Liverpool Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 *mod warning linked in OP 26/07*

Harry Palmr

Plan C then (just as well he was only back up eh?) Reus!

Vicxas

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Tony Barrett just tweeted "Loic Remy's move to Liverpool is off. It is understood the forward failed a medical. No comment from the club however."

****e. Its the real Tony Barrett too

Agueroooo

Echo also..

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/loic-remy-deal-liverpool-fc-7515432

klose

Well that sucks, probably would have been a great value deal too. Wonder who we will move onto next.

Agueroooo

Nothing gets past Zaff...Nothing!!

He once found a piece of Lego missing 7yrs in a players anal cavity by just looking into his eyes.

citytillidie

klose wrote: »

Well that sucks, probably would have been a great value deal too. Wonder who we will move onto next.

Not if he failed a medical never good value then

Kess73

redbaron_99 wrote: »

There's 6 strong teams in the league next season. Spurs might surprise a lot of people. They finally have a proper manager.

Would add Everton to the list of strong teams. They may not have the squad depth to match the other six, but a bit of luck with injuries and maybe a clever loan or two in should see them competing for one of the european places.

Liverpool
Everton
Man City
Man U
Arsenal
Chelsea
Spurs


With any luck it will be an even more open season than last.

SmallBalls

Didn't Remy have some heart problem before at Marseille....

Edit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1305728/Loic-Remy-cleared-play-despite-heart-defect-ending-Premier-League-hopes.html

Hollister11

Was looking forward to getting remy

All those Medicaid take it out of a player 😆

Agent Coulson

Back to Southampton then it is for lonely Jay :pac:

daithijjj

Did i not see the Echo say he passed a medical on Thursday?, i must have dreamed that.

The money we tried shaving off on this deal now got added on to Bony's tag.

kevohmsford

Pity about Loic Remy failing his medical. Will have to move fast to target another decent striker.

Agent Coulson

Falcao lets go get him!

Harry Palmr

I'd take a punt on Jonathan Soriano if "back up/budget buy" is the role in question - then look for someone like Alexandre Lacazette who was briefly linked.

Sturridge
Lacazette
Lambert
Soriano

Okay it doesn't scream league winners in waiting but that's missing the point, Rodgers is trying to develop a squad for a top 4 place rather than trying to go toe to toe with City/Chelsea

ricero

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Falcao lets go get him!

yes please or mr jackson martinez

smileyj1987

daithijjj wrote: »

Did i not see the Echo say he passed a medical on Thursday?, i must have dreamed that.

The money we tried shaving off on this deal now got added on to Bony's tag.

From what I gather he passed a medical but a second opinion was sought for because it might not have been a very clear cut thing that was found .
When the second opinion said don't sign then the deal was stopped from happening .

daithijjj

smileyj1987 wrote: »

From what I gather he passed a medical but a second opinion was sought for because it might not have been a very clear cut thing that was found .
When the second opinion said don't sign then the deal was stopped from happening .

Ah, i see, a medical, before a better medical.

klose

Seems it was a problem with his heart or knee / both is whats doing the rounds, probably wont ever fully know.

Agueroooo

I'm guessing these Shaquiri rumours resurfacing in the past 24hrs just might now have some substance.

Agent Coulson

From 2010

Loic Remy transfer saga settled as forward cleared to play for Marseille despite heart defect

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1305728/Loic-Remy-cleared-play-despite-heart-defect-ending-Premier-League-hopes.html

That's what the medicals are for I guess.

Bullet dodged, move onto next target.


Also for the record wouldn't buy anything from that sports direct crowd. The Sun pimping them alot these days following Ashleys deal with the rag

Agueroooo

Agent Coulson wrote: »

From 2010



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1305728/Loic-Remy-cleared-play-despite-heart-defect-ending-Premier-League-hopes.html

It seems that was a known aspect/insurance concern of the medical and he was sent to NY and passed, but this one seems to have failed due to his knee.

