the club. club always comes 1st.
02 Aug 2024 09:18:32
Where did I say look after the players before the club?
What I asked was why wouldn’t Salah and Virgil look after themselves? Two different scenarios. Are the club going to march them out of Liverpool if they don’t want to leave?
02 Aug 2024 10:18:14
Irish rover . and what I said was the club should look after itself . So if players want to look after themselves . let's not do it at our expense . but as for marching them out the club. the club should never been in this position to let them have a chance to run their contracts down.
02 Aug 2024 12:23:41
So how do you do that then? Sell Virgil last year? Sell Salah way before he signed his new 2 year contract? What if they didn’t move on? Leave the 2 most valuable players rotting in the reserves? What’s your answer?
02 Aug 2024 19:17:30
If there just running their contracts down . Then yea don't let them play n tell them that, a lot of people on here think both are coming to the end of their careers anyway ( I don't) . so as for most valuable, they won't be very valuable come January. Trent is a bit different because he local so can't see him running his down . but I'd he did . same applies.