Borini - £10 million buy out clause


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Err aye he had. Ask any Liverpool fan for their 2p.

Rodgers bought Borini for LFC on back of his performances at Swansea, now no longer wants him. I'd call that a fairly well considered opinion.
He was that crap he was an ever present. A complete flop. I've spoke to Liverpool fans about him in the past & they say he had a steady first season, anyone expecting anything else is clearly an idiot.

Not doubting Rodgers doesn't want him, but the way you phrased it, he doesn't want him because he's trained with him for years, which clearly isn't true.
 
This is my last comment on any Borini threads, as i have wasted enough time on him. The thing is in other interviews, my view of him was one a a down to earth lad. Asking for 90-95K a week and his tweet comments after make him sound like a grade A loon. I actually had more respect for him after he left. He came in did a decent enough job. The goals he did score were mainly important ones, and i was always happy with his work rate. I was happy probably slightly overpay with the fact we would know what we were getting and he would fit straight back in. As much as Poyet has come across as a bit naive. Borini or his agent have strung him along or he wouldn't have been so confident. A shame all round really, but he has chosen his path which he is entitled to do, but he has lost my respect for him for messing us around. Forget about going back in January etc. Move on and another lesson learnt
 
If he had asked for £90k a week from us, we'd have said no - instead Poyet said he was hopeful a deal would be done for weeks and that we "knew where Borini stands". Either Poyet was flat out lying or Borini never asked for £90k a week from us because it would have been an instant deal breaker.
We were hoping for a loan mind
 
What's the fascination with this Liverpool reserve with a shocking attitude??
Good memories but he's shown his true colours. Time to move on.
 
Gutted he didn't come. Just like Bent when he fucked off, Danny rose, gyan, Cana, Henderson, MIgnolet, etc etc. we are a stopgap in most players careers, it's not that they don't care at all about out clubs history and fans, but that they care more about their careers and their legacy as footballers (be that the ambition, or simply money and lifestyle orientated). There's nothing we can do, and borini not coming just solidifies in my mind that we will forever struggle to attract the next calibre of players because of our location, league position and finances.
Poyet tried is hardest to convince borini and still he couldn't buy into it. There's nothing we can do unless we pull off a few great seasons with Poyet and work or way up like Swansea and Hull appear to be doing.
These South American signings we keep going for might be our best bet
 
Thanks for this. Seems a well established fansite by respectable voices no? Odd I've never heard of it!

It's run by a bunch of lads who have supported the lads for years (50+) and the owner has worked for some of the best known broadsheets in the UK and abroad.
 
It's run by a bunch of lads who have supported the lads for years (50+) and the owner has worked for some of the best known broadsheets in the UK and abroad.

I read that article the other day on AnfieldWrap when the link was posted here. Now I see it's been endorsed by FB, I have to come to one of 2 conclusions...

1. He strung us along by telling Gus he was keen to join
2. Gus lied to us when he said Fabio was keen to join.... or at least stretched the truth ("I'm keen to play... for £90kpw and a £10m clause")
 
I read that article the other day on AnfieldWrap when the link was posted here. Now I see it's been endorsed by FB, I have to come to one of 2 conclusions...

1. He strung us along by telling Gus he was keen to join
2. Gus lied to us when he said Fabio was keen to join.... or at least stretched the truth ("I'm keen to play... for £90kpw and a £10m clause")

Two things to think about I reckon (because the article did not make it clear if they were correct) were:

1) If we (SAFC) had failed to agree on an amount that was acceptable as his "wages", but it suggested we had an agreement.

and

2) If he requested the same release clause that was demanded from QPR - it seemed, to me, that he did not.

Certainly, it did suggest that he did not want to go to QPR and attempted to make his demands unrealistic.
 
Two things to think about I reckon (because the article did not make it clear if they were correct) were:

1) If we (SAFC) had failed to agree on an amount that was acceptable as his "wages", but it suggested we had an agreement.

and

2) If he requested the same release clause that was demanded from QPR - it seemed, to me, that he did not.

Certainly, it did suggest that he did not want to go to QPR and attempted to make his demands unrealistic.


We really have to wait until someone at the club makes a statement, someone has made Gus look like a Kent. Not sure if thats Borini, his agent, or someone at the club
 
Perhaps it was the boot up the arse the lad needed.

Perhaps yes. Or perhaps he waited for his chance to come as he was confident he could prove himself? Did Rodgers suddenly realise how good a player he was or did he get lucky a bit due to injuries, suspensions etc and finally Henderson played in his best position?

Its not that unrealistic that Borini could get a chance - Lambert is a decent player, but hardly world class and I couldn't blame Borini for wanting to stay and compete with him for a chance.
 
If thats true then yes, not surprised at all that they pulled the plug. So they pay 10m+, have to pay far more than hes worth as a weekly salary and dont even have the comfort that if he does well they can sell for a big profit. The term wanting to have your cake and eat it springs to mind, Fabio. That deal would be a non starter purely from a financial standpoint, even before considering the fact that it suggests a huge lack of commitment on the players behalf.
In all fairness, it's just some blokes blog so the facts in it probably aren't factual.
 
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