re: "The day this is football, I'm not in a job anymore." - Jurgen Klopp

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but the English press will overlook it

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Of course they will. But then they will give a full page to Raheem Sterling's car being dirty.

SCH, you left out the best part of Klopp's argument:

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"Everybody thinks it's a lot of money. It is a lot of money," Klopp said. "But he could've left for crazy money. "The clause for Oblak for example is €100m, so nice!"

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A fricking buy-out clause is not the same thing as the actual value of a player. That's like saying Isco is worth 700MM.

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So you think Atletico would’ve sold for less than that?

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like i said in the other thread no one is paying that crazy clause except PSG

How do we know? Did Liverpool ever make a move for him? Was there any interest at all? It is a ridiculous argument to make.

I don't think it is.

If that's the case then go ahead and argue to make yourself feel better

Were you trying to prove your point or mine?

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That's what the link was for.

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Ah, yeah.

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How exactly did that prove your point?

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Because his release clause is in fantasy land. Just like Isco's.

This line from your article referencing Oblak cracked me up:

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Liverpool will simply refuse to pay that figure - more than double the current world record fee for a goalkeeper.

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The fee is what we were willing to pay to get him... I don't care in the market we're in today...

All I'm interested in now is if he performs well... if he does, I don't care if it was 40, 50, 60 or 70..

The GK market is a lot different to other positions, IMO.. There were only 1 or 2 options available for us that were clear upgrades and 1 was more expensive..

edit: with our trouble at keeper, I'm glad we didn't try and experiment on guys they think MAY improve us.. we've been burned on that the past couple of times..

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All I'm interested in now is if he performs well... if he does, I don't care if it was 40, 50, 60 or 70..

The GK market is a lot different to other positions, IMO.. There were only 1 or 2 options available for us that were clear upgrades and 1 was more expensive..

edit: with our trouble at keeper, I'm glad we didn't try and experiment on guys they think MAY improve us.. we've been burned on that the past couple of times..

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All of this. Which is why we did the same thing with VVD and so far I’m pleased with the way that turned out

Gianluigi Buffon was bought by Juventus in 2001 for 52M euro. At that time, that was equal to 46.8M dollars.

46.8M 2001 dollars = 66.3M 2018 dollars ( https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=100&year=1999)

Alisson's fee was 72.5M euro = 84.5M 2018 dollars

I'm not surprised, due to player inflation and huge TV contracts for leagues, that Liverpool had to pay an 18M premium in 2018 over that of a comparable transfer in 2001.