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Post by Bevy on May 19, 2009 16:32:21 GMT
Liverpool favourites to sign TevezIf you are one of the people who believe that the bookies rarely get it wrong, then you have to believe that Carlos Tevez will be joining Liverpool from Man Utd this summer. Stan James have started a book on where he will play next season, and Liverpool are the 12/5 favourites. His current club, Man Utd, are 9/2 to retain his services, and their rich neighbours Man City are a skinnier 3/1. Real Madrid are the outsiders of the bunch at 5/1, but as Tevez has said he intends to remain in the Premier League that price should be ignored.
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Post by Bevy on Jun 4, 2009 15:25:07 GMT
Liverpool interested in Tuncay & David Silva By David Maddock 4/06/2009 Mirror Boss Rafa Benitez ran the rule over the Turkey international in the final weeks of the season, and despite Teeside club's misery of relegation, he liked what he saw. Middlesbrough struggled because of a lack of goals, but Benitez is looking for a striker who is happy to fill as a support striker to the free-scoring Fernando Torres, and be prepared to act as back up from the bench. Tuncay fits the bill, with his selfless running and great industry in creating chances for others, and he explained yesterday that he was aware of interest from Anfield. "Yes, I've heard something about that, but nothing official has arrived to me. Of course I would like to play for a big club," he said. With Boro desperate to restructure their finances after dropping into the Championship, they would accept a reasonable offer for the Turk. Benitez has been looking for fourth striker who won't break the bank, following the sale of Robbie Keane, to allow him to concentrate his summer transfer funds on other key areas in his squad. It emerged last night that the Liverpool boss is pursuing Spain international winger david Silva with some vigour, and met with him in their native country earlier this week. Silva told his fellow Spaniard that he would love to play in the Premier League, but there is still the stumbling block of the fee his club Valencia are demanding. Benitez would pay around £17million for the 23 year old, but if his heavily indebted Spanish side try to spark an auction with the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona, then he will pull out of the bidding. The Anfield manager showed that he is not prepared to get into a bidding war this week, when he swiftly pulled the plug on a deal to sign Gareth Barry. The Mirror can reveal that Liverpool did make a last gasp bid to snatch the Villa midfielder from Manchester City's clutches late on Tuesday night, but were ultimately put off by the player's wages. Benitez spoke to Barry to try to persuade him to choose Anfield, but when he learnt the England man was being offered £90,000 a week by City, he reluctantly pulled out of the running
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Post by PrivateParts on Jun 7, 2009 11:30:58 GMT
RAFA: SPINE IS THERE, WE'LL FIND REST Jimmy Rice 07 June 2009 Rafa Benitez believes he has assembled the spine of a title-winning side - and claims the club is working tirelessly behind the scenes to find any missing links this summer. Benitez has made retaining current stars a priority over the last two months, with new deals agreed for Daniel Agger, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt. The Anfield boss now hopes to add to his talented squad over the coming months. "We are working very hard to keep the spine of the team - that was always the idea," Benitez told LFC Magazine. "We have Pepe Reina as the number one goalkeeper with Diego Cavalieri behind him, another good goalkeeper. Then we have Skrtel, Carragher and Agger - three good centre-backs. "Then you go to the midfield with Alonso, Mascherano, Lucas and Gerrard, with Torres up front and Ngog, who is a very good prospect. We have a good squad that is still young, so hopefully we can improve further. "We know we still need to improve in some specific areas. We will be working very hard to do that over the summer." This month marks the fifth anniversary of Benitez's arrival in England. His brief back in June 2004 was to repeat the trick he performed with Valencia in La Liga - breaking the stranglehold of two dominant and high-spending teams using less resource. Five years on, Benitez has taken the Reds closer to the league title than at any time since 1990 - but he admits transforming Liverpool from top four also-rans to genuine championship contenders has been a tall order. "We didn't know everything when we first arrived here," said the boss. "Now we can see little things that can make a massive difference. "Now we know these things we can be more precise, sign players in a better way, approach games and different competitions in a better way. We know the rules and the style of the game in England much better now. "Maybe sometimes you don't need as long to start challenging as it has taken us. But when the other teams are so strong it becomes much more difficult. You can try to move fast, but if they go as fast as you, you have to go faster. "The only way to do that is to try to sign the right players every single time. "With Sami Hyypia leaving we have just two players left at the club from when I took over - Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. "Coming to a club that needs a lot of work is a massive difference to arriving at a club without too many changes to make. From my time here, Chelsea and United already had big squads with top-class players. They have both spent big money since and improved a lot. "We could not spend that kind of money, but look at the level of the squad now compared to five years ago. We have had to work hard rebuilding the whole squad. "It's not just a case of saying, 'Oh, Liverpool should win because they are spending.' The other clubs are spending too but had better squads from the beginning. That is why if we are to reduce the gap we have to do things almost perfectly. "We have learned together what it means to stay close to the top of the table from the beginning to the end. I am sure that will help us in the future."
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Post by Bevy on Jun 19, 2009 1:14:46 GMT
A Rumor doing the rounds
that Liverpool FC are now owned by a Kuwaiti company.....to all intents and purposes. I have a reliable mole who is using phrases like "done deal" and talking about big bucks being used already on the preparation side of things. Hold my hands up if I am wrong as I am not a sensationalist but this guy is on the inside and has never lied to me before.
Ok, I hear you! But why are we about to spend 18mil on a full back and why has Rafa said we have money to spend big? Trust me, I was sceptical and grilled my source but he is adament. He has worked at Anfield for several years. -------------------
Be great if this turns out to be true.. not getting my hopes up like ;D
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Post by Bevy on Jun 22, 2009 2:27:18 GMT
A Rumor doing the roundsthat Liverpool FC are now owned by a Kuwaiti company.....to all intents and purposes. I have a reliable mole who is using phrases like "done deal" and talking about big bucks being used already on the preparation side of things. Hold my hands up if I am wrong as I am not a sensationalist but this guy is on the inside and has never lied to me before. Ok, I hear you! But why are we about to spend 18mil on a full back and why has Rafa said we have money to spend big? Trust me, I was sceptical and grilled my source but he is adament. He has worked at Anfield for several years. ------------------- Be great if this turns out to be true.. not getting my hopes up like ;D UAE buy 60% of Prem team? soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...ngland&cc=5901Could this be us? June 21, 2009 A member of a ruling family in the United Arab Emirates has bought a majority stake in an English Premier League soccer club, the official WAM news agency reported on Sunday. WAM did not name the club but said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi has bought 60 percent of it, adding that details would be announced in a few days. Sheikh Ahmed, a member of the ruling family Ras al-Khaimah, will be honorary chairman of the club. Ras al-Khaimah is one of seven members in the UAE federation which also includes key oil producer Abu Dhabi and regional trade and tourism hub Dubai. Last year Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Masnour bin Zayed al Nahyan bought Premier League club Manchester City, while Portsmouth is the subject of a bid from another Abu Dhabi investor, Sulaiman al-Fahim. Please God, let it be us so I don't need to hear some crazy rumors about our players leaving again
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