Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 12, 2025, 11:40:47 AMIs there a lot of it down to the club he is going to?
No doubt. That and the fact that he allowed his contract to run down.
However, the club is at fault too. They renewed him in 2017, 2019 and 2021, but neglected to do so in 2023 with all the upheaval in the sporting management side and then Klopp's decision to leave.
Not that I see him at fault here. He has got the opportunity to set himself and his wider family up for life and possibly the ultimate challenge there is available to a professional footballer. Why wouldn't he avail of it? It's his job. He'd be out on his ear like countless others if he wasn't up to the level at Liverpool.
Hopefully the club have learned a lesson though with the likes of Konate now about to enter his final year. Although there's not much they can do if he's determined to follow in Trent's footsteps, whether to Madrid or Paris or Munich. Free agents on huge signing on fees seems to be the way of the future.