Jude Bellingham

[RayCTID]

Haaland could help Liverpool win Bellingham race amid '$216m' Real Madrid plan

Real Madrid may have handed Liverpool a key advantage in the race to sign Borussia Dortmund sensation Jude Bellingham as it sets out its transfer stance.

www.liverpool.com

Hahahahaha

The bitterness is almost palpable in that article

 

[kun]

He was.

So why be coy?

 

[burning blue soul]

So why be coy?

 

[Keeper!]

I have the same thought I did with Haaland when it was us and Real.

These players dream of playing in the Prem, not saying La Liga and Real is not a dream. But both will have grown up watching the Prem.

Their age the way they must view City is also certainly lost on the 40 year old journalists.

Whether he will be worth the money is debatable and is he as good as the hype.

However, I think we have a great chance of getting him.

I don't disagree but NEVER underestimate the lure of Barca and Real, 99% of players would love to play for those clubs during their careers, that just fact.

 

[Cotton Weave Blue]

What a wonderful read the rawk thread is on transfers. It is slowly spiraling into a deeper and deeper depression and it is a thing of beauty to see. Many of them really thought Bellingham was a go-er for them. Outside their piss filled pool of delusion i don't think anyone thought they had a real chance at him. Seeing their own delusion kick them right in the knackers is just so enjoyable.

It doesn’t help them that 3 of there most recent players are openly courting him in the media, blowing smoke up his arse and promising him he’s the next Stevie G and they will dine him all the time. The delusion starts with the club and that filters to the fans.

 

[Benzino]

At least he can do that in a City shirt!

At least he can do that in a City shirt!

@WestGorton

I think you could be wrong. Unless you watch Dortmund week in week out? Which I assume you don’t.

If you’re going off a few England games, then there are many great players who could be seen as overrated, Foden especially, Grealish, Kane, Rashford etc etc. How a player performs for England is no reflection on how they perform for their club, we’ve seen that for decades.

If you’re going off reports from the German media, well they rate him so highly, some think he’s already the best midfielder in the world. Dortmund are top of the league at the moment, and Bellingham has been the driving force of that. He’s a shoe in for Dortmund player of the year and likely the Bundesliga player of the year too.

If you’re going off online scouting reports, they all say he has no weaknesses and what’s more important, his main strengths are his non stop energy and his press, his short passing and his resistance to the press. Which fits perfectly with our system. He is considered the complete midfielder, a box to box or attacking midfielder, can play as a holding midfielder or a deep lying play maker.

At such a young age, you’d think with some improvements, playing in a better team, with Pep coaching him, he could be absolutely sensational in 2-3 years.

 

[John Wayne]

The bitterness is almost palpable in that article

Total, complete and unmitigated delusion. Then again, if you're trying to generate clicks by offering hope to the terminally desperate then I suppose you'd say that they're doing a good job.

 

[burning blue soul]

Talksport is so obvious in the way it attempts to get ratings. Prop up Liverpool and United while bashing City to get listeners from the red shirt teams.

Meanwhile bash Tottenham because everybody like to laugh at Spurs...They just aren't a clever operation at all.

The strange thing is that there is no need to create confrontation between fanbases. We can manage that all on our own, just broadcast the stories as honestly as possible.
Leading the narrative (or trying to) is a bad look.

The philosophy is to divide the listeners into 'us and them'. No common sense, or ground, is allowed. The same trick is pulled by politicians.

But, anger gives a greater response than happiness.

 

[Father Paul]

Worst thing that is happening right now with him, is Dortmund is in a title race. Which means even if he's got knocks or strains he will play, they did it with Haaland now its Bellinghams turn as he's the most important player. I hate that about Dortmund, Haaland played last year after badly injuring his ankle on international duty he wasn't 100 percent fit but they still played him.

What's your point? How has this impacted the form of Haaland this season? He was their player and they clearly believed he was fit enough to play even if not 100%.

 

[Protein Junkie]

When do we start flapping about whether Bellingham signs or not ?
Two weeks after this formal date we can then call out Tolmie on his ITK status :)