Liverpool Banter Archive July 18 2014

18 Jul 2014 23:34:35
Loic Remy is poised to join Liverpool on a five-year contract from QPR.

France international striker Remy appears to be viewed by Rodgers as part of the solution and is ready to sign a five-year deal with Liverpool, according to Sky Italia.

18 Jul 2014 23:10:02
Gianluca Di Marzio reporting that Remy to LFC on a 5 year deal is close. Not quite the 'marquee' signing but he's got pace and can score, Rodgers can definitely help him to improve.

19 Jul 2014 02:36:30
Forget a marquee signing, it will not happen anytime soon (for a few summers yet).

We will still have over 90 mill to spend even after remy signs due to aspas and borini sales + suarez sale which hasn't been used yet

We won't have this sort of cash to spend for a few summers more like

Nows the time to buy big and I think we will buy atleast 1 "star"

U for real MaradonaKebab? trust me, you won't see another 90M spending on top of what we have spent.

Dont be silly!
We are not going to spend 90 million more!

18 Jul 2014 22:48:48
Good luck Fabio, shame you never really got your chance to prove yourself. Really like the lad, great attitude and would have been a great player to have in the squad. Glad you have the chance to make yourself a hero at Sunderland!

If the Remy rumours are true I'm a bit surprised. He'd expect a lot of first team football however I'm not convinced at all d him and Sturridge would compliment each other. However, his goal scoring record reads 20 goals in 40 prem games for QPR and Newcastle. Which is good. Depending on his role he could be a good or not so good signing. We'll have to wait and see.

19 Jul 2014 00:41:19
For £8m it's worth the gamble in my eyes!

18 Jul 2014 22:41:14
Stevan Jovetic anyone?

Red Rum

18 Jul 2014 23:34:37
An unfit player who had a poor first year riddled with injury and would cost an absolute fortune?

18 Jul 2014 22:34:18
I believe we have agreed a fee for Alberto Moreno

Thanks
Nabeal_786

18 Jul 2014 21:51:49
Well that's Suarez, Borini, Aspas gone. Leaves us with just 2 strikers. IMO we need 2 strikers in now. And if we get Origi and lona him back for season that's not going to help our cause either.

Any thoughts peeps?

{Ed002's Note - One - and don't forget Markovic.}

Ed Markovic is a winger not a striker so yes we do need two more strikers.

{Ed002's Note - Markovic can play in any forward position - including running up and down the middle bit at the front. So with Origi that is three more then?}

Markovic is not a striker or a forward., . PERIOD

So I agree two are needed

18 Jul 2014 22:22:53
Yeah, sorry Ed wasn't considering him as a Striker but suppose he is capable in a system playing just behind Studge.

18 Jul 2014 22:32:51
Origi obv is a forward Zed but seems he going back n loan for a year? So we won't have him at our disposal?

{Ed002's Note - Clubs do not buy players to replace players they have bought and sent on loan.}

False 9 but we need a traditional strikers lambert and Sturridge are our only proper strikers we could do with one more to replace borini who I don't no

He can play as a false nine

Personally, I'd say both Sterling and Markovic are capable of playing as strikers if we have some sort if crazy injury crisis. It would seem that one more is inbound though if the Borini transfer goes through.

We have Sturridge, Lambert, Potentially Origi, and Markovic if he isn't being used on the wings. We need a minimum and maximum of 1 striker. Perhaps another versatile player like Markovic would be handy instead, so that the player is not just being purchased for depth.

Borini wasn't here last season and Aspas barely kicked a ball. We need one striker as competition for Sturridge and Lambert. That is all.

Markovic and Sterling will most likely be used in the wide positions.

Red Rum

If you look at Markovic's previous goal tally, its hard to presume he's been brought in as a striker

Seems to be lot of people are convinced they know who is what.

Was Henry a striker when Wenger brought him to Arsenal?

Is Markovic so dumb that he can only control the ball when he is near the touchline?

Why not let the coaching staff do their work?

18 Jul 2014 21:48:41
whats the chances of torres coming back as a back up striker

Cmon fella . he cried to get out n didn't try a leg on he's massive wages . we've wiped him from memory, its like he's never played for us

I sincerely hope and suspect there is no chance.

