People say that FSG were serious about it, were they really ? - the common answer is always "Of course it was, why would the club bring upon itself negative PR...".
Personally, I would not put it past them, only a few days before the biggest trend on the internet was FSGOUT (well near the top of the list). We know our owners are gamblers, always leaving us 80% prepared for the season. After the summer spending shambles, it should be clear to us - they were never going to spend more than 100M GBP on players, and they stuck to it by shorting us in that CDM position. They knew for sure - absolutely certain they knew that Caicedo was never going to join us, that bid was a bollox bid coz ultimately it's the player that decides. They know that, - it was all smokes and mirrors to keep the FSG Outers happy and save them from the situation that the Glazers keep facing. They (FSG) don't give a shit about players saying in public that they would rather join Chelsea than us - why would they ? - it happens all the time anyway when a player has a choice of clubs. FSG have never been known to do business in public, but that whole transfer saga was as public as you could get, it's like....they were trying to say to the fanbase "Hey.. we really are going for it..." - and at the same time behaving like fucking Delboy in negotiating a price for Lavia .. did they and Klopp even want him ? - I doubt it.
We knew we really needed a CDM, one that would fit our team, and yet we went out and got a 30-year old Endo, and such is our confidence in this guy that we would rather play a partial 6 in Alexis who had just come from a high altitude game in South America the night before rather than a player we bought who is an actual 6 in Endo. How fucked up are we as a club when we do shit like this ?
I am raising this now coz I think that we have enough depth in other areas, but for a few extra million to get a more dynamic DM we may fall short to win a title. I can see that happening.
Don't get me wrong - I never wanted Caicedo for that much - I would not go beyond 50M for any type of CDM player. Also we all know that if FSG ever spent that much on one player - then it would be curtains on any transfer for Jan and possibly even next summer with the way they operate.
Personally, I would not put it past them, only a few days before the biggest trend on the internet was FSGOUT (well near the top of the list). We know our owners are gamblers, always leaving us 80% prepared for the season. After the summer spending shambles, it should be clear to us - they were never going to spend more than 100M GBP on players, and they stuck to it by shorting us in that CDM position. They knew for sure - absolutely certain they knew that Caicedo was never going to join us, that bid was a bollox bid coz ultimately it's the player that decides. They know that, - it was all smokes and mirrors to keep the FSG Outers happy and save them from the situation that the Glazers keep facing. They (FSG) don't give a shit about players saying in public that they would rather join Chelsea than us - why would they ? - it happens all the time anyway when a player has a choice of clubs. FSG have never been known to do business in public, but that whole transfer saga was as public as you could get, it's like....they were trying to say to the fanbase "Hey.. we really are going for it..." - and at the same time behaving like fucking Delboy in negotiating a price for Lavia .. did they and Klopp even want him ? - I doubt it.
We knew we really needed a CDM, one that would fit our team, and yet we went out and got a 30-year old Endo, and such is our confidence in this guy that we would rather play a partial 6 in Alexis who had just come from a high altitude game in South America the night before rather than a player we bought who is an actual 6 in Endo. How fucked up are we as a club when we do shit like this ?
I am raising this now coz I think that we have enough depth in other areas, but for a few extra million to get a more dynamic DM we may fall short to win a title. I can see that happening.
Don't get me wrong - I never wanted Caicedo for that much - I would not go beyond 50M for any type of CDM player. Also we all know that if FSG ever spent that much on one player - then it would be curtains on any transfer for Jan and possibly even next summer with the way they operate.
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