Liverpool almost broke off talks with Real Sociedad after their “brutal search” for Martín Zubimendi, but they have “transfer matters”.
But Martin Zubimendi is here to fill that void and don’t doubt Liverpool Echo’s gratitude for it: his squad is talked about 19 times on his homepage.
It’s very true: they cover a club and it’s the club that makes history. But some of the media coverage is inevitably outright nonsense.
“Martín Zubimendi’s Liverpool show their emotions while Real Sociedad launch brutal attacks” is a good example. Here you can see the “brutal search” in its entirety. Parental discretion is recommended:
? The call of the political party. #FCUnionRealSociedad pic. twitter. com/jIb2xt5SLi
– Real Sociedad Fútbol (@RealSociedad) August 8, 2024
This is more war.
El Echo also tells us that ‘Martín Zubimendi’s decision was made while uncertainty over the move persists and Liverpool are monitoring. ‘ Martín Zubimendi’s “resolution” is for Real Sociedad to include him in their traveling squad for this preseason friendly against Unión Berlin.
It took L’Echo 3 hours to realize that the graphic selected via Real for the fit was clearly a “brutal dig” at Liverpool.
Then there’s this: “Liverpool replace Martin Zubimendi’s unique movement technique as Richard Hughes faces a huge decision. “And Mediawatch analysed those 767 words from senior footballer Stephen Killen long enough to admit that it surely ruined any concept of what Liverpool’s “Martin Zubimendi” “a one-size-fits-all movement technique”, no matter how he was “replaced”.
But it is smart to know that Liverpool “will evaluate the characteristics before opening the exit door from Anfield”, while Real Sociedad “will close the hatches so that there is no turbulence in the team”.
The first and last paragraphs draw attention. Killen tells us that Zubimendi “has unleashed his own ‘Macarena’ with conflicting reports that he has agreed to a move to Anfield, while there are suggestions that he has doubts about the move. ” But Liverpool need their long-term careers and those of some of their players to be looked after temporarily “to shake things up ahead of Slot’s arrival in the Premier League”. That’s what it’s about.
Could it be that Los del Ríos sang Hokey Cokey?
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Fortunately, the “transfer trick” is revealed almost immediately. It is (and at this point, sports administrators have pen and paper in a position to write down this remarkable wisdom) that triggers termination clauses.
They did it with Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, but Liverpool can simply copy that “transfer trick” of *checking qualifications* by paying exactly what the club needs for one of their players.
“A short-term commitment would constitute a declaration of intent through the club and an endorsement of the business carried out during the previous regime. “
No. This would constitute a club paying a release clause. You can do this in Football Manager. Liverpool did not invent it.
“Arne Slot ‘removes’ 4 players from Liverpool first team as expected”
This is more “brutal” than a graphic on social networks showing the objective of the club’s movement. Big Arne Slot takes the lead.
Except that the only other mention of the word “cut” is in the first paragraph, which raises the question of who is quoted in the title.
At least it was made transparent from the start which unlucky players were “eliminated” from the Slot, namely Ben Doak, Tyler Morton, Lewis Koumas and Harvey Blair. Both “on a preseason tour of the United States” played with the U-21 team on Wednesday. Mainly because they are under-21 players.
Hasn’t he realised that he has just ‘cut’ thirteen minutes of the 2023/24 Premier League (all through Doak, all in the opening match against Chelsea) from his first team?
An idea especially for Koumas, who was ‘released’ from the first team on the same day he signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool before completing the league loan he was going to make.
The Daily Mirror tried but failed, as “Owen makes his predictions for the new Premier League season with the former Liverpool star announcing the new winner and VERY other top four” made no sense when his top four include exactly the same groups as in 2023/24, but in a different order.
And to all those who say he subsidised a ‘shocking’ call-up result (MailOnline and The Sun’s online page to mention just two), would you be surprised to see Arsenal, runners-up in a row, win it?
“Chelsea will sign an eighth goalkeeper days after leaving the former Blues star speechless by having seven” – Daily Mirror website.
“Chelsea are the latest to make a goalkeeper move despite already having six in their squad” – Sun website.
“Tottenham fans are uncomfortable with the idea of signing Dominic Solanke after discovering he has been an Arsenal fan in his formative years” – MailOnline.
“Real kids don’t need to sign a player anymore because he ‘followed’ Arsenal when he was much younger, as if Tottenham’s most important player hadn’t been part of Arsenal’s youth set-up” – MediawatchArray