Looking like Liverpool

[H4usuallysitting]

Could lose Salah & Mane.... there's always someone bigger

[bobbo]

Mane going to move on because people of Senegal are encouraging him too. Saleh as far as I can see just a mega greedy one wants £400,000 a week .

[Somerset Fulham]

Mane is an incredible man, he puts Salah to absolute shame.

[Dodgin]

Mane donates large chunks of his salary to causes in his country.

[bobbo]

Yeah he's such a great advert for helping his country , payed for housing,schools etc . I'm sure we all admire him for what he's done/doing , BUT  on the pitch he fits in with grealish , Stirling etc for cheating - diving . I can't get my head round why he has two very different sides to him.

[Logicalman]

Yeah he's such a great advert for helping his country , payed for housing,schools etc . I'm sure we all admire him for what he's done/doing , BUT  on the pitch he fits in with grealish , Stirling etc for cheating - diving . I can't get my head round why he has two very different sides to him.

Perhaps in his private life he does what he believes is best for he and his countryman, and to support that then in his professional life he has to do what the gaffer tells him to do (falling over, cheating etc) to win games so he can do better in his private life. One hand washes the other.

[RaySmith]

Yes, success is everything, and what brings in the big money, in the modern game, and I suppose Mane plays to win - does everything he can get away with, and his manager probably encourages him in this - at least doesn't  censure him, and then he can use  the wealth gained from this success to do good back home.

Well, both neither manager and player would admit to cheating, but would likely say they were the victim of harsh tactics from defenders - and Klopp would likely say that ref's don't give his star players enough protection.

[SP]

Could lose Salah & Mane.... there's always someone bigger

With the unit Citeh are bringing in up front, I think Liverpool will find the gap widening next season.

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

Didn't Salah say a few days ago, he will definately be at LPL next season.

[Somerset Fulham]

Could lose Salah & Mane.... there's always someone bigger

With the unit Citeh are bringing in up front, I think Liverpool will find the gap widening next season.

Yeah.

This is basically the end of football.  They will be mentally brilliant.

[Nero]

Didn't Salah say a few days ago, he will definately be at LPL next season.

He did but then Liverpool have to make the choice of paying 400K plus a week, lose him on a free or sell him this season and get some money

[H4usuallysitting]

So, I'm assuming Salah has been speaking to another club - that are throwing £400k a week at him.... sound's reasonable to me

[filham]

Salah should be put in irons and cast away beside the railway line at Stamford Bridge  for disservices to football, just for asking for those wages.
£399,900 per week more than Haynes, you can't be serious.

[Andy S]

It's been going this way for sometime. eventually there will be no interest if it carries on

[Free Elvis Hammond]

There's no competing with the oil states' spending. Barcelona tried to keep up and it nearly ruined them

[MartyFFC]

Hopefully their departures will be the catalyst for a steady downwards trajectory in Liverpool's fortunes

[Dr Know]

Hopefully their departures will be the catalyst for a steady downwards trajectory in Liverpool's fortunes

Why would you want that ? They are the best footballing team in the country !

[MartyFFC]

Hopefully their departures will be the catalyst for a steady downwards trajectory in Liverpool's fortunes

Why would you want that ? They are the best footballing team in the country !

Yeah it's a funny dynamic, don't like Liverpool, but Klopp is an unbelievable manager

[Terry Towling]

Where will they go to? The ones with the money and no real plans are Newcastle and PSG - just throwing money around. Real and Barca maybe a draw because of their names but they are pretty much skint. Man City has a plan and it doesn't involve just buying players with reputations - they have to fit into the team. Man Utd and Chelsea are a step down as are Bayern Munich in terms of prestige or current trajectories.  Italian clubs? Don't have the money.

[Wingnut]

Where will they go to? The ones with the money and no real plans are Newcastle and PSG - just throwing money around. Real and Barca maybe a draw because of their names but they are pretty much skint. Man City has a plan and it doesn't involve just buying players with reputations - they have to fit into the team. Man Utd and Chelsea are a step down as are Bayern Munich in terms of prestige or current trajectories.  Italian clubs? Don't have the money.

Newcastle have a clear vision. They've set timelines by which they wish to reach the EL, CL and challenge for the title. Mane and Salah are too old to move to Newcastle.