I'm willing to forget all the fun and games and agent tricks and want the lad to do well.
There is sadly no denying he's moving to better things. We have had some fabulous footballers who in their time here have won the best part of f**k all and that makes it hard to begrudge these guys from realising their ambitions at the biggest clubs.
The owners were in a tricky position in thw respect that if we make life too hard for players to leave then these guys (Coutinho, Salah, Suarez and the many more to come) will choose other clubs as a stepping stone to the elite.
As it is at the moment we are a great club to join for this purpose so I'm expecting many more top talents to come and go. If we can keep some together for a few seasons we may break into the top 4 or win a trophy.
I am convinced this is the model, much like Monaco and Dortmund. Keep churning out the quality and sell at the highest price and around and around we go.
Are we not playing CL this season?? I distinctly remember finishing 4th last season but perhaps I was wrong.
Are we a top team at the moment? NO
Are we growing and getting better and laying the foundation to once again be a top team, YES.
FFS I swear some of you guys need to go and get some anti-depressants, the negativity on here is bordering on the ridiculous now. We have just signed a top top CB who will massively improve our chances of getting top 4 this season and beyond. We have sold a luxury attacking player for an insane amount of money who whilst very good is in no way essential to our ability to score goals, hence the rather inconvenient stat that we actually win more without Couts than we do with him.
Overall we are right now, without another signing this window, a much stronger team.
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