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[Wes]

Honestly I think they could end up getting burned. He's a good keeper but he's starting to get a reputation for long-term injuries. You'd think they'd go for Foster before him.

I'd rather have Foster too or look to France perhaps.

 

[PaulLFC]

JWH seems to be saying all the right things in that Q&A on Twitter.

Can't believe someone tweeted him "things are not going to plan" though. I think one of the few people who'd know if things were/weren't going to plan is Henry himself. It's a shame some fans haven't heard of or don't want to accept the Liverpool way of conducting business behind closed doors and not revealking every single detail to the press.

 

[Wes]

So how much are you going to bid for Downing exactly?

 

[Yen]

JWH seems to be saying all the right things in that Q&A on Twitter.

Can't believe someone tweeted him "things are not going to plan" though. I think one of the few people who'd know if things were/weren't going to plan is Henry himself. It's a shame some fans haven't heard of or don't want to accept the Liverpool way of conducting business behind closed doors and not revealking every single detail to the press.

The "ITKs" don't help. "Aguero will be here next season" "Mata deal done by end of June" "Adam to sign in 24 hours"
Fans read these and wonder why they won't happen.
Not to mention, on Rawk, Oddball, the most reliable, ITK said that they know nothing now due to the Liverpool Way promoting everything being done behind closed doors.

 

[Messi]

Its not beyond the realm of possibility that barca will sign both sanchez and fabregas this week. man barca would become even more powerful.

 

[PaulLFC]

The "ITKs" don't help. "Aguero will be here next season" "Mata deal done by end of June" "Adam to sign in 24 hours"
Fans read these and wonder why they won't happen.

People need to learn to not believe everything they read on Twitter and forums. I know it's tough sometimes, believe me I've got my hopes up sometimes when some of the deals are apparently "close", but it's difficult to know who, if anyone, is actually ITK. Anyone can set up a Twitter account, throw some rumours out, they'll get retweeted round the globe and people will believe them. Liverpool bidding for Messi? Yes that was an actual rumour started, and yes, some people believed it. Unbelievable, but it happens.

 

[Yen]

People need to learn to not believe everything they read on Twitter and forums. I know it's tough sometimes, believe me I've got my hopes up sometimes when some of the deals are apparently "close", but it's difficult to know who, if anyone, is actually ITK. Anyone can set up a Twitter account, throw some rumours out, they'll get retweeted round the globe and people will believe them. Liverpool bidding for Messi? Yes that was an actual rumour started, and yes, some people believed it. Unbelievable, but it happens.

On Rawk, I found Oddball, scott(slater) and Tommo86 (Pault86) to be reliable. But Oddball said ITKs aren't being told anything, Scott has gone on a working holiday for three months and Tommo has became an attention seeking moron (having been perfectly respectable on rawk).
So I don't believe anything now, for example, the Agüero bid.

 

[jamieson87]

On Rawk, I found Oddball, scott(slater) and Tommo86 (Pault86) to be reliable. But Oddball said ITKs aren't being told anything, Scott has gone on a working holiday for three months and Tommo has became an attention seeking moron (having been perfectly respectable on rawk).
So I don't believe anything now, for example, the Agüero bid.

Good, does nobody any good for our dealings to become public until the pen has met the paper!

 

[Regulus Tera]

Its not beyond the realm of possibility that barca will sign both sanchez and fabregas this week. man barca would become even more powerful.

What the fuck are they gonna do with David Villa? He didn't have a bad season at all.

 

[Messi]

What the fuck are they gonna do with David Villa? He didn't have a bad season at all.

I feel like pedro will be unjustly rooted to the bench.

 

[K1LLER7]

Its not beyond the realm of possibility that barca will sign both sanchez and fabregas this week. man barca would become even more powerful.

Barca gonna fork out alot of money for those two, around 70 million. Makes it really hard to get into the team for affellay. they going to sell someone?

 

[rodvik]

Its not beyond the realm of possibility that barca will sign both sanchez and fabregas this week. man barca would become even more powerful.

Dat debt.

 

[rodvik]

Given to Villa for £5m seems to be gaining some traction.

Hoping he's willing to take a wage cut. Not forking out £90k a week for a keeper. I'd rather not pay anything above £50k no matter who we bring in.

Not my first choice. Good keeper but those injuries.....

 

[Messi]

Barca gonna fork out alot of money for those two, around 70 million. Makes it really hard to get into the team for affellay. they going to sell someone?

Bojan is pretty much gone, maybe milito,maxwell but no one of real money value.

 

[K1LLER7]

Bojan is pretty much gone, maybe milito,maxwell but no one of real money value.

how highly does pep rate affellay? thought he changed the game against real when he came on in the 1st leg of champions league. seemed to stay out on the wing unlike pedro or villa who drifted in alot.

 

[Messi]

how highly does pep rate affellay? thought he changed the game against real when he came on in the 1st leg of champions league. seemed to stay out on the wing unlike pedro or villa who drifted in alot.

not sure how pep feels about him, but i like him and he set up messi for his goal against real. if we give him more time he will get even better. I dont think he will get the time though.

