Isn’t this a thing other clubs do not us? We seem to be a rather “clean” club so to speak. Or maybe Henderson was the Captain of Vice and that’s why he left to Saudi Arabia, only to find that they do a different kind of vice over there…
Still thinking it’s not necessarily the case, but he is probably looking for a Salah-level contract, while the club hierarchy might disagree on his being worth that.
I think he’s trying to tell them (FSG) that he wants to stay so they better conclude negotiations with his agent as quick as possible.
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Fair points. All we’re doing is speculating. FSG have plenty of credit in the bank with the players and managers they have brought it. We should trust them as their model has clearly worked in the past. I just hope the decision makers aren’t so purist that they can deviate from/break with their model on very rare occasions.
I just don’t see any football or financial rationale for letting Mo go on a free. Even if his form fell off a cliff (which looks highly unlikely) he’ll still bring in a good fee in a couple of year’s time
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Exactly.
If Mo isn’t an exceptional case, I am not sure what is.
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I am fairly sure Salah will leave on a free, at this point it is just a question of whether it is this June, or June 2 years from now. As @Mascot says, the ‘no offer’ is likely because the club is talking two year terms, Salah’s camp probably want four. Even if they get a deal done, the basic tension around FSG’s view that players over 30 face imminent collapse of value isn’t going anywhere. If there is a deal done, they are paying him for the goals he scores, not his future transfer value.
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And they can’t compromise on three? 
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I’d actually been thinking they’d want 3 years and been offered 1, so could compromise on 2
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Really?
And Trent turns round and says I’m not extending until I see the club going back in the right direction?
Eight points clear in the Premier League.
Top of the Champions League, with four wins out of four.
Better send Trent to Specsavers.
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Alternatively he understands where Liverpool are and why and thinks the immediate aftermath of a 2 goal, match winning performance is is a good time to apply some public pressure as a cold calculating, and perfectly fair, negotiating tactic.
It’s also worth remembering that the comments after the last renewal is that Abbas is incredibly tough to deal with. It was not meant in a derogatory way like is said about a lot of agents, but just that he fights to represent his client over every single cm of progress in negotiations.
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He was talking about why the deal didn’t get done last season.
Better send me to Specsavers, then.
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Better send @cynicaloldgit to Specsavers…
EDIT: Damn it, should have read further first…
Haha @redalways
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I don’t think you’ve quite understood. I’m on about criticism that we should have sorted this 18months ago. When we finished fifth, our entire midfield dropped off a cliff, and our Sporting Director had just resigned.
(Just seen other people reply, so ignore this)
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Don’t worry. Happens when you get to my age.
Something to which you can look forward.
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It’s happening to me plenty now, mate!
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9 times out of ten when he goes missing is because he is man marked by 2 or 3 players for 70 min then his markers are knackered by then and that’s when he does his best work. The only way to stop him by disabling him physically as Ramos did for RM the prick.
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Mascot shouda gone to Specsavers
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