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He needs to play to impress and get his next big move. He'll be a bit part player at Chelsea.

Personally I'd like to us get as much as cash as possible, and see the kid make progress... potentially very helpful to us if we agree a sell on clause.

I just don't get why he'd go to Chelsea apart from money. There midfield is Caceido and Fernandez, plus an attacking CM or two 10's in behind a striker. He'd play every week at Liverpool who don't have a CDM, and had to resort to playing Gakpo in midfield.

Indeed. When Manning came in it was obvious that he'd played for Martin before. I'd imagine that coming in and sitting in front of the back 4 won't be a difficultly for him.

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I'd agree with your top 3, but we'll be supplementing wages to get him gone. This won't be a case of someone giving us a chunk of cash and taking his wages off our books.

The article is based on one person's opinion. That opinion includes this: "It is about making sure you have the community centre which has all of those essential needs, the bottle of milk, pharmacy, GP, schools." What's wrong with that as a concept? Seems logical. I agree though that the suggestion that people can only travel a certain number of times from area to area is unnecessary.

That's got nothing to do with 15 minute cities. It's a completely different thing, from 2024. This article covers both your issues. https://www.timeout.com/uk/news/the-small-english-city-at-the-centre-of-the-global-15-minute-city-storm-022023

What makes you think that's going to be a thing?

However you re-package your argument SoG, it's a tax, and the responsibility lies with governments and councils to sort public transport and the environment. Another stealth tax is not needed.

I was with you until the last part. 15 minute cities is nothing more than sensible town planning ensuring that key facilities are all within a short distance of all people. The conspiracy theories around it are daft.

Yep. All this "when the fun stops, stop" rather overlooks that a gambling addict can't stop.

And the contra argument is that less access to cars equals less customers for all traders. As an asthmatic I love the fact that air is cleaner, but society needs a balance and business and commerce is definitely impacted by the attempt to price out drivers.

Very good point...I can't imagine that there's a report which tells us how much of the reduction is down to adblue, and any changes to vehicles.

Here's a summary of the report, with a link to the full report at the bottom. The big drop is the big reduction in nitrogen oxide levels, but I don't think that they were at a level that was dangerous to begin with, but stand to be corrected. https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/environment-and-climate-change/environment-and-climate-change-publications/inner-london-ultra-low-emission-zone-expansion-one-year-report#air-pollutant-emissions-165734-title

Tongue in cheek mate...it's a great city in truth.

What on earth makes you think that players mostly act up if Liverpool want them?!

The irony is that anyone who's been to Merseyside will tell that it's the last place you'd want to go!

Then what did you mean by this if you weren't insinuating that this is Liverpool related issue? It's football wide, and we do it, you know that. Bit of a coincidence then that most of the players who act up do so after interest from Liverpool isn't it.

Of course it is. How anyone thinks that it's only Liverpool who get the player onside before sorting a deal with the selling club is beyond me.

Oh come on, players who want to act up, will act up regardless of where they want to go. If you're suggesting that it's only Liverpool who 'tap up' players, that's very naive thinking.

To be fair to Lavia and Liverpool, players will usually speak with (at least via their agents) potential buyers before the clubs do a deal. I've got little doubt that the same will have happened with Manning and Charles, and ditto any players we have in the pipeline. The issue here, I think, is that the lad genuinely prefers Liverpool and to be honest why would any young player who actually wants to play, go to Chelsea? By hook or crook, Chelsea have upped the anti ( they did the same with Rice - did they really want him though...), and the ball is firmly in the court of Lavia/his agent/Liverpool. £5m can easily be found between them to get him to Liverpool.