New bid for Suarez?

Where's Babel going? New bid for Suarez? Inter Milan midfielder on the radar. American international in part exchange deal? Liverpool flopp to help transfer of Belgium international?

Today, let's start with some transfers that may not be...

Ryan Babel may be prised out of a transfer back to his Ajax.

He is now stalling over a move to Hoffenheim, despite the Bundesliga's club's £5.8million bid being accepted by Liverpool, in the hope that Ajax will take him back, says The Daily Mail.

And tonight Sky Sports report Liverpool have had a £4m bid for Charlie Adam turned down by Blackpool.

Adam has been heavily linked with a move away from Bloomfield Road during this month's transfer window, with Aston Villa having already had two offers for the 25-year-old rejected.

Pool boss Ian Holloway previously branded Villa's failed £3.5m bid for Adam 'insulting', and it appears the Seasiders were equally unimpressed by the Reds' offer, which was similarly snubbed despite being the highest bid yet for his services.

Holloway has continuously stated that Adam is going nowhere this month, stressing his desire to keep the highly-rated midfielder at the promoted club.

Now back to this transfer window's longest running saga; will Luis Suarez finaly become a Liverpool player?

Well, according to FootyLatest, money still appears to be an issue at Anfield and their recent pursuit of Ajax striker Luis Suarez has highlighted this fact, after Ajax knocked back Liverpool’s initial £13 Million offer as derisory.

Liverpool have been told they are a clear £8 Million short and that they need to come back with an offer that matches the Ajax valuation, or Kenny Dalglish will have to start looking elsewhere.

If we are to belive The Daily Mail, Liverpool's initial bid for striker Luis Suarez was reportedly worth about half of what Ajax was looking for. Now, however, it appears as though Liverpool has closed the gap considerably, and a deal could soon follow.

Liverpool has upped its initial bid of £10.95 million ($17.38 million) to £18 million ($28.58 million), the paper claims. Ajax was reportedly seeking £20 million ($31.75 million) for the Uruguayan star, but £18 million certainly might be enough to get the job done, despite Ajax's insistence that it's not enough.

Elswhere The Metro claims Inter Milan's Sulley Muntari looks set to spark a £10 million transfer tug-of-war between Liverpool and Spurs with fresh transfer talk emerging from the San Siro.

The former Portsmouth player has been encouraged by Ghana team-mate Asamoah Gyan to leave the Nerazzurri for Sunderland but a high profile shift to Liverpool or Tottenham appears to be the more likely option for the 26-year-old.

Liverpool’s active transfer mindset and vast available funds also has them at the helm to secure Muntari’s signature valued at £9.6m.

Promised plenty of funds, Reds manager Kenny Dalglish would like to have a replacement for Lucas in the centre of the park and Muntari’s accurate passing game would be a valued asset at Anfield.

Inter Milan’s technical director Marco Branca said earlier in the week that Muntari is free to leave as long as a suitable fee and club is found before the window closes at the end of the month.

- He (Muntari) has made himself available to leave as long as a team wants him and is interested in him, Branca explained to Sky Italia.

Liverpool are also being linked with a shock part-exchange move as part of the deal to bring Clint Dempsey to the club.

The American international has been linked with a move to Anfield in recent months, and Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish is reportedly considering off-loading full-back Paul Konchesky as part of the deal, GiveMeFootball report.

Konchesky joined the Reds in the summer from Fulham, with former Liverpool chief Roy Hodgson bringing the player to Merseyside in a deal worth around £4 million.

And, finaly, speculations regarding the future of Steven Defour keeps on coming. Maybe a current Liverpool-player could play a key role in bringing him to Anfield in the summer?

According to GiveMeFootball Liverpool have been maintaining a line of contact with the Manchester United target.

The Belgium captain has long been on the radar of Sir Alex Ferguson and is thought to be keen to eventually seal a move to Manchester.

He is, however, in regular contact with Liverpool…well, that is to say 'in contact' with Reds' flop Milan Jovanovic, who played with the 22-year-old at Standard Liege.

"Sometimes I hear something from Steven Defour,” said the Serbia international. "He supports me in Liverpool and I support him now that he is injured.”

Four players linked

The rumour mill is running warm with speculations to what players Hodgson is going to bring to Anfield in january.

The biggest rumour right now is about the Hungarian striker Adam Szalai. The player is today according to Sky Sports being linked with Liverpool and Inter Milan.

The player is today earning his trade with the Bundesliga side Mainz, scoring three goals for the German outfit and claimed a hat-trick in Hungary's 8-0 win over San Marino earlier this month before adding his fourth goal in five internationals in their 2-1 win over Finland.
 
The 22-year-old was a youth player at Real Madrid and joined Mainz on a six-month loan last season before moving to Germany on a permanent basis this summer.

Reports in Hungary claim he could be set to return to one of Europe's big clubs, although his agent, Oliver Fischer, stressed there is no rush for him to move on.

- If there was an offer then it's likely that we would consider it, he told Nemzeti Sport.

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On to the Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari, who reportedly is set to quit the San Siro in January.

Liverpool is said to be among the clubs following the player, who earlier has played for Portsmouth, Sports.co.uk reports.

