Put a Liverpool contract on the table for every Basel player, at the same wages he's getting there, and see how many sign up Leighbo.
So we come back to this statement.
Are you seriously, honestly, 100% claiming that if you offer a player identical contract terms to play for either Basel or Liverpool, you think he's going to pick Basel?
Dude this is getting silly.
Nobody said Basel were rubbish at all either, you're creating strawmen now in desperation. Liverpool are just obviously a higher profile and more famous club around the world, and 99% of players would choose them any day of the week over Basel, no matter their success.
I'm going to slink out of this thread now, apologies to the other Liverpool fans putting up with this weird argument!
No desperation at all and I stand by my theme that it's not a given that LFC should have beaten Basel and this is a case where money isn't the largest factor at play.
But this was not your theme. Go back and read the words you wrote. Your theme was that Basel is a more attractive club for potential signings than Liverpool.