Liverpool Rumours Archive February 25 2011

 

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25 Feb 2011 23:34:49
{ed's note - it is February, no one can be sure of anything right now, we will be looking at a lot of players and decisions could be completely turned upon their head by injuries or better players becoming available for less.} ok if you were boss what key positions would you address with our current squad? {Ed001's Note - left back, both wings and a striker, though Wilson may change my mind about left back.}

Have to disagree Ed. CB has to be a bigger priority than LB or ST (we've just spent £80m here). All 4 CB's lack something and we don't have a proper partenrship amongst them - Carragher is committed but needs a speedy no 2, Agger has great feet and would be my first choice but is injury prone, Skrtel makes too many mistakes and Soto is great to have in the squad for when we play Stoke but otherwise not a first choice player. Next big money needs to be spent here on a young but reasonably established player who has decent mobility.
Moonboots {ed's note - a young cb such as Ayala, Wilson or Kelly you mean?}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 23:04:57
{ed's note - it is February, no one can be sure of anything right now, we will be looking at a lot of players and decisions could be completely turned upon their head by injuries or better players becoming available for less.} ok if you were boss what key positions would you address with our current squad? {Ed001's Note - left back, both wings and a striker, though Wilson may change my mind about left back.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 22:51:35
Ed i know you can't be fully sure but how confident would you be of Marveaux being a Liverpool player next season?
also is there any chance of us signing Baines? i know he is an Everton player but they are pretty desperate for cash and i would guess and offer of £12m - £15m would convince them to sell.

ps. could posters stop wishing for kjaer. he is an extremely average defender. wolfsburg paid around 15m for him in the summer and would demand the same if not more for a player of limited ability. in fact i don't think there is a need to buy a new center half. why spend crazy money on the likes of kjaer, cahill, mertesacker or shawcross when we have kelly, wilson and ayala all coming through. {Ed001's Note - I am fairly certain that Marveaux will join us at this moment, depends on his rehab from surgery amongst other factors. I don't even see a chance of us moving for Baines, unfortunately.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 22:45:38
{Ed005's Note - I'm confident that if we went for those players you mentioned that we'd be in with a great chance of getting them. Well we failed with bids for Micah Richards and Ashley Young in January, and obviously Charlie Adam.} well you say we would have a great chance of getting them but will we go for them? my sources say lfc will go for them, hence why i posted it but can you give confirmation on any of these players and will we go back in for richards? also how many signings do you expect this summer and what positions? {ed's note - it is February, no one can be sure of anything right now, we will be looking at a lot of players and decisions could be completely turned upon their head by injuries or better players becoming available for less.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 22:08:24
We should go for
m'villa.
marveaux is pretty much done on a bosman
a pacey winger maybe young, nzogbia

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:56:15
Ed do we still have any interest in Ola Toivonen or has this died due to the arrival of Suarez and Carroll?

Think they could be a really good three up front, two playing one on the bench.

{Ed005's Note - I think he was watched and considered but he wasn't first-choice.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:58:11
Ed do you think we will sign Banega in the summer? Or do we no longer have any interest? {Ed005's Note - I don't know mate, we haven't had people there recently.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:44:54
Hi All / Ed

What is the young lad Adam Morgan like? have we got a player in the making?? {Ed001's Note - I like him, I think he has a future if nurtured correctly.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:45:17
Just got drunk down the pub with a guy who's brother is a scout at lfc, well, he says we are scouting all lower divisions in England, and he says there are gems there, so I bought him a pint. .
red herring

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:40:00
Ed have we ever sown any interest in Joa Moutino of Portugal? Would he cost silly money Ed?

Think he could be a good buy at right price.

Do you rate him Ed? {Ed001's Note - I have not heard of recent interest, he would cost silly money anyway.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:30:14
Was any deal ever agreed for Jovanovic with Wolfsburg?

Ed do you know is it just agreed for summer or did the player reject the deal? {Ed001's Note - I can't remember off the top of my head to be honest. January was extremely hectic and I will have to check because I don't want to give the wrong info.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:21:33
Ed have you heard if there has been anymore interest in Davide Santon or even if the reports were genuine that we were tracking him?

