Will Liverpool overtake Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester City and many more of Europe’s top teams with the signing of Jude Bellingham?
A chorus of “no!” it’s been the response from opposing fans, a handful of commentators and even within the Reds’ fan base.
That level of negativity is understandable given the comparative finances available to the Merseysiders, even taking into account the vast improvement in revenue courtesy of sponsorship deals and an expanded stadium.
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Jurgen Klopp’s men will simply be completely dwarfed in the market with Fabrizio Romano making it clear on Jan Aage Fjortoft’s YouTube channel that both Blues and Whites are prepared to put their money where their mouth is, and by God they some mighty gigantic jaws.
So… how much are we talking about for Jude Bellingham?
The Italian transfer expert has quoted a figure ranging between €100m and €140m (£87.4m and £122.3m), though even that range could be far out of line if Bellingham enjoys a World Cup. great in qatar.
Naysayers will tell you there is no hope of Liverpool putting up the money (possibly most of it up front if our competitors are serious about doing the same) to buy us a seat at the negotiating table for this generation’s star midfielder. .
History tells us that there is a grain of truth in that statement. We don’t just spend haphazardly; there has to be a rhyme and a reason for it.
As for the ‘reason’, we have already hit the nail on the head: we are talking about a GENERATIONAL midfielder.
If Jude Bellingham plays for Liverpool for the next decade or so, even a fee that goes up to something staggering like, say, £150m in total equates to £15m per season.
Obviously composing a deal doesn’t work that way and we’ll be forced to make our interest clear with a big offer ourselves.
Can Liverpool sign Jude Bellingham?
Liverpool’s two biggest deals, for Virgil van Dijk and Darwin Nunez (both in the Jurgen Klopp era), show that we already have an actionable plan for potential big-money signings.
The Guardian reported that we paid ‘around £70m’ of the £75m fee up front (the rest comes in add-ons), while it is well known that Darwin Nunez advanced £64m, a fee which is likely to rise to £85m. .
The willingness to pay 93.33% and 75.29%, respectively, of the total fee demonstrates that we are more than capable of putting up our own money (just as our abilities in the financial sphere pale in comparison to companies financed by the state or oil) where is our mouth.
A switch (opting for an intermediate percentage (84.31%) of the fees paid by Van Dijk and Nunez) shelling out £103.11m (assuming Dortmund don’t venture beyond £122.3m ) in advance for Europe’s most exciting teen prodigy is important.
We will not deny that it will inspire serious discussion on our part if there are other targets available that Jurgen Klopp and our scouting department feel could still satisfy the requirements of the first one.
Liverpool will have to go big to join their fellow European heavyweights at the negotiating table next summer, but recent history suggests we will go toe-to-toe with our rivals as long as Bellingham’s wage demands are not met. excessive.
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