Liverpool Rumours Archive January 20 2016

 

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20 Jan 2016 17:33:47
Tancredi Palmer claims in last few minutes Liverpool verbal offer for morata, credible? That would be an exciting signing, also one that put Liverpool in a worse financial position I'd imagine.

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20 Jan 2016 17:53:14
Doubt it very much.

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20 Jan 2016 18:13:21
The same numpty that declared we were in talks with Pato? Enough said.

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20 Jan 2016 18:36:57
And he is signing for Chelsea (pato) Ynwa looking fowed to tonight's match.

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21 Jan 2016 02:14:43
From Shane Long to Alvaro moratta? That escalate pretty quickly, lol.

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21 Jan 2016 03:04:51
the same numpty who linked us with that Italian manager after Rodgers was sacked. He's a hack.

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21 Jan 2016 08:13:24
Verbal offer? £45m deals aren't usually done with Del Boy and Berlusconi sitting in a room smoking cigars and firing numbers across at each other, with random journalists on a ladder outside the window.

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21 Jan 2016 08:31:05
NickIsARed

Your right, he did link us to that Italian manager. But we didn't approach him did we.

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21 Jan 2016 08:45:31
There was never any evidence of us approaching Mazzarri. From what I understand, he saw that viral photo of him at an airport in Italy and said, 'yep, he's on his way to Liverpool! ' He also tried to panic Liverpool fans just before Klopp signed by hinting Bayern could try and hijack the deal at the last minute.

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22 Jan 2016 00:38:09
What is a verbal offer?

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20 Jan 2016 15:16:01
Long set to snub Liverpool to protect his euro 2016 place. sitting on the bench at Liverpool he feels will damage hopes of leading ireland in France this summer. not sure how true but it did come from an Irishman!

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20 Jan 2016 15:28:49
Rubbish as he's already struggling to get a start with the national team anyway, makes no sense at all because the Irish has a very limited squad to select from and he is already ( unofficially) on the final squad sheet because there would be uproar if he was fit and not selected for the Euros given he was the one that scored the winner at the Aviva against Germany which made him an instant national treasure

So saying it could damage his hopes of going to France is just ludicrous.

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20 Jan 2016 15:45:37
Please let this be true ;-)

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20 Jan 2016 15:56:03
They pick Darryl Murphy over him for some reason, who just stands around doing nothing.

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20 Jan 2016 17:59:57
Think a lot of folks on here are delusional at best. have a look at longs goal scoring record is quite good. work rate to is second to none . yes he is in and out of the Southampton starting line up, when he plays he scores beside I don't think there are many fans here that would turn down pelle or mani playing with us, I'd imagine if he would change his name to longhino it might make thing more palitable for some experts here ;-) . not saying I think it would be a good move for Kloop to bag him. people on here seem to think Sturridge is world class I'm not to certain myself. Suarez as would make most premier league strikers look better than they are fact! Hope the west ham rumours are thru, I'd drive Sturridge to uptown park in an ambulance myself if they were prepared to pay 18mil for him. it's quite worrying when reports out of the management team suggest his recent injuries are psychological rather that physical. do we need a player that is not willing to play thru the pain barrier?

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20 Jan 2016 18:43:21
Although I hate to say it I tend to agree. Why on earth do we want a player who is not going to play halfthe season an is on massive wages.
I think studge is a great player when he's fit! but we can't afford to carry lightweights .

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20 Jan 2016 20:41:36
Dude, his goal scoring record is not "quite good" it's garbage unless you count 18 goals in the championship.

We do not need any more hard working technically inept players.

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20 Jan 2016 19:51:06
Shane Long is barely one in four in terms of goals, Sturridge is one every one and a half games. Sturridge is a rare breed and if it is psychological, which it seems it is, that won't go away quickly. He's worth the slowly, slowly approach - 100% better in our squad than going somewhere else. Forget this year, anything is a bonus, then a full pre season under Klopp and judge it in a year. As for the wasted wages? Modern day football is rife with it at every club - if he gets fit and his goals get us back in Champs League season after next. job done. Just an alternate view.

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20 Jan 2016 21:24:44
I definitely think he is underrated. he has good technic in my opinion good not brilliant. besides as I said I not saying buy him I think there are a lot better options! plus origi back soon and Ings next season so in two weeks or so we have plenty of options up front. I don't think they will be in the market for a forward until summer., but this talk of long being 10% of what sturrigde is silly. Southampton have a very good scouting system I think if we picked up the three players they bought of Celtic our team would be in a better position. really rate Wanyma, Fraser foster, and van dyke. The later would most definitely have a positive impact on our dire defending on corners, and probably get a few up the other end, can anybody on this page tell me the last time we scored from a corner,

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20 Jan 2016 21:30:27
Times up for Sturridge and he knows it, do you think management would say what they have said publicly if they think he has a future at the club. I think he is in the shop window already. he had a great season when Luis was ripping in up. he looked very average last season I imo especially when he played up front on his own went missing in far to many games!

