Over the weekend, Liverpool full-back Jose Enrique urged the club to push forward with some more 'new additions' before the transfer window closes, but with the Reds reportedly tracking Granada left-back Guilherme Siqueira, the Enrique may live to regret that statement, especially if Brendan Rodgers ends up signing the Brazilian (or indeed any other left-back).
According to Eurosport today:
"Liverpool, Everton and Galatasaray are interested in the full-back Guilherme Siqueira.
"The Andalusian side have set the Brazilian’s release clause at €15m"
Real Madrid are also interested in the 27-year old defender, and according to Spanish newspaper Marca, Los Blancos boss Carlo Ancelotti sees Siqueira as a replacement for Fabio Coentrao.
When asked about the Reds' interest during an interview on Sunday, Siqueira admitted the 'time had come' for him to move on, but - unfortunately for Liverpool - he seems to favour staying in Spain. He told Brazilian newspaper Daily Catarini:
"The goal is this [to move]. The time has come. I have a price but it does not depend only on me. I hope any deal is achieved as quickly as possible. I have preference for Spain, but today English football is so advanced".
Granada boss Lucas Alcaraz certainly thinks highly of Siqueira, and in May, he enthusiastically told reporters:
"For us, Siqueira is very important. For me, he’s the best left-back there is in La Liga. It makes him even better having Brayan for competition, who is a great player and a great professional.”
Brendan Rodgers is on the lookout for another full-back, and in recent weeks, Liverpool have been linked with possible moves Ryan Bertrand and Aly Cissokho.
Is left-back a priority position, though? Arguably, yes.
* Enrique is the only experienced, natural left-back at Anfield.
* Glen Johnson can play there, but he's not a dedicated left-back.
* Jack Robinson is only 19, and has limited first-team experience.
* No one wants to see Stewart Downing deployed there again (!)
Competition is king in any successful football squad, and Enrique could definitely benefit from having to fight for his position.
Jaimie Kanwar
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According to Eurosport today:
"Liverpool, Everton and Galatasaray are interested in the full-back Guilherme Siqueira.
"The Andalusian side have set the Brazilian’s release clause at €15m"
Real Madrid are also interested in the 27-year old defender, and according to Spanish newspaper Marca, Los Blancos boss Carlo Ancelotti sees Siqueira as a replacement for Fabio Coentrao.
When asked about the Reds' interest during an interview on Sunday, Siqueira admitted the 'time had come' for him to move on, but - unfortunately for Liverpool - he seems to favour staying in Spain. He told Brazilian newspaper Daily Catarini:
"The goal is this [to move]. The time has come. I have a price but it does not depend only on me. I hope any deal is achieved as quickly as possible. I have preference for Spain, but today English football is so advanced".
Granada boss Lucas Alcaraz certainly thinks highly of Siqueira, and in May, he enthusiastically told reporters:
"For us, Siqueira is very important. For me, he’s the best left-back there is in La Liga. It makes him even better having Brayan for competition, who is a great player and a great professional.”
Brendan Rodgers is on the lookout for another full-back, and in recent weeks, Liverpool have been linked with possible moves Ryan Bertrand and Aly Cissokho.
Is left-back a priority position, though? Arguably, yes.
* Enrique is the only experienced, natural left-back at Anfield.
* Glen Johnson can play there, but he's not a dedicated left-back.
* Jack Robinson is only 19, and has limited first-team experience.
* No one wants to see Stewart Downing deployed there again (!)
Competition is king in any successful football squad, and Enrique could definitely benefit from having to fight for his position.
Jaimie Kanwar
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I agree that it's a position we need to consider bring someone in for extra competition. I like Enrique but he's not the best and Robinson is inexperienced and has made some woeful errors. I do however think that some cover for Lucas (not competition because I doubt there's many DM's in the world better than Lucas) and at least one more world class striker/goal scoring winger should be our main priorities.
ReplyDeleteWe need a left back , high quality CB, and cover for DM as well as a top quality attacker. Rodgers seems to think we just need a LB and attacker which is a worry
ReplyDeleteReports in Spain are saying Aly Cissokho will be joining us on loan with a view to guy at the end of it.
ReplyDeletehow can anyone say what rodgers seems to think? he hasnt disclosed any targets nor have the club....
ReplyDeleteIf Liverpool were offering or wanting to buy someone wouldn't Ian Ayre be back in England then Down under waiting for fans to Chant his name
ReplyDelete27 years old? I would rather see some one with a few more years ahead of them for that price.
ReplyDeleteI don't think LB is really much of an issue. Enrique is pretty solid. So bring some one who can learn from him, whilst giving him some competition/rest. Or promote from the youth academy. Robinson?
