Thiago Alcantara

[DerKrampus]

He'll be living poor unless he gets that little cash bonus hey.

[SB]

Tax reasons. Has to stay in the UK for x months to pocket his package from us.

We should offer him a part time gig. He's impressed in his time at Barcelona according to reports.

But surely he’s activated the tax issue when he started work with them? Maybe he hasn’t been paid yet

[labourRed]

Has either quit his coaching role at Barca or has been sacked. Not sure what’s happened but it’s been short lived.

https://anfieldwatch.co.uk/thiago-ba...iverpool-news/

Tax reasons. Has to stay in the UK for x months to pocket his package from us.

We should offer him a part time gig. He's impressed in his time at Barcelona according to reports.

[Slinky Skills]

He got injured training the players

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[baitman]

He got injured training the players

Those cones are surprisingly heavy

[Charly]

He got injured training the players

[SB]

Has either quit his coaching role at Barca or has been sacked. Not sure what’s happened but it’s been short lived.

https://anfieldwatch.co.uk/thiago-barcelona-statement-liverpool-news/

[Daniel 7]

Plus, away from the statistics, there's a different level of expectation on someone coming in with Thiago's reputation and wage against someone who came in on a free from Schalke and varied between second and third choice centre back during his time here. I can't say I know Matip's wage, but it can't have been to the same level - we had much more value out of Matip.

[red g]

That’s all competitions for Thiago and League only for Matip though.

In all comps its 98 appearances for Thiago and 201 for Matip.

Or 68 vs 150 for League games.

[Mark79]

He played nearly a 100 games for us. Matip did 150 in twice as long.

That’s all competitions for Thiago and League only for Matip though.

In all comps its 98 appearances for Thiago and 201 for Matip.

Or 68 vs 150 for League games.

[spud_gun]

He played nearly a 100 games for us. Matip did 150 in twice as long.

How many did they both start?

To answer my own queston

Thiago 98 total games

Started 71
Sub on 27
Sub off 40

https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1374

Matip 201 total games

Started 180
Sub on 21
Sub off 15

https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1304

Don't think they're really comparable when you drill down into it. Thiago played a full 90 minutes 31 times over 4 seasons. Matip played a full 90 minutes 165 times over 8 seasons.

[red g]

He played nearly a 100 games for us. Matip did 150 in twice as long.

[Daniel 7]

Maybe it'll be too cold for him and he's wanting to go back to the sun! I suppose there could be a Klopp coaching team departure tie in with this - if they had stayed, maybe he would have too.

I'm going to buck the trend a bit here and say he was one of the most frustrating players I have ever seen at Liverpool - absolutely no doubt that he was massively talented and there were some games he looked like a giant in a world of insects, but they were far too irregular. He was injured too often and that weekly wage could have gone on two up and coming, hungry players with better availability. I know it's not that simple and he'd have been great to have around the squad, but it doesn't take away from the fact he barely played and cost an absolute fortune.

[rudedog]

Maybe we should have offered him a coaching role

[SB]

Barca only want him so they can get the phone number for Diaz