re: Liverpool FC 2013/2014 - Season Long Thread

Arsene seems a little desperate honestly.

I'm still confused why Arsenal is getting ripped for bidding what they were told by Suarez's people was his buyout figure. if it isn't, so be it. I'm just tired of us getting ripped by 'pool fans, especially after your club's pursuit of Dempsey last year.

This is very uncharacteristic for him to say the least.

I really thought they would have gone for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.



That fits Arsene's style more.

That picture makes him look like Ibe.

actually it's more than that, we got a decent fee for gervinho

also, it isn't illegal, Beast. it may be against the rules, but only in extreme circumstances is it penalized (see: Ashley Cole) or publicly shamed (see: you guys with Dempsey). these days tapping up isn't generally done in a manner that's punishable because the indirect ways of leaking release clauses, Player X wants out, etc are effective. to rip us for operating in the normal way things happen is pretty ridiculous. I'm sure Liverpool has triggered the release clauses it has this summer through pure luck! we can't all afford to fire and hire managers in order to become privy to the release clauses of the Joe Allens of the football world!

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to rip us for operating in the normal way things happen is pretty ridiculous.

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I think people just find the extra 1 pound to be a bit of a slap in the face.

yeah, cheeky for sure. but if you are operating under the assumption that is the release clause or at least a negotiation clause, why bid anymore than you have to? certainly not up to the level of scorn which has been heaped upon us. if a clause is 40m you bid that. if it says more than 40m you do some Price is Right shite

and extreme, chill a little bit bro. I don't think us and guardiola cooked anything specific up. sure we're a player in this increasingly nasty situation, but Suarez and Liverpool haven't exactly acted as perfect gentleman either in the scenario.

I don't expect you to understand until you are on the opposite end. To make an initial bid, followed by a bid of £1 more is a sneaky and rather insulting thing for a top club to do. Clearly our owner felt the same way the fans do.

The entire move just reeks of desperation to be honest, and once Wenger realized what they had done didn't work, he immediately came out and tried to resolve the situation by saying he would be "respectful" or whatever the word was to Liverpool.

What likely happened is Arsenal made the initial bid, and then LFC responded with "that is nowhere near where we value him, especially when selling to y'all." Arsenal contacted Guardiola and then made the second bid of £1 more, essentially ignoring what LFC told them and going behind their back. This time LFC respond with "lolz, frick you" and now Arsenal look like jackasses for the bid, and probably made it much more difficult on themselves.

And fwiw what LFC did with Dempsey was not right. Negotiations were ongoing and Henry's company in Boston prematurely released the news that he had been signed. Fulham got pissed because LFC "unsettled the player" or whatever the claim was. It was a different type of "tapping up." Conspiring with the player's agent behind the club's back may not be illegal like I said, that was poor wording, but it is certainly considered taboo, especially among clubs who are understood to have a good relationship.

Yea, exactly. Which like I said is frowned upon.

I really don't care. It is what it is. But I can see why the club would be annoyed.