11 Jun 2022 15:33:36
The Guardian reporting that Benfica have agreed the sale of Nunez for €80m plus add-on €20m to LFC.


1.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 18:24:12
Yes Paul Joyce has just said we are 8M apart I’m valuations. So it is clearly not in anyway done deal. Seems to be dragging on now.


2.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 18:33:40
Amazing how some only believe negative journalism.


3.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 19:01:10
Dragging on? It’s almost as if a €100 million transfer isn’t as simple as popping down the shops for a loaf of bread.


4.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 19:45:21
Why hasn’t it happened at the speed I deem fit? Surely I am the judge of how fast or slow a transfer of this size should be?

Stupid FSG, can’t believe they are doing it again, even though they haven’t ever got it wrong so far!


5.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 20:06:27
They sure as hell get it wrong giving Rodgers funds for Balloteli.


6.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 20:13:05
Obviously we have a price in mind and will not pay over the odds

This may drag on, hopefully we won't walk away but you never know.


7.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 20:20:06
It’s a new guy doing the deals so who knows how it’ll work out.


8.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 20:35:44
It’s a new guy?


It’s not a chippy. They’re pretty good at this.

And as to the above poster referencing Ballotelli, think you’ll find Rodgers was dead against signing Mario. You might be thinking to Benteke.


9.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 19:51:22
In fairness I will always believe a report which suggests we are £Xm less than a team wants… So according to the report we are at £60m they want £68m and Ward is over there to close the deal. Interesting transfer, lots of potential, but no way the finished article, so a big price and gamble.

But then I thought Bobby was shocking when he arrived at a huge price for us at the time and that hasn’t been too bad.


10.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 21:29:12
I was simply alluding to Julian ward doing business. He might be all about the slow negotiations. It could drag on for a while. We don’t know. We haven’t seen how he does business. Traditionally we haven’t been great at doing deals. Namely tapping up players before offering a low offer and generally making a bad name for ourselves. So it might drag on but if it’s a good deal for both clubs and before preseason- I’m happy.


11.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 22:10:05
Balloteli was Rodgers's choice. I can't remember the biography I read it in. He was desperate for a striker and that's who he plumped for.
We've come a long way from those dark dismal days.


12.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 22:29:18
There was no such thing as 'Rogers' choice since we buy - and bought by committee. A week before the transfer he told a press conference we were '100%' not interested in Ballotelli. A month after he was sacked, he said live on Sky Sports: ' I think with Mario they were maybe thinking here's a guy we can get in for £16m and sell for £50m'

Maybe it was Stephen Hendry's autobiography you were reading?


13.) 11 Jun 2022
11 Jun 2022 22:41:34
Absolutely.

Rodgers was livid we signed Mario.

He did, however, go against advice and insist we signed Benteke, who was rubbish.


14.) 12 Jun 2022
12 Jun 2022 09:49:54
FSG don’t scout or select the players. Transfers can take time, if you look back at ed002’s previous posts, you’ll see how complicated the processes can be.