Thing is I agree with you that questions need to be asked about Bellingham. And when I say ''Bellingham'' I mean the whole fiasco that it is/was from top to bottom. The two years of waiting for ''our target'' while casually not doing anything for the midfield, the ''we are saving money for Bellingham'' followed by the ''he's too expensive'' and now potentially, a deal on the verge of being struck by Madrid that I don't have the details of but looks, potentially, more than affordable for a team that saved for 2+ years to get that player. Now that this is said, I don't have the details of that Madrid deal so it might be 87m upfront and a shitload of money in bonuses of all sorts that brings it to an incredibly high number.
With that said, as stupid as it may sound, I have to agree with the club about pulling out of the Bellingham race. Like I said above, that doesn't mean that they were right about this whole thing or that we shouldn't ask questions. It simply means that they let the problem in midfield get to a point where we need 2 or 3 midfielders to fix the ship and that simply won't happen in the same summer you're buying Bellingham for a ton of money because we have a limited budget.
So what I'm saying is that we've gone through the Bellingham anger a bit earlier in the year and its not changing anything, he's not coming here. What we need to be focused on right now is this upcoming transfer window where 2 or 3 midfielders are needed and not just any midfielders. We have to be spot on. The sad truth is that those midfielders will have to come in and become starters pretty early in the season which is never ideal because it takes time for players to gel with the others and learn the way we play. So we can't afford for those guys, on top of what I just said, to end up being average players.
Let's just focus on our window and forget about Bellingham. What's done is done and constantly fighting each other about it won't change anything other than make it harder for us to discuss the actual task at hand.
Might just be me but I donāt think Iāve seen anything from the club officially stating that we are/were indeed chasing down Jude Bellingham,
Being a sought after potentially world class player every man and their dog would have a interest in his services, LFC included, however itās not rocket science is it to assume that whilst we have a ageing midfield and a inevitability that we would need to strengthen players of the Jude Bellingham variety would obviously be linked, mainly though thru frenzied click baiting,
So when LFC made known that our particular interest in said player had died, it wasnāt because we didnāt want him, itās such that his valuation went through the inevitable roof way way beyond what FSG would be prepared to pay for a single individual, Simples, and tbf to them a sensible decision,
If indeed RM spunk up the Ā£87m just to prize him away from BvB, then what amount of dollar would it take to sign him, length of contract, wages etc ? no one knows except that whatever it is itās way beyond our means, at a guess, more than likely upwards of Ā£150m - thatās three, high end quality midfield players we could have instead of just one,
So for me itās simple, we are just one of the other 17 clubs in our league who donāt have the financial clout of a RM, or in our situation a Man City, Chelsea or a Newcastle Utd,
Itās right we need to focus on who comes in, unless your head has been stuck up the Ostrichā arse the last few weeks, the announcement that Bobby, Naby, Ox, Jimmy are going, Melo definitely too, thatās Five players moving on, and obviously need replacing, so after today our last of what has been a totally fu**ed up campaign we can all exhale a massive sigh of relief and scream out very very very LOUDLY, THANK F**k FOR THAT !!!!
Then all our focus will then turn towards the āScoutingā boards and the click clickety clicks of the click baiting wankers!!
YNWA
