Being Asian, I always have a soft spot for Rice.
8 Likes
Whilst thatās all fair and I do agree, itās clear to me BVB didnāt rinse Madrid for what they were truly willing to pay for Jude, whereas with us you couldāve bet your bottom dollar they wouldā¦& to me that comes from the English treatment. āYou want your boy back playing in his country? Pay up mofoās 130m on the spotā
To Madrid - āWe bow down to you, the holy great sensation of European football, what would you like to pay for Jude? 88m? No problemsā
Anyway thatās all water under the bridge now, today is about AlexiMac and today I feel Argentinian.
1 Like
He wasnāt 100m. He was ā¬130m after addons, and in a team like RM, most of those addons are probably fairly likely to be triggered. Ā£250k/week on top of that. Perhaps the wages alone wouldnāt completely turn us off but thatās a huge outlay, and Iām not surprised we walked away.
3 Likes
I hope if he goes he goes to Arsenal. I donāt mind them and even though it helps them the guy seems too nice for Man Utd who are a bunch of scroats.
I doubt he is coming here just for clarification.
2 Likes
Agree. Arsenal seems the best fit.
Probably wouldnāt have to move house.
2 Likes
Wouldnāt get my hopes up on Rice. Watched the almost hour long interview of his with Neville, and he at that point heavily favoured Chelsea. With the state they are in right now though, he seems to have shifted goalposts to the more currently-in-form London club. Doubt heāll win any more trophies over there than at his current club, but oh well, what can you say to misty-eyed young lads?
Fify
1 Like
We canāt have all the players, and Rice looks bound for Arsenal, to me. He would be an upgrade on Xhaka and give them some leadership and drive in the middle of the park.
As a Liverpool fan I donāt care about Arsenal, but I am able to see that they are a proper club, building up a good young team, and it makes most sense for them to go for Rice.
Obviously other clubs will be in for him, but if he goes to a plastic club, or a sport washing club, he will go down in my book (not that that would matter one jot to him!)
But as it stands he seems a decent sort, and a good player to boot, and Arsenal seems the right fit.
5 Likes
Be nice to have Bellingham in there with him though
I love the way these tweets come across as weve done Mac Allister then sat round a round table and goneā¦right who is next?
The groundwork wouldve been done over the last few years and LFC know exactly who is next and the one after that.
4 Likes
Thatās not an option available to us under these owners though so doesnāt make much sense to speak of it, plus thereās many other players out there thatād fit that bracketā¦& I believe this way weāll be better off for it.
1 Like
If we only needed 1 midfielder then Bellingham would be ours. Ive no doubt about that. But we need 3 at least so makes sense to get 3 for price of 1.
5 Likes
That was probably the plan 12 mths ago alright,this season showed us we needed 2 if not 3 this summer which changes everything,pity though as he would have been fantastic .
Yeah, would have been great to sign him, but overall Iād rather we sign 3-4 players this summer and not 1 or 2.
1 Like
Rice has stated in the past he canāt see himself moving Northā¦
1 Like
The way some Londoners imagine the North is baffling to me.
1 Like
Chelsea make a lot of sense for him in a pure footballing PoV. I think he and Enzo would compliment each other really well and Poch is a manager heād probably like to play for. But as a player I would steer far clear of them. Iād need to see a season of sanity there with some clarity in what youād be singing on to before Iād even consider singing for them if I had other options.
2 Likes
2 Likes
I know; it was even worse than Iād imagined.
1 Like
TĆ“ be honest most of London feels like the north.