Recent reports suggest that Liverpool are favourites to sign Paris St. Germain striker Edinson Cavani, and according to Anfield legend Steve Nicol, the 'stunning' Uruguayan star is the perfect summer signing.
Last week, Sky Sports claimed:
"Liverpool continue to head Samuel Eto'o's next club betting, having leapfrogged QPR in the market yesterday. The Reds also head the market on Edinson Cavani's next club"
Multiple sources have reported LFC's alleged interest in Cavani, and the striker's agent, Claudio Annellucci, has also confirmed Liverpool's interest. In a recent interview with Uruguayan newspaper El Telegrafo, he noted:
"Cavani heard proposals from Liverpool and Arsenal. He would love to play in England, but has not made a final decision. He's not interested in money and fame; he just wants to be happy playing football."
When asked over the weekend about Liverpool's transfer business, Nicol told TalkSport:
"[Edinson] Cavani would be out of this world, but I don't see it happening, and I don't see Liverpool spending £60m on somebody. With Origi coming in next year, I don't think Sturridge, Origi, and Cavani will fit"
Nicol is probably right about Liverpool's reluctance to pay a record transfer fee, but I have to disagree with the contention that Cavani, Sturridge, and Origi will not be a good fit for the club. It's important to have strikers of varying age/experience levels at the club, and if Cavani signed, he'd fit snugly into the pecking order:
* Sturridge: 24 - LFC's undisputed no. 1 striker right now, but no real competition for his place.
* Cavani: 27 - Older, more experienced, and entering the prime of his career. Capable of challenging Sturridge for number one status, but can also play out wide. Plus, can easily slot into a central role when Sturridge inevitably gets injured.
* Origi: 20 - Young, hungry, and will (in all probability) be happy to be third in line behind Sturridge and Cavani. Doesn't have the stature or the experience to demand/expect anything else.
* Lambert: 32 - A squad player, and won't expect to play every game.
Liverpool played two up-front plenty of times last season, so there's also scope for Cavani and Sturridge to play together. Plus, as seen during the World Cup, the Uruguayan - who cost PSG €63m - is also capable of being the creator just behind a central striker.
Liverpool are currently 11/10 favourites to sign Cavani (with Man Utd 2nd favourites), and Reds fans are definitely in favour of the move. A few days ago, I conducted a poll asking whether LFC should sign Falcao or Cavani:
* 15400 fans (approx) voted (the poll is still ongoing)
* 62% of participants chose Cavani.
Author: Jaimie K
Last week, Sky Sports claimed:
"Liverpool continue to head Samuel Eto'o's next club betting, having leapfrogged QPR in the market yesterday. The Reds also head the market on Edinson Cavani's next club"
Multiple sources have reported LFC's alleged interest in Cavani, and the striker's agent, Claudio Annellucci, has also confirmed Liverpool's interest. In a recent interview with Uruguayan newspaper El Telegrafo, he noted:
"Cavani heard proposals from Liverpool and Arsenal. He would love to play in England, but has not made a final decision. He's not interested in money and fame; he just wants to be happy playing football."
When asked over the weekend about Liverpool's transfer business, Nicol told TalkSport:
"[Edinson] Cavani would be out of this world, but I don't see it happening, and I don't see Liverpool spending £60m on somebody. With Origi coming in next year, I don't think Sturridge, Origi, and Cavani will fit"
Nicol is probably right about Liverpool's reluctance to pay a record transfer fee, but I have to disagree with the contention that Cavani, Sturridge, and Origi will not be a good fit for the club. It's important to have strikers of varying age/experience levels at the club, and if Cavani signed, he'd fit snugly into the pecking order:
* Sturridge: 24 - LFC's undisputed no. 1 striker right now, but no real competition for his place.
* Cavani: 27 - Older, more experienced, and entering the prime of his career. Capable of challenging Sturridge for number one status, but can also play out wide. Plus, can easily slot into a central role when Sturridge inevitably gets injured.
* Origi: 20 - Young, hungry, and will (in all probability) be happy to be third in line behind Sturridge and Cavani. Doesn't have the stature or the experience to demand/expect anything else.
* Lambert: 32 - A squad player, and won't expect to play every game.
Liverpool played two up-front plenty of times last season, so there's also scope for Cavani and Sturridge to play together. Plus, as seen during the World Cup, the Uruguayan - who cost PSG €63m - is also capable of being the creator just behind a central striker.
