Craig is so deluded saying we not interested when there a verbal agreement with and willing pay the money for jude
1. He is clearly convinced as he has been banging this drum for quite a while so someone is feeding him this info.
2. Liverpool are interested in Bellingham - that much is true (so are a lot of other clubs probably)
3. Bellingham would consider Liverpool - as he says - of course he would at the beginning..he would be stupid not to
However
When all the pieces fall into place and Bellingham knows who is in for him then he will have made a decision -just because he was interested at one point in Liverpool doesnt mean he hasnt changed his mind. He will probably openly speak favourably about every club in for him but choose what he says to who.....he (or his reps) will meet all the clubs and give them verbal agreements (or not) based on contract offer etc but they for the most part are not worth anything....
He also mentions a caveat which is absolutely huge and he plays it down a little to start with.....the amount that a club is going to have to pay for Bellingham.....FSG may easily NOT pay that amount. This is also clearly his escape route if they dont get him - he mentions it a number of times and makes the point about money at the end to give himself that escape route.
The rest that he talks about is hyperbole - being a leader, a catlyst for change etc etc....well he could be that at any club including Madric and City - Modric is getting on for instance at Madrid....at us he would take over from a number of iconic players including one of the current captains of the team in Gundogan. He would be part of a revamped team anywhere he goes and he mentions that he would come to Liverpool as they are in a transitional season....well so are we and you can see that in our playign style - we just happen to have handled it much better as a club and as a team/manager on the pitch transitioning while still playing decent football unlike Liverpool for large parts of the season.
he also fails to mention that Bellinghams best mate plays for us (Haaland) - does he not think that if Haaland has wind of any possibility of Bellingham turning up at city that Haaland wont be in his ear on a regular basis? Players talk to each other even when they have left a club.....
We know that Bellingham has also said yes to us.....does that mean he will come.....not for definite but we know we are an equally attractive option for all the reasons he says Liverpool are.
