02 Jan 2015 11:16:12
Shaqiri: Bayern want 15M€. Now Inter made a bid 6 months loan + buy clause. Liverpool just started talks for permanent deal, no bid.

1.) 02 Jan 2015
02 Jan 2015 14:33:18
With Stevie confirming his departure at the end of the season, we must now bring in a genuine top class centre midfield player and avoid making the same mistake we have made in replacing suarez.

I know gerrard has not been world class recently but we now have no players at the club who are or have been world class and if we want to move forward and stop living on our history, we now need to recruit better.

Young Rossiter will in time move into this role but like many other of our fine, young talented players, they need someone to set the standard.

Shaqiri would certainly be a start, but must be complemented by a similar standard of keeper and fit and available centre forward.

With Johnson and Stevie moving on we will be saving over 200k a week in wages.

There are several players (Allen, Enrique, migs, skirtel, Coates, Allen, Alberto, Aspas, Assaidi, Borini, Balotelli etc ) who, if not all, some, can be moved on to make further savings.

2 or 3 genuine quality, complemented with core of current squad and young talent at the club can see us move forward.

Really gutted Stevie is leaving but this must be a watershed moment for the club with a decision also made on the right manager to take us forward.

FSG are phenomenal owners and have really backed the manager since they came in.

I've total confidence in them going forward and cannot wait to see what their plans are now.

2.) 02 Jan 2015
02 Jan 2015 14:45:28
If anything it will be a loan as there's no funds and even if there was would you give it for BR to spend.

3.) 02 Jan 2015
Recruitment priority must be keeper, centre forward, centre mid then, depending what is available and affordable, a manager to steer us in right direction if FSG don't see rogers as this man.

Happy to wait till summer if means getting it right.

Savings made on above mentioned players in wages and in transfer fees recouped should fund most if not all of this.

4.) 02 Jan 2015
02 Jan 2015 18:10:46
Why in the absolute **** would we bring in another forward/winger?

5.) 02 Jan 2015
02 Jan 2015 18:50:26
Because Shaqiri is a VERY good player at a remarkably low price. It would be an excellent investment both in footballing and monetary terms.