Murphy's Transfer Deadline Day

After a wonderful eventful day, where Fernando Torres disappeared and Luis Suarez and Roy Carroll came in, I'm quite pleased. Incredibly sad to see Torres go, but no one is bigger than the club and I trust that Kenny Dalglish has found good replacements for us!

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Here's what happened until I had to stop:

21.55: TonyBarretTimes Looks like that's it for LFC. Suarez & Carroll in. Torres out. Adam and Young no go. Absolutely mad day. Thank God it's over.

21.50: A deal can still be done - subject to a medical in the morning. So the player in question doesn't necessarily have to be on Merseyside within the hour.(ThisIsAnfield)

21.37: @LFCGlobe: Ashley Young. #LFC's bid is £3m off what Villa are prepared to let him go for.


21.36: Adam to Liverpool is definitely OFF according to all reports. Shame.(ThisIsAnfield)

21.34: @LFCGlobe: negotiating with PL club over winger. Deal has to be done very, very quickly.

21.32: Even if Adam isn't coming in. We're still confident Liverpool will sign a midfielder. Possibly Young, or NZogbia. (ThisIsAnfield)

21.30: BrianDurand56 Reports of raised voices at Oyston/Adam meeting, Adam & rep left Bloomfield now. There may be trouble ahead. 

21.21: skysports_bryan Transfer latest - Karl Oyston tells us Charlie Adam's staying at Blackpool. Adam's just left Bloomfield Road after club talks. 

21.20: LFCBoston Looks like the Charlie Adam deal is dead. 

20.57: The Red Legions There is not much happening on Charlie Adam as Sky Sports report to have seen him at the reception in Bloomfield. 

20.52: Just over 2hrs left of the transfer window. Charlie Adam and Ian Holloway still in the reception of Bloomfield Road.(ThisIsAnfield) 

20.45: Luis Suarez has today completed his transfer from Ajax to Liverpool FC and signed a 5 and a half-year-deal that will keep him at Anfield until 2016. (Official statement) 

20.34: Empireofthekop Ok Adam is still on. 

20.33: Mirror reporting Charlie Adam deal is off. But I wouldn't believe it just yet...(ThisIsAnfield) 

20.19: West Ham striker Carlton Cole on Twitter: "Just checked my Twitter! It's crazy on here. I've said I was chilling at home with my feet up and I still am!

20.14: Micah Richards deal not happening, it was unlikely City would sell to us anyway. Charlie Adam deal expected to still go ahead. No news on Warnock or Young unfortunately. (ThisIsAnfield) 

20.12: Blackpool have clinched the signing of James Beattie on loan from Rangers until the end of the season, according to Sky Sports News. (Charlie Adam replacement?) 

20.05: danroan (BBC) Well-placed Anfield source tells me Chelsea have paid the full 50m for Torres.

20.00: rorysmith_tel Charlie Adam, as much a 2010 fad as, er, Twitter, is still in the balance. Conflicting reports. #LFC #BFC #MUFC 

19.58: TonyBarretTimes LFC will recover from Torres loss. Better players have walked away and success has followed.

19.55: I was speaking to a football agent last week, and he told me that if clubs wanted to wrap up deals in time to beat the 2300 GMT deadline for transfers, they really needed to have the player undergoing a medical by 2000 GMT so as to get the assessment done and dusted in time to get the required forms off to the Premier League. Consider this your five minute warning people. (BBC) 

19.45: BBC Sport's Dan Walker on Twitter: "Tottenham came close to nicking Andy Carroll off Liverpool, but the striker wanted to join Liverpool as soon as it became clear that Newcastle would sell him."

19.42: From The Guardian: "Although the sums being talked about are ludicrous, there is a certain logic from FSG, I think. We'll probably never know the true amounts, but Carroll at £35m, Suarez at £22m, and Adam at £10m is £67m. If Liverpool really are receiving £50m for Torres, then they would have spent about £17m. That is close to the total of the original bids of £12m and £4m for Suarez and Adam respectively while getting rid of Torres' £110,000 per week wages. Might seem like a smart bit of business from their end."  We also sold Babel for £6m so net spend is only £11m. 

