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by **LFC2007** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:27 pm

I think he means exactly what he said. Bayern want to keep Podolski and Bremen want to keep Klose.

Where in his comments does he say he wants Podolski in return for Klose?

Do you think he is speaking in code to try and prise Podolski away?

I don't.

It 's a comment made at face value in response to speculation from the media.

When can a comment ever be taken for what it is and not something else - not what you perceive it to mean?

It's a typical sign of silly season at its worst.

by **El Nino_#9** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:33 pm

paisleyred wrote:what about the boy playing for the u21's david nugent?
dont know much about him but he looks good in tonights game.

a blue nose.
neverton bound.

by **puroresu** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:34 pm

LFC2007 wrote:I think he means exactly what he said. Bayern want to keep Podolski and Bremen want to keep Klose.

Where in his comments does he say he wants Podolski in return for Klose?

Do you think he is speaking in code to try and prise Podolski away?

I don't.

It 's a comment made at face value in response to speculation from the media.

When can a comment ever be taken for what it is and not something else - not what you perceive it to mean?

It's a typical sign of silly season at its worst.

Why would he even bring up Podolski's name if he didnt want him. He could of just said "We will not sell Klose to Bayern this summer". He didnt need to mention Podolski at all. For me it makes sense that would want another striker like Podolski to come in to replace Klose.

by **LFC2007** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:02 pm

puroresu wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:I think he means exactly what he said. Bayern want to keep Podolski and Bremen want to keep Klose.

Where in his comments does he say he wants Podolski in return for Klose?

Do you think he is speaking in code to try and prise Podolski away?

I don't.

It 's a comment made at face value in response to speculation from the media.

When can a comment ever be taken for what it is and not something else - not what you perceive it to mean?

It's a typical sign of silly season at its worst.

Why would he even bring up Podolski's name if he didnt want him. He could of just said "We will not sell Klose to Bayern this summer". He didnt need to mention Podolski at all. For me it makes sense that would want another striker like Podolski to come in to replace Klose.

Do you even know what was asked to him by the journalist, if you tell me the exact question he was posed then I may pay more credence to what you have to say.

A journalist could have asked: "Do you want to sign Podolski as a replacement for Klose?"

To which his reply may be "Bayern do not want to lose Podolski, and we don't want to let Klose go"

Is that not a reasonable think to say?

by **redsince2001** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:11 pm

Only the best good enough for RedsJun 16 2007

by Tony Barrett, Liverpool Echo

THERE are those who believe that there was a mystical age when Liverpool just snapped their fingers and a top class player would come running to sign for them.

It was an age when the Reds manager merely had to mention the word "Anfield" to A.N. Other and within days they would be paraded in front of a stunned press corps before anyone in the city had even gotten wind of it.

God knows when this age was, though, because Liverpool's history is littered with transfer sagas which used to drag on from the end of one season to the start of the next.

When Liverpool went after the great Albert Stubbins in the summer of 1946 he only opted to sign for the club ahead of Everton after tossing a coin.

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And John Barnes only signed up to Kenny Dalglish's Anfield revolution after begging the club to reignite their interest after an initial deal collapsed following speculation the Watford man had set his heart on a move to either a London club or abroad.

This week marks the 20th anniversary of Barnes' move to Anfield, a £900,000 transfer many still regard as one of the best pieces of business ever conducted by Liverpool.

That transfer was masterminded by the then chairman and chief executive pairing of John Smith and Peter Robinson, who showed themselves willing to back their manager's judgement when he told them that, despite Barnes’ inconsistent form for Watford and his apparent reluctance to sign for Liverpool, he was the player to turn the Reds into champions again.

It was a similar story a couple of weeks later when the dynamic duo swooped to secure Peter Beardsley's signature, without flinching at the British record £1.9m transfer fee they had to stump up to get their man.

These were genuine transfer sagas which were beset with difficulties from start to finish.

But Smith and Robinson both shared Dalglish's view that the only way to get Liverpool back onto the top of the pile was to spend big on the best players available.

Fast forward 20 years and Liverpool find themselves in a similar situation.

This is without question one of the most crucial periods in the club's history. Make the right moves now and a genuine challenge to Man United and Chelsea could really be on the cards.

