Liverpool Rumours Archive March 25 2014

25 Mar 2014 22:00:55
Immobile top scorer in Italy for Torino from mid table, any prem teams looking at him eds?

{Ed001's Note - no idea sorry.}

25 Mar 2014 17:45:53
Just wondering about a few players Ed's if you can shed some light it'd be appreciated. Do you see either of Lars/Sven Bender moving and would you expect us to be interested? Also if Suarez was to leave would you think Sanchez would be attainable? Or would he simply be out of our reach?

{Ed001's Note - Lars Bender is an option and we have been watching him. It is whether we could persuade them to sell and if he would be interested in moving to England. Sanchez does not get on with Messi, he is attainable, but his price would probably be too much for us.}

Cheers Ed.

I was thinking Sanchez purely as an option if the worst was to happen with Suarez I know you can't guess but I'd like to think we'd seek a quality replacement and be willing to reinvest a lot of the money in that scenario.

{Ed001's Note - maybe in that scenario it would be possible.}

Any1 else we watched lars bender would be grate

Is it true eds that Messi is an ego maniac?

{Ed001's Note - yes. He is not a nice lad at all, despite the image. He is even choosing the manager at Barca these days. He regularly verbally abuses anyone who doesn't pass him the ball immediately they can, even if they then go on to score or create for someone else. He even told Sanchez his role in the team is to give him the ball, while telling him that he was **** and not good enough to be in the same team as him.}

Ed, is Ronaldo any better personality wise?

{Ed001's Note - yes, to be fair to him. He is still arrogant, but he is not as nasty as Messi, just cocky and confident. He certainly wouldn't abuse his team mates on the pitch like Messi has done. The dislike between him and the Spanish players was not over nastiness, but over the fact that he was the blue eyed boy of the team and the Spanish players were jealous.}

Is that really true about messi?! how do you know? eye opener haha

cheers mate

{Ed001's Note - players talk mate, Sanchez has discussed incidents with people when deciding whether or not to stay at Barca or look for a move. I think he deserves a lot of credit for staying and fighting for his place, when he is being treated the way he is. If it was any other workplace, it would be considered bullying and action taken. No way Barcelona are ever going to punish Messi though, and he knows it. So to stay and stand up to it shows a real strength of character, though it did clearly affect his game badly at times.}

He's apprently made Tello cry in the dressing room about 2 years ago.The reports on Messi's behaviour have been around for quite a few years now, I;d have thought it common knowledge.
I find it funny that a lot of his accusations about racial abuse get buried pretty deep and never reported on.

Lol even the best player in the world has short man syndrome

Woah had no idea, always preferred CR anyway! Could you see Lars Bender as a SG replacement eds? It's what I did on Football Manager :D

{Ed002's Note - Bayern Leverkusen's Lars Bender has been a player watched by Arsenal and others, including Manchester United, for some time. He recently signed a new contract - but I do think that a bid will be made by Arsenal before the summer.}

Is messi not liked by all the players or is it just Sanchez and a few players he does not get along with.

the spanish contingent constantly sing his praises, is he asking them for a weekly update?

no one is perfect and the success he enjoys on the pitch obviously enables him to hide his defects. and players of his calibre would be a major pain in the backside for those of lesser talent, they call it the genius syndrome, I can recall michael jordan who would constantly bully his team mates, even kobe in the latter decade, so its not something unheard of. but it was always a odd player here and there, compared to an entire team disliking the star player.

{Ed001's Note - it is the odd player, but then most play for him and are happy to do so as it is all they know. It is when someone new comes in and tries to play differently that it causes issues. Though there is friction at times, that happens everywhere, in the main they all seem to get on very well. Either that or they are all damn good liars!}

Wow, that's really shocking about Messi. He comes across as very humble when you watch him playing!

The Spanish players would hate to be overshadowed by a Portuguese so I can see why there was friction with Ronaldo.

Watching the barca v celta game yest, the commentator went on to say a group of 5 barca players went to watch beyonce after the madrid game, naming cesc, messi and alexis, surely if sanchez has some beef with messi he won't be going to concerts with him. he did not name the other 2 players.

something is not right. i'm not saying the midget does not have the napoleon complex, but it may just be a work issue rather than a personality issue.

25 Mar 2014 14:26:47
Eds what's your thoughts on Balazs Dzsudzsak? Is he good enough and what are the chances that we could look at him in the summer please?

{Ed001's Note - potentially good enough, with the right coaching, which we seem to have right now, he can be a good addition. We are certainly looking at him, but I am not sure if we will make a bid or if we are just trying to get the price down on other players.}

Thanks for reply Ed. Appreciate it.he looks a decent unit having youtubed him.

Sorry how do you mean using him to try and get price down on other players Ed?

{Ed001's Note - well often a club will ask for more than they expect to get, so you look elsewhere when you know the player is looking for a move, knowing that the player you want will push for a move, so lowering the price.}

How long does he have left? I can't imagine Borussia wanting to let any one go? Their entire squad is slowly looking at being picked apart

{Ed001's Note - he plays in Russia mate, either Dynamo or Spartak Moskva, I forget which.}

Oh sorry yes ed001 I was getting him mixed up with Błaszczykowski

Brain fart.

25 Mar 2014 13:14:34
Hi Eds,
Haven't posted on this site for a while. Just wondering any truth in the Winston Reid rumours? Or any interest from other clubs in him?

As a Kiwi I would love it if he were to join, or to just leave West Ham for a decent team!

You are dong a great Job Eds,

{Ed001's Note - Newcastle are the only team I know of interested in him. They have tried to sign him 3 times now.}

Cheers for the reply.

25 Mar 2014 07:48:40
Any interest in Sergi Roberto?

{Ed002's Note - Barcelona need to raise some funds through sales as they are still looking to strengthen in several areas and will also be bringing players through (like Tello) that have been getting experience in the B team. They do accept some of the B side (e.g. Deulofeu and Roberto) have attracted interest from elsewhere and could be let go but many would be reluctant to move on without an assurance of first team football. Like Deulofeu who is on loan at Everton, Roberto has been of interest to English sides including Spurs and Chelsea after being offered around. Barcelona proposed a deal to Chelsea regarding using Roberto in part exchange for another player last summer although it looks a very unlikely proposition. I am not aware of Liverpool making any approach for the player, although it is not something that could be ruled out entirely. There is sustained interest from Inter Milan.}

25 Mar 2014 09:17:24
Ed02, if I may? Isn't this the type of player we should avoid buying? I mean, we have Alberto, Teixeira and Suso to come back.

{Ed002's Note - I simply said that it can't be rules out entirely - there has been no interest shown by Liverpool.}

Got it. I was thinking from an LFC point of view. I just think there are way too many players in that position currently and even more coming through the academy.

Cheers Ed.

The real AG, yes I agree, I wasnt saying that we should go for him I was just simply asking because I was curious!