19.37: No updates on Young or Adam, expect developments tonight. (ThisIsAnfield)

19.34: Official statement from LFC: "Liverpool Football Club tonight confirmed they have agreed a fee with Chelsea for the sale of Fernando Torres. The player has now been given permission to speak to the London club." (ThisIsAnfield)

19.04: Andy Carroll's deal at Liverpool reported to be around £80,000 a week on a 5 year deal. He currently earns around £35,000 a week at Newcastle.(ThisIsAnfield)

18.55: Skysportsed RT @VinnOConnor: Andy Carroll has arrived at Melwood ahead of his move to Liverpool.

18.50: LFCBoston SSN just showed Charlie Adam getting in a car headed to Liverpool. 

18.47: Skysports.com understands Liverpool also approached Manchester City for Micah Richards and were prepared to go up to £20million for the defender. City rejected the Reds' approach. 


18.45: @SkySportsRachG: Sky Sources understand Fernando Torres is waiting on the go-ahead from Liverpool to have a medical at Chelsea. 

18.35: Liverpool renew Adam interest (Sky Sports)

18.26: Sky Sports reporting that Charlie Adam is still at Bloomfield Road.

18.25: Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere on Twitter: "Andy Carroll will be a great player for Liverpool and England. Fact."

18.22: @SkySportsLewis: Sky Sports News sources understand Liverpool have renewed their interest in bringing Blackpool's Charlie Adam to Anfield. 


18.15: A little bit more info has emerged on the ongoing Andy Carroll to Liverpool saga... Carroll submitted a transfer request this afternoon which Newcastle "reluctantly accepted" according to a statement on their website. Liverpool have since agreed a fee with the Magpies for Carroll, who is still en-route to Merseyside where he will discuss personal terms and take a medical. (BBC) 

18.12: Here's something worth bearing in mind if and when Liverpool and Blackpool agree a fee for Charlie Adam tonight. Rangers receive 10% of any fee and Seasiders boss Ian Holloway also gets a cut. Takes a bit of the edge off any potential windfall for Blackpool fans, but they would undoubtedly prefer Adam to stay anyway. (BBC) 

18.04: thisisanfield: No news on Ashley Young, Villa still claiming he's not for sale, but interest is there from Liverpool. Might not happen in this window but it would be in Villa's interest to do so as player only has 17 months on his contract left. Young would give us versatility and pace in attack, much needed.


18.02: GuillemBalague Yes,all done chelsea-torres-lpl pending medical. £50m.As said earlier,Torres will leave soon for London to have medical. He hasnt had one yet...

18.01: TonyBarretTimes For all the justifiable concerns about fee paid for Carroll, no one can say LFC's new owners lack ambition. They've created real excitement.

17.58: More good news for Liverpool fans? Looks that way, but Blackpool supporters might not be so happy. BBC sports news correspondent Dan Roan has just tweeted: "Charlie Adam on way to Liverpool too." More details on that when I get them...

17.55: rorysmith_tel The figure for anyone to buy Charlie Adam will not be £14m. It will be around £8m. No word from #LFC as yet, mind. Hold your horses, SSN.

17.54: @SkySportsLewis: Liverpool have announced the surprise signing of Coventry youngster Conor Thomas on loan. 

17.47: still in talks with villa for young [22 million] and warnock on loan...keep the faith....Willie Murphy

17.45: @JimBoardman: RT @ianprior: We're hearing an astonishing £14m for Charlie Adam to #lfc http://bit.ly/gGhDhU

17.41: bensmith_Times Seems a former #lfc striker may be on his way to #nufc to replace Andy Carroll ... he's very tall

17.40: Daniel Ayala's move from Liverpool to Derby County has fallen through according to the Reds' official website. (Sky Sports)

17.35: thisisanfield: Suarez - done. Carroll - done. Adam - done. Only Young left. Can we make it 4 in a day?