Vurnon San Benito

Rémy fails a medical at a club that he wouldn't play against due to a fake injury last season.

You couldn't make it up :pac:

ctrl-alt-delete

rarnes1 wrote: »

That's what the medicals are for I guess.

Bullet dodged, move onto next target.


Also for the record wouldn't buy anything from that sports direct crowd. The Sun pimping them alot these days following Ashleys deal with the rag

What with page 3 and that Ashley deal it will be full of tits now.

Morzadec

Some if the twitter itk suggesting we will probably return to options we were previously considering - Bony and Lazacette.

Can anyone fill me in on the latter?

Soft Falling Rain

Disappointed with that, as per the echo, he would have been a low risk gamble. He seemed to have a varied locker so to speak so for the price in question he would have been a very worthwhile acquisition.

Knex*

Morzadec wrote: »

Some if the twitter itk suggesting we will probably return to options we were previously considering - Bony and Lazacette.

Can anyone fill me in on the latter?

I may be wrong, but I believe its a type of Pasta.

smileyj1987

daithijjj wrote: »

Ah, i see, a medical, before a better medical.

You could say that but then it's good to see the club had detected a problem and got advice rather sign him for the sake of it .

Harry Palmr

Morzadec wrote: »

Some if the twitter itk suggesting we will probably return to options we were previously considering - Bony and Lazacette.

Can anyone fill me in on the latter?

Lacazette is not unlike Remi/Sturridge but is a 18-20m player, very solid for Lyon, he's also linked with Newcastle ironically.

Games 106 Goals 24 Assists 19 which in goal shy Ligue 1 isn't bad.

Oh yeah he's only 23 which obviously improves his scope for improvement and potential value.

Sheepy99

GotTheTshirt wrote: »

More bolloxology. We''re not in the high court ffs. If you do 't like the phrasing of a post petrhaps you should take it up with your leaving cert English teacher or your shrink.
For your sake I hope it's the former that can be of most assistance.

Wow what a whitty and snappy remark. Kudos to you

Devilman40k

Soft Falling Rain wrote: »

Disappointed with that, as per the echo, he would have been a low risk gamble. He seemed to have a varied locker so to speak so for the price in question he would have been a very worthwhile acquisition.

Not if he turned out to be an 80 grand a week sicknote

Harry Palmr

Ben Smith
‏@BenSmithBBC
Better news ahead for Liverpool fans. Dejan Lovren has completed his £20m move to Anfield. Expect #LFC to confirm on Monday

Into each thread a little sun must be shone

Knex*

Its disappointing, but what can the Club do. I think we all would have been happy with Remy on board, especially for the fee involved.

Can't think of too many out there that we can get now, unfortunately.

Augmerson

Disappointing about Remy. I hope that doesn't come back to bite us in the behind.

I thought it was known that he had a heart defect. It didn't stop him signing for QPR or Newcastle on loan or Marseille back in France.

For the money we were supposed to be paying for him he was going to be great value.

kfallon

Fúck it anyway, Remy = goals!

I'm gutted, please don't spunk £20m+ on Bony, decent player but a very underwhelming signing imo

Soft Falling Rain

Devilman40k wrote: »

Not if he turned out to be an 80 grand a week sicknote

Clearly, club made the right call if there's a problem. It's just unfortunate.

Fescue

kfallon wrote: »

Fúck it anyway, Remy = goals!

I'm gutted, please don't spunk £20m+ on Bony, decent player but a very underwhelming signing imo

Massively disappointing Remy won't join.

That said Bony was my preferred option at the outset and I personally would be delighted to sign him.

I wonder does this leave the door open for Borini?

joe123

Gutted about Remy. The one deal I was excited about.

If Bony and Rodriguez are our only other options then its very worrying.

We had a genuine chance to kick on from last season and we ended up with a much weaker starting 11.

Harry Palmr

Knex. wrote: »

Its disappointing, but what can the Club do. I think we all would have been happy with Remy on board, especially for the fee involved.