I wouldn't want him as a back-up tea lady

18 Jul 2014 21:17:55
This is proving to be one of the soap operas of the summer. Alberto Moreno is on the radar of lots of big European clubs, but the fact remains that he is still in Costa Ballena along with his Sevilla teammates. However, in all likelihood he will not be there for long. He may not even travel to Germany for the upcoming Sevilla tour which begins next Wednesday.

This is because the team which has been following him since January is looking to make one final big push. MARCA.com has revealed that Liverpool are preparing a final offensive and that they are convinced that the Seville-based outfit will accept the deal.

In fact, they intend to sit back down at the Sevilla negotiating table over the coming hours and offer what was at one time almost a done deal.

Sources close to the English club told this newspaper today, Thursday, that the Reds' offer will extend to a €20 million fee plus €2 million in add-ons for the objectives achieved by Alberto with Liverpool.

This offer will undoubtedly meet Sevilla's aspirations for the transaction. Similar figures were offered previously and the deal was all but done, but moves on a number of fronts caused the English club to back out.

In fact, the previous offer was a €20 million fee, plus €1 million in add-ons and a friendly between the two clubs.

Just read this

18 Jul 2014 21:01:16
Interesting that Lallana took a lot of stick for costing £25 million yet I've not heard much negativity towards Markovic at £20 million, and he must represent the biggest gamble out of the two?

18 Jul 2014 21:20:27
Don't be silly haha, Markovic isn't English therefore he is value for money :)

In all honesty I think we paid the going rate for both players. Sadly, I know first hand how boring the name Adam is. Certainly not as exciting as Lazar! Some people let that influence their opinions (subconsciously).

18 Jul 2014 23:32:38
If Adam Lallana and Ricky Lambert were Adamous Lallanokovic and Ricardo Lamberto they would be considered great buys by all, really exciting and top additions to the team

19 Jul 2014 02:55:20
The same was said about joe Allen and look how that turned out. I expect adam lallana to be a quality addition, lambert will be a good squad player. Very split when it comes to markovic as his stats do not match his price tag at all. Think he was an unnecessary gamble.

Lallana is not exactly an English sounding name.

18 Jul 2014 20:46:43
Just flicking through the pages, (as normal). I saw a post on chelsea page about Liverpool's supposed interest in isco. The eds were asked if chelsea would be interested. The reply from eds was only if oscar was to leave. Do the eds believe Liverpool are "interested"? Also have PSG decided against bidding for oscar? Thanks in reply?

{Ed002's Note - RTP.}

18 Jul 2014 19:59:28
Hi Eds
Yesterday or the day before you were quite pessimistic and suggested he is half way to another team. Is this still the case? some newspapers suggest Liverpool are going to raise their bid on him

{Ed002's Note - I have no idea who you are talking about - Ed or player.}

Sorry - I refer to Moreno

{Ed002's Note - I am not aware of any change. If Liverpoool want Moreno they need to stop screwing around and making offers for other players.}

I think he means Alberto Moreno.

18 Jul 2014 20:49:27
Eds,Have we made bids for both Bertrand and Davies, albeit both rejected. Thanks Ollivander

{Ed002's Note - Just fore Davies - and Liverpool know what they need to do, but there is interest from elsewhere.}

18 Jul 2014 21:08:01
Thanks for the info
Ollivander

18 Jul 2014 19:20:51
Hi Eds, has the intrest in one of our previous targets disappeared now in Konoplyanka? I know it was a bit of a blow last transfer window when it didn't quite come off?

{Ed002's Note - Use the search function. We are sick of answering the same questions over and over.}

19 Jul 2014 00:09:59
Thank you ed, I too am sick of the same questions over and over again. Anyway, do you think we will re-sign Torres?

{Ed002's Note - I fixed it so you don't need to worry about it for three days.}

18 Jul 2014 19:53:31
I know the eds have said they know of no interest in Remy, however, I would prefer him over bony. Nothing against bony, their records are comparable, but Remy adds an option as playing as a wide forward too! Not sure what the wage comparisons are but, it seems to be suggested that remys fee would be less too.
Another Frenchman might help sahko develop too, although I'm not sure what remys attitude is like.
Any thoughts?

