At least we did better out if it than Inter, who had no sell on clause. After investing years in him, they gave up and let him go for 11mill or whatever we got him for. There must be some guys over there shitting their pants seeing the transfer fee.
Sounds like he could be out till Feb with the thigh, which is a fair spell, so maybe he wasn't faking it after all - but am open to a good conspiracy theory
As some have said, Nike probably a big reason why Barca pushed to get the deal done in Jan (or Nike pushed Barca). They have the kit deal with both Barca and Brazil - big money to be made on the back of wee Phil.
I'll still be interested to see how he gets on tbh. Great to watch, and very talented - but as mentioned on here, can go missing in games. Gets on great with Luis, am sure will settle in well, and under less pressure as not the biggest of the names, should be able to perform.
Bad though not to be more thankful to LFC, the fans and staff etc. At the end of the day, his career was going nowhere when LFC got him back on track to be where he is now. Though sure, we made a few bob on him.
How brilliant would it be to get Barca in the CL. Pity he wouldn't be playing, but would love to see us score and have the camera pan to his wee face in the stand
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