Liverpool

[DeLorean]

Yossi to leave. £9 million the supposed fee.

Always thought he got a rew deal there anyway. Has a great work rate and bags of quality but never knew if he was in the side until matchday, and often wasn't. Compare this to Kuyt who has a great work rate and zero quality but is an ever present. Any idea who's interested in him? £9m is a decent fee for him though, he is 30 after all.

Edit: It ok, I found an article about it
CSKA prepare £9m bid for Benayoun (http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/transfer_talk/22472/cska-moscow-prepare-9m-bid-for-liverpools-yossi-benayoun.html)

[shakermaker1982]

http://www.savills.co.uk/residentialsearch/propertydetail.aspx?pID=245359

Stevie G's house up for sale.......

[KK77]

http://www.savills.co.uk/residentialsearch/propertydetail.aspx?pID=245359

Stevie G's house up for sale.......

Unless he's moved from Formby to Blundelsands in the last 24 hours........that is not his house.

[BrayUnknowns]

How unearth could you know what a Premiership footballers house looks like ?

[KK77]

How unearth could you know what a Premiership footballers house looks like ?

It is not his house. If you don't believe me that's up to you.

[shakermaker1982]

Unless he's moved from Formby to Blundelsands in the last 24 hours........that is not his house.

It's a joke email doing the rounds.

[KK77]

It's a joke email doing the rounds.

That most believe!

[old git]

How unearth could you know what a Premiership footballers house looks like ?

unless he is involved in the recent break-ins on liverpool players houses :D

[KK77]

unless he is involved in the recent break-ins on liverpool players houses :D

That's me rumbled!

[Ciaran W]

Haha liverpool are embarrasing ;)

[KK77]

Haha liverpool are embarrasing ;)

Amazing perils of wisdom!

[KK77]

Always thought he got a rew deal there anyway. Has a great work rate and bags of quality but never knew if he was in the side until matchday, and often wasn't. Compare this to Kuyt who has a great work rate and zero quality but is an ever present. Any idea who's interested in him? £9m is a decent fee for him though, he is 30 after all.

Edit: It ok, I found an article about it
CSKA prepare £9m bid for Benayoun (http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/transfer_talk/22472/cska-moscow-prepare-9m-bid-for-liverpools-yossi-benayoun.html)

Not sure myself about CSKA but the speculation that Chelsea are interested i can confirm is true. Would be shocked if he was still at Liverpool after the summer.

[Banker]

Rafa must go!

[The Don]

Id laugh at the current situation at the pool only for we could be finding ourselves in the same boat before long.

[KK77]

Dalglish, Rush and possibly Sammy Lee until new owners are found. Dalglish will be play role in looking for new man.

[old git]

Dalglish, Rush and possibly Sammy Lee until new owners are found. Dalglish will be play role in looking for new man.

not many available managers around at the moment :phone2: as a pool fan who would you hope for new manager...

[KK77]

not many available managers around at the moment :phone2: as a pool fan who would you hope for new manager...

If he would come i would like to see Harry Redknapp.

[balls]

how bout mark hughes??

[old git]

If he would come i would like to see Harry Redknapp.

hard to see harry leaving spurs especially now with champions league football next year .... see sven goran erickson is sniffing around in most of the papers today... hope liverpool have more sense ... would like to see hodgson get a go off it myself ..

[Roadend]

Good to people hoping for inferior managers to RB being looked for in here, very promising

[old git]

Good to people hoping for inferior managers to RB being looked for in here, very promising

how are redknapp & hodgson inferior ... just because they have not won alot of trophies does not make them any less of a manager,, both have done great jobs at unfashionable clubs with not alot of money... and who knows if they were at liverpool they may achive more than RB . im sure alot of liverpool fans out there would not consider benetiz a great manager .. personally i think he inherited a half decent team and had alot of luck winning major trophies :ball:

[seand]

how are redknapp & hodgson inferior ... just because they have not won alot of trophies does not make them any less of a manager,, both have done great jobs at unfashionable clubs with not alot of money... and who knows if they were at liverpool they may achive more than RB . im sure alot of liverpool fans out there would not consider benetiz a great manager .. personally i think he inherited a half decent team and had alot of luck winning major trophies :ball:

Redknapp did a great job on Portsmouth alright- and it has to be said theres no a lot of money at Portsmouth! And Southampton. Or are Spurs the unfashionable club with not a lot of money? Still, I'm sure he'd be up for the challenge of trousering a nice chunk of Liverpool's transfer fees.