When did 27 years old become over the hill? That is a prime age for a footballer. This obsession with signing younger players is getting ridiculous.
ReplyDeletemaybe the price is ridiculous then for that age ? Not signing the player
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say it was over the hill. As you say he is in his prime. Which could mean, he could be the other side of it, within a season or 2.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying sign a 15 year old. 20-24 would do. I just think its better to get someone who you can utilise for a bit longer, or someone who may have some resale value.
yes just what we need when are we going to get some competition for the goalie ,oh we did and then loaned it out,footnote the mirror is saying that rodgers said they will be know loan just a sale
ReplyDeleteto be trueful rodgers dose not care to much about defending or so it seems
ReplyDeleteis this more breaking news from your hk sources
ReplyDeletegood point about ayre ,maybe hes called it a day for this window even a bit early by his standards
ReplyDeletefsg brainwashed you to will,i told you the documentary had sublime messages hidden in it
ReplyDeleteHow long is there in transfer window ? how long is there till season starts ? Ian ayre is in Australia Why ? who is signing or in talks with all these players we are talking to .
ReplyDeleteOR just Maybe we are being told porkies again .
NOT FSG or Ian Ayre surely
MOD NOTE: 24-hour ban for sniping. Again. You just don't get it, do you Jason? This comment is not an attempt to engage in meaningful discussion; it is an attempt to antagonise
ReplyDeletegree m8 they are going to be a hell of a lot os p1ssed of posters on here when the transef window closes,i will not be one as i did not expect much at all anyway,but i must say even i have been left bemused by the transfers so far
ReplyDeleteso am i banned or not
ReplyDeleteI don't know what you ar....e....talk......i.....
ReplyDeleteFSG RULE, BOW TO THEM!
my comment was not meant to antagonise it was meant as a bit of leg pulling
ReplyDeleteLook we hated hicks and Gillet we hated the sell before you buy policy Rafa had. I seriously believe these owner could not give a rats ass what we the fans think simple . they made massive deal with warrior sport as long as we buy the shirts there happy. otherwise fans shut the F$%#*k up .
ReplyDeleteFSG are building there profile For a sale one day Profit
and the sooner that day comes the better amen to that
ReplyDeleteyou will know when they have total mind control over you,you start seeing marque signings all over the pitch at anfield,and you think the new kits are great
ReplyDeleteMr Rodgers.. U got it all wrong. Left Back is not a priority. Right Back maybe. Get rid of GJ. Look at his performance last season. Look at his play against the Aussie side. He cannot defend. He has no pace. He loves attacking but he cannot attack. How many assist all season? 1 or 2? All the time, he loses the ball up the pitch or even deep. So many times, he got caught and the rest must cover for him. I am shocked that not many has been able to see this....
ReplyDeleteI'd rather play Johnson at left back, seems to have his head screwed on better there than he does at right back.
ReplyDeleteits the way rodgers sets out is team all gung ho and forget the defending no wonder the centerbacks had such a torrid time last season ,also no offence to carragher (great servant )but he had the benifit of having lucas playing infront of him instead of allen
ReplyDeletehow many attacking midfielders do we need centerback defensive midfeilder and a striker the 3 things we needed at the start of the window none of which have been addressed and troure is just a replacement for carragher,personally i do not think agger and skrtel are as bad as they are made out to be any centerback would struggle the way we play
ReplyDeleteDowning started 25 league games last season. No, just no. No way am I having that again next season, despite his improvement. So an attacking midfielder to replace him in the first team.
ReplyDeleteStriker for back up would be nice, but rather improve first XI in other positions. Unless Suarez goes.
He is going to keep the squad small me thinks, especially with no European football. Wisdom said recently he has been encouraged to go on loan by Rodgers. Coady has gone on loan.
I've criticized the defensive midfield as well as the CB options last season. Their problems are linked, in this system. So I agree to an extent to we could better there as well as CB area. Unlike you though, Skrtel and Agger I do think have been bad as some make out, and that Skrtel is not cut out for this system. No, not any centre back would struggle as badly as Skrtel and Agger did, in such a system. It is not some random system that has just recently been pulled out of Rodgers' backside, it has been around in football for a long time in variation. In terms of what position to improve first, CB or DM, I'll go with CB for now. Of course, rather both but we aren't rolling in the money and seems more likely a CB will leave rather than Lucas or Allen.
