I guess you didn't get the sarcasm in my post?
Just because you bid for a player, doesn't mean there's a chance in hell the bid is accepted. I don't know that it's some ploy by FSG to "appear" to be going after big name targets...but it's kind of odd that after years of penny pinching, they were so willing to throw tons of money at a player that some might argue (rightfully) isn't worth that type of price tag after only one very good year.
If you are into conspiracies....the juicy bit would be that it was the perfect scenario for a penny pinching owner....Klopp identifies a target that isn't likely for sale, is backed to the hilt because they know the other club will never accept a deal, not even a ludicrous one. Owners save face and can say "See...we tried to back Klopp".
If you were one to believe such things, you could couple that with the fact that we were supposedly ready to drop a ton of cash on another target, only to have that deal scuppered by a "tapping" up incident and a VERY hastily issued apology which prevents us from re-entering the discussions.
Now if you could stretch your mind around entertaining those two scenarios as valid, you could then move on to the possibility that we will now sell our star player for a shed-load of cash but we unfortunately won't have time to find a suitable replacement and we'll have to "make due" until the next transfer window where we will "back Klopp fully"........
Like I said...I don't know that I put any validity in those theories...but they sure hold a lot more water than ones about a flat earth or a faked moon landing and there are millions of people that believe those......
No I'm afraid those theories hold no water at all and are in fact as absurd, if not more, than any flat earth theory.
You have to ask yourself what is FSG's end game, are they owners of LFC for the long term or short term. If they are owners for the long term then they must have a genuine affection for the club and want it to win major honours, you only achieve that by retaining your best players and adding to the squad as they have done so far this summer with the acquisition of Salah, Robertson and Solanke whilst only selling fringe and aging players. Now if FSG are in it for the short term, which I consider more likely, then they want to increase the brand value of LFC and you do not do this by selling your star players, you retain them at all costs and try to achieve as much success as possible in as short a time as possible, ideally winning the league and/or champions league etc and then sell to the highest bidder.
The only reason why FSG would sell its star player whilst already being very cash rich would be to do deliberate harm to the club and brand and devalue it in the short and long term, now there is a conspiracy theory for you, are they secretly in cahoots with the Glazers perhaps?
OR is it more likely that LFC really did want to get Klopp's targets this summer, succeeded with Salah, might still succeed with VVD but failed with Keita due to Leipzig being very cash rich themselves and in no mood to sell?
I know which one I find more likely, how about you?
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