Liverpool Rumours Archive July 04 2014

04 Jul 2014 22:26:02
Ok, Liverpool Echo just this second reported that the release clause of £75M has been met by Barca. Same is reported on BBC but I trust the Echo and this is their story not reproduced.

Here's hoping.

05 Jul 2014 07:54:46
Actually the price now agreed seems to be €80m (£63.4m approx) with no players or add ons. significantly lower than most figures reported.

05 Jul 2014 08:59:39
The transfer fee is payable over 5 years, typical for this type of transfer

05 Jul 2014 09:16:41
As much as what I stated above. it is all only based upon reports and so I can see why Ed002 gets frustrated talking about money because so many contradictory things get reported. I hope the amount (if correct) actually also does involve add ons or at least the loan of a player next season with first option to buy.

05 Jul 2014 09:31:37
I've read €75m & £75m. Are we sure which it is?

04 Jul 2014 16:56:56
Hi eds. Fantastic job as always!
was just wondering what the situation is with cuenca and tello? I remember a while back we were linked with them, tello more so.
Also what about bojan? Any truth that rodgers in interested in bringing him in?
Cheers lads.
YNWA

{Ed001's Note - I don't know about Cuenca, but Tello is available for transfer. Not heard of any interest in Bojan.}

Cuenca has been offered to a number of teams as part of a deal for various players, but has told Barca his preferred destination is Real Sociadad.

04 Jul 2014 19:33:07
Spanish reports state an agreement on the fee for luis Suarez has been made (75m euros, not that you like to discuss money though). Can you confirm or deny this?

Cheers

{Ed002's Note - I can tell you that the figure you mention is half way between what Liverpool was asking (a termination clause) and what Barcelona were looking to pay. Subject to a little agreement on detail, there has been the basis of a conclusion to the whole ugly affair of Luis Suarez.}

Why if we value the player at 80 million pounds would we sell for 75 million euros?

{Ed002's Note - Why would you think that was what the club wanted - you are making up numbers.}

04 Jul 2014 20:08:53
These figures are wide of the mark. Liverpool are still waiting for his buyout to be triggered.

Ssn are making up the numbers, not me.

If the figure is half way then the 10m that was the difference (as one of the ed's posted yesterday or a few days ago) would mean Barcelona want to pay 70m Euros and Liverpool want 80m Euros (£63m).

Yes I think he's worth £80m but with a 4 month ban and 2 year ban for a repeat offence means our hands are tied slightly.

Still trebling your money (ish) on a player that cost over £20m to begin with isn't too bad (especially given the issues).

Thanks for the honesty Ed.

Ed the same Spanish reports also said that barca are close to finalising the sale of Sanchez. Is this also true and if it is do you know who to.
Thanks

{Ed001's Note - they aren't yet mate.}

04 Jul 2014 21:49:24
Just read on BBC Sport web page that Barca have told LFC they're willing to meet the £70M+ release clause amount for Suarez

Link --> www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28112887

Looks closer to £80m or €100m
Looks like BBC were correct £60m plus Sanchez

Is it true we accepted the 70 million for Suarez so we get the first refusal on Sanchez?

{Ed001's Note - no.}

05 Jul 2014 06:21:12
Numbers are fun to make up. Ed002, what is your release clause?

{Ed001's Note - Ed002 is priceless! But, if anyone wants to offer £100m it would just about match the release clause.....}

05 Jul 2014 06:18:28
Ed002, forgetting what he does actually go for in the end may I ask your personal view on it please? The club will sell for what they think is right but with your experience and knowledge do you think in today's market £60M is about right? I find it hard to tell with Bale's fee, Falcao and Rodrigez supposed fees. Everyone has gone mad with daft prices and I trust the club to do things diligently, I just get curious about how people see things differently.

Cheers

{Ed002's Note - It is nothing to do with the fees others are sold for. Liverpool will get the best price that they can for the player.}

05 Jul 2014 07:12:02
Aside from the result of disposing of Suarez, how do you feel Liverpool representatives conducted themselves and do you think they achieved their desires results?

