I hate to say this but he looks a different man since Klopp left. It had become fairly obvious towards the end it looked like the where having a very strained relationship.
Really? Based on what?
Klopp near the end went in a ādonāt care, Iām off soon, so donāt have to explain myself and keep you all happyā state of mind with his moves like Quansah starting a few over Konate and taking Mo off sooner than before.
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His hair. Maybe heās an antithesis of Samson.
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I think less games for Egypt and a lower intensity (at times) under Slot has really helped
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This.
Heās been away for one international break and I think he played one game and came back, assume an agreement was reached then. Since he hasnāt gone on the following 2 (I believe or it might be one).
He also had a full summerās rest, itās not something heās had for a long time due to the world cups and the calendar shifts for the World Cup.
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His final year at the club so he really wants to win the league this season and do something special for the city, he says. I suppose that could be it then (or the saga can go on, but I am not too hopeful regarding how it ends). We have not been able to meet his substantial contract demands then, it seems.
Sad. I do not see how we will be able to replace him for next season.
But for now he is here and we look set to win the league.
Heās been constantly saying that until he gets an offer heāll treat it as his final year. Itās nothing new.
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Yeah agree. More of the same. Heās been very consistent this season. I still reckon we extend him and Virg for a couple of years each.
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He has had offers. But not offers he accepts. And I read more into it than you do, since time is running out. Itās not as if he doesnāt know what he says in such an exclusive interview. He is now free to negotiate contracts with different clubs, that is a big minus. But the club may raise their offer again and he may finally accept, true enough. Itās far from a done deal, but itās looking grim in my opinion. I think it is time to lower expecations regarding him staying and then take it as a bonus if he stays.
Weāll see.
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I think what probably explains the difference between me and most other people on these forums is that I simply have no expectations.
I canāt seem to do this with anything else in life but with football, I just savour each moment as they come. Win, lose, whatever it is. I donāt have any expectations for transfer windows, for contract renewals, for how the season pans out before it even starts. I just take it as it comes. So sweet when weāre sucessful.
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There is nothing to say this stand off is about money. I think the likelihood is that it isnāt.
Put it this way, if Iām negotiating a new deal for players who are 32 and 33, literally the first thing Iām saying to them both is āso, you lads are going to retire from international football now, yeah?ā
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Maybe, but it isnāt it sometimes true that a player and his agent discuss what they think is their market āworthā, and then that become often a matter of principle ? I.e. It costs x to get Obama to speak at an event. It costs x to get an expert to lecture on something at a university, i.e. their rate. Sometimes, they do this at cheaper than rate if itās very important to them, but generally not.
But maybe I am thinking about this wrong, I accept that could be.
Anyway, I hope obviously that Salah stays, but I prefer to mentally lower my own expecations and assume he is not staying. It will then feel really good if he signs an extension and less bad if he leaves.
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I am similar, except I have hopes and beliefs that we make the right decisions and if it is for Mo to leave as we believe his demands are too high then so be it.
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Iāve been scarred too deeply how bad Hicks and Gillett were, so any time when weāre competitive and not rubbish, and we actually have a decent process in place, Iām happy.
Guess Iām the anti-@Nikola
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Whoās to say that Mo isnāt just trolling the morons in the media?
I half suspect thatās exactly what heās doing.
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If true this is a joke. Best player in the world and we cant sort. Im just hoping its all done along with vvds