The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[brokencrossbar1]

I also had a bit of a thought about how to get rid of Carson and get Harper.  If Given is Arsenal bound, offer Carson for £6m and Harper and I think mad KK would take it.

[Minder]

Im not sure about Quaresma, he is either brilliant or s8ite, there is no middle ground. Not sure he would relish going to Wigan in December.......

[stevo-08]

Im not sure about Quaresma, he is either brilliant or s8ite, there is no middle ground. Not sure he would relish going to Wigan in December.......

agree with that. And Quaresma aint a "Rafa Style" player. If the Barry deal goes south, which it looks like, I'd expect Rafa to go for Bentley.

[corn02]

Please go south then.

[corn02]

£14 mill agreed for Alonso which means we will probably cough up 18 -odd mill for Barry. 

[Norf Tyrone]

To swop Barry for Alonso and £4m (Technically) would be great business IMHO.
I think yousons will be on here singing his praises in September!

[The Real Laoislad]

To swop Barry for Alonso and £4m (Technically) would be great business IMHO.
I think yousons will be on here singing his praises in September!

Totally agree with Norf I think ye are all being very harsh on Barry
I think he would be a excellent player for Liverpool and 15mill+ is worth it imho

[stevo-08]

To swop Barry for Alonso and £4m (Technically) would be great business IMHO.
I think yousons will be on here singing his praises in September!

Totally agree with Norf I think ye are all being very harsh on Barry
I think he would be a excellent player for Liverpool and 15mill+ is worth it imho

Lads, Barry is 27 and has barely broken into the England team/squad. He's a good player but 15-20m is daylight robbery. I'd imagine bentley would be in that same valuation, and he's only 24 and a better player in my opinion.

unfortunately alonso has been in very poor form for the last 18mths but mark my wors, he'll be an absolute star for Juve in Italy. Best of luck to him.

[Norf Tyrone]

Barely broke into the English squad? That's hardly a hanging matter. This is squads picked by Sven, and MacLaren. Hardly a pair with a great record for Engerland?

I just think he'd do the shoveling to let Gerard do what he does, but if he had to change a game and power forward in tandem he'd do that too.

I hope you are all proved right btw.

[The Real Laoislad]

In fairness though stevo look who he is up against in the English team Lampard and Gerrard
Also i don't think its a fair reflection on a player to judge him on his England caps..Look at Rio Ferdinand ffs how many more caps has he than Carra? An we know Carra is a far better player than Rio..
The English team are huge failure and just because Barry isn't being capped too often wouldn't really bother me

[stevo-08]

ok fair enough, making the England team isnt the best way to judge the player. But to be valued at 15-20m puts him in the same bracket as mascherano, hargreaves etc who are all well recognised internationals. and also, one of Barry's qualities is that he is flexible and can play wide on the left. Thats been a huge problem area for England for years so you'd think if he was good enough, he'd have made more appearances than he has (although i accept the sven/mclaren argument).

just to point out that I do highly rate the player and would love to see him in a liverpool jersey. But unfortunately we aint Man U or chelsea and dont have that sort of money to throw around. He's a quality player but for 15-20m, we can do alot better.

one thing for sure, im hope this doesnt go on like the Heinze saga last year.

[brokencrossbar1]

If that is agreed and Alonso agrees terms, then so be it, I personally would rather Xavi stayed but Barry is a decent replacement.  That being said we could still do the business that I spoke of earlier and I think they should go all out to get Villa and Bentley too and sell to fund it.

[stevo-08]

If that is agreed and Alonso agrees terms, then so be it, I personally would rather Xavi stayed but Barry is a decent replacement.  That being said we could still do the business that I spoke of earlier and I think they should go all out to get Villa and Bentley too and sell to fund it.

Barry, Villa & Bentley. Would love to see that happen but seriously cant see it.

[brokencrossbar1]

Barry will happen, Bentley, maybe, according to a number of sources rafa has been in discussions with Valencia for a number of months about a player, Villa, Sila Joquain who knows?

[stevo-08]

Not as confident as you about Barry coming. 3 bids rejected - Rafa's bound to be pissed off with that. Rightly so in my opinion.

But I'd be happy with 1 of Barry/Bentley + 1 of Villa/Silva/Joaquin.