Thiagone?
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Don't see this happening for various reasons, main one being Thiago wouldn't accept the move to a crappy league for less money.
Generally agree that it seems unlikely, but you never know. If he really is told that he won't be playing here (even on the rare occasions he isn't injured) then he might accept a downward move.
You could tell right away, wasn't exactly dressed for the occasion was he.
Probably see him start training again around Feb time.
Didn't look super happy either
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exactly this
It's likely we will need to pay any difference in his salary for him to go
I don't get why if he himself has agreed to accept lesser money?
He's been paid a handsome sum to essentially to up to turn 50% of the time, do players not carry any integrity these days?
If we want him to leave, it will smooth the process. I suspect that's how it is and why we often let players run down their contract.
Any transfer fee is offset by having to pay the difference in salary for the reminder of their contract with us
Agreed. He could have taken the easier route and signed the contract extension at Bayern but he decided to join us convinced by Klopp's project. Have a lot of respect for him for that. His off the pitch behavior - interaction with fans, city, etc. has been great. Overall, a great guy to have around.
But at the same time, he is not a legend who has earned the right to leave his own way.
I think those of us who want to keep him, and think so highly of him, are suffering from what many of us accuse Klopp of - which is attachment to specific players when they are past it. Admittedly we have not used Thiago wisely to get his best, but if I am honest - he bought him and kind of tried to use him in the early stages thinking Thiago is actually Thiago's father ( Mazinho) - anyone who remembers watching him from the 1994 world cup winning team, will immediately recognize that the way his father played is almost an identical duplicate of the way Klopp made Gini play. That said - I have heard many people on spaces make the argument that:
1) Selling the guy will not lead to us buying a better midfielder - even if the replacement is available for more games - I agree with this.
2) The fact that we have runners now in our new signings suggests we can use him, and rest him like we should have done - in the right way to get the best out of him.
Both of the above arguments are valid, but I think it's more of us being scared of the unknown. Personally, I think he is a fabulous footballer, someone the opposition will be wary of, but I have never fully trusted him in our team, and it goes back to when we thumped Bayern Munich 3-1 at their ground as part of our CL winning season. Honestly, I could not see the specific qualities that would make him someone who would be a good fit for us. For this reason, his unavailability in crucial moments of a season and the fact that we need some level of physical presence and dynamism in midfield for the re-build and for the future is more of a priority than clinging onto him in the hope that for 15/20 games in our season he will give us something special. He should really take the Saudi money and go.
1) Selling the guy will not lead to us buying a better midfielder - even if the replacement is available for more games - I agree with this.
2) The fact that we have runners now in our new signings suggests we can use him, and rest him like we should have done - in the right way to get the best out of him.
Both of the above arguments are valid, but I think it's more of us being scared of the unknown. Personally, I think he is a fabulous footballer, someone the opposition will be wary of, but I have never fully trusted him in our team, and it goes back to when we thumped Bayern Munich 3-1 at their ground as part of our CL winning season. Honestly, I could not see the specific qualities that would make him someone who would be a good fit for us. For this reason, his unavailability in crucial moments of a season and the fact that we need some level of physical presence and dynamism in midfield for the re-build and for the future is more of a priority than clinging onto him in the hope that for 15/20 games in our season he will give us something special. He should really take the Saudi money and go.
Yes but hopefully the player we get to replace Thiago with will be able to appear more often and will be good enough to participate.
No way Klopp gonna sell Konate, but agree with keeping Thiago if all we get is 3M to 4M
Right. Turn that around. Pretend it's you. And?
Yeah of course I'll help out a filthy rich club (compared to most) and give you some of the salary back that you're contractually obliged to pay me.
Wow...no wonder he turned down the Saudis
Can Barca afford to register players yet?
However.. Thiago + €xm for De Jong package sounds pretty good.
I genuinely don't know if De Jong is all hype by this stage
De Jong is a class operator but he's never leaving Barca.
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