Liverpool are currently 11/10 favourites to sign Cavani (with Man Utd 2nd favourites), and Reds fans are definitely in favour of the move. A few days ago, I conducted a poll asking whether LFC should sign Falcao or Cavani:
* 15400 fans (approx) voted (the poll is still ongoing)
* 62% of participants chose Cavani.
Author: Jaimie K
Pipe dream.
ReplyDeleteHe's Uruguayan not Argentinian !
ReplyDeleteHe is not Argentinian.
ReplyDeleteBest signing we can make right now is an excellent defensive coach, because however you dress up our first game, the defending was at times really poor. Southampton got at our back 4 far too easily, usually with one pass that splits midfield and defensive line. They got in behind the defence too often too. We will get found out if this doesn't get rectified .
ReplyDeleteCavani would be a great acquisition, but not at £60M. He's not nearly as good as Suarez and I would say £40M should be tops. I'd rather we spend £20M on Bony, who can give us more years and save the rest for winter transfer window, if we can't get Cavani for £40M. That doesn't take into account the not insignificant wage implication.
ReplyDeleteYou know...us Uruguayans are accused of having a complex about Argentina and using being small as an excuse not to be better or have a better in country infrastructure/domestic league because of it.... BUT i mean come on..... By now people do not know Cavani is from Uruguay?
ReplyDeleteCavani will work hard for you, even on defense ...as he does with NT....who has Luis as the main guy and forces Cavani to do the dirty work.
Eto'o for a season makes sense, as next season Origi comes in, people will whine but Eto'o scores goals in bucket loads if served-up enough chances!!!
ReplyDeleteWith ibrahimovic injured i don't think PSG would allow a forward to leave, they'd be short a quality forward if they do.
ReplyDeleteLavezzi or Eto'o are realistic!!!
ReplyDeleteno cavani or falcao
ReplyDeletereus or bony
chelseas team is not fair
ReplyDeleteCavani has a bigmouth and is not worth 30 million euro
ReplyDeleteIf we're actually looking to get either Falcao or Cavani, I would prefer if we did a loan deal with an option to buy . Both are arguably overpriced and could end up as flops when forced to play against quicker and more physical defenders. Would rather take a more catious approach
ReplyDeleteif we finish above chelsea again
ReplyDeletethat will be a massive accomplishment
steven gerrard song
ReplyDeletegoing on
in old tratford they sang it as well
why do they do it ?
Answer: bring back Steve Clarke as a second assistant!
ReplyDeleteyeah, because west brom had such a good record defensively....
ReplyDeleteBecause after last season it's the only thing they can still go on about..
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't spend that kind if money on Cavani. Having said that, we really do need a striker or I think we will struggle. By the way Chelsea look brilliant.
ReplyDeletei understand man utd fans but chelsea fans?
ReplyDeleteThey are too... they STILL go on about the 'Ghost Goal' and they would kill for our tradition and history
ReplyDeletewe need a matic
ReplyDeletecould morgan schniderlin be it
We are not going to sign Bony.
ReplyDeletesays who?
ReplyDeleteWe do not need a player like him.
ReplyDeleteis that rodgers opinion?
ReplyDeleteTrust me, we ain't going to sign Bony and if we do I will be happy to eat my words.
ReplyDeleteHe is not the player we need.
i think sterling can play a free role like cristiano ronaldo play anywhere he wants
ReplyDelete............................bony
sterling..............coutinho...........sturridge
sturridge normally goes deep , right ,left
Square peg in a round hole. What use is Sturridge in this formation?
ReplyDeletehe can play same role as suarez last season
ReplyDeletehe has the ability to adapt
We are not going to sign Bony to accommodate Sturridge. I will be proven right.
ReplyDeleteso how is falcao different to bony
ReplyDeletehe loves playing main man as well
Bony wishes he was as good as Falcao. Are you listening to yourself
ReplyDeletenot about quality but role
ReplyDeleteWhat are you on about? How is Bony going to keep Sturridsge on the bench?
ReplyDeleteYeah, right, we don't need someone who wants to come, who is quite young, who can score 20+ goals, who can actually hold the ball up, and who is BRILLIANT in his own box on set plays.