Really good wide player and very young. Also have we ever shown any interest in Kjaer of Wolfsburg? {Ed001's Note - I have not heard of any recent interest in Santon and none at all in Kjaer, thankfully.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:22:23
Gents, heard a few interesting ones today regarding lucas, apparently gremio are willing to pay 12 mill for him. I know he divides opinion but i would snap their hand off for that kind of money. Squad player at best and if liverpool are going to move forward a player of his ability (albeit improved ability) should not be a starting midfielder.

Jay Mc

and you would replace him with who?
I think our manager would have a better idea of deciding who is good enough to play for LFC
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ofcourse kenny has a better idea mate just flouting my opinion round, and to answer you question, ever banega! id probably say scott parker was better too but by all accounts is a bit of a tool and maybe even james mccarthy at wigan. dya want any more?

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:27:32
Ed hasn't Turan's contract only got 12 months left this summer? Surely if so he shouldn't cost anymore than 10 million.

I also think Royston Drenthe would cost roughly 8-10 million (correct me if I'm wrong). Think these two add some much needed width.

Plus the impending arrival of Marvueax in the summer on a free gives us an extra 3 wide players.

Would you agree Ed? Or am I way off on the valuations? {Ed001's Note - Turan's contract doesn't have long left, so he should be available fairly cheaply. Drenthe is not good enough, he is not a good player, please hope we don't buy him.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:13:21
In response to the below - Massive Club? You don't get much bigger than LFC. To also remind you in our last 2 meetings with Barca and Madrid - We won! Sort your head out!

Actually mate its the TRUTH, why do the Eds even rule out all the TOP players when mardid and barca are interested! Young players now adays look at success and style of play. LFC finished 6th last season, going to finish 5th this season and style of play has been poor and haven't won a trophy in 5 YEARS. Your hazards, sanchez's and GANSO'S want to join the best and LFC are well below that scale AT THE MOMENT. LFC were great in the 80's but not we have to face facts.It will be EVUDENT in the summer also when you the players WE BUY compared to barca and real!



i agree with you in certain respects, bara an madrid are massive draws because playing for either one of them you're guaranteed a championship medal, champions league every year an they are massive clubs, liverpool can't live off history for the rest of time, we need to start winning, not to attract players, not to add to the medal collection of our players we hav, but for the fans, who are the life an soul of our great club

ed wudnt you agree ? {Ed001's Note - we are far more likely to win trophies than Real Madrid, they are light years behind Barca but they are a big draw because of who they are. We are in the same bracket.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:13:32
25 Feb 2011 17:34:01
Gents, heard a few interesting ones today regarding lucas, apparently gremio are willing to pay 12 mill for him. I know he divides opinion but i would snap their hand off for that kind of money. Squad player at best and if liverpool are going to move forward a player of his ability (albeit improved ability) should not be a starting midfielder.

Jay Mc

and you would replace him with who?
I think our manager would have a better idea of deciding who is good enough to play for LFC

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 21:15:22
Does anyone agree that liverpool should enter their reserves into a lower league to get a taste for what it could be like at top level. Please Comment.
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What are you talking about? ?


i think rafa tried doing something similar with the under 18s but the fa didn't allow it {Ed001's Note - extremely disrespectful to lower league teams to even talk about it.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 19:34:24
In response to the below - Massive Club? You don't get much bigger than LFC. To also remind you in our last 2 meetings with Barca and Madrid - We won! Sort your head out!

Actually mate its the TRUTH, why do the Eds even rule out all the TOP players when mardid and barca are interested! Young players now adays look at success and style of play. LFC finished 6th last season, going to finish 5th this season and style of play has been poor and haven't won a trophy in 5 YEARS. Your hazards, sanchez's and GANSO'S want to join the best and LFC are well below that scale AT THE MOMENT. LFC were great in the 80's but not we have to face facts.It will be EVUDENT in the summer also when you the players WE BUY compared to barca and real!

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 19:10:45
Glen Johnson could return to Chelsea at end of season for 12 million.

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 19:24:44
Kenny dalgliesh will make 7-8 mill bid for rangers cb madjid bougherra as he looks to bolster his defence.

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 18:55:46
In response to the below - Massive Club? You don't get much bigger than LFC. To also remind you in our last 2 meetings with Barca and Madrid - We won! Sort your head out!

Paulo henrique(ganso) Ed, were do you think he will go? I would love him to come to us but i think he will go to a massive club like barca or madrid?

