The club isn’t dependent on players giving it time to prepare.
This is Liverpool, a top of the football food chain organization, that has a reputation of high level of operating.
Contracts and length of contracts are almost a daily topic, under review, conversation, well informed of potential outcomes. Especially once you get close to or go past the two years left on a contract mark, let alone less than that.
It’s different for example when Klopp announced it to the club, because it’s not the same type of career/role/market. And yes, there is the aspect of changing a lot of personnel in the directors layer of the club, either new people being employed or known faces, in new roles. Some of the “damage” was already done in past years.
It doesn’t mean they can’t run into surprises, but it can happen from any party. The club are well aware of likely and possible scenarios before 90% of the outside world is, media and (especially) fans.
Players are not there to mostly think how much money will their club make and how much time the club has to prepare their replacements.
When players are running down their contracts and the club basically know about it, they are 100% not going to let the fans know, because it’s going to create snotty and unsettled the player and playing group.
So yeah, I agree we as fans are usually well behind in terms of what the club knows.
He gave us a years notice once it became clear that the salary we would offer him didn’t match what he felt he was worth. The club were still offering Trent a contract halfway through last season; clearly they thought it possible he would stay. Think you’re a bit confused as to how the two players have behaved.
I think we are trying to find something to get offended by when there is nothing to. Both are players who leave the club. Both are winners with the club. They are and will be ex players who move on and we will and should too. I don’t see a difference between these 2 or any players who leave, except those who leave us by disrespecting us and these 2 definitely don’t fall into that category
Trent strung the club along for one year. He made up his mind to leave when Klopp left. The only way he’s was getting to the Madrid team was on a free.
Had he extended his contract with Liverpool. Madrid wouldn’t have come in for him.
And sometimes it’s impossible to know 100% what a party feels deep down. People also change opinions and motivations, it’s natural.
It’s why it’s rarely one “guilty” party for an outcome, because at this top level, you by default have to be aware of different scenarios.
It’s not easy to get out of Liverpool and Liverpool that are doing well, to another similarly big or bigger club. And not to forget the fact that we don’t do clauses.
The days of a handshake being enough for an agreement are well behind us. Perhaps they still happen in a smaller %, but at a much lower level than we operate.
The only thing you wish for is for everyone to be at least in a respectful relation, professional and give maximum effort during the duration of contracts. And I have no serious criticism around a few of the last ones that have left on a free; Can, Gini, Trent.
Everything else falls to simply different sides assessing each other almost daily, negotiating, trying to find agreements, having the same or possibly different motivations for the future.
Mostly motivated to reach the best possible outcome for themselves.
We already had him on contract for another two years, so there was no chance of that. It would have had to be an extension on existing terms or an increase that didn’t meet his expectations.
If attempting to be a smartarse is the order of the day:
A simple Google to discover Trent’s minutes would help you with that one.
So you don’t have to go looking: TAA: 28,000 mins Vs Diaz’s 25,000 minutes in top tier football (excl second division). A 40yo Land Cruiser that’s done 100k is going to last longer than a 20yo Land Cruiser with 250k. You see Trent being 2 seasons younger than Diaz and I see Trent 1 season older than Diaz.
None of that’s even taking into consideration the fact that our FBs do an extreme number of high intensity sprints per match.
It’s not exactly going out on a limb to suggest Diaz will have a more prolonged remaining career at the top end than Trent.
If you asked your wife if she was cheating on you, and she refused to answer, what would you be thinking? That in 6 months time she’s going to say no I haven’t?
There is a massive difference one was out of contact and could freely leave. One touted himself like a cheap tart and broke his contract but lets twist it shall we.
Who knows about his dreams, but it’s a good lesson how it’s hard to always get to where you want in football. The window might be short or it might never even appear. Diaz has gone to another one of the biggest clubs there is, he will hope to be happy there. His Barca thing (who knows how much of a thing it is in the first place) could be gone forever.
