Liverpool Rumours Archive January 05 2015

05 Jan 2015 19:19:27
Mirror reporting that liverpool to bid for Shaqiri, Neto and bring origi back .Is there any truth in this or is it just speculation

05 Jan 2015 22:29:55
I didn't know the owners played the euromillions!

06 Jan 2015 08:13:04
Unlikely, there's no money to spend.

Even if there was much money available, you could rest assured that we would contrive to somehow mess the transfer up and the aforementioned players would end up somewhere else.

06 Jan 2015 11:34:59
Yeah Mr Dennis. We'll find Shaquri goes on loan, minimal cost and move for Westwood or Kirkland over Neto, splash out on Origi just as Sturridge returns

06 Jan 2015 13:22:58
We would end up paying £10m for Westwood even if Cech was available for less! That's how we roll.

05 Jan 2015 13:53:49
Hi eds, if we lose Lucas and Gerard over the summer, what's the long term plan in centre midfield? Can and Henderson would make sense and perhaps llalana or Coutinho in if we play three? Any idea what BR's plans are for Allen?

Thks

{Ed002's Note - I have no idea what the plans are for Allen but Liverpool have a lot of midfield players already. Much will depend on what happens management wise.}

05 Jan 2015 14:24:15
A fairly well balanced midfield three would be Henderson, Lallana and Can, with a front three of Coutinho, Sterling and Sturridge.

Agree 100%, would like ideally to see a strong DM option (or keep Lucas) to sub in as required. Lucas, Can and Hendo would be a great defensive three while Can, Hendo and Llalana a great balanced/attacking midfield.

{Ed002's Note - Folks need to stop listing players/teams here otherwise the thread will be deleted.}

To the original post I can only hope Allen moves on. Watching many games this season, he lacks pace tracking back, lacks strength. For a passing possession player he seems to lose the ball often and I can't recall him making a forward pass over 6yrds? I also can't recall a single assist?

Seems like a nice bloke but purely football he is nowhere good enough. Wouldn't expect a fee of over £5m either, a complete waste of funds. Depending on how Balotelli turns out, Allen is for me our worst ever purchase

05 Jan 2015 18:05:33
agreed! allen is a shocking player.

05 Jan 2015 22:41:29
I still think the best midfield displays I've seen in Rodgers time were two games we lost last season- Man City and Chelsea over the festive period. Our midfield was Lucas, Allen & Henderson. Those three completely shut down City & Chelsea's midfield with the combined pressing of Henderson & Allen and Lucas sitting behind and reading the game.


S

08 Jan 2015 00:16:03
Hi guys, I work for a football stats company and can tell you that Allen has both a deceptively high pass completion rate for a midfielder over the last two seasons (87.09%), and also has won more duels than Gerrard. He gets bashed more than he should

05 Jan 2015 12:24:10
Suso leaving for AC Milan at the end of the season - on a free.

05 Jan 2015 15:16:25
Thanks Brenden

05 Jan 2015 08:55:32
Lille director Jean-Michel Vandamme has told Sky Sports Italia reporter Guglielmo Cannavale that Liverpool would need to pay in the region of €6m to get Origi this month but Liverpool are offering half that, and he believes that a deal is unlikely to be struck.

05 Jan 2015 16:16:01
Save the money, not worth it .i think we've payed over the odd already .not a proven player yet £10 million a lot add the £6 million on you could get a proven striker for that

06 Jan 2015 07:55:27
A proven striker like Balotelli?