Liverpool FC

(25-01-2014 16:23 )Master Yoda Wrote:  You hit the nail on the head there mate. Deals need to be done at the right price. By all accounts we had been scouting Salah for 3-4 months so this means we would have had plenty of time to see enough of him to set a value that we as a club thought the player was worth, which was 10 or 12 million pounds. So the window opens and we bid for the player according to what we value him at. Basel hold out for more as he is their star player and are entitled to try get as much as they can for him. Suddenly Chelsea come in and offer 16 million quid for the player and Basel accept. What do you do as a club? Rival that bid? Then a club like Chelsea offer more and that means you are going to have to pay nearly double the price you value a player at in order to get him. A player untried and untested in the Premier League. No, the best thing to do is walk away. We might not like it but we cant compete with the Chelseas and the Man Citys of this world when it comes to transfer fees.

I'm not overly disappointed on missing out on Salah. We have far more pressing concerns in the centre of the park firstly and in both fullback positions secondly. Our back 5 is a shambles (I include the CDM position as one of the back 5) and if we can shut the door back there then we are as good as any team in the forward half. Hopefully one or two of these problems are addressed in the coming week.

Over and out.