Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Bid made for Spanish striker?
For a while it seemed most likely that Ryan Babel was on his way to Ajax, involved in a swap deal where Luis Suarez would go the other way. Now, however the more likely outcome seems to be Babel going to German club Hoffenheim.
This afternoon an official statement on Liverpoolfc.tv says:
'Liverpool FC this afternoon announced they had accepted a bid from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim for the transfer of Dutch international Ryan Babel. The Bundesliga Club have now been given permission to discuss personal terms with the player, who has travelled to Germany'.
The latest reports however says the Hoffenheim deal is 'is far from cut and dried'. 'There are still details to be clarified. We are still not in agreement', said the clubs general manager Ernst Tanner.
Today Spanish football writer Guillem Balague said this on his Twitter :
Liverpool negotiating with few strikers. Made an offer for Negredo but Luis Suarez is in pole position.Torres tends to b on his own upfront'.
Earlier Talksport has reported that Liverpool has been given green light to make a £17m move for the Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo. This makes that report more likely to be true.
All this does, of course, not stop the Luis Suarez saga from tumbling on...
It has looked like Tottenham has been Liverpool's worst rival in the hunt for the Suarez. But now reports claims Spurs has switch sights to Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano.
Tottenham are considering a move for the £12.5m Sevilla striker as they are set to miss out on Liverpool-bound Luis Suarez, Goal.com report.
Another report that makes til Suarez Liverpool move more likely is The Daily Mail saying Ajax has stripped of him the club captaincy.
Something that makes the deal less likely is a report from ESPN, saying Ajax would in all probability only be able to finance a deal for Babel if they sell Suarez and De Boer has warned that they will not allow the striker to leave for a pittance.
Now the Babel deal seems not to go through for Ajax, and The Daily Mail claims Ajax want £27m for Suarez but that he is likely to cost significantly less.
Two other messages from Twitter:
@Muireannnn: Liverpool have made an official bid for Luis Suarez! They want 23m, sorry Ajax Liverpool want your best player ;)
@Arlarse: "Liverpool seal Suarez deal after tough negotiations. £18 million plus £6 million in clauses. Contract will be signed tomorrow"
In adition to Suarez Ashley Young and Stewart Downing has looked like Liverpools other prime targets for this transfer window. And some sources claim Liverpool prepare 'crazy money' for the Villa winger.
But according to Kopsource Gerard Houllier insists Downing and Young are not for sale.
Speaking at the unveiling of his new £24m striker Darren Bent, Houllier dismissed reports that either player could be leaving the club this month.
- They’re not for sale, as simple as that.” said the former Anfield boss.
Today's most surprising rumour is that Liverpool right-back Glen Johnson is on the verge of a £15m move to Tottenham Hotspur, with the England international only needing to agree personal terms with the North Londoners for the transfer to go through.
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has worked with the full back while he was in charge of both West Ham United and Portsmouth, signing him as a 15-year-old for the Hammers Academy, and again while at Fratton Park, where he spent £4m to bring him to the South Coast from Chelsea in August 2007.
And, with new Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish in desperate need of money to strengthen his under-performing squad as they battle against relegation and the Scot also delighted with the recent progress made by local boy Martin Kelly, who has deputised for Johnson in recent weeks with the defender absent due to personal issues, both parties appear happy with the move, according to Sporting.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Luis Suarez 'wants move to Liverpool'
But now on to something much more exciting ...
The latest reports on the rumour, that exploded last night, is that Liverpool are closing in on Ajax striker Luis Suarez.
De Telegraaf says Suarez is leaving Ajax, with Liverpool clear favourites to land the Uruguay international, saying a transfer to Liverpool would be a dream for the striker.
Liverpool contacted Ajax on Saturday evening to discuss a possible transfer and negotiations continued on Sunday. Tottenham are also after the services of Suarez, but the tricky attacker prefers a move to Anfield because of the presence of several Spanish speaking players at Liverpool.
And according to the official Twitter account for the South African Liverpool F.C. Supporters Website Dutch radio reported 'Suarez done deal (according to some forumites in Holland)'. Adding the interesting fact that '#luissuarez was @RyanBabel's replacement at Ajax when RyBabz left'
Jen Chang, Senior Editor for soccer at Sports Illustrated tonight tweeted 'Dutch media confirming today that Luis Suarez wants move to Liverpool in this window and direct talks took place between Ajax/LFC on Sunday'.
Football writer Ernst Bouwes earlier in the evening tweeted 'Liverpool has made an official bid for Luis Suarez. No mention of the price.'
According to The Daily Mail a bid of around £15m could be enough needed to reach a compromise.
The paper also claims Charlie Adam and Eden Hazard are on Liverpool's transfer agenda before the window closes.
A new name on the radar is Arsenal transfer target Balazs Dzsudzsak.
Arsene Wenger has announced that he will not be bringing any strikers to the Emirates this month, but The People reports that Arsenal and Liverpool are both chasing the Hungarian winger who is currently playing for PSV Eindhoven in Holland.
Kenny Dalglish will definitely be reinforcing the Liverpool squad this month and there is every possibility that Dzsudzsak could arrive at Anfield to add some much-needed width to the Reds attack.
