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by **BringBackTiti** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:34 pm

from sky sports

sounds good to me

''Bolton boss Sam Allardyce has today confirmed he is hoping to take out-of-favour Liverpool striker El Hadji Diouf to the Reebok Stadium.
Diouf is free to look for another club after being told by Rafael Benitez he won't be featuring in his plans this season, and Allardyce is hoping a deal can be struck to secure the services of the Senegal star.

"We are talking to Liverpool about him," confirmed Allardyce. "The chairman is doing that on our behalf, and I'll be talking to him at some stage to see what the situation is.

"A change of club would benefit him because his future appears to be no longer with Liverpool.

"Not getting a squad number means every intention has been shown by them that he is no longer wanted. So to go and resurrect your career at 23 is a very important thing to do, and it's very important to pick the right club.

"A club like ours can provide him with the opportunity and the service to show his talents more than at Liverpool.

"There's genuine pace with Diouf. In any game in the Premiership, and in particular in the front line, you have to have that. We've quick players, but if you can find quicker players then so much the better."

by **whitehouse** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:36 pm

what did we pay for him 10 mill and it looks like he will go on a free makes sense not

by **stapo1000** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:38 pm

who said hes goin for free

by **whitehouse** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:38 pm

would you pay for him lol

by **stapo1000** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:40 pm

good point! seriously tho, im sure well get a few mill for him

by **BringBackTiti** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:41 pm

he'll go out on loan i think and touch wood he does well so then we can get some money back for him

by **whitehouse** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:42 pm

not from bolton tho m8 dont think they have any money to buy players

by **ivor_the_injun** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:44 pm

Bolton won't offer any more than £2-3m for him, and I can't see them matching his current wages. I have a feeling he'll just sit out his contract.

by **stapo1000** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:49 pm

2-3million would be perfect but your right, hes not the type of player who'd take a wage cut

by **BringBackTiti** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:51 pm

depends how well he does on loan

by **PETER235** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:18 pm

Better getting something for him than nothing.
He's no use to Liverpool sitting around Anfield.

by **Sean** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:22 pm

It's a typical Sam Allardyce move. He'll resurrect his career, put him up front and don't be surprised if he bags a few goals.

by **lakes10** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:51 pm

i think it bang out of order what we are doing ...what have bolton ever done wrong to deserve to suffer that fate lol

by **C-R** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:42 pm

The best thing for us is if he does have a 1 year loan at Bolton, does really well and then at the end of the season we can get a decent cut of our 10 million back from interested clubs

by **charwell** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:18 am

The diffculty is that he has already said he will not take a wage cut. Nobody would match his fat contract so he will just be loaned out until his contarct expires or we pay him off.

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