Michael Laudrup could have been a Liverpool great before they changed their terms
He truly established himself at the highest level during his time at Juventus, but it could have been differentIn Spain, first with Barca, he won four successive La Liga titles and added another league crown atJohan Cruyff, his manager at Barcelona, loved him. “When Michael plays it is like a dream, a magic illusion and no one in the world comes anywhere near his level."
It's rare for a player to be loved in equal measure by both Barca and Real supporters, but Laudrup is. One story goes that saw King Juan Carlos I appear at his shoulder when he was pondering his future over some food in a posh Madrid restaurant in 1996.“That’s good news,” he whispered in the player's ear when it looked like he was leaving. “I’ll be the only King in Madrid again.”
Liverpool, though, didn't exactly regret the decision given they won the treble in the 1983/84 season, clinching a fourth European Cup in seven years, but a front line of Laudrup, Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush would have been frightening. "Michael turned out to be a wonderful player, but I firmly believe we made the right decision at the time because he was demanding terms and conditions in his contract that were impossible for us to meet," former Anfield executive"The main stumbling block was that he wanted the option to be able to just walk away after a short period if he felt things weren't working out. From our point of view, this just did not make any business sense.
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