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 16:43:39
Ed, with chelsea keen on turan, and him keen on the move, does that mean that any deal is dead? Ed, if it was between lfc and chelsea, where do you think he will go? {Ed001's Note - he would most likely choose Liverpool, he is a fan.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 16:52:42
Lavezzi - Would love to see this through. 18-20m would be a great deal for the lad. If you watched the Europa match with em he didn't lose the ball once, no matter how surrounded he was. He's an attacking threat who can play out on LW/ RW like Suarez. Carroll, Suarez, Lavezzi. Deadly. I know someone will say. Prefer Cavani. but you need to take a peek at who sets Cavani up with 90 percent of his goals. .El Pocho!

Jose Enrique - 10m . simply put, yes. Proven quality, only going to get better.

Arda Turan - Yes. Lads a Liverpool fanatic. He would bring real passion and he's a decent winger. However, I wouldn't pay more than 20m.

There's my two cents. Those seem like the likely targets for this summer. No chance of Benzema or Hazard, leave that be.

With SWP trying to leave, why not throw 6m at City and make him a decent squad player?

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Agree with some of it, but if I were Kenny I'd wouldn't even buy a chocolate bar from Italy unless it had Sanchez or Pastore stamped on it. Italy is currently up there with the SPL and the Welsh Premier League as one of the worst and most boring leagues in world football. Aquilani was, at best, average in the Prem, though every time he's played in Italy he's been 'world-class'.
Look at the top scorers and statistically best players in Serie A; they'd all flop in a decent league aside from Pastore, Sanchez and Sneijder. Lavezzi is decent, but he was kept quiet by Skrtel and Kyrgiakos so I wouldn't pay more than £12m for him.

Enrique is a good player, but not good enough. Turan's price-tag wouldn't surpass £15m, Galatasaray are broke and he's their only sellable able.
I get the impression we'd have a decent chance at getting Benzema if we went in for him, though he'd have to be content with sitting on the bench unless he rehabilitates post-Madrid a la VDV, Robben and Sneijder, because he's currently not good enough to lace Suarez's boots.

It's your last choice that nearly discredits your entire post, for me. It is a well-known fact that SWP is one of the worst wingers in the EPL. He's 31, can't cross, has lost his pace, can't shoot, is selfish (in a bad way), was kicked out of Chelsea for being s**t and subsequently got frozen out of a mediocre Man City team for being even worse. The only person who rates him as a player is his dad, who tries to drum up interest in his weekly columns. Even his mum admitted he was terrible a year or two ago.
And the fact that you think he's worth £6m is shocking, perhaps if Man City pay us £6m as well as his obscene wages, then I'd consider accepting him.

Martin

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 16:53:00
Just a quick note on the Santos theme. What about Neymar? He has been linked with Chelsea over the last couple of years, any chance in us going for him? He would surely fit into NESV's 'buy young' plan! Ed, any chance of us going, or even looking, at him?

Thanks,
Glov3z the Red {Ed001's Note - I very much doubt it.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 17:34:01
Gents, heard a few interesting ones today regarding lucas, apparently gremio are willing to pay 12 mill for him. I know he divides opinion but i would snap their hand off for that kind of money. Squad player at best and if liverpool are going to move forward a player of his ability (albeit improved ability) should not be a starting midfielder.

Jay Mc

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 17:59:24
Why would Aguero go to Madrid?

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 16:27:58
Paulo henrique(ganso) Ed, were do you think he will go? I would love him to come to us but i think he will go to a massive club like barca or madrid? {Ed001's Note - no idea, sorry.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 16:10:58
On the Marko Marin subject - I can admit to not having seen him play every game of the season so I don't know of his consistency but when I do watch, he's carrying Bremen on his back, along with Mertesacker.

Just wanted to list a couple others I think would fit lovely and are all a possibility. - THESE ARE NOT ALL HAPPENING-

M'Vila - Seen the lad, very young and unproven, but looks to have the talent. If he comes for a fee under 10m then, yes. However, if its going higher than that. might as well leave him in France another year or two.

Marveaux - The next Malouda might be a stretch although he's got similar skills. On a Bosman, why not, but don't hype him up too much.

