Liverpool Rumours Archive July 09 2013

09 Jul 2013 22:48:35
Hi Ed!

Do you know which clubs Eriksens agent is referring to when he or she states that they are keeping in dialogue with certain clubs. I think this guy will join Spurs in the end for some reason. I don't know why but it just seems like the kind of signing they like to make.

Thanks. {Ed002's Note - He is being touted about by Schoots who has suddenly had the reality rush that clubs are not keen being the subject of discussion by players of other clubs. Eriksen has convinced himself that Barcelona are interested. An approach to Monaco was met with a firm "Non". Liverpool may wish to start a dialogue but should not be keen on a player taht has mentioned numerous other clubs as his desired destination. Do not be surprised of a bid coming from an EPL side - not Liverpool or the oft mentioned Spurs. This could run al summer.}

Sounds like the kind of deal Newcastle might fancy getting in on. I think he would be an OK signing for Liverpool with the potential to be really good, but think a lot of fans are overstating how good he would be for us.

DP

The chief reporter from the Liverpool Echo says LFC have no interest in Erikson although they did have him watched.
The Echo usually are right being close to the club

He is a good player and if we can get him for under £15M than as long as we don't buy Jorginho then it might not be a bad deal, I ain't seen much of him tbh but what I can gather is he's a bit like Shelvey good going forward(obviously better) but a very lazy player when it comes to tracking back is that really what we need?

Not sure if you don't want to discuss 002 but would that epl side be Manchester United by any chance? That's if they miss out on thiago and strootmans seems to be going to Roma {Ed002's Note - It is unimportant.}

My shot in the dark would be Southampton actually. They have the money and seem to be trying for a "marquee" signing.

10 Jul 2013 09:08:23
seems like the type of deal Fulham might try get in on
especially under Martin Jol
Alvy

The obvious club that mite bid for him must be southamton have bags of cash but still finding it hard to get the more famous players

Arsenal type of player, probably will replace Rosicky

The Liverpool Echo has now mentioned LFC and Spurs to hold talks with Eriksen

09 Jul 2013 22:12:56
Ibrahimovic will join madrid, cavani and suarez will join psg. Liverpool will join the race for bernard and benteke.

viking

That could very well happen, Suarez & Cavani join PSG, Torres & Villa join A.Madrid it would be very interesting.

Liverpool may well show interest in Benteke but I feel a move to Spurs is all but sealed. Bernard would be a fantastic signing as it would allow Coutinho to play the CAM role permanently as he looked amazing when played there last season for a few games.

Rodgers bought Sturridge to be the front man, even Suarez was moved out wide to accommodate Sturridge. Aspas, Borini and Alberto I believe will all be used to compliment Sturridge as the out and out striker with Aspas a capable front man himself to stand in when Sturridge gets injured.

I'm not convinced Benteke would add to our squad as the last person summarised well. Bernard looks like a fantastic player though and Brazil were a better outfit with him on the pitch. We missed MH but if we could secure Bernard we would be better off.
Sean

Suarez will join Real Madrid. If not Arsenal

Predicted this would be a rumour to start circulating as soon as buck tooth started chopsing off again. PSG or RM obvious options won't go to EPL club

Daniellambretta

Now this rumour doesn't seem that unbelievable . Zlatan to Madrid, which empties one position at PSG, hence Suarez the option ( forming up a partnership with his fellow countryman Cavani).

AJI

09 Jul 2013 20:39:05
Eds and fans. We have been linked to a lot of players in the off season are we linked or interested in any English youth players? Or English players, any one feel and let me know if we are .

Cheers loz9064 {Ed001's Note - there is a lad at Millwall we are interested in, not sure who else.}

There are a few English youth stars that LFC have a lot of interest in;

Raheem Sterling, Jordan Ibe, Andre Wisdom, Jack Robinson, Jerome Sinclair, Seyi Ojo, Jordan Rossiter, Ryan McLaughlin (ok, McAlves is and Irish).

