Reg » Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:10 pm wrote:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/12/25/mohamed-salah-should-stay-anfield-become-all-time-great/
Sentimentally Carra's right, but business wise to generate funds to buy in the next young super star, he's wrong. He can't afford for players to grow old any more, we have to the roll thm out and bring in replacements.
Suarez was a disruption and whilst I didn’t want the crazy git to leave I honestly believe that the club did. Torres was good business because he was sold when his form, which never really returned, was well and truly on the way down. Coutiniho turned out to be a great piece of business in the same way as Sterling. Both players and their agents treated the club with zero respect and were replaced with players that have gone on to win us CL number 6 and very nearly 7 as well as our first league title for 30 years. Losing Mascha and Alonso were very different stories and I miss them to this day. The club at that time however was in a different place. Personally I would do everything possible to keep Mo for as long as he is at the top of his game but that doesn’t say we shouldn’t be very careful. If he dithers about signing a lengthy contract extension then decisions,given his age,will have to be made.Bayern Munich got next to nothing for Triago Alcantara in the same way that we got useless money for Owen and McManamon due to the contractual timing of their transfers. At the moment we could probably sell Mo for circa £150m. Do we then go all out and buy somebody like Mbappe which would be
a huge statement of intent. We certainly didn’t mess about financially with VVD,Ali and Fab and just look at the difference they have made.