OFFICIAL STEVEN GERRARD THREAD - Please post all here
by kopite_1232002 » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:31 pm
no 1 man is bigger than this club. it must p***s the other players off the same old story every summer. iv he goes he goes big loss. but hey £30mil thats another 3 alonsos
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by 65-1114725958 » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:35 pm
He's definately gonna come out in the press and say something soon, cause theres no way he can ignore it, and everyone, his family etc will obviously be reading the papers.
I reckon its..Madrid.
To be honest , its a good deal
I reckon its..Madrid.
To be honest , its a good deal
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by mighty mo » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:44 pm
just found it sfx website www.sfxsports.co.uk/ .if stevie stays we should fill there contact box with as much vitriol as they deserve,blood suckings 
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by 112-1077774096 » Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:53 am
good column on football365
Stevie G Going? Don't Believe The Hype
Monday July 04 2005
By Philip Cornwall
Is Steven Gerrard going to leave Anfield in the next few days? Definitely.
After all, he has a home and a training ground waiting for him.
That he is leaving Liverpool to join a new club seems equally certain, judging from the headlines in every newspaper. The start of contract negotiations was swiftly followed by a couple of rumours in Spanish papers and then whoosh.
Gerrard has been unhappy at the speed with which Liverpool are moving, it is claimed, and by the lack of a firm offer. His agent has come out and confirmed that negotiations have stalled, perhaps for good.
Though he has two years left on his contract and seemed to want to know what calibre of team-mate Rafael Benitez was bringing in, the club are supposed to feel that his transfer fee could fund a rebuilding programme built around Xabi Alonso instead.
One side or another or both may be engaged in a spinning campaign to present the other as responsible for the sudden impasse. It looks, from the headlines, to be terminal, just six weeks after Gerrard lifted the European Cup.
But...a word of caution - these are incredibly quiet times in football, for a sports media who are reliant on the game for their wages.
One tabloid Sunday, biting the bullet of reality, had just one page of football news this week, cramming its pages with what was an extraordinary feast elsewhere in sport: Lions meltdown, Venus rising, a cricket thriller, a shock in the big race with Frankie Dettori missing with a broken collarbone.
In contrast, The Times has already relaunched its Monday football pull-out, well over a month before it will have a set of Premiership matches from which Tony Cascarino will draw unlikely parallels with his own career. And there is a limit to how much you can write about the Glazers now they are in charge but a ball has not been kicked.
Gerrard's agent said that fresh talks were unlikely, but that is not the same as impossible.
It may well be that by the time 'The Game' has some actual football to get its teeth into Gerrard will be turning out for someone else. Or it could be that in an effort to fill space, the papers have seized on a molehill, or perhaps just another twist in the tale.
Not long ago Sir Alex Ferguson was demanding that Rio Ferdinand signed a new contract before the FA Cup Final. And still it rumbles on.
One year ago this month, the Faria Alam story broke, with some papers laying their reputations on the line with predictions that Sven-Goran Eriksson would be out within days.
The story of the affair was based on fact. But what it all meant was a million miles from the moralising Mail's certain hopes and statements.
And at times during the previous season, papers were writing, as if it were fact, that Eriksson and Gerrard would be teaming up at Stamford Bridge for 2004-05.
Maybe this time it's for real. But take Gerrard out of the papers today and what does a football-hungry media have to write about?
The fact that he has the stage to himself and the unusually early landmark created by the Champions League first qualifying round may even play a part in agent Struan Marshall's attitude.
Don't believe everything you read in the press about what has apparently happened; believe even less of what they say will happen...
Stevie G Going? Don't Believe The Hype
Monday July 04 2005
By Philip Cornwall
Is Steven Gerrard going to leave Anfield in the next few days? Definitely.
After all, he has a home and a training ground waiting for him.
That he is leaving Liverpool to join a new club seems equally certain, judging from the headlines in every newspaper. The start of contract negotiations was swiftly followed by a couple of rumours in Spanish papers and then whoosh.
