Liverpool Rumours Archive March 07 2011

 

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07 Mar 2011 23:42:31
Hey ed, you think its possible to get 7 new signings in the summer?
Apparently done deals:
young
marveux
adam

maybe this for the 4 others?
(1)Mvilla OR banega
(2)Baines
(3)benzema or gervinho
(4)turan or payet - if we're getting another winger aside from young and marveux

what you think ed? And also you think w have to get a centerback? Or should we just play our youngsters?

Btw, great job on the site mate!

Filipino RED! {Ed001's Note - I can't see us getting that many, we would have to have a complete clear out to do so and it is very difficult to sell deadwood. That is why so much of it ends up on loan around Europe until their contracts expire. Personally I would like to see Ayala given a shot at centre back rather than buying more in.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 23:24:59
{Ed002's Note - It has been suggested, by a respected poster, that Young, Adam and Benzema are to join.}

All posters are respectable, but some are more respectable than others.

Thanks for the quick answer, ed.

Canadian Fan

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 23:12:00
HI ED , I have a question that has been bothering me why did we not try harder to get Honda, and if we did but he chose to go Napoli instead, why would he choose napoli over lfc?

By the way fantastic game yesterday gave all my Manu friends a lot of stick today!


hibsylfc {Ed001's Note - he was holding off negotiations until after Japan had finished their Asian Nations Cup campaign, then we were busy trying to get a striker. I don't know how concrete our interest was in him or if we were just hoping for a cheap deal, just that we had reps there speaking to his people. The only reason I can see for choosing Napoli would be the lifestyle in Italy and maybe Champions League football.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 22:39:40
Young deal is on. Reason why, he already proven in prem and deemed as a lesser risk. Good english talent for commercial aspect too. RED77

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 22:32:19
With the exclusion of Adam, Young, Benzema and Marveaux, who are all but done, we are after another winger- Payet, Turan or Dzsudszak; a defensive mid- M'Vila or Sissoko; and a left back- Enrique or Baines. I expect definitely at least 7 signings because alot of players will be leaving.

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 22:27:45
Friend of my has some contact with of few people in the know at Eastlands. He says that Manchini is struggling to keep all his stars happy and a few of the players have hinted that they will be off if city do not make the champions league spot.

If this was the case i think we would definitely go in for Johnson and possibly back in for Richards.

What do you think ed? {Ed001's Note - there are many unhappy players there but a change of manager would change everything there and it is likely that Mancini won't be there next season.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 22:06:11
Payet may look good in French league but his stats are not all that impressive!

Young, Turan would be my first choices, but I would also look into the prospect of buying Hatem Ben Arfa. Looked a good player and dealt with english football really well before the tackle that broke his leg.

Is he a Newcastle player or currently just on loan?

LFC Till I Die {Ed001's Note - they bought him and there is a reason he has been persona non grata at every club he has been at. He is a trouble maker, not what we need at all. As for Payet's stats, Pennant had excellent stats and was useless, they don't tell the story at all and are pointless reading without any kind of context to put them in.}

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Ed, I do agree with you to some extent about stats, but one thing about them is they don't lie.

Young has played a combined total of 290 games in all competitions scoring 59 and assisting 70.

Now if we work that out as 50games on average per season that is roughly 10 goals scored and 11 or 12 assists per season so for a winger who hasnt played in the greatest of sides as yet is very good going.

As for Payet he has played a career total of 168 games scoring 25 and assisting 14. Not great and not exactly prolific and from a player playing in a shambolic league.

I would also agree with you about Ben Arfa's temperament and attitude, but he wouldn't be the first supposed ''bad boy'' player for us to sign and nurture.

The fact is, a lot of youngsters have that bit of attitude off field but there will be a time when he matures and he is undoubtedly a very skillful player.

He wouldn't cost a lot either, im sure.

All in all, would you not agree with some of my points?

