There’s literally been one in the same city we play in.
Darwin Núñez / signs for Liverpool
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Aguero?
It's always confusing when they report things as 100m package. I presume the actual transfer fee is around 70-80m euros, which is still a lot but not terribly bad when you think about it.
He’s Lukaku 2.0 if he signs for Liverpool, but Ruud 2.0 if he signs for us, right? Is that how it works?
Suarez?
I think that around here, the way it works is usually the opposite!
If he signs for Liverpool, he's Cantona, Ruud and Rooney rolled into a single player; if he signs for us he's a donkey with a first touch like a brick wall.
The total transfer fee is rumoured to be €100m. £68m + £17m in add ons.
9 years. Just one for a financially pumped club.
Didn't Andrea Belotti have a similar season like that where he ended up having a couple of Europe's top clubs after him? No-one bit on the humongous price at the time, around 80m pounds, and he's since become an afterthought at the highest level.
Performances on the pitch, yes. In the views of fans before he’s kicked a ball then I say the above is correct
I'm aware; my point is it fails more often than succeeds. Where it succeeded was with a financially pumped club.
We won't get him but at least we tried.
And those add-ons are tied to appearances but also winning trophies I'd guess? That's far more reasonable.
It's a joke pal calm down!
4 years
At least we can repurpose the Forlan song if we somehow pip Liverpool to signing him.
I have read that the add-ons are believed to be easily achievable, but I haven't seen a specific run down of them.
Get ready for years of he chose us over you
Because it is.
I think he's a good talent but that's a mad fee.
He looks like Torres but the shit one Chelsea got.
Liverpool already have one, bobby firminho ffs
The financially pumped club part is irrelevant. Aguero is a great example.
The press barely mentioning the huge fee, if he signed for us we would never hear the end of it.
Wonder if that is United subtly briefing Ogden saying we're not interested (because we were turned down potentially).
It's not irrelevant, it's very relevant, he's an outlier. without that money city wouldnt be where they are and he wouldn't be there
When Firmino’s contract runs out next summer it’s going to be 8 years at Liverpool. I don’t think they’re a financially pumped club.
It was said in jest. Read the room.
It must be good business when you're Benfica. Have access to all of these South American talents, plonk them into a dominant side, inevitability some will scale the heights, sell for a shed load. And yet these players have never had to play a full season in a high quality, intense league. Not dissing them, but it's a good model, not sure how they made a loss.
98 goals over that period, is that a success?
If you think Firmino hasn’t been a successful signing I don’t want to argue with you.
Give he had 27 goals in one season and hasn't achieved anything like that level in any other season. What do you define as success for a striker?
It is irrelevant. We could've had 9 years of Aguero at Manchester United if we chose to sign him. He was a loyal professional at Man City, while not making more than the top earners at United.
I just told you I’m not going to argue with you.
Firmino was signed as an attacking midfielder and Klopp transformed him to a forward. He didn't whine. Just did his job of linking up even when he's not that good in finishing.
You're speculating.
No you didn't, you made a conditional statement.
Hmm, sure it was.
And you're deflecting hard when proven wrong.
Speculation isn't proof.
Okay, then I’ll rephrase. I’m not going to spend my time convincing anyone Firmino was successful signing.
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