 

[K1LLER7]

not sure how pep feels about him, but i like him and he set up messi for his goal against real. if we give him more time he will get even better. I dont think he will get the time though.

could see barca selling him if they sign sanchez. probably around 20 million. alot of teams were linked to him before his move to barca.

 

[Gareth Bale]

could see barca selling him if they sign sanchez. probably around 20 million. alot of teams were linked to him before his move to barca.

No one is going to pay €20 million for Afellay at the moment. If anyone rated him that highly they would have outbid Barcelona 6 months ago.

 

[Yurt]

Barcelona need to stop buying first team players and start buying depth/bench players instead. Their A-team is more than fine and won the CL and the liga easily. Its a waste to bench expensive players =/

 

[anonnumber6]

Dat debt.

There debt shouldn't be too much of a problem, their secured a big shirt sponsorship with Qatar and the local banks will lend to them. Most of their important players are quite young so they should be consistently making lots of prize money in Europe and domestically.

 

[Messi]

Dat debt.

 

[Joe]

for what it's worth, Pastore himself has said his agent has been in talks with Barca directly.

i still think he will go to Barcelona simply because i feel Messi would prefer him since it would help their national team chances. plus the few times they have played together in friendlies you can see the potential as they got better together each time.

 

[elsk]

Proposta do Bayern de Munique por Alex é de R$ 23 milhões

Bayern offering 11 million for Alex (Chelsea)

 

[British Monsoon]

Jeeeeeeeeesuss;

Tottenham have vowed to continue their fight against the decision to award the Olympic Stadium to West Ham.

Last week the north Londoners saw their application for a judicial review of the decision by the Olympic Park Legacy Committee thrown out of court.

However Tottenham refused to accept defeat, stating on Friday that 'the club now has the option of renewing its application at an oral hearing at the High Court and we shall give consideration to this in the next few days'.

Now having given it their due consideration, Spurs confirmed today that they will indeed be taking their case to the High Court. In a statement posted on tottenhamhotspur.com tonight they said:

"The club [Tottenham] has applied to the High Court to renew its application for permission to bring a claim against the London Borough of Newham and the Olympic Park Legacy Company, the Mayor of London and Government Ministers for judicial review of their decisions underlying the bid process for the conversion of the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.

"Under this process the club now has the opportunity to present its case at an oral hearing at the High Court."

West Ham were confirmed as the OPLC's 'preferred bidder' back in February. That decision was officially ratified by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and the Government at the beginning of March.

That same week, Orient Chairman Barry Hearn launched the first campaign against the decision.

However his efforts hit the buffers when the Premier League exposed the hypocrisy of his case (Hearn claimed that a top flight team at the OS would have been detrimental to his club's attendance figures; the League revealed Hearn had previously given his consent to Spurs moving there).

At the end of March, Tottenham - by now openly in cahoots with Hearn - confirmed that they would be seeking a judicial review of the OPLC decision.

However last week's ruling that upheld the OPLC's choice of preferred bidder still doesn't appear to have dampened Daniel Levy's resolve; the case looks set to rumble on.

None of their fans want it, no one in their local borough wants it, West Ham fans certainly don't want them in our backyard, their original bid was rejected and all 4 attempts to bring that decision to judicial review were thrown out. What on earth is it going to take for Spurs to abandon this idiocy? At this point it seems less about securing the OS for Spurs and more about making sure West Ham don't end up with a 60,000 seater stadium.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

Rovers linked to Axel Witsel in tomorrows Mirror, we have precisely zero chance

 

[Yurt]

Rovers linked to Axel Witsel in tomorrows Mirror, we have precisely zero chance

I'm sure other teams won't guarantee him first team football though.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Rovers linked to Axel Witsel in tomorrows Mirror, we have precisely zero chance

Why not? If there isn't major competition and you pay him well then there's every chance. Premier League would be hard for him to resist. He certainly has that Rovers aggression about him.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

We seem to be fucking around with our transfer targets at the moment apparently there is some bad bad stuff going on behind the scenes which could spell real bad news for us

Witsel was quite sought after a year or two back wasn't he?

 

[Yurt]

We seem to be fucking around with our transfer targets at the moment apparently there is some bad bad stuff going on behind the scenes which could spell real bad news for us

Witsel was quite sought after a year or two back wasn't he?

Yes, by Milan I think ?

 

[Feorax]

In what could honestly be the shock of the summer, the mirror is reporting that Carrol has returned to LFC early for training!

Hope he keeps up this self discipline.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

In what could honestly be the shock of the summer, the mirror is reporting that Carrol has returned to LFC early for training!

Hope he keeps up this self discipline.

I somehow doubt it.

 

[sohois]

In what could honestly be the shock of the summer, the mirror is reporting that Carrol has returned to LFC early for training!

Hope he keeps up this self discipline.

He obviously just got really lost after a massive glastonbury binge.

 

[near]

could see barca selling him if they sign sanchez. probably around 20 million. alot of teams were linked to him before his move to barca.

