Would you rather be CL winners & top of the league and having a 16-year old reject you, or play in the Europa League, be shit in the league and have the youngster sign?
Liverpool will win it this year though so it's too late for those youngsters to make an impact in that respect.
Might be a while yet longer for 'greatness and domination' though. Might be starting some kind of regeneration on the pitch but it's as if the whole club needs some kind of overhaul.
Who was your captain before?
Can't really argue if that's what the rest of the squad want - he's clearly someone they can rely on and think can lead them. Wonder if Emery thought the same.