Well it's true anyway, the owner has came out and said it :) an I don't mind
ReplyDeleteor play Downing at left back ,he's useless upfront anyway
ReplyDeleteeven if suarez stays a striker is needed considering how easerly sturridge picks up injuries
ReplyDeletestill hardly a marque signing is it
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to have a back up striker but I just don't see that being high up the priority list at the moment. Unless Borini is sold, as then it would be really short of strikers.
ReplyDeleteborini could not hit a barn door m8 the chance against preston and the one the other day,confirmed that
ReplyDeleteNo I agree n that point but it's to push erinque more because at the moment he hasn't got that,we have also asked about Roberto Soldado, who would be the marque signing. And would improve the striking department
ReplyDeletewe cant even go gung ho ....2 nil against indonesia when everyone else has been sticking 10 past them
ReplyDeletesuarez will go jase trust me...ive been laughed at for saying they will sell on the last day so they don't need to spend the money.....and it not because i use to watch x files
ReplyDeleteHave you ever heard of preseason?
ReplyDeleteDo you think both of the matches City lost so far will affect their EPL season?
Why do you even bother with these pointless comments of yours?
it keeps me off the streets what your excuse
ReplyDeleteIts an issue when englands first choice right back has to cover there, when theres an injury. 27 isnt old. And anyway its the resale value that Fsg base transfers on.
ReplyDeleteof coarse it is...what else would you call a loan signing Granada
ReplyDeletethat's because there arnt any
ReplyDeleteif he finished any earlier we would be in the jan window
ReplyDeleteAs you can see with Downing. Lol. Hel gurantee a profit.
ReplyDeleteHave u even seen this player play?
ReplyDeleteLFC do not get anything from the shirts sales.
ReplyDeleteIt just shows how little you know about how sponsorship deals work.
we also asked about hk but we never got nowhere
ReplyDeletechannel 5
ReplyDeletethats it deals done close shop
ReplyDeleteWe agreed a deal for him, we got permission to speak to him, but not quick enough but he chose BVB because they play CL. But you win some and you lose some part of football
ReplyDeletesorry meant kamikazee ,i blame the african players always dose it for me;-)
ReplyDeleteborini ? .-.
ReplyDeletem8 i have posted the exact same thing ,then we will get the excuses from rodgers that fsg tell him to say
ReplyDeleteindeed
ReplyDeletehmmm forget i said borini :P lets trust yesil and morgan
ReplyDeletewe did not agree a deal for him ,please stop this now or i will have the send round the men in the white coats ;-)
ReplyDeletei doubt they could do much worse ;-)
ReplyDeleteBeing serious, BR even confirmed it, he said we agreed the deal but we couldn't get to speak to him.mkhitryan mind was already made up. :)
ReplyDeletebut what rodgers says and the truth are two completely different things, i know you like to believe the hype but i am sorry m8 your bubble is going to burst ,at the end of this transfer window
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ibtime. co.uk/articles/492805/20130721/liverpool-transfer-news-brendan-rodgers-summer-signings.htm there you go :)
ReplyDeletemax i think gilstrap as some great comments and to call them pointless is just you showing your inferority complex once again ,if its not your way its wrong everybody is entitled to there opinion,otherwise if we all agreed they would be no comments at all
ReplyDeleteGive the man a chance, still a month to go and abit until the window closes. We have 25 million to spend on one big player lets see where he puts it.l.
ReplyDeletei couldn't make it down the Rec on Saturday so i missed him
ReplyDeletemy guess in the bank ,and come on if we sell suarez do you really believe we are going to spend nearly 70 million
ReplyDeleteif max and co don't respond to my comments i feel im doing something wrong.....its like taking washing in
ReplyDeleteShocked to see so many still get on Lucas' back. I even read a deep thread on a forum about his many misplaced passes. I mean, the guy is up there in the top bracket. Didn't anyone notice how the team came better together after he returned. Do these so called fans have any iq whatosever?
ReplyDeleteits hilarious jase you should read my inbox ....when im feeling down i read all the comments and it cheers me up
ReplyDeleteAnd? Its called business!
ReplyDeleteI think it's unlikely Suarez will leave, Real Madrid are now keeping higuain, arsenal won't offer 55 million.... I'm sure BR has talked to Suarez about it and told him his plans for Liverpool :)
ReplyDeleteWas that supposed to be funny?
ReplyDeletetotally agree m8 i said something about is impact on the center backs earlier
ReplyDeleteWhy? There has been plenty of investment from the american owners. Both for the first team, the youth setup and also in new stadium plans. Would you rather have some arab sheikh with no clue? Sure, it would be fantasy football. But unlike most of these sad clubs LFC has a soul. I for once think FSG is doing just great.
ReplyDeletedont mention kamikazee you will be shopped
ReplyDeletePreseason has no bearing on what happens when the competitive matches start so his comment about us only scoring two against them is really pointless.
