21 Jun 2015 19:32:25
James Pearce has said that we are keeping close tabs on Carlos Bacca and Salomon Rondon. Don't no much about Rondon eds but I thought we already ruled out interest in Bacca when asked previously?
{Ed001's Note - do we have to have this every time some two bob no mark links us with people? Of course we are keeping tabs on them, Bacca was the best player outside the Barca team in Spain last season, but there is no chance of us getting him. Rondon had a good game the other day in the Copa America so we are going to get linked, despite the fact there is little chance of it happening. Pearce has no connection with Liverpool, nor does the Echo any more. Neither do they have any connections with Sevilla or Zenit, so I very much doubt that he has any real info, it is just star names to link us with to hit whore.}
21 Jun 2015 22:20:51
ok mate cheers for reply, I used to think the Echo was reliable,I won't be reading to much into there reports from now on.
21 Jun 2015 23:03:14
That is exactly why this site is so valuable to fans.
On every other transfer rumours site except this one, you just get endless speculation, fantasy and garbage- written with the sole purpose of getting page hits.
This is the number one site.
22 Jun 2015 06:44:58
Ed001 I thought the echo got their news directly from the club? Has something changed or was I mistaken?
{Ed001's Note - they have not done that for years.}
22 Jun 2015 07:01:26
Talking about 2 bob no marks - in your recollection can you ever remember Tony Evans from the Times getting anything right with regards to LFC - personally I think he is a typical " I'll follow the internet websites for rumours, copy and paste and claim they're my inside knowledge " type of journalist.
{Ed001's Note - I honestly take no notice of who writes what, other than when I get 300 repeat questions about the same crap they have invented, er I mean wrote.}
22 Jun 2015 07:09:31
It is amateur hour, I decided to count how many south american players we'd be 'linked' to since the Copa started. Rondon makes 6 and counting.
22 Jun 2015 07:24:38
Ed001, which jounalists are worth listening to?
Maybe if we knew who's in the know (if any), you wouldn't get 300 repeat questions (just 294).
{Ed001's Note - it really depends on the circumstances. For instance Guillem Balague is very close to Rafa Benitez, so he is dependable if it is something directly related to him. Other than that he is no more reliable than anyone else. You really can not call anyone dependable, they are required to come up with X amount of stories, that means that sometimes they will be fillers or invention to keep up with the requirement. That is why we don't go down that route or go to a subscriber model, because then there is pressure to produce something, which can lead very easily to descending into conjecture just to keep subscribers happy.}
22 Jun 2015 08:17:16
Forgive me, we do things slow out in the middle of the pacific. Thanks for the reply, aloha!
{Ed001's Note - these days the club is looking to shut the press out completely, including the Echo.}
22 Jun 2015 11:05:44
Hi eds, I don't mean to cheese you off, but if you are saying that Liverpool are doing there best to stop info being leaked, then how are you getting your info?
{Ed001's Note - from outside the club in the main. Some bits and pieces you can get from within the club, but it is not as easy as it once was and we have to be a lot more careful with what we say than we used to be. It is still possible to ask for opinions etc, and sometimes things will slip out in that opinion, but then I have to be careful how I present it here to avoid someone losing their job for telling me something they didn't actually intend to tell me. It doesn't help that players, who are very good at gossiping, are mostly kept out of the loop! Luckily though, clubs have to deal with other clubs to buy and sell players, so you can usually find a leak somewhere in the dealings, whether it is a representative of one of the parties or one of the parties themself, there is usually someone willing to talk.}
22 Jun 2015 12:25:38
Thanks eds, just another question if poss. If that's how you get your info, then how do you know that that's how the press, that you have slated so much, get there info.
Actually writing this I realise that the info they provide very rarely comes true and is usually a repeat from another media outlet or old posts.
I guess you are trusted by the people that you get your info from then eds, and that this trust has been built over years and the fact that you don't disclose names and only info when all but done.
Whilst I appreciate you can't/won't disclose any info just now, are you sitting on some exciting, juicy news.
{Ed001's Note - I can be sure about the media because I have often seen something I have said repeated word for word as 'according to Sky sources' or other such ways to get round admitting they just copied someone else. As you say, mostly they just repeat what someone else has said nowadays.
Right now, there is nothing I am sat on sorry, but it is early in the window and there will be big changes abroad which will have a knock on effect. Player outs will mostly shape our window as things stand, other than what we know about, as the club are trying to get everything done early.}
22 Jun 2015 17:28:31
Ed001 how come you don't think there's any chance of getting Bacca, are there other Premier League clubs in for him too?
{Ed001's Note - he has Champions League football with Sevilla.}
22 Jun 2015 18:03:01
Ed001, I guess so I saw on TV earlier about him wanted a move to England or Italy hopefully he would be willing to give up Champions League football to make that to give us a chance. I won't be holding my breath though
22 Jun 2015 20:40:32
Tony Barrett is the one.
Pearce is a sucker to the Mirror Group.
The City need an independent paper in which people can trust, instead of being swallowed up by a monopoly of blood-thirsty sensationalist rags.
22 Jun 2015 21:03:01
Hey ed! What is your opinion of Tony Barrett? He seems to be one of the most respected twitter sources, and does get a lot of stuff right, though usually at a slower pace than you editors! Of course, my curiousity was peaked a few days ago when he said we are actually going to move for Firmino.
{Ed001's Note - I don't know mate, I don't use twitter nor do I read papers, I just don't have time.}
23 Jun 2015 07:08:34
Ed001 forgive me if I am wrong but wouldn't a certain Luis Suarez have had CL football with Ajax (2011/12) when he moved to LFC in Jan 2011? Whilst I understand the argument, and am not suggesting there is real meat in the prospect of Bacca to us, better players have indeed forgone CL football?!
{Ed001's Note - hardly the same thing is it? Ajax play in one of the weaker European leagues, Sevilla play in one of the strongest.}
{Ed002's Note - There is nothing new and both remain players that Liverpool are interested in.}