14 Jul 2015 22:21:12
If Liverpool have been monitoring Benteke for a year and are that keen on him then we must have known about the buy out clause all along.

If we insist on clubs paying the required price for Suarez & Sterling , why should we expect other clubs not to demand the same for their best players.

We are having a great window but are in danger of going back to old habits here and could end up losing out.

If Benteke is seen as the man we want , pay the money,get him signed and integrated into the squad , then focus on moving certain boys on.

1.) 14 Jul 2015
14 Jul 2015 23:13:01
Well, partly because Suarez was 100% world class and those kind of players demand huge fee's.

Sterling was sold for a high price because he's English and Man City need to fill their quota, this means we can force them to pay as much as possible for him. Look at how much Man City have paid for other English players. It's absurd!

2.) 15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015 04:35:04
From what I read you don't have to fill your English quota. It's just you have a smaller match squad than others as you can only have so many foreign players. I could be wrong. Probably am. We couldn't force them to pay whatever we wanted either. It's not like they had no say in it.

{Ed001's Note - you can also use as many youngsters as you want regardless, as U21s do not count towards the squad limits.}

3.) 15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015 05:29:23
Pretty sure Bacca was our main target. Benteke, I thought, was the next (ie - second) target after Bacca didn't happen?

Only a foolish business man would have the same mindset for purchases as he does for sales.

4.) 15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015 06:38:27
hsf, Liverpool have spent crazy money on a fair few English players ourselfs. Carroll, Downing, Henderson wasnt cheap.

5.) 15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015 07:57:28
What's the point of putting your own valuation on a player then?

I like the house next door but not at one third more than it's worth to me.