ReplyDeletei would have put my favourite 3 letter word but now i cannot;-)
ReplyDeleteit tickled me
ReplyDeletei found it funny but then again i laugh at all my own jokes....and jases patented laughter abbreviation is banned so im f*CKED
ReplyDeleteha ha
ReplyDeletei just leave my washing out;-)
ReplyDeleteit gets worse when the real games begin haha
ReplyDeleteGlad you found it funny. :)
ReplyDeletePut it this way Jason we have now have competition in every position....
ReplyDeleteGood to know
ReplyDeletei know what you mean most mornings i look through my post box and think i wonder what words of wisdom i have been sent today ,some people never fail to enlighten me
ReplyDeletewhat they paying you an hour its not enough ,your priceless to there cause
ReplyDeleteJaimie, your site is becoming a laughing stock with all these pointless comments that keep on being made.
ReplyDeletethanks i prefere the posts to have a bit of fun,and if they put a few necks out of place all the better;-)
ReplyDeletea few bad apples do not spoil the tree mate
ReplyDeleteWell if 90% of the comments in this article have been made by Jason and gilstrap then that should give you and idea of how ridiculous the comments are.
ReplyDeleteNice one
ReplyDeletetwo types of apples dont spoil the entire species :P
ReplyDeletemax do you not realise some people may find your posts ridiculous ,but thanks for the insight
ReplyDeleteI doubt to many will agree with you on that.
ReplyDeletethey may well not ,but you seem to think you are perfect and the rest of us are cannon fodder ,and i am sorry m8 and i do mean this personally but if you do not get a ban for that comment then it stinks of favoritism,by the way i for one would get no pleasure from your ban .but the rules must be obeyed but i think you are entitled to your opinion maybe you could start doing the same
ReplyDeleteMate, just go look at how many of your comments have been deleted on this thread.
ReplyDeleteWhy are you even wasting your time here? Is it to wind people up?
Just go look at how many of your comments have been deleted on this thread.
ReplyDeletePlease do not speak for me.
Have you seen how many of your comments have been deleted?
ReplyDeleteGrow up.
ReplyDeleteheh no need for all of us to get riled up all the comments are getting deleted :) ....apples are now officially offensive :D
ReplyDeletelucas is top draw m8 if he hant got injured under kenny ..Kenny would still be manager now
ReplyDeletethats subjective we have a lot of average players IMO we have two or three top draw players
ReplyDeleteno clue and lots of cash sounds good to me
ReplyDeleteWheres Contrao going?
ReplyDeleteIf you say so
ReplyDeleteJoel Pohjanpalo
ReplyDeleteBoateng , or + Bernard
Alderweireld, Sakaho, Papadopoulos
Keep Suarez for now.
DM? what ever ended with the jorginho bid. . . anyway… i think that, in a somewhat creative way, would finally make a steady confident team.
oh and sell downing
Aspas was bought for that role I imagine.
ReplyDeleteBut yet we suppose to believe what you saying.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest worry is that we will lose Suarez late on in the transfer window and either get an inadequate replacement or not replace him at all. If and when Sturridge gets injured and we end up relying on Aspas and Borini we'll be in trouble. A centre back wouldn't go a stray either, after that I'm actually fairly happy with the team. Of course I hope not to see as much as Downing but if Suarez stays it should be him,Sturridge and Sterling front 3. Lucas and Stevie in Midfield with Coutinho ahead of them and I'd be happy with that anyway.
ReplyDeleteAh yep, forgot about him. Supposed to be able to play on the right as well. In reference to my comment above about Downing, this fits into. So may well see less of Downing anyway, regardless of whether a new attacking mid player comes in or not.
ReplyDeleteIgnore the usual suspects having yet another dig. My comment comes from Rodgers' own quotes in a recent interview. He mentions needing a LB and an attacker, that's all.
ReplyDeleteHopefully he still wants Toby Alderweireld , a snip at 7-8m- lost hope of Papadopoulous , but I think he sees Gerard playing the DM role in the future after we get another controlling/attacking midfielder
Eh? Johnson. Kelly. Wisdom. All capable of playing RB, how the heck is RB a priority? At LB we have Jose and errr....
ReplyDeleteTorrid time? They lost LESS games than our supposed "solid" Steve Clarke drilled back 4. Had several more clean sheets too.
ReplyDeleteSo we lost more and had fewer clean sheets . Well, at least we scored what, 47 goals that season?
were does it say Liverpool get the money ? do you know how to read? It said Build the profile business profile. with out putting in your own money smart team wise not so.
