The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - #DankeJürgen

[The Real Laoislad]

Was never a fan of Arbeloa and I won't be shedding any tears now that he is gone,I think we should nearly have signed Finnan back for cover

[bingobus]

Heard something bour Gerrard saying Liverpool City is too rough, they reporting it not going down well with the 'fans'. Wasnt it mentioned on this thread somewhere before that Gerrard is really adored by the KOP anyway?

is carragher the only cover at right back in the squad now?
anyone know anything about this mavinga kid, is he a option for first team cover @ CB or LB

Is Phillip Degen not a RB?

It was Gerrards wife, Alex Curran. Said city is rough to go out and a bad crowd goes to the pubs/clubs etc that she attended. Probably in light of Stevie's G case and her incident in the city a year or more back.
She a WAG anyway and in awe of the London party scene prob.

[longball]

AS IT STANDS:

Premier League
  Teams P Pts
1 Arsenal 0 0
2 Villa 0 0
3 Birmingham 0 0
4 Blackburn 0 0
5 Bolton 0 0
6 Burnley 0 0
7 Chelsea 0 0
8 Everton 0 0
9 Fulham 0 0
10 Hull City 0 0
11 Liverpool 0 0
12 Man City 0 0
13 Man Utd 0 0
14 Portsmouth 0 0
15 Stoke City 0 0
16 Sunderland 0 0
17 Tottenham 0 0
18 West Ham 0 0
19 Wigan  0 0
20 Wolves 0 0


Jesus citys big spending hasnt helped them at all, and the loss of Ronaldo and Tevez has really affected united. The gooners off to a flyer if you ask me Burnley the suprise package of the season. Bottom two seem like there gone but i fancy postsmouth to get pulled into that in next few weeks.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Arbeloa would have been worth keeping as cover as he can cover both full-backs positions but not sure how keen he would have been on staying on in that role. Especially once Real Madrid came calling. He was a decent enough pro who improved the longer he was at the club but Liverpool definitely needed better in that position.

[WhoAreYaWhoAreYa!]

He wont play too often at madrid anyway. he must be happy to be part of it all and sit o nthe bench and collect his medals. becasue sergio ramos is immovable at right back, and left back..cicinho still there??

[GalwayBayBoy]

He wont play too often at madrid anyway. he must be happy to be part of it all and sit o nthe bench and collect his medals. becasue sergio ramos is immovable at right back, and left back..cicinho still there??

I think he's been bought to play left-back.

[Norf Tyrone]

Longball you may joke, but one of the American stations reported during Chelsea's pre season there that "they are currently 7th in the EPL".

[Chrisowc]

Longball you may joke, but one of the American stations reported during Chelsea's pre season there that "they are currently 7th in the EPL".

With Liverpool scrapping it out in mid table isn't time Rafa got sacked?  He's always rotating the team and never plays Stevie G in his favourite position when it is his god given right (Andy Gray and Jamie say so anyway).  He keeps resting Torres, especially when he is injured and uses negative tactics by playing 1 up front.  He'll never win the premier league by scoring more goals than anyone else!  Whatever happened to good old predictable  442?  England won the World Cup over 40 years ago using that.  He's beyond the pale really.

Chelsea have it easy, Norf. 

[blewuporstuffed]

Xabi Alonso deal is done... and Liverpool boss Benitez wants Lee Cattermole to replace him!
By Chris Wheeler

Liverpool are on the verge of striking a compromise deal to sell Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid and will plough part of his transfer fee into bids for Wigan midfielder Lee Cattermole and Hull defender Michael Turner.

Alonso's move to the Bernabeu has dragged on through the summer, with Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez demanding £35million and Real offering £25m for the Spain midfielder.
Xabi Alonso


But Sportsmail understands that the clubs are now only £5m apart in their negotiations and are expected to agree on a price of just under £30m in the next 48 hours.

The 27-year-old will be reunited with his Anfield team-mate Alvaro Arbeloa, who completed his £3.5m move to Real on Wednesday after passing a medical in Spain.