Dzsudzsak has been linked to Liverpool many times in the past while Rafael Benitez was manager, and if anything the tricky Hungarian international has improved even further. This season he has already scored 10 goals for PSV and made 5 assists as he has come to the attention of many top sides, but the Mail thinks that the Dutch giants would be willing to sell the 24 year-old to Liverpool or Arsenal for the attractive sum of just £10m.
Again Liverpool are linked with a January move for Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing.
The England international left winger has been in fine form for the Midlands outfit despite their Barclays Premier League struggles, and new Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish appears to have made his first transfer move, according to SkySports.
Speculation began to service with regards to the interest of Liverpool yesterday, with the Sunday Express claiming that the Reds were preparing a £10 million offer.
Sunderland are also reported to have made an enquiry in the current transfer window, although former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier is thought to have fended off the interest from the north East. He stated last month he was keen to keep Downing at the club.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Transfer target in 'showdown talks'
Now Dalglish and Comolli are prepared to go hunting! And we are today being linked with a few very exciting names ...
Luis Suarez, the £20million-rated Ajax striker, has paved the way for a move to Liverpool, The Mirror reports.
Anfield boss Kenny Dalglish is meeting owner John W Henry over the weekend to finalise plans for the final fortnight of the transfer window.
And the scene is set for the Uruguay international to arrive as Ryan Babel heads out of Merseyside with clubs in England and Germany pursuing him.
Suarez shares the same agent as Fernando Torres and has asked him to find out if clubs are interested in signing him this month. Liverpool and Tottenham lead the chase, but the Spanish-speaking connection at Anfield could prove a critical attraction.
Read more: Suarez ready to move
The striker has had a meeting with coach Frank de Boer and they accept the moment has arrived for the South American to move on if the Amsterdam club get an acceptable offer.
De Boer explained:
- I’ve had a showdown with Luis.
- I wanted to know what his plans are and what the future will bring. Luis is training hard. He told me that if a big club comes in for him now he is ready to talk to them.
And De Boer admitted:
- I’ve a back-up scenario ready.
Clearly, the critical issue will revolve around how much the Anfield owners make available to Dalglish, but Babel looks certain to leave for around £8m.
Fulham and West Ham from the Premier League have declared their interest.
Today Times writer Jonathan Northcroft claims that Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is close to the first 'real' signing of his second spell in charge at Anfield, with Liverpool tabling a bid for Mark van Bommel.
The paper says Liverpool are close to tabling a bid for van Bommel that meets Bayern Munich’s valuation of their defensive midfielder.
Van Bommel, the Holland captain, has been told he can leave Bayern for any club willing to pay €3m (£2.53m) for his services. Liverpool have made such an offer, although they face competition from AC Milan, who have also bid €3m.
A number of other clubs are interested in the 33-year-old but only Liverpool and their Italian rivals have come forward with solid bids.
Van Bommel has long spoken of his desire to play in England, although the lure of AC Milan, who unlike Liverpool can offer Champions League football, is considerable.
Van Bommel has wanted to leave Bayern since the German giants refused his request for a new two-year contract earlier this season. He has just six months left on his current deal, hence his low price tag.
Another much reported target is Belgian teenage sensation Romelu Lukaku.
His club, Anderlecht have slapped a £25.2 million price tag on the player, the club's general manager has revealed.
In an exclusive interview with Goal.com UK, Herman van Holsbeeck claimed the 'top 15 clubs in the world' are monitoring the 17-year-old striker, with the queue headed by Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool and Real Madrid.
Anderlect say Lukaku will not be sold this month but are resigned to losing him in the summer when he will have turned 18 and finished his schooling.
Van Holsbeeck said:
- If there is a team coming with €20m (£16.9m) we will keep him. He has a contract until 2013 but we have the option for two more years.
- Our price will be around €30m (£25.3m). If you ask for between €20m and €30m for a footballer in Europe there are a maximum of 15 teams who can pay this amount. These 15 teams are all interested in Romelu Lukaku but it depends sometimes on what resources the team has at the time. Everybody knows Romelu and everybody wants Romelu but some teams don’t need him at the moment.
Finaly, of today's most important transfer rumours, according to The Daily Express, Liverpool are trying to tempt Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier to part with England winger Stewart Downing.
Kenny Dalglish believes Downing, 26, would give his side much-needed width and pace.
Dalglish’s predecessor, Roy Hodgson, had also been eyeing Villa’s Ashley Young, 25, but it’s Downing who is on a shortlist of possible Kop signings during the transfer window.
Liverpool believe Downing would come cheaper than his Villa Park team-mate at around £10 million.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Snarlig avgjørelse om Alonso
Alonso møter Benitez i avgjørende møte. Silva og Young linkes. Aquilani likevel aktuell? Voronin kan bli solgt?
Det ser altså ut til at vi står overfor en snarlig løsning på situasjonen rundt Xabi Alonso og Real Madrid. Nå skriver både Guillem Balague i sin blogg på Sky Sports sider og News of the World at sjansen er stor for at
Alonso blir i Liverpool kommende sesong.Goal.com skriver imidlertid at Liverpool er villige til å la Alonso gå til Real Madrid dersom Wesley Sneider går den andre veien og The Times skriver at Benitez nå vil intensivere sin innsats for å hente David Silva til Anfield.
Vi får antagelig smøre oss med tålmodighet noen timer til, for som Balague skriver på sin egen blogg, vil trolig avgjørelsen falle i dag, når Benitez og Xabi møtes ansikt til ansikt for første gang på en stund.