Kind Regards

05 Jul 2014 08:27:39
This thread is a proof that Ed002 is 100% correct in not discussing figures . within this thread there is lots of figures posted by you lot and none of them is correct, even though its there in black and white on the bbc page that is linked from this same thread.

04 Jul 2014 19:20:36
My best friend is a Chilean restaurateur in Miami who in turn is good friends with Alexis Sanchez' uncle (who is a Miami resident) . The uncle has said Sanchez has verbally agreed to join Arsenal. They are finalizing contractual details which are a formality. The uncle also said Liverpool were desperate to sign him but he Sanchez was never interested in playing for us. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but we have to put this snub into perspective. He's only one player and maybe Rogers has a viable alternative. I hope so. let's congratulate the Gooners on their capture and move on

Absolutely.

He won't be the first great player we have missed out on (Laudrup, Keane, Ronaldo, Silva, etc), and he won't be the last.

There are other players out there. Life goes on.

04 Jul 2014 18:08:19
I've had it on good authority from a connection in Seattle that we've bid £7.5m for wonder kid Yedlin. Can you confirm?

{Ed002's Note - My birth city, but no, sorry. I know nothing of a bid from Liverpool.}

04 Jul 2014 19:24:14
I know they were from Aberdeen, but there wouldn't be a Nirvana without the influence of the music scene in that City.

Oh yeah, a certain REM were decent also.

Forget your Memphis, it would be Seattle all day for me.

He has had one good World Cup game, that I've seen, never seen him play in the league though. Is he a wonder kid?!

Er what about Jimi Hendrix, Bill Frisell, Mudhoney and Sunn O)))?

Aren't REM from Athens, Georgia? The young right back did look a decent prospect when he came on.

We should have an American in the team. This kid will do. Looks an outstanding prospect, if the USA-Belgium game is anything to go by.

{Ed001's Note - he is very raw, the MLS coaches and commentators etc all thought Klinsmann mad for taking him. For me, it just shows why the MLS is poor, that a good technical player, who is also blessed with blistering pace, is seen as an odd choice to take to the World Cup!}

Seattle is an amazing city. I liv 4 hours up the road so try to get there as often as I can

Starbucks Central, Ed

Oh yeah! You've ruined my day lad as I've mentioned two bands who aren't even from Seattle.

No need.

Let's at least give them credit for the Seattle connection.

Memphis it is then.

04 Jul 2014 17:03:25
Ed's is there any chance of us getting either benzema, higuain or both once Suarez goes? I highly rate both these players and they're at the ideal age (26) with plenty of years ahead but enough experience to not make the mistakes of youth. We're obviously going to need goals and with these two and our current squad we may be asking 'Suarez who?' By christmas

{Ed002's Note - I cannot answer "any chance" questions. Sorry.}

Allow me to rephrase, have we shown any interest in either of these two? And has there been any interest from other teams?

{Ed002's Note - From elsewhere yes, from Liverpool no.}

04 Jul 2014 18:49:09
If it came to a choice between Benzema and a donkey I'd have to think long and hard .

04 Jul 2014 15:26:13
Eds, what's going on with Eliaquim Mangala? (news about the player seems to have gone quiet). Would love to see him at LFC, but don't know whether the club has/had interest in him.

{Ed002's Note - There is interest in him from elsewhere - not from LFC.}

05 Jul 2014 13:31:23
I would like Sureaz to stay at Liverpool forever and they should let play for the champion league next season and that they should let us win the league and I think man city is rubbish and they will not win league next season.

04 Jul 2014 14:37:52
Looks like we are stepping things up in regard to capturing Lovren and have made an official bid. Hearing we have bid £16m but ssn are saying £18? He could form a great partnership with Sakho and firm up our shaky back line.

04 Jul 2014 15:10:50
Ed am I right in saying this was yesterdays news ir is it a fresh offer since then?

{Ed001's Note - we are still keen to sign him mate. It is not dead and buried yet.}

I got this from someone & it goes along these lines!