[Roadend]

how are redknapp & hodgson inferior ... just because they have not won alot of trophies does not make them any less of a manager,, both have done great jobs at unfashionable clubs with not alot of money... and who knows if they were at liverpool they may achive more than RB . im sure alot of liverpool fans out there would not consider benetiz a great manager .. personally i think he inherited a half decent team and had alot of luck winning major trophies :ball:

Ah the old "luck" chesnut, you'll appreciate if I dimiss the rest of your ramblings out of hand also after this utterly pathetic comment.

[Roadend]

Redknapp did a great job on Portsmouth alright- and it has to be said theres no a lot of money at Portsmouth! And Southampton. Or are Spurs the unfashionable club with not a lot of money? Still, I'm sure he'd be up for the challenge of trousering a nice chunk of Liverpool's transfer fees.

He spent heavily at all 3 clubs, leaving Southampton and Portsmouth in the absolute shi**er. He's heavily outspent RB at Spurs to claim 4th. Redknapp is not the manager the red tops and sky would have you believe.

[jmurphyc]

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[seand]

He spent heavily at all 3 clubs, leaving Southampton and Portsmouth in the absolute shi**er. He's heavily outspent RB at Spurs to claim 4th. Redknapp is not the manager the red tops and sky would have you believe.
That was exactly my point.

[old git]

Ah the old "luck" chesnut, you'll appreciate if I dimiss the rest of your ramblings out of hand also after this utterly pathetic comment.

yes luck is needed ... utd / chelsea in the last few years have also won trophies with a bit of luck on their side ok they also have good teams / managers .. but being a good manager / team you also need luck to win trophies ..

[Roadend]

yes luck is needed ... utd / chelsea in the last few years have also won trophies with a bit of luck on their side ok they also have good teams / managers .. but being a good manager / team you also need luck to win trophies ..

Your luck nonsense aside (YAAAAAAAAAAWN) Neither Redknapp nor Hodgson's managerial records come anywhere close to RB's and that is the bottom line

[old git]

Your luck nonsense aside (YAAAAAAAAAAWN) Neither Redknapp nor Hodgson's managerial records come anywhere close to RB's and that is the bottom line

in fairness hodgson's managerial success's are excellent :D:D Halmstads
Swedish football champions (2): 1976, 1979
Allsvenskan (2): 1976, 1979
Malmö FF
Swedish football champions (2): 1986, 1988
Allsvenskan (4): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Svenska Cupen (2): 1985–86, 1988–89
Copenhagen
Danish Superliga (1): 2000–01
Danish Super Cup (1): 2001
Fulham
LMA Manager of the Year (1): 2010
beat that rafa .... on a more serious note how can you consider benitiz managerial record great at liverpool 6 years in charge of a great club .. 4 trophies won in his first 2 years.. granted the big one champions league 2004-05.. but then fa cup / uefa super cup / community shield !!!!all in 2005-2006.. if Benitiz so good then why did liverpool let him go with a handshake of 3 million

[jmurphyc]

in fairness hodgson's managerial success's are excellent :D:D Halmstads
Swedish football champions (2): 1976, 1979
Allsvenskan (2): 1976, 1979
Malmö FF
Swedish football champions (2): 1986, 1988
Allsvenskan (4): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Svenska Cupen (2): 1985–86, 1988–89
Copenhagen
Danish Superliga (1): 2000–01
Danish Super Cup (1): 2001
Fulham
LMA Manager of the Year (1): 2010
beat that rafa .... on a more serious note how can you consider benitiz managerial record great at liverpool 6 years in charge of a great club .. 4 trophies won in his first 2 years.. granted the big one champions league 2004-05.. but then fa cup / uefa super cup / community shield !!!!all in 2005-2006.. if Benitiz so good then why did liverpool let him go with a handshake of 3 million

Because the Liverpool board are incompetent morons who don't give a **** about the club? If Benitez is so bad, why is he about to manage the champions of Europe?

