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by **JoeTerp** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:26 am

Lee J wrote:...and now it looks like Chelsea for David Villa

fk me whats happening?

I thought Madrid were close to signing him. Marca had a photoshopped pic of Villa wearing the royal whites of the capital.

by **RobinHood6969** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:38 am

Ola Mr Benitez wrote:
RobinHood6969 wrote:
bavlondon wrote:What's happening is they are getting stronger with big names. It will be a big ask for Rafa to even repeat what we done this season let alone win it next year if we cannot bring in equal quality.

Let them all have high profile teams.. Didnt chelsea spend 16 million on a right back last season? didnt chelsea spend 200 million over th course of 3 or 4 seasons.. Didnt united buy a 30 million last season.. I would be very happy if we retain our squad and make one master stroke in the market..IMO thats enough for us to win the league

yeah.. thats kind of the problem...

When Chelsea spent 200 million they won the league twice!

And I think you'll find that Man U are the current league Champions???

Teams in the top 4 get stronger every year, we cannot afford to stand still while Man U, Chelsea and the likes bring in stronger players and we may well, if you read the gutter press, lose some of our best players...

Yes but i guess we are only one shrewd signing away from making it. no matter 20 million or 10 million the player comin in shd click

by **tubby** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:08 pm

SSN Real agree deal with Valencia for Villa.

I hope that goes through, id be worried if Chelsea managed to get him.

by **Roger Red Hat** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:21 pm

Ruud van horse-face to Spurs?
David Villa to Real or Chelsea?
Micky Owen to Villa?
Tevez to Man City?

would be nice to see our name on that list

by **tubby** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:23 pm

Raul to Liverpool.

There you go.

by **Roger Red Hat** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:25 pm

nice one, im off to buy me new shirt with Raul on the back now :laugh:

by **RobinHood6969** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:26 pm

bavlondon wrote:Raul to Liverpool.

There you go.

Iniesta to Liverpool
Silva to Liverpool
Voronin to Scums

by **GYBS** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:37 pm

Lee J wrote:Ruud van horse-face to Spurs?
David Villa to Real or Chelsea?
Micky Owen to Villa?
Tevez to Man City?

would be nice to see our name on that list

What do you think the chances of any of them actually happening ?

Would rather we werent linked to anyone to save people getting their hopes up

We werent ever linked to Torres or Masher until the time came when they arrived.

by **Reg** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:05 pm

Theres so much BS out there today theres no point even discussing.

by **Ola Mr Benitez** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:05 pm

RobinHood6969 wrote:
Ola Mr Benitez wrote:
RobinHood6969 wrote:
bavlondon wrote:What's happening is they are getting stronger with big names. It will be a big ask for Rafa to even repeat what we done this season let alone win it next year if we cannot bring in equal quality.

Let them all have high profile teams.. Didnt chelsea spend 16 million on a right back last season? didnt chelsea spend 200 million over th course of 3 or 4 seasons.. Didnt united buy a 30 million last season.. I would be very happy if we retain our squad and make one master stroke in the market..IMO thats enough for us to win the league

yeah.. thats kind of the problem...

When Chelsea spent 200 million they won the league twice!

And I think you'll find that Man U are the current league Champions???

Teams in the top 4 get stronger every year, we cannot afford to stand still while Man U, Chelsea and the likes bring in stronger players and we may well, if you read the gutter press, lose some of our best players...

Yes but i guess we are only one shrewd signing away from making it. no matter 20 million or 10 million the player comin in shd click

Lets hope so

by **Reg** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:37 pm

From the LFC site: looks like we´re not buying nor selling .....we've rolled over.

Rafa Benitez insists Liverpool are ready to secure the 'one or two' top signings required to overhaul Barclays Premier League winners Manchester United.

The Reds boss is delighted with his current squad having overseen our best title challenge since 1990.

Benitez believes a few select improvements could be enough to transform Liverpool from runners-up to champions.

"I think we have enough money to add the one or two players that we need," he said.

"I'm very happy with the squad we've got. This season has been really good and we've competed on all fronts. If we can sign one or two players then I'm really positive that we can improve.

"I won't talk about any figures and I can't say how much we have."

Benitez's confidence in his current crop stems from a record-breaking campaign in which the Reds took Alex Ferguson's men all the way.

"I'm also positive because we were talking recently about how Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard didn't play together for a long time this season," he said. "Hopefully they will play together more next season.

"We've also got good young players like David Ngog, Nabil El Zhar, Ryan Babel and Emiliano Insua, who was playing really well, coming through.

"We have a very good squad but we can still improve a little bit.

When I decided to sign a new contract I did it because Liverpool Football Club is more than a club. It is the heart of the city. It is our life and for the people here it means so much. I thought I had to sign. We have to fight. We have to do it.
"How much can we improve? Enough to win the title? I'm sure it will be enough to compete. Like this year, we will try to compete on all fronts until the end."

Benitez's focus in recent months has been on ensuring the club keeps hold of its star names.

Daniel Agger, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Dirk Kuyt have all followed their manager's lead by agreeing new deals.

"Some clubs were asking for our players so the priority was to extend the contracts of our key players," he said. "Those players who are the spine of the team.

"We spent some money to guarantee this and now we just have to improve a little bit because we are in a very good position."

Benitez, who signed a new five-year contract back in March, celebrates five years as Liverpool manager next week.

And his appetite for the job remains as healthy as ever.

He added: "When I decided to sign a new contract I did it because Liverpool Football Club is more than a club.

"It is the heart of the city. It is our life and for the people here it means so much. I thought I had to sign. We have to fight, we have to do it.

"Every single year, every single week and every single day when you talk with a fan he is supporting you and supporting the team.

"You can see the passion and it makes a massive difference.

"Our fans are amazing and when I talk with people in Spain they all say the same. We will see it again when we go to Asia in pre-season.

"I receive a lot of letters from people talking about the club. And as I said before this is more than a club."
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by **tubby** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:40 pm

Reg how does that mean we have rolled over? Also what does rolled over mean? I would take from that Rafa knows what he needs and will get it.

by **stmichael** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:44 pm

I'd take RVN for £1.5m for a couple of seasons.

by **tubby** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:47 pm

Yeah he could be useful.

by **mistyred** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:03 pm

RVN could stand in one place and still bang them in, Torres and RVN sounds tasty.

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