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[adamnbarrett]

Anyone heard what the fee was? last I read was 6.2 million.

SSN reckons it's 'in the region of 6mil'

[GOAT]

Apparently its around 7- 7.5mil now..

[GOAT]

Anyone heard what the fee was? last I read was 6.2 million.

SSN reckons it's 'in the region of 6mil'

Hmm ok that would be better

[bigmick]

[Those 2 examples are not great.  Seville didnt want to sell Alves and will be pleased they still have him.  Simao was also someone who Benfica didnt need to sell and its only now due to some sort of bustup the situation has changed.

I really doubt Seville are thinking "damn we could of got £8 million for Alves"

Point taken and it's a fair one. However, I think it's probably fair to say that Birmingham didn't want to sell Pennant but they did. We didn't want to sell Owen but we did. Man City didn't want to sell Sean Wright-Phillips but they did.
Whatever a selling club wants to do, the simple laws of economics come into play eventually.  To this can be added  the fact that a player who has had his head turned can quickly become a shadow of his former self. Given those circumstances, just like it was for us when it seemed Gerrard was destined for Chelsea, it is the task of the selling club to extract as much as possible from the deal.
Now if the buying club is anybody other than Chelsea there is a tipping point which they will not go beyond. In the case of simao and of Alves, their head has been turned and it is my hunch that unless a richer club than Liverpool can be tempted, in time their respective clubs will regret their intransigence. All that said though it is only a hunch and I take your point.

[LFC #1]

Apparently its around 7- 7.5mil now..

Hope not, getting into silly money territory there.

6.5mn tops.

[adamnbarrett]

from bbc.co.uk

Pennant completes Liverpool move 

Birmingham will give Arsenal a quarter of any fee received
Liverpool have signed Jermaine Pennant from Birmingham on a four-year deal.
The clubs have yet to reveal a fee for the 23-year-old, but it is reported to be in the region of £6.2m

The Blues initially turned down a £3.5m offer and negotiated a higher fee as they have to give Pennant's old club Arsenal 25% of the cash received.

Pennant, who joined City last summer after a successful four-month loan spell, is expected to immediately join his new team-mates in Switzerland.

[anfieldadorer]

remember when we faced a frustrating match against birmingham last season; this bastard made our defense work extra hard
now he has just being a part of us
so, be happy!

http://birminghamcity.rivals.net/default....8417053

[HacksawJimDuggin]

I am glad Rafa has finally got a right winger. The jury will be out on Pennant but there is no doubt the guy has ability. Rafa is the man to get the best out of him!

[anfieldadorer]

sky sport
http://home.skysports.com/list.as....clid=14

[adamnbarrett]

from LFC.tv

Liverpool have today completed the signing of Jermaine Pennant from Birmingham on a four year contract. 
The 23 year old right sided midfielder officially put pen to paper on his Anfield deal this afternoon after completing a medical.
 
He will fly out to Switzerland to join up with his new team-mates at their week long training camp.
 
Pennant's arrival marks the end of manager Rafael Benitez's long search to bring in a right winger and he could make his Reds' debut against Kaiserslautern this weekend.
 
Pennant started his career with Notts County before moving to Arsenal for £2 million in 1999. He was unable to hold down a regular place in Arsene Wenger's first team and had loan spells with Watford, Leeds United and Birmingham before completing a permanent move to St Andrews last summer.
 
He becomes Rafael Benitez's fifth signing of the summer following the arrivals of Craig Bellamy, Mark Gonzalez, Fabio Aurelio and Gabriel Paletta.
 
Pennant will wear the number 16 shirt at Anfield.

[anfieldadorer]

Jermaine PENNANT
Midfielder
Height: 1.67m.   Weight: 63.00kg.   Nationality: England
Born: 15/01/1983 in Nottingham 

stats..source from sports yahoo.

99-00 Arsenal  (-)   
00-01 Arsenal  (-)   
02-03 Arsenal 3 Goals, 5 Games  1 Games (Champions League)   
03-04 Leeds United  2 Goals, 36 Games  (-)   
04-05(jan) Arsenal 7 Games  (-)   
04-05 Birmingham City  12 Games  (-)   
05-06 Birmingham City  2 Goals, 38 Games  (-)   

Attacking.
2005
Games 38, goals 2, Pens 0, assist 5, shots 9, corners won 46
crossing succ 135, fouls won 78, passes failed 636

2004
Games 19, goals 0, Pens 0, assist 3, shots 3, corners won 21
crossing succ 47, fouls won 31, passes failed 223

2003
Games 23, goals 1, Pens 0, assist 5, shots 8, corners won 26
crossing succ 46, fouls won 45, passes failed 282

2002
Games 5, goals 3, Pens 0, assist 1, shots 3, corners won 2
crossing succ 2, fouls won 1, passes failed 17


Stats Defending
2005
Shots blocked 0, Tackles won74, Last man tackle 0, Fouls conc. 34,
Pens. conc. 0, Own goals 0, Interceptions 82, Yellow cards 4,Red cards 0

2004
Shots blocked 0, Tackles won36, Last man tackle 0, Fouls conc. 20,
Pens. conc. 0, Own goals 0, Interceptions 37, Yellow cards 3,Red cards 0

2003
Shots blocked 0, Tackles won56, Last man tackle 0, Fouls conc. 27,
Pens. conc. 0, Own goals 0, Interceptions 42, Yellow cards 3,Red cards 0

2002
Shots blocked 0, Tackles won4, Last man tackle 0, Fouls conc. 3,
Pens. conc. 0, Own goals 0, Interceptions 0, Yellow cards 0,Red cards 0

Jermaine PENNANT Honours
2004 Charity Shield winner (Arsenal


wikipedia..

Pennant is of half-Jamaican descent, but has opted to represent England internationally; although he has played at under-21 level, he has found himself behind David Beckham, Aaron Lennon and Shaun Wright-Phillips in the pecking-order for the right-wing position in the senior team.

Playing career
Pennant was signed at the age of 15 by Arsenal from Notts County for £2million, a record fee for a trainee at the time, but failed to fulfil his promise amidst a string of disciplinary problems. These included being sent home by England Under-21 coach Howard Wilkinson for breaking a curfew before an important game against Turkey, and being sent off for punching an opponent in a game against Poland under-21s. He is now too old to be eligible for England U21s, meaning he is unable to add to his tally of 24 caps, the fourth-highest in history.

Pennant's career seemed promising following his move to Arsenal. He scored a hat-trick on his full FA Premier League debut, against Southampton in May 2003; these were also his only Arsenal league goals. However, he did not manage to secure a regular place in the Arsenal side; Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger appeared to have lost patience with Pennant, who had a history of turning up late to training. Pennant spent spells on loan to Watford, Leeds United, and latterly Birmingham City, before signing permanently with the Blues in April 2005. In the 2005–2006 English Premier League Season, Birmingham City were relegated to the Championship (Division 2).

[GOAT]

Now lets focus on getting this striker in, i just hope it isnt kuyt..

Saying this he'll probably surprise us now and come and score bucketloads of goals. Im sure rafa knows what hes doing buying him and im sure rafa can see his potential to do well here more than we can so ill go along with it if he's who rafa wants

[El Nino_#9]

Apparently its around 7- 7.5mil now..

Hope not, getting into silly money territory there.

6.5mn tops.

but 12 million for alves would'nt? 

[GOAT]

Apparently its around 7- 7.5mil now..

Hope not, getting into silly money territory there.

6.5mn tops.

but 12 million for alves would'nt? 

What? Who said that?

[adamnbarrett]

I love the way on Pennant's LFC.tv interview he says

Yes, this is the best club in the country

So true