18 Jul 2014 18:40:54
BR says LFC haven't touched the "Suarez money" yet. He is building the fans expectations up. Can see this ending in tears and many blocked posters on deadline day.

I don't understand BR logic here
1. He is getting the expectations up for us fans.
2. He is telling the selling clubs that LFC still got a big chunk of cash left over hence the inflated price.

No tears, Brendan and co are doing an excellent job in my opinion, I don't expect 'world stars' but a balanced, hungry and youthful squad eager to improve and win as a team. As long as we bring in a couple of defenders, I will be happy.

Completely agreed AG. Should have just left it at 'we're still looking at players who we think would improve the team' and not mentioned the now-infamous Suarez money.

Not doubting you but did he actually say that?

I saw a few interviews where he said he had earmarked the players we had signed already regardless of Suarez leaving - that doesn't mean we have the money to spend another £60-£70m on players.

TBH I think we need to sell a few players soon-ish; more to reduce the wage bill for players unlikely to get in the team.

Don't get me wrong i'm all for young players to go on loan but Reina, Aspas etc. doesn't make sense (unless no one will buy them).

As long as they get in the right players for the team, we should maybe pay little attention to what is said, or what is reported to have been said. Lambert an Lallana experienced, Can and Markovic young and potential, seems like a good mix to me and increases first squad quality and depth. good job done so far in transfers

19 Jul 2014 09:09:52
BR needs Ed002 to lay down a couple of press conference rules:
1. We don't discuss finances

2. There is no "Suarez money" sat in an envelope behind Ian Ayres sofa cushions.

18 Jul 2014 16:45:49
Fellow Reds, how many times do the Ed's have to say that they do not discuss finances? As a daily follower of this page for the past number of years I have seen the "we don't discuss finances" status from the ed's 1000 times but still as you scroll down the page they are asked "I know you don't discuss finances BUT". . this is a great site so let's enjoy the football and the players an leave the finances to the accountants.

Totally agree Diker, same goes for, "Ed's have we any interest in (insert totally random player), would be a great option for us", "Ed's any chance of (insert outrageously expensive player who probably wouldn’t be interested in joining us anyway)", and "Ed's any development with (insert player asked about and answered 20 minutes ago)". Some of the posts (especially at the moment) are frustratingly mind numbingly pointless, respect to the ed's for coping (so far) with silly season.

18 Jul 2014 16:25:55
hello eds,
sorry I know that u don't like to talk money but
in the recent data Liverpool net debt is reasonable when compared to clubs like Chelsea and man u . so can we say that we r better financially?

thanx

{Ed002's Note - Far from it. Chelsea has no debt and Manchester United make vast profits and can service their debt.}

18 Jul 2014 17:51:01
Chelsea had announced an annual loss of £49.4million.
These figures cover the 12 months ending 30 June 2013

{Ed002's Note - The significance of which is what?}

That they are in debt perhaps!

{Ed002's Note - Ignorance like this is why we don't discuss money. Thank you for providing another example.}

FSG has years of mismanagement and not capitalising on revenue or expansion to contend with. I am glad that they are being cautious while trying to fix this. The fact that we have brought in the four players so far for the reported prices paid, with the potential for more, even with the sale of Suarez is probably more than we could have hoped for under previous management. I'd rather the club take the long and steady road to sustained stability and success.

Don't think we are "sustainable" at the moment diablo! Long way to go until were financially sound again.

Debt and loss are different things, a loan would be an example of debt.

18 Jul 2014 15:04:36
Edds with Kroos in and Rodriguez looking like moving to Real Madrid surely 2 players will be going out to fund these moves khedira and possibly isco.Didnt Liverpool express an interest in this kid in the past?

{Ed002's Note - No.}

18 Jul 2014 14:06:20
It depends on our level of ambition. Do we challenge for top4? Then the likes of Remy, Bony, Lacazette, Richards, Davies should be our targets. Do we challenge for the title? Then our targets should be players like Benzema, Cavani, Vidal, Ricardo Rodrígues, Lovren, Hummels and the crack pipe dream that is Marco Reus.