[old git]

Because the Liverpool board are incompetent morons who don't give a **** about the club? If Benitez is so bad, why is he about to manage the champions of Europe?

because mourinho left them :D:D would agree with you on liverpool board but also must add i dont think benitez is a great manager .. many liverpool fans were probally just as glad to see him go

[The Fly]

Former Liverpool midfielder, Xabi Alonso, entertains the Spanish squad..............:D

http://i48.tinypic.com/2whf1c1.jpg

[KK77]

Roy Hodgson has been appointed the new manager of Liverpool FC.

The 62-year-old former Fulham, Inter Milan and Switzerland manager has agreed terms with the club on a three-year contract and becomes the 18th manager in our history.
He will be unveiled to the world's media this afternoon after overseeing the first day of pre-season training at Melwood.
Hodgson joins us from Fulham, where he guided the Cottagers to the Europa League final in May and was voted Manager of the Year by the League Managers' Association.
He exclusively told Liverpoolfc.tv: "This is the biggest job in club football and I'm honoured to be taking on the role of manager of Britain's most successful football club. I look forward to meeting the players and the supporters and getting down to work at Melwood."

[seand]

Sensible if not exactly inspiring. He's got a tough job ahead of him with a transfer pool of all of 15 mill. Still, selling off a dozen of Rafa's less sensible buys could raise another tenner or so.

[KK77]

Sensible if not exactly inspiring. He's got a tough job ahead of him with a transfer pool of all of 15 mill. Still, selling off a dozen of Rafa's less sensible buys could raise another tenner or so.

First tenner spent horse!

Liverpool FC are delighted to confirm the signing of Joe Cole on a four-year deal.

The England midfielder has agreed personal terms with the Reds and will undergo a medical in the next 48 hours.



Cole becomes the club's second signing of the summer after Milan Jovanovic.



The 28-year-old arrives from Chelsea, where he won three league titles and two FA Cups during a seven-year spell.



He is a product of the West Ham youth system and has represented his country 56 times, scoring 10 goals in the process.

[KK77]

Commenting for the first time on the media speculation surrounding his own future, Gerrard revealed: "I made it clear that I simply needed to concentrate on the World Cup and then have a decent holiday with my family.

"I wanted the chance to meet Roy Hodgson privately and having done so I'm very impressed with his plans for the future of the team.

"I've only returned to training today at Melwood with some of the other World Cup players, but I can't wait for the new season to start.

[DeLorean]

Joe Cole is a great signing. I think Stevie G realised this is about as good as it will get for him and has made the wise choice in my opinion. I don't think he has a whole pile to offer another top class club anyway at this stage but he could get a new lease of life under Hodgson. I think his facial expression and head shake when Benitez hauled off Torres at St. Andrew's last year showed how little faith he had in the manager at that stage. Hodgson could transform Liverpool with some common sense signings and good man management. If I was a Liverpool fan I would be optimistic.

[KK77]

Talk Crouch is a done deal. We shall see!

[gufcfan]

Highlights of Monday night's game - Galway United 1-0 Liverpool XI

HIGH DEFINITION (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUgi2t0vijs&fmt=22)

NORMAL QUALITY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUgi2t0vijs)

Click the links to view the highlights.

[KK77]

A new dawn. Get the fcuk in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New England Sports Ventures announces that it has completed the purchase of Liverpool Football Club. NESV wishes to extend its sincere gratitude to the Board of Liverpool FC for their diligence and their efforts on behalf of the Club and its supporters.


The transaction values the Club at £300m and eliminates all of the acquisition debt placed on LFC by its previous owners, reducing the Club's debt servicing obligations from £25m-£30m a year to £2m-£3m.


New England Sports Ventures is committed to winning and currently owns a portfolio of companies, including the Boston Red Sox, New England Sports Network, Fenway Sports Group and Roush Fenway Racing.

NESV Principal Owner John Henry said:

"On behalf of the entire NESV partnership, I want to express how incredibly proud and humbled we are to be confirmed as the new owners of Liverpool FC. We regard our role as that of stewards for the Club with a primary focus on returning the Club to greatness on and off the field for the long-term. We are committed first and foremost to winning. We have a history of winning, and today we want LFC supporters to know that this approach is what we intend to bring to this great Club."

Liverpool FC Chairman Martin Broughton, said:

"I am delighted that we have been able to successfully conclude the sale process which has been thorough and extensive. The Board decided to accept NESV's offer on the basis that it best met the criteria we set out originally for a new owner. NESV is buying Liverpool in order to put it on an excellent financial footing and continue to develop it internationally. This is a good deal which comprehensively resolves the pressing issue of the Club's debt and should give staff, players and fans great confidence regarding the future of Liverpool FC."

