Yep, I read this morning that Chelsea don't want to take up the option to buy Markovic now. Benfica can now sell and Chelsea will get a small % of the fee we pay if we do buy him.
Can't help it if Sanchez doesn't want to come to Liverpool mate. Sanchez was always going to be a separate deal to Suarez. All this swap talk was nonsense. Not sure what you mean by "they better make up for it with the Suarez money". We need to be sensible and not just rush to soend.
Just trust that the club know what they are doing, who's to say we won't blow the Suarez money and waste it to some extent like the spuds did with the Bale $$$. We'll get a few more targets obviously just don't hold out for an out and out superstar to replace Luis. Last I read we were targeting Huntelaar of The Netherlands.
I know we can't help it, but it's nevertheless really disappointing. The only thing I could really see in Arsenal which they have over Liverpool at the moment is the city lifestyle...and maybe better wages, but hey, money talks (though not to all players).
I don't think the swap deal stuff was nonsense at all. If Sanchez were willing to choose Liverpool, I fully believe that he would have been involved in the deal. It's a possible facet of the deal that has been raised in every single news source; and where there's smoke, there's fire. The Suarez deal has apparently stalled a little in the last few days, and IMO, it's because Sanchez was being a prick :lol:
What I meant by hoping they 'make up for it', is I mean that I hope they compensate for missing out on Sanchez, by using the Suarez cash to buy some quality, proven players. I'm not really holding out for a single 31 goal superstar to replace Luis, I'm just hoping that we land a few great players that can greatly contribute, and make this team more balanced, rather than us being on reliant on a single player to make a big title challenge. All of our competitors are starting to strengthen well this summer (especially Chelsea so far), so it's important that we don't get left behind.
I hope the club do know what they are doing, and have learnt from the past mistakes of 2002 and 2009. One positive thing to look at is that I think there'll be brand new transfer targets who will emerge soon, once the Suarez money has come in. I think knowing the fact that Suarez is leaving has given them the freedom to just splash 25 million on Markovic. So basically put, BR has pulled the trigger on a number of 50/50 deals like Markovic and Origi because there will still be a whole lot more cash to spend, and that fact only really became certain after the bite. What IMO is definite is that Markovic is not the player we are banking on to come in here and immediately change the game for us.