Gerrard has been unhappy at the speed with which Liverpool are moving, it is claimed, and by the lack of a firm offer. His agent has come out and confirmed that negotiations have stalled, perhaps for good.
Though he has two years left on his contract and seemed to want to know what calibre of team-mate Rafael Benitez was bringing in, the club are supposed to feel that his transfer fee could fund a rebuilding programme built around Xabi Alonso instead.
One side or another or both may be engaged in a spinning campaign to present the other as responsible for the sudden impasse. It looks, from the headlines, to be terminal, just six weeks after Gerrard lifted the European Cup.
But...a word of caution - these are incredibly quiet times in football, for a sports media who are reliant on the game for their wages.
One tabloid Sunday, biting the bullet of reality, had just one page of football news this week, cramming its pages with what was an extraordinary feast elsewhere in sport: Lions meltdown, Venus rising, a cricket thriller, a shock in the big race with Frankie Dettori missing with a broken collarbone.
In contrast, The Times has already relaunched its Monday football pull-out, well over a month before it will have a set of Premiership matches from which Tony Cascarino will draw unlikely parallels with his own career. And there is a limit to how much you can write about the Glazers now they are in charge but a ball has not been kicked.
Gerrard's agent said that fresh talks were unlikely, but that is not the same as impossible.
It may well be that by the time 'The Game' has some actual football to get its teeth into Gerrard will be turning out for someone else. Or it could be that in an effort to fill space, the papers have seized on a molehill, or perhaps just another twist in the tale.
Not long ago Sir Alex Ferguson was demanding that Rio Ferdinand signed a new contract before the FA Cup Final. And still it rumbles on.
One year ago this month, the Faria Alam story broke, with some papers laying their reputations on the line with predictions that Sven-Goran Eriksson would be out within days.
The story of the affair was based on fact. But what it all meant was a million miles from the moralising Mail's certain hopes and statements.
And at times during the previous season, papers were writing, as if it were fact, that Eriksson and Gerrard would be teaming up at Stamford Bridge for 2004-05.
Maybe this time it's for real. But take Gerrard out of the papers today and what does a football-hungry media have to write about?
The fact that he has the stage to himself and the unusually early landmark created by the Champions League first qualifying round may even play a part in agent Struan Marshall's attitude.
Don't believe everything you read in the press about what has apparently happened; believe even less of what they say will happen...
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by laza » Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:58 am
JBG wrote:Gerrard hasn't gone yet......there's been more positive than negative speculation tonight........if either mean anything.
Well that is good news but for me its only going to be good news if thats the end of this media circus and hype.
Pledge his future , no more of this ego
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by LFC #1 » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:02 am
Seems that Parry and Rafa may be able to change Stevie's mind, It's very clear that they wnat him here amd I think SFX have tried to get in Stevie's ear to try and convince them otherwise. Stevie simply mist get rid of this SFX mob if he signs a new contract, they have obviously manipulated him into thinking wrongly of the club. 
I couldn't get my head around Stevie leaving now tbh.
Why would you leave your hometown club when you are adored by thousands on merseyside and milliosn around the world? Not t mention being captain of the club which is European Champions and is clearly going forward with arguably the best manger in Europe in Rafa Benitez (who clearyl wants Stevie to stay).
t seems to me that if Stevie leaves it's either a) for money or b)his parter, Alex Curran, wants to live it up in a glamour city like Madrid.
I couldn't get my head around Stevie leaving now tbh.
Why would you leave your hometown club when you are adored by thousands on merseyside and milliosn around the world? Not t mention being captain of the club which is European Champions and is clearly going forward with arguably the best manger in Europe in Rafa Benitez (who clearyl wants Stevie to stay).
t seems to me that if Stevie leaves it's either a) for money or b)his parter, Alex Curran, wants to live it up in a glamour city like Madrid.
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by The_Rock » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:21 am
newspaper tabloids.............. more and more sites are reporting it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4651003.stm
Chelsea & Real in Gerrard battle
Gerrard's career statistics
Chelsea and Real Madrid appear to be ready for a bidding war over Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.
