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Liverpool Sign Clyne (Confirmed)

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That's Southampton playing games back at us to make us up our offer. (Hopefully)

Clyne wants to join Liverpool
 
We pretend we're into Trippier to drive the price down, they pretend the scum are into Clyne to drive the price back up.
 
Gone back in with a bid of just over 11 million...

Southampton want 15. mil.. This one could go on all summer..
 
What happened to Manquillo? In the games he did play he has better stats than Clyne I understand. If you're into the whole stats thing of course.
 
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/15/roy-hodgson-nathaniel-clyne-england

Roy Hodgson tells Nathaniel Clyne that form is not enough for England
• Manchester United’s Phil Jones preferred at right-back against Slovenia
• Hodgson says team not chosen ‘on the basis of a good season’

Daniel Taylor

Monday 15 June 2015 22.30 BST
Last modified on Tuesday 16 June 2015 00.00 BST

Roy Hodgson has indicated he will continue with Phil Jones as England’s right-back and made it clear to Nathaniel Clyne that he has no right “on the basis of a good season” to think he should take over from the Manchester United defender.

Clyne was restricted to the role of a late substitute in England’s 3-2 win against Slovenia and was overlooked when Hodgson withdrew Jones, who was suffering from a minor ankle injury, at half-time. Jordan Henderson was switched from central midfield into defence and at the end of the game Clyne went straight down the tunnel. “I suppose he was disappointed,” Hodgson said.

Jones was partly to blame for Slovenia’s first goal and has had an erratic season at Old Trafford but Hodgson gave him his backing after it was put to the England manager that Clyne had been the outstanding right-back in the Premier League last season with Southampton.

“Maybe,” Hodgson said, “but Jones is a top-quality player. We have great faith in him and we are very happy with him. We think Nathaniel Clyne is a very good player but I would be disappointed if anyone thought that on the basis of a good season with their clubs they can walk in and demand a place.

“If I were to play him and leave out Phil Jones there would have been a lot of questions about ‘Don’t you rate Phil Jones?’ and ‘Don’t you think he’s a man of the future?’ I didn’t notice Clyne walk off and you would have to ask him.

“He’s a good lad, he’s been very solid since he’s come in and we like him very much. I would be surprised if he did that. I spoke to him and explained what I was doing but you can’t expect everyone to be happy.

“After the game when you are walking around the substitutes you won’t get the same smiling faces as you do from the 11 who played. That is a fact of life.”

Liverpool had an opening offer for Clyne of around £10m turned down last month. Southampton want the 24-year-old to extend his contract, which has one season to run.
 
Not the greatest attitude to show on one of your first appearances in the squad. Initial inclusions are about blending in with the players and enjoying the experience of being there, if you're good enough and you have the right attitude, then your time will come.
 
Not the greatest attitude to show on one of your first appearances in the squad. Initial inclusions are about blending in with the players and enjoying the experience of being there, if you're good enough and you have the right attitude, then your time will come.

I see it as Hodgson being a prick and being poor at man management. Clyne's 24 - it's not like he's still only 21 and green. Hodgson is going with a CB at RB who has been injured or in poor form for two seasons, rather than the RB who is supposedly coming off a good season. And then he goes off about performance / form at club level not being a factor.
 
I see it as Hodgson being a prick and being poor at man management. Clyne's 24 - it's not like he's still only 21 and green. Hodgson is going with a CB at RB who has been injured or in poor form for two seasons, rather than the RB who is supposedly coming off a good season. And then he goes off about performance / form at club level not being a factor.

I agree, but it's two separate issues really. Hodgson was being a cunt after the event, Clyne acted unprofessionally, IMO.
 
He looked the biz to me as a young CB for Blackburn and I can't help wondering if the extent to which he's been switched between positions has held his progress back somewhat. One thing's for certain though - he's no RB.
 
I think you have to be even smarter than Phil Jones to play the position well.


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Not the greatest attitude to show on one of your first appearances in the squad. Initial inclusions are about blending in with the players and enjoying the experience of being there, if you're good enough and you have the right attitude, then your time will come.


I dont really see a problem with it tbh. I'd rather a player was disappointed for not playing then not giving a shite.
We also dont know the full story and Hodgson could obviously have handled his comments better, as usual.
 
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