They signed him for €3 million with hardly any hassle. I also really doubt they'll offload him any time soon, they highly rate the player's potential - his contract which is four-and-a-half years and has €100 million buy-out clause.

 

[Yen]

In what could honestly be the shock of the summer, the mirror is reporting that Carrol has returned to LFC early for training!

Hope he keeps up this self discipline.

Tony Barrett was reporting that last week; back for light training. This was the day he was "arrested in Ibiza"
Edit: Martin Kelly is back too

 

[GorillaJu]

Just read through John Henry's (Liverpool owner) twittering. Liverpool fans are very lucky to have owners who seem to know what they're doing from a business perspective, and also communicate with fans so directly and come across under control.

 

[magnificent83]

Anyone watching the Under-17 world cup, Japan is ripping New Zealand apart 4-0 (first goal was beautiful) in just the first half and now have a date with Brazil in the QFs. That's a shame because Japan have played some of the best team football at the tournament in the games I watched and now get Brazil.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Japan is kicking New Zealand's arse in the u-17 World Cup.

Congo is beating Uruguay 1-0.

Anyone watching the Under-17 world cup, Japan is ripping New Zealand apart 4-0 (first goal was beautiful) in just the first half and now have a date with Brazil in the QFs. That's a shame because Japan have played some of the best team football at the tournament in the games I watched and now get Brazil.

They are gonna pull a Captain Tsubasa, bet on it.

 

[rodvik]

fair enough

 

[rodvik]

There debt shouldn't be too much of a problem, their secured a big shirt sponsorship with Qatar and the local banks will lend to them. Most of their important players are quite young so they should be consistently making lots of prize money in Europe and domestically.

Sorry man, your arguments make a lot of sense and are intelligently made.

But Man U fans are legally prohibited from being able to talk about debt non ironically in public forums.

Sorry, its the law

 

[Salsa]

Japan is kicking New Zealand's arse in the u-17 World Cup.

Congo is beating Uruguay 1-0.

are they??? ;D

edit: WAIT WTF THAT WASNT OFFSIDE

ugh, what a fucking joke.

1-1

 

[Regulus Tera]

Japan 6-0 New Zealand

I want a real life Súper Campeones dammit!!

EDIT: And Uruguay's up.

 

[Salsa]

NOW WE ARE FUCKING TALKING, ANULATE THAT YOU PIECE OF SHIT REFEREE

2-1

 

[Salsa]

aaaaaaaand we won, like we should

3 - 1, but actually 2-1 because the referee is a fucktard

 

[Gareth Bale]

Mexican Football-GAF... talk to me about Antonio Pedroza Whitham. Reported that he's agreed a 4 year deal as his contract has expired, but Jaguares will get around £1 million. Is he any good?

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1326496&s=mex&type=story&campaign=rss&source=ESPNdeportesPortada

 

[Regulus Tera]

Mexican Football-GAF... talk to me about Antonio Pedroza Whitham. Reported that he's agreed a 4 year deal as his contract has expired, but Jaguares will get around £1 million. Is he any good?

He's a decent player, but hardly a Chicharito like The Mirror is saying. As far as I know his contract had already expired with Jaguares (who are one of the teams fighting relegation in Mexico btw).

Sounds to me like they just got a bargain because the guy had a British passport.

 

[K1LLER7]

This will win any barca debate

 

[Zibrahim]

I would hate to be a gunners fan right now. Cesc is all but putting Pep's penis in his mouth at the moment. It's going to be a nightmare replacing him in the midfield and if Man U land Nasri, their mid will be completely lost.

 

[K1LLER7]

I would hate to be a gunners fan right now. Cesc is all but putting Pep's penis in his mouth at the moment. It's going to be a nightmare replacing him in the midfield and if Man U land Nasri, their mid will be completely lost.

I agree, but unless they have a ready replacement, they probably wont sell fabregas until they find someone. They have wilshere and ramsey but they'd need someone world class if they're gonna compete for the champions league and premshp. Nasri's wage demands would be met if cesc goes, but I read he wants to leave because he doesn't think Arsenal are bringing in enough good players, and arsenal are in a bad position with loosing him on a free. Think the Nasri situations gonna last all summer.

 

[Zibrahim]

I agree, but unless they have a ready replacement, they probably wont sell fabregas until they find someone. They have wilshere and ramsey but they'd need someone world class if they're gonna compete for the champions league and premshp. Nasri's wage demands would be met if cesc goes, but I read he wants to leave because he doesn't think Arsenal are bringing in enough good players, and arsenal are in a bad position with loosing him on a free. Think the Nasri situations gonna last all summer.

That's what I mean though. It is more than likely that there is no replacement for Cesc at the moment. Not only is he the captain, he creates a lot of chances in the midfield. Samir Nasri is a good replacement, in my opinion, but he will likely leave to play for Man U. That's just an offer most players can't deny.

I think Jack Wilshere is a great winger for Arsenal, but you're right, he isn't world class or Champions League class.

The Professor's in a heap of trouble at this rate for the summer.

 

[Blablurn]

neuer finally arrived in munich, his first training starts tomorrow. cant wait to see him in a bayern shirt.