The 25-year-old seems set to leave Anfield after his agents broke off from talks over a new contract and said negotiations would not be re-opened.
Newspapers claimed on Tuesday that Chelsea had made a £32m offer - which would be a new British record.
Real confirmed their interest - while Liverpool are said to have responded by making Gerrard a offer to stay.
The Reds reportedly offered their captain a two-year extension to his current deal, which has two years left to run anyway, on a salary of £100,000 per week.
We don't want Gerrard to leave - but him and his advisers are messing my club about
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However, it is thought there is still a rift between Gerrard and his boyhood club over the way contract negotiations have been handled, despite fresh talks on Monday.
Chelsea's offer, if true, would previous British record buy, which was set at £29.1m when Manchester United bought Rio Ferdinand from Leeds in 2002.
But the feeling in Spain has always been that Gerrard would not leave Liverpool for another English club - which has encouraged Real.
Bernabeu director of football Arrigo Sacchi said on Monday: "Of course we are interested in him, what big club isn't?"
But Sacchi suggested Gerrard would have to hand in a formal transfer request first.
"Until the player makes a move we are not going to be involved in a fight for his services."
Sacchi also rubbished rumours that Real and Chelsea had a deal aimed at keeping the price for Gerrard down.
He said: "We have no agreement with Chelsea. How could we when our clubs are always interested in the same players?"
According to newspaper reports, Gerrard currently earns £60,000 per week at Anfield. It is claimed Real will pay him up to £130,000 per week with Chelsea going no higher than £90,000.
Liverpool open their defence of the Champions League crown, with a qualifier against Welsh side TNS on 13 July.
If he plays in that match he would be ineligible to turn out for any other side in the competition.
Chelsea & Real in Gerrard battle
Gerrard's career statistics
Chelsea and Real Madrid appear to be ready for a bidding war over Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.
The 25-year-old seems set to leave Anfield after his agents broke off from talks over a new contract and said negotiations would not be re-opened.
Newspapers claimed on Tuesday that Chelsea had made a £32m offer - which would be a new British record.
Real confirmed their interest - while Liverpool are said to have responded by making Gerrard a offer to stay.
The Reds reportedly offered their captain a two-year extension to his current deal, which has two years left to run anyway, on a salary of £100,000 per week.
We don't want Gerrard to leave - but him and his advisers are messing my club about
From HX
Have your say on 606
However, it is thought there is still a rift between Gerrard and his boyhood club over the way contract negotiations have been handled, despite fresh talks on Monday.
Chelsea's offer, if true, would previous British record buy, which was set at £29.1m when Manchester United bought Rio Ferdinand from Leeds in 2002.
But the feeling in Spain has always been that Gerrard would not leave Liverpool for another English club - which has encouraged Real.
Bernabeu director of football Arrigo Sacchi said on Monday: "Of course we are interested in him, what big club isn't?"
But Sacchi suggested Gerrard would have to hand in a formal transfer request first.
"Until the player makes a move we are not going to be involved in a fight for his services."
Sacchi also rubbished rumours that Real and Chelsea had a deal aimed at keeping the price for Gerrard down.
He said: "We have no agreement with Chelsea. How could we when our clubs are always interested in the same players?"
According to newspaper reports, Gerrard currently earns £60,000 per week at Anfield. It is claimed Real will pay him up to £130,000 per week with Chelsea going no higher than £90,000.
Liverpool open their defence of the Champions League crown, with a qualifier against Welsh side TNS on 13 July.
If he plays in that match he would be ineligible to turn out for any other side in the competition.
http://www.eurosport.com/home....4.shtml
http://us.rediff.com/sports/2005/jul/05chelsea.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4651003.stm
Chelsea & Real in Gerrard battle
Gerrard's career statistics
Chelsea and Real Madrid appear to be ready for a bidding war over Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.
The 25-year-old seems set to leave Anfield after his agents broke off from talks over a new contract and said negotiations would not be re-opened.
Newspapers claimed on Tuesday that Chelsea had made a £32m offer - which would be a new British record.
Real confirmed their interest - while Liverpool are said to have responded by making Gerrard a offer to stay.