Payet - Not bad. He's in a position we desperately need. But I prefer the 4-3-3 and he wouldn't fit the bill.

Lavezzi - Would love to see this through. 18-20m would be a great deal for the lad. If you watched the Europa match with em he didn't lose the ball once, no matter how surrounded he was. He's an attacking threat who can play out on LW/ RW like Suarez. Carroll, Suarez, Lavezzi. Deadly. I know someone will say. Prefer Cavani. but you need to take a peek at who sets Cavani up with 90 percent of his goals. .El Pocho!

Jose Enrique - 10m . simply put, yes. Proven quality, only going to get better.

Arda Turan - Yes. Lads a Liverpool fanatic. He would bring real passion and he's a decent winger. However, I wouldn't pay more than 20m.

There's my two cents. Those seem like the likely targets for this summer. No chance of Benzema or Hazard, leave that be.

With SWP trying to leave, why not throw 6m at City and make him a decent squad player?

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 14:58:40
Hey guys, just take look at santos 20 years old AMC Paulo henrique, guy i amaizing and i think that he can bee new gerrard. .we could get him for 10-15 milions, i think that ould bee good investment. . . barcelona have some interes in this player

{Ed002's Note - He certainly will not be available for £10M-£15M and has been on the very high-profile radar of Chelsea, Barcelona and AC Milan amongst others. Not a chance I am afraid.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 14:44:08
You call someone an idiot then you write this. .
1) Baines plays for Everton, they would never sell to us. I'll admit he is a good player, but there is no chance.
2) Who the hell is Bastos? And why would you want to get rid of Jovanovic and Lucas? Lucas has been outstanding in fairness to the lad, and it would be unfair to chuck out Jovanovic when he hasn't had much of a chance, and hasn't done too bad for himself.keep been playing
3) Never heard of M'Vilia either.
4) Jones? Well that could be anybody couldn't it?
5) Benzema isn't a bad shout and neither is Turan. Though, Turan might cost a bit more than that. Prefer English players though.
6) Richards is over-rated. We'd be conned for paying £10m.
7) get rid of Skrtel? Are you mad? For as little as 9m? If you think Baines is worth £15, then so is skrtel. Skrtel is a brilliant player, and I think you are mad to want to sell him.
8) Insua. . Well, I don't have an opinion one way or another on him. Haven't seen enough of him to judge, so I'd prefer not to sell him, but if it's in his interest to go, then so be it. £4m sound cheap though.
9) yeah agreed, Poulsen and Ngog have to go for me. Poulsen just gives the ball away all the time, and Ngog is pure useless. Though, I'd like to see you try and flog him off for £3m.
10) Sell Cole? Again, stupid move. Cole is a naturally skilled player, and when injury free, he is a quality player. Selling him would be pointless when he clearly wants to stay and he is just getting match fit now. More to the point, £8m? You need to re-think that fee.
11) Johnson. Well, if we were to sell him at least get the £18m back that we bought him for, eh? but why would you want to sell him? We're not short on money now. Though, I perceive Kelly as a better player than him already, so if he leaves, then I'm not heartbroken. Kelly is equal in attack and better in defence, which is the primary attribute for a defender surely. .
12) Kuyt, £9m? What drugs are you on, lad? Did you not watch the sparta game? Aside from carra and stevie, Kuyt is out most influential player. He has the stamina of a horse for crying out loud! £9m would be a rip off. He is worth £15 minimum.
What I want to see in the summer:
out.
Poulsen - not needed since we have Spearing coming up. - sell for £2-4m.
Ngog - give to any desperate takers, the lad isn't cut out for lfc.
Aquilani - after returning from Juve, hold out for at least £10m, if not £12m since we bought him for what, £15 was it?
(could look at shipping out Maxi. Has too many inconsistent matches, not fast enough on the wings.)

That gives us up to £20m before the budget given by the owners. I don't see a need to sell anyone else, unless they want to go, and at this moment in time, nobody looks unsettled.

What we need in.
Preferably, 2 fast wingers. 1 would do though. Preferably English.
ideally, Ashley Young but that's ambitious. Probably need £20 minimum, but if the manks are interested, then it's a struggle.
Adam Johnson would be ideal, but doubt he would leave man city. Money would be the issue, they've got more money than oxygen, so it's not like we can give them stupid money to tempt them, because it'll seem like walking around money for them.
Steward Downing failing those two. Or, even Matt Jarvis from Wolves. Severely under-rated player.

