it's actually quite serious. We have limited resources at our club. When signings don't come off we can't just have the owners write us a blank cheque like they can at City or Chelsea. So we have to be incredibly careful with who we bring in because we can't afford for it not to work.
By the time he came to us, he had already played for FOUR different clubs by the age of 21. That doesn't raise a red flag to you? as if his mediocrity in playing for those clubs wasn't enough already. Being picked for your national team doesn't necessarily mean anything. F***ing hell even Stewart Downing got picked for England when he was playing for us, whilst showing game after game that he too was one of the worst signings we've ever made.
And yet people used that as a stick, "hey Borini must be good, Rodgers likes him and he's been picked for the Euros," etc etc. Lo and behold, it turns out he was indeed sh*te, cost us a ridiculous fee plus his wages plus time trying to bed him into a side he was never good enough for.
And the people who made THAT decision are the same people who are making the decisions TODAY.
that doesn't worry you---okay then.
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