Liverpool Signings and General Rumours Thread

Kimbot

Well apparently Kyut wants the Pool now!! If he can be gotten for no more than £10 Mill I would take him but still has to prove himself in the EPL!!

p.pete

jonny24ie wrote:

still has to prove himself in the EPL!!

profound

futuredeath

i'm quite worried at the moment i know its world cup time and the lions share of transfers will happen after the competition but all we're officially hearing from the liverpool camp is about people leaving (i accept that the people leaving need to leave).

Drag00n79

This morning's Daily Mirror going with Pennant as next buy for £3.5m. More here.

mike65

King Luis I of Garcia to stay

http://www.thisisanfield.com/article_2.php?p=366
http://www.4thegame.com/club/lfc/news/190208/garcia_staying_put.html

Mike.

Chardee MacDennis

Chelsea are holding talks with Feyenoord striker Salomon Kalou over a move to the Premiership according to the BBC, surely Feynoord wont want to lose two big strikers this summer?

Stky10

Call_me_al wrote:

Chelsea are holding talks with Feyenoord striker Salomon Kalou over a move to the Premiership according to the BBC, surely Feynoord wont want to lose two big strikers this summer?

Thats true, and chelsea being chelsea, they've likely paid over the odds and
up-front so Feyenoord can afford to be choosy over how much they let Kuyt
go for, if they let him go at all.

The only bright spot is that they'll have huge problems getting a work permit
for him, so odds are he could well be back there again next season, which
might allow Kuyt to leave.

Vokes

Van Basten has been trying to fast track Kalou for Dutch citizenship so he can play for Holland.

eyerer

and failed. he says he wants to play for the ivory coast after the WC because he couldn't get dutch citizenship.

dcarroll

afaik he only didnt get dutch citizenship because he's only been there 3 years, dont you not have to live in a country for 5 years to get citizenship?

midget lord

mike65 wrote:

King Luis I of Garcia to stay

http://www.thisisanfield.com/article_2.php?p=366
http://www.4thegame.com/club/lfc/news/190208/garcia_staying_put.html

Mike.

I really hope so Mike. It seems as if there are settling problems with his extra's. Hopefully this will all be ok. I would hate to see him leave.

Chardee MacDennis

dcarroll wrote:

afaik he only didnt get dutch citizenship because he's only been there 3 years, dont you not have to live in a country for 5 years to get citizenship?

thats why he applied for his citizenship application to be FAST TRACKED, ie not needing to be in the country for a certain amount of time. He failed Dutch language and Culture tests and was told to retake them, but instead appealed and lost said appeal, then gave up...

Stky10

mike65 wrote:

King Luis I of Garcia to stay

I think he'll go if we get a good offer for him. Theres usually no smoke without fire when it comes to rumours about wives not being happy. Also if Rafa gets the players he wants this summer theres no way he'll be a first choice player next season. He has already played much less of a role last season than he did the season before.

They're mostly going through the denying he's for sale rigamarole, to keep his value up for if/when they get an offer for him.

Good player, scored some unbelieveable goals for us, but his consistency level is shocking, not only from game to game, but within games themselves.

mike65

I still think he'll stay but someone is deffo going if he can help it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/5025448.stm

Striker Djibril Cisse says he feels unwanted by Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez and wants to join former Anfield boss Gerard Houllier at Lyon.

Cisse, training with the France World Cup squad at Clairefontaine, said: "Mr. Houllier signed me for Liverpool but I never had the chance to work with him.

"Now I have a coach who doesn't want me. Benitez doesn't use me, so I've taken a step back.

"I don't have the confidence of the coach; he doesn't like me."

Houllier helped bring Cisse to Liverpool from Auxerre but left the club shortly before the 24-year-old signed in July 2004.

And Cisse said he was even willing to take a pay cut to join Houllier at Lyon - either on loan or in a permanent move.

"Financially, you have to make some sacrifices and I'm ready to make them," he said.

Also Le tallac is on the way out if he can get away.

Mike.

eyerer

lets see houllier spend another 14m on him, oh what's that....he wouldn't? :rolleyes:



does seem obvious benitez doesn't like him though. nice to see cisse values playing above the money though.

Stky10

mike65 wrote:

Also Le tallac is on the way out if he can get away.

An awful waste of talent that, but if his attitude is as bad as its supposed to be and he can't make it at Sunderland...

I wonder if Cisse goes, does that mean Pongolle gets moved up a notch in the order, or is he going to be moved on as well??. I'd like to see him given a decent chance as he could potentially save us a lot of money on the likes of Bent or Defoe.

Any news of Mellor? He surely can't stay any longer hoping he'll get his chance of a breakthrough [Richie Partridge like]?

Going to be a busy summer for Rafa, sorting out the transfers in and out, new scout [http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N152472060528-0922.htm], and sorting out what to do with the remains of some of Houlliers wierd signings like Medjani.

rondeco

Stky10 wrote:

Any news of Mellor? He surely can't stay any longer hoping he'll get his chance of a breakthrough [Richie Partridge like]?

.

I heard that Mellor has a niggling knee injury that could quite easily turn into a career threatener. Best of luck to him.

zAbbo

Well Cisse's gone, feeling unloved.

Mixed emotions, but how many times during the year have we said post-match 'CISSE HAS GOT TO GO'

French Flop

Dont be at yourself

Shame about Cisse, I always thought he could do the business for us.

