IMO Firmino: obv starter Brewster: 1st team Solanke: loan or keep Origi: keep or sell Ings: sell Sturridge: sell
Mane, Salah, and Firmino being out for part of preseason should be good for those guys and Woodburn. Give them game time with guys like Keita and Fabinho and a really good look before deciding to keep or loan them out.
I want Egypt 3 and out. I am riding the Senegal bandwagon, always have to have an African team, so kind of hoping for them to make a run to the quarters or something but won’t be sad if they play 3 or 4 games. Otherwise, let the others play. I’d be hoping the Netherlands was 3 and out for VVD if they were in.
Emre officially announced by Juventus. Sucks to lose him but at least he didn't sign with a team in England.
I am still completely confused by this situation. My understanding is that he wouldn't sign a new contract without some sort of Buy-out clause in it. FSG didn't want to include a buy-out clause and things hit a stalemate. My confusion is if your options are to lose him on a free (and stand your ground with no buy-out clause) or get a new contract signed with a reasonable buy-out clause and lose him for that, why would you not always take the money? Obviously there are things I am not aware of in general with the situation and internally (goes without saying), but the entire situation just seems confusing to me.
It was more about his wages. Juventus was willing to pay him his transfer fee because they weren’t having to pay us a transfer fee. Obviously we weren’t going to match that.
It was more about his wages. Juventus was willing to pay him his transfer fee because they weren’t having to pay us a transfer fee. Obviously we weren’t going to match that.
It worked out for him. He was risking a big injury to get a bigger pay day. We were never going to pay him $220,000/week because he's not worth anything near that.
Raheem did a Players Tribune piece for the World Cup and the intro cracked me up, thought you might enjoy
Praise Allah Mo and Sadio get a real summer break. I would love to see them both in Charlotte but hope they aren’t asked to rejoin the team until after they return from the US