Rumor Mongering: Liverpool Walked Away From Amorim Over Price Haggling
FSG reportedly walked away from a done deal after Sporting doubled their asking price for the manager.
For about a month, it seemed like Sporting Lisbon’s manager Ruben Amorim was a shoe in to replace Jurgen Klopp this summer. In an instant, the narrative changed, with pretty much every club connected journalist reporting at once that Arne Slot was the about to be appointed the successor.
If reports from German journalist Christian Falk are to be believed, Liverpool’s owners walked away from Amorim after some last-minute goalpost moving from Sporting’s owners.
“Everything had already been negotiated and the contracts were ready to be signed,” Falk reported.
“Sporting Lisbon would have received a transfer fee of €10m, as had been agreed. However, the president of Sporting Lisbon is said to have changed his mind at the last minute.
“Suddenly, the president demanded €20m and spontaneously doubled the price. Liverpool did not want to play the game. That was bitter for Amorim, who would have loved to become Jurgen Klopp’s successor.”
I’m sure the FSG Out mouth breathers will love this news, especially if things don’t start out well for Slot’s tenure at Liverpool.
However, I would take this bit of transfer news with a big grain of salt. It seems unlikely that FSG, who typically take the long view in hiring and firing managers, and to recruitment in general, would walk away over a €10m dispute.
Indeed, the difference between simply qualifying for the Champions League and not in a single season, let alone the difference in money earned for a top 4 finish a few places below that in the league, would more than make up for the €10m difference.
If Amorim was really The Man™ for Liverpool Football Club, as determined by our Laptop Gurus, it seems unlikely that they would let some last minute haggling get in their way.
Rather, this feels like a way for either Sporting or Amorim’s agent (or both) to spin the failed transfer as something other than what it was: Liverpool choosing someone else.
Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com
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