19 Dec 2018 08:01:16
Just a quick note, there was a discussion on this site about wages of youngsters in English football, when I pointed out Solanke was on a large wage. I have double checked and now triple checked last night, all say the same thing. Dominic Solanke's dad, who represented him, refused to sign a contract with Chelsea unless he was given a salary of 50k a week. Liverpool found out and Klopp tapped him up, agreeing to the ridiculous demands. Chelsea found out about the tapping up and LFC paid a much larger fee than they wanted, to avoid it going to tribunal over the tapping up. But Solanke got his wage demands met, so he is earning 50k a week, the only question is what method was used to make up that salary to the 50k. How much is via the signing on fee paid throughout his contract etc, and how much is straightforward salary. Oh and one of the issues he had with Chelsea was he refused to go out on loan.

I couldn't say if the lad would now be open to a loan more or not, but it might be a difficult deal for Rangers to make, unless LFC are willing to subsidise his salary to a substantial degree.


1.) 19 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 08:31:09
Saw on bbc sport this morning crystal palace are looking to sign solanke on loan in January but if he did come threes no way he would come as a back up so do we drop or sell Fredo I think or hope not! or do we go 442 or poss 451 and use him as mid to front link to accommodate him in team what would be the point in the boy coming up here to sit on the bench makes no sense.


2.) 19 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 08:47:37
Cheers ed for info. i'm not sure its a goer myself but stranger things have happened. 50k a week i'd say was way out of our price range atm.


3.) 19 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 10:28:24
The problem SG has with going 442 is he only has one striker that he has confidence in to put the ball in the back of the net. I think with a player like Solanke you would have 2 upfront. We have to be honest with ourselves though. Solanke is ready for first team football at EPL level and that is where the money is and where he will want to be. From EPL us, them and others in the SPL are looking at young talents who aren't quite ready or players teams are looking to get rid of. Bar Kent the players SG has purchased are far better than the loans we have brought in, so shouldn't we be looking at buying players rather than more loans?


4.) 19 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 11:43:41
50 K a week and he is rarely even on the bench for Liverpool, I remember his antics at Chelsea, Chelsea wouldn’t entertain his wage demands . I haven’t seen much of him so I can’t comment on how good he is or isn’t, but he’s a very rich sub.


5.) 19 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 12:39:12
No way he is on £50k a week.


6.) 19 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 13:19:54
Should change the name of this site to Solanke Rumours.


7.) 19 Dec 2018
19 Dec 2018 15:47:30
Theswagman, so let's end it now. Solanke is not coming to Rangers.