17.30: thisisanfield Charlie Adam on his way to Liverpool. Just like we told you earlier. 

17.26: BREAKING NEWS: LIVERPOOL ANNOUNCE THEY HAVE AGREED A FEE FOR NEWCASTLE STRIKER ANDY CARROLL (BBC)
 

17.23: TonyBarretTimes Looks like Chelsea are going to pay £50 million for Torres.

17.19: More twists in the Andy Carroll saga. Newcastle have accepted a transfer request from the striker - in spite of Liverpool's two rejected bids (Sky Sports).

17.15: bensmith_Times Andy Carroll submits formal transfer request which #nufc accept #lfc

17.14: jackwidnell: reported Carroll has accepted personal terms with LFC in principle but NUFC stalling waiting for green light to sign striker.

17.09: @TonyBarretTimes: Carroll flying to Merseyside on private jet that was sent to the North East to collect him by LFC. Deal very much on.

17.05: Ian Holloway: Blackpool are refusing to take Liverpool FC's phone calls over Charlie Adam (Liverpool Echo).

17.03: This is Anfield: Nothing new here but LFC still looking to get Adam (£10m) and Young (£15m).

17.02: @TonyBarretTimes: Led to believe NUFC are playing for time to find a replacement & aren't after higher bid.

16.54: "BBC Sport understands that the delay with the Fernando Torres deal is down to a hitch in negotiations about the mechanics of his Stamford Bridge contract, concerning image rights etc."

16.52: A twist in the Andy Carroll saga - and it's a biggie - despite reports earlier that Newcastle had accepted a Liverpool bid for the 22-year-old striker (see 1513), it seems they actually rejected the Reds' second offer too. Just SIX HOURS of the transfer window left for the two clubs to work that one out - and how much does it rely on Fernando Torres completing his move to Chelsea too. We will find out, soon enough... (BBC)

16.52: Blackpool sign Charlie Adam replacement
Kenny Dalglish has made Charlie Adam one of his top two targets to bring to Anfield this month, and it looks like he is going to succeed on both fronts. The news is that Andy Carroll has been secured, and now he can turn his attention to Blackpool’s Adam...

16.38: Ah. I'm told there is no truth in the 'Charlie Adam to Man Utd' rumours. Apparently, Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston is refusing to answer calls from Liverpool about the Scotland midfielder... maybe that United story started when Kenny Dalglish phoned up pretending to be Sir Alex Ferguson instead?

Is this Liverpool's Torres replacements?

It seems inevitable, if Chelsea do table £50m, or possibly a smaller amount with Nicolas Anelka included, Fernando Torres will go to the London club.

But who will Liverpool get to replace him, in a last gasp attempt to strengthen the squad?

A player that has been om the radar for some time is FC Utrechts Ricky van Wolfswinkel, and a report claims Liverpool will use some of the cash from the potential sale of Torres to finance a move for the long-term target.

The FC Utrecht hitman has 11 goals in the Eredivisie this term, outstripping the seven scored by Liverpool's latest recruit Luis Suarez. Standing 6' 1", van Wolfswinkel would provide a different threat to that of the Uruguayan. 

With cash in their pocket and little time to negotiate, Liverpool will have to pay around the £14m mark to make the deal go through before 11pm on Monday.

Another name that is mentioned this weekend, is Senegal international Mamadou Niang, who admits he is flattered by links with Liverpool, amid strong speculation the Reds are preparing to swoop for the Fenerbahce attacker. 

The 31-year-old Senegal international has been in fine form for Fener this season, scoring nine league goals in 15 matches, and various reports in Africa suggest Kenny Dalglish has made him a transfer target, Sky Sports Report.

Niang, formerly of Troyes, Strasbourg and Marseille, says it would be a privilege to play for Liverpool but claims he is still bound to his current club.

