Are we spending 150m on Bellingham?
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I mean Sadio and Wijnaldum seemed to be coping just fine. Salah too.
Hendo's had a few injuries but he's been pretty much an ever present in the side since Klopp's arrived. Even with his gait.
Both curiously injured as we speak...
Yeah, but he’d be bored after winning the domestic treble and Champions League 5 seasons in a row.
They both sustained their injuries as a result of bad/unfortunate challenges.
Not exactly Keita-esque is what In saying
As has been said, so what? At worst we'd get our money back. But if Klopp is still here I'd bet, like Mo, VvD, Ali etc. he wouldn't want to move on, even more so if we were winning trophies. He's English not Latin so should be very at home at Anfield.
Not suggesting we would lose money on him. But if you are planning to rebuild your midfield for the long term then a guy who is likely to start assessing his options in 2 seasons is not the player to build around. I see people saying 'if we sign Jude we'd be sorted for 10 years' but the reality is he's very unlikely to stay put that long.
All the Mbappe cash is still laying about
You're making an awful lot of assumptions based on a 19 year-old's single transfer at 17.
And we're not Dortmund. We're one of the most valuable clubs in the world.
And he's English.
He sets a lot of store by the views of his parents (who have obv.done a top job with him) and, biased as I certainly am, I still say you can see how such a family would want him to come and play for Jürgen Klopp in a setup like ours.
Yeah he'll probably go to Madrid when he's 25 after winning us 2 prems and 2 big ears and I'm fine with that
Virgil may not be precisely twice as good as some of the other options who would have cost half as much, but it was still money well spent.
No need to overspend, though. That’s always been my issue not that he’s of good.
We ended paying that because of tapping up— he was going to be cheaper.
But I get the the argument— if they’re the real deal and fit, they’re worth it. Is Bellingham worth that much, though?
I would say so, yes. For someone with his skillset at 19 I'd be prepared to pay a pretty high fee anyway. The club signing Bellingham will get all that plus the strength and maturity of a man half a dozen years older. IMO his ceiling will be stratospherically high.
How dare a kid get advice to go to a club with a history of playing and developing young players!!
And, the goal of this is to maximize his lifetime earnings. And, clearly he is going to want to hop from his next club after 3 years, because that will make him and the family the most money possible.
A lot of BS speculation there. If he comes, enjoys his football, and we pay him appropriately, it is remotely possible that he might stay for a while.
Oh the irony
Put it this way - I’d be staggered and gutted if he didn’t become a red in the summer. Everything I’ve been told - repeatedly by my Yoga hombre points to the fact that he’s a nailed on red. Everything. Player, Parents, agent, both clubs everything is set. Dortmund aren’t cunts. The relationship with Klopp is key here. Sure his value could and probably will rocket BUT for what it’s worth - He’s given his word and so if it does fuck up it’ll likely be us not him that scuppers the deal. I’m confident.
I trust your yoga hombre.
I’d think it’s relevant in gauging the value of his reported transfer fee. Or at least, the fee that this thread started a discussion on.
When asked about the chances of getting Bellingham in January, Klopp couldn't keep a straight face. He said, "[Laughs] In January?, I'm the wrong person. Are you from the buying side or the selling side? I'm the wrong person to ask that, you'll have to ask other people about that."
"January in our situation is, we always say in this moment because it's true, from the sports side we are always prepared, that's how it is," Klopp explained. "It's always clear what kind of ideas we have and how the necessity is from our point of view and that's clear but all the rest doesn't lie 100% in our hands and that's how we have to work.
"January in our situation is, we always say in this moment because it's true, from the sports side we are always prepared, that's how it is," Klopp explained. "It's always clear what kind of ideas we have and how the necessity is from our point of view and that's clear but all the rest doesn't lie 100% in our hands and that's how we have to work.
Of course we won't get Bellingham in January.
We'll get him in the summer.
We'll get him in the summer.
It was agreed last summer.
Yes - with the final instalment Barca secretly paid us for Coutinho used as a down payment.
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