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Who are your club buying/selling?

It seems Liverpool are after Lucas Neill and Daniel Alves but I keep hearing Alves wont come until the summer.

Apparently we might be getting £12m for Crouch? If that happens I guess a striker will be coming in as well but to be honest I cant see Benitez letting him go until the summer.

i thought about doing a thread like this a couple of days ago, i like it when the window opens, all the gossip going around.

if liverpool get £12m for crouch whoever buys him will be bigger mugs than liverpool who forked out £7m for him.

Going back to who i think arsenal will buy. Wenger has said that he wont buy but he has said that for the last 2 january windows and he signed Reyes and Walcott.

I dont think many major dealings will happen this january with many teams, maybe chelsea.

I have heard that they might try to sign nesta from milan. Milan are after Lazio's captain who is a centre half and would take shevchenko back as part of the deal.

I know you probably wont but do you think Arsenal should buy anyone?

yeah, of course i do.

im not sure who is going to be avalible, i would like to see us buy a left back, a centre midfielder maybe a wide player and if you wouldve asked me 4-6 weeks ago i wouldve said another striker.

A left back because although i think clichy is good i would like to see either the young lads from either wigan or southampton sign.

A centre midfielder because i think we need 1 more to go with fabregas and gilberto, although saying that flamini has been very good lately when he has come in.

A wide player maybe SWP. i read today that the club have told Ljungberg he can go. TBH he is not the same player he was 2/3 years ago, along with the fact we have also lost Pires and Reyes i think that SWP would also add to the pace we have lost.

Another striker? like i said im not sure anymore. it looked like we relied too much on TH. I think his injury has been a bleesing in disguise. It has really bought the best out in Van Persie(whi i think will be special) and Adebayor who now looks like another great signing by wenger. If we did buy another striker i would like to see a world class name, maybe torres.

what about yourself? who do you think liverpool should buy? what positions do you think they need to improve?

It's easy for us.

The right hand side and up front.

On the left we have Warnock, Riise, Aurelio, Gonzales, Kewell, Zenden (centre also)

On the right we have Finnan and Pennant (Gerrard also)

We need a right back/right midfielder which Alves does well at in either position. Neill is also a decent full back on either side.

Up front we need a goal machine. We've not had one since Owen left. I think Kuyt and Bellamy were good signings but we still miss something that Crouch does not give us.

The only thing is whether Benitez will wait for the takeover to go for "more proven" names. I think Alves will come either way though. I like the look of him.

With Agger coming through well and Sissoko to come back from injury I think our central defence and midfield is only going to get better.

I wouldn't mind seeing Dudek go and Carson come back into the fold though.

I dont think there is enough room on the thread for Newcastle's needs!

The trouble with buying now is we'll get shafted even more than we do in the summer's.

My preferences::

1) A left Back. Baba just isnt good enough and is never fit. Not sure who we could get. Bridge is now on 90k and seems happy to be a bit part player.
2) A centre back. Not sure how long Bramble, Moore & Ramage are out for but Huntington is not good enough (Probably never will be)
3) A striker, Antione's got no legs though has done well.


no doubt instead we'll spend the money on someone we dont need like SWP.

We signed a tubby little ball of Scouse called Danny Cadamateri, a free agent after a six months drugs ban. Scored against Fulham yesterday though, looks to have some natural talent to go along with his beer belly

Elsewhere I expect we will look at major signings in about 2015 or later as apparently Manadric is on the verge of pulling out cos our books are shot to bits in terms of credibility

With not a penny to spend therefore I'll expect we'll be scouring the Conference North for raw talent.

Not happy times at the Crisp Bowl...

The question is how many midfielders will Spurs buy this time? ;)

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Its nice to see Sheff Utd keep nicking all of Leeds Utd's best players, its a nice reversal from the last 80 years with such legends as Currie, Sabella,Edwards and Deane going the other way.....tho we did paye 500k for Vinny Jones at one stage.......100k for his footballing skills and 400k to get the other players to improve..

As you may know I play poker with Calum Davenport

he tells me that he has been offered to Watford with Routledge in exchange for Young..Ashley Young is it?

and that Curbishley would like to sign him, but Jol wants Anton Ferdinand for Davenport plus cash

Either way, Calum is surplus at Spurs

In the last transfer window Wenger actually brought in Diaby, Adebayor and Walcott, although he has always said that he prefers to do his dealings in the summer months.

I think the fact that there was going to be a World Cup last summer thus giving him less time to manoeuvre was the reason behind that, although I do think he would move for a top-class left back if one were available. We do have an outstanding 16 year-old LB in Armand Traore, but he is realistically a good year away from giving Clichy serious competition for the first team slot.

West Ham are rumoured to have put a £7m bid for Freddie Ljundberg in.

