This is how I feel at the moment, talking about £50m transfer fees is a bit ridiculous when you can buy Ibrox, fixtures, fittings, plumbing, players and debt for £25m.
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This is how I feel at the moment, talking about £50m transfer fees is a bit ridiculous when you can buy Ibrox, fixtures, fittings, plumbing, players and debt for £25m.
Looks like another American will be joining the EPL
hm leaving a team fighting regelation ? Mönchengladbach needs all the help they can get at the moment
35 million squid for Andy Carroll? wtf? I suppose everyone was agog when Kenny Kev signed Shearer for a staggering sum too... All depending on Chelsea coughing up the 50 million first though.
All happening at Lincoln - a defender, a midfielder and a striker all done today. I'll have one of those, one of those and one of these, thanks, how much is that, cheers.
All happening at Lincoln - a defender, a midfielder and a striker all done today. I'll have one of those, one of those and one of these, thanks, how much is that, cheers.
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I can only presume the Torres deal is as good as done if Liverpool have already bid £30m for him. Of course, Carroll and Torres up front, that would be interesting
Two free agents and a loan deal so £0.
Yep, none of this insane transfer fee nonsense for the Imps!
I can only presume the Torres deal is as good as done if Liverpool have already bid £30m for him. Of course, Carroll and Torres up front, that would be interesting
So Carroll 35m and Suarez 23m for a total of £58m, so Liverpool's out of pocket only £8m. The 35m for Carroll's a bit crazy I think,
And also, £58m for Carroll and Suarez as Liverpool's new strike partnership is 100% not a 'caretaker manager' player purchase. It's definitely Kenny's planning to stay long term.
Addendum - Holloway may be an okay manager but he's an eejit otherwise. Publicly saying they are not returning Liverpool's phone calls leaves Adam open to suing Blackpool. Anyway, the BBC site is saying the odds have suddenly shortened for him going to Man Utd instead now.
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£35m for an injured Carroll? even if it is largely coming out of Romanski's pocket that is still insane! Thats more than Tevez, Dzeko, Suarez, Villa & Berbatov!
Also why are Liverpool focusing on strikers? they need another creative midfielder, two wingers and a defender IMHO.
Also why are Liverpool focusing on strikers? they need another creative midfielder, two wingers and a defender IMHO.
£35m for Carroll? I guess nobody's laughing about Darren Bent's deal anymore. Crazy business, especially when their squad has so many other needs as you say.
Charlie Adam to United? Hmm. He would go from being The Man to just another squad player, albeit one who decidedly would strengthen United's midfield. He'd definitely jump ahead of Gibson and Carrick in the pecking order on current form. United have been so poor at set pieces for a while, his deliveries would be a big upgrade there.
Phil McNulty claims on his twitter feed that West Ham were offered Carroll for just £1 million in the summer of 2009 but then assistant Steve Clarke didn't rate him so they turned it down.
Irony is Clarke was Dalglish's first appointment as assistant at Liverpool three weeks ago, so I wonder if Clarke rates Carroll now then?
So it seems not only did Clarke leave the Hammers in a bit of a mess by turning down a player that could have turned things around, he also cost them £34 million a year later. I hope he brings better luck at Anfield.
It appears to be, just the lawyers dotting the t's on the personal terms - £150,000 a week plus £2million a year in 'image rights' - and he's apparently undergoing a medical at Stamford Bridge as we type. He's gone.
Irony is Clarke was Dalglish's first appointment as assistant at Liverpool three weeks ago, so I wonder if Clarke rates Carroll now then?
So it seems not only did Clarke leave the Hammers in a bit of a mess by turning down a player that could have turned things around, he also cost them £34 million a year later. I hope he brings better luck at Anfield.
I can only presume the Torres deal is as good as done if Liverpool have already bid £30m for him. Of course, Carroll and Torres up front, that would be interesting
It appears to be, just the lawyers dotting the t's on the personal terms - £150,000 a week plus £2million a year in 'image rights' - and he's apparently undergoing a medical at Stamford Bridge as we type. He's gone.
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Undisclosed? We handed over £300,000 for the lad if my 'sources' are to be believed.
Good to see him signed up, the word is we're also trying to get Corry Evans signed permanently too.
Ashbee has gone too, to Preston as expected. We play them on the 12th so we'll be welcoming back Brown, Horton and our long-serving captain.
Good to see him signed up, the word is we're also trying to get Corry Evans signed permanently too.
Ashbee has gone too, to Preston as expected. We play them on the 12th so we'll be welcoming back Brown, Horton and our long-serving captain.
Wow, either Newcastle clearly just don't want to sell him (in which case why not come out and say that) or they believe he's worth more than the £35m Liverpool have reportedly bid (or they're just hoping to get more as they know Liverpool are expecting £50m)
Edit: A further update:
He can pass, he can't tackle, and being Scottish, he probably has a ginger wig. Not saying he is as good as Sat-Nav, but he is that sort of player.
By Jaffa Cake - "...Good to see him signed up, the word is we're also trying to get Corry Evans signed permanently too..."
Hands off!
Carroll - Newcastle United should ask GBP 51 million.
Cheers,
OW
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Newcastle rejected the second (£35m) bid but have subsequently albeit reluctantly, accepted Carroll's transfer request. So I guess that's it.
Edit: In another Liverpool transfer news, Adam is supposedly in a car on his way to Merseyside.
Edit: In another Liverpool transfer news, Adam is supposedly in a car on his way to Merseyside.
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Indeed it is. Wonder what the final figure is...
Doesn't give Newcastle much time to find a replacement either
Well, it seems Rio Ferdinand agree's with our sentiments over the price of Andy Carroll
Presumably that's a different Rio Ferdinand that cost Man U £30m back in 2002, smashing the domestic transfer record and becoming the worlds most expensive defender...
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What's this? Holloway gets a cut of any transfer fee for Adam? When did managers start getting percentages of transfers? George Graham got done for taking his cut in brown paper bags, but now it's okay?
Been a good January for Liverpool I think - Dalglish back as manager, two new world class strikers, new midfielder (two if you count Junior). And so far, Torres hasn't actually left yet. Imagine Torres, Suarez and Carroll in a starting lineup, or rotate two on one off.
Been a good January for Liverpool I think - Dalglish back as manager, two new world class strikers, new midfielder (two if you count Junior). And so far, Torres hasn't actually left yet. Imagine Torres, Suarez and Carroll in a starting lineup, or rotate two on one off.
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