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20 Jan 2016 21:50:55
Got to go with the others, Long is not a player to sign if you have ambitions of being one of the top 4 sides. He's a nuts and bolts bottom half of the table at best player.

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21 Jan 2016 00:26:08
It's funny to see "The dude" claiming others are "delusional" while, with a straight face, claiming Shane Long's scoring record is "quite good".

In SIX EPL seasons-- with Reading, WB, Hull, SH-- Long has never scored more than 8 goals in the EPL. And what is more, the last time he did that was several years ago with West Brom in 2012/ 13.

Last year, he scored 5 goals. FIVE GOALS in 32 games for Hull.

Hell, Joe Pirlo Allen has almost halved Long's entire 14/ 15 season goal total in 2 games, scoring 2 in 2.

JOE ALLEN.

"quite good" scoring record. SMH.

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21 Jan 2016 02:16:41
Lordirish, exactly. we need bolt and nut now! as we do not have sny strikers ( not counting benteke)

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21 Jan 2016 02:40:17
Need to take a closer look at Long's record in the Championship as that is representative of how he plays on a team that is generally more dominant than others in the same division. The service he'd receive at Liverpool is far superior to that he has received at his previous clubs (barring when he played in the Championship for a top club) . He's a decent finisher who always seems to have his feet in the right place when the ball comes into him but he doesn't get the same space, quantity or quality of chances that Sturrige got when playing alongside Suarez. Bottom line now is that we need goals. He's got a nice touch and would fit right in with Coutinho, Firminho, Ibe etc playing quick one-2s in congested areas which is exactly what teams make us do.
He scored a lot of goals in the Championship because of the ample service. not because he was picking the ball up at his own 18 yard box and dribbling through the opposition's entire squad. I say pick him up, if we want to sell him in the summer then at least we won't lose a ton of money on him. unlike some Liverpool Lottery Winners. If he helps us get into Europe, then we can start inquiring about strikers who's names end with vowels. until then, we will continue to lose those prospects to City, United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern, Real, Barca.

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21 Jan 2016 08:28:39
The dude: last time we scored from a corner that I can remember was against Ings's goal against Everton when Brendan was still in charge. Seems like an eternity ago now.

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21 Jan 2016 09:25:47
Rory did skittles not score against man city from a corner?

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20 Jan 2016 14:37:28
From what I can gauge (from reading posts, comments etc) is that Liverpool have enquired about the availability of both Long and Berahino?

Where has this talk of an 8million pound bid for Long come from? As far as I understand that was only reported in the Mirror?

Question for the eds if you have time to answer please.

You have stated that Liverpool are looking for a forward with Prem experience, to hit the ground running. To your knowledge have Liverpool looked at any other prem strikers other than the above?

And do you know if we plan to make a move for either Long, Berahino or another before the end of the window?

Sorry if this has been covered, I tried searching the posts but if you search the word Long 7000 posts come up over the last 24 hours

Thanks for your input eds.

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{Ed001's Note - we have only made a couple of inquiries as the players that will move right now are ones out of favour, there is only a limited pool of those that are worth considering.}

20 Jan 2016 14:53:35
Thanks Ed,

All seems a bit of a storm in a teacup at the moment. People are talking as if its a done deal.

It appears the club have just been learning there options, I would be surprised if we make a move for anyone.

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20 Jan 2016 17:48:13
Hi Ed001 just a curious question, who do you mean by when you said 'there is only a limited pool of those that are worth considering'?

Kopchu.

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{Ed001's Note - what do you mean? It is perfectly obvious isn't it? Or are you asking me to repeat exactly what I have been saying over the last few days because you haven't read the posts before asking me?}

21 Jan 2016 08:59:52
Kopchu, it simply means that there are not many good strikers available on the market right now.

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21 Jan 2016 15:30:06
Hi Ed,

Sorry completely mistook your interpretation I thought you meant there are currently a few out of favour players that are worth considering looking at but haven't by the club, but now I realise you mean that there aren't good strikers available on the market at a decent price. Sorry for that!

Kopchu.

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{Ed001's Note - ah got you, I couldn't figure out why you were asking that. That makes sense. Sorry for the curt reply, when things are this busy it becomes frustrating at times and I snapped for no real reason. Apologies.}

20 Jan 2016 14:30:20
Any news on Matip and him signing on with us?
Tried the search engine and no new news.

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{Ed002's Note - There is no decision just yet.}

20 Jan 2016 07:48:20
Any news on contracts for flanno an rossiter?

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