laza » Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:51 am wrote:Players come and go and I can't say that I'm gutted over thisas I was with Owen, Torres and Suarez transfers.
I like to see us get Mahrez but I rather no one then another over priced mid season panic buy. (Looking at you Andy Carroll)
As for the Couts it just logic of transfer that does my head in. Putting the club aside what does the player get out of this.
No Champion league footy and trying to break into successful team mid season in a World Cup year.
My only faint hope is history will repeat. Couts like Michael Owen in 2005 will be sitting in his villa watching the CL final and lamenting what could have been
I'm sorry to see him go Laza, he gave me a lot of pleasure over the last four years, the wee Magician, he had that ability to unlock a game, to see a pass that other's couldn't or create a goal from nothing. What was fun, was we knew how good he was before the rest of the world, even before Brazil knew because we watched him week in, week out. But, I agree with you and JC, I don't feel as bad about it as some of our previous transfers, Owen, Torres, Sterling etc. What he gets out of it, in his eyes, is signing for the biggest club in the world. He's Brazilian, Spanish speaking, playing for Barca alongside Suarez, Messi, Iniesta is the ultimate, he's ambitious and wants to compete for a starting slot there, I can understand it tbh. From what I saw he was more professional about it than most when they're trying to engineer a transfer, maybe others have heard differently. If we forced him to stay it seems to me it was going to upset the dynamic of the whole team, something which I think Klopp would hate. And, we got good money, ridiculous money really, £142 million is staggering, he was our best player, he'll fit well in Barcelona but that really is good money for a player one tier off the very very best in my opinion. I'll remember him with fondness, can't be bothered hating or booing him and I wish him every success in Barcelona.
January 2013 we bought Sturridge and Coutinho, so some hope we could bring in a midfielder, Mahrez we be a great start.