The Reds reportedly offered their captain a two-year extension to his current deal, which has two years left to run anyway, on a salary of £100,000 per week.
We don't want Gerrard to leave - but him and his advisers are messing my club about
From HX
Have your say on 606
However, it is thought there is still a rift between Gerrard and his boyhood club over the way contract negotiations have been handled, despite fresh talks on Monday.
Chelsea's offer, if true, would previous British record buy, which was set at £29.1m when Manchester United bought Rio Ferdinand from Leeds in 2002.
But the feeling in Spain has always been that Gerrard would not leave Liverpool for another English club - which has encouraged Real.
Bernabeu director of football Arrigo Sacchi said on Monday: "Of course we are interested in him, what big club isn't?"
But Sacchi suggested Gerrard would have to hand in a formal transfer request first.
"Until the player makes a move we are not going to be involved in a fight for his services."
Sacchi also rubbished rumours that Real and Chelsea had a deal aimed at keeping the price for Gerrard down.
He said: "We have no agreement with Chelsea. How could we when our clubs are always interested in the same players?"
According to newspaper reports, Gerrard currently earns £60,000 per week at Anfield. It is claimed Real will pay him up to £130,000 per week with Chelsea going no higher than £90,000.
Liverpool open their defence of the Champions League crown, with a qualifier against Welsh side TNS on 13 July.
If he plays in that match he would be ineligible to turn out for any other side in the competition.
Chelsea & Real in Gerrard battle
Gerrard's career statistics
Chelsea and Real Madrid appear to be ready for a bidding war over Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.
The 25-year-old seems set to leave Anfield after his agents broke off from talks over a new contract and said negotiations would not be re-opened.
Newspapers claimed on Tuesday that Chelsea had made a £32m offer - which would be a new British record.
Real confirmed their interest - while Liverpool are said to have responded by making Gerrard a offer to stay.
The Reds reportedly offered their captain a two-year extension to his current deal, which has two years left to run anyway, on a salary of £100,000 per week.
We don't want Gerrard to leave - but him and his advisers are messing my club about
From HX
Have your say on 606
However, it is thought there is still a rift between Gerrard and his boyhood club over the way contract negotiations have been handled, despite fresh talks on Monday.
Chelsea's offer, if true, would previous British record buy, which was set at £29.1m when Manchester United bought Rio Ferdinand from Leeds in 2002.
But the feeling in Spain has always been that Gerrard would not leave Liverpool for another English club - which has encouraged Real.
Bernabeu director of football Arrigo Sacchi said on Monday: "Of course we are interested in him, what big club isn't?"
But Sacchi suggested Gerrard would have to hand in a formal transfer request first.
"Until the player makes a move we are not going to be involved in a fight for his services."
Sacchi also rubbished rumours that Real and Chelsea had a deal aimed at keeping the price for Gerrard down.
He said: "We have no agreement with Chelsea. How could we when our clubs are always interested in the same players?"
According to newspaper reports, Gerrard currently earns £60,000 per week at Anfield. It is claimed Real will pay him up to £130,000 per week with Chelsea going no higher than £90,000.
Liverpool open their defence of the Champions League crown, with a qualifier against Welsh side TNS on 13 July.
If he plays in that match he would be ineligible to turn out for any other side in the competition.
http://www.eurosport.com/home....4.shtml
http://us.rediff.com/sports/2005/jul/05chelsea.htm
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by Houllier=LFC » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:00 am
Stevie had a very inconsistent season, and he has the nerve to demand higher salary than what we offered him.
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by ckay » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:23 am
No player is bigger than the club!!! If he wants to go then if the money's right, let him go!! The sooner this is resolved the sooner we can find a replacment or get Stevie geared up for the TNS game.
Sort it out Stevie!
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by ALONSO_14 » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:08 am
bids been rejected- skysports
Liverpool have rejected an undisclosed bid from Chelsea for Steven Gerrard.
Widespread reports on Tuesday claimed Chelsea had tabled a British record £32 million bid for the Reds captain.