I reckon Wolves will go down this year so we could pinch Kevin Doyle from them as a back-up striker. Again, another under-rated player that is too good for the championship. Get him on the cheap, already adapted to the PL, replaces Ngog who let's be frank, no disrespect to the lad, just isn't good enough. We've also got Pacheco for cover.
If we could get Charlie Adam and Connor Wickham, that would also be fantastic. But the bill could be heavy. I don't personally think Adam will budge for anything less than £10m, as for Wickham, don't be surprised if sums in the region of £15m are floating about.

We also need to look at the LB position. Agger can play there if need be, we've got Aurelio covering it, and Konchesky coming back from loan, but will probably leave in summer. Though I don't mind the guy, I'd quite like him to stay actually. Having said that, Dalglish clearly doesn't like him. Call it unrealistic, but we need Gareth Bale. It would suit him, being Welsh, to be closer to home. I don't care if we bid something stupid like £20-30m. If we get him, that would be perfect. I was saying we should get him a couple of seasons ago and everyone laughed at me, well who's laughing now!?

CB is not an issue. Carra, Agger, Skrtel, Wilson, Kyriakos (spelling?) have got it covered. If not, there's always Darby and Kelly who can play there too.

That's all for now.

1) Everton wouldn't sell to us even tho they are broke and never sold us Abel Xavia or Nicky Barmby in the past?
2) Who the hell is Bastos?? Didn't watch the world cup and see he is was Brazil's first choice left back no? Agree Lucas has been playing well. Jovanavic keep give him more chances he's played well? come on you see how much we are paying this lump? it's like having Baros again stick your head down don't look up and run to nowhere. Jovanavic free to a good home! !
3) M'villa take it you did't watch him play for France against England the other month?
4) Jones? . . I'll give you that one i ain't got a clue either who he ie refering to
5)Benzema Turan. . Now the whole Turan thing if you ain't hered of Bastos i can't see how you would have see much of Turan play to say he would be a good signing and possibly more the Benzema?
6) Richards i would rather than Skertal all day
7) 15 million for Skertal. . yes please where do we sign! !
8) Insua you aint see enough of him but yet you rate Turan highly who plays in the same team as Insua? Also the same Insua who played practicaly every game at left back for us last yaer
9) Agree Ngog and Poulsen need to go and i think 3 million seems realstic especialy if your rating Ashley Young at a minimum who come the summer only has a year left on his contract and dosen't look like signing a new one Villa will snap up 15 million for him!
10) Sell Cole? Ummm bit half and half on this but 8 million i would take he has done piss all for us and didn't do toffee for his last 2 seasons at chelsea
11) Johnson is an over payed luxury that we don't really need now Kelly is looking like he will cement the right bac position for years to come. 16 million 18 million don't make a difference just get the 90k a week off the wage bill
12) Kuyt agree keep this bloke aint the greatest but gives his all every game and wants to do well for Liverpool not for himself (unlike the t**t who just went Chelsea! ) but anything over 10 million for a bloke who can't ru at players can't cross a ball has no pace and ain't the greatest of passers has to be considered
Now are you mick McCarthy trying to tought your players to us Jarvis and Doyal are good players but if you wanna be playing champions league football every year and chalanging for the league they ain't good enough
Adam same as Young come the summer only has a year left on his contract Blackpool will have either stayed in the premor gone down he will go for less than 10 million eother way!
Bale is a great Left winger without a doubt but at left back he is no better than Glen Jhonson is right back. Plus your saying that Everton would never sell to us doubt Tottenham would considering they wanna make that champions league spot their own and they don't need the money.
Then comes the icing on the cake you say you don't mind Konchesky and you would quite like him to stay! !. . . .and you called the persons post you commented on and Idiot!