His representative did stress that there is interest from Spain, but the Premier League is the Ghanaian’s preferred destination.

- It could be that he will leave in the January transfer window, we have to arrange a meeting in the next few days in Milan to discuss his future, and then we will know the conditions of a transfer. There has been contact from the Premier League, but also in Spain. But for Sulley a return to England and the Premier League is definitely a possibility, he said. 

Another player appearing in the transfer jungle today is Borussia Dortmund’s highly rated in form youngster Nuri Sahin.

Roy Hodgson is according to Caughtoffside lining up a January swoop for the player.

TheTurkish international has been in superb form this season helping his side to second place in the Bundesliga and appears to be a player that the Anfield manager is interested in bringing in to boost the club’s midfield.

Now in his fifth season in the Dortmund first team Sahin has been in sparkling form this term with his box to box performances attracting a lot of interest including from German giants Bayern Munich who appear to have a healthy interest in the young Turk.

Unrealisticly The Daily Star reports that Hodgson will be given a £60million transfer budget, with £30m of them for january. 

The paper stated that one of the managers first priorities in January will be to spend a sizeable chunk on Benfica wing back Fabio Coentrao.

Coentrao impressed for Portugal during this summer’s World Cup, alongside team-mate Raul Meireles, and Hodgson believes Coentrao could add extra depth to Liverpool’s defence and midfield.

Originally a left winger, Coentrao converted to left back for Benfica with considerable success last season and helped the Portuguese club to the league title. He was then first choice full back for Carlos Queiroz for Portugal in South Africa.

Nederlandsk talent på vei?

To store talenter skal være på vei fra Nederland og Ajax til Premier League. Havner en av dem hos oss?

Nettstedet About a ball forteller om en rapport i den hollandske avisa De Telegraaf. Der heter det at de to Ajax-talentene Urby Emmanuelson - Ajax' førstevalg på venstreback og Hedwiges Maduro, lagets defensive midtbanespiller - er på vei bort fra laget.

Det er sistnevnte som nå linkes til Liverpool. En spiller som slo gjennom på Ajax' førstelag omtrent samtidig som Emmanuelson, men som nå nekter å skrive under på en kontraktsforlengelse - utover sommeren 2008. Og isteden for å la ham gå gratis til sommeren vil trolig Ajax ønske å få inn litt penger for spilleren som har spilt 60 kamper for klubb og 12 kamper for landslaget.

22 år gamle Maduro ble i 2003-2004-sesongen kåret til Ajax' største talent. Avisa spekulerer i at spilleren kan ende opp hos Portsmouth dersom vi kjøper Sulley Muntari som erstatning for Javier Mascherano. Eller at han kommer til oss som en direkte erstatning for Mascherano - eller Sissoko, som fort også kan forsvinne.

For meldingene om at Momo Sissoko drar i januar fortsetter å komme. Denne gangen er det The Mirror som mener at Juventus-sjef Claudio Ranieri kommer til å legge inn et bud i januar.

Sissoko kommer i følge avisa til å ha samtaler med Rafa Benitez om sin mangel på spilletid, og dette skal ha vekket Juventus og Inter Milan.

I tillegg mener avisa å vite at Scott Carson og Peter Crouch vil bli solgt.

I dag kom også meldingen om at Liverpool er en av mange klubber som er interessert i Fiorentinas midtstopper Tomas Ujfalusi.

Setanta Sports og Sky Sports melder at den tsjekkiske landslagsspilleren bare har seks måneder igjen av kontrakten sin og vurderer sin situasjon - riktignok med Spania som ønsket reisemål. Men i følge hans agent er Liverpool en av mange klubber som har spurt om hans tilgjengelighet.

Ryktebørsen: Forsvar og midtbane

Benitez ønsker seg en forsvarsspiller i januar og muligens et alternativ til Javier Mascherano. Men hvem blir det?

Rafa Benitez har altså sagt at han ønsker seg en solid forsterkning i forsvarsrekka i januar. Noe som ikke minst er blitt enda mer aktuell etter at Daniel Aggers skade viser seg å være verre enn først antatt. Og spekulasjonene er naturlig nok i gang.

I følge TribalFootball skriver avisa The People i dag at fosvareren Rafa Benitez ønsker å kjøpe i januar er Racing Santanders Ezequiel Garay.

The People mener Benitez skal ha kommet fram til en pris på £10m for den argentinske ungdommen. Men om han kommer i januar skal være opp til våre amerikanske eiere.

I tillegg leter man etter alternativer om man ikke har midler til å hente Javier Mascherano på fast basis. Og i følge Daily Mirror skal Portsmouths defensive midtbanespiller Sulley Muntari være et godt alternativ.

Den 23 år gamle Ghaneseren har hjulpet Pompey oppover på tabellen etter sin £7m-overgang fra Udinese. Avisa mener Harry Redknapp neppe vil være interessert i å selge, og i følge Sky har han også vært ute og slått ned på ryktene. Daily Mirror spekulerer derimot i at han kanskje kan overtales dersom Peter Crouch går andre veien.

- Jeg ønsker å spille for en av de største klubbene. Det er alle spilleres drøm, sier 23-åringen i følge The Mirror. Dette tolker Itv dit hen at han er klar for å dra.