To the other LFC supporters on here....

[jizzemm]

He's never worth £18 mil...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/7450271.stm

Villa are like birds, playing hard to get, but they give in eventually, and it never costs you as much as you think it was gonna

[TheChipPrince]

If they've rejected £15mil, I would move along ASAP

Its all much of a muchness anyway, he doesn't come, Alonso doesn't go, he comes, Alonso goes, for about the same fee...

Hardly a Torres like inspired signing for us to 'push for the league'

[kinboshi]

£12M and I think he's a good buy.  For £18M it's good bye.

I don't know how much Bentley is valued at, but I think he'd potentially add a lot more to the side than Barry.  I'd be happy to have both though (at the right price).

[Nem]

£12M and I think he's a good buy.  For £18M it's good bye.

I don't know how much Bentley is valued at, but I think he'd potentially add a lot more to the side than Barry.  I'd be happy to have both though (at the right price).

£30million.

I would cry with laughter if Liverpool paid £30million for Bentley and Barry. For an extra £5million they could have Berbatov, a player who would work well with Torres and a guaranteed improvement on what you already have.

Is Bentley and Barry that superior to Pennant and Alonso?

[TheChipPrince]

£12M and I think he's a good buy.  For £18M it's good bye.

I don't know how much Bentley is valued at, but I think he'd potentially add a lot more to the side than Barry.  I'd be happy to have both though (at the right price).

£30million.

I would cry with laughter if Liverpool paid £30million for Bentley and Barry. For an extra £5million they could have Berbatov, a player who would work well with Torres and a guaranteed improvement on what you already have.

Is Bentley and Barry that superior to Pennant and Alonso?

Not really, but we would get £20mil for Pennant & Alonso, so it would be cost £10mil for '2 in, 2 out'

[boldie]

for 20 mill they could have Moutinho..

[Nem]

£12M and I think he's a good buy.  For £18M it's good bye.

I don't know how much Bentley is valued at, but I think he'd potentially add a lot more to the side than Barry.  I'd be happy to have both though (at the right price).

£30million.

I would cry with laughter if Liverpool paid £30million for Bentley and Barry. For an extra £5million they could have Berbatov, a player who would work well with Torres and a guaranteed improvement on what you already have.

Is Bentley and Barry that superior to Pennant and Alonso?

Not really, but we would get £20mil for Pennant & Alonso, so it would be cost £10mil for '2 in, 2 out'

I honestly cannot see Liverpool getting £20million for Pennant and Alonso.

[kinboshi]

£12M and I think he's a good buy.  For £18M it's good bye.

I don't know how much Bentley is valued at, but I think he'd potentially add a lot more to the side than Barry.  I'd be happy to have both though (at the right price).

£30million.

I would cry with laughter if Liverpool paid £30million for Bentley and Barry. For an extra £5million they could have Berbatov, a player who would work well with Torres and a guaranteed improvement on what you already have.

Is Bentley and Barry that superior to Pennant and Alonso?

Not really, but we would get £20mil for Pennant & Alonso, so it would be cost £10mil for '2 in, 2 out'

I honestly cannot see Liverpool getting £20million for Pennant and Alonso.

The fee being mentioned for Alonso is over £14M.  I don't want to see him go, and don't see Barry as an improvement overall (he is better in some areas, and Alonso better in others).

As for Bentley in for Pennant.  Would it be an improvement?  Well, Pennant doesn't actually get to play much - and if Bentley did then yes I think that would be an improvement.  I'm one of the few Liverpool fans that actually think Pennant is an asset to the side, and I'll be sad to see him and Crouch leave.  Definitely be sad to see Alonso leave.

[The Baron]

I agree with Kinboshi.

For anything above 15 million I wouldnt bother. Let Villa keep a player who doesnt want to be there and strengthen the arears that need strengthening.

As for Pennant I too rate him - he was very unlucky with injuries after a brilliant end to last season.

[Nem]

One thing I hate about the top 4 especially Liverpool is that they tap up players' from other clubs, then they buy them and only play them <20 games per season. This is why I feel that either the ECL qualification has to 3 teams only, so that the top 4 cannot buy up all the talent and make the teams' around them weaker. Another idea could be to make the ECL qualification more interesting is that they could introduce a playoff system for 2nd-5th or 3rd-6th and they play for a ECL place at the end - I think they do something similar in the Greek league.

[The Baron]

Behave. Whilst Man U and Chelsea pay well over the odds for players not worth the money, (but the seling club is vastly over compansated) how can you apply that logic to Arsenal and Liverpool?

[TheChipPrince]

£12M and I think he's a good buy.  For £18M it's good bye.

I don't know how much Bentley is valued at, but I think he'd potentially add a lot more to the side than Barry.  I'd be happy to have both though (at the right price).

£30million.

I would cry with laughter if Liverpool paid £30million for Bentley and Barry. For an extra £5million they could have Berbatov, a player who would work well with Torres and a guaranteed improvement on what you already have.

Is Bentley and Barry that superior to Pennant and Alonso?

Not really, but we would get £20mil for Pennant & Alonso, so it would be cost £10mil for '2 in, 2 out'

I honestly cannot see Liverpool getting £20million for Pennant and Alonso.

I think £12mil Alonso, £6mil Pennant would be fair fees, but the Alonso fee is supposed to be £14mil...

[Nem]

Behave. Whilst Man U and Chelsea pay well over the odds for players not worth the money, (but the seling club is vastly over compansated) how can you apply that logic to Arsenal and Liverpool?

My grip is with Liverpool in particular. Benyanoun, Pennant, Barry etc... The top 4 do not look like they will even be broken, therefore, something has to be done imo.

[The Baron]

Pennant was taken from a relegated club as was Crouch.

Benayoun is probably fair comment as I doubt he'd have left West Ham unless we'd come in. But he was always going to be a direct replacement for Garcia and if he thought he'd be playing more he's on drugs.

Barry we are going to pay over the odds for by the look of it and if Alonso goes he'll play every game he's fit for.

Not really sure what the problem is?

[Josedinho]

i think Barry is alot better than Alonso and 15mil is a fair price so if you sold Alonso for that and managed to get barry for that then i think you've done well.

Not the signing that will win you the league but i reckon it will close the gap slightly.