Georginio Wijnaldum

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

15 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

'Underpaid' is not the word I'd ever use regarding today's top flight players at all. 

Its all relative. If Salah was on £100k and wanted to leave for more money somewhere we could all agree that £100k was underpaid in the market for a player of his ability.

[Saintslfc13]

I've no idea what we offered him but I think we've paid Gini fair value. He's a great player on his day but he's normally a 6-7 out of 10. We'll all always love him for that 4-0 against Barcelona but the man himself admitted that he wanted to prove something having been left out of the lineup at the start. We're not losing Xabi Alonso or Mascherano in his pomp here, we're losing a player that was already on his way to being phased out and whilst I like what I know about the guy the wages he'll be getting at PSG are way more than we should be paying for his services. Hopefully the dressing room doesn't miss his absence but I suspect Klopp has a big part in getting them all to fight for one another anyway.

[Barrington Womble]

12 minutes ago, Saintslfc13 said:

I've no idea what we offered him but I think we've paid Gini fair value. He's a great player on his day but he's normally a 6-7 out of 10. We'll all always love him for that 4-0 against Barcelona but the man himself admitted that he wanted to prove something having been left out of the lineup at the start. We're not losing Xabi Alonso or Mascherano in his pomp here, we're losing a player that was already on his way to being phased out and whilst I like what I know about the guy the wages he'll be getting at PSG are way more than we should be paying for his services. Hopefully the dressing room doesn't miss his absence but I suspect Klopp has a big part in getting them all to fight for one another anyway.

i think we might find losing gini will be a little like losing ronnie whelan all those years ago. lots of people didn't realise his value till he wasn't there anymore. gini is a wonderful footballer - he is maybe not quite a world class star, but he is in the very tier below and was tactically smart enough to carry out klopp's plans while none of that was really his natural game. i know he is on a free, but there is barely a top club in the world who haven't tried to sign him - munich, inter, juve, psg, barca. I reckon that tells you everything about his quality. 

[No2]

I fucking love Gini. Over the years every cunt at every club that said they hadn't made a decision were lying. Not Gini, great player even better person.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Rick Sanchez C-137 said:

Its all relative. If Salah was on £100k and wanted to leave for more money somewhere we could all agree that £100k was underpaid in the market for a player of his ability.

No,I couldn't. Like most footballers,and probably on the advice of his agent,he hasn't been very honest regarding his motivation for leaving. Again,it's nothing new but does nothing to prevent fans being as cynical in how they view players in general. They are almost all greedy bastards and it's sad that football has gone like this but not surprising at all.

[Grinch]

He’s gonna be missed 

[VladimirIlyich]

29 minutes ago, Grinch said:

He’s gonna be missed 

I think so myself. It's likely going to take a while to incorporate somebody into his role and I'm not sure we have anybody at the club to do it. I hope I'm wrong of course.

[Rotpeter]

58 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I think so myself. It's likely going to take a while to incorporate somebody into his role and I'm not sure we have anybody at the club to do it. I hope I'm wrong of course.

Thiago Fab Henderson.

 

No adaption required, surely.

[3 Stacks]

He'll obviously be missed, it's not really debatable. He played almost every game and was the ultimate complimentary midfielder. But sometimes you have to move on.

 

I think he's the perfect choice for PSG with the way their team is set up. Well done by them, for once.

[aRdja]

6 hours ago, Saintslfc13 said:

I've no idea what we offered him but I think we've paid Gini fair value. He's a great player on his day but he's normally a 6-7 out of 10. We'll all always love him for that 4-0 against Barcelona but the man himself admitted that he wanted to prove something having been left out of the lineup at the start. We're not losing Xabi Alonso or Mascherano in his pomp here, we're losing a player that was already on his way to being phased out and whilst I like what I know about the guy the wages he'll be getting at PSG are way more than we should be paying for his services. Hopefully the dressing room doesn't miss his absence but I suspect Klopp has a big part in getting them all to fight for one another anyway.

Gini is a better footballer than Mascherano ever was. 

[Bjornebye]

4 hours ago, aRdja said:

Gini is a better footballer than Mascherano ever was. 

Mascherano was an absolute beast. 

[dockers_strike]

Done subject to medical.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/07/georginio-wijnaldum-signs-contract-to-join-psg-rather-than-barcelona

[Arnaud]

On 06/06/2021 at 12:45, Jarvinja Ilnow said:

Cheese. Lots of cheese.

Lots of IPA too nowadays....

[Paulie Dangerously]

Greedy Wijnaldum more like. 

[coachpotato]

Can’t blame him for taking one last big pay day, agent driven perhaps, but he’s no different from any other employee who gets the offer of a better wedge and who’s current employer doesn’t want to match it.

Hasn’t got anything to prove here given his age and contribution and he might well be missed, although I doubt Klopp and Edwards wouldn’t have a plan in place for his departure to be covered.

Cheers Gini, hope you’re shite if our paths ever cross again while you’re still playing.

[Barrington Womble]

2 minutes ago, coachpotato said:

Can’t blame him for taking one last big pay day, agent driven perhaps, but he’s no different from any other employee who gets the offer of a better wedge and who’s current employer doesn’t want to match it.

Hasn’t got anything to prove here given his age and contribution and he might well be missed, although I doubt Klopp and Edwards wouldn’t have a plan in place for his departure to be covered.

Cheers Gini, hope you’re shite if our paths ever cross again while you’re still playing.

Edwards plan happened last summer. 

[polymerpunkah]

An opportunity for Klopp to work his magic, once again, and either find a new player to fit a role, or adapt the set-up to accomodate different personnel.

 

 

[Juniper]

I don’t begrudge him

 

He was willing to go to Barca for less money, PSG have come in late and offered him a better offer. 
 

He’s probably thought “actually, I’m worth more than Barca are offering me here and their club is a mess” and done the deal to head to France instead.

 

Good on him. Wish him well. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Juniper said:

I don’t begrudge him

 

He was willing to go to Barca for less money, PSG have come in late and offered him a better offer. 
 

He’s probably thought “actually, I’m worth more than Barca are offering me here and their club is a mess” and done the deal to head to France instead.

 

Good on him. Wish him well. 

Good on him for signing for bigger cunts than the original cunts he was going to sign for. 

[aRdja]

3 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Mascherano was an absolute beast. 

He was a very good defensive midfielder, but very limited on the ball.

[Bobby Hundreds]

We are going to miss Ginis unbelievable ball retention and quick feet the lad was a master of keeping hold of the ball in tight spaces plus his injury record. We are weaker without him and the club really needs to pull a very good midfielder out of the bag to address him going.

[joe_fishfish]

Wijnaldum has played more minutes than any other midfielder at the club every season he's been here. I like Curtis Jones as a player but I don't reckon he's able to fully replace all of Wijnaldum's minutes.

 

Maybe Ox and Keita will be able to contribute a little more than they did last season. Oh, hang on.

[Curly]

8 hours ago, aRdja said:

He was a very good defensive midfielder, but very limited on the ball.

He was also a bit of a cunt

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, belarus said:

He was also a bit of a cunt

He was.we got a fee though.

[aRdja]

4 hours ago, belarus said:

He was also a bit of a cunt

I didn’t need to go there. Barcelona realised soon as he landed that he wasn’t good on the ball they immediately moved him to centre half.