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by **Greavesie** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:38 am

No way I want to see us spending £12m on Peter Crouch, he left for a reason

oh and theres talk of Silva in the Independant today

Skybet have us at the same odds as Valencia for having Silva at the end of the window

by **Rockdakop** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:10 pm

Crouch won't be coming back, forget that!

I'm really hoping we get Silva, Rafa hasn't ruled out signing him like he has Villa so that's a good sign.

by **GRAHAM01** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:10 pm

GYBS wrote:And its the old moving gerrard away from a position where he is one of the best in the world - we bought an extra striker last season and moved gerrard back and lost half his game - moved him back to behind torres - look what happened - im sorry for me 4-4-2 for majoirty is now dead in the water

not saying i like the idea just that rafa might be telling crouch that, that is what is going to happen so he signs

just for rafa to sit him on the bench and pi*s him off :eyebrow

by **GRAHAM01** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:14 pm

i don't think crouch would come back either and not sure why rafa would be back in for him again? (prob just lazy jurnos again)

would like silva to come but would also like to get him in soon and get him playing with the lads and training with them, so that he is not brought in right before the prem starts and he has to get to know how players play and what runs they make and such

by **Johnny Boy** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:30 pm

I don't think Crouchie is the kind of player we need to help unlock defences, especially at Anfield.

It's that Dalglish, David Villa type we need. Mind you I thought we had that when Keane signed.

I just want a new number 7 please, just want a great player wearing that famous shirt.

by **Festy** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:58 pm

We are also rumored to be interested in Marseille captain and rock of their midfield Lorik Cana.

by **tubby** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:25 pm

Crouch left us because he didn't want to play 2nd fiddle to Torres so I don't see how he would come back.

by **redbeergoggles** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:34 pm

Apparently Dossena may be on his way after opening talks with Napoli ,who also insist Lavezzi is no longer wanted at the club (Intriguing)

lifted from SkySports website .

by **stmichael** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:36 pm

I'd expect us to try and push the David Silva deal through sooner rather than later. Valencia are completely screwed financially and have to sell as they can't sell Villa. Real don't need him, Barca can't afford him and he doesn't want to move to England which rules Chelsea and Man City out.

by **aCe'** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:46 pm

stmichael wrote: and he doesn't want to move to England which rules Chelsea and Man City out.

so we finally moved to Spain ? eh like we didnt see it coming !

by **mistyred** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:01 pm

David Silva should be here very soon along with everybody else Rafa signs.

He's a sly dog that Rafa, you think he's turned a blind eye, then bang Carlton Palmer.

by **LFC2007** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:47 pm

by **Toffeehater** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:52 pm

Crouch yea right , we should havekept him in the first place if that was the case . No thank you .

Dossena + cash for lavezzi could be good and we should sign silva and thats our transfer done for the season i reckon

by **Toffeehater** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:13 pm

Benitez will swoop for Silva if Valencia cash in

By Ian Herbert and Pete Jenson

Friday, 24 July 2009

David Silva is more likely to be sold by Valencia now his team-mate David Villa is set to stay

David Silva (centre) is more likely to be sold by Valencia now his team-mate David Villa is set to stay

The Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez is ready to intensify his interest in Valencia's David Silva, his negotiating position enhanced by the Spanish club's diminishing prospects of selling their other prime asset, David Villa.

Valencia, a club in severe financial crisis, may be forced to reduce their initial £25m demand for Silva, which put Benitez off in May and the manager will be able to offer the entire amount up front if Real Madrid adhere to his own demands that their £30m-plus outlay on Xabi Alonso comes in one upfront payment, as did their £80m to Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo.

Valencia's hard initial negotiating position arose because Villa seemed destined to leave the Mestalla and there was a desire to keep Silva. But Barcelona's part-exchange move for Internazionale's Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic means that Villa may well not be leaving Spain. Samuel Eto'o's agent yesterday confirmed that the Cameroonian would be the makeweight in a deal for Ibrahimovic. "He will start working with Inter next week" said Josep Maria Mesalles.
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The 23-year-old Silva can play wide, as a withdrawn striker or as an attacking midfielder and is not a straight replacement for Alonso. Valencia have been on the brink of bankruptcy all summer and will accept nothing less than a straight cash deal for him.

Where Alonso is concerned, Benitez is also holding out for a Madrid player to be included in the deal, with striker Alvaro Negredo still a possibility. If Real agree to include Negredo then the defender Alvaro Arbeloa would be likely to join Alonso in moving to the Bernabeu. Silva is reluctant to switch to England but will make an exception for Liverpool where he would be joining Spain team-mates Pepe Reina and Fernando Torres.