There are a few in their early 20's as well; Kelly, Henderson, Sturridge, and Allen. (Ok, Allen is Welsh).

SpudRed

We have a lot of British players who are mostly young

Is it Alfie pavey ed001? My best mates a millwall fan seems to think its him he scored 124 goals in one season? {Ed001's Note - Fred Onyedinma is the Millwall lad, yes I did have to copy and paste the name! That is why I didn't want to type it last time.}

Ibe, Sinclair and McLaughlin I hope make the grade for the first team (I see Sterling and Wisdom as pretty much first team after last season) Trickett-Smith and Dunn look decent as well.

JA89

Ok ed001 I'm going to a pre season game so maybe ill get to see what's he's like.

Love watching ryan mc laughlin play he really does look something else! has an engine on him like gareth bale!

Do you think he will be making the step up this year and is he highly rated within the club ed?

much appreciated

Love watching ryan mc laughlin play he really does look something else! has an engine on him like gareth bale!

Do you think he will be making the step up this year and is he highly rated within the club ed?

much appreciated {Ed001's Note - he is very highly rated, but I am told we are looking to find the right loan move for him this season. We want him playing as much as possible, apparently, in the first team.}

09 Jul 2013 23:50:46
Spud Red mate, McLaughlin is (Northern) Irish, but I see the point you are making.

An Dun Red

10 Jul 2013 10:27:28
Forget I said that sorry Spud Red, should probably read the post twice before I comment.

An Dun Red

How is Wisdom first team after least year!?!?!?

It was said Wisdom was "Pretty much first team" as in fringe player. He filled in for 12 league games. Not an established first team player but he can fill in when needed. Chances maybe limited again now Kelly is fit again.

Coz he's quite good?

09 Jul 2013 19:12:18
Match Mag reporting that we are favorites to sign Kiessling. Any truth in it Eds? what's he like? {Ed002's Note - Bayer Leverkusen's Stefan Kiessling is being hawked around English clubs by his agent. Nobody, aside from WHU briefly, has shown interest. Certainly an approach was made to Liverpool several weeks ago.}

Were Liverpool interested ed? {Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware.}

This is the first time I've seen match magazine as a source of information on this site. Haha, it's good to see!

Would be quality signing for a few seasons although he doesn't fit in with our model of buy young

Kie8ling is similar to Carroll. Doubt we have any interest [FR]

09 Jul 2013 16:37:39
Any chance of Konoplyanka?

Tequila!
La la la la
Chris Astwood bank

09 Jul 2013 15:23:33
Has there been an enquiry made for Aly Cissokho? Reading that he is interested in joining LFC.

Wez from Aus

09 Jul 2013 01:17:22
Hi ed's and fellow reds I read today that chelski will make a 40m bid for suarez after arsenal bid rejected surely he won't want to sign for them that would be a real betrayal on his part asking to leave because of the media surely we cannot sell him to any of our rivals what are your thoughts? thanks. {Ed002's Note - His agent and another representative have spoken with Chelsea at their own request and not at the request of Chelsea. That is all there is right now.}

Will someone please bid for Suarez and end this thing? He doesn't want to play for us so we shouldn't want him either and we will be a better "team" without him. Chelski are the only club that we appear to be able to get top dollar from so Suarez going to Chelski for £40M+ is AOK in my book.
Sean

Well in my opinion that means Luis is simply lying and wants out of Liverpool. Why lie? All he needs to say is he wants champions league football.

I take it that confirms that "the media hate me" is simply an excuse to go to a team in the CL?

Suarez has said that he wants to play in the champions league so he will move to a club that offers 40 million and is in the CL. Suarez is a cheating, lying little man who has no loyalty so all this stuff about him wanting to leave England is just an excuse. I just hope Liverpool refuse to sell to Chavski.

They can speak all they like but if LFC have any self-respect left they should tell them, he if sold will only be sold abroad and not to any PL rival.
We really need to toughen up a bit regarding player sales.