So far we have addressed our urgent need to improve our strength in depth. Last season we suffered from not being able to field impact players off the bench. Can looks to be an improvement over Allen, Lambert definitely is over Aspas and Markovic doesn't replace anyone, but rather makes up for the inability to sign Salah/Konoplyanka in January. Lallana to me is very, very exciting and provides various options for our starting 11.

For various reasons we cannot (yet, anyway) attract top tier talent like Reus, Pogba, Vidal, Sanchez, James, Kroos and so forth, and Suarez cannot be replaced 1:1, so I would be happy with eg Lovren, RR and Lacazette. That would ensure we have 2 very capable options on every position, me thinks.

Your top targets simply are just not happening! . Unfortunately there will be no reus vidal pogba or cavani. We simply don't have the dough.

18 Jul 2014 15:37:01
Most of those players you have mentiond play for money only we need players who will fight and fight all season long all we need is a half decent cf lb and if poss lovren I'd be happy with any of the cf being linked to us but not happy with Davies at 10m i'm sure there are options out there my ideal lb would be the Swiss kid we can't afford massive wages that's why we havnt gone in for the likes of cavani and co

18 Jul 2014 18:37:31
If your second list targets are obtained, the club will shut down trying to pay their wages.

Nothing to do with ambition.

We nearly won it last year with only one type of the latter player. We need players that will improve the team, not those who expensive Fifa cards.

18 Jul 2014 13:52:07
Hi eds,

Have seen an article today linking us to isco do we have any interest or is it just speculation?

Thanks eds

{Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware.}

18 Jul 2014 13:37:15
I hope we don't buy Davis and he goes to Spurs, in my opinion he is average, nothing special, and certainly no better than what we already have, if Moreno ticks all the boxes go and pay what the club want or make a decent offer for him, I confess I have only seen him on youtube but he reminds me of Riise, still a little raw but strong and quick, so do a deal and let's move on to Lovren.

18 Jul 2014 12:17:09
"But we certainly won't spend just for the sake of spending. It has to be the sort of player who is going to improve us.

"We are working hard behind the scenes to find players, but it will not be a direct replacement. We are looking for several players who can add to what we have and improve us again."

Rodgers also addressed Sanchez -- he wanted to live in London, end of -- and he said that everyone who has come in so far was already planned before Suarez left. Sounds to me like he isn't done improving the attack, and Origi isn't "the sort of player who is going to improve us" in the short term -- especially if he is at Lille.

Seems like Tottenham's move for Davies would end interest in Bony, who would be priced out -- if he isn't already. I doubt we match the offer.

Still sounds positive that we may be signing a few more players.

18 Jul 2014 11:09:22
I think we should splash out and sign moreno and yaya toure, I still think agger and skrtel are a capable pair in defence so no need for lovren, flanno gets in ahead of johnson, and gerrard an toure in centre, we do need another striker though possibly origi and I think were ready then ynwa

I want to splash out on a mercedes and a house in the Bahamas.
If the money isn't there you can't do it.

Yaya Toure obviously now prefers the attacking midfield role with the amount of goals he scored last term, He would probably cost 50 mill + being a rival club and he's already 31 - No thanks - Think we should get lovren and moreno/davies and lacazette and be done for this window - Young defense with flanno/lovren/sakho/moreno or Davies so be solid for years to come and then play 4-2-3-1 with Sterling Coutinho and Markovic behind Sturridge - FRIGHTENING especially with Ibe, Lallana, Lacazette to come off the bench

Maybe put in a cheeky bid for aguero as well
and that kid from Borussia whose name has the same pronunciation as royce

18 Jul 2014 12:32:08
Trust me Jay91 you don't want a Mercedes just paid 1200 to fix my gearbox.

18 Jul 2014 14:06:59
Ed002 - I think you do a brilliant job and agree it is generally not helpful to discuss money especially re transfers!

This said when the accounts for the year ending 31 May 2014 are revealed in a few months time I don't think we will have continued to make losses at anything like the £1m per week rate that keeps getting quoted from the past.