I also read that Gonzales has been kicked out of the Chili squad, he was caught with 3 girls in his room and was supposedly drunk after the Ireland match. Gwan Speedy.

Lex Luthor

NekkidBibleMan wrote:

I also read that Gonzales has been kicked out of the Chili squad, he was caught with 3 girls in his room and was supposedly drunk after the Ireland match. Gwan Speedy.

He's just gone up a few notches in my book after that....:D

p.pete

Possibly won't look too good to any board deciding on work permit applicationes though...

cruiserweight

p.pete wrote:

Possibly won't look too good to any board deciding on work permit applicationes though...

Shows that he is making friends and trying to intergrate with the community

Dub13

This could be a concern,I hope its a once of as we don't want players with crazy off filed lifestyles.

midget lord

Dub13 wrote:

This could be a concern,I hope its a once of as we don't want players with crazy off filed lifestyles.

Damn right, we want only celibate teetotalers.

eirebhoy

NekkidBibleMan wrote:

I also read that Gonzales has been kicked out of the Chili squad, he was caught with 3 girls in his room and was supposedly drunk after the Ireland match. Gwan Speedy.

http://www.eleven-a-side.com/boysingreen/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=22722

"Mark Gonzalez, the winger on the books of Liverpool, and striker Reinaldo Navia smuggled women into their hotel room against the orders of head coach Nelson Acosta."

Táck

is he married? we dont want another (garcia) disgruntled wife pulling her fella back to the motherland, this time in SOUTH AMERICA!!!!

Villain

I read that he is engaged to some Model, she looked hot too!!

Stky10

eirebhoy wrote:

"Mark Gonzalez, the winger on the books of Liverpool, and striker Reinaldo Navia smuggled women into their hotel room against the orders of head coach Nelson Acosta."

Doesn't exactly make him the new Stan Collymore yet....

From other reports I've read over the weekend, it seems the rest of the players support the 'Hotel Two' and reckon the coach over reacted. They weren't caught mid coitus or anything...

Táck

irish1 wrote:

I read that he is engaged to some Model, she looked hot too!!

oh, do you think he's hot as well?

Villain

Lol I was referring to his Finance and the Model, don't swing that way, hope your not too dissapointed

The Rooster

Gonzalez's girlfriend is Gisela Molinero, a model and TV presenter. Worth a google, but be careful she tends not to wear a whole lot when being photographed!!

Táck

any links to work freindly images would be nice

Táck

from koptalk

Newspaper reports today claim that Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has finally signed his new contract which will now run until 2010.

Although unconfirmed by the club at this time, supporters will take this as a sign that the manager has been pledged funds to continue his team rebuilding

when this is confirmed i think it should get a topic on its own. so rafa gets the space he deserves. in rafa we trust

Stky10

Aguero goes to Athletico Madrid as expected...

http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-5852947,00.html

mike65

http://www.lacuarta.cl/diario/2004/07/28/IMG/17-giselita.jpg

Mike.

midget lord

Jaysus Mike, thats a pretty wrong picture. I have seen many better ones than that.

p.pete

Slydice comes up empty...

damienom

If only the tackle from behind wasn't banned....................

On a seperate note, see the yarn in The Herald about Cisse saying the only person at Anfield he doesn't get on with is the manager who he hates.

That's him most definately gone now

mike65

He clearly wanted to engineer his exit quickly.

Mike.

el rabitos

i dont think he really had to "engineer" much, the miss upon countless miss in games during the season sealed his exit.

cisse would have been gone in january if it wasnt for the champions league.

i expect him to head to marseille for around 6 - 8 mill up front and some more cash based on performances and the rest

Guy:Incognito

mike65 wrote:

He clearly wanted to engineer his exit quickly.

Mike.

What? 90 minutes of engineering every saturday not enough?:)

Guy:Incognito

el rabitos wrote:

i expect him to head to marseille for around 6 - 8 mill up front and some more cash based on performances

So that'll be a straight 6-8 mill then?

el rabitos

So that'll be a straight 6-8 mill then?

touche

as long as he's not loaned out, i dont really care who he goes to or for how much as long as its for at least 6 mill up front

PHB

Surely if Marseille are interested, Houllier is still stupid enough to pay 14-16 million for him again.

You know when he goes back to the French league he will be a top class player there, just like he was before. The French league is just below his level and his pace is unreal over there. So if it's +preformance I'd fully expect Liverpool to get some preformance money.

RE*AC*TOR

Houllier may be a lot of things, but he's not stupid.

Cissé will go for whatever the market will pay. Unless he has an astounding World Cup, he will go for about £6million.

Sajan

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

Houllier may be a lot of things, but he's not stupid.

In the transfer market i'm afraid thats exactly what Ged is.

Táck

the only way we'll get 16 million for him is if the italians bring back the lira

p.pete

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

Houllier may be a lot of things, but he's not stupid.

Evidence to the contrary - Can't believe we still own Bruno! (and 4.5 mil )

RE*AC*TOR

p.pete wrote:

Evidence to the contrary - Can't believe we still own Bruno! (and 4.5 mil )

I hear he's the next Bob Dylan!



My point, however, was that he's not going to pay above and beyond the market value.

Yes, he made his fair share of crap signings, but all managers are guilty of that to some extent.

Big Nelly

p.pete wrote:

Evidence to the contrary - Can't believe we still own Bruno! (and 4.5 mil )

Ahh the new Zidane, I forgot about him

What about the other new Zidane Le Tallac, great signings!