NESV Chairman Thomas Werner said:

"We recognize that Liverpool Football Club is an historic institution ultimately grounded in the community and the fans. Our first step as new owners will be to listen. We want to hear from the Manager and the players and those who are part of the daily operation of the Club. We will be visible at Anfield and will embrace and listen to those who have stood by this Club and who are the rock on which its future success will be built. We want to hear from the fans, local leaders and the local community. We want to hear from those who know LFC best, who have made it the best and share our desire to return to a culture of winning.

NESV is committed to creating a long-term, financially strong foundation for the Club and dedicated to ensuring the Club has the financial resources to be successful again and attract the best players. To that end, the transaction has been structured in such a way as to eliminate all of the acquisition debt on the Club.

In the coming days and months, NESV will work closely with the LFC executive team to listen and learn about every facet of the organization. During this time, the new owners will begin to look at areas for greatest opportunity to increase the appeal of the Club nationally and internationally. NESV wants to once again create a culture and environment to allow people to excel at the Club on every front. During this period, NESV will also begin to examine opportunities to enhance the matchday experience in the short-term, while also carefully studying the various long-term options that may be possible.

Mr Henry and Mr Werner added:

"We are eager to commence with our plan, spend time with the organization, its leadership, its supporters, and the local communities. We will take these steps alongside the Club's executives with a shared objective of stabilizing the Club and ultimately returning Liverpool FC to its rightful place in English and European football, successful and competing for trophies."

[KK77]

Sky "What you gonna do with all those flags (anti g&h) you made over the years?

Graham Smith SOS : "send them down to manchester they might need them over the next few months"!!!!!!!!!!

[bennocelt]

Have to say thought it was a bit embarrassing to see all the Liverpool fans outside the courts the other day, jesus were any of them actually from Merseyside!!!!

[centre mid]

Not many are.

[Charlie Darwin]

Back in the day when Setanta used to do their matchday vox pops, there'd rarely be a Saturday morning without at least a couple of Dublin accents. I don't watch Sky very often but I assume nothing much has changed.

Your man Hicks is some chancer though. The pair of them were after $1.6 billion in damages until a court ordered them to drop it. That's five times the value of the club!

[geysir]

Depending on what you read, the net expenditure of Rafa in the transfer market varies
from £122m The UK Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/liverpool/article6888955.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1) to £71m Liverpool kop (http://www.liverpool-kop.com/2010/06/exclusive-rafa-benitez-vs-tottenham.html) to £21m This is Anfield (http://www.thisisanfield.com/2010/10/liverpools-spending-under-hicks-and-gillett/)

[KK77]

Strong rumour that Hodgson will be gone by Monday. Apparently players have lost faith in him already. Training sessions are apparently very very poor amongest other things.

[Kingdom]

I would tend not to comment on English football specifically here, save Liverpool talk for boards, but there are a few players at that club that need sorting out. Specifically Gerrard and Carragher. Lets be honest, if there is talk of player unrest, then these are the two who are going to be behind it. And that talk has swollen greatly in the past 4 days.
As for Hodgson, the job is too great a task for him. His one intelligent signing, Meireles a really fine footballer, hasn't been played in his natural position, while the purchase of Konchesky and Poulsen, particularily the latter bordered on lunacy. Ironic that once Aquilani was released to Juve, he gets a run of form, mind you there were plenty of people of the belief that he showed enough in his brief performances last year that he was capable of being a real addition to the first team.

so player power it seems is what gets rid of Roy? Sure Rafa was the same allegedly, the players had turned on him. Once is perhaps understandable, twice and well me thinks the manager isn't the only problem.....

[Charlie Darwin]

Strong rumour that Hodgson will be gone by Monday. Apparently players have lost faith in him already. Training sessions are apparently very very poor amongest other things.
Rumours over the weekend that Rijkaard was negotiating his way out of Galatasaraay to take over at Liverpool, and today the club announced they'd split by mutual consent.

[OwlsFan]

So KK77, looks like you'll need another change of name after Rafa B and KK77. Managers going back seldom work. Will it be DA ?

[SkStu]

They've just shown Dalglish drive away from Anfield without a seatbelt on.

It's too late to look for three points now!