Transfer News
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Persistent Benitez to clinch Liverpool deal for Alves
Sevilla expect to sell Daniel Alves to Liverpool this week.
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez's persistence is expected to see a deal struck for the Brazilian in the coming days. The Premiership giants have offered £7 million, while Sevilla are holding out for £12 million.
While haggling over fees, Benitez has spent the last three weeks in contact with Alves' representatives, assuring them of his admiration of the player and his confidence in closing a deal.
Benitez has informed Alves he sees his future as an out-and-out right winger, rather than a fullback. -
Liverpool boss Benitez ends Alves talks
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has accepted defeat in his pursuit of Sevilla fullback Daniel Alves.
"You can say the price is the price, but you also have to consider the market, and we cannot pay a fee over the market price," said Benitez.
"Some clubs may pay more than the player is worth, but we can't do that at Liverpool. We can't pay over the market price.
"I am not the kind of manager who will pay £20m if the value is only £10million."
Benitez eventually lost patience with Sevilla, who refused to budge on the £12m they wanted for Alves.
But Benitez had little room for manoeuvre as Alves would use up all his transfer kitty, leaving him nothing to bring in the forward he also wants.
Looks like we gonna shop some where else which lead to those blood sucking clubs.. just like the following...
Birmingham tell Liverpool: £8M for Pennant
Birmingham City have slapped an £8 million price-tag on winger Jermaine Pennant.
Brum have told Liverpool that it will cost them that amount for the England U21 winger.
As speculation mounted yesterday that an improved offer of around £5million would be forthcoming, manager Steve Bruce made it clear Blues would hold out for the deal that suited them.
Bruce told the Birmingham Mail: "It's how far they are prepared to go. If they don't meet our valuation, then I suppose Liverpool will move on.
"It's like us with Gary McSheffrey, we will do exactly the same if Coventry City don't accept what we have offered." -
Looked like Jermanine Pennant is the more likely deal to go through ..... might be just around 7 million would suit both party fine .
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£6million Pennant could be Liverpool bound
Liverpool are on the brink of capturing winger Jermaine Pennant in a £6million plus move from Birmingham.
Sources close to the Coca-Cola Championship club claim a deal has been agreed and that the player is on his way to Liverpool for further talks.
Liverpool have been trailing the former Arsenal youngster for several weeks, but had Sevilla's Brazilian right-sided midfielder Daniel Alves as their number one target.
But the Spanish club are insisting on a £12million deal, and Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez considers that too high, a fee which would wipe out his entire summer transfer budget.
Benitez claimed on Monday that there 'could be another two players in by the weekend,' and his first target was clearly Pennant.
Birmingham have confirmed that they have turned down one bid of £3.5million from the Anfield club, and Blues boss Steve Bruce claimed he was insisting on an £8million fee because of the 25% sell-on clause in the deal when he signed the player from Arsenal for £3million 12 months ago.
Talks during the day are believed to have seen Liverpool agree a £6.2million deal, which will leave Benitez funds to bring in another striker.
That could be Feyenoord's Holland international Dirk Kuyt, but again they will have to try to negotiate down the Dutch club's £12million asking price.
Liverpool have tried one player-cash approach, believed to involve Jan Kromkamp and Jerzy Dudek in part exchange, which was rejected.
But if the deal for Pennant - whose agent declined to discuss the situation on Monday - finally goes through, it will solve a year long problem for Benitez.
He has been trying to sign a right-sided attacker for the past three transfer windows.
Earlier in the day, Bruce confirmed he had already rejected an offer of around £3.5million from Benitez.
He said: 'We had an offer from Liverpool which we rejected and, until they meet our valuation of Jermaine Pennant, they will get the same answer.
'There's only been one bid, of around £3.5million. We paid £3million for Jermaine plus we owe Arsenal 25% of any sell-on fee.
'We don't want to sell him for £3.5million, that's for sure. Now it's a question of how far Liverpool are prepared to go in meeting our valuation.'