Niang, who can play as either a striker, support striker or winger, moved to Fenerbahce for €8million (£6.9m) in August from Marseille.

New development in the Torres situation

Chelsea are reported to be ready for a £100m splurge on the transfer market, starting with the acquisition of Liverpool striker Fernando Torres.

Duncan Oldham of KopTalk today claims to know that Torres has repeated his desire to leave Liverpool.

The Spanish striker is trying to force a move to Chelsea but the club has told both him and Chelsea that they will not allow him to leave this weekend unless our demands are met.

If the demands are not met, Torres will be forced to stay at Anfield until the summer.

Read more:

• Dalglish convinces Torres to stay?
• New club enters race to sign Torres?
• New twist in Torres saga
• Anelka + Cash for Torres?

Oldham also claims to be in regular contact with his sources at the club who tells him the player's agent was at Melwood today, well before the striker turned in.

Talks are due to take place this afternoon. Liverpool officials will try and smooth things over but at the same time they are not going to pussyfoot around, Duncan writes on KopTalk.

Dalglish convinces Torres to stay?

The Fernando Torres saga continues, with new speculations coming all the time. He did not show up to this mornings first training session with the squad at Melwood, but is said to be joining his team mates later today, now being in talks with club officials.

Kenny Dalglish said that 'My next managerial challenge on the pitch comes against Stoke City at Anfield on Wednesday night'.

If we read 'between the lines', he has a big challenge also off the pitch.

Now former Liverpool midfielder Terry McDermott has told talkSPORT he believes Kenny Dalglish can convince Torres to stay at Anfield.

The Huddersfield Town assistant manager is confident the Reds boss can talk round the Spanish striker who had a written transfer request turned down on Friday.

But, he also concedes that if Torres’s mind can’t be changed he should be sold to Chelsea and not kept at the club against his will.

- With Kenny’s powers of persuasion I think we might find he might stay. I can understand where Torres is coming from but when you’ve got Kenny Dalglish [talking] in your ear, saying ‘we don’t want you to go’, it’s a bit tempting for him to stay, McDermott said.

- I hope he does, certainly until the summer and then take it from there. But I think if Kenny wasn’t there he’d definitely be going.”

However, McDermott also feels if Dalglish is unsuccessful and Torres still wants to leave, the club should let him, as his presence in the dressing room will be disruptive if he is kept against his will.

New club enters race to sign Torres?

It looks more and more likely that Fernando Torres by Tuesday no longer will be a Liverpool player.

His timing is terrible, but if he has desided to go, let's get the most out of it!

The latest reports say that Manchester City are set to blow Chelsea out of the water with a megabucks bid for the striker .

TFOAR has learned from it's sources that the LFC board last night recieved a player plus cash offer from City that is just too good to be refused.

There are not many details of the offer, but sources claims that the deal would effectively value Torres at £75m. 

It seems however that Torres has wanted to leave our club for more than one year!

Now The News of the World claims that the World Cup winner has harboured hopes of a move away from his current club since December, 2009.

The Blues are reported to have made a £25m approach last summer after Liverpool failed to qualify for the Champions League, but nothing came of it then.

However, it is thought that things have changed now since their absence from Europe's top club competition could stretch by another year owing to an underwhelming campaign so far.

According to The Mirror, the Spain international also informed his skipper Steven Gerrard of his desire to leave the club, prior to handing in a transfer request, Goal.com claims.

If the Chelsea deal should go through, Liverpool wants Nicolas Anelka to come the other way.

Still in Charlie Adam negotiations?

No wonder Blackpool and Ian Holloway are stalling on the proposed move for Charlie Adam to Liverpool...

Liverpool Facebook fan-page True Kopites We Are The Reds tonight tweeted:

'We still havent come to a settlement with blackpool for Charlie Adam....we are still in negotiations with them even though we said we would pull the plug after they rejected our most recent offer believed to be around 7 million...'

