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I said the same thing myself.
I will show you the benefits of not spouting to media:
Imagine FSG have told BR he will get 40m in january
Number of possibilities:
BR if he is dumb (and clearly he's not dumb)
could reveal that he is getting '40M at xmas'
he could even say hes getting 'more than expected at xmas' This will affect (possibly) the amount asked by a team for their striker. It happened with carrol/torres. Saying we need a striker doesnt mean the price will go up but it increases the pressure on lfc to get one and get a good one, if everyone knows this and that br is not going to 'make do' with suso suarez for example until borini returns or yesil becomes pele, it can have a negative effect on negotiations and or team morale
Now leaks are possible, a lot of money gets bunged at people in the know to leak info given the press interest. But why tell the media everything, why tell them anything, why not say when asked 'are u looking at buying a striker?' reply 'all teams are looking to improve their squad, case closed next question!' ?
The reason why this wont work is because whether BR denies or confirms it, everyone knows we need a striker.
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you could also take it as an assumption that if a club, for example in belgium, were to be approached by liverpool for a striker in january, that they might take the logical step (as they're dealing with a multimillion pound asset) to assess the clubs need for a stiker but checking who is in the squad right now and who is injured, available and unavailable.
honestly the whole argument of BR spouting (or put a less judgemental euphamism on it...responding to a question) = 5 million more on the cost is just naive.
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You just added another £ 5 M to the price on any striker we might want to buy sometime in the future! Behave pal!  
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I dont think the striker part that Carheex brought up is the problem, we need a striker everyone knows and knew this so end of. What worries me is the part when he says he only wants to bring in reinforcements to help the current group, we need somebody who'll use the group as reinforcements so should be the other way around.
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OK Ian but I think that it far better to talk of a player to 'strenghten the group' rather than we need a 'top quality striker to partner suarez' as again the pressure is on liverpool to sign a 'big name'. The sirens will come on that liverpool are coming lets add a few noughts on the price. Part of the problem which BR has sought to address immediately is the problem of expectations. Fans still expect big name signings, BR seems to have information suggesting we dont have the money to do this.
Still I am not an expert in negotiations maybe I am wrong and BR should come to his press conferences and show everyone the clubbank statement with a sign saying 'transfer mug' written on his head like KD and commoli did
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I said the same thing myself.
I will show you the benefits of not spouting to media:
Imagine FSG have told BR he will get 40m in january
Number of possibilities:
BR if he is dumb (and clearly he's not dumb)
could reveal that he is getting '40M at xmas'
he could even say hes getting 'more than expected at xmas' This will affect (possibly) the amount asked by a team for their striker. It happened with carrol/torres. Saying we need a striker doesnt mean the price will go up but it increases the pressure on lfc to get one and get a good one, if everyone knows this and that br is not going to 'make do' with suso suarez for example until borini returns or yesil becomes pele, it can have a negative effect on negotiations and or team morale
Now leaks are possible, a lot of money gets bunged at people in the know to leak info given the press interest. But why tell the media everything, why tell them anything, why not say when asked 'are u looking at buying a striker?' reply 'all teams are looking to improve their squad, case closed next question!' ?
The reason why this wont work is because whether BR denies or confirms it, everyone knows we need a striker. So why would it 'not work', downplaying the need for a striker doesnt mean denying you need a striker..
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I said the same thing myself.
I will show you the benefits of not spouting to media:
Imagine FSG have told BR he will get 40m in january
Number of possibilities:
BR if he is dumb (and clearly he's not dumb)
could reveal that he is getting '40M at xmas'
he could even say hes getting 'more than expected at xmas' This will affect (possibly) the amount asked by a team for their striker. It happened with carrol/torres. Saying we need a striker doesnt mean the price will go up but it increases the pressure on lfc to get one and get a good one, if everyone knows this and that br is not going to 'make do' with suso suarez for example until borini returns or yesil becomes pele, it can have a negative effect on negotiations and or team morale
Now leaks are possible, a lot of money gets bunged at people in the know to leak info given the press interest. But why tell the media everything, why tell them anything, why not say when asked 'are u looking at buying a striker?' reply 'all teams are looking to improve their squad, case closed next question!' ?
The reason why this wont work is because whether BR denies or confirms it, everyone knows we need a striker. So why would it 'not work', downplaying the need for a striker doesnt mean denying you need a striker.. Because unfortunately Toothy the cat is already out of the bag.
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OK Ian but I think that it far better to talk of a player to 'strenghten the group' rather than we need a 'top quality striker to partner suarez' as again the pressure is on liverpool to sign a 'big name'. The sirens will come on that liverpool are coming lets add a few noughts on the price. Part of the problem which BR has sought to address immediately is the problem of expectations. Fans still expect big name signings, BR seems to have information suggesting we dont have the money to do this.
Still I am not an expert in negotiations maybe I am wrong and BR should come to his press conferences and show everyone the clubbank statement with a sign saying 'transfer mug' written on his head like KD and commoli did Very much agreed good point.
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You keep saying this repeating the same thing.
We know liverpool 'need' a striker have you ever bought a house or a car?
I am not suggesting you turn up at the car market and when the guvnor looks at your battered p1ss poor ford cortina says
"Are you interested in buying a car?''
-that you say ""No""" !
lol you crack me up
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Haha. We do "need" a striker though! :P
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