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by **sixbuster** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:38 pm

35 euro or sterling??

by **tubby** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:40 pm

Sterling/GPB/the one with the queens ugly mug/pounds.

ANyway it's obvious now we are not going to settle for any small amout so if Xabi really wants to go there then he better tell his new chums to fork out the cash.

by **LFC2007** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:46 pm

I thought he was due at one of the commercial events in Singapore but it seems Martin Kelly took is place. He did train though.

by **Toffeehater** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:49 pm

LFC2007 wrote:I thought he was due at one of the commercial events in Singapore but it seems Martin Kelly took is place. He did train though.

He was supposed to host a football clinic here . Torres ,carragher , agger , reina , masch and arbeloa were all here for the meet and greet all at separate locations in pairs

by **Toffeehater** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:11 pm

Valdano: No more Real signings

Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano has ruled out making any more major signings until the club can offload some existing players

Madrid have splashed out almost £200million already this summer on bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Raul Albiol, while Alvaro Negredo and Ezequiel Garay have also been added to the squad.

A deal for Getafe midfielder Esteban Granero to return to the Bernabeu also appears to be close, but that could well be the final addition until Madrid, who have been chasing Liverpool duo Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa, manage to trim their squad down.

Players such as Javier Saviola, Javi Garcia, Fabio Cannavaro and Jordi Codina have already moved on, but Madrid will be keen to cash in on a number of other first-teamers in order to recoup some of their money and free up some squad space.

"The transfer door will remain closed until some players have left, other than for exceptional cases such as that of Granero," said Valdano, who admits it has not been easy to offload players.

"There are days when you take a step forward and others a step back. We are continually working on player exits. It's a difficult market but until the last moment we will continue working hard on finding a possible exit for the players that are not in the coach's plans."

One Madrid player whose future has been in the news of late is Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

Huntelaar, who only moved to Spain at the start of the year, had looked set to join German side Stuttgart after missing Madrid's pre-season trip to Ireland to try to sort out his future, but that move has now fallen through.

A number of other clubs have been linked to the former Ajax player, but Valdano insists there is nothing concrete on the table for Huntelaar at this time.

"There is no firm offer. We had a great opportunity, but the player decided to let it pass. There is a long way to go until the end of August and we hope to find another European club that is interested.

"He (Huntelaar) will occupy a secondary role in the squad because he has not had the same preparation as his team-mates and he already knows what the club's intentions are."

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1776_5450165,00.html

by **maguskwt** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:34 pm

Toffeehater wrote:Valdano: No more Real signings

Real Madrid director general Jorge Valdano has ruled out making any more major signings until the club can offload some existing players

Madrid have splashed out almost £200million already this summer on bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema and Raul Albiol, while Alvaro Negredo and Ezequiel Garay have also been added to the squad.

A deal for Getafe midfielder Esteban Granero to return to the Bernabeu also appears to be close, but that could well be the final addition until Madrid, who have been chasing Liverpool duo Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa, manage to trim their squad down.

Players such as Javier Saviola, Javi Garcia, Fabio Cannavaro and Jordi Codina have already moved on, but Madrid will be keen to cash in on a number of other first-teamers in order to recoup some of their money and free up some squad space.

"The transfer door will remain closed until some players have left, other than for exceptional cases such as that of Granero," said Valdano, who admits it has not been easy to offload players.

"There are days when you take a step forward and others a step back. We are continually working on player exits. It's a difficult market but until the last moment we will continue working hard on finding a possible exit for the players that are not in the coach's plans."

One Madrid player whose future has been in the news of late is Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

Huntelaar, who only moved to Spain at the start of the year, had looked set to join German side Stuttgart after missing Madrid's pre-season trip to Ireland to try to sort out his future, but that move has now fallen through.

A number of other clubs have been linked to the former Ajax player, but Valdano insists there is nothing concrete on the table for Huntelaar at this time.

"There is no firm offer. We had a great opportunity, but the player decided to let it pass. There is a long way to go until the end of August and we hope to find another European club that is interested.

"He (Huntelaar) will occupy a secondary role in the squad because he has not had the same preparation as his team-mates and he already knows what the club's intentions are."

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1776_5450165,00.html

I believe this 'news' came out right after they reportedly lowered their bid for xabi... ie old 'news'...

by **heimdall** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:39 pm

GYBS wrote:
bigmick wrote:Good thread. I enjoyed GYBS's post it made me laugh and was a good come back. Reds was interesting and I'm assuming "sardonic" means the same as "sarcastic", or pretty close. Would the "don't panic" line of last week, or the "show me where it is FFS" of the week before be "sardonic"?. I dunno, I took em as sarcastic but I stand corrected. As for referring to a PM which I sent on the open forum (and I do remember it although I don't save them as a rule), well I don't think that is on to be honest, I think it's poor form. This is particularly the case when the actual meaning of it, and the one you are giving the impression of, doesn't square up in my memory. I'm not going to go into what my memory tells me was in the PM, nor the spirit it was sent in, but suffice to say I'm very disappointed by your post here Red.