Bruce could use the money from a Pennant deal for Coventry striker Gary McSheffrey after the player insisted he was committed to the Sky Blues.
Birmingham have had two bids rejected for the player who was Coventry's leading scorer last season.
Bruce is keen to bring in new firepower to supplement DJ Campbell, Mikael Forssell and Cameron Jerome, particularly after the sale of Emile Heskey to Wigan for £5.5million. -
Carson & Anderson sign new deals
Carson and Anderson will travel with the first-team squad to Switzerland
Liverpool duo Scott Carson and Paul Anderson have signed new improved contracts with the Anfield club.
Carson, 20, England's third goalkeeper at the World Cup, has extended his contract by two years to pledge his future to the club until 2011.
Winger Anderson, 18, part of Liverpool's FA Youth Cup-winning side last season, has extended his deal by three years - taking him to 2010.
Anderson joined Liverpool from Hull in January after a successful trial.
He has figured in both of Liverpool's first-team friendlies this season and scored an impressive goal against Wrexham earlier this month.
Carson, who had a spell on loan at Sheffield Wednesday last season, is likely to be Jose Reina's understudy this campaign.
He travelled to Germany as England back-up to Paul Robinson and David James after injury ruled Robert Green out of the World Cup.
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tnp reported today liverpool is highly active in transfer market. wow!
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Liverpool to offer terms to Christodoulopoulos
Liverpool are ready to offer terms to PAOK Salonica striker Lazaros Christodoulopoulos.
It is believed he has been offered a three-year contract having been spotted by Liverpool's new chief scout Eduardo Macia playing for PAOK Salonika.
Christodoulopoulos has a get-out clause of just over £130,000 so Liverpool will not see that as much of a gamble for a young striker who has shown tremendous form for the Greek club. -
Liverpool boss Benitez admits new striker needed
Rafael Benitez feels Liverpool "need another striker" and the Anfield chief is tipped to step up his chase for Feyenoord hitman Dirk Kuyt.
The Reds boss watched his troops lose again on their pre-season travels, with Craig Bellamy starting as a lone striker in the 2-0 defeat by Grasshoppers Zurich.
Benitez admitted: "Maybe it's too late for the Champions League qualification round, but there is one month left and that gives us the time to sign the player we need.
"I think we still need an extra striker, just in case.
"I'm happy with the strikers we have but I think we need another and I'm confident we'll sign one."
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Liverpool's Barragan completes Depor switch
Antonio Barragan has completed his £675,000 move from Liverpool to Deportivo La Coruna.
The right-back has signed a five-year deal with the Primera Liga side, although Liverpool have reserved the right to buy the 19-year-old back after the second or third year for £475,000.
Barragan, a Spain Under-19 international, moved to Merseyside from Sevilla in July 2005 after turning down a professional contract with the Andalusians.
His only appearance for Liverpool came as a substitute in their Champions League third-round qualifier against CSKA Sofia last August.
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£10m target given permission to fly to Merseyside
Feyenoord have given striker Dirk Kuyt permission to travel to Merseyside to check out Anfield and the Melwood facilities.
Liverpool hope to agree a transfer fee for the player within the next few days.
Usually a fee is agreed before a player is given permission to speak directly to an interested club so judging by Feyenoord's decision it sounds like a deal may not me a million miles away in their eyes.
Chelsea continue to be linked with the player and their chief executive Peter Kenyon will have a chance to meet-up with Kuyt on Tuesday.
Liverpool have important dates with Maccabi Haifa and Chelsea coming up so opportunities to squeeze a visit in for Kuyt and his agent are tight but not impossible.
Although things look to be going ok, we're not 100% convinved as things currently stand that Kuyt is in the bag. We won't be convinced until we see him in a Liverpool shirt.
It should be an interesting week. Expect new names to be linked with us before the club head to Cardiff.
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Officials heading to Holland to try and secure transfer
Numerous officials from various Premier League clubs are on their way to Holland to try and capture the signing of Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt.
The Liverpool target should play for Feyenoord against Middlesbrough on Sunday in a pre-season friendly and according to various newspaper reports today, the 'Big Guns' will all be in Holland to try and sell their clubs.
