They have done it differently.. Klopp will not be around much longer and then what? This takeover is bad for everyone, but especially bad for owners who do not invest huge in transfers and focuses on retaining what we got. Plus it sounds like FSG is scoffing at Salah's demands, much like they did Gini.
Klopp's current contract is up in 2024 I believe. Pound for pound, the best manager in football. He's done it without massive transfer fees at Mainz, Dortmund and now Liverpool. Maybe he comes back, maybe by then Gerrard is ready or it goes to Lijnders. For now, I'd say enjoy it and live in the present. This is about as good as it has been in decades. Don't worry about what happens when Klopp leaves. He's here now.
They have retained what they've got. Allison, Virgil, Robertson, Trent, Fabinho, Henderson. They just bought Jota and Konate. They have brought up Jones and Elliott from the academy. Kaide Gordon is a player and he's 17. They have a plan, a philosophy and structure. United has transfers but no plan, philosophy or structure. There's always Arsenal too if you fancy that situation.
Salah will be signed. The press is having a go right now based on nothing concrete. Gini's situation was something different entirely. You don't break wage structure for Gini, you break it for Salah and Virgil. As good as Gini was, he wanted wages that were never going to work. Salah brings more to the table.
After all that Super League crap and the backlash there, they're going to get a deal done. Salah's connection with the supporters is nothing like what Suarez or Torres ever experienced. He wants to be here and it will get sorted. Maybe not as fast as you and others will like it to, but it'll get done.
