James Pearce has rubbished reports linking Liverpool with a big-money move for Kylian Mbappe this summer, branding such rumours as “ridiculous”.
With the World Cup-winner’s future in Paris still in some doubt, despite PSG’s best efforts to tie their star forward down on a long-term, lucrative contract, elite European sides have cast their gazes to the French capital ahead of the summer transfer window.
“The funniest thing I read this week was that Liverpool ‘theoretically have £200m to buy Mbappe this summer’,” the journalist wrote in a Q&A for The Athletic. “It’s ridiculous, especially when you take a step back and consider the financial impact of the pandemic.”
Considering the Frenchman’s reported asking price – not to mention his likely sky-high wage demands – it seems somewhat unlikely that any club will be able to afford a punt on the striker this year.
Under the current financial circumstances, the Reds would find it extremely difficult to amass the necessary capital without ditching one of their own prolific forwards.
The question would then be what Liverpool are actually adding to the side, should one of Mo Salah and co. part ways.
Obviously, they would have a once-in-a-generation talent available for selection for potentially the next decade, but the hierarchy would have to question whether it would only balance (at least initially) the departure of a Sadio Mane or the Egyptian.
Despite claims to the contrary from some sections of the fanbase, the club’s future success domestically and abroad won’t necessarily be defined by whether we are capable of signing a talent of the calibre of Mbappe or Erling Haaland.
Even if they did have that amount to spend on a player, they would be better off spending about a quarter of that figure for Haaland, who is a far better fit in the Liverpool system.
All this I Keep seeing about Liverpool should have this much money from winning the CL, winning the Premier League, etc etc etc, do all of these people forget that so far Liverpool have on the league alone played 12 home games with empty stadiums, so all of the energy is still used, the staff except stewards and kiosk members of course, so wages still need to be paid, cleaners after the match, the up keep of the pitch and stands (as although no one is in them, they need to be kept to the best standard possible) (they ain’t weather proof), all of them things usually come from the 30K plus fans ticket revenue, average ticket cost was £70 times that by 30k people gives you £2.1m revenue lost on ticket sales alone per game. So Liverpool are £25.2m out of pocket just from the games this season that no one has been able to attend. (That doesn’t include last season)
So when they brought in Thiago, Kabak and Davies they are buying and paying their wage with their own money… so all you fans who want more… How about you all dig deep and give 20% of your wages to fund the next player lol