Trix, I know somebody spoke to southampton on tuesday, at the moment they are asking for silly money, he wants to come (spurs) but at the moment the deal isn't even close

Dont know anything spurs end but the exact words were this, he h(lovren ) has put in a transfer requestand is yet to exert any pressure, he wants to come and work with poch and he will start playing up shortly if southampton don't move!
Then it goes on about spurs doing a deal for j rod even though he is injured that price

I have a feeling we will eventually end up with Lovren. well last season we've had our S's do us proud. Somehow this season (L)iverpool are getting (L)allana, (L)amber, and (L)ovren from Southampton. oh what coincidence.

The matches I have seen him play with both Croatia and Southampton he has the same frailties all our other centre backs have, he drops too deep, personally, it's a waste of money to me

I agree can't believe we are in for him. how many centre backs do we need .its all about consistency. could see him have a couple of mistakes then spending time on the bench.

04 Jul 2014 13:38:25
Heard from a very good source that Rodgers is looking to strike a double deal for Shaqiri & Mandzukic from Bayern for a reported fee of 35million for the two. Loveren is a target but aren't prepared to pay over 20million for his services. Liverpool will also step up their interest in Ryan Bertrand. Talks are also continuing with Benfica over the transfer of Lazar Markovic which could see Suso join Benfica on a season long loan.

04 Jul 2014 20:53:17
Mandzukic would be. Not logical at all. Nowhere near Suarez in his style of play, more like another Lambert. Maybe a slight improvement on him, but not worth it. Shaqiri on the other hand would suit us just fine. Think Rodgers will go back to his preferred 4-3-3 formation, or 4-5-1, with Sturridge as center/lone forward. The splash-o-cash should be towards a left forward, like Sanchez, Griezmann or someone like that.

Mandzuckic had gone to A.Madrid £14m

04 Jul 2014 11:14:31
Lambert to be given no7 shirt (no surprise when that becomes available).
BUT just heard Can will be given no10 shirt.
Anyone you know interested in Coutinho Ed?
Thanks in advance.

{Ed001's Note - there is interest but I don't know of him being close to a move. He might have asked to change. Quite a few players will do so, if they feel they have had bad luck in a particular number.}

Ed01 which teams are looking at Coutinho, can't see us selling him as he can be a game changer, at least not on the cheap.

{Ed001's Note - AC Milan were keen.}

I'd heard a little while ago that A.Madrid were keen but not sure how keen.

I believe Coutinho will wear number 7 next season, Can 10 and Lambert 9

Be great to see Cou in a No.7 shirt. Think he'll step up now

Coutinho will wear 7. It was his number at inter and something which he has requested at Liverpool.

Atletico Madrid and perhaps Chelsea were interested in Philippe Coutinho.

Lambert is no no.7, give him no.9

04 Jul 2014 06:54:15
I rarely get info so take this or leave it, but I've been told (albeit a journo friend so reliability?) that talks went far better than expected today between us and Barca, and both sides are closer to a deal than reported.

But Baarca are favouring including Sanchez as part of a deal (approx. 45 and sanchez) and have therefore agreed NOT to accept any offers for Sanchez from others clubs during these negotiations, in the hope he can be encouraged to join Liverpool. I hope this is true as I really think the lad can play.

The rest of our transfer activity would then resolve around selling players while targeting Lovren and Rojo (who I am certain is our number 1 LB target but this will tke a while due to his World Cup involvement and does explain why we are not worrying about the Moreno deal staling), with the possibility of signing Shaqiri also (who I think would add a great deal to our side).

Hope this was useful (and I hope its turns out to be reliable),
Thanks, Ryan

Sanchez, lovren, rojo and shaqiri.
If they were to be pulled off then what a transfer window we have had when you include lambert, can and lallana.
Apart from Suarez, would have to expect a few players to leave. Coates, Toure, aspas, maybe agger, maybe Lucas, maybe borini.

04 Jul 2014 14:28:59
All barca have to do is put a 50 mill price tag on sanchez, that should stop everyone like arsenal in their tracks. Its a fictitious price which can be added to price for suarez. simples!

Unless Sanchez doesn't want to leave or leave for Liverpool. then not so simple