Why is that clear BigMick? Is it the club's continual statements of "he is not for sale for any price" that gives you this view? ;-)
Plus what do you mean by them trousering the cash? Other than interest payments for loans they've given the club what other money have they EVER taken out of the club?
Ah this old chestnut Heimy. Go on then just for you we'll do the same old debate.
Why is it clear? Because twice in the last three or four seasons we've sold our best player. We've huffed and puffed about it to drive the price up, but we've sold up. Also, outside of the official press releases by the club there is enough "word on the street" to convince me that we are prepared to sell. (At this point we get into who is a "reliable source" etc if I'm not mistaken). I suggest a couple of journo's, you roll around on the floor laughing saying they can't be trusted an inch (much like you and many others did when the news first broke than Coutinho had put in a transfer request) and we're back to square one. Unfortunately though I don't know any journo's, nor can i give you any direct quotes from anyone (chiefly because I'm about to have my dinner and can't be bothered to trawl through the internet). If I could though, the weight of noise, fuzz, bluster, hyperbole etc surrounding the Coutinho situation leads ME to believe we are prepared to sell. If we genuinely weren't, Barcelona wouldn't keep on making offers (see our approach with Keita), all IMHO obviously.
That's why I wrote " I THINK it's fairly clear" mate. If you don't think that, it's really cool.
On the "trousering the money" angle, much like when you buy a house and the next door neighbour sells his house for double what you paid for yours, you have made a profit as sure as eggs is eggs. You won't see it until you sell (just like they won't see it until they sell LFC), but you have made it. They are quietly racking up what is known as "equity" in the business, helped of course by negative NET spends on transfers.
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