When everyone is fit at Arsenal - i do not think we need much more.

against Sheff Utd we had 10 first teamers out - but now we have really just Gallas and Freddy.

Even Diaby is making his long awaited return tonite.

Also we have kids coming through.  Im a bit upset that we let Stokes go to Sunderland.  However if anyone else had scored 14 goals for Falkirk no Arsenal fan would care.  But i would have liked him to go on loan for another year to see if he does have it in the Championship.  Looks like Lupoli will stay at Derby or go back to Italy and with Alliadiere not good enough, I think we need a 4th striker but we prob can wait till the summer.  Need to see what is happening with Bendtner and whether Birmingham try to sign him

One might argue we need an extra midfielder maybe out wide - but with Gilberto, Cesc, Hleb, Rosicky, Walcott (for the moment until he is strong enough to play up top) Freddy, Diaby, Flamini, and even potentially Denilson and Song (yes i know he had a mare at Fulham as i was there but he prob still deserves another chance) thats a lot of players fighting for 4 places.

One position i wuld like is at left-back.  Clichy is good (a decent french u21 left back) but he is not an international and i think all our first choices should be internationals (he is the only one who isnt).  Not sure what the answer is.  Bale is only famous for his free kicks, ive never seen him play but can he defend at the highest level.  As Karabiner says Traore looks like he could be the future too and hopefully all will get to see him tonight.  We also have Gilbert at Cardiff who looks promising.

Obvioulsy goalkeeper needs to be sorted in the summer if Lehmann holds out for a 2 yr deal.  Personally id like him to accept a 1 yr deal.  I think at that age regardless of whther he is a goalie thats a decent offer.

So for once i can see why Wenger says he doesnt need to sign anyone.  The squad is coming back to full fitness, the kids are maturing nicely and i am hoping that they will start to show the consistency in the 2nd half.  No matter what people say it is still a transaition and i think the future looks very bright.

And in any event - who is there to sign?  If people are talking about £12mill for Crouch then this just sums it all up.  Its a mad world out there and long may Wenger keep picking up bargains.

This has got to be a joke!!!

He is 3 months short of 30, a shadow of the player he once was with 1 year left on his contract.

if we got £7m for him it would be the 2nd best business we've done ahead of selling Cygan to Villareal for £2m and just behind the £23 m we got for Le Sulk from Real Madrid!!

I get so confused by values - they seem so arbitrary at times.  In his defence he is the Swedish captain but at a time when they dont really have any great players.

i would bite their hand off

i agree with most of what you said. stokes shouldve been loaned to a championship side for the rest of the season and maybe next year too. Id like to see Bendtner back next year too.

in midfield you say we have alot of players fighting for 4 places but i just dont think the quality is there in depth. Yes gilberto and fabregas are good, flamini can do a job. We will have to see if diaby comes back from injury and can still do it. he was starting to look good. As for song i dont think he is anywhere near good enough, he was shocking at Fulham as you mentioned I also remember him playing at pompey last year and was just as bad.

Beckham is leaving RM in the summer apparently - wonder where he'll end up.

Don't bother looking at the Butcher's Arms - Droylsden wont be selling anyone as Chairman/Coach/Manager/Tea Lady Dave Pace wont be looking to sell while we look bound for the Conference.

COME ON YOU BLOODS!!!

if the Mandaric takeover goes ahead, and we'll know within 7 days, Iain Dowie will be appointed manager within 24 hours. Or so I am told. With £20m to spend by the end of Jan.

laugh? cry?

We laugh while you cry........

though we'll no doubt be playing you next season thanks to him :(

Well you never know, wouldn't be ironic if ferret-face kept you up and Curbs and WHU were to go down.

Dowie would have to keep us up first Matt...

Liverpool have completed the loan signing of an italian U-21 goalkeeper till the end of the season  with view to a long term deal


Go figure after what happened last night

Taxi for Dudek

We want Maschereno apparently?

Why bother when he cant get into the West Ham team? How good is this guy?

Young and Davies for £16million - spurs

West Ham are buying Lucas Neil and Callum Davenport.

Young as in Watford?
Davies as in West Brom?

I'd be suprised at that price. Watford will want the £9.65m West ham offered and West Brom have turned £10m before now

I hope Lucas Neil does go to West Ham - seems to have gone quiet on the Barc from! LOL

Very true. It's amazing what an agent will say for a payday!

If we do not get Davies, we will buy Micah Richards.

Vs some of the competition to buy him I seriously doubt it. If you dont get him this month his price and number of suitors will rise dramatically.

We have offered.  A. Gardner and P Stalteri +£10million.

Distain to Liverpool either now or in July

This been reported anywhere mate?