Samtidig skriver News of the World at Benitez nå har Aston Villas Ashley Young som sin største prioritet framover. Tottenham har nylig fått avslått et bud på £18m for Young, mens Villa skal ha gitt spilleren en prislapp på £30m.Villa hentet Middlesbroughs Stewart Downing til Villa Park. En spiller som fungerer i samme posisjon som Young. Han er imidlertid skadet og vil ikke være aktuell for spill før utpå høsten.

Av andre rykter vil jeg også nevne at Alberto Aquilanis navn igjen har dukket opp, til tross for at historiene om ham tidligere denne uka ble kraftig tilbakevist av spillerens agent. Britiske Channel4 og Goal.com skriver at Aquilani er en av spillerne Roma faktisk ønsker å kvitte seg med, uavhengig av hva hans agent måtte mene, og at det pågår samtaler om en overgang verdt £22m.Roma-trener Luciano Spalletti skal ha bekreftet at klubben trenger å kvitte seg med spillere for å få inn penger til nye innkjøp. Og til tross for at Aquilani skrev under en ny kontrakt med klubben nokså nylig, er han en av de som kan bringe inn mest cash i kassa.
- Vi vil helt klart vurdere ethvert tilbud som kommer inn på Aquilani og vurdere dem nøye, sier Spalletti fra lagets treningsleir, til Channel4.

Og til slutt tar jeg med at nettstedet Inside Futbol melder at Dortmund er ute etter å finne en erstatter etter at Alexander Frei ble solgt til Basel. Blant de spillerne som vurderes er Andriy Voronin, som sist sesong imponerte under sitt utlån til Hertha Berlin.Dordmund ønsker seg en liknende avtale som Hertha hadde, med et utlån og en avtale der de har muligheter for et kjøp senere. Det antydes også at Voronin, til tross for Benitez pene ord om ham under den pågående treningsleiren i Sveits, vil være til salgs.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Pennant til Spania?
Pennant med kontrakt i Spania? Siste bud på Silva? Downing hovedmål? Forlan aktuell? Santa Cruz linkes.
Det er ikke kommet noen offisiell bekreftelse på det, men nettstedet sport.co.uk hevder Jermaine Pennant har fått sin overgang til Spania. Det skal være Valencia som har hentet vingen, med fortid i
blant annet Arsenal og Leeds, på en free transfer.
Og av innkjøp virker det stadig mer sannsynlig at sommerens kanskje største transfermål for Rafa Benitez i hvert fall har vært Valencias David Silva. Men i følge the Daily Mail nekter Liverpool å by mer enn £15m for vingen.
før den spanske klubben lekket historien om overgangen til pressen for å forsøke presse opp prisen.
Forøvrig melder den ikke veldig pålitelige tabloiden the Daily Star at Benitez kan være på sporet av en tidligere Manchester United-spiss.Diego Forlan gjorde det ikke spesielt godt da han var hos de røde djevlene. Men etter å ha gått til Atletico Madrid i 2007 har han scoret i bøtter og spann og er denne sesongen bare bak Samue Eto'o på toppscorerlista.

Til slutt i dag vil jeg ta med at nettstedet EyeFootball mener Liverpool er en av favorittene til å hente Blackburns Roque Santa Cruz i sommer.Monday, April 27, 2009
Mot travel sommer?