ReplyDeletethe game against southamton showed we clearly need two strikers ,
ReplyDeleteWhen you have to rely on Olsson and Lugano as you're first choice pairing and still manage to finish 8th in 2013 I think he can be trusted. In 2014 they only let in more than 2 goals in a game 5 times before May which is impressive considering they had no threat up front and often were defending for most of their matches.
ReplyDeletePlus its not a secret that our air tight defense of old was down to Clarke. He knows the club, has some pretty good defenders to work with, he's done it before, don't see why this would be a bad move
Fear ..
ReplyDeleteWe do not need Bony when we have Lambert.
ReplyDeletebetter option then falcao and cavani
ReplyDeletecavani- will cost 3 times as more , has high wage demands so will upset the balance , plus he is 27
falcao- his head is not in the right place , he is about 30 (apparently he is not as young as he says he is ), high wage demands and wants to eb a rela player
lambert is old only a season left in him
ReplyDeleteplus he is weaker then bony and not as potent
Bony is no quicker than Lambert. Trust me, £20 million plus will be an utter waste of money for someone who will be playing second fiddle to Sturridge.
ReplyDeleteThere aren't good choices left but that doesn't mean we should pay £50m for Cavani or Falcao.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather keep Borini or hell get even something like Eto'o for loan if he is willing to lower his wage demands.
You see Chelsea is playing great football atm. And I'd say their three strikers are worse than ours atm. I feel Costa will be good but Sturridge is already one of the best strikers in PL. I take Lambert over Drogba any day and Borini ain't much worse than present Torres.
Chelsea is seen as favourite to be champion 2014/2015 and that's because their defence is great and midfield balanced. And that's something we have to get right too. Moreno, Manquillo and Lovren mean we are going to right direction but we have still lot to do. Gerrard ain't getting younger and present Lucas ain't good enough. He's someone nice to have in bench but not in best 11.
I think we already have team which can score enough goals, something like 70-80. And iirc 74 has always been enough for CL qualification. What we need is balance. We can't always buy the best strikers for crazy amounts just to score 90 goals to win games.
If we don't get new striker I'm a bit dissapointed. But I also understand there weren't many great choices. And I rather wait for January than panic now and buy something we would regret later.
Change the record already. As already proven, your view on this is not backed by anything approaching credible evidence.
ReplyDeleteit is not about quickness
ReplyDeletegiroud is not fast either nor is mandzukic
it is about the brain and bony is better tehn lambert in that aspect
he thinks because they both are powerful man
ReplyDeleteand slow that they both must be similar
And I also want to add if there one player I would be willing to pay something like £50m that would Reus. But don't see that happening either so don't see a really reason speculate about it.
ReplyDeleteYes yes yes. £4 million second fiddle player compared top one who costs more than 4 times the price. Your guess is as good as mine.
ReplyDeleteI can see no negatives. 3 world cup games, 2 goals ... the guy SCORES GOALS
ReplyDeleteexactly cavani and falcao can be epic failures
ReplyDeletethere is something called a bad signing like borini
but because of the money carroll is a worse signing
rather bony 19m at most
They buy experience, Buck fears experience ..
ReplyDeleteschniderlin is exactly what we need
ReplyDeletesince matic arrived chelsea look about 10 times stronger defensively
they ahve a endless pit of blood money
ReplyDeleteI do not have to change my view.
ReplyDeleteHere comes Suarez .. £64M it said on SLY .. Ayre needs the sack ...
ReplyDeletebarca and real always try and bring the real price down
ReplyDeletelook at with neymar ,
what is ayre meant to do?
ReplyDeletesay we want 75m or else
barca will tap up all summer until the end
they might activate his release clause
liverpool will get the money and all our targets will have ended up elsewhere or we would pay more , a true doing a spurs
ayre has not made a mistake , 11m is not a lot we spent 8 on iloris and have loaned him out a lot
They got £50M for Luiz, they've spent buttons so far ..
ReplyDeleteBale?
ReplyDeletethey say it is 78m
ReplyDeletespurs say 86m
btw when i meant price down
ReplyDeletei mean what they paid
£64M is comical. Madrid paid £63M for Rodriguez, whip won't play a lot ...
ReplyDeleterodrigueze is younger and has more marketing avlue
ReplyDeletePeople come on......Chelsea is playing a team that is just not ready from prime time.
ReplyDeleteCosta is good and as an AM fan....I am happy for him but he is and can be a hothead as well.
