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That was a joy to watch. Sadly he wasn't flanked by Mané or Firmino, and ended up playing a shite pass to Nunez.
There are a couple of things firstly one of the big triggers for stress is not having control and the power to do things. Secondly I am actually an advocate of a Sporting Director model. The thing is it is hugely important role and for me Hughes hasn't shown anywhere near enough to be given the role.
Edwards basically made his name by getting big fees for players like Ibe, Smith and Solanke amongst others. The worrying thing is it was his mate Hughes who was buying them. Then you get to him appointing the likes of Scott Parker and Jason Tindall as managers. Hughes has spent a lot of money at Bournemouth relative to the size of the club but he hasn't really made money on many players.
Honestly if I was given at the statrt of the season that we would Win a Cup and in doing so, automatically qualify for the CL I would have taken it.Just that one tweak for me
- One of Nunez or Diaz (probably Diaz as he's seemingly attracting more interest) but definitely not both.
Klopp's on the best part of 20 mill a year (similar salary to Salah) so if you save on those two salaries it's a lot of money.Slot is on €2.5m at Feyenoord, a huge increase for them agreed last year when Spurs were sniffing around. I'd be shocked if we started him on £10m especially given he has significantly less responsibilities than Klopp and that compensation figure.
We'll pay Feyenoord around 10 mill and Slot's salary will be maybe in the region of 10 mill a year. If it's nearer 15 then combined with the compo it'll work out about the same over the 2 years as if Klopp stayed. It should be weighted with bonuses as well (CL qualification/trophies etc.)
This is always the way for City, they get the easiest run-in every time.
At some point though, they'll drop points toward the end of a season, and since we're absolutely cursed when it comes to the league it won't be against us. So you never know, I'm crossing my fingers for you.
Ultimately we cant complain, we are the third best side. Thats fine for now.Second or third makes no odds as I never expected us to win the PL. Making the Europa League Final in Dublin however... *sigh*