But what may become the conclusion of this saga is that Ian Halloway is the real bad guy.

It has emerged that Ian Holloway can make personal profit if Charlie Adams is indeed sold by Blackpool to the likes of Liverpool. Giving him a good reason for pressing the price as high as possible.

- I do get rewarded with anybody I coach and make a profit on. My chairman looked at my record of producing players and helping players and selling them on and he wanted that at Blackpool, Holloway said.

Earlier, Charlie Adams father has branded Blackpool 'cheap-skates' after the second Liverpool bid was rejected.

New twist in Torres saga

This weekend will be ravaged by the speculations surrounding Fernando Torres and his unsure future on Merseyside.

The latest report say that Liverpool are negotiating with Chelsea over a £50m bid but want Nicolas Anelka included in the deal, instead of earlier reported Daniel Sturridge.

Contrary to Liverpool's public stance that Torres is not for sale, the club is willing to negotiate with the Londoners. 

They fear the negative consequences of keeping a player who has publicly revealed his desire to move on, Goal.com reports.

Torres submitted a written transfer request on Friday night which was rejected by Liverpool. But that has not deterred Chelsea from making a second offer for the Spaniard of £40m in cash plus Daniel Sturridge, the England Under-21 striker.

Read more: Why Liverpool Can Demand £50m for Fernando Torres

With Torres, 26, pushing both clubs to negotiate over a move before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday, Liverpool have asked for Frenchman Anelka, not Sturridge, to be included in the deal to meet their £50m valuation.

Anelka is considered a proven goalscorer who can slot into the Liverpool side immediately and a more suitable partner for Luis Suarez, who is on Merseyside to complete a £22.8m switch from Ajax.

Anelka spent a loan spell at Anfield in the 2001-02 season and could be open to a return as Torres' arrival would cast doubt over the 31-year-old's future at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is determined to complete a deal for the World Cup winner, who he also tried to sign last summer but was rebuffed by the Merseyside club.

Latest Torres rumours + Final Adam offer

It's quite odd that Liverpool FC have landed in this situation with FernandoTorres. 

Earlier he has stated his love for the club, saying things like 'I would not like to play for another English or Spanish club. This feeling is very important to me.'

In August Torres publicly committed himself to Liverpool Football Club. He said: 'My commitment and loyalty to the club and to the fans is the same as it was on my first day when I signed. I am looking forward to the challenge ahead.

However, a report said Chelsea wanted to make Torres their best paid player ever, if he made the move to London. And the Sky Sports betting had slashed the odds on Torres going to Chelsea before Monday to 1/5.

Liverpool then confirmed that Torres Friday evening submitted a transfer request. But the request was rejected.

'Fernando Torres tonight submitted a written transfer request, which has been rejected by Liverpool. Fernando is under a long-term contract and the Club expects him to honour the commitment he made to Liverpool FC and its supporters when he signed the agreement, the Club statement said.

According to Liverpool FC |fan page| - News and Speculations, there is a minimum fee release clause written into Torres' contract. But there is a clause to the clause stating that we dont have to accept bids from home rivals. The club have sent representatives to Spain to negotiate a transfer for Torres with Barca. BUT, if Chelsea where to offer 65m, then the club are prepared to accept.

Tony Evans, The Times’ Football Editor, has told talkSPORT that he believes Fernando Torres will move to Chelsea in this transfer window.

Later a rumour started doing the rounds on the net, saying Torres is set to withdraw his transfer request and commit to LFC. Apparently Steven Gerrard and  Kenny Dalglish last night was talking to him, and he is now 60-40 in favour of staying and signing new deal.



When it comes to the other main transfer taret for Liverpool in this window - Charlie Adam, Blackpool have been branded 'cheapskates' for turning down Liverpool's latest offer for him down, by the player's father, Click Liverpool reports.

The father claims that the improved bid tabled by the Reds this week, believed to be in the region of £6million, is more than an acceptable offer for the Scotland international.

