'I can’t quite believe we’re still sat here': James Pearce on Liverpool's long pursuit of Romeo Lavia
"I know a few people have said to me 'for the sake of £4-5m, what on earth are we doing?' but I think that’s probably a little too simplistic because it’s also about the structure of the deal," The Athletic's James Pearce said on the Walk On podcast about Liverpool's pursuit of Romeo Lavia."We don’t know how much of that £46m Liverpool put in that third bid, how much of it was guaranteed, how much of it was linked to performance-related add-ons, because we know Southampton turned down £50m from Chelsea last year, not long after they actually signed him from Man City.