LFC Till I Die

{Ed002's Note - No. Ben Arfa looks like he may well have finally sorted himself out at Newcastle and he only signed a few weeks ago. He won't be hoing anywhere. Payet is an exceptional talent - I am sure many clubs will want him (PSG for a start) if Liverpool look at naive stats for their players.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 21:53:00
Benema to liverpool in the summer. surplus to requirements once higuian comes back and benzema is excited by the premiership. ynwa

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 21:36:58
Outgoings over summer/ jan
degen 2m
el zhar 2m
maxi 4m
cole 5m
poulsen 4m
aqualani 7m after repayments
insua 3m
jovanovic 6m
konchesky 3m
spearing 1m
jones 2m
irwin 500k
eccleston 500k
amoo 500k
ngog 5m
kyrgiakos 2m
aurelio free
ince 500k
total 43m to spend
DORSET RED

in my opinion out of the players listed i wud keep, ince, cole, amoo, eccleston, kyrgiakos and aurelio

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 21:00:44
{Ed001's Note - it is very possible we will buy him, he is certainly among the players we are closely following. I have no idea how much he would cost though sorry.}

I would be intrigued to know who else we're "closely following". .
Also can you confirm interest in Dzsudsak? {Ed002's Note - Certainly a few clubs have shown an interest in Dzsudzsak, but I know of nothing firm from Liverpool.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 20:56:11
Ed did we bid 20m for Richards? would be a great by i think. .also why do you think city rejected the offer, sorry if im sounding stupid! {Ed002's Note - I don't know what the offer was, but I understand it was substantial. As for why the rejected it, I assume that they either want to hang on the the player or want more money for him.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 20:28:49
Ed why is turan only 2 out of 10, I thought kenny really likes him? {Ed001's Note - Kenny likes a lot of players.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 20:24:25
Man.city make 20 mil. bid for Coentrao.Rejected.Benfica want 30 mil.Source Serbian TV.They have rights for Premier and Portugese league.Serbian Red

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 20:19:17
Ed, what chance would you give us of signing turan? {Ed001's Note - 2 out of 10, it is not completely out of the question because he would jump at the chance to join us.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 19:52:19
Sorry if this comes across stupid, but is payet a good player? would he be worth a buy? don't know much about him is all.

I would be happy to see young come to anfield! hes a good player! the thought of Liverpool buying 2 top class wingers is mouth watering, seeing as we tore united apart yesterday with the team we have! once carroll is starting, two pacey wingers who have good crosses is something every reds fan wants to see! the boy suarez fairly looks the part! really exciting to watch! Currently ed, who are the wingers you expect liverpool to bring in? I read somewhere you think maybe 5-6 signings in the summer? i know youve probably answered as to who, but refresh my memory!

Finally, how much did we bid for Richards? he seems like a solid big lad who wouldn't let strikers push him around! i think he would be a good replacement for carra! {Ed001's Note - Marveaux and Young are the wingers I expect, with Payet being the most likely if we get another. We enquired about Richards with, I believe, in the region of 20m.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 19:54:33
Outgoings over summer/ jan
degen 2m
el zhar 2m
maxi 4m
cole 5m
poulsen 4m
aqualani 7m after repayments
insua 3m
jovanovic 6m
konchesky 3m
spearing 1m
jones 2m
irwin 500k
eccleston 500k
amoo 500k
ngog 5m
kyrgiakos 2m
aurelio free
ince 500k
total 43m to spend
DORSET RED

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 19:40:02
Ed and LFC fans! ! ! !

Chelsea are in negotiations with turan! This is fact as it has come from a person i trust with my life. Chelsea will be making a bid and its up to TURAN to decide where he will go. Yes if LFC offered he would surely come to us but YOUNG is our first target and possibly payet'.
If turan does decide to move to chelsea, he will become a sensation, while we will have the overated young collecting his huge wage bill each week'. I will be extremely angry if the move happens as i think kk really rated him and Camolli had young move already panned out. Also I think it is disgraceful that a player with top quality who has begged to move here and we are ignoring it, letting him Potentially' go to our rivals and we settle for a Dearer' lesser player. Ed? {Ed001's Note - I trust in Dalglish to make the right choices for the club. I personally would prefer Turan, but Dalglish knows more about footie than I ever will.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 19:30:45
Ed, do you think we will buy payet, I just love the player and how much would he cost? {Ed001's Note - it is very possible we will buy him, he is certainly among the players we are closely following. I have no idea how much he would cost though sorry.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 19:32:33
Ed, do you think is higly possible' that we will sign young AND PAYET? {Ed001's Note - it is certainly possible, we are not looking at Payet as a back up option in case we don't get Young, but as a signing in his own right.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 19:26:16
Ed why is turan not likely for the summer? He wants to come, he is young and talented and also Dalglish was meant to be a fan. I would have thought he was more likely than young {Ed001's Note - I know it would make sense, but we don't make the decisions mate.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 19:28:00
Ed, what are the chances of us signing lavezzi, gary cahill or sanchez? {Ed001's Note - low, very low, low.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 19:17:55
The full time job will be going to King Kenny.
Also, Coentrao will sign in the summer.

