Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
I wonder if there's a commercial consideration to this.

Taking nothing away from his abilities, he's been fantastic for us, and I'm sure he could step in when needed for Liverpool and be reliable.
However, as a backup keeper they'd be paying whoever they sign a lot of money for sitting on the bench.
Etheridge has a huge social media following in the Philippines, where football is a growing sport and the population is over 100 million.
They could maybe pick up a bunch more overseas fans to offset the cost of what is usually a underutilized wage.
fair point. I seem to remember Ronaldo to Real Madrid more or less paid for himself in shirt sales and other commercial deals etc.