Given his age - 23 - I would say so. Don't see him improving enough and he's not likely to get much game time if Pogba, Herrera and Fred stay. I would rather promote Gomes and Garner. We extended his contract by 1 year but no full contract which suggests the club don't feel he is important.
Sell for £10m to Sevilla/Valencia.
Well said. You should never get tired of winning trophies.
When you really think about it, the positives are really thin and few between but fair play for listing them.
This is a fact.
The part that annoys me most about how the club is run is that it is fully possible to challenge on all fronts given the current economical premisses. The problem is not the amount the club is using on transfers and wages, it is how it is used. If we seperated the footballing department of this club from the rest and let it be more or less independent in regards to footballing decisions from the owners/Woodward and operating under the same financial conditions as it is currently operating under, we should be able to challenge for the big trophies within 3 years.
We have spent enough over the last 5 years, but the way it is spent on wages and transfers is simply pathetic.
Moyes would have said that if that was the case. Also, Woodward was learning from Gill. Us not signing anyone other than Fellaini that summer is due to Moyes sticking to the targets he had and not moving on to other choices. That most recent interview he did he listed those same players and said we were close to getting them. Those were the only players he wanted that summer.
You are ignoring the fact that we barely spent anything between 2009-2013. The squad Fergie left wasn't great and combined with the other factors you mentioned is the reason for our decline. No-one here will disagree that we need to sort out the rest of the club in addition to getting a big transfer budget.
But you should get tired of constant underachieving.
It will be interesting if Liverpool do not win the league as how they react next season. It might drive them on, but it could knock them right back. The problem we have is City, bottomless pit City and Pep. We could be right up there with them at least. Maybe we hope that they do get a transfer ban.
Great, that will pay Sanchez's salary for a few quarters!
Better that than letting him play 3 games next season and then leaving on a free.
City are on another level sadly, don't see us competing next season. Liverpool though have overachieved a bit so will have to make good signings to maintain their position. If we make the right signings I think we can overtake them in squad depth at least.
That is impossible. Every club the recruitment guys report to the owners and/or CEO
Yes, they will still report to the owners/CEO, but they do not have to ask for permission regarding footballdecisions other than marquee signings and managerial decisions. The main interaction is so set the goals for the season (football) and what economical condition to operate under. Everything else is controlled by DoF/sporting director with Manager/head of recruitement/scouting and head of academy allowed to come with input.
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What on earth gave you that idea?
was it your previous tag? What was it?His username sounds like Ian Rush.
Feck, that must be it. Haha. Thanks Prof!How soon? Klopp legitimately has 15-16 players that have maintained a high level all year. We have several glaring holes in our first XI, nevermind what backs them up. Liverpool's strength is its depth.
The irony being that 'proper structure' there starts with removal of Woodward.
Exactly. 'But the Glazers' have spent plenty' should always include the reminder that the recent spending is a lot closer to desperate thrashing than calculated application.
I'm worried that he is being protected by his own incompetence. Some fans seem to believe it's unfair to expect him to get us back to the top in one summer because there is too much work to do. Why is there so much work to do? Because he's barely done anything for 5 years. Never ending self-perpetuating bollocks.
There’s only one prof on here fishy and it’s @Kevin. So don’t you dare ever call someone else a prof.
Ok BJ!
We made two Champions League finals and won the league three times in those years. There was a lot of talent on those teams. Tevez, Van Persie, Valencia, Berbetov, Smalling, Chicharito, DDG, Ashley Young, Kagawa were all brought in. Given the results and how SAF wanted to set up his team, these were successful transfer windows.
Signed a load of players at Roma who have turned out to be average at best while selling some of their best. Resigned when the manager got fired despite it being his job to oversee the recruitment of the club in the event of managerial change. Javier Pastore has gone down like an absolute lead ballon, he's their Sanchez, all thanks to Monchi...
Director of Football’s are only as good as the bloke coaching the team of players at his disposal. And to a certain extent, the coaches are only as good as their players.
Agreed. We're at the point where people think a DoF is as important or more important that the manager himself. If we identify and sign the correct players United should be targeting under Solskjær, I don't see the need to add extra variables into the equation that could mess everything up.
Last 5 years we've been forced to spend because we've had 3 managers with very different playing styles. Instead of each years spend building on the previous years spend. It had been a case of delete and start again. From LVG possession midgets to Jose counter attacking giants!
Liverpool supporting mates got excited when the Sun linked them with Reus so...
