Liverpool Rumours Archive August 06 2014

06 Aug 2014 16:49:46
This is getting ridiculous now!

Sevilla sporting director Monchi has played down speculation that Alberto Moreno is all but a Liverpool player and revealed he expects the left-back to be in action for Savilla in the UEFA Super Cup.

"There is a club that do or have wanted him, but today we think that he will stay at Sevilla and play in the final in Cardiff", he concluded.

They want him for the super cup but we can have him after that.

06 Aug 2014 17:07:28
Surely, this now surpasses the Mkhitaryan saga from last summer as the most long running and boring saga?

I don't even care if the guy signs now, that is how boring it has gotten.

It's really odd to me, the Echo hear directly from the club and have said twice in two days that the deal is close to being completed, only thing left is to sort out how the 16m is going to be payed.
We really need this done ASAP.

Super cup is next Tuesday so perhaps not that much of a delay if that's what the Sevilla guy means.

Apologies for potentially daft question, but I assume participation in super cup has no impact on eligibility for Champions League?

Super cup is seen as a friendly

Someone asked this the other day I think, and apparently he won't be cup tied

Super Cup is a friendly in the mold of the Champions Cup, which we would have received a large fee for winning. Supposedly, Super Cup has enough of a prize involved that Sevilla would want to play Moreno in that game on the off chance that, you know, he gives them the upperhand on Madrid. There have been rumors to the effect that he will be coming after the contest, though I don't know how true any of that is.

Don't know if Sevilla are just playing games over this transfer, but if Moreno plays for them in the super cup and we sign him, would that mean he would be cup tied for us in the Champions League? Cheers

No it is a friendly cup.

Friendly Cup? Really thought this was a little prestigious?

07 Aug 2014 08:41:40
As far as I'm aware the Supercup counts as a friendly and therefore does not result in him being cup tied in the CL, can Ed002 confirm this?

{Ed002's Note - None of the CL ties, EL ties or friendly cups at this time would cup-tie anyone.}

Ed's Can a club not specificy a joining date as part of the contract i.e. after the Super Cup? and if that was the case would this not be sorted?

To everyone else I do not think this deal will happen.

ED's thanks for all the time and effort you puts into this important site.

{Ed002's Note - They could certainly agree to do that David.}

Of course they can specify a day to sell him? He's their player. The can choose not to sell him if they want.

06 Aug 2014 15:33:10
are Liverpool looking at inter's young striker Mauro Icardi, at 21 has lot of potential.

{Ed008's Note - No.

Don't want potential want a proven goal scorer who will get us at least 25 goals a season to help sturridge

06 Aug 2014 15:14:07
Coady having a medical for Huddersfield 500 thousand, plus add ons.Good luck Connor.

06 Aug 2014 13:57:47
Stoke city have met Liverpools valuation for oussama assaidi of £7 million pounds

06 Aug 2014 14:42:17
Not a chance stoke would pay that kind of money for Assaidi.

06 Aug 2014 14:47:16
Why would they do that when LFC have halved their valuation?

If only. He never got a chance and never will so be good to get back the money Rodgers spent on him when him wanted him so badly.

06 Aug 2014 15:33:45
I thought the price was a stumbling block.? What's your source?

I would imagine more likely that they have agreed terms with him, but the price is lower.

06 Aug 2014 15:36:13
I was under the impression that we had reduced our valuation to aid the completion of the deal and that the player himself would also have to reduce his wage demands.

Why wouldn't they pay it? Assaidi was stokes best player in a poor team, do u think he had a fair chance at lpool? For some reason Rodgers dosent like him and it's not about talent. Pity for the lad because he wants a fair chance to play for the best and biggest club he will ever play for. But Hughes wants him bad for stoke

IMH it's not about the valuation it was about wages and the player wanting to stay and get a fair chance to play at lpool, borini the same. Lpool is such a big club they don't want to go the pair of them

Lpool put a £7 million price tag on him, who said they had halved it? They know stoke are desperate, maybe he will show us his talent when he plays against us because we never got to see him

07 Aug 2014 07:41:13
it is personal terms that's the stumbling block not the fee

06 Aug 2014 00:33:19
Liverpool and Sevilla have held further positives talks, and Alberto Moreno's move to Anfield seems imminent, for a fee of around £16m.

I hope with Suso not included. Extremely upsetting to see him leave without being given a chance.

It seems imminenet for about a month now. Why does it take so much time? at the end of the day they have to agree a fee and the player's contract - how difficult can that be?

Are you being ironic fanobip?

06 Aug 2014 09:51:04
Have you heard anything Eds. Some reports in Spain are saying he will join us before they play in the Super Cup and that the differences needed to tie up the deal are trivial. What's the latest you've heard

{Ed002's Note - I cannot sensibly answer questions about timing.}