Their bid for Granero has been rejected I believe. Mind you he looks like a scouser...
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Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527
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Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18773700
Liverpool close to signing Roma forward Fabio Borini
Carroll out?
Liverpool close to signing Roma forward Fabio Borini
Carroll out?
He's only just signed for Roma after a loan spell there last season..... Plus I read a week or so ago him stating that he didn't want to go to any other club except Roma.
Very odd.
I can't see Carroll working under Rodgers, wouldn't surprise me to see them try to cash in on him although they'll never get anywhere near back what they paid out.
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Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Honestly agree with this.
Might even go as high as 10m... Would be a half decent 'plan b'..
(Or c/d/e)
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Same here. I think he has struggled at Liverpool but he's a better striker than people give him credit for. I'm not sure about his link up play but he can finish and is very good in the air, he could be our new Crouch (said because I read someone say that we haven't replaced Crouch yet).
DHSF
Les Ferdinand
Sorry I should have made it clearer
If Liverscum give us 5m I would take the donkey. I didnt mean we pay them. They pay us.
chicken_badge
Gudni Bergsson
Agreed, as was Crouch. Just a shame that Harry used him as a plan A and had no plan B.
Feed the donkey and he will score.
NewYorkSpurs
Steven Caulker
Borini was on loan with Swansea in 2011, and also worked with Rodgers at Chelsea I think. So there's that connection.
The most annoying thing about lumping the ball up to Crouch was that no-one twigged he was terrible in the air. Carroll can at least jump and head the ball.
Borini and Gaston Ramirez would be great signings for Pool. I did think that Roma had just bought 100% of Borini's rights a week or two ago (though maybe it was in anticipation of a sale); and the link to Ramirez is an old one that comes from Comolli's days.
It's not a bad idea to go after BR's choices in players - I'd love Vorm here (though he's not nearly as used to a high line as some people think...Swansea typically retain possession in their own half) and he'd be cheaper than Krul or Lloris. Joe Allen would not be bad either, even if he's no replacement for Modders.
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I assume we still have quite a bit of business to do too:
Adebayor
marquee Modric replacement
1 sweeper keeper (doubt it will be Lloris due to price tag and lack of stylistic fit)
1 wing forward
a few teenagers in Fryers (LB back-up, with Naughton as RB competition?) and Lascelles (long-term defensive prospect).
Plus a lot of deadwood shifting - I think Gio and even Iago Falque will try to compete for the wing forward spot in AVB's 4-3-3, but I'm sure we're trying to shift Bentley, Jenas (long-term ankle issue), Pienaar, and at least one CB.
I'd prefer us to look outside the PL if possible, esp La Liga and Serie A though they don't like to move up here. I think the Euros has really shown the gulf in technical ability between relatively unknown/average players from other leagues and PL-based players who weren't brought up in other leagues (ie not Silva, Modric).
It's not a bad idea to go after BR's choices in players - I'd love Vorm here (though he's not nearly as used to a high line as some people think...Swansea typically retain possession in their own half) and he'd be cheaper than Krul or Lloris. Joe Allen would not be bad either, even if he's no replacement for Modders.
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I assume we still have quite a bit of business to do too:
Adebayor
marquee Modric replacement
1 sweeper keeper (doubt it will be Lloris due to price tag and lack of stylistic fit)
1 wing forward
a few teenagers in Fryers (LB back-up, with Naughton as RB competition?) and Lascelles (long-term defensive prospect).
Plus a lot of deadwood shifting - I think Gio and even Iago Falque will try to compete for the wing forward spot in AVB's 4-3-3, but I'm sure we're trying to shift Bentley, Jenas (long-term ankle issue), Pienaar, and at least one CB.
I'd prefer us to look outside the PL if possible, esp La Liga and Serie A though they don't like to move up here. I think the Euros has really shown the gulf in technical ability between relatively unknown/average players from other leagues and PL-based players who weren't brought up in other leagues (ie not Silva, Modric).
Richie
Naybet
He is comfortably worth £10m, I'd even take him around the £12m price. Showed his talent at Saudi Sportswashing Machine, but 4 goals in 34 Premiership appearances last season raises question marks.
We have the players to play to his strengths with Bale and Lennon, no reason he wouldn't thrive in our team.
braineclipse
Willie Hall
What parts of Lorris' game doesn't fit into AVB's style? (Just wondering about your opinion, not having a go)