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The performance-based contract can't go to THAT far. It only works when the player is quite confident that his performance do help the club to achieve better results. If the player does not have confidence on the manager/club (which is obviously our case) and the club is going to be mediocore (probably due to not enough investment by the owner), he will simply walk away to find another clubs. I would say 40k ppw + 500k performance bonus for European qualification is a lot fair for Barton.

So it's like....20k ppw? Serious?

I'd rather sell Saylor.

That kinda makes 99 % of fullbacks back up players surely? He is not a fullback. He is a winger.

Not quick enough to be consistently posing a threat to the opponents like Aaron Lennon. He's not slow for certain.

Missing Best is a new low in my life.

Source? No, just feel like.

He is not quick enough to outpace the opponents. Decent back up but nothing more unless his acceleration can be improved. Dunno whether this is possible though.

Close to retirement?

I'd like to see him given a chance in our 1st team. Would be nice to think him and Krul could be the future. To be honest, I am not impressed by Krul either.

I'm starting to have unrealistic hope on Forster.

The reason why Lovenkrands was starting is because Ranger has to be on the bench.

I still think we have a chance to extend his contract before August. A couple of signings in the summer could change his mind, especially now Liverpool has no Euro competition.

No European Competition for Liverpool in the next season is a massive, massive hit on their financial status. Of course I know they got a wealthy chairman but they do have a chance to be banned from further Euro Compeition under the new financial fairness rule.

The problem is without Carroll being the target man and setting up chances, Nolan fails to score goals. What's the point playing him then?

I think it's already the best one I've seen since the Solano era...

Even though he has brilliant potential, his attitude is a great problem which may ruin his career. Not exactly the same but, he reminds me Olivier Bernard.

Nani out for season?

Nani's really crying and his knee has to be consolidated. I guess it could be some kinda fracture?

Jumped. Two-footed. Why?

Brain Cancer?

Same as Carroll's situation: if the player is adding value to the club, he won;t be sold unless it's a ridiculous amount of money. So if a club again offers 35m for Tiote, Ashley will do it.

He is not good enough for the mega-clubs.

Look at the wages of players in Man Utd/Liverpool (nevermind Man City) and check their revenue generated last year and their financial position. We are heading towards a mid-level team because we does not have an owner who is willing to spend his own cash on the club. Is this something we could blame?

If Barca really do that, I can see Arsenal stop doing any business with Barca in the nearby future.