Newcastle United, Chelsea and Manchester United will all have representatives at the game but it's not known if Liverpool will send anyone as we're already favourites to land him having approached the negotiating table a lot earlier.
It is also claimed that the player has been given permission to check out Liverpool's facilities while negotiations for his fee are ongoing but there is nothing to back up these claims at this time.
Despite a lot of paper talk, it would appear that only Liverpool have actually made any kind of formal approach, unless of course Feyenoord are keeping things 'inhouse'.
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Will Liverpool get the fourth striker they need?
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Kuyt will join Liverpool in an around £10m deal , for sure this time , no hihacking from anyone , he only interested in joining true Champion !
Expect Chelsea to come in late , not a genuine approach , which is to disrupt the frequency between us and Feyenoord .
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Too much unnecessary competition for this guy.
Too expensive and a potential flop like the robot.
Liverpool do need a striker and a holding mid-fielder.
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Liverpool linked with River Plate hotshot Higuain
Liverpool have been linked with River Plate's young striker Gonzalo Higuain.
Sources from River Plate have claimed Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard's brother, who is working as an agent, is in negotiations with Liverpool and a deal maybe concluded by Monday.
But the 20-year-old striker, who was born in France but is Argentinian, told reporters he knows nothing any possible transfer.
"I don't know anything about it yet," said Higuain. "I would like to win something here with River first, before going to Europe. I'm focused only on River.
"If a formal offer materialises, I will discuss it with my family and the club."
Higuian notched six goals in 15 domestic league games, plus two goals in four matches in the Copa Libertadores, and looks like a real prospect.
He added: "It would be nice to be in Europe, but I want to stay and win a title at River first.
"Increasingly, players are going to Europe young, but I have to be patient. I'm progressing well here and I have to continue doing so.
"But this is are only speculation. We still have to wait for an official offer but my head is here." -
Liverpool boss Benitez: Kuyt on list
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez admits he wants a new striker after seeing his team struggle to beat Maccabi Haifa last night.
The glaring need for more forward options was obvious and speculation continues that Liverpool are closer to signing ?10million-rated Holland international Dirk Kuyt.
Yet even though Benitez now has an extra ?2million from selling Djimi Traore to Charlton, he remained cagey.
He said: "We have two or three names, Kuyt is one. We are still working hard but maybe a little closer."
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Liverpool turn to Werder Bremen ace Klose
Liverpool are ready to turn to Werder Bremen ace Miroslav Klose after Juventus upped their asking price for David Trezeguet.
The Sunday Mirror says Liverpool had been informed that the France striker was available for just over ?6.5m, but Juventus have since doubled their asking price.
The demoted Italian champions are under no pressure to sell any more players following the departure of several big names.
Reds boss Rafa Benitez is now looking at German World Cup star Klose. The Werder Bremen striker is valued at about ?8m - within Benitez's budget
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Originally posted by edi_77777:
Look like Benitez is trying to bring someone to challenge Crouch for the first team , he tried to bring in the likes of players like Trezequet , Kyut , Klose , those physical type of player .
[b]Liverpool turn to Werder Bremen ace Klose
Liverpool are ready to turn to Werder Bremen ace Miroslav Klose after Juventus upped their asking price for David Trezeguet.
The Sunday Mirror says Liverpool had been informed that the France striker was available for just over ?6.5m, but Juventus have since doubled their asking price.
The demoted Italian champions are under no pressure to sell any more players following the departure of several big names.
Reds boss Rafa Benitez is now looking at German World Cup star Klose. The Werder Bremen striker is valued at about ?8m - within Benitez's budget
It's 1 deal i love to see it come true![/b]
Plus that warning to Crouch , seemed like Benny is trying to put pressure on Crouch to perform . -
Kuyt prefers Newcastle over Liverpool
Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt has delivered a snub to Liverpool, declaring he'd prefer a move to Newcastle United.