Alonso seems more likely than Javier Mascherano to leave, as the midfield uncertainties that have plagued Benitez all summer continue to drag on. Barcelona had coveted Mascherano and had wanted to deploy him in front of Kolo Touré, but the £50m Liverpool would expect seems, as they had hoped, to have priced the European champions out of the market. The player's agent, Walter Tamer, has been sounding desperate over the last couple of days. Juventus's Christian Poulsen appears to be a cheaper option for Barcelona.

Real Madrid technical director, Miguel Pardeza, said yesterday that the club still held out hope they can persuade Liverpool to part with Alonso, though not at any price because the player would not sell many shirts.

Real's general director Jorge Valdano has ruled out new signings until the club starts offloading players. After confirming that Klaas van Huntelaar had turned down a move to Stuttgart because he had "other expectations", Valdano said: "Until some of the players leave it is going to be very difficult." Madrid had rather unrealistically hoped to bring in around €100m (£85.6m) with the sale of up to seven players, but stars such as Arjen Robben and Ruud van Nistelrooy have shown no interest in leaving.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport....20.html

by **Toffeehater** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:14 pm

24/07/2009

On Liverpool, David Silva, Villa and Valencia

We`ve been receiving a lot of emails and comments from Liverpool fans in relation to one Spanish player in particular: David Silva.

The Valencia player has frequently been linked with a move to Liverpool and was at the centre of a flurry of speculation when Valencia went public with the revelation that Benitez had been making enquiries at the end of last season. However, as the Liverpool boss stated in an interview with me at that time - published here - contact had been made, but in Rafa`s own words: " people have been talking too much ...and Silva is not someone we are looking at now." In other words, Valencia`s decision to go public was an attempt by the Spanish club to spark a bidding war for the player - but Liverpool had established that they were prepared to pay €20million and not a cent more, so very sensibly walked away from Valencia`s attempt to create an auction. Equally, David Silva was happy to leave Valencia at that time, but preferred to stay in Spain and was unsure about moving abroad.

However, the speculation has resurfaced and in the last few days the player has once again been linked with a move to Anfield, and consequently readers have been contacting this site asking questions about press reports of an agreement between Liverpool and Valencia, leaving comments referring to supposed done deals and even citing rumours of a David Silva medical.

We can clear all of the above up by saying that, at this moment in time, neither Liverpool, nor any other English club, have had any recent contact with Valencia over David Silva.

The most recent interest in the player has been from Spain and everyone had been anticipating offers from either Barcelona or Real Madrid - however, nothing has materialized so far this summer.

As far as Liverpool are concerned, I am still being told that there is no chance that they will be making a move for David Silva at this time. Most of the transfer money available has been spent on Glen Johnson (this includes revenue from the sale of Keane, and debts owed to Liverpool by Portsmouth for the transfer of Peter Crouch that were factored into the Johnson deal). Considerable funds have also been dedicated to the renewal and extension of many current player`s contracts at Anfield - including Benayoun. In fact, I understand that, had he been sold, David Silva was considered as a replacement for the Israeli, but now that Yossi is staying at the club - the signing of Silva is even less of a possibility.

Although there have been no formal contact between Liverpool and Valencia in relation to David Silva recently, the channels of communication remain open between Anfield and the player`s representatives - so as with anything in football, we can never say never, but nothing appears likely at this time. It has even been suggested that Manchester United are also interested in David Silva, and I have been advised that the player will be under very close scrutiny when Valencia take on Ferguson`s men next month.

Another question that many have been asking on this site, and one that relates to the above, not to mention David Villa is: "how on earth can Valencia possibly keep hold of the pair when the club are in such dire financial circumstances and have previously admitted that they must sell to avoid financial meltdown?"

Unfortunately, there is no logical or rational explanation, and at times the situation at Valencia is as baffling to us here as it appears to you. In many ways the Mestalla club remind me of Newcastle United: a club where what counts is the opinion of the public, an anonymous body that defies all financial and sporting logic and one that rules the club with its heart rather than its head. The problem at Valencia is that nobody wants to be the pantomime villain and risk the wrath of the fans by actually selling their favourite players. Consequently, the club remain in a mess financially and the players concerned are growing deeply frustrated and unsettled - particularly David Villa, who we will have more on tomorrow...

http://www.guillembalague.com/rumores....&id=219

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