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Just wondering what everyone thought of the recent bid’s by Liverpool on barry & Robbie keane?
i think Barry is a very good player and has played well with England, but if they buy him which looks a done deal they will prob sell Alonso to me i would perfer to keep Alonso as they are very similar i can only think Raffa thinks to win league they need a player very similar but with more premership expierence??
with Keane he would be a good purchase although Spurs valuation of him is way out i think a straight swap for crouch would be about right if they were to offer crouch & money for Berbatov that would sem right, again with Keane i think it’s he has scored reg in the Premership which is the pool’s main objective….!!doesnt have to be about Liverpool any Transfer talk going….
Just wondering what everyone thought of the recent bid’s by Liverpool on barry & Robbie keane?
i think Barry is a very good player and has played well with England, but if they buy him which looks a done deal they will prob sell Alonso to me i would perfer to keep Alonso as they are very similar i can only think Raffa thinks to win league they need a player very similar but with more premership expierence??
with Keane he would be a good purchase although Spurs valuation of him is way out i think a straight swap for crouch would be about right if they were to offer crouch & money for Berbatov that would sem right, again with Keane i think it’s he has scored reg in the Premership which is the pool’s main objective….!!doesnt have to be about Liverpool any Transfer talk going….
Wouldn’t like to say which of Alonso/Barrie is the better player for L’pool but I do think that the 20m valuation on both Barrie and Keane is very steep
I stated a couple of weeks ago on another thread that Jo would go to Man City (now done), Nasri to Arsenal (99% done), Berbatov to Barca or Man U (likely to be Man U) and Crouch to Portsmouth (still likely). David Villa may now stay.
Adebayor may well leave Arsenal if wenger can get a suitable replacement. Eto’o and Santa Cruz are possible there.
Ronaldinho wants Italy but his wages are too high so it will probably be Chelsea or Man City. Chelsea depends on if the C Ronaldo/Robinho scenario plays out or not.
United monitoring Falcao and Phillipe Lahm.
A lot of deals are part of chain and it needs only one link to break and that impacts on a lot of others.
Just as interesting to me is the Queirioz to Portugal manager question. If he goes there is the possibility that David Moyes replaces him with a promise that he succeeds Fergie.
It really could happen!Ronaldino is another i cant believe a big team has not taking a look at, i think he can still do a job… if he goes to Man City just say and has a great season there will be a que of teams looking for him, i wouldnt like to write him off just yet, he was great before the 06 world cup, hope he does recapture that form as was a pleasure to watch!
Ronaldino is another i cant believe a big team has not taking a look at, i think he can still do a job… if he goes to Man City just say and has a great season there will be a que of teams looking for him, i wouldnt like to write him off just yet, he was great before the 06 world cup, hope he does recapture that form as was a pleasure to watch!
I’m sure all the big teams know of his undoubted quality but his wages would need to be so high that he would prove a very costly signing (his arrival would spark others at the same club to seek a raise) and while he is probably still capable of top class football I feel that it would only be in short bursts. Other players are capable of more consistent production at a similar level at a lot lower cost.
True enough but you would have thought Chelzki would have no problem in this?? anyway looke like he’s of to Italy is it true CaCa is on way to Stamford Bridge?
Barry £18m – too high priced
Keane – £10m maxJust to let you know that i am a west brom fan before you think im a Liverpool fan haha. I think highly of Barry and i think that he is a cracking player but £18m? No. I believe that £14m is about right for the player. Still Carricks transfer was a joke as Barry is better than Michael.
Keane, well, what a player! Ex Dingle and i think that Liverpool should buy him at any cost. £10m max.Crouch is a good buy for Pompey
The transfer market seems very volatile. If I recall correctly, not long ago Liverpool were asking Villa for £10m to sign Scott Carson on a permanent basis, Now, according to Sky Sports, they have agreed a fee of £3.5m with Stoke, which if correct seems a bargain price for a promising young keeper already capped for England.
I can’t help feeling that if Liverpool had asked Villa for say £6m, they might have made more for Carson who would then have gone to a frankly much better side than Stoke. If he does sign it is surely odds on he’ll be in the Championship this time next year.
This, coupled with the protracted tooing and froing over Barry, makes me think that one of the US owners of Liverpool is right and the Liverpool CE should go.
Over inflated transfer fees for overrated and over paid footballers.
Welcome to the English premiership.
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Over inflated transfer fees for overrated and over paid footballers.
Welcome to the English premiership.
Maybe so, but was the £500,000 that some golfer bagged for winning a recent competition in Scotland (the Scottish Open?) OTT also?
I agree that premieship players are overrated and overpaid, but why is it that footballers bear the brunt of the publics’ antipathy towards high earnings but golfers, F1 drivers, tennis players, boxers etc. don’t?
It’s a free market, and whilst if I was a multi-millionaire, I wouldn’t want to pay a footballer mega-bucks, if some businesses do, then that’s their decision. Good luck to the players for making the most of their "talent". It’s hardly their fault that clubs are daft enough to pay them so much.i was just thinking why are liverpool looking for €30mill for Alonso but will only offer €18 for Barry?, to me is suggest they rate Alonso as a better player if so why get rid? if it’s to get more funds i can kind of understand but if it’s just to replace Alonso why?
I cannot believe that Liverpool paid 20 million for Robbie Keane.
Crazy.
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Footballers get the bad press because a) They play a very high profile game. b) Winning half a million for a golf tournament is nothing compared to 100 K+ a week some of these girls are paid for playing football. EVERY WEEK, even when they are injured or playing poorly. c) Do the best players in golf get caught in clubs, brothels, casinos,or in fights or spit roasting a couple of tarts in a hotel room? I don’t think so…John Daly in a casino, he has been
But there is a significant difference between the way other sportsmen carry themselves and behave and footballers. IMO That is not to say ALL footballers are like this and that all other sportsmen are squeeky clean. Of course they are not. I am generallising but am still right as to why they get the bad press.IMOCrizzy, what you say about footballers might well be true. But they don’t get 100K a week for their social life, they get it for their "skill" with a football.
Mike Tyson was a great boxer but you wouldn’t want him to baby sit for you would you? So should he have been paid less as a boxer?
Same question applies to footballers. They may be right tossers, but if the going rate for their "talent" is £100K per week – then that’s what they should get. It’s the free market.
But there is a significant difference between the way other sportsmen carry themselves and behave and footballers. IMO That is not to say ALL footballers are like this and that all other sportsmen are squeeky clean. Of course they are not. I am generallising but am still right as to why they get the bad press.IMO- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.