"I know quite a bit about Newcastle, they're one of the best supported teams in the Premier League and a typical English club," Kuyt is quoted as saying.
"I would consider a move to Liverpool - they're likely to progress to the Champions League group stages. I would love to play in that competition but my first choice is Newcastle."
And the Dutchman suggested the adoration he would receive at St James's Park had tilted him in that direction.
"I've always wanted to be a hero," he admitted.
"I know Feyenoord are asking a massive fee and I don't know if Newcastle are willing to match that."
Now Kuyt is really pissing me off.. Where he wanna go?! Liverpool should just concentrate on signing Klose to Anfield.. he is a much better choice.. -
Why am I seeing conflicting reports on Kuyt?
Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt will turn down the opportunity to earn twice as much money with Newcastle United than he will at Liverpool, claims a source close to the player's agent.
http://www.koptalk.com/detail_subtitle_listing.php?link_id=3996&subid=2&sticky=0
Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry is today trying to conclude a deal for the Dutch international in the hope of landing him before the weekend but with the player on international duty, that may not be possible.
Ideally Rafa would like the £10million hitman at Melwood before the weekend but he may have to wait until the Sheffield United fixture is out of the way unless Feyenoord agree to his early release.
A source close to agent Rob Jansen told us: "Newcastle United have offered Kuyt around £90,000-a-week to join them. That's how much he means to them. Liverpool have offered him less than half of that.
"The fee isn't a problem but Feyenoord want this paying quickly or with a significant advance of cash. Liverpool are tying to keep this amount low whereas Newcastle have offered a bigger incentive to Feyenoord to deal with them instead.
"Money has never been a big issue in Dirk's career which is why he's never been in a rush to leave Feyenoord."
He added: "Of course he'd prefer to move to Liverpool and if they pay him less he's fine with this. He will only move to Newcastle if the Anfield door is closed on him by Feyenoord."
Meanwhile the Liverpool Daily Post are today reporting that Rafa is 'back at his desk at Melwood today hoping to conclude the £10m switch of Dirk Kuyt'. -
contradicted reports !
Edi's one might be from Tribalfootball , they always reported reverse news .
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Liverpool finalise ?10M deal for Dutch ace Kuyt
Liverpool are on the verge of landing Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt.
The Guardian says Kuyt has reached an agreement with Feyenoord that he will be permitted to leave Rotterdam for Anfield once a fee has been thrashed out between the clubs.
Reports in Holland last night suggested the striker had already met the Merseysiders' manager, Rafael Benitez, to discuss the transfer though negotiations between the two clubs are understood to be ongoing.
Kuyt has told Feyenoord he will only consider joining Liverpool, so thwarting hopes of an auction with Newcastle United.
Funds are relatively tight at Anfield and, while Liverpool could offer Feyenoord a deal worth up to ?10m for the international, they would look to stagger payments over the course of his contract.
Ya mine is from tribal..
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I still believe Kuyt is pretty good. Even if you dun believe me, believe in Rafa!
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I believe Kuyt believe in getting more salary.
That is why there are conflicting reports about the same players.
Or else it is just the press in trying stir shit over the transfer issues.
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Feyenoord and Liverpool have both confirmed that a transfer fee has been agreed for striker Dirk Kuyt.
The player will now undergo a medical and he could be a Red before the end of the day.
Feyenoord have refused to make public how much the actual fee is but they have said it is a straight cash deal involving no players joining them from Anfield.Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt has arrived at Melwood to undergo a medical ahead of his proposed switch to the Reds.
Source: Koptalk
The highly-rated Dutch hitman has agreed personal terms and he's expected to complete his move later today in time to be in the squad for the trip to Sheffield United.
Details of his transfer fee haven't been revealed as yet.
Now only the medical stands in the way of a 4th senior striker for Liverpool.
Dirk Kuyt's past stats:
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I saw Kuyt got interviewed just after netherland beat ireland , he did say something will be out very soon , newcastle or liverpool , he didn't make it any obvious , just mentioned something like his dream team .
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Yup Kuyt is already at Liverpool. Hope he can bang in goals