Liverpool Rumours Archive July 01 2016

01 Jul 2016 19:49:36
Quick question for Ed002 if I may.

Reports showing Palace are showing an interest in Benteke and Liverpool looking at a significant fee for him.

Is their interest due to the fact they have more money to spend as a result of the new TV revenue?

Cheers.

{Ed002's Note - No, their interest will be because they see that the player can improve their side.}

01 Jul 2016 23:44:03
Can u see us getting the 30mill we are holding out for Ed002? . Or will we get 28 or something. I thought 25 was good.

{Ed002's Note - I would not get too wrapped up in the money McD.}

02 Jul 2016 06:08:02
Sure thing Ed 2, of course they see Benteke as an option to improve their squad, hence the bid.

I just thought that it was significant as I've never seen the likes of say Palace bid that amount for a player, especially when you factor in all the additional costs, agents fees, VAT on these fees, potential relocation costs etc etc,

Having said that, I think I read below that Palace have backing from the US so that may have answered my question.

02 Jul 2016 09:53:54
Money is clearly not an issue for Palace as they had no problem splashing 33m on a bid for Batshuayi. I think the deal will go through especially because he wants the move and we don't wanna keep him.

03 Jul 2016 04:05:09
obviously it's because of the TV deal. no idea why Ed 02 disagreed with that comment. i don't think they can afford to bid that much with out it.

{Ed001's Note - because you are wrong. They could not afford to spend that much because of the TV deal. Why do ignorant people argue when it is clear they have no idea what they are talking about? Palace were taken over recently by an extremely well-financed group who are pumping money in. That is why they can afford it, not because of the TV money, which they have not received yet anyway.}

03 Jul 2016 07:34:25
Spot on, Ed. They are financial backers from the States if I'm correct. If not, you may correct me.

{Ed001's Note - correct, they are an American consortium.}

01 Jul 2016 19:43:18
Crystal palace have bid 25 million for Christian benteke.

01 Jul 2016 20:51:24
Klopp fsc board of directors take the money and run seriously don't hang out for the 30 million last chance saloon 1 down 1 to go balitolli.

01 Jul 2016 20:53:08
Still hope that we can recoup a bit more cash. Never take the first offer. Benteke will come back and hurt us though!

Baz.

01 Jul 2016 22:34:15
Take 25 we got half what we paid for Carroll sometimes you cut looses and his aren't bad.

01 Jul 2016 22:59:20
baz we cannot worry about players coming back to score against us, it was the fact he seemed to score against us every time he played for villa that got him a move in the 1st place, agree with you about trying to get more though, I would take £30m and not a penny less, what's ironic is that pardew wants that "cheat" to dive all over the place in a crystal palace shirt. Its obvious that klopp would rather play clyne upfront than benteke so its best for both parties to go there separate ways, he was never going to fit into our style of play, at palace it will be like playing for villa once again for him.

02 Jul 2016 06:57:29
Why are you all so wrapped up in the money that's the whole problem with football today. Rick Parry started it when he instigated the start of the premier league, then money took over and now even s*** loads of fans are more worried if Mane cost 32 or 33m than how many goals he's going to score. FORGET THE MONEY enjoy the footy .

02 Jul 2016 07:30:05
Spot on chief.

02 Jul 2016 10:04:14
If you're worried about players coming back to score against you then don't sell any of your players and you will have a squad of 100 players. Benteke should never have been signed and the fact that he scored often against us was more an indictment on BR's inability to defend against him than he being a great player. Another BR mess that Klopp has to clean up. I say, take the money and run only if Palace is not willing to budge. No use playing hardball for no reason because that's just stupid.

02 Jul 2016 12:53:25
We want him off the books, the fact we paid over the odds for him doesn't make him worth more. How many people were saying that the time he was only worth on the 20s, but now we should be demanding 30+ for a player who has barely played and on form for us would struggle to justify 10? The money we spent to pay for him is gone, done, finished. Anything we get for him now isn't going against that, it is going against where we are now. Also he is on a big wage that we will be saving as well. Ultimately if they are willing to pay a decent sum and all his wages in future it is the right decision.

02 Jul 2016 15:23:18
Your wrong LondonIrishRed - yes the money will have gone out of the clubs 'bank account' but the player will still be sat in the balance sheet depreciating in value over the term of his contract - getting £30m for him will help balance the books a bit better than getting £20m.

03 Jul 2016 11:45:50
johnnyr we are pretty much coming from the same point here, what I was getting at was we shouldn't be hung up on what we paid originally being the guide, we should be looking at the max we can get now and the benefits of getting that now. My view though was more that based on current value he is worth 10-15 so 25-30 is a good deal regardless of what we paid originally and if I understand correctly he is one of the higher paid players - costing us a few million a year in wages as well.

01 Jul 2016 11:00:20
Hi eds the gaurdian reporting that we are interested in Newcastles Moussa Sissoko power house of a player has the story any legs or is it lazy journalism as we are top heavy in the midfield stakes at the moment, any more word on chilwell or what's the position there thanks.

{Ed002's Note - The only approach I am aware of was from Hamburg.}

01 Jul 2016 12:08:38
Lazy journalism.

01 Jul 2016 12:13:37
Would certainly add something to our squad. Would happily move on Lucus, Allen, Milner for Sissoko.
And before we all pipe up about the youngsters he is a mug better player than them.

01 Jul 2016 13:10:44
Ill pipe up, yeah cause he really helped Newcastle stay up and did much more than Allen, Milner and LucAs this season. The Lucas shout is a laugh and would have Branagan in over him any day. secondly did you also forget about the midfielders were already bringing in. So by logic and us being only in domestic football this season, hell probably get a game or two in mid season if we signed him, would be a waste of even more money and wages.

01 Jul 2016 15:42:16
MrWjonesy, Who helped who stay up? Newcastle got relegated so he helped no one stay up.

01 Jul 2016 15:49:36
Danray, bro. Do you even sarcasm?

01 Jul 2016 15:51:35
Danray35, meet sarcasm.

01 Jul 2016 15:54:57
Sorry Mrwjonesy, read your comment wrong and i agree we don't need him.

01 Jul 2016 17:32:23
Better than Lucas? Hilarious if you weren't being serious.

01 Jul 2016 18:38:33
Isn't this the same Sissoko who Comolli tried to bring to the club as a a long term replacement for Gerrard?

02 Jul 2016 07:33:40
Pub players are better than Lucas.

{Ed001's Note - no they are not. If you think that then you should try knitting or something, as footie is clearly not your thing. Sissoko is not good enough, poor attitude, lazy, doesn't track back, and was a big part of the reason they went down.}

02 Jul 2016 08:44:24
Agree with ed1 on that, you obviously don't know much about football if you think Lucas is a pub player, and Sissoko was awful last year and it will probably reflect in the club he joins, I'm shocked he is in the France squad.

02 Jul 2016 10:06:54
Heavy, your post is stupid and Ed was right to give you a telling off. If Sissoko added anything to Newcastle then whatever it was, I want none of it.