100M euro
ReplyDeleteAre you serious?
ReplyDeleteWe need a mobile tough tackling DM as L Leiva(27) and S Gerrard(34) do not have the energy, legs, mobility, pace or physicality needed to protect back four well enough.
ReplyDeleteA Mascherano or Momo Sissoko type DM is badly needed:
E Capoue(26) Of Tottenham for £6-£9M should be brought to the club not A Song(26) Of Barcelona.
suarez is similar to sanchez in how they play but quality is different that is why barca signed him
ReplyDeletebony would start most games lambert is just an impact player
Costa has actually only had one good moment which was his goal. Burnley are going to struggle this season.
ReplyDeletewhy capoue he is a spurs reject ?
ReplyDeletemobility is needed but why are your ambitions so low ?
I'm fine with schneiderlin though I think it means rodgers should bench gerrard then.
ReplyDeleteactually gerrard should be benched more often anyways but because he's our best dmf (lame I know) he has to play too big minutes for 34 year old.
it's same as with lampard. doesn't mean gerrard won't have anything to give our team anymore. just means he struggles a bit too much against certain opponents.
and yes i would take bony too because he would cost only £5m to upgrade from borini. bony ain't the best match for our team but would be good enough 2nd striker with as many great attacking midfielders as we have.
B Rodgers should forget wasting £50-£60M on either Cavani(27) Or Falcao(28) he should spend £47on these two players:
ReplyDelete1: M Reus(25) Of B Dortmund for £23-£28M RW / LW / RWF / LWF
2: W Bony(25) Of Swansea for £16-18M FD
Bony would start most games? At who' s expensense? Sterling?
ReplyDeleteWould rather buy lavezzi for 20 than loan Falcao for one season for the same amount
ReplyDeletelavezzi is not a proper goalscorer
ReplyDeletehe is playing in an easy league but his record looks pretty poor
especially for someone 29 years old
reus or bony
thoose things are taken into consideration when signing a player
ReplyDeleteWe're not gonna sign Falcao either. Gotta agree with Logan on this one
ReplyDeletetrue but like i wrote earlier here if there are only bad choices left rather not choose anything then and forget the whole thing. if lavezzi would be few years younger i could see that happening but paying 20m for someone who hasn't even scored 10 ever in one season would just be silly
ReplyDeletelook at beckham
ReplyDeleteat the time 30m was a lot
but because of his marketing value real made ten times as more
Only one problem with Lavezzi. He DOES NOT SCORE GOALS.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I was saying on here the other day that I would rather go with Sturridge, Borini and lambert til January than spend a fortune on a panic buy
ReplyDeletecool then we are thinking the same way
ReplyDeleteHe will struggle to get a game ...
ReplyDeletejust saw drogba
ReplyDeletein a way i missed him
always nice to see a legend come back same with henry
maybe one day suarez will come back
Pipe would be a dream signing, but his wages make me worry that it'd just be money down the drain.
ReplyDeleteSuarez will probably be in the big house by the time he is in his mid 30s. That or the nut house.
ReplyDeleteWill you upload a video of you eating said words?
ReplyDeletefernando torres
ReplyDeletewell that's the thing when you have one of the best strikers in pl. cavani could be the world most expensive 2nd striker if we get him :D
ReplyDeleteUp in smoke...
ReplyDeleteHe'll be on the scrap heap.
ReplyDeletekenny daglish ?
ReplyDeletecant be worse then aspas
the club i can't stand is arsenal
ReplyDeletethey think they are so great and they invented football and entitled to every trophy
and spend massive amounts of money but complain when us and chelsea do it , also their fans are the most deluded
if liverpool sign cavani for 60m
ReplyDeletemsot fans would have the same feeling s when we signed andy carroll
Did anyone see Aspas getting headbutted during a "friendly" for Sevilla? I'm not gonna lie, when I saw it I thought to myself... "That's for that corner you b*****d"
ReplyDeleteIt is confirmed now , what i though i heard is true ,chelsea fans were singing a song about gerrad
ReplyDeletethis is the last straw we win the league this season we have to no other alternative we also have knock them out of champions league no alternative
rodgers do it show them class always wins
Upon witnessing the headbutt, onlookers observed that Ian Ayre reached into his jacket pocket, retrieved his phone and uttered "Brendan- it's done".
ReplyDeleteHe discreetly left the stadium soon after and rode his Harley all the way home.