Adam handed in a transfer request to the Seasiders in a bid to help force his move to Anfield through but their chairman Karl Oyston and manager Ian Holloway are standing firm, prompting his father to launch a stinging attack on the Barclays Premier League newcomers.

- I don’t even think this is about money. It’s because Charlie took them to a tribunal over the bonus they owed him. This is their pay-back. They are saying ‘you won’t make anything out of this, we have got you under contract’, he's saying.

- Liverpool’s offer is 13 times what Blackpool paid for Charles. And they are turning it down? They have been more than compensated for him already.

- Mr Oyston has got to realise it is somebody’s life and future that he is dealing with here. I think it is petty. This should be a time for common sense to prevail.

Today it became clear that also Gerard Houllier will launch a bid for Adam in the summer, according to The Daily Mail.

The latest on the Adam saga is that Liverpool are ready to make one final offer for the Scotsman.

Another player that looked destined to leave, is Milan Jovanovic.

But now he is set to stay at Liverpool after turning down a transfer to Wolfsburg, the Metro reports.

Elsewhere, Liverpool are reportedly keeping tabs on Leeds goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

The Danish stopper has been attracting plenty of plaudits for his performances in the Championship this season and, according to the Daily Mail, he has caught the eye of Liverpool.

Former Manchester City 'keeper, Schmeichel, began to fulfil his potential with Notts County last season and did enough to earn himself a transfer to Leeds in the summer. And now he could be set to move back to the Barclays Premier League if Liverpool step up their reported interest, GiveMeFootball reports.

However, the idea of Liverpool splashing out £6 million on a no.2 goalie appears to be remote - even for one with the potential of 24-year-old Schmeichel.

Another name that might be on for the summer is Roma striker Mirko Vucinic.
Liverpool are reportedly frontrunners to sign him in the summer.

According to talkSPORT, the Reds are 'strong favourites' for the 27-year-old, although Roma remain unwilling to sell during the January transfer window - but they have received bids for his services.

When asked about the reported interest of Liverpool, Vucinic's agent Alessandro Lucci said:

- The club have stated he is not for sale. Although we have received some bids the club will not be considering any offers. At the end of the season we will make a decision on his future.

Valued at €25 million by transfermarkt.co.uk, Vucinic is one the most highly-regarded forwards in Europe and it would be a major coup if Liverpool could land him in the summer.

Anelka + Cash for Torres?

Even though an official Liverpool FC statement today says 'Torres is not for sale', and a club spokesman said 'Chelsea have made a bid for Fernando which has been turned down. The player is not for sale', the rumours about Fernando Torres possibly going to Chelsea won't go away.

First Spanish football writer Guillem Balague said 'Torres wants Liverpool to keep negotiating with Chelsea.There's NO buyout clause. Four days to go before a POSSIBLE exit of the striker'.

Duncan 'Dunk' Oldham of KopTalk tonight said on Facebook: Source of mine 'worried' about Torres talk. Chelsea confident, Liverpool worried. This is not someone up the ladder though but still in a good position to pass on the mood. At this time, I can honestly say I have no idea what's going on. Talk of Anelka + cash *if* something goes down. Told Kenny doesn't want him to leave at any price. Players don't think he will jump.

LFC fan Brian Durand tweeted: Tony Evans, Times is on Talksport now. Torres leaving very very soon. Via Tony Barrett. Torres told LFC by phone he wants to leave.

A die hard LFC supporter said: 'Just seen Torres outside Melwood, he says he is committed to the club...That's all he said. he signed an autograph and shook my hand'.

Finaly, The Chelsea Blog tonight is saying 'The latest word from The Times is that Fernando Torres has handed in a transfer request to Liverpool FC in light of the continued interest from Chelsea. CFC have met this news with an offer of £40m plus Daniel Sturridge'.

Interesting reading from Michael Owen: Chelsea won’t lure committed Torres away from Anfield.