Although Liverpool are set to make a sizeable profit on Alonso - who was signed from Real Sociedad for £10.5m in 2004 - their supporters will be hugely disappointed to see him leave and more than a little surprised at the men Benitez is planning to buy with the proceeds.

After a summer of being linked with players of the calibre of David Villa and his Valencia team-mate David Silva, Cattermole and Turner can hardly be described as box-office signings. But with FIFA planning to introduce a rule limiting clubs to five foreigners in their starting lineup, Benitez is believed to be concerned about the small number of English players in his squad.

He is ready to tempt Wigan with an offer of £12m for Cattermole, who cost just £3.5m from Middlesbrough a year ago.

Wigan insist they do not want to sell the combative midfielder and have so far resisted attempts by their former manager Steve Bruce to take him to Sunderland.

Although Bruce would also be prepared to go as high as £12m, he knows that Sunderland cannot match Liverpool's pulling power or offer Cattermole a chance to play on European football's biggest stage.

Cattermole impressed during his first season at Wigan and for England at this summer's European Under 21 Championships in Sweden, but was resigned to staying for another year before looking for a move to a bigger team.

If Wigan could be persuaded to sell, he would jump at the chance of joining a Champions League club like Liverpool where he can press his claims for a senior England call-up with the World Cup less than a year away.

Hull are equally determined to hold on to Turner and manager Phil Brown insisted last night that they would listen only to a 'ridiculous' offer for the centre back.

Benitez will test their resolve with a bid of £5.5m for a player who has attracted interest among Barclays Premier League clubs since helping Hull win promotion to the top flight last year. Tottenham, Fulham and Everton are all known admirers of the 25-year-old.

Brown said: 'Michael is knocking on the door of the England set-up and when you play like that you are going to attract attention. It would be difficult to hang on to him if a ridiculous bid came in, but as we stand, no bids are on the table.'


Benitez saw Arbeloa return to Madrid - where he was on Real's books as a youngster - and he has agreed a five-year deal.

Real's former Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek welcomed Arbeloa's signing and expressed hope that he would soon be joined by Alonso.

'He (Alonso) has a lot of quality and is also a great person off the pitch,' said Dudek. 'I hope that he comes, although it is not easy to negotiate with Rafa Benitez.'

Liverpool have made a small profit on the deal for Arbeloa, who joined them in January 2007 from Deportivo La Coruna for £2.6m.

However, Andrea Dossena's move to Napoli has been held up over a wages dispute. The 27-year-old left back, who signed for Liverpool from Udinese in a £7m switch a year ago, is keen on a return to his homeland and Benitez has made it clear he will not stand in his way by agreeing a cut-price deal of £4.5m.

But Napoli's director of sport Pierpaolo Marino yesterday admitted there was deadlock over personal terms. 'We have taken a break in order to reflect on this,' said Marino. 'The move is on hold. There are no immediate prospects.

'The president has spoken to Rafael Benitez and there is some distance between us and the player. But I wouldn't worry too much.'

It is possible Spurs may hijack the deal if no agreement is reached.

Altough hes a good young player, it doesnt exactly strengthen the squad, selling Alonso to replace him with cattermole.Not sure Turner is any better than arbeola either

[longball]

Huddlestone would be a better option. Cattermole more of a Masch sort of player. Huddlestone can pass a ball which Liverpool will need is Alonso ever leaves 

[Archie Mitchell]

Liverpool maybe now regretting not going back in for Gareth Barry especially if being linked with Lee Clatter-mole for the same money.

[corn02]

Lads, lads, lads.

Sportsmail.

[EC Unique]

The thought of it brightened my morning

[supersub]

Wouldn't take this deal at all, we are supposed to be building on the squad that challenged UTD, not weakening it! Don't see why Rafa wants to get rid of Alonso, hes not going to use the money to buy a big namer at the end of the day!

[full back]

 
This has to be a p1sstake

Who the fcuk would sign Cattermole when they are looking to challenge for the title?