New reports today claim that Liverpool are still tracking long-term transfer target Dani Alves, and with the Brazilian almost certain to leave Barcelona this summer, his agent has confirmed that a number of clubs are in the running to sign him. Could the Reds be one of those clubs?
When asked over the weekend about Alves's future, his agent, Dinorah Santana, told reporters:
"Yes, I can confirm that there have been contacts. There are offers that I do not want to reveal. I can only add that I just have to wait and see how things evolve."
Could one of the offers to which Santana refers be from Liverpool? It's a nice though, but it's doubtful.
Unless, of course, LFC offer the Brazilian an obscene amount of money, in which case, he'll probably sign without hesitation, claiming that Anfield was his first-choice, and he's attracted by the club's history etc.
In any event, Manchester United have offered Alves a €21m salary package to sign for the club, which Liverpool cannot - and should not - match.
Alves is definitely leaving the Nou Camp. In September, a statement on the official Barca website confirmed his departure:
"We are delighted that Dani is here, and with the performance he has provided for the club. Both sides have reached an agreement though that his contract will end in 2015"
A month later, Alves told reporters:
“Next year I'm moving to England. I'm going to play at the home of football. This will be my last season at Barcelona.”
A few weeks ago, Alves reiterated his intention to leave:
"From June 7 I'll announce my future. My intention was not to speak, but I haven't been respected with a lot of silly things. It's gone too far".
So, Alves is definitely coming to England, which means Liverpool will almost certainly have a chance to at least compete for his signature, even if it may ultimately be pointless.
Imagine having a player of Alves's experience in the squad - It'd be a massive boost for all concerned to have a bona-fide WINNER at the club.
Unfortunately, for the elite of Europe, Anfield is no longer a prestige destination, and the Reds don't have a manager capable of attracting a high-profile player like Alves.
In fact, I'd be surprised if Alves has even heard of Brendan Rodgers.
One thing is clear, though: I'd rather see Liverpool spend £150k-a-week on Alves over James Friggin' Milner™.
Author: Jaimie K
When asked over the weekend about Alves's future, his agent, Dinorah Santana, told reporters:
"Yes, I can confirm that there have been contacts. There are offers that I do not want to reveal. I can only add that I just have to wait and see how things evolve."
Could one of the offers to which Santana refers be from Liverpool? It's a nice though, but it's doubtful.
Unless, of course, LFC offer the Brazilian an obscene amount of money, in which case, he'll probably sign without hesitation, claiming that Anfield was his first-choice, and he's attracted by the club's history etc.
In any event, Manchester United have offered Alves a €21m salary package to sign for the club, which Liverpool cannot - and should not - match.
Alves is definitely leaving the Nou Camp. In September, a statement on the official Barca website confirmed his departure:
"We are delighted that Dani is here, and with the performance he has provided for the club. Both sides have reached an agreement though that his contract will end in 2015"
A month later, Alves told reporters:
“Next year I'm moving to England. I'm going to play at the home of football. This will be my last season at Barcelona.”
A few weeks ago, Alves reiterated his intention to leave:
"From June 7 I'll announce my future. My intention was not to speak, but I haven't been respected with a lot of silly things. It's gone too far".
So, Alves is definitely coming to England, which means Liverpool will almost certainly have a chance to at least compete for his signature, even if it may ultimately be pointless.
Imagine having a player of Alves's experience in the squad - It'd be a massive boost for all concerned to have a bona-fide WINNER at the club.
Unfortunately, for the elite of Europe, Anfield is no longer a prestige destination, and the Reds don't have a manager capable of attracting a high-profile player like Alves.
In fact, I'd be surprised if Alves has even heard of Brendan Rodgers.
One thing is clear, though: I'd rather see Liverpool spend £150k-a-week on Alves over James Friggin' Milner™.
Author: Jaimie K
Would bring in great experience, but why go to Liverpool when Man United have CL football, are probably going to offer higher wages, and will still probably secure his position in the starting 11?
ReplyDeleteGenuinely would rather have Milner we've already got a full back who can't defend
ReplyDeleteI cannot see him accepting a contract that depends on the number of appearances he makes.
ReplyDeleteLove the trade mark!
