Yes.
For at least one more season.
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Thatās not the right kind of yes 
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I think Ibou signs a new contract with us in the summer.
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Yeah that went as expected. Heās been twerking for them for a while, next.
Itās for the best. Even if heād come to us, heād have spent the next four years batting his eyelashes coquettishly at Real from behind a fan, and I canāt be arsed with that. Felt the same about Yoro.
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Honestlyā¦i just dont see us dropping Ā£130m on 1 player which is why Isak and Werrtz arenāt coming here especially when City have told Bayer they would pay the fee in one lump and give them what they want.
Im fine with thisā¦no player is worth spunking Ā£130m on
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I agree, was joking a little bit.
Iād love Wirtz, but the need and fee compared to our other priorities would have to be looked at whether itās even possible.
As for the fee, weāve raised our bar over the years soā¦ whatās the limit?
We are not far from that fee and I believe we will spend it on a player soon.
Hah, I came to the same conclusion after my disappointment had subsided. I donāt think he would have created any fuss but if TAA could run down his contract at Real Madridās behest, so can Huijsen, especially as a highly rated, Spanish international.
Obviously it comes as no news that anyone can and I think we have no idea how many players have that possibility/motivation down the line in mind. Many players have Liverpool or a club like Liverpool in mind.
In this case, reports over Huijsen (that his primary wish was Real and it depended if they were going to activate interest soon) helped and itās not difficult to imagine why (even without the Spanish links, Real alone is enough).
Not every player will want the same path and certainly not every player will even get that opportunity. Many top ones among that group.
But many players will, even the ones who will stay and keep silent about it. So there is no way to prevent that in most cases and especially us outside the game to know that.
Itās how the planet turns.
Given Darwin is our highest fee at ~85m euro, Iām not so sure.
Isnāt it all relative? We were happily comfortable splashing out Ā£40m on Salah pre-Neymar, breaking the world transfer records for a defender and a goalkeeper, we were purportedly ready to pay Ā£115m (or whatever amount it was) for Caicedo and also Ā£50m for an 18 year old Lavia.
I think the question is whether the right player is available who would be worth that money, no?
EDIT: Wasnāt van Dijk Ā£75m?
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Also, we couldāve imagined and guessed that the likes of Xabi, Suarez and Coutinho might wish one day to play for one of the two Spanish giants, but if you ask me, itās not enough to reject the idea signing them, if theyāre judged as the right players for us at the time.
If the club decided that Huijsen is the one, pieces fell into place and he agreed, I wouldāve been behind it. The rest in the future is hard to predict, many variables decide that and most players will not get the opportunity at clubs like Liverpool and Real. Itās the reality.
A player can perfectly give 100% at Liverpool and still have Real or whoever of the other top clubs in mind as a motivation (or simply trying a new challenge, people can change opinions and motivations with time!) for down the line.
Just going by the tables available publicly, apparently he was just less than Darwin.
Are you using EUR or GBP? As a British club, surely we should be using the latter, in which case NĆŗƱez is definitely behind van Dijk (in 2017 no less!) and just ahead of Alisson (going off Wikipedia of course).
Itās not as though we know the details, really, especially with add-on clauses and all that.
Nunez wasnāt ā¬85m.
Ā£21.34m of the Ā£85.36m is in add-ons. The first Ā£4.3m will come after Nunez makes 10 appearances. A further Ā£8.5m will follow after 60 games with the final Ā£8.5m to ādepend on the individual and collective performance of the team throughout the contract.ā
Fees change with time. You couldāve said the same when we made the jump to Virgilās fee. We were ready to pay Ā£111m for Caicedo two summers ago.
Itās really not far. Who knows if thereās a time in football or at Liverpool when those top fees will stagnate, but it could easily be broken into that sort of mentioned fee very soon.
As I said just going by the tables - not claiming any knowledge:
Iām not saying we should splash it on Isak or Wirtz, but I can easily see us spending something north of Ā£100m on a player pretty soon, if we judge itās the right move. We were so close for Caicedo and that was less than 2 years ago.
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Oil is sold in $US, players are sold in ā¬. Itās important, because the GBP has varied significantly over the years. You have to compare by global prices.
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Surely in terms of how much it costs the club it should still be in Ā£ since the clubās earnings are in Ā£?
It does add a layer of complication, since e.g. I doubt van Dijkās transfer was conducted in ā¬?
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