Arne Slot was ask for his opinion at the pre-Brentford press conference (18 Jan) about Manchester City’s blood transfusion efforts in the January transfer window. Which are in the hunt for at least three new players with a combine value of over £150m.
Where is the potential to extend Erling Braut Haaland’s contract for 10 years, with a comfortable wage of 500,000 pounds per week?
Compare this to the ‘Reds’ who are in prolonged สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน negotiations with three main players who are entering the final 6 months of their contracts: Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The three are believe to be on a combine wage bill of £750,000-a-week, with Salah on the most at £350,000 a week, but still far short of City’s asking price.
The issue of flat pockets is not something that Slot is upset about, but rather sees it as a challenge because he believes in the strength of his personnel both on the field and behind the scenes.
“The amount of money invested in the team, whether it’s more or less than anyone else, is not a big deal – because we know how good we are when competing in this league,” said the head coach of the league leaders, who lead Manchester City by 12 points.
“Honestly, it’s not just the clubs you mention (Manchester City) that have invest a lot, because Chelsea have spent over £1.2 billion, Man United have spent a lot of money.”
“Every team here spends a lot of money, that’s why this league is so interesting to be a part of.”
“Some seasons our club spends a lot, some seasons other teams spend more.”
“That makes this league intense and difficult to win a game.”
“But at the same time, that’s why we want to be here: you want to compete against the best, with the best results, and we are happy with the team we have at the moment.”
“We still deal well with teams that spend a lot of money.”
Slots In his first year at Anfield, he inherited almost 100 % of his former manager Jurgen Klopp ‘s fortunes, with only one incoming signing being striker Federico Chiesa in the summer for £13m .