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I'd say he's in charge as long as he sticks within certain boundaries - no more, no less than any other manager.
I did think the same thing when I first read the article myself, but that probably has to do with the constant anti FSG agenda on here that's subliminally brain washing everyone.. I dismissed it.
Which ever way you side, one thing you can't dispute is..
"The Reds boss says the club couldn't justify paying Reina £110,000 per week in order to sit on the bench" In no way am I anti FSG but the following paragraph did concern me “It reared its head over the last few months and I had to prepare for it by bringing in a new goalkeeper. That tells me he was told to get rid of Reina, I don't disagree with Reina being sold because of his wage. The thing that does worry me is has brendon got any real control over his squad? What happens when he gets told next season to get rid of a player he feels he needs, will he be forced to sell or can he over rule? Fair point. I guess we'll see if an average, but acceptable bid comes in for Suarez 
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i know players get very well paid but this sort of deal for reina whoever sort that out need serious questions asked about £5.5 million a year for a keeper , maybe a top striker maybe even a steven gerrard in his pomp even that would be questionable , but not a goalie yes he has been a top keeper but not £5.5 million top keeper . It's not often we see eye to eye Faz, but you're bang on the money there kidda
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No manager is truely in charge. They'll all have constraints and budgets to work within that are set by the owners and boards. This deal was as much about getting rid of an underperforming player as much as financial.
For me if he was to go I'd prefer it to be a sale. As faz said, his salary is quite obscene especially as his form has dropped off.
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I'd say he's in charge as long as he sticks within certain boundaries - no more, no less than any other manager.
I did think the same thing when I first read the article myself, but that probably has to do with the constant anti FSG agenda on here that's subliminally brain washing everyone.. I dismissed it.
Which ever way you side, one thing you can't dispute is..
"The Reds boss says the club couldn't justify paying Reina £110,000 per week in order to sit on the bench" In no way am I anti FSG but the following paragraph did concern me “It reared its head over the last few months and I had to prepare for it by bringing in a new goalkeeper. That tells me he was told to get rid of Reina, I don't disagree with Reina being sold because of his wage. The thing that does worry me is has brendon got any real control over his squad? What happens when he gets told next season to get rid of a player he feels he needs, will he be forced to sell or can he over rule? I'm not necessarily sure he was forced to sell per se, but I think if he wants to buy more, he needs to clean up the wage bill a bit. He likes Pepe, but not enough to keep him on those wages if it means he could sign some players to improve the first 11. Mignolet arguably improves our first 11.
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I will never understand why we signed Mignolet in preference to Begovic. And as for letting Pepe go out on loan... bizarre trading practices, that's all I can say. cause stoke wanted lots of money.
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I think fsg r still struggling to understand how football works on and off the pitch ..!!!
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Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Pepe Reina in on the brink of joining Napoli on a season-long loan with Liverpool FC keen to get the Spaniard's £5.5million annual salary off their wage bill.
The Reds boss says the club couldn't justify paying Reina £110,000 per week in order to sit on the bench following the £9million signing of Simon Mignolet.
His temporary move to the Serie A outfit, which will see him reunited with former Kop boss Rafa Benitez, is expected to go through in the next 24 hours.
“FINANCIALLY IT IS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT,” RODGERS SAID.
“THAT WOULD BE THE REASON BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULDN’T MOVE ON A TOP GOALKEEPER.
“IT REARED ITS HEAD OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND I HAD TO PREPARE FOR IT BY BRINGING IN A NEW GOALKEEPER.
“Pepe is a good guy. I’ve a lot of time for him, and he understands what I want to do totally.
“He’s got a big season ahead because it’s a World Cup year and one where, if he wasn’t going to be playing, could severely harm his chances of going.” It’s been clear pretty much from the start that Brendan Rodgers is not in control of what players are signed or what players are moved out to save on wages, and from his quotes above it’s pretty obvious that he was told Reina was to be moved. These decisions are all made far away from Anfield, based on financial, age and performance analysis similar to that outlined in recent posts by JJ. In fact it wouldn’t surprise me to see BR walk if this kind of financially driven decision making, continues to thwart his ambition to successfully break into the top four. Not many managers would tolerate that kind of interference and it’ll speak volumes about him if he’s happy to sit, season on season, in mid-table and take the money.
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Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Pepe Reina in on the brink of joining Napoli on a season-long loan with Liverpool FC keen to get the Spaniard's £5.5million annual salary off their wage bill.
The Reds boss says the club couldn't justify paying Reina £110,000 per week in order to sit on the bench following the £9million signing of Simon Mignolet.
His temporary move to the Serie A outfit, which will see him reunited with former Kop boss Rafa Benitez, is expected to go through in the next 24 hours.
“Financially it is something we needed to look at,” Rodgers said.
“That would be the reason because obviously you wouldn’t move on a top goalkeeper.
“It reared its head over the last few months and I had to prepare for it by bringing in a new goalkeeper.
“Pepe is a good guy. I’ve a lot of time for him, and he understands what I want to do totally.
“He’s got a big season ahead because it’s a World Cup year and one where, if he wasn’t going to be playing, could severely harm his chances of going.” May be Faz would understand now that it was all FSG/financial instead of Reina wanting to go.
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I'd say he's in charge as long as he sticks within certain boundaries - no more, no less than any other manager.
I did think the same thing when I first read the article myself, but that probably has to do with the constant anti FSG agenda on here that's subliminally brain washing everyone.. I dismissed it.
Which ever way you side, one thing you can't dispute is..
"The Reds boss says the club couldn't justify paying Reina £110,000 per week in order to sit on the bench" In no way am I anti FSG but the following paragraph did concern me “It reared its head over the last few months and I had to prepare for it by bringing in a new goalkeeper. That tells me he was told to get rid of Reina, I don't disagree with Reina being sold because of his wage. The thing that does worry me is has brendon got any real control over his squad? What happens when he gets told next season to get rid of a player he feels he needs, will he be forced to sell or can he over rule? If FSG could work with a manager calling the shots (within reasonable boundaries of course) they would not have appointed a rookie manager trying to make a name for himself.
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I'd say he's in charge as long as he sticks within certain boundaries - no more, no less than any other manager.
I did think the same thing when I first read the article myself, but that probably has to do with the constant anti FSG agenda on here that's subliminally brain washing everyone.. I dismissed it.
Which ever way you side, one thing you can't dispute is..
"The Reds boss says the club couldn't justify paying Reina £110,000 per week in order to sit on the bench" In no way am I anti FSG but the following paragraph did concern me “It reared its head over the last few months and I had to prepare for it by bringing in a new goalkeeper. That tells me he was told to get rid of Reina, I don't disagree with Reina being sold because of his wage. The thing that does worry me is has brendon got any real control over his squad? What happens when he gets told next season to get rid of a player he feels he needs, will he be forced to sell or can he over rule? I'm not necessarily sure he was forced to sell per se, but I think if he wants to buy more, he needs to clean up the wage bill a bit. He likes Pepe, but not enough to keep him on those wages if it means he could sign some players to improve the first 11. Mignolet arguably improves our first 11. Arguably, but not by much after what i have seen from Reina coming back from injury last season. However, I think that buying a proven CB for that money and keeping Reina would have been a better option. The priority for me was definitely not to replace our keeper.
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