Virgil van Dijk

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Dribble said:
ManUre fans said the same about Nasri in 2011, but turn them down he did.

And yes, I do think it sounds very arrogant & represents everything I hated about the old Sky 4, until we busted their shit right open.

Please do not allow us to become like those who we so despised!!
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Ok I give up, I can see we are not going to agree. It was my opinion and I stand by it, yours is different and I can accept that.
 
DenisLawBackHeel74 said:
City were the exception to the rule because of the scale of the project and the resources our owners were putting in place to achieve the ambitions. We also paid top dollar for the top talent we acquired.

I could believe he’d favour pool over city if he was a die hard fan or if he is offered more money. But all things being equal I still think he’d be mad not to sign if we were in for him......excellent chance of a PL winners medal, making history in PL every game, getting coached by one of the very best managers there has ever been, potential for another trophy or two....
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We weren't the exception to the rule, we've proved ourselves to be such over the last 9 years.

At the time, we were another potential Portsmouth with an owner who claimed to be loaded, much like the schmuck who bought Malaga. We had to prove ourselves over time, but at the time, on the face of it we were no less of a risk.

I mean even now we have people still expecting Sheikh Mansour to get bored & up sticks. You can only prove your intentions over time.

As such its very easy for me to imagine that VVD could prefer the potential of Liverpool above the potential for bench time collecting splinters in his arse at City.
 
I'm kind of torn on this one. It's a lot of money to spend on a position that I'm not sure we need to strengthen immediately. I'd prefer to see that kind of money spent on young defender like Andreas Christensen. That would give us an incredible centre back pairing for the next decade. I believe that Chelsea could be tempted to sell for the right price.
 
Dribble said:
We weren't the exception to the rule, we've proved ourselves to be such over the last 9 years.

At the time, we were another potential Portsmouth with an owner who claimed to be loaded, much like the schmuck who bought Malaga. We had to prove ourselves over time, but at the time, on the face of it we were no less of a risk.

I mean even now we have people still expecting Sheikh Mansour to get bored & up sticks. You can only prove your intentions over time.

As such its very easy for me to imagine that VVD could prefer the potential of Liverpool above the potential for bench time collecting splinters in his arse at City.
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Yes we were. Our owners changed the whole footballing business model and pretty much all of our signings at the time mentioned being convinced by the scale of the ‘project’. Just the size and ambition of the investment in East Manchester was enough for anybody to be convinced of their intentions; the argument about Mansour upping sticks when he gets bored was just a lazy acusation made by rival fans (supported by some elements in the media)

Perhaps it’s easy for you to see why VVD would prefer Liverpool but I don’t agree at all. I’d be shocked if talented players were overly concerned about the possibility of spending large amounts of time on the bench. If that’s the case here then maybe it’s in city’s best interest he signs for Liverpool.
 
Dribble said:
There were more than enough reports about a final £120m bid with £20 in add ons made by Barca. WC year or not, I fail to see what that has to do with Liverpool refusing to sell Coutinho.

It was quite simple. Klopp saw this as LFC's chance to show the football world they meant business & he was backed all the way by the club's owners by refusing Coutinho's sale.

They bought Keita, albeit they had to essentially loan him back for a season & but for tapping up VVD, they'd have probably got him too.

Liverpool don't have the finances that we have, but are slowly but surely building an impressive squad. You can take them lightly all you like, but I won't.

In terms of VVD, it remains to be seen if Southampton will still sell to LFC after what happened in the summer, or if VVD wants any other PL club apart from LFC, but I suppose we'll all know soon enough.

What I will say is that if we're buying players from LFC & competing with them for transfers, I fail to see how you can underestimate them. Not for the first time, I suppose I just see things that aren't clearly apparent.
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So you fail to see that Coutinho having a good season for Liverpool while fighting for his place in the Brazil team then going to the WC and having a good tournament will increase his value??? Looks pretty obvious to me.

I said if they keep their best players like Coutinho, Salah etc and add more quality players then of course they will be a major threat but I can’t see that happening.
 
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