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I said not so long back that you got a virtually last minute penalty against Real in the Bernebeu last time. It might be an anomaly in your eyes but it still happened. Of course I know that European referees can be a nightmare, but even the most corrupt can do nothing if you’re slotting the...

None of those teams will get near you if you’re on blob. Juve could be tricky on paper, but your intensity will blow them away. Barca are a shell of what they were and Bayern aren’t on the same level as you football wise at the moment. But if you win it, nobody can say it was an easy draw if...

I’m not certain what more the League could have done? An investor comes in, invests nearly £40m and then chooses to put his own asset into immediate administration? That’s batshit mental and there’s no chance anybody could have foreseen that. Does the test or the guidelines need revamping...

Like I said, mate, there’s no way a massive mob is going to storm one or more police cordons just to stand outside a ground. Even if all your lads turned up en masse, they wouldn’t get near there either. Total waste of time for both parties whatever the motivation is. And if it’s who I think it...

I don’t want to get into this too much as it leads to too many arguments, but I think the concern was more that you & PSG were effectively bankrolled by sovereign states rather than private individuals or corporations per se. This would effectively blow all other clubs out of the water because...

There’s some tremendous flavours doing the rounds, enjoyment is defo guaranteed! Same to you, pal.

I can’t see how it could unless you’ve got a mob of at least 500 rushing the cordon and then in the event of doing it, they’ll have to go through another whilst bringing down every copper on sight. And that’s before they get to your lot because if that happens, your mob will be waiting in the...

Thanks for thinking of me, mate, but I’ll be with my chums with ale and bongs in comfy chairs. For what it’s worth though, I don’t think any will turn up there. They’ve not turned up to the games where the title was on the line, they’re hardly likely to do so now to get to a ground where...

I understand exactly what you’re saying, I don’t necessarily agree with the context in certain situations. The Laporte & Van Dijk example is a perfect case in point. You use two utterly arbitrary figures that bear no tangible relations to the players abilities or skills. They were decided by men...

Spot on about the media who want as fancy numbers as possible. Transfer fees are an absolute farce these days, they have no real basis in reality. And with the exception of a few, nobody will ever really remember modern fees, only whether they were good or bad for the team. Firmino is a great...

The thirty year period that you’re alluding to also covers the single biggest and consistent explosions of mega money into the game. All the top teams have benefitted from that. With that have come investors with deep pockets. The two have gone hand in hand so creating something out of nothing...

Well, if it is, it’s some kind of secondary loan as the original was paid back almost immediately relatively speaking. My mate worked on it within the club, that’s how I know the first one. As for anything else, I’m really not sure.

Is right, mate, got a lovely Cali for this afternoon’s proceedings. And footy too, what more can you ask for? Happy days.

How many of those teams, with mainly CL money chugging through the coffers, are doing well now? The reason United, Arsenal and Spurs, Chelsea etc aren’t up on their haunches is because football is cyclical in nature. That’s how it works at the top end - just having money isn’t enough. You’re one...

Or...£29m https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Firmino It’s not really that important to be fair. Roll yourself a melter and let’s enjoy Sunday.

You talk about that period in the 2000s like it was rigged towards those clubs. The fact is that all of the clubs mentioned either won the CL, were on a final or a combination of both. And due to the cyclical nature of European football, it was England’s turn in the big yellow thing in the sky...

That £250m was given to us as a part interest loan when the deal was completed. That has long since been paid back, the info is in the company accounts. Again, to reiterate, I don’t see them as some kind of benevolent guardian who sees us as their ward. They, like all owners, are dirty, grubby...

They paid nowhere near that for us, it was around £240m. To be fair, it was done when we were not far from administration so probably was a steal. But their motivation for getting involved was the same as every other owner who gets involved these days - the TV money. And as I’ve said, our...

I haven’t backtracked on anything. If someone has said something I agree with then I’ll say so. It’s not like we started the conversation at absolutely polar ends of the debate. There’ll be things I say that some agree with, and vice versa. That’s not backtracking, it helps to clarify issues and...

I don’t think you understand how the ownership of Liverpool works with FSG. They don’t take one penny out of us, the money that comes in belongs to the football club. They make their money by leveraging us as an asset in their portfolio to buy more assets. We’ve bought expensive players and...