Can't think of too many out there that we can get now, unfortunately.

Apart from the aforementioned Alexandre Lacazette, P$G are about to land Di Maria, maybe they'd do a deal for Lavezzi (not a CF I know), what about Luis Muriel? Maybe don't bother with another out and out striker and buy yet another AM or attacking wide man - Firmino, Shaqiri, Gaitan all out there.

Augmerson wrote: »

Disappointing about Remy. I hope that doesn't come back to bite us in the behind.

I thought it was known that he had a heart defect. It didn't stop him signing for QPR or Newcastle on loan or Marseille back in France.

For the money we were supposed to be paying for him he was going to be great value.

Clearly the club found enough to make then worry, have to go with their judgement as they are playing the bills.

Cjs21

Please don't splash out on Bony

Sappy404

Interesting looking back on assertions from some of the more respected Liverpool-based journalists re: Remy.

@JamesPearceEcho · Jul 25

Remy deal will be announced in next few days. Passed his medical. Just slight hold up over paperwork. Origi is in Boston for his medical.

@BenSmithBBC · Jul 25

@Shannxo Remy's move to #LFC is still a matter of complicated paperwork. Origi is in USA with Liverpool having a medical

joe123

Gutted about Remy. The one deal I was excited about.

If Bony and Rodriguez are our only other options then its very worrying.

We had a genuine chance to kick on from last season and we ended up with a much weaker starting 11.

viper006

Gutted about remy. Would have been one of deals of the summer getting the goals he'd bring for 8m and flipping borini for 14m.

For once we were getting an amazing deal for selling a player, it doesn't happen. Then we were about to get a very reasonable deal for another, and it doesn't happen.

Why couldn't Andy Carroll or Stewart Downing have failed their medicals?

Please do blow 20m on bony now. Someone like remy with pace if what's needed

Gbear

I'm inclined to think that if they were going with Remy, pace is still very much a factor in their thinking.

That's what counts heavily against Bony for me.

I wonder was the recent kick in the Shaqiri rumour related to this?

It seems puzzling that we would've signed both Shaqiri and Remy, given that we've already got so many wingers and pacy AMs.

joe123

Gbear wrote: »

I'm inclined to think that if they were going with Remy, pace is still very much a factor in their thinking.

That's what counts heavily against Bony for me.

I wonder was the recent kick in the Shaqiri rumour related to this?

It seems puzzling that we would've signed both Shaqiri and Remy, given that we've already got so many wingers and pacy AMs.

The great thing about Remy is that he could have played as the lone striker too. Now we are back to Ricky ****ing Lambert if Sturridge gets injured.

8-10

Sappy404 wrote: »

Interesting looking back on assertions from some of the more respected Liverpool-based journalists re: Remy.

@JamesPearceEcho · Jul 25



@BenSmithBBC · Jul 25

If the club were cautious and wanting a second opinion on medical matters then it makes sense that they'd tell the journalists that the hold up is something like paperwork, rather than letting them know there might be medical issues

michael999999

joe123 wrote: »

The great thing about Remy is that he could have played as the lone striker too. Now we are back to Ricky ****ing Lambert if Sturridge gets injured.

Ricky f*****g Lambert? Who pissed in your corn flakes?

Agueroooo

Reports coming in now that Lovren has also failed his medical.

Liverpool staff can't find his head (which arrived 2 weeks previous) to complete the tests.

Washington Irving

joe123 wrote: »

Gutted about Remy. The one deal I was excited about.

If Bony and Rodriguez are our only other options then its very worrying.

We had a genuine chance to kick on from last season and we ended up with a much weaker starting 11.

Why are you talking in the past tense? There's over a month left in the window, three weeks till the season begins proper.

joe123

michael999999 wrote: »

Ricky f*****g Lambert? Who pissed in your corn flakes?

Not sure if ya heard. Remy failed his medical. And no Rickie Lambert is not good enough to lead the line if Sturridge gets injured.

Feel free to put your rose tinted specs back on though.