Leaving that aside anyway and moving onto the Alonso situation, I do think at some point we are going to have to let him go. As I've said many times I think anything over 25 mill is a good deal, but obviously I'm not doing the negotiating which is just as well.

Thank you for taking the post in the spirit it was meant Mick , Hiemdall take note and learn a lesson .

P.s. has he left yet

Has who left? Did you write something funny........on purpose?? Just kidding you are always funny to me GYBS.

by **Igor Zidane** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:34 am

RAFA: XABI SHOULD STAY AT LIVERPOOL
Rafa Benitez today revealed he has told Xabi Alonso that he should stay at Liverpool.
Alonso received a rapturous ovation from the Singapore fans as he watched the Reds train on Friday night.

"I was talking to him yesterday and telling him to listen to the fans. They love Xabi," Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv.

"I said to him, 'Maybe you have to stay.'

"You can see he is a really good player and I'll be really pleased if he stays. All the players and his teammates want him to stay. If we keep Xabi I will be very pleased."

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N165185090725-0719.htm

by **Penguins** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:22 am

Unless Xabi hands in a transfer request I will count on him being a LFC player the coming season.
Rafa won't budge from his stance and RM think just because Xabi isn't

1. a galactico
2. a forward
3. from a team they haven't been able to screw before

They won't bid higher it looks like.

The problems starts next summer both with Xabi and Masch
if we won't win the league, cause it is obvious they won't sign new contracts. That means we are more or less forced to sell
them then or risk getting peanuts for them latter on.

Worst case scenario is that they play stellar and we just fall short in the final game of the season and knowing we won't be able to keep that team for the following season.

Because, even if it true what many are saying about next season being a very good opportunity to bring home no 19 and we can't loose Xabi or masch now.

Next summer it might be the same story again unless we win, but then we loose a fortune by keeping them.

So this season is going to be huge!

by **NANNY RED** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:26 am

Igor Zidane wrote:RAFA: XABI SHOULD STAY AT LIVERPOOL
Rafa Benitez today revealed he has told Xabi Alonso that he should stay at Liverpool.
Alonso received a rapturous ovation from the Singapore fans as he watched the Reds train on Friday night.

"I was talking to him yesterday and telling him to listen to the fans. They love Xabi," Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv.

"I said to him, 'Maybe you have to stay.'

"You can see he is a really good player and I'll be really pleased if he stays. All the players and his teammates want him to stay. If we keep Xabi I will be very pleased."

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N165185090725-0719.htm

Well in Rafa Lad,

At least now we have someone who has actualy come out an said something positive on the situation,

by **Number 9** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:37 am

NANNY RED wrote:
Igor Zidane wrote:RAFA: XABI SHOULD STAY AT LIVERPOOL
Rafa Benitez today revealed he has told Xabi Alonso that he should stay at Liverpool.
Alonso received a rapturous ovation from the Singapore fans as he watched the Reds train on Friday night.

"I was talking to him yesterday and telling him to listen to the fans. They love Xabi," Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv.

"I said to him, 'Maybe you have to stay.'

"You can see he is a really good player and I'll be really pleased if he stays. All the players and his teammates want him to stay. If we keep Xabi I will be very pleased."

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N165185090725-0719.htm

Well in Rafa Lad,

At least now we have someone who has actualy come out an said something positive on the situation,

Now its time for Alonso to say if he is staying or going!Starting to fu'ck me off bigtime now!
If he cant make his mind up he should fu'ck off as well..we dont want him starting the season feeling he has made the wrong decision and not really wanting to be part of LFC!

Whats starting to worry me now is if this drags on and on and RM sign him at the last minute,then it could leave us with not enough time to bring in a replacement!

Sort it out Xabi
Commit to the cause or feck back off to Spain! :nod

by **HacksawJimDuggin** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:47 am

I like the way this is playing itself out...

There seems to be no animosity between Rafa and Xabi (at least in public anyway) and Xabi clearly has a huge respect for the club and the fans from his response to the rumours. The longer this drags on the more I think Xabi will stay.

Rafa is "playing the game" well with the comments on Liverpoolfc.tv

by **Sabre** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:10 am

Igor Zidane wrote:RAFA: XABI SHOULD STAY AT LIVERPOOL
Rafa Benitez today revealed he has told Xabi Alonso that he should stay at Liverpool.
Alonso received a rapturous ovation from the Singapore fans as he watched the Reds train on Friday night.

"I was talking to him yesterday and telling him to listen to the fans. They love Xabi," Benitez told Liverpoolfc.tv.

"I said to him, 'Maybe you have to stay.'

"You can see he is a really good player and I'll be really pleased if he stays. All the players and his teammates want him to stay. If we keep Xabi I will be very pleased."

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N165185090725-0719.htm

Besides being true, it's a good way of putting the pressure on Alonso. Nice one Rafa

by **mistyred** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:15 am

Alonso is gonna go, all he is waiting for is the green light from Lfc...i.e bid excepted.

What will the Alonso groupies do...? Nanny

by **sixbuster** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:25 am

mistyred is right in his analysis....say bye bye:(

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