I'd have to say financial Bubs
The sad truth is that; gone are the [LFC] days when players were bought and sold on the basis of whether or not we could improve the team. That's what we did - if we sold one on; we looked for, and very often brought in, 'better'. We upgraded, we evolved, we won.
Let's, for the sake of debate, say we didn't have one but were in the market for a Coutinho type player, him or someone with all his abilities and quality: where would we get one and could we afford him? Why would you sell something you've got if you know you can't get another one?
Take Suarez, a better example to some maybe; were we ever going to be able to replace him with the lousy £65m we got? Nah... so
the football team suffered.
Put it like this; 'we' [the "money men"] seem very good at digging our heels in and not paying over the odds, right? Why not show that same resolve in keeping your best players - it can be done: all the best teams do it. Throughout history very, very, few players wanted to leave great [winning] teams.
The point is; all transfers, in and out, should be made with the first thought being a winning football team. The football, after all, is the only reason why
most of us follow the 'club'.
I'm not saying Coutinho wants to go, not at all but if we can address the reason why players want to go; we stand a chance of keeping them.
Show intent, show that you mean business and that F***ing "business" happens to be winning football matches, trophies and titles - that's why fans follow the game and that why footballers play the game.
You hold onto Suarez, you hold on to Coutinho, you win, you attract more quality and you keep winning. What you DON'T F***ing do is; you DON'T sell them to Barca, watch them win titles & trophies and then scratch your head, looking for another reason to excuse,
like some utter dumbfuck and say -
"But... but it's Barca and they are winners, if Barca come calling players find it hard to resist."
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