Calum goes to West Ham this morning  :)

Liverpool to sign Ayala on a free.

Neill to West Ham for a shitload more money than we offered.

Warnock to B'Burn for £1.5 mil.

Lucas Neill is on £60K per week allegedly, that seems a trifle high.  ::)

Apparently he's also a lifelong Liverpool fan!!

If ever a move was for money neil is one. Sigh what a loser.

Maybe he should have stayed at Blackburn on 5k a week? Or maybe go to Liverpool on 25k a week and play in the reserves?

He made the right decision IMO. West will not go down this season.

It's a terrific signing for West Ham IMO. They need a hard leader at the back.

Sure they may be paying him too much but what are rich owners for?! lol

In his interview on 5live tonight he said that Liverpool were halfhearted about him, so why not go somewhere that will pay him bucketloads and where he's going to be the main man?


Same for Ashley Young...short term over-priced and over-paid but having that sort of owner allows Villa to take the punt

Carew will score some goals up top for them too.

With Benitez's rotation policy he was always going to get games. So I find that a lame excuse.

Apparently Benitez saying he'd have to work for his place (like everyone else) meant we were halfhearted too. He says West Ham came in early and it took us 20 days to come in for him. We came in for him LAST SUMMER!! LOL!

Finally, he was offered a new contract at Blackburn almost 18 months ago!

Rotated in a team that plays CL football regularly who he's been a fan of for years or starting in a team that could well go down this year? Hmmm... tough one that.

Errr, how many games has Finnan been rotated in this season?

Almost none. Why do you think we are trying to sign Neill?

We dont have any right backs! It's not like he'd be competing on our left side without about eighty eight players!

Aaron the "lager" Baron


He's not bitter...........

Twisted and bitter thanks! ;)

Finnan is the top RB in the league at the moment. He will not be drop, he is one of the untouchables at Liverpool - alongside Gerrard, Reina and Carragher

He needs resting. He's 31 and played every game for the last 3 seasons. Plus I dont doubt he'd play Neill behind Finnan in some games and he'd also use him on the left now that Warnock has gone to B'Burn.

Sorry but if ever a move was motivated by money it was this one. At least if he'd gone to Chelsea he can use the Ashley Cole "I want to win things" chestnut. But West Ham?!?

He wants to win a Championship medal.......

PS Finnan is a "must have" in a dream team. Guaranteed points.

Actually made me laugh out loud.

Wigan will go down not West Ham

Not in the same league as Mikel and Hamman transfers!

I've got him

Hamman to City? More to do with his wife, or so I heard from my Liverpudlian buddies.

Murphy to Spurs is more money related.

Mikel - definately.

actually I am with you ...not the Hammers


I have a feeling that Sheff U might just go back. Wigan look in desperate form though admittedly

The Blades have been a revelation for me this season. Thought they were dead certs to go straight down tbh.

Their spirit is amazing. I hope they stay up.

Hamans wife must have not wanted to move to Bolton - home sick ::)

Murphy got fed up playing for a shite team - so he moved to Spurs to play in the reserves ::)

Mikel transfer was a joke. He ended up costing Chelsea £18million :D . How much did the club accept from Man U initially?

Cant remember but it wasn't much. Man U got their fee and £10 mil compensation?

Jokeski :D

I really hope we dont take the same route if our takeover happens.

You're a lemon?

A red lemon?

looks like ronaldos of to milan. Fat boy ronaldo that is.

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The Telegraph never write anything until the day before it happens! Not sure about the Guardian.

After years of reading all the major dailies everyday my paper fo choice is the Guardian. Their coverage is great and they seem very clued up.

some kind if mistake  where is the Daily Sport

I heard there's a conspiracy against the daily sport.

Someone said they've got loads of knockers.

Staying at Blackburn on 5k a week was not an option, so it's irrelevant. He was either going to stay on a better contract or leave.

When you have the chance to play for a massive club you support like Liverpool and you have faith in your own ability you don't go to West Ham and then make up some lame excuse to justify it.

Going to West Ham at the peak of your career says a lot about him, hope they go down.

I agree somewhat that he has gone to West Ham for the money - and I also hope they go down =)

But IMO it wasn't entirely about money. If Liverpool had a shit RB and not Steve Finnan, then I pretty sure he would have opted to play for Liverpool. At the peak of your career,which Neil is undoubtedly at; you do not want to be on the bench most games - and that would have been the case at Anfield.

Don't forget where you heard it first - i hope you all filled your boots on this tip!!

Droylsden F.C. won earlier this afternoon and with Kettering minus Big Ron failing to win it means we have won the Football Conference North and for the first time will be playing in the Football Conference!! :)

Roll on the away trip to Torquay!!

COME ON YOU BLOODS!!!