Honestly he doesn't want to be here so let him go and if and it's a big if we do sell to Chelsea any deal from 40 mill+ and possibly lukaku would make everyone happy and it would be "Suarez who"

40 m and lakuku would be great imo cheers ant {Ed052's Note - Really? Really? Lukaku, valued at £30 million. A player Chelsea don't want to sell, a player who doesn't want to move. You want £70m for Suarez?}

All of this is just shear speculation! Has Suarez come out and said he wants to go anywhere else other than Madrid? NO! If he wants to go and the Director's were stupid enough to give him a low buyout clause then so be it! Let him go, let's just hope we get a fortune for him?? {Ed052's Note - Well his agents spoken to Chelsea and Arsenal - doesn't that show he is interested in moving there?}

Cash + Torres far more likely {Ed052's Note - No its not. Juts because a team wants to get rid of a player doesn't mean we have to have them.}

Which director gave him this "low buyout clause"? You are clueless. Suarez's representatives negotiated in the this clause muppet.

The real AG

What's ivanovics view on this?
Ron burgundy

We should just sell him to the highest bidder, every time he does something stupid he get bans for 10 games. I trust Brendan to bring in a good replacement, so let him go.

Yes we all read the daily rags, it will be someone else 'preparing a bid' tomorrow no doubt. LFC need to issue statement saying offers below 45 million will not be even considerd. to cut out the nonsense in the press etc

Im surprised city r not being mentioned suarez would be the perfect replacement for tevez and imo would do for city what van persie done for utd win them the title no less than 50m though bring in soldodo, papa, baines if only that could all happen.Tommy Irish Red

Torres, Alonso and Gerrard linking up, would be an interesting sight tho.

Regards

Mark

Ed052, are you suggesting then that his agents are shopping him around to chelsea and arsenal on suarez's behest? I don't know the first thing about this kind of stuff, but I always thought that agents are just trying to see what options are out there for their clients {Ed052's Note - Of course, his agent/s are doing all they can to get him a move. Perhaps the move abroad - RM didn't go as they'd wanted, interest dried up, so they've had to look at staying in the EPL}

Ed052, do you think its more Suarez representatives who want Suarez to move rather than the player himself? Reports suggest that a meeting between his agent and Liverpool were amicable and positive with not even a hint of a tranfer request. It seems there is soo many different stories floating around regarding Suarez. Could you see him moving to another PL team if the interest abroad has dried up? {Ed052's Note - No Suarez wants to go, its just agents do his talking, he cannot go round talking to clubs himself. He wont hard in a transfer request so he gets money. I can see him moving in England and abroad - still}

Thing is, if what we are to believe what we're told, Suarez says he's been hounded by the British media.
Why woul dhe then want to move to another English club?

{Ed052's Note - No its not. Juts because a team wants to get rid of a player doesn't mean we have to have them.} Antonio Nunez not ring any bells? {Ed052's Note - You cant force another team to sign a player. We weren't forced to sign him - that's a stupid thing to say}

Thing is, if what we are to believe what we're told, Suarez says he's been hounded by the British media.
Why woul dhe then want to move to another English club?

Because he's not the brightest and has done himself no favours, yet again, spouting his mouth off. He managed to discredit his own story about some people in manchetser making biting gestures during a photo. Oh what a tangled web we weave and all that.

Suarez has demonstrated that you can forget any loyalty from him. His original story that he had to escape the UK press was fine so long as he thought that RM were gagging for him. In the absence of any real interest from RM, or indeed anyone else, his representatives in growing desperation have approached Arsenal, Chelsea and probably others. They are just hawking him around to any likely candidates. So, magically, his professed reason for wishing to leave has had to be changed to the desire to play in the ECL. LFC need to remain extremely strong. They must hold out for at least £50 million and in a short timescale to allow themselves time to replace.

Hence the previous comments; Suarez is yet to ask for a transfer! By the way negotiations are a two way street you clown not just the request of an over payed Agent! You obviously have never done a negotiation before! I suspect you pay list price for everything you buy you prat! Wake up and smell the coffee!