ReplyDeleteIn stage one you did put in the sale of torres Kuyt hyppia wages other players you did take that out .
ReplyDeleteyou also took out Jovanovic Polsen Konciesky cole and others we did have to get rid off them to lower the wage bill to bring .Sturridge coutinho who are so far our best buys.And this transfer windom we sold 23 mil to bring in 23mil. Over all I would maybe like to see Jamie to a articale showing since they have come in from dalglish to Rodgers players in out sold money spent could be good
It's already available. +5m net gain for the season when Torres left. -30.2 m the following year net spend, and -40.8m spend the year after.
ReplyDeleteCheck out transfermarket .com. It shows the deals inc loans player by player.
I think you'll be surprised. I've posted this before, but certain posters insist on continuing to say nothing has been spent and FSG are just parasites looking for a quick buck.
Mike - with respect, the figures on transfermarkt are not based on official club accounts, so I wouldn't take them as gospel. The figures they use are the usual media estimates.
ReplyDeleteThere's a new communication tool thingy called the Internet so you can be anywhere in the world and stay in touch. It can be used with a laptop or a smartphone. Geography is irrelevant!
ReplyDeleteRodgers also coming out to say that left back is a priority so these links seem very plausible. Only thing that says to me is that we're not looking for a centre back, which would then indicate that we're going to stick with Agger, Skrtel and Toure. I think most agree that it's not really that impressive.
ReplyDeleteI read a post that Cissokho is being taken on for loan and the total cost would be 1 million with a buy option attached to it at the end of next which is around 4 million I reckon. Guilherme Siquera is being chased by RM and if he has preference for Spain so I don't think he'd come to us.
ReplyDeleteLucky your not running my company
ReplyDeletetrue
ReplyDeleteits the way we played and the manner of defeat at the end of the day kenny got european football rodgers did not
ReplyDeleteno you can believe what you want
ReplyDeletewe have competition yes ,but it still dose not mean they are any good
ReplyDeletewould that be the same interview that rodgers stated,mingolet was competition for pepe or the one were he stated he was just after a left back and a AM,or perhaps the one were he said we were after marque signings now ,or maybe the one when he said he thought suarez would stay but he may not,or even the one were he said no european football would be a blessing in disguise,but it could be the one were he stated it was hard to attract players because we had no european football
ReplyDeleteCorrect...but then again they might be. Judging them before you've seen them is ridiculous.
ReplyDeletei am judgeing them on what i have seen of them and ,sterling and ibe looked way ahead of them
ReplyDeleteLucas is a long way from top drawer. He was rubbish for three seasons and o.k. for two. Hardly makes him world class. He has no pace, is a poor passer and gives the ball away a lot. What is he good at? Have any of you been watching football for long? Because if you think Lucas is anywhere near good enough to be playing in a team which wants to compete for a C.L. place, you are sadly deluded.
ReplyDeleteI agree. He gives away free kicks in very dangerous places and has scored 2 goals in 200 games. What's so great about that?
ReplyDeleteSo that's it then. After two friendlies you've made up your mind...why aren't you in football your clearly brilliant in deciding who will make it and who won't?
ReplyDeleteThey clearly have no prospect of making any impact and we have wasted money yet again.
Then again, imagine if you'd been in charge when we signed Ian Rush. You'd have chased him as he didn't score in his early games.
its not about scoring its about things that i see eg poor touch poor distribution ,and are so light weight the premiership defenders will blow them of the ball
ReplyDeleteLike I said you must be a genius being able to make judgements on basis of a couple of very early friendlies. You're wasted on here.....
ReplyDeleteIf you watch Lucas play you will know he is one of the best readers of the game In the premiership, also his passing isn't that bad you have to remember this season he will be back to full fitness so if your going to judge him at least let him regain his fitness, you forget masherano have away needless free kicks and didn't score much but was still regarded as one of the best defensive mids around
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up, What site shows true figures?
ReplyDeleteThere's still no way FSG have failed to provide transfer funds. Why not do what Tony said, and put the issue to bed once and for all?
By winning the League cup, not by League position.
ReplyDeleteAs for the manner oif the defeat, even allowing for your right to your opinion, and you think all 9 defeats were shocking and as a result of poor defending, there were FIVE less of them, and FOUR more clean sheets.
Are you REALLY saying that Kenny's side defended better in losing 5 more matches? Really?
they imo achieved more success
ReplyDeletei never said i was right ,its just my opinion ,and i hope i am wrong and they prove to be world class
ReplyDeletehahaha i like your style lid.....your probably right ...but compared to allen hes like pele so perhaps my judgment is clouded
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