Owen doesn't really belong in that pic.
Well at least not with a Madrid badge. Should be the Scummy one.
Owen doesn't really belong in that pic.
Who's the one on the right?
Trent actually wearsConor BradleyNorn Iron Tayto pyjamas. Pass it on.
26/27 season I would say on loanHe'll be at Newcastle by 2028
He'll be at Newcastle by 2028
Like I said, especially sad when it's a local lad and a fan, but I don't blame him. I don't think it's reasonable to expect any player to stay at the club forever (or at least until we don't want him any more) just because he was born locally. And I suspect the deal with Madrid was that they weren't going to pay a market rate fee for him AND top wages. They may have told him he came on a free / negligible fee or not at all.
The way we (don't) spend money though, £100m isn't something I can see us passing up on that premise.My personal belief is that the Club has known he was off to Real for a while. It was the club's choice to prioritise one more league season, and minimise the post Klopp disruption, over a paltry £100 million pounds.
If so, I don't blame them. Cause that's what I'd do. Now we've won a League title.
Im usually on board with this "fsg won't spend" narrative... But with Trent going, the contract mess with the other 2 (and ibou), and not backing the manager last year; I can see them thinking they need to back slot properly this summer to keep fans (mostly) on side.The way we (don't) spend money though, £100m isn't something I can see us passing up on that premise.
The title isn’t about Trent, so fuck that narrative. If we win we’ll celebrate like crazy and nobody will even be thinking of him.
There’s a very small part of me (1-2%) thinks that when we win the title, the emotion will overcome Trent and he’ll decide that winning things with us means more than playing golf with his “bestie” in Madrid and stay.
There's been nothing new.Also… there is one angle, albeit it’s a bit of a stretch, that this is Real trying to pressure Trent into a decision that he’s not made. You’ll note that the story came from “sources in Spain” which likely means that Real leaked the story.
You have to wonder why?
I think it’s fair to assume that Trent probably wanted to wait until after the season was done - or at least until we’d won whatever we’re going to win before making a decision.
I’m just not entirely sure what the point of this story coming out of Spain now is?
Well we could have sold him in the summer or 2024. We could have sold him this January. We didn't. Why? I can think of only two reasons:The way we (don't) spend money though, £100m isn't something I can see us passing up on that premise.
Why hasn't Trent come out and said that nothing is done yet?
He's leaving us in the dark for no reason.
That's my point. Sorry I should have wrote "for a reason".He hasn't done any media duty as vice captain, so it won't start now. There is a reason for it as well I reckon. The plan was to leave on a free all along.
Why hasn't Trent come out and said that nothing is done yet?
He's leaving us in the dark for no reason.
Correct.Well there are three very logical reasons for this:
(1) It is done in his mind, but he doesn't want to inflame the situation now.
(2) It is almost done, or likely done, and he doesn't want to give us false hope by saying it isnt.
(3) He can't talk cause Jude's cock is in his mouth.
(3) He wasn’t going to sign for anyone else and say goodbye to a big fat stinking wedge of cash of a signing on bonus when leaving on a freeWell we could have sold him in the summer or 2024. We could have sold him this January. We didn't. Why? I can think of only two reasons:
(1) We believed against all reasonable expectations that we could change his mind; or
(2) We wanted to make the transition as smooth as possible, and chose not to write off Slot's first season.
It certainly wasn't a case of FSG wanting to flog him off and Trent saying no.