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 14:46:19
Ed what you think the chances are on seeing Carroll play at the weekend {Ed001's Note - very possible if we have a good lead in the second half.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 14:27:03
To the idiot that wrote this.
1) Baines plays for Everton, they would never sell to us. I'll admit he is a good player, but there is no chance.
2) Who the hell is Bastos? And why would you want to get rid of Jovanovic and Lucas? Lucas has been outstanding in fairness to the lad, and it would be unfair to chuck out Jovanovic when he hasn't had much of a chance, and hasn't done too bad for himself.
3) Never heard of M'Vilia either.
4) Jones? Well that could be anybody couldn't it?
5) Benzema isn't a bad shout and neither is Turan. Though, Turan might cost a bit more than that. Prefer English players though.
6) Richards is over-rated. We'd be conned for paying £10m.
7) get rid of Skrtel? Are you mad? For as little as 9m? If you think Baines is worth £15, then so is skrtel. Skrtel is a brilliant player, and I think you are mad to want to sell him.
8) Insua. . Well, I don't have an opinion one way or another on him. Haven't seen enough of him to judge, so I'd prefer not to sell him, but if it's in his interest to go, then so be it. £4m sound cheap though.
9) yeah agreed, Poulsen and Ngog have to go for me. Poulsen just gives the ball away all the time, and Ngog is pure useless. Though, I'd like to see you try and flog him off for £3m.
10) Sell Cole? Again, stupid move. Cole is a naturally skilled player, and when injury free, he is a quality player. Selling him would be pointless when he clearly wants to stay and he is just getting match fit now. More to the point, £8m? You need to re-think that fee.
11) Johnson. Well, if we were to sell him at least get the £18m back that we bought him for, eh? but why would you want to sell him? We're not short on money now. Though, I perceive Kelly as a better player than him already, so if he leaves, then I'm not heartbroken. Kelly is equal in attack and better in defence, which is the primary attribute for a defender surely. .
12) Kuyt, £9m? What drugs are you on, lad? Did you not watch the sparta game? Aside from carra and stevie, Kuyt is out most influential player. He has the stamina of a horse for crying out loud! £9m would be a rip off. He is worth £15 minimum.

to the idiot who wrote this are you stupid everton might sell because they have no money and are inneed of some and well if you havent heard of mvilla and bastos then you are the idiot

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 13:43:51
To the person who said Gareth Bale £20-30 million, get real Tottenham would not sell Bale full stop if he did go he would not come to Liverpool he would go to madrid or milan for at least £40 million, i think we should look at a LB poss try to get James Milner from s****ey City and Ashley Young from Villa.
What you reckon ED'S {Ed001's Note - not sure I want any of those players myself.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 13:27:39
Is their any truth in the rumour about Danny Pacheco going on loan to Norwich on monday until end of season. Friend is a big Norwich Fan. Hope he does go they have plenty to play for. Truely competitive football for the boy

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 13:14:37
"Summer
Ins
Bains 15m
Bastos 15m+Jovanovic+Lucas
M'Vilia 13m
Jones 7m
Benzema 18m
Turan 9m
Richards 15m

Outs
Skertl 9m
Insua 4m
Poulson 3m
Ngog 3m
Cole 8m
Johnson 16m
Kuyt 9m"

To the idiot that wrote this.
1) Baines plays for Everton, they would never sell to us. I'll admit he is a good player, but there is no chance.
2) Who the hell is Bastos? And why would you want to get rid of Jovanovic and Lucas? Lucas has been outstanding in fairness to the lad, and it would be unfair to chuck out Jovanovic when he hasn't had much of a chance, and hasn't done too bad for himself.
3) Never heard of M'Vilia either.
4) Jones? Well that could be anybody couldn't it?
5) Benzema isn't a bad shout and neither is Turan. Though, Turan might cost a bit more than that. Prefer English players though.
6) Richards is over-rated. We'd be conned for paying £10m.
7) get rid of Skrtel? Are you mad? For as little as 9m? If you think Baines is worth £15, then so is skrtel. Skrtel is a brilliant player, and I think you are mad to want to sell him.
8) Insua. . Well, I don't have an opinion one way or another on him. Haven't seen enough of him to judge, so I'd prefer not to sell him, but if it's in his interest to go, then so be it. £4m sound cheap though.
9) yeah agreed, Poulsen and Ngog have to go for me. Poulsen just gives the ball away all the time, and Ngog is pure useless. Though, I'd like to see you try and flog him off for £3m.
10) Sell Cole? Again, stupid move. Cole is a naturally skilled player, and when injury free, he is a quality player. Selling him would be pointless when he clearly wants to stay and he is just getting match fit now. More to the point, £8m? You need to re-think that fee.
11) Johnson. Well, if we were to sell him at least get the £18m back that we bought him for, eh? but why would you want to sell him? We're not short on money now. Though, I perceive Kelly as a better player than him already, so if he leaves, then I'm not heartbroken. Kelly is equal in attack and better in defence, which is the primary attribute for a defender surely. .
12) Kuyt, £9m? What drugs are you on, lad? Did you not watch the sparta game? Aside from carra and stevie, Kuyt is out most influential player. He has the stamina of a horse for crying out loud! £9m would be a rip off. He is worth £15 minimum.