Since 31 May 2013 we have sold/loaned downing/carrol/aquilani, reina - all were on high wages. Downing and Carroll also had their purchase values written off in 2013 to the tune of about £10m.

We bought in aspas/alberto/sakho etc on cheaper wages and with their purchase costs paid across decent long contracts. We also had our best year on TV money 2014 with the new prem deal (and most appearances on SKY/BT) as well as all the new commercial contracts (warrior etc) taking effect - so costs are down/revenue up.

I think we will be FFP compliant from 2014 and also be able to afford to buy more players based on all of this - at that is not even counting the suarez money and any cash from other players that leave. thanks

{Ed002's Note - I have explained my views on all of that before and what I said was correct in this post.

"Buy more players" - already planning on replacing the whole team again next year?}

18 Jul 2014 10:58:48
I'm looking forward to my first away of the season at Preston tomorrow, taking my twin nephews so it should be a laugh, having seen the squad Liverpool are taken to America on Sunday do use think any of these players will get some minutes or will it just be the kids again? I remember are team being relatively strong last year at Preston,

Cheers

I'd say it would be similar team as brondby with maybe can if fit making a appearance

18 Jul 2014 17:08:04
Enrique is apparently also set for some minutes according to his twitter announcements

18 Jul 2014 10:07:29
Hi Eds

Hope you don't mind me posting here for the first time I was just wondering if we could possibly see a cheeky bid for Liverpool Reserves (Everton) player Ross Barkley. With Lucas probably moving on and Stevie in the twilight of his career I honestly believe that this young man could give us the drive we need from midfield for the next 10+ years.

Also along with the stong English core currently in the team settling in would be minimal. Also he would fit with BR's main policy of young, hunry athletic players.

Thoughts?

{Ed002's Note - What's a "cheeky bid"?}

A bid of 1£ and a bag of red sox ed

Rambo great post - I second I would love young Ross to join the mighty reds - Put 35 million in front of them and see if they can resist it - Imagine Barkley/Sterling/Coutinho/Markovic/Lallana/Ibe behind Sturridge - If there aren't goals there to replace Suare what everyone is saying I don't know who can

He is good but has a lot to learn still and needs to realise if you do try and take on too many players and fail you are risking a fast counter.
I rate him highly but he takes risks in areas he shouldn't and with a team like lfc and our conceded record that would be a huge risk!

Cheeky bid of a signed LFC shirt should do the job!

18 Jul 2014 13:35:00
In response to Ed002, I believe it is one which is handwritten and delivered betwixt butt cheeks. Can't see Ian Ayre being overly keen, especially as he didn't attend a public school.

18 Jul 2014 17:09:10
You know when kids pass notes with a question like 'do you like me?' and tick boxes of 'yes', 'no' and 'maybe'?

A cheeky bid is people thinking that still happens with senior executives and multi-million pound deals

18 Jul 2014 09:19:19
i am properly the only 1 on this site who would love balotelli to join.BR is the key to get the best out of him.
Balo can play alone upfront or play with sturridge cutting in from the right.
in our system he will be forced to make runs and he will score loads of goals.
We could see a different mario if he joins us, the support he will receive if he plays well could bring the best out of him.
Balotelli has a mental problem and he needs to leave Italy, but he is the most talented striker available and affordable.
BR could be the man and we could be the club that he needs.we should take the chance on him.
Malta

I see your point. I love Balotelli and he has talent. But I worry whether he'd be disruptive to the squad. We have a hard working and humble team and Balotelli is lazy and arrogant. I think he is a legend for some of the kind deeds he does off the pitch and he's hilarious to follow. Just not sure Liverpool need that right now.

That said for the reported £14m, if Rodgers could do the unthinkable and tame the Mario, we'd have one hell of a player whom I also agree could play with Sturridge and at the very least be a great squad player.

18 Jul 2014 10:08:40
In today's market I agree. If 14 million is true, it could be a real bargain and he is still young.

Id like to see him come in and provide an option especially if he's 14 million - Let BR take him under his wing

Vlr, I mentioned this a few weeks back. I think he would be a great signing for us. Yes he is a few cards short of a full deck. But look at the players we have had at the club with issues over the years. If we went for him I don't think we would be taking a chance. he is a proven PL goal scorer.

