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by **account deleted by request** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:03 pm

The uncertainty of Manchester City boss Sven Goran-Errikson’s future and the newspaper reports that Shinawatra will put his whole side up for sale could attract Rafael Benitez’s eye.

Martin Petrov who constantly troubled Liverpool with his pace in the game at Eastlands earlier in the year has attracted Rafa Benitez’s eye with scouts sent to watch him and should Gareth Barry agree a £75,000 new contract with Aston Villa, the Spaniard will make a bid for the Bulgarian.

Having Stewart Downing also on the possible left-wing signings, the paciest is the Bulgarian. It remains to be seen however if the ludicrous offer of £10m plus Carson, Riise and Crouch will be increased to speculated Newspaper fees of £15m
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If this has any truth in it, it would appear that Barry would be inline for a position on the left and not in direct competition with Alonso.

by **Bad Bob** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:13 pm

s@int wrote:The uncertainty of Manchester City boss Sven Goran-Errikson’s future and the newspaper reports that Shinawatra will put his whole side up for sale could attract Rafael Benitez’s eye.

Martin Petrov who constantly troubled Liverpool with his pace in the game at Eastlands earlier in the year has attracted Rafa Benitez’s eye with scouts sent to watch him and should Gareth Barry agree a £75,000 new contract with Aston Villa, the Spaniard will make a bid for the Bulgarian.

Having Stewart Downing also on the possible left-wing signings, the paciest is the Bulgarian. It remains to be seen however if the ludicrous offer of £10m plus Carson, Riise and Crouch will be increased to speculated Newspaper fees of £15m
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If this has any truth in it, it would appear that Barry would be inline for a position on the left and not in direct competition with Alonso.

Unless Alonso's best position is truly on the wing, after all?

by **supernatural** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:14 pm

i saw kader keita the winger in the african nations cup and drooled at the things he did,thats who we need at liverpool to get us out our seats.i'm telling you now that guy was made to be at liverpool....but somehow he will end up at manu in the future.

by **Sabre** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:38 pm

Sevilla's real secret is the ability they have to be spot on the signing ups, and that's not up to Juande Ramos, but Monchi, their sports director.

Keita is indeed a very good player... but for a position we do not have problems at the moment. Plus, he's a Barcelona player now.

by **Effes** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:39 pm

supernatural wrote:i saw kader keita the winger in the african nations cup and drooled at the things he did,thats who we need at liverpool to get us out our seats.i'm telling you now that guy was made to be at liverpool....but somehow he will end up at manu in the future.

Just signed for Barca for £12M (Daily Telegraph)

by **ruskiy playmaker** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:05 pm

Effes wrote:
supernatural wrote:i saw kader keita the winger in the african nations cup and drooled at the things he did,thats who we need at liverpool to get us out our seats.i'm telling you now that guy was made to be at liverpool....but somehow he will end up at manu in the future.

Just signed for Barca for £12M (Daily Telegraph)

There are two different Keitas(Seydon,Kader), one signed for Barca from Seville and he is a CDM and the other one is a winger that plays for Lyon.

Here's the a video of Kader Keita(plays for Lyon).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPZM_8eIXG0

I always been impressed with the guy, he's a very talented player.

by **SundanceKid** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:18 pm

Get David Moreno while he's young! Maybe after Bojan grows up we can pick him up the way Madrid did Michael Owen. That'd be something.

by **SundanceKid** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:18 pm

Walter Erviti would be a marvelous addition

by **redsince2001** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:36 pm

Sabre wrote:
redsince2001 wrote:he is gone ........got a feeling

You have probably the right feeling or hunch.

It's significant that in the past, until last season whenever Rafa listed the players who he considered the spine, like he has done to deny Torres if for sale, always mentioned Alonso. Not this time.

The last time he did mention him as key was in Spain, this winter.

Alonso's words are not as determined as a few days ago in San Sebastian. He yesterday said he had "Very fixed ideas" about staying in Liverpool as in he wants to stay here. The nuance of that Spanish words are significant to me.

He also stated that he sees very difficult that either Torres or Ronaldo leave their respective clubs, because they're very valued by their clubs and there are not release clauses.

But when asked about if he sees complicated his own leaving of Liverpool, he just said "The Euro is a great challenge and I want to focus on that and park any debate about my future for later".

So, in a nutshell, I feel that Alonso wants to stay, but he's starting to realise that the club might want to sell him.

If Alonso has the mind of a normal footballer of San Sebastian, he'll be well píssed with Rafa, because of the reason he already stated, should Rafa wanted to sell him, he would have liked to be told that face to face. Alonso probably feels now that the 5 year contract that he was offered last season was not a proof of trust, but giving Rafa absolute control about his future to negotiate.