Den siste tiden har jeg vært slapp på oppdateringer. Jada, jeg vet det. Jeg har skrevet mer eller mindre uavbrutt om laget jeg elsker i snart to og et halvt år. Men det er med blogging, som med andre hobbyer; inspirasjon og lyst kommer og går. Og så trengte jeg rett og slett en pause. 
For selv om det nærmer seg slutten av en svært spennende sesong for Liverpool, som dessverre ser ut til å ende med langt indre enn vi kunne håpe på, går det mot nok en høydramatisk Silly Season!
hevder at det fortsatt er Gareth Barry som er Benitez' hovedmål og at det også er interesse for Carlos Tevez.
erstatter, kan det bli på bekostning av et annet transfermål: Middlesbrough-vingen Stewart Downing. Dersom Boro rykker ned vil det imidlertid trolig bli store utskiftninger på Riverside.
Dersom Agger forsvinner kan imidlertid en annen være danske på vei inn, i og med at Simon Kjær sier han ønsker seg til enten Liverpool eller Manchester United. Dansken har skrevet ny kontrakt med sin klubb Palermo, men i følge Footylatest.com er det stor sannsynlighet for at han vil til en annen liga.
muligheten for å velge mellom å spille for Liverpool og Manchester United. Dersom United kun hadde to forsvarsspillere og bruk for en tredje, mens Liverpool hadde Agger, Carragher og Skrtel, ville jeg uten tvil velge Manchester United, sier Simon Kjær til Tipsbladet.dk. 
Av andre alternativer for spillere på vei inn, spekuleres det for tiden villt i en rekke navn. Et av disse er den makedonske spissen Goran Pandev, som også tidligere er blitt satt i sammenheng med en overgang til England og Merseyside.
Forøvrig skal Liverpool sammen med Celtic være interessert i den spanske midtbanespilleren Jordi Gomez, som for tiden er på utlån hos Swansea City fra Espanyol. Der skal 23-åringen ha gjort en god jobb og har scoret 12 mål på 41 kamper; noe som har gjort Benitez interessert i spilleren.
Ellers kan det se ut til at vår gamle spiss, Fernando Morientes, som aldri fikk det helt til på Anfield, skal få ny klubb i sommer. Footylatest skriver at han kan komme til å havne hos AC Milan på en free transfer.Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Fra London til Merseyside?
Chelsea-stopper linkes til Anfield. Dobbel-raid på Riverside? Silva i sommer? Morsom Zenden-video.
Det har vært litt stille fra meg den siste tiden, dels fordi Liverpool.no har vært flinke til å oppdatere på ting, og dels fordi det ikke har vært så mange gode rykter på radaren.Men et av de ferskeste ryktene
handler om Chelseas unge forsvarspiller Michael Mancienne. Han skal være misfornøyd med for lite spilletid i London-klubben, og i følge the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph og opprinnelig The Times, er både Liverpool og Manchester City interessert i 21-åringen.Mancienne har vært i hovedstadsklubben siden han var 12 år. Men etter at han kom tilbake fra et lånehopphold hos Wolverhampton Wanderers i januar, ble det lite spilletid under Luiz Felipe Scolari. Under Guus Hiddinks ledelse har det imidlertid blitt noen kamper for spilleren som også kan brukes på midtbanen.
Et relativt troverdig rykte, i og med at det gjengis i såvidt mange aviser.

Et annet rykte, som trolig ikke er av det like troverdige slaget handler om Middlesbrough, som sliter langt nede på Premier League-tabellen.
Tidligere er det blitt rapportert at Rafa Benitez & co er interessert i Boro-vingen Stewart Downing. og i følge Fans FC vil Liverpool i sommer legge inn et bud på £12m. Fans FC skriver imidlertid også at vår kjære klubb skal ønske å hente den 22 år unge forsvarsspilleren David Wheater (bildet).
Det antydes en samlet pris for de to på £22m, noe jeg finner svært lite trolig at Liverpool vil være interessert i å betale.

Det samme nettstedet insinuerer også at Liverpool kan være interessert i å hente David Silva, et rykte som har også har dukket opp mange ganger tidligere.
I følge nettstedet skal det være ventet at Benitez vil forhøre seg om 23-åringens mulige tilgjengelighet i sommer, men at han vil få sterk konkurranse dersom spilleren er til salgs.
Juventus-manager Claudio Ranieri skal også være interessert i Valenciaspilleren, som skal være priset til omkring £20m.
Tidligere Liverpool-spiller Boudewijn Zenden scoret nylig mål for sin nåværende klubb Marseille mot PSV. Under feiringen foretok han et morsomt forsvinningsnummer.
VIDEO: Zenden feirer med forsvinning.












