Liverpool Rumours Archive April 08 2014

08 Apr 2014 16:05:33
hey eds, question heard rodrigo and andre gomes were sold to Meriton Capital Limited from Benfice? I only ask as both were linked with Liverpool. This company I am guessing has bought out their ownership? How does this work?

(sorry if this is obvious as its 1 am over here and brain not work so good after being at work all day).

cheers fella

{Ed002's Note - It is true that they have been sold to a third party. It is not out of the question they could end up at Valencia eventually. As for links to Liverpool, try the search engine.}

Hey ed, what does it actually mean when a player is sold to a company? With regards to what club they play for and how they are sold etc?

Thanks mate

{Ed002's Note - It means that they have what is called third party, which might be a group of investors, might be another club. A number of countries do not allow third party ownership, like England, and it can make transfers complicated. The registration of the player stays with the club - so the owners cannot force Benfica to sell Rodrigo, but they can control the asking price.}

08 Apr 2014 14:57:20
Ed001 who do you think is the better tactician Brendan Rodgers or Rafa Benitez? Is the squad that we have now better than the 2005 CL winning squad?

{Ed002's Note - I have no way of measuring who is better. The 2005 squad was probably less talented than the squad at this time.}

Different managers dude. Roberto di Matteo won the CL with Chelsea couple of years ago, but you wouldn't say he is a better manager than Mourinho would you?

Would love to see a mixture of the two sides. Our current 'front three/four' up top, gerrard, masch and Alonso behind. Carragher in the prime of his career. Would be a great side. Traore too :)

Eds fellow reds, to be fair to the question asked, you should compare today's squad to the team of 2009 because that's the only other squad pushing for top spot in the league .my preference would be today's team sourly because the way they play attacking football .

"Traore too"?! . what about Harry Kewell? Surely you jest (I certainly do)

Apologies if you mistakenly used a colon instead of a semi-colon.

09 Apr 2014 04:33:55
Yeah, I was joking. I must learn to use my colon correctly ;). And regarding the team of '09 surely you can't make a judgement on who's the better tactician by the style of play. I suppose it would be on points earned. But even then, that would only be relevant if every team had the exact same set up and players. Maybe they'll square off against each other in Europe next year. Like Ed02 said it's impossible to really judge. It's just a matter of opinion. I for one like any tactics that win games, but I especially like it when we win games 4-0 and 5-1. The 6-3s do slightly annoy me though

Yea no disrespect to that squad but it was probably not as talented as this one. Djimi traore for crying out loud! Milan baros wasnt the greatest either

We had a solid center back pairing, a good midfield and captain fantastic!

Personally I think Rodgers is the better tactician as he has demonstrated two things that rafa can/would not. Flexibility and an ability to admit when he is wrong. Key things for any top manager.

Nevada

I guess we'll find out if we meet Napoli ;)

08 Apr 2014 12:35:36
Hi Ed's, Erik Lamela was a name mentined a lot on here before he went to Spurs, now given that things haven't worked out for either spurs or him this season, do you see him staying there, or is he likely to become available again to provide funds for the next manager? probably impossible to say untill the new manager has a look at him, but I still think he could do well.

{Ed001's Note - he looks likely to move on, if a reasonable price can be got for him.}

He will stay, sorry ed!

{Ed002's Note - I suspect it will depend on the new manager.}