That might lead to problems in negotiations, if the player feels "treasoned" by Rafa, he might just choose not to go just where Rafa wants him to go. I agree Alonso when he said that he deserves to be told the truth about his future.

P.S. Warning: If my hunch is true, I'll still be a through and through Rafaist

i noticed that when i first read the thing too .... and it seems that barry will be a liverpool player in all probability since MON hasn't spoken a word after talks with barry ......and today in the echo there's an article how barry's mentor wants him to join liverpool .
i think with lucas mascherano gerrard and now barry ...keeping alonso on the wage bill every week is a luxury we can't afford .
:sleepy:

by **Sabre** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:04 pm

Such is life Redsince2001! I'm ready for the worst, despite I hope the best. I rest assured that Rafa stays because he sees he can put Liverpool on top of the league, so hopefuly his plans will bring us the league, with or without Alonso

Walter Erviti?

From Monterrey Mexico, Los Rayados de Monterrey!!!, to Anfield, England.

Top football, may be more than you can actually handle

Look at what we're talking about. Look at that perfect positioning of the keeper, not that he should rush for the striker in that one on one, no, he prefers to use hypnosis. Look at that splendid back four keeping the line tight, they would leave Torres off side more often than not.

So much pace. So much rigour. Top, top, football. It remains to be seen Alonso would be useful there. Michel, went to that league when he was 39, no jokes.

P.S. If you need further information on this marvelous player, I know a Chilean football agent that keeps me informed about all these players. About this one, he's said he might be affordable for Real Sociedad, and might be a decent signing for them. I forgot to ask him whether he was good enough for Liverpool.

He's 1.69m tall (some inches less taller than Gonzalez, ideal for the premiership). He has decent technique, although the agent tells me that since Pellegrini current Villareal manager discovered him, he's been in the Mexican league since more or less 2003. Despite he says the midfielder is decent, he considers Suazo in that team the best option to have an opportunity in Europe.

Sorry, I was wrong, I thought he wasn't up to the Segunda B standards, but it seems he's good enough for Spanish Segunda division.
:upside:

by **Ciggy** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:58 pm

Looks like he has more or less gone

JUVENTUS, Xabi meeting set for today.

27.05.2008 23.40 by Salvatore Ciolfi

An important meeting for the future of Juventus has been set for wednesday in Torino. Xabi Alonso's agent, Ianki Ibanez, will be in town to hear the Bianconeri's last offer for his client's services. The Piemontese management is prepared to offer a five-year deal worth 3.5 million Euros a season, the same amount intended for Flamini, who eventually opted to sign with Milan.

http://www.transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=17127

Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso’s agent will hold talks with Juventus this week, the Old Lady’s president revealed on Wednesday.

Giovanni Cobolli Gigli confirmed the persistent rumours suggesting Alonso may be on his way out of Liverpool this summer with Juve consistently cited as his most likely destination.

Alonso’s representative, Ianki Ibanez, will meet with Juve’s deal broker, their managing director Jean-Claude Blanc, and a decision will then be made whether or not to press ahead with a deal.

Gigli confirmed: “His [Alonso's] agent is arriving in Italy in order to speak with Blanc.

"We can't deny that we're interested, but there's always the problem of getting value for money.

"Blanc is working on this and on other possibilities."

Juve remain in the market for a holding midfield player after missing out on the signature of Mathieu Flamini to Serie A rivals Milan.

Alonso, 26, is rated at £12 million but reiterated recently that he would remain at Liverpool, unless he is told otherwise by his manager Rafa Benitez.

http://sport.setanta.com/en....on-Juve

Also breaking news on Sky.

by ***Juventino*** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:50 pm

Hi to you all my dear friends!

Don't angry, but i really hope to see Xabi with us next year!
I hope too Riise.

For me it was an error to sell us Sissoko in january.

by **Ciggy** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:10 pm

*Juventino* wrote:Hi to you all my dear friends!

Don't angry, but i really hope to see Xabi with us next year!
I hope too Riise.

For me it was an error to sell us Sissoko in january.

It will be an even bigger error selling Alonso now, Id like to know who is behind this decision cause its a sh!t one. :no

by ***Juventino*** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:15 pm

Ciggy wrote:
*Juventino* wrote:Hi to you all my dear friends!

Don't angry, but i really hope to see Xabi with us next year!
I hope too Riise.

For me it was an error to sell us Sissoko in january.

It will be an even bigger error selling Alonso now, Id like to know who is behind this decision cause its a sh!t one.

True. He also is very young, 26 years old...

by **Ciggy** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:20 pm

*Juventino* wrote:True. He also is very young, 26 years old...

He is also one of our best players, I really cant believe this pathetic transfer, for Gareth Barry im fuming :glare:

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