Yes, we will probably see lots of movement over the remainder of this week.
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Feel like this is not happening, then we’ve wasted the whole summer after this crap only to leave ourselves short. Also that Diaz sale is going to look really bad without a replacement, however you might want to spin it (age, he wanted to go etc.). One week to go.
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There isn’t a player in the land who isn’t going to demand an iron clad release clause in any contract with Newcastle. That’s the damage they have done to themselves this summer.
Liverpool don’t do release clauses, and we don’t need to, because we’re basically sound. Reputation matters a lot in these things.
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Jackson off to Munich demonstrates how pointless pumping a new bid in is, they evidently are being cheap trying to bring players in and they’ve been rejected left, right and centre.
If one of their demands is they sign someone before they sanction any move putting whatever bid it is not satisfy that.
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It wouldn’t be a Liverpool season if we didn’t leave ourselves short somewhere.
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There is a lot of chat around this being Kane’s last year in Germany. You can see the attraction of a still young player taking the opportunity to stake a case now to be his replacement next year at a club like Bayern even if it comes with an expectation of not being a regular this year.
Without the Isak stuff it is maybe less attractive than Newcastle purely because of the money that comes with playing in the Prem. But with the Isak stuff? You can see someone picking being Kane’s back up
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Except Chelsea need cash this summer to comply with UEFA.
I’ll forgive the club if we’re one short up front until January. We can’t account for the loss of Jota.
I’ll be less forgiving if we don’t sign a quality CB (Guehi being a good option AND attainable).
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Yeah, but Chelsea need cash every summer to comply with one governing body or another
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Apparently, NUFC’s owners don’t think so just to appear tough lol…What a bunch of clowns running the show at NUFC..
I wouldn’t be surprised that the new recruits at Al-sandcastle all have release clauses…
I’m inclined to trust them either way. But I think that Guehi is all-but nailed on. I can’t imagine that they’ll go into September with Virgil, the oft-injured, and an 18 year old.
In general, I am a fan of the strategy of only chasing players you’re convinced about instead of the scattershot approach you see with other clubs. I don’t want them to pivot to Barcola or Fofana just to add depth. I only want them to add players they’re convinced will fit here. That approach has served them very well over the last decade.
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Yeah but he’s been available all summer…
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The loss of Jota I agree, but we also sold two other forwards and while Nunez clearly had to be done, Diaz was still a key member of our attack. They didn’t want to give him a new contract, ok it’s their call, but if you make that call, you absolutely need to have a replacement lined up.
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We’ve been bitten with the Suarez episode. It might mean missing out on some targets. But that’s what we’ve kept for ourselves.
We don’t do release clauses but we are one of the top 3-4 clubs in the world.
There are pictures circulating of shirts being sold outside of the stadium, “Isak is a rat” with a free box of matches.
Reintegration is going to be impossible.
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of the football fan.
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I think Arne said in the press conference this week that Wirtz was effectively Diaz’s replacement.
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There is a story about Emre Can that he was keen to sign a new contract and we were happy to give him one, but he wanted a release clause. Liverpool just said, no we don’t do them, you can go for free. That’s how much we don’t do release clauses.
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The Emre Can situation was more nuanced I seem to recall. The club were willing to give him a release clause but couldn’t agree on what the release fee was going to be (or perhaps it related to his wages he was asking for, can’t remember exactly which).