Liverpool Rumours Archive January 06 2015

06 Jan 2015 18:22:31
BBC website reporting City in advanced talks with Bony in a deal worth upto £30m.

A question for the Eds. Was there ever any interest in Bony from Liverpool in the summer, or was it all paper/ Message Board speculation?

If there was, was the whole transfer committee, including Rodgers, alligned on Bony, and if so, what were the stumbling blocks?

Without knowing the ins and outs of the transfer, I am still baffled why Bony at around the £15-£20m that was being reported in the summer wasn't snapped up in preference to Balotelli at £16m given the sorts of game/teams that they respectively thrive in. Bony's game, to me, seemed tailor made to our style of play.

{Ed002's Note - No approach was made in the summer by Liverpool. Swansea had no desire to sell Bony but have said that if they doubled what they had paid for him they would talk to any bidding club and the player - that puts it above £24M or so.

Liverpool cannot buy every player - just add him to the list of players Liverpool missed.}

06 Jan 2015 19:00:06
Thanks for the reply Ed. Fair enough, completely accept we can't buy every player, just felt that Bony was an attainable and realistic target who would've improved the first team following Suarez's departure.

{Ed002's Note - It would likely have meant changing the style of play. No more "intensity" (running quickly at the opposition whilst screaming the Qagela Lapa war cry so popular with the Zululand warriors of times past.}

06 Jan 2015 19:45:43
Interesting. I would've thought that Bony's style of play would've been much more aligned to the (now always to be referred to) "Zululand High Press" than Balotelli's! However, I didn't watch that many of his Swansea games to be judged a 'Bony expert'!

06 Jan 2015 22:13:08
I would stay clear of any Bony expert.

06 Jan 2015 23:32:03
Title winning signing.

06 Jan 2015 15:20:29
Update on Shaqiri:

The 23-year-old has been the Reds' most talked about potential signing of late, whether it be in the current transfer window or in the summer, and Blick, a Swiss publication, claim personal terms have been agreed between the player and Liverpool, but that he wouldn't be able to join this month. That is likely because of FFP rulings.

Sky sources, admittedly not always the most reliable, believe the Reds will sign Switzerland's talisman in the summer, and will allow him to join Inter on loan for the rest of this season.

{Ed002's Note - How nice, Liverpool allowing a Bayern Munich player to go on loan to Inter Milan.}

06 Jan 2015 09:44:39
Hi Eds,

Heard anything on this one? Heard from a buddy of mine who is usually on the ball when it comes to Everton that Liverpool are in talks with Luke Garbutts agent about a summer switch. He's out of contract in summer but because of his age a fee would have to be set by tribunal.

{Ed001's Note - I haven't heard of that, we have tried to get him to join our academy in the past, when he was younger, on at least two ocassions, so it could be. I will ask if anyone knows anything on it.}

06 Jan 2015 11:17:14
Would love this to be true,

I've heard this from a couple of Blues. Might be something to do with his retweeting antics. .

06 Jan 2015 00:53:28
Eds Has Suso signed a pre-contract with AC as Marca and Italian media are reporting?

{Ed002's Note - He will - this should not be a shock.}

06 Jan 2015 02:56:19
No, I' think you've made it clear it probably end up in Italy.

06 Jan 2015 09:44:39
Stupid really, he is a very good player and we are letting him go. This will be another Paul Pogba situation where suso will be class for AC and Liverpool will want him back