26 Jun 2016 08:49:30
Is it me or do we seem to pay top prices for players? Sadio Mane 30-40 million!

1.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 11:03:38
Hes probably there best player. if Barcelona want coutinho would they pay top wack? Sure if mane signed for the mancs the price would be the same
mate.

2.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 11:06:37
Statto we aren't paying top prices. We are being ripped off. If arsenal wanted mane and were quoted what we will likely pay they would have walked away. We don't know how to walk away, we just pay extortionate fees for players who are certainly no worldies.

3.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 11:12:25
If you want another clubs player then you either pay what they want or you back off. Sterling was sold to City for double than he was worth at the time.

4.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 11:13:19
So big al, would u prefer Liverpool to pay the money and you see Mané in a Liverpool jersey. Or would u rather we keep the money and you don't?

5.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 11:51:42
There's thousands more players out there 👍
Leister paid half a million for mahrez.
We have a terrible history with transfers and extortionate prices paid yet fans think suddenly mane is any different. The boy is worth nowere near that and on his attitude alone we shouldn't have showed any interest.

6.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 13:17:43
There are better players than Mane about that teams like Arsenal can get, we can't. The simple fact is we have no European football to offer a player. Klopp will be a draw to players but they will still prioritise european football over that. Are you expect players to drop down to the championship to play for Benitez? Or stay at Newcastle for that matter? Until we are in Europe on a consistent basis the 'Klopp factor' won't be as big a thing as we all assume it to be. The only reason goetze rumours persist is that Klopp has worked with him before, if this was under Rodgers we would have all dismissed it by now. The fact of the matter is that a player of Mane's talent is one of the best we can sign, so if the club are happy, Klopp is happy and the player is happy to come and it won't put the club in any issues with UEFA/ FIFA then crack on I say. Can't think of a winger I'd rather take currently that would feasibly come to the club.

7.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 11:23:59
Absolutely with Al. I just can't see any other club paying that kinda sum on the player. They just take us for granted and we just let it happen ( PL Proven syndrome ) . He would be the most expensive player in club history.

8.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 14:13:10
Can we stop obsessing with the cost of Mane and anyone else we are interested in and just accept it for what it is? The cost of players these days is rediculous look at the price mentioned with deeney! Last week the same people were moaning about us selling Coutinho and quoting fees of £60 million. Well he's our main main and Mane is one of theirs so we need to pay the price if we truly want him. There no 'inflated' price because it's us that's what they feel he's worth like I'm sure we will quote Barcelona or PSG a price when and if they come calling for Coutinho. Let's stop moaning and obsessing about cash and start believing that klopp knows what the team needs to improve it!

9.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 14:25:24
Big Al I disagree that we don't know how to walk away. FSG walk away when it suits (Konoplyanka, Teixiera) and vastly overspend in other cases (Lallana, Benteke, Lovren. ) . They tend to either roll the dice and take a gamble, or just flat out refuse to pay the asking price and walk away. It's hard to understand why they operate the way they do. After all, they played hard ball with Arsenal over Suarez, and ripped Man City off for Sterling, yet, when another team names a price for their player, FSG try to get a reduced price, they penny pinch.

10.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 15:31:01
Dances like sturidge. So you don't like it when we overpay for players. You don't like it when we don't offer valuations below asking price ( standard negotiation) and you don't like it when we play hardball! For players we sell? We don't have a terrific track record but seems like you have zero clue as to general business rules. What would you prefer? Everyone pay what everyone asks?

11.) 26 Jun 2016
26 Jun 2016 16:42:16
Swishcleaner I applauded FSG's stance over Suarez and Sterling. They got fantastic deals. What annoys me is that, they robbed City, took Barcelona for a lot of cash, yet we lose out on potential signings because they don't respect other club's valuations of their (the other club's) players. Since they bought the club, their record in the transfer market is poor (bar a few exceptions), and we end up finishing 7th/ 8th every season because the players they have brought in are not good enough. Brendan Rodgers wanted us to sign Ashley Williams from Swansea. FSG refused to sanction the deal due to his age, yet went and signed Kolo Toure (who is older than Williams) instead. Rodgers made it quite clear he didn't want Balotelli. FSG signed him anyway. The season after we finished 2nd, we had an awful transfer window (Balotelli, Lambert, Lallana etc) . Complete crap. We wasted the Suarez cash on crap. They were criticised by Dnipro over Konoplyanka, they were criticised by Shakhtar over Teixiera, they were threatened by officials at Fulham, who were going to publicly expose them for the way they conducted themselves during negotiations when trying to sign Clint Dempsey, in the end having to issue an apology to stop that happening. They were quoted £5m for him, and still tried to get a further reduction. We are getting a bad reputation because of the way the owners and the people they employ have conducted themselves in transfer negotiations, and it's been happening for a long time now. It's incompetence and arrogance of the highest order.

{Ed001's Note - FSG do not make signings, your whole post was fantasy bull. Rodgers chose all the players signed in his time, except for Balotelli, when he left the club with no other options due to his dithering.}

12.) 27 Jun 2016
27 Jun 2016 02:33:57
wait a min here mane is a v good player ( that's why Dortmund, utd and prob many more have looked at him he's 24, so still time t improve, 11 goals n 8 assists wasn't it? then he's under contract wi another cash rich club, so were going to have to pay some sort of premium, prem experience too, if he was English how much then, (troy deeney 27,) bid of 30m rejected by WATFORD, . hmmmmm.

13.) 27 Jun 2016
27 Jun 2016 09:47:17
Dances, Ed responded to your fact free and fictional nonsense before I did. All you posted is utter tripe, based on a figment of your I must say, very good imagination. FSG don't make signings and haven't sanctioned one signing since they arrived. Th managers signed all the players. No TC imposed a player on any of the managers especially not on BR. The Williams deal has been debunked already. Dnipro's owner refusedvto sellmKono as FSG refusedcto sell Suarez to Arsenal. Thst happens all the time so your point is baseless. You may have issues with the way the club is run and that's fine. But to post utter lies and falsehoods about FSG is way beyond the pale and the Ed is right to call you out on this.