Ha
ReplyDeletehe is a good person
ReplyDeletehow can you laugh at someone getting hurt
it is not like he did that corner on purpose also you are forgetting he is the man who made the assist to daniel sturridge againts stoke
One of the few occasions when I think the police should get involved in football incidents. Pure pre meditated thuggery
ReplyDeleteIf people didn't laugh at other people getting hurt, You've Been Framed would have been cancelled eons ago and Total Wipeout never would have been commissioned.
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about the Brandao headbutt on Thiago Motta?
ReplyDeleteAnd they would be bad things?
ReplyDeletethis site does not condone unsporting behavior
ReplyDelete...but does it condone slapstick born out of everyday life?
ReplyDeleteThat one even more so
ReplyDeletethose people know what to expect
ReplyDeleteaspas was randomly attacked he could ahve died
the chelsea fans site must
ReplyDeleteWas the Aspas one clearly pre-meditated? I saw it, but didn't see the build-up. I'd assumed it was some garden variety Duncan Fergusonage rather than something of the Brandao vintage.
ReplyDeletethat player should get a 4 month ban like suarez
ReplyDeletehow is a bite and a punch or headbutt different
same intention to kill or hurt the opponent
For Hammond and Hill's bank accounts? Yes.
ReplyDeleteFor the rest of the nation? No.
For me? Yes and no. On the good side two of the most puerile and stultifying hours of television I've ever witnessed would be removed from the schedules, but on the other hand, I'd lose an opportunity to feel superior over the idiots who are on the show and the twerps watching at home.
I personally think Brandao's one is far worse. He also broke one of van der Wiel's vertebrae.
ReplyDeleteDifficult to be sure but there seemed to me to be a deliberateness about it
ReplyDeleteexactly
ReplyDeletethis fifa are so dumb
why cant proper football people with common sense govern it like jaimie
Easy now, guv'. We don't want lifetime bans for someone going down a bit easily.
ReplyDeleteBecause it's us and it's him. If roles were reversed I'd be taking the p too - I mean, come on, the slip and resultant lack of pace would of lead to a public flogging had it been anyone other than SG. He's celebrated hurting both Utd and Chelsea and in the absence of them winning the title last season, us not winning it is just a tad more palatable, especially for Utd fans.
ReplyDeletewhat about ian ayre?
ReplyDeleteDepends on the context of course. I have been accused of going down easily.......
ReplyDeletestill i dont ever remember us singing about a utd player
ReplyDeletesay liek gary nevile
I think that is the difference. It would have been like singing about John Terry slipping in the Champions League final at the start of the next season.
ReplyDeleteTrouble is when everyone is laughing at something you remember doing yourself
ReplyDeleteNo it wasn't pre-meditated. It was Duncan Ferguson-esque. Just a rush of blood
ReplyDeleteAlright Florence Nightingale calm down, my comment was meant in jest, don't get your thong twisted.
ReplyDeleteOut of interest, how do you know Aspas is a good person? Been for a pint recently?
Dude he wasn't even bleeding. He was not "randomly attacked" he was headbutted during a heated exchange with a player. Could have died? Come on man
ReplyDeleteIn that case, it isn't good but I'd say it is nothing more than an incident.He deserves a ban, he'll get one and we can move on.
ReplyDeleteThe Brandao one is more serious though and I don't like to make a big deal of these talking points (in whatever form they take) but Brandao's behaviour is literally an assault.
So let's say Liverpool don't buy or loan another striker and Sturridge gets injured for 2-4 months. Then top 4 for Liverpool would be long gone. But I don't know if Liverpool should buy a 'big' striker who would want to play more or less every match, who would BR sacrifice, Sterling ? Lallana ?
ReplyDeleteWell exactly, between Lallana, Sterling, Markovic, coutinho, Borini and Lambert, surely they can chip in with enough goals to keep us in top 4 contention until January. And that's just on the assumption that Sturridge will get injured
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, he was waiting for him in the tunnel with malicious intent. That one was pre-meditated and I'll be very surprised if he isn't charged with assault. His ban will dwarf Suarez's i would imagine
ReplyDelete...That's just crazy. Signing an over-priced quality player is a lot different to signing an over-priced half season wonder.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I seen of Cavani in Brazil I don't think he would even be classed as a 'quality player', not for 60 million anyways.
ReplyDelete