Getting paid a fortune to wear it while signing the contract
Richard Mille watches are chavtastic.
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If Richard Mille is a sponsor of his and he is wearing their trinket, lovely. If it is something Mo has purchased, then choosing to wear it on the day he signs the new contract - at a number that makes it the highest the club has awarded, presumably at a stretch - then it seems a bit tone deaf to me.
Not a hill Iāll die on, as of course there is loads of money in the game, especially for players at the top end. Mo is a brilliant character, humble, generous, everything you want to see. But this just seems a bit tone deaf to me.
He also has a Maclaren F1 so it seems he is a material boy.
Why is it tone deaf. If hes purchased it himself with money hes been paid so be it.
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Because there has to be an issue with fucking everything. Look at his watch, look at what heās driving, look at what heās wearingā¦
I buy what I can afford, Iām sure we all do.
Whatever the contract is, his employers are willing to pay it. If he is producing the goods then fair fucks on what he spends the money on.
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Not a hill for anyone to die on.
His money, his choice.
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Because heās an ex-blue?
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Not really much of an article, that. Doesnāt go into much depth about anything and itās just speculation throughout.
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Salah loves Liverpool so he canāt wear any blue things. Thatās like something my 5 year old would say when getting dressed
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More aimless, pointless drivel from Barney Ronay.
Seriously, how does this guy get paid for this dross?
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Easy. Sell him in the summer.
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I meant the knee jerk twitter bellends, not TAN, although there may be a couple of specimens here as well. I should have put it better.
Anyway, Iāve said my piece and itās not as if Iām sad that Salah is staying on; just a bit concerned from a financial standpoint.
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The Athletic:
Salah has signed a two-year extension, with no breaks or release clauses, on terms very similar to the ones that almost certainly made him the second-highest-paid player in the Premier League behind Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. While his previous contract included a basic weekly salary of Ā£350,000 ($480,000), when bonuses and performance-related incentives were taken into account, Salahās package was worth far more. Including external commercial endorsements, some of which also had performance-related clauses, he earned up to Ā£1million per week.
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I stopped reading opinion columns from a lot of journalists from The Guardian because of the increasing amount of what I perceived as not so innocent barbs that were directed at Liverpool or Klopp in particular. Iāve also toned town on reading Ronayās columns, even though I liked his Shakespearean brand of cynicism. There are only so many negative comments directed at Liverpool that I can take.
That said, I did read this article because you went through the trouble of posting it and I canāt find anything important that I disagree on. A rebuild was needed with or without Salah extending his deal. Not even the Premier League title could mask that.
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Whatever the money is that MO will be paid, to me, is just the trade-off for keeping him (an asset) on the books of LFC, without losing him for zilch this summer.
Whether the ink was dry, or still wet from his signature, I have a feeling that Edwards is already engineering his next step of moving MO on in the next 12 - 18months. Not only will LFC recuperate the wage aspect paid out during this period, but also a bonus on topā¦ something we would not have received if he left in the summer.
Two things spring to mind. Firstly, we keep the services of MO until he is phased out by the revamping AS will be doing. Secondly, While it would be hopeful MO can continue in good form for an entire two year stint, the odds are not great this happensā¦ and when/if his form drops below being picked for the first 11, the fans, media and MO himself will know father time has arrived with his taxi. Which brings about the 12-18 month stint to move him on and recover all moniesā¦
Which we all knew anyway, rendering the article pointless.
Itās only there so that Ronay can have his usual dig at Liverpool: yes, youāre going to win the title and youāve secured Salahās contract, but you still need a rebuild.
Well dāuh.
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Itās quite a vacuous article though, lots of non-footballing reasons for why Mo should have had a new contract and not putting any reasoning as to why or where the rebuild is needed.
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I have a big issue with the notion of it been a rebuild even in the first place.
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