Liverpool officials are thought to have informed Gerrard of the bid from Chelsea at a meeting on Monday and tried to counter the offer with a new improved deal of their own to keep him at Anfield.
Gerrard's future has been thrown up in the air in the last few days after contract talks stalled.
The player's agent revealed that talks over a new deal had collapsed and were unlikely to be reopened.
The news alerted Chelsea to Gerrard's possible availability and they are thought to have discussed a bid for the England star on Monday.
Chelsea have held a long-term interest in Gerrard and came close to signing him last summer before the player finally decided to stay at Anfield.
The Premiership champions could face a fight for Gerrard, with Real Madrid confirming their interest in the powerful midfielder.
Real are keen to make Gerrard their top signing of the summer and are also believed to be weighing up a bid for the 25-year-old.
Liverpool are adamant they are keen to keep Gerrard, but they face a battle to keep him out of the clutches of Chelsea and Real.
Liverpool have rejected an undisclosed bid from Chelsea for Steven Gerrard.
Widespread reports on Tuesday claimed Chelsea had tabled a British record £32 million bid for the Reds captain.
Liverpool officials are thought to have informed Gerrard of the bid from Chelsea at a meeting on Monday and tried to counter the offer with a new improved deal of their own to keep him at Anfield.
Gerrard's future has been thrown up in the air in the last few days after contract talks stalled.
The player's agent revealed that talks over a new deal had collapsed and were unlikely to be reopened.
The news alerted Chelsea to Gerrard's possible availability and they are thought to have discussed a bid for the England star on Monday.
Chelsea have held a long-term interest in Gerrard and came close to signing him last summer before the player finally decided to stay at Anfield.
The Premiership champions could face a fight for Gerrard, with Real Madrid confirming their interest in the powerful midfielder.
Real are keen to make Gerrard their top signing of the summer and are also believed to be weighing up a bid for the 25-year-old.
Liverpool are adamant they are keen to keep Gerrard, but they face a battle to keep him out of the clutches of Chelsea and Real.
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by ALONSO_14 » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:14 am
now from bbc:
Liverpool will turn down Chelsea's £32m offer for unsettled Steven Gerrard.
Anfield chief executive Rick Parry told BBC Sport Chelsea had made a bid for Liverpool's 25-year-old captain, who has broken off talks on a new contract.
He said: "I can confirm we have had a bid from Chelsea and that it will be rejected by us."
Liverpool have now offered Gerrard a deal worth £100,000-a-week to stay, but are not optimistic he will stay, with Real Madrid also waiting in the wings.
Gerrard met a high-level Liverpool delegation, led by Parry and chairman David Moores, on Monday evening after the England star's advisors called off contract negotiations earlier in the day.
Liverpool then made Gerrard the biggest contract offer in the club's history, and were told he would go away and sleep on the deal.
They are still hopeful Gerrard will have a similar change of heart to the one that led him snub a move to Chelsea at the 11th-hour last season, but BBC Sport understands Liverpool are not optimistic that he will agree to stay.
Real Madrid confirmed their interest on Tuesday in the England star, who has two years left on his current deal at Anfield.
They now appear set for a bidding war with Chelsea for the services of Gerrard, who is thought to be upset that Liverpool did not place a high enough priority on the contract negotiations.
Chelsea's offer was higher than the previous British record buy, which was set at £29.1m when Manchester United bought Rio Ferdinand from Leeds in 2002.
But the feeling in Spain has always been that Gerrard would not leave Liverpool for another English club - which has encouraged Real.
We don't want Gerrard to leave - but him and his advisers are messing my club about
Bernabeu director of football Arrigo Sacchi said on Monday: "Of course we are interested in him, what big club isn't?"
But Sacchi suggested Gerrard would have to hand in a formal transfer request first.
"Until the player makes a move we are not going to be involved in a fight for his services."
Sacchi also rubbished rumours that Real and Chelsea had a deal aimed at keeping the price down for Gerrard.
He said: "We have no agreement with Chelsea. How could we when our clubs are always interested in the same players?"
