Benny The Noon wrote:FFS Gerrard said he was leaving to win things
Masch has said he wants to win things and his agent has agreed terms with Barca...... join the dots
Alonso left because ?
You are the one that has not even tried to back up your argument. Anything you don't like .... "its spec-u-lation" yet you say Mach wants to go because of his wife......... show me the quotes where he says he wants to leave because of his wife!
The thing is mate I get sick of answering one of your questions only to be met with five even sillier ones.
For example you asked who had wanted to leave under Houllier ..... I answer and then you argue about ONE of them and then say "Gerrard saga was well over 5 years ago". OF COURSE IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, FKN RAFA HAS BEEN THE MANAGER FOR THE LAST FIVE FKN YEARS!
FFS Gerrard said he was leaving to win things
Read his book and you will see it was far from as simple as you are putting it . He felt liverpool wasnt progressing as a club back in 2004 before Rafa arrived and didnt feel he could improve as a player with Liverpool - 2005 he felt the club wanted to cash in on him and wanted to sell him to raise funds to buy other players - once again read his book its all in there in black and white from the player himself .
Masher - you posted a quote saying he wants to win things - the quote didnt say he wants to leave to win things did it ? As you have said his AGENT is doing the talking about him leaving not him . So once again no quote from the player saying "i want to leave to win things "
Xabi im pretty sure decided last summer he wanted to leave to pastures new ( so the statement i made about - us winning trophies wouldnt of changed his mind holds up pretty well imo) . So gets the chance to go to the biggest club in spain (his home country BTW ) and off he goes .
The one statement yet i have failed to see you back up is the "quite a few seemingly want to leave to win trophies" - is this in the current squad ? Who ?
Here is the quote
The fact that quite a few are looking for other clubs shows that they don't think under our present circumstances that we can take the next step. Plus have you not also stated in one post he would get more money in spain yet in other quote from him saying he isnt motivated by money

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Parry on Gerrard :-
"To be fair to Stevie this hasn't been about money. Money hasn't been a problem. It's about his commitment and about a feeling of where he wants to be in the long term. He feels he has a better chance of winning trophies and being successful somewhere else . It's our job now to prove him wrong".
Mascher wants to win things, yet wants to leave. If he thought he would win things here HE WOULDN'T WANT TO LEAVE.
The fact that quite a few are looking for other clubs shows that they don't think under our present circumstances that we can take the next step.
Hyypia , Arbeloa and Alonso have already gone, Agger was looking elsewhere before he finally signed. Babel wanted to go, infact he was so desperate he asked for a loan. Masch looks as if he is going ....... I think thats quite a few.
Plus have you not also stated in one post he would get more money in spain yet in other quote from him saying he isnt motivated by money

I said "My guess is that Masch just wants to go, he knows he can get more cups, titles and money in Spain and it may make his home life a little more comfortable".