I’ve made peace with Trent leaving, as long as we get both Mo and Virg signed up for 2-3 years
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And as long as we win the league.
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If he really does go, unfortunately, I do look forward to whether Bradley will be the one to step up or whether Slot have someone in mind to bring in and challenge Bradley for the RB position or even another youth?
Bradley alone is not enough for a team with our ambitions.
We’d need someone top notch to compete with him. We play enough matches to keep two players for each position busy.
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This. I’d take winning the league and losing all 3, tbh. The Klopp era of players deserve more than 1 league title and it would be a fitting way to say goodbye.
We are bargaining, and it makes me smile because what Trent does is up to him!
FWIW he looks gone to me. Klopp as a father figure, gone. Trent won the lot here, and now he has a chance to spread his wings. I will be disappointed if the club doesn’t get even a modest pay day. Trent will slip down in my regard if he does that. But such is life.
If he does go it will be interesting to see what Slot does. Will he buy another top RB and Bradley will still be the back up? Or will Bradley get the nod and someone else will be the understudy? Lots of permutations.
In the meantime let’s keep our foot to the floor and win the league.
Have you seen all that he’s been saying about Arne?
Depends on who’s available.
Yeah he has a chance to stay here for his entire career, captain Liverpool to another CL and PL or two and end up right near the tip of the pantheon (perhaps below only my namesake). Or go to Real, spend a year (max 3) and win a Spanish League and perhaps a CL or two and promptly be dusgarded and see out his career at a lower level.
I expect he’ll make the wrong choice.
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For me , any lingering hopes of him signing a new contract were extinguished when those pictures came out in the summer of him swanning around European Capitals with his fashionista friends. Sure , he’s going to be guaranteed medals at RM but , maybe unfairly , I think it’s just as much about the lifestyle. i.e He wants to be on magazine covers with Kylan and Jude , exuding the type of cool and confidence that he believes he possesses.
As others have already pointed out however , RM can eat you up and spit you out. I don’t begrudge his decision but am also reminded of the idiom ; Be careful what you wish for.
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I’ve thought he was going for a while, and like others I think Madrid will absolutely swallow him.
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Agreed. I also think from an objective career management perspective RM are at a bit of a crossroads. Manager near the end of his time, Barcelona starting to climb back up, and the rest of the CL seems to have caught up. No guarantees he’s going to win much there before getting shown the door because he can’t hack it
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If Virgil stays, he won’t get the captaincy. Probably one of the reason he’s not decided yet 
Kinda doubt that plays a massive role in his decision tbh
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I doubt that’s even a consideration. Virgil will be here for 1 or 2 years more at most. If Trent signs a new deal he is probably expecting to stay beyond that.
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“The press in Madrid”.
Yes, I’m sure very reliable. The Spanish press have shown incredible independence over the years and are in no way used by the two clubs to tap up and unsettle players.
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Of course, the press in Madrid are completely unbiased in this matter.
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We all know what they are. Thing is, when they categorically claim that Real Madrid will get a player, Real Madrid get a player. Also, there’s been no rebuttal from Liverpool-related press, so there’s that as well.
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