According to reports, Gerrard currently earns £60,000 per week at Anfield. It is claimed Real will pay him up to £130,000 per week, with Chelsea going no higher than £90,000.
Liverpool open their defence of the Champions League crown with a qualifier against Welsh side TNS on 13 July.
If he plays in that match he would be ineligible to turn out for any other side in the competition.
Liverpool chiefs are thought to be surprised at the speed with which negotiations to keep their captain dissolved.
Parry said on Monday: "We still hope this situation is repairable. We are completely surprised by the comments (from Gerrard's agent).
"Rafa Benitez wants Steven to stay and couldn't have made it any clearer.
"We have made it clear since January we wanted to talk to Steven about a new contract.
"For anyone to make an issue of a delay of just a few days makes no sense. When we met on Wednesday, things were fine.
"We have wanted to keep Steven all along. There has never been any suggestion we wanted to sell him.
"Money is not an issue. There are no financial concerns regarding Steven's contract so any suggestion to the contrary is wrong."
Liverpool will turn down Chelsea's £32m offer for unsettled Steven Gerrard.
Anfield chief executive Rick Parry told BBC Sport Chelsea had made a bid for Liverpool's 25-year-old captain, who has broken off talks on a new contract.
He said: "I can confirm we have had a bid from Chelsea and that it will be rejected by us."
Liverpool have now offered Gerrard a deal worth £100,000-a-week to stay, but are not optimistic he will stay, with Real Madrid also waiting in the wings.
Gerrard met a high-level Liverpool delegation, led by Parry and chairman David Moores, on Monday evening after the England star's advisors called off contract negotiations earlier in the day.
Liverpool then made Gerrard the biggest contract offer in the club's history, and were told he would go away and sleep on the deal.
They are still hopeful Gerrard will have a similar change of heart to the one that led him snub a move to Chelsea at the 11th-hour last season, but BBC Sport understands Liverpool are not optimistic that he will agree to stay.
Real Madrid confirmed their interest on Tuesday in the England star, who has two years left on his current deal at Anfield.
They now appear set for a bidding war with Chelsea for the services of Gerrard, who is thought to be upset that Liverpool did not place a high enough priority on the contract negotiations.
Chelsea's offer was higher than the previous British record buy, which was set at £29.1m when Manchester United bought Rio Ferdinand from Leeds in 2002.
But the feeling in Spain has always been that Gerrard would not leave Liverpool for another English club - which has encouraged Real.
We don't want Gerrard to leave - but him and his advisers are messing my club about
Bernabeu director of football Arrigo Sacchi said on Monday: "Of course we are interested in him, what big club isn't?"
But Sacchi suggested Gerrard would have to hand in a formal transfer request first.
"Until the player makes a move we are not going to be involved in a fight for his services."
Sacchi also rubbished rumours that Real and Chelsea had a deal aimed at keeping the price down for Gerrard.
He said: "We have no agreement with Chelsea. How could we when our clubs are always interested in the same players?"
According to reports, Gerrard currently earns £60,000 per week at Anfield. It is claimed Real will pay him up to £130,000 per week, with Chelsea going no higher than £90,000.
Liverpool open their defence of the Champions League crown with a qualifier against Welsh side TNS on 13 July.
If he plays in that match he would be ineligible to turn out for any other side in the competition.
Liverpool chiefs are thought to be surprised at the speed with which negotiations to keep their captain dissolved.
Parry said on Monday: "We still hope this situation is repairable. We are completely surprised by the comments (from Gerrard's agent).
"Rafa Benitez wants Steven to stay and couldn't have made it any clearer.
"We have made it clear since January we wanted to talk to Steven about a new contract.
"For anyone to make an issue of a delay of just a few days makes no sense. When we met on Wednesday, things were fine.
"We have wanted to keep Steven all along. There has never been any suggestion we wanted to sell him.
"Money is not an issue. There are no financial concerns regarding Steven's contract so any suggestion to the contrary is wrong."
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by laza » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:16 am
Well i guess the silver lining of black cloud from those reports is if he does go , we will get a good price for him
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