Stan Smith

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 18:38:20
Ed what do you think of Lloris and would we be interested in him if reina leaves {Ed001's Note - he is a good keeper but there are better out there and I have no idea who we are looking at for goalie sorry.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 17:33:34
Ed, two imprtant questions. Would reina consider going to united? And would kk let it happen?

{Ed002's Note - I really don't know. I see no particular reason why not. There is nothing to suggest that Manchester United are interested in the player though, and nothing to suggest that he is leaving - so it is hard to see why this is important.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 17:23:09
ED just read about Louis Van Gaal and that he is leaving Bayern Munich in the Summer . Anfield was a suggested destination along with Eastlands . . Really hope this doesn't happen ED would much rather Kenny! What your thoughts please Ed ?

{Ed002's Note - It is much too early to tell where he will go. I would have thought that if Kenny Dalglish wants the job then it is his, regardless of Damien Comolli being tasked with finding a full-time manager. Van Gaal is also the same sort of age as Dalglish so he could never be viewed as a long-term appointment in any case.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 17:28:39
{Ed001's Note - you clearly haven't realised that Marveaux is a left winger in the main then?}

Ed, marveux is a versitile MIDFIELDER, even one of the eds stated' he is not a winger, even if he was, he seems like he is going to be a squad player and not one who will set the pl alite. I just hope we get payet with turan never coming' {Ed002's Note - Sylvain Marveaux can play anywhere across midfield, but he has traditionally been seen as a wide player - and he is predominantly left footed. What he is not, is a left back.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 17:22:39
HI ED and fellow red fans great result yesterday and it just showed man utd are in a false position in the league and that if we could of had consistent performances early on in the season we could of been challenging but next year will do.Well onto my rumours ive heard coming out of spain is that we r strongly being linked with jeffren suarez a young squad player of the barcelona 1st team and there is a strong possibility we can sign him for as little as 7million and also comolli has been really impressed with naxto monreal of osasuna

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 17:21:56
Seems like both Tottenham and Liverpool are chasing Paulo Henrique aka Ganso. The brazilian is currently playing for santos but is wide open for a move to the premier league and possibly Liverpool. any thoughts about him Ed?

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 17:11:51
Ed do u think theres a possibility of signing adam johnson?

{Ed002's Note - I think it is un likely due to interest being elsewhere.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 17:07:04
Ed, you said you expect about 5 signings. Who do you reckon are the five signings? {Ed005's Note - I would expect Young, Adam and Marveaux to sign. I would also expect a striker and a left-back, and possibly a defensive midfielder as we've had some watched and are keeping tabs on a few such as M'Vila.}

Ed, we need another striker, Dmf, 2 wingers, a left back and a Cb, do you think we will buy all these for the positions? {Ed001's Note - we are certainly trying to buy all those, but it is not always possible to get what you want.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 16:38:44
Hey eds could u plz say out of these wingers who u think is more likely 2 join in the summer, in your opinion (not including marveaux)

elia
turan
young

cheerz eds and keep up the gd work :) {Ed005's Note - I think there is a very good chance of Young joining. Marveaux will be here and other than that I think Payet is the most likely.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 16:08:33
Big interest from LFC in

M'Vila
Payet
Baines
Dzsudsak
Enrique

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 15:56:41
Ed, you said you expect about 5 signings. Who do you reckon are the five signings? {Ed005's Note - I would expect Young, Adam and Marveaux to sign. I would also expect a striker and a left-back, and possibly a defensive midfielder as we've had some watched and are keeping tabs on a few such as M'Vila.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 15:48:24
Ed, rumours about bayern munich interested in young. Ed, is there a real chance man u or bayern munich could scupper the lfc deal and then buy turan :)? {Ed005's Note - Many believe the Ashley Young deal is all but done. In all honesty I don't see him moving to Germany, I think he'll stay in England.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 15:47:32
Ed, how many signings do you expect? {Ed005's Note - I personally expect about 5 signings, possibly 6.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 15:26:32
Hmmmm. .

Napoli have bid for Honda, Honda favours the move according to my italian source. Will this be to replace chelsea bound Hamsik?