What I want to see in the summer:
out.
Poulsen - not needed since we have Spearing coming up. - sell for £2-4m.
Ngog - give to any desperate takers, the lad isn't cut out for lfc.
Aquilani - after returning from Juve, hold out for at least £10m, if not £12m since we bought him for what, £15 was it?
(could look at shipping out Maxi. Has too many inconsistent matches, not fast enough on the wings.)

That gives us up to £20m before the budget given by the owners. I don't see a need to sell anyone else, unless they want to go, and at this moment in time, nobody looks unsettled.

What we need in.
Preferably, 2 fast wingers. 1 would do though. Preferably English.
ideally, Ashley Young but that's ambitious. Probably need £20 minimum, but if the manks are interested, then it's a struggle.
Adam Johnson would be ideal, but doubt he would leave man city. Money would be the issue, they've got more money than oxygen, so it's not like we can give them stupid money to tempt them, because it'll seem like walking around money for them.
Steward Downing failing those two. Or, even Matt Jarvis from Wolves. Severely under-rated player.

I reckon Wolves will go down this year so we could pinch Kevin Doyle from them as a back-up striker. Again, another under-rated player that is too good for the championship. Get him on the cheap, already adapted to the PL, replaces Ngog who let's be frank, no disrespect to the lad, just isn't good enough. We've also got Pacheco for cover.
If we could get Charlie Adam and Connor Wickham, that would also be fantastic. But the bill could be heavy. I don't personally think Adam will budge for anything less than £10m, as for Wickham, don't be surprised if sums in the region of £15m are floating about.

We also need to look at the LB position. Agger can play there if need be, we've got Aurelio covering it, and Konchesky coming back from loan, but will probably leave in summer. Though I don't mind the guy, I'd quite like him to stay actually. Having said that, Dalglish clearly doesn't like him. Call it unrealistic, but we need Gareth Bale. It would suit him, being Welsh, to be closer to home. I don't care if we bid something stupid like £20-30m. If we get him, that would be perfect. I was saying we should get him a couple of seasons ago and everyone laughed at me, well who's laughing now!?

CB is not an issue. Carra, Agger, Skrtel, Wilson, Kyriakos (spelling?) have got it covered. If not, there's always Darby and Kelly who can play there too.

That's all for now.

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 13:06:03
Aqua situation. . If they can't afford him I absurd we could go fishing
In their team and do player + cash deal. They will have to pay I think about £12 mil for Aqua, so it could be some good business. Eds I assume you would think this would be a reasonable solution as LFC will not drop valuation and go back on the deal put in place?

Besides, we can call Aqua back in summer and sell him to another Italian club who will pay £12mil right?

Bazzaa {ed's note - I don't think they have anyone we would want.}

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just a suggestion but what about Diego, im not so sure as to how well he has performed at Juventus but he was briliant at Werder Bremen.

diego plays for wolfsburg now mate

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 11:27:07
Yuri Zhirkhov could apparently be on his way to us, theres no doubting hes a decent player, but do you think he is the right kind of player for Liverpool? Also we might be coughing up £10m for Sturridge, been on excellent form for Bolton, again is he the way forward for Liverpool. Fits in the the "young brittish tallent" bracket is guess.

Adzii

{Editor's Note: It is entirely speculation about both with, I doubt, any interest from the club at all. Zhirkov has spent most of this season injured again, I understand that all he has said is that he will review the situation at the end of the season. If he wants out, he can leave in the next week or two for CSKA or Zenit if a fee can be agreed with Chelsea. Sturridge is on loan at Bolton - whilst I think Chelsea could be persuaded to sell if the right offer was made, I am sure the player would not want to be playing a bit part anywhere.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 11:20:45
Aqua situation. . If they can't afford him I absurd we could go fishing
In their team and do player + cash deal. They will have to pay I think about £12 mil for Aqua, so it could be some good business. Eds I assume you would think this would be a reasonable solution as LFC will not drop valuation and go back on the deal put in place?