But fail to make them, or make the wrong ones, and a period of Newcastle-style failure beckons.

That is why there is growing frustration among the fans that Liverpool are still to take their place on this summer's transfer merry-go-round. And this frustration is undoubtedly being fuelled by the mixed messages they are receiving from the Anfield hierarchy.

In the messy fall-out which followed Liverpool's Champions League final defeat, George Gillett told anyone who would listen that: "If Rafa Benitez said he wanted to buy 'Snoogy Doogy' we would back him".

More than a month on and there's still no sign of "Snoogy Doogy" or anyone else for that matter.

Now, Gillett is saying he isn't prepared to spend money like a "drunken sailor", which is just as well as I don't think Benitez would want to see his transfer budget disappear in a Seaforth boozer.

On June 5, Tom Hicks told Sky Sports News we should expect some exciting news on the transfer front in the next seven days. Eleven days later we are still waiting.

In the meantime, expectations have been lowered amidst speculation that Benitez's summer budget will not allow him to compete with the big boys when top players do become available.

We are used to transfer sagas at Anfield, but this is the first time when there has been genuine doubt that the club may not be ready, or in a position, to match the manager's ambition.

The only way to remove this fear altogether is to come up with the goods, as Smith and Robinson did two decades ago.

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Putting your money where your mouth is is never an easy thing, particularly with football transfer fees being so ridiculously outlandish.

But the only way of giving yourself a chance of being a success in the Premiership is to spend big on the right players.

Should Benitez fail to secure his first choice signings yet again, a Liverpool title challenge will be as far off as it has ever been.

Signing top players has never come easily.

But if heaven and earth needs to be moved for this to happen then that's exactly what Hicks, Gillett and Rick Parry must do.

by **NANNY RED** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:46 pm

Just had another interesting conversation with my mate in madrid the same preson who told me about dudek last week .Quaresma is looking good for us hope there right good player and young .if there wrong i wont be sending them anymore fudge

by **redtrader74** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:51 pm

NANNY RED wrote:Just had another interesting conversation with my mate in madrid the same preson who told me about dudek last week .Quaresma is looking good for us hope there right good player and young .if there wrong i wont be sending them anymore fudge

Hope you're right there Nanny, he looks a hell of a player.

by **RUSHIE#9** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:03 pm

NANNY RED wrote:Just had another interesting conversation with my mate in madrid the same preson who told me about dudek last week .Quaresma is looking good for us hope there right good player and young .if there wrong i wont be sending them anymore fudge

You like to pack some fudge for him? :wwww

by **crillylfc** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:12 pm

well done rick parry.....way ta screw up any chance we had of signing tevez!! :angry:

by **NANNY RED** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:22 pm

RUSHIE#9 wrote:
NANNY RED wrote:Just had another interesting conversation with my mate in madrid the same preson who told me about dudek last week .Quaresma is looking good for us hope there right good player and young .if there wrong i wont be sending them anymore fudge

You like to pack some fudge for him?

Smart

by **Elchris** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:09 am

queresma seems impossible with anderson leaving the club as well....more realistic player is simao

by **red_guy** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:38 am

I'm desperate to see major signings this summer, however looking at the current situation it seems unlikely...same old same old. These days, Manure , Cheatski and Gooners are always ahead of us in terms of signing class players. I don't wanna see us signing another mediocre 3rd , 4th choice players anymore. huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh.

by **babu** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:19 am

red_guy wrote:I'm desperate to see major signings this summer, however looking at the current situation it seems unlikely...same old same old. These days, Manure , Cheatski and Gooners are always ahead of us in terms of signing class players. I don't wanna see us signing another mediocre 3rd , 4th choice players anymore. huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh.

who have Chelsea and Arsenal signed that you would have liked to see at Liverpool? if the answer is no-one, then STFU.

edit* since the window has been open

by **red_guy** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:31 am

Since the window has been open = no. For the last 2-3 seasons, yes. That's my opinion dude, if u don't like it, fine...don't bother.

by **babu** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:45 am

red_guy wrote:Since the window has been open = no. For the last 2-3 seasons, yes. That's my opinion dude, if u don't like it, fine...don't bother.

fair enough, continue the hysterics.

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