18 Jul 2014 10:30:28
Ballotelli didn't register a single assist in all his time as a city player.

We just got rid a player who dragged the name of the club through mud why oh why would we want another?

I too want balo in red.

He's talented no doubt, although I'd rather 11 players who work hard for each other and for the team.

18 Jul 2014 11:28:21
I'd love us to sign Balotelli! Or at very least love him back in the PL, I miss his shenanigans! He's a great player, unfortunately I can't see it happening any time soon. I don't know much about how he's been at Milan, but I thought a lot of his issues were down to the way Hitler Mancini managed him, same as the way he managed Tevez. Plus everyone loves to watch a bit of Mario vs Training bib before kick off :-P

18 Jul 2014 12:09:23
Welshboydave,

Incorrect, balotelli had 1 assist for man city. Bit of a famous one too!

Nothing to do with how mancini managed him.

18 Jul 2014 12:42:08
He is guaranteed to create problems. Problems LFC don't want after Suarez.

Milan are looking for closer to 25m euros so this idea of 14m really is way off.

Anything under £20m for him would be a no brainer.

18 Jul 2014 08:58:49
Getting real excited for this coming season.

vrcomp
Y.N.W.A.

Me too.

Although it concerns me that you state you're getting excited whilst using an avatar of a fist. Some things are best kept to yourself. ;-)

18 Jul 2014 08:13:47
After having an in-depth look at our squad I firmly believe we are 4 signings away from a squad that would allow us to challenge on 4 fronts. If the only departures this summer are: Suarez, borini, Lucas, assidadi & skrtel. The four would be a first choice LB, CB & a reserve GK & winger. If the 4 were: Rodriguez, lovren, vorm & remy, I believe that our starting 11 & bench can match all but 2 in this country furthermore our 2nd 11 consisting of the 7 subs for a pl match day squad 4 more young players & a bench still including Jones, Kelly, rossiter, smith, Ilori, texiera & branniggan can be made. The 4 are achievable signings now rodgers has said although not directly that the Suarez money hasn't been spent although I imagine signing them would use the whole of it

If Borini were to leave, we would definitely need a more central player, not another winger. Otherwise our main striking options would only be Sturridge and Lambert. Also I doubt that we would be in for Rodriguez (I assume you are referring to the LB from Wolfsburg).

18 Jul 2014 02:46:06
Newspaper saying Negredo might leave city. Have we ever shown interests? Would love to see him playing for us

{Ed002's Note - No.}

18 Jul 2014 01:18:16
Am I the only one hoping we sell quite a few players over the coming weeks! I'm not saying cheaply, but I think if we trimmed the squad a bit it would help, use the youth as cover rather than players who aren't going to improve more. I know we need to strengthen our depths but we have, and we have a young squad who will hopefully improve. I just hope, we don't buy a centre back for example, then end up having skrtel agger toure sahko and ilori loaned out as we couldn't agree a fee for skrtel/agger. Yes they have been great servants to the club, agger especially, I like a lot, but they are on big wages, and they are only going to depreciate from now. I know aspas is loaned out, he never quite cut the mustard, although I liked the guy, was always the first one to jump out of his seat when we scored, and it's looking like assaidi will go.
I've seen rumours linking Reina, agger, toure, skrtel, Lucas, Johnson, and Borini to leave. Obviosuly we would need to keep one of the three centre backs presuming ilori stays, and I hope Lucas and Borini stays, they both have a lot to offer in my opinion, I'm expecting some important goals from him this season, I really think he's got it in him! He scored in the cup final and in relegation fight, so can deal with pressure, maybe he thrives on it.
However, the others, I don't think have a place in the squad as such, and hopefully we can recoup a little money from them. I don't think rodgers will play them as much and in my opinion it can have negative influences on the team. Especially in the cases or agger/skrtel, I would rather see them playing for another team than sitting on out bench week in week out when we have youth player, ie ilori, who could do the same.

Sorry for the essay my friends!

