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by **Ciggy** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:47 am

Rafa Benitez wants Wigan's Emile Heskey back at Liverpool By DAVID MADDOCK 25/12/2008

Liverpool will launch their bid to bring Emile Heskey back to Anfield next Thursday.

The Merseyside club will offer a ‘take it or leave it’ fee of £4million for the England striker when the transfer window opens on January 1.

Manager Rafa Benitez wants cover for his strikers, and also the problem right-wing berth, and sees Heskey as the perfect cut-price option.

Liverpool have little or no money to spend in the transfer window, but Heskey is out of contract in the summer and Wigan will reluctantly cash in now to ensure they don’t lose him for nothing.

Manager Steve Bruce has spoken of demanding a big fee for the striker but the reality is that he has hardly played for Wigan this season, and the Latics boss will take what he can get to fund some of the fee required to make Amir Zaki's a permanent move.

Liverpool will face competition from Aston Villa for the striker's services, but Heskey has already indicated that he wants to go back to Anfield to rejoin the club he supported as a boy.

If the Merseyside club can get Heskey for £4m then a deal is a real possibility because they haven't given up hope of recouping that figure by shipping Jermaine Pennant out in the transfer window.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport....0995440

Doesnt score that many goals but is a nuisance for defenses and will help Keane an awful lot as a target man.

by **Toffeehater** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:10 am

Well if we are to go for heskey for 4 million , i'd rather buy owen who's more potent . Heskey goal scoring record is absurd but he has a very good target man and could be a perfect partner for torres .

by **tubby** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:55 pm

No please no more could be good target men. Why the :censored:

cant we just spend he money on Owen ffs. This will be a step back imo. Emile heskey? wtf We should have just kept Crouch then at least he scored goals too!!!!!!

by **metalhead** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:04 pm

Baffling to be honest, yes, a target man, but surely there are better target men in the market?

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by **Rush Job** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:12 am

bavlondon wrote:No please no more could be good target men. Why the cant we just spend he money on Owen ffs. This will be a step back imo. Emile heskey? wtf We should have just kept Crouch then at least he scored goals too!!!!!!

It was Crouch's decision to leave, Rafa likes to have a target man.

by **metalhead** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:22 am

Rush Job wrote:
bavlondon wrote:No please no more could be good target men. Why the cant we just spend he money on Owen ffs. This will be a step back imo. Emile heskey? wtf We should have just kept Crouch then at least he scored goals too!!!!!!

It was Crouch's decision to leave, Rafa likes to have a target man.

But surely there are better target men than heskey!

by **RUSHIE#9** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:27 am

Do we really need someone who's best skill is falling on his erse??

I think not. If Rafa has £4million to spend there must be someone out there more useful to us than Emile.

Before we know where we are Rafa'll be bringing IGOR back!!!

by **puroresu** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:02 am

please no. heskey is nowhere near good enough

by **red_guy** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:32 am

metalhead wrote:
Rush Job wrote:
bavlondon wrote:No please no more could be good target men. Why the cant we just spend he money on Owen ffs. This will be a step back imo. Emile heskey? wtf We should have just kept Crouch then at least he scored goals too!!!!!!

It was Crouch's decision to leave, Rafa likes to have a target man.

But surely there are better target men than heskey!

Yes. There are better target men out there but Heskey is the only one that we can afford. I don't mind as long as we have somebody who's different than our current strikers. As much as i like crouch, he chose to leave. So we need another one who can operate at least a little bit like him.

p.s . I didn't like Heskey back then and i don't know if i'm gonna like him or not if he's back.

by **HacksawJimDuggin** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:40 pm

Heskey will be a good partner for Keane if Torres gets injured again. Gives us something a little different to what we have already. I would support this move if it's £4m

by **DanAn** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:22 am

I just don't like the idea of picking up a 30y/o sub standard player because he's cheap. I'd much rather wait until we could afford a decent target man and make do with what we have for now. Or alternatively sell Babel and chase someone a bit more quality like Santa Cruiz or the guy from Benfica (Cardozo?).

by **Roger Red Hat** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:22 pm

anyone is better than the big gaping hole we have now.

we need cover - buy him.

by **El Nino_#9** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:09 am

i would support the signing of heskey, he'll bring a different option upfront.
although the £4m thats being said i think is a bit to much for a player who's contract is nearly up.
maybe exchange pennant in a straight swap?

by **Aussie Style** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:42 am

Apparently the Chelsea players want Drogba out. I know he won't be coming here but I would LOVE it if he did. I know his a diving c*nt but sh!t he fits a need, exactly what we need.

by **El Nino_#9** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:29 am

i can honestly say i'd HATE it if we signed drogba.
top footballer he may be, but he is also a :censored:

of the highest order!
don't need players with the attitude that he has at this club!

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