Honda will not be coming to liverpool

Rewflo {Ed001's Note - Napoli bid for Honda in January but he is not there is he? They are chasing a lot of players, this is by no means a done deal, though I do not believe Honda will end up at Liverpool unfortunately.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 15:10:55
I posed about Reina going to Manure but i don't think you posed it on here eds, basically i asked can Liverpool deny any move for Reina from Manure ?

Dont buy the s*n {Ed001's Note - I already did answer it if you scroll down.}

Oh cheers I didn't see that, yeah i'd rather him to Arsenal for less doh aswell, it'd be a disgrace if he went to Manc but well less of a blow if he bailed to arse, Masch to Manc? wasnt one of the reasons he went to barca because his bird didn't like the lifesyle, lanuage difficulties etc? By the way me and mate seen Masch at the lights on utting ave and priory road after the Atletico defeat last season where he directly confirmed to us he was going to barca which i posted on here, that's a proper rumour that came true that!

{Ed002's Note - Did he do that by raising his middle finger to indicate he was going to Europe's number one club?}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 14:16:39
Buon giorno,

My Italian contact days that aquaman will go to Milan to replace juve bound pirlo. Fee - 6 million

Rewflo

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 13:27:13
R we still interested in Ron Vlaar of feyenoord, hes big, powerful and quick, well suited for EPL

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 12:57:09
Morning ed, caughtoffside are saying camolli is interested in pursuing a deal to sign barcas spanish winger, jeffren suarez 23, have you heard anything and would he be a good signing, imagine 2 suarez, s, lol jimmybosun,

{Ed002's Note - It seems perfectly plausible but I don't know of firm interest. The player is young, he won't cost too much, and he will be available. Why not.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 12:22:43
Alberto Aqualani- What would you do with him ed? {Ed002's Note - He has to be sold. Juventus are still holding firm over the contracted end-of-loan transfer fee being too high, so it seems likely that Liverpool will go back with a counter offer which may include a reduced fee but Juventus taking account of Aquilani's wages in full through the end of the season. It'll soften the blow to Liverpool but will be enough to get a player, who never wants to return to the city, off the books. Aquilani will tell anyone who listens that he wants to stay in Italy. Juventus have money to spend but may opt for Pirlo instead of Aquilani - although that would of course be no more than a short-term solution. His agent has been instructed to start looking for options and I have no doubt a buyer will be found in Italy.}

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 12:26:16
Who needs Mourinho when we have the King? Besides his football philosophy is not the Liverpool way. Only a better Hodgson!

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 11:56:58
07 Mar 2011 10:47:45
Mourinho will not be manager of Liverpool us fans do not like him (big ego) we need stability as well its fact he does not stay long at clubs



Who wants Jose when we've got Kenny anyway?

Kenny to stay (hopefully) - believable
Mourinho - Unbelievable

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 10:47:45
Mourinho will not be manager of Liverpool us fans do not like him (big ego) we need stability as well its fact he does not stay long at clubs

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 10:48:12
Liverpool to sign Benfica's Fabio Coentrao £17m.

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 10:39:34
I have a friend here in Melbourne who is friends with Jose Mourinho.
He spoke to him on the weekend regarding the attempted stabbing and Jose indicated to him he will be leaving Madrid at the end of the season to return to England, when asked which club, Jose said to him ouir club. As my friend is a passionate LFC fan he undertstood immediately that Jose would be at Anfield.

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Very dramatic. . . did the eastenders theme tune kcik in straight away i wonder?

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 10:28:47
I have a friend here in Melbourne who is friends with Jose Mourinho.
He spoke to him on the weekend regarding the attempted stabbing and Jose indicated to him he will be leaving Madrid at the end of the season to return to England, when asked which club, Jose said to him ouir club. As my friend is a passionate LFC fan he undertstood immediately that Jose would be at Anfield.

 

 

 

07 Mar 2011 00:33:00
Hey Ed do you think we will sign another striker in the summer and if so who do you think is favourite {Ed001's Note - yes we will, for me the likely suspects are Hoarau and Gervinho, maybe Toivonen despite him rejecting us in January.}
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I think Hoarau would make alot of sense. Getting him would allow us to have a big striker even if Carroll is out hurt or needs a rest. Plus neither are just big guys with no skill so they can also play together.

 

 

 

 
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