A very good post in my opinion, and I agree with everything, other than if we can get Lovren then we should. He has prem experience, is young for a CB and is better than the other options we have to play RCB and also could form a formidable partnership with Sakho for many years to come. If Lovren isn't possible then I am happy not to buy one for the sake of it and stick with what we have got already. We are looking a little heavy in the right back and centre back positions and would happily let a few faces leave to accommodate Kelly, Wisdom and Ilori. Anyway, I am sure BR knows best and he has my faith.

It was a shame that Ilori got injured. He was looking a decent player in the friendly game.
It looks like he has physically improved.

Sorry I worded it badly, I meant I hope we don't buy one, then not sell any so have 4 centre backs and have to loan ilori because that would be the easiest option! I hope we but lovren for example and are still able to keep ilori! If we fail to sell agger/skrtel then it would make no sense keeping lovren sahko agger, skrtel and ilori, meanin ilori would probably be loaned out again! I think the best thing for him now would be premier league experience.

18 Jul 2014 00:10:42
For those who are interested, LFC have now been linked since 1st June 2014 with over 150 players by official media sources e.g. media sources answerable to a consumer watchdog, ones that are paid for.

Just a little indication over the general accuracy of what you read in the first newspaper you grab in the morning

Are you sure? 150 seems steep.

Well there has been a World Cup so by the time you've added all the Dutch, all Germans and half the South Americans, a few from most of the rest we are probably already somewhere close. Then you have just about any young winger or forward playing in Europe, any player BR has coached previously, all Spurs targets and most Chelsea and City players not wanted by those clubs. Thought it would be higher.

18 Jul 2014 07:59:50
I'm sure, a few friends and I have been keeping track, we've done it every window. To give you a sense of proportion, we just about topped 100 in the January window

List them or it doesn't count :)

We should end up with the biggest squad then lol

Still, 4 out of 150 isn't a bad success rate is it?

18 Jul 2014 11:52:27
You asked for it Bobatron:

Navas, Darlow, Vorm, Ochoa, Begovic, Valdes, Leno, Trapp, Adler, Krul, Butland.

Richards, Montoya, Aurier, Walker, Clyne, Debuchy, Sagna, Janmat, Manquillo.

Lovren, Caulker, Benatia, H.Moreno, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Varane, Hummels, De Vrij, Mascherano.

Moreno, Davies, Rojo, Bertrand, Cole, Rodriguez, Siquiera, Coentrao, Marcelo, Adriano, Shaw, Blind.

Medel, Can, Khedeira, Bender x2, Mikel, Martinez, Sandro, M'Vila, De Jong, Strootman.

Vidal, Isco, Lallana, Onazi, Pogba, Turan, Koke, Rakitic, Valbuena, Hughes, Delle Ali, Fabregas.

Reus, Markovic, Lavezzi, Di Maria, Sanchez, Tello, Bojan, Deleufo, Bakkali, Shaquiri, Walcott, Rodriguez x3 (James, Jay and Jesse) Montero, Lamela, Townsend, Redmond, Schurrle, Robben, Ribery, Mueller, Pedro, Gervinho, Marchisio, Candreva, Cuadrado, Greizman.

Bony, Balotelli, Benzema, Benteke, Origi, Huntelaar, Lacazette, Mandzukic, Villa, Costa, Ba, Torres, Hernandez, Dzeko, Jovetic, Negredo, El Shawaray, Munian, Michu, Higuain, Pato, Hulk.

Cba to count them! That's just off the top of my head though. Poor Eds :(

Ha EMS, I was only taking the piss but well done :)

18 Jul 2014 12:47:05
You forgot Konoplyanka and Fernando Reges, Adam ;)

18 Jul 2014 17:06:02
115 + the 2 The real AG pointed out. 2 and a half weeks in. I feel for the Eds

17 Jul 2014 23:35:11
If reports are to be believed, and we get the targets mentioned by some close to what goes on at the club, then what a transfer window it could be.
Lambert
Can
Lallana
Markovic

Possible
Origi
Remy
Lovren
Davies

Accepting that Suarez can never be and we shouldn't try to replace him, I think remy would be a gem of a signing if it were to happen.
Finger crossed anyway.

I word perhaps eds on who you think will leave whether loaned or preeminent.

{Ed002's Note - See previous answers.}