Besides, we can call Aqua back in summer and sell him to another Italian club who will pay £12mil right?

Bazzaa {ed's note - I don't think they have anyone we would want.}

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just a suggestion but what about Diego, im not so sure as to how well he has performed at Juventus but he was briliant at Werder Bremen.

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 10:34:48
Morning Eds and all,

Alonso will not be returning to LFC,
I would love it if he did but R Madrid will never sell him. So don't even think it!

Aqua situation. . If they can't afford him I absurd we could go fishing
In their team and do player + cash deal. They will have to pay I think about £12 mil for Aqua, so it could be some good business. Eds I assume you would think this would be a reasonable solution as LFC will not drop valuation and go back on the deal put in place?

Besides, we can call Aqua back in summer and sell him to another Italian club who will pay £12mil right?

Bazzaa {ed's note - I don't think they have anyone we would want.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 09:27:02
24 Feb 2011 14:08:50
John Arne Riise and Alonso back to LFC? what do you think ed, would they be welcome back and do you think we have much chance of getting 2 well liked players to return? {ed's note - I am sure they would be welcomed by the players and fans, but highly unlikely. Riise is over the hill and was never really good enough and Alonso is first name on the team sheet for Real Madrid.}

Ed agree with you an can't understand why so called fans talk so much cack Riise was never good enough for lfc he done a job for us but never good enough an I remember a certain game against chavski were he just gave up we need new young players oh an alonso will never come because real won't sell. . . . . . .

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 08:49:59
25 Feb 2011 05:50:25
There should be one player at the top of our transfer list. According to a semi-reliable rumor site, KK is heading the list to sign him.

-Marko Marin-
Falls into the buy youth talent philosophy.

Bremen is struggling this year and he's got to be frustrated about it. Surely he will come for a decently sized fee. If you havent watched the lad play. you're missing out. Real pace, agile, takes defenders on, puts in a hell of cross. Perfect signing if you ask me. Not only is he a fantastic talent but if Liverpool were to opt into a 4-3-3 he would be able to play as a LW/ RW up top. Imagine this - Suarez, Carroll, Marin. Unstoppable.

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Way too inconsistent. I'd have him, but not for more than £12m. He's a good player when he decides to play, but other than that he's utterly useless (which is, unfortunately, a good portion of the time). A bit like Maxi.

Martin

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 05:50:25
There should be one player at the top of our transfer list. According to a semi-reliable rumor site, KK is heading the list to sign him.

-Marko Marin-
Falls into the buy youth talent philosophy.

Bremen is struggling this year and he's got to be frustrated about it. Surely he will come for a decently sized fee. If you havent watched the lad play. you're missing out. Real pace, agile, takes defenders on, puts in a hell of cross. Perfect signing if you ask me. Not only is he a fantastic talent but if Liverpool were to opt into a 4-3-3 he would be able to play as a LW/ RW up top. Imagine this - Suarez, Carroll, Marin. Unstoppable.

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 08:20:29
Ed, you think juventus could give us milos krasic? We could give them aquilani and add a few million euros!

{Editor's Note: No, I don't think they would care for such a deal.}

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 01:35:46
24 Feb 2011 09:32:22
Summer
Ins
Bains 15m
Bastos 15m+Jovanovic+Lucas
M'Vilia 13m
Jones 7m
Benzema 18m
Turan 9m
Richards 15m

Outs
Skertl 9m
Insua 4m
Poulson 3m
Ngog 3m
Cole 8m
Johnson 16m
Kuyt 9m


No one would spend £8m on Cole!
Citeh rejected a £20m bid for Richards from us in January.
Why would you get rid of Lucas? By far one of our best players and has the determination and passion!

 

 

 

25 Feb 2011 00:14:52
Hello Ed, are we really looking at Robert Snodgrass? Is there any truth in this? I think he's quite decent. What do you think? {ed's note - I have not heard anything on it, can't see him being good enough from what I have seen of him.}

 

 

 

 
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