Nah sorry what I meant was, their next five were supposed to be easy. I remember Furball saying their start looked worse than it was but you could guarantee they'd have 22 points after 10 games, which of course they didn't.
Haha yeah, exactly the same here.
That's the reported release clause figure, suppose it just depends whether his lawyers got the job done this time.
Standard procedure when appealing non-criminal penalties as I understand things.
What is this logic based on? As others have said, he would have been off last year had his lawyers not made a meal of things.
Just a gut feeling. He's a massive fan favourite now at Anfield, and after coming so close to winning the title last year, I can see him wanting one more go at winning the Premier League with Liverpool. He might end up going, but I don't see it happening. We'll wait and see, but I can see him still being a Liverpool player come September.
Could they really not have sorted it out the appeal in the two and a half months before the window was due to open? How long would it realistically take to deal with it?
Barca would just argue that they needed X amount of months to put a case together and so on, which they probably would tbf. As a general rule sanctions imposed by supranational bodies (like UEFA) are appealed and cross-appealed for months and months on end. It's not strictly relevant, but as an example when the European Court of Justice makes a ruling against a member state for not implementing the law properly, or a private company (most frequently Google, these days) for not respecting the law in place, the entire process from the case going to court to the court's judgment being implemented or successfully appealed is often years rather than months.
Yes, this. From the sounds of his own interviews and how he has settled in, and the change he's undergone himself, I don't think he'd go next season. Possibly the season after though. If anything, Liverpool are in an even better position than last year since he signed a new contract less than a year ago and we have enough cash as to not need to sell him. You never know though, but if he does go it'll probably be the transfer fee record. 67m is way too low.
