Yes I was devastated when we let Quansah and Dias go and even worse we sell Quansah for half the price we are likely to buy him back for, what kind of negotiating is that.
So, the plan to bring him back is off the table now. What I don’t understand is how apparently no one anticipated that offers would come in for him. Why on earth not? It was arrogant of us to assume he’d just sit there waiting. Everyone agreed we’d sign him next year if he performed well, and so on, how stupid ! He’d be foolish to turn down the offer now, and Leverkusen will surely need the money. It’s a shame how things turned out, but I’m actually glad we signed Araujo now.
We have a matching clause so could match any offer from Arsenal if we wanted to. What I found most bizarre from the BBC article was this…
Liverpool have the option to match any offer for Quansah as part of the deal that led to him leaving Anfield for the Bundesliga club last year, but it is understood they have no intention of actioning their clause.