FSG Out will use Kostas Tsimikas to fuel their mad Liverpool agenda.
There are those who aren’t happy that sporting director Michael Edwards is on the brink of signing someone, despite the calls to make a signing.
There are those who don’t think Liverpool should be trying to be crafty operators in the transfer market, despite all the success it’s brought Jurgen Klopp’s team.
And there are those who think it’s not who you spend money on, but the money that’s spent that’s the difference between a successful window and a failure.
Just ask Pep Guardiola and his army of full-backs how that worked out for him.
That’s why Kostas Tsimikas is being used to fuel a mad FSG Out agenda.
Goal reported that the Olympiacos left-back is close to joining in an £11.75 million transfer, while the Guardian wrote that he’s agreed terms worth £50,000-per-week. FSG Out aren’t happy with that. They want Liverpool to spend more.
According to those who think FSG have run the club badly, despite Champions League and Premier League wins, the sole ambition of Edwards and the transfer committee should be to be outspend everyone – no matter the consequences.
But this ignores several key issues, the first of which is human. Why would a £20 million plus player, with all the experience and quality that the fee implies, be happy to sit behind bionic man Andy Robertson and wait for his chance to play?
Secondly, why would you want to pay more than £11.75 million for someone who is going to feature a handful of times in his first campaign? Never mind the fact that Klopp hardly ever throws new signings into the team straight away – the coaching staff are asking Tsimikas to be patient, train hard and take his rare opportunities when they come.
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You’d never pay through the nose for that sort of player.
And thirdly, Liverpool have committed big bucks on contract nenewals for elite players, the development of the stadium and a new training ground. That all costs money, which naturally draws from the same pot as the transfer kitty.
Throw in the loss of revenue from COVID-19 and you’ve got the perfect mix of reasons why spending big on a left-back would be the worst thing to do.
Criticising those in power is a good thing to do. It’s healthy and it keeps them honest. But criticising for the sake of it isn’t.