Monday Apr 21:
Reports today claim that “Chelsea have moved into pole position” to sign Huijsen. The same reports say he favours. Move to Liverpool. What the fuck does that even mean? What a load of nonsense. How are they in pole position if they aren’t the club he wants to join? It isn’t a bidding war as he has a release clause, so other than offering him a load more wages how can they put themselves in “pole position”???
Of the teams linked with him, Chelsea are probably the least likely to get him. If he going there over us or Arsenal? Let alone Real Madrid, the club he’s on record as saying is his dream move. I’m fairly confident we can get him because Matip is his hero and he can ask Van Dijk for his favourite stories about his time with the great man.
Speaking of Van Dijk, he said this today about Trent "Since I joined the club, he has been a fantastic player and there's a lot of good things that he will always be remembered for if he decides to leave. Whatever may happen in the future for him, that's something he has to resolve with himself and the family. But he's a Liverpool player at this point and he's important for our team."
That suggests he’s leaving, but we also had talk like that about Mo and Virg because when. Player literally has weeks remaining on a contract and a new one hasn’t been signed, at that point he is leaving unless. New deal is signed. It’s worth repeating though, he hasn’t signed a new deal with us but he hasn’t signed a deal with Real Madrid either. Not yet. There’s still time for him to see sense.
Barnes was asked about the situation yesterday, and with Michael Owen sat next to him he responded to the question “can any player turn down Real Madrid?” By saying “Well, there was an opportunity for a player to go to Real Madrid and wear the white shirt, but he didn’t. Some of us can resist it.” He was talking about when Toshack tried to take him there. Liverpool never accepted the bid and Barnes didn’t push for it because he prioritised his Anfield legacy.
Owen could be held in the same esteem with Liverpool fans as Barnes, but he chose to leave and therefore he isn’t. Trent can do what he likes, but there will be consequences if he leaves. And I don’t mean the extreme knobheads burning shirts and sending abuse online. That isn’t the worst part. The worst part is the shoulder shrugging and “meh” from the sane, rational majority whenever that player is mentioned in the future. For Trent it’s a simple question; do you want to be a John Barnes or a Michael Owen?
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