Mohamed Salah
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Not a Sminkyshorts fan eh?
He wouldn't be in it, along with Lucas.
Don't think many on here would argue with that.
This is precisely what I'm talking about. You presume that we have no coherent strategy, simply because it's not immediately apparent to you. Your first assumption is that we must be bumbling idiots. It doesn't seem to have occurred to you that there may be things going on above your head that you're not aware of. Or that, as a multi-million pound enterprise, we may have formulated plans and targets beyond what you read in the newspapers.
I don't pretend to know any more than you do. I just think that there is plenty of evidence of our strategy, not to mention a team of highly qualified people overseeing its implementation.
I love it when you post like this...just saying.
I'm not presuming anything, I'm saying what it looks like to me. I never mentioned the phrase idiots, used the term bumbling, so stop accusing me of assuming things and then make assumptions about what I'm saying.
It's not apparent to me what our transfer strategy is, based on what I've seen so far. So because I don't know everything going on inside the football club, I shouldn't say anything? Should I not guess what the line up is going to be either because I can't see inside the manager's mind? This is a forum to discuss things, and this is my opinion. Of course it's not based on fact, otherwise what would be the point in my engaging with discussion about it? I'd be quite happy if I read a decent argument that we do have a decent strategy, because I mind then change my might and be slightly more optimistic about the direction of the club, which I would very much like to be.
Wishful thinking at best, but him saying that does imply we were very interested, which is the circumstance I wouldn't be happy about. I'm not gutted about missing out on Salah, due to my ignorance of him as a player, however I am very gutted if were missing out on our preferred targets.
Rodgers also said that he was only after first team players, if none came available at the price we are prepared to pay we'll use who we have, he was clear he didn't want to buy squad players.
Unfortunately I think we need one in the shape of a dm to cover for Lucas.
We currently have three fit central midfielders for three positions, none of whom play naturally at the back of the three.
Unfortunately I think we need one in the shape of a dm to cover for Lucas.
We currently have three fit central midfielders for three positions, none of whom play naturally at the back of the three.
Nah.
Mourinho has now been asked about Salah.
"It was a surprise for us that Juan was leaving, we were not prepared to try to bring a player into replace him, so everything happened very, very fast, so we had to see which options would be good for us.
"We had to start from zero with Salah, we didn't know his agent, we knew nothing.
"We started with the club, reached an agreement, everything is signed and done, subject to the medical and the player's desire to join us or not.
"Now we know he wants it and he is very happy to come and we have to finalise it."
When will the medical be?
"We have to travel to meet him to have the medical in Switzerland and then only after that we can finalise the paperwork."
"It was a surprise for us that Juan was leaving, we were not prepared to try to bring a player into replace him, so everything happened very, very fast, so we had to see which options would be good for us.
"We had to start from zero with Salah, we didn't know his agent, we knew nothing.
"We started with the club, reached an agreement, everything is signed and done, subject to the medical and the player's desire to join us or not.
"Now we know he wants it and he is very happy to come and we have to finalise it."
When will the medical be?
"We have to travel to meet him to have the medical in Switzerland and then only after that we can finalise the paperwork."
Now he's been asked about Liverpool's interest in Salah:
"I don't know what Liverpool did before us. We have reached an agreement with Basel."
What does Mourinho like about Salah?
"He has adaptability to play right, left or behind the striker. He's fast, creative, enthusiastic and his personality looks like he is ready to work on the pitch and if he comes he will have a similar process to Willian where he takes a couple of months to adapt."
"I don't know what Liverpool did before us. We have reached an agreement with Basel."
What does Mourinho like about Salah?
"He has adaptability to play right, left or behind the striker. He's fast, creative, enthusiastic and his personality looks like he is ready to work on the pitch and if he comes he will have a similar process to Willian where he takes a couple of months to adapt."
The one thing we lack from that transfer committee is someone who actually knows the short cuts to get deals done. Bellamy talks of how his last move to us was almost hijacked before Kenny called his agent and scared him shitless. If Ayre can't or won't get tough with these people they might as well let Rodgers do it, but this is getting embarrassing.
The impression I get is that Ayre couldn't get tough if his very life depended on it. He just doesn't seem to be made that way. It needn't matter as long as there's someone else around who's capable of it and has the necessary clout, but is there in the current set-up?
i duno, he does have a harley, i dont see why he'd have one of them unless he was a tough guy, unless he was overcompensating but im sure he wouldnt do that........
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