Liverpool Rumours Archive December 15 2014

15 Dec 2014 18:10:51
Hey Eds, with Mignolet dropped you think we might fork out for Perin now?
His agent said no Italian club can afford him but he's said he really doesn't want to go abroad has he?

Thanks!

{Ed002's Note - My view on Perin has not changed. Up to now Liverpool has been looking for a goalkeeper on a pre-contract agreement in January. Now we are seeing claims that Liverpool will be bidding against Crystal Palace for the signature of John Ruddy in January.}

Depressing times for us I think.

15 Dec 2014 20:18:38
Whats your take on Ruddy? Would he suit our type of play? Is he good enough for Liverpool eds?

{Ed001's Note - he is awful, just another Mignolet - good at shot stopping but woefully deficient in every other area of a goalkeeper's art.}

Thanks ed, just what I thought.
Havent we learned anything this year regarding keepers, and why buy older keepers when you get perfectly great keepers with lots of talent AND quality.
Look how united dealt with their keeper "problem" and now they have what everyone else wants.

{Ed001's Note - no point us getting a young keeper without a decent keeping coach to bring him through....}

If the best our scouting team can come up with is John Ruddy, then they should all be sacked.

I kind of hope that we get turned over by Bournemouth just so that it means that Rogers and his croneys have to go.

I agree. I'd take a loss at B'mouth IF IT GUARANTEES the sack for Rodgers and all staff.

Good grief, Ruddy rumours can't be true. I agree that signing a young keeper is not the solution and Perin could have problems settling. The pre-contract plan would indicate Neto or Romero but perhaps things have got a bit more urgent since that was the way of thinking. Personally, I wouldn't be thrilled with either of those and firmly believe the position will only be sorted by spending a few quid to get Begovic or somehow convincing Cech to move up north.

Perin looks like a slightly taller, younger, more handsome, Italian version of Mignolet. Looks like he has had a very good breakout season with Genoa earning himself an Italian cap last month.

Agree a GK coach may be needed. Will need a couple of defensive coaches as priority!

{Ed002's Note - So you think the answer is to add three more coaches? Fortunately, the expectation is that the owners will accept the independent advice that won't simply suggest adding a Director of Football and a random number of new coaches.

They would probably need a new bandwagon to get to work in as well.}

Are Rulli and Romero out of contract next summer?

Romero not a great shot stopper but doesn't get bullied in the box, don't know much about Rulli except that he is being touted as one of the better 2nd tier young GKs (first tier being ter Stegen/Courtois/ De Gea)

{Ed002's Note - No and Yes.}

15 Dec 2014 08:44:47
Gday Eds, are Inter still interested in Balotelli, Lucas or Borini? Any of their players we are interested in?

Thanks!

{Ed002's Note - There is interest in Lucas. There might also interest in Balotelli but only at less than half what LFC want.}

Liverpool want to recover what they paid for him? That seems pretty darned optimistic.

{Ed002's Note - Liverpool want to recover the entire cost associated with the player.}

That Rogers has created a situation where Lucas, our best defensive midfield player, is looking to leave yet Allen, one of the least effective players to have ever pulled on a Liverpool shirt is going to stay, says everything about his management.
Honestly can see Bournemouth beating us this week, then there is no more BS for BR to hide behind.

If they are not complaining about paying an extra few million for players and loosing them after months of poor negotiations they are asking ridiculous amounts for a player who has done nothing to justify the price. *sigh*

Of course there is interest in Lucas. Should be first name on the team sheet at the moment.

Lucas played well in the last 4/5 matches and we remained unbeaten. Now Rodgers wants to sell him, like the way he got rid of Agger. Lucas/Agger replaced by Allen/Lovren says it all. I think before this manager does any further harm to our club, he must be sacked.

17 Dec 2014 04:42:31
Ed002, are we looking to recover around £20-£25m and Inter willing to pay around £10-£12m then? Just trying to get context, as recovering all costs would include, among other things, agents fees, wages, signing on fees etc (thinking back to the post you have repeated a few times about associated fees). ?

Got to admit, if I am anywhere in the ballpark, then we are extremely optimistic and much as it pains me to lose so much money in such a short period of time, anything over £10m should be accepted and reinvested.

At around £100k per week (estimate) Ballo will cost us another £2.5m-£3m for the rest of the season and the club must take that into account when doing their sums.

What we have paid for him upto now is not relevant, what is relevant is what someone is willing to pay for him, what we will be saving going forward on him and whether that money can be better utilised elsewhere.

{Ed002's Note - I don't want to get in to the figures as it dows nothing but confuse.}

15 Dec 2014 01:50:21
just heard from a reliable source who has been right consistently before, that sterling is leaving next month. .REALLY hope he is wrong. BR's team selections are baffling and his recent post match interviews are beyond ridiculous - he is losing credibility by constantly praising his players and their performances depite the fact it is blatant to EVERYBODY that neither performances nor results have been up to liverpool standards. they should have given kenny more time.2 wembley finals wasnt bad for first full season and he brought suarez in and would die for the club - kenny is smart enough where we know he would get it right in time.

{Ed002's Note - I am not aware of any interested side looking to a deal next month.}