If Chelsea uses Ivanovic as bait, then we'll most likely lose Suarez. I mean, he does look tasty :) but on a serious note, it would surprise me if he went to Chelsea although Chelsea are more likely to pay more for him compared to Arsenal. I still feel, if he leaves, it will be abroad.

Pundekman

Does that mean he's open to going to Chelsea Ed, as that seems far away from what he's been 'saying' about RM, or is it a ploy to get RM involved?

{Ed052's Note - You can't force another team to sign a player. We weren't forced to sign him - that's a stupid thing to say}

Yeah I know and I was being more than a little cheeeeecky sugesting the Nunez transfer but it is an excellent example of how Liverpool have been stupind in the past with player swap deals. {Ed001's Note - what a load of crap! Different managers, different eras, idiotic nonsense spouted by a clueless poster!}

As far as I'm concerned the Chelsea interest is useful to drive the price up. Chelsea, city, rm, athletics, psig, Monaco, bayern, perhaps juve and arsenal, maybe even 1-2 Russian clubs depending on circumstances, perhaps Napoli with their cl position and cavani money. We should be getting a lot from him.

To the ed's 052's about my 40 mill + lukaku and u say 70 mill for Suarez that would be well think about this Suarez is a better player at the time we sold Torres and we got 50 mill plus he still has what something like 2/3 years left on his contract plus why would lukaku be priced at 30 mill when he hasn't even played a string of games for Chelsea because to me how can u ask for 30 mill for a player u send out on loan {Ed002's Note - Lukaku is not going to be part of any deal. You just seem to be ma

09 Jul 2013 16:59:55
I think it's a case of Suarez and his agent backtracking with the English media story as they maybe now feel options abroad won't happen for them so now its cl league football he soley deisres well let him go to another english club who cares so long as if he goes .

Alfie

Why do top football clubs pander to the likes of Suarez if he wants out fine 50 million not a penny less oh and piss of abroad why on earth we would consider making a domestic rival stronger baffles me and if nobody wants to pay it shove him in the stiffs and let him rot Liverpool fc deserves so much more from this tosser tel him its that or nothing

Ed 52 .Hi mate, if chelsea value Lukaku at 30 m then Suarez is easily worth double .Cheers Ant

Should have kept carroll, and stuck suarez in the reserves till his contract runs out. and let that be a message to any other foreign bag with no loyalty.
sod the money, downing owes us best part of 20 mill

Does that mean he's open to going to Chelsea Ed, as that seems far away from what he's been 'saying' about RM, or is it a ploy to get RM involved? {Ed052's Note - I think its possible}

I'm absolutely disgusted by this greedy little man. We've constantly shown loyalty to him, despite his misdemeanors, and even improved his contract twice, without any obligation to do so.

This isn't about the british media, nor is it about CL football. It's about money, and Suarez feels he can get more elsewhere.

He has absolutely no class nor loyalty and has continuously embarrassed this great club which has given him so much. Personally, I want him gone. I'd even accept £20 million just to get rid of him.

08 Jul 2013 23:20:44
Official - HM signed for Dortmund

Nick D

It's not official & he has not signed. Agreement reached with Shakthar and medical passed. Personal terms to be agreed. But it is probably just a formality now. It's a shame but plenty more time and drama to come yet.

08 Jul 2013 23:07:06
Hello Ed, Guardian reporting WestH have held talk with Liverpool over a 8 million deal for downing. Is this true and are the chances of downing leaving increasing? {Ed001's Note - I don't know if it is West Ham or not, we have certainly had an enquiry from a southern based club regarding him moving there. I was assuming it could be Fulham looking to replace Duff, personally.}

I will see it when I believe it.

As much as I want him to leave the club, I just don't see any club taking on his wages and age.

If he leaves, I will be over the moon. Even if we don't sign a replacement.

The upcoming season is most likely a throw-away season for LFC. Sorry, didn't mean to be a downing.

He's only 28. He should stay. Great last season. Need experience