ReplyDeletethought it was quite well documented that the most interested club in Alves was manchester united, don't even think liverpool were ever mentionned.
ReplyDeletewon't loose any sleep over him, he's great going forward but not so much defending, and that's what we need.
Ian Ayre got sacked
ReplyDelete"official" or rumours ?
ReplyDeleteIt's on Twitter
ReplyDeletehm ok, considering how bad he was with signing players i won't be dissapointed.
ReplyDeleteIf he goes to Manu then we weren't in for him anyway
ReplyDeleteNo, No, No, No,
ReplyDeleteWe still have Manqueeni, John Flanno, Wisdom, that is 3 right backs for 1 position. We can do with these players this season and save the money on wages etc that would be spent on someone like Alves for players in much needed position like CDM, YES, YES a DEF need a CMD. Get in William Carlvaho and Mateo Kovacic. Get rid in the midfield Allen and Lucas.
What about DFW
ReplyDeleteGood post Mr B.
ReplyDeleteThe way 4-2-3-1 gets played in England it's usually just like a 4-4-2 with split strikers anyway :)
As I see it English football is still mainly about fitness. Teams can drop off and invite midfielders into the play-making positions because they trust their midfielders to be fit and committed enough to close the angles and lanes centrally. Strikers for the beat-down teams, the teams that look to keep possession and create, such as BR's Liverpool, have to be able to keep up constant movement dropping off, moving wide with purposeful runs, as well as showing in behind in order to win space for midfielders to have a chance of creating anything in the final third.
Ings has that kind of game, unlike the men we inexplicably bought last summer, so he should be useful. He also has the pace to threaten on the counter and the feet to need defending darting in behind. He's got a great chance to kick on here, very excited for him.
honestly seeing how they're not that better than us defensively and the physical nature of the pl don't know if it would be wise for them... hope they'll get him !
ReplyDeleteSpurs only offered that to try and influence the tribunal though.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's just obscene.
ReplyDeleteI would say JFK but I think that is alread taken
ReplyDeleteJaimie Friggin' K?
ReplyDeleteThey still made a 12 mil offer which Burnley accepted.
ReplyDeleteThe decision was down to Ings
If the Metro have reported that Alves has been offered that much be United, there almost certainly has been no contact what so ever
ReplyDeleteSterling is in more trouble than I thought. He is being given advice by Paul Gascoigne
ReplyDeleteWhich is terribly unreliable... But hey, one can hope.
ReplyDeleteTypical Americans they are trying to hit BR and so far they have"taken out"t Marsh and Pascoe and now it seems Ayre. It's what they call collateral damage i believe. ;-)
ReplyDeleteNot that I'm American or anything.... ;)
ReplyDeleteFor all I know it could be what the F stands for in John F Kennedy
ReplyDeleteIt is not 'comparatively inferior players', it is much inferior players. And maybe Lambert and Borini would've been inspired had they been given a fair chance.
ReplyDeleteAnyone to correct my tenses?
to be fair, he does do a lot of talking.. I used to enjoy listening to him, but now I cant stand it!
ReplyDeleteOh. I always thought it stood for Fucking.
ReplyDeleteI'm concerned that Raheem might lead Gazza astray
ReplyDeleteSoon Henry will have the corpses of all three mounted on the hood of his truck, so he can drive along whooping and throwing empty Budweiser cans out of the window.
ReplyDeleteYes we would not want to stereotype them or anything but that sounds about right to me.
ReplyDeleteHell. I do that - as well as fire a shotgun in the air - to celebrate every BM.
ReplyDeleteSo, should we call them/me Yanks or make fun of their socks?
ReplyDeleteIs the Biebster or Jason Aldean on the radio?
ReplyDeleteand those shorts!
ReplyDeleteNeither. It's the theme tune to Deliverance.
ReplyDeleteI think you're referring to @Ash's Boomstick
ReplyDeleteThe truth shall set you free my friend....You have to be able to walk the walk before you talk the talk and Rodgers hasn't mastered the walking bit yet
ReplyDeleteIt'll be like polishing a turd or trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear mate! I hope he proves me wrong in all fairness because my club means the world to me but I am struggling to find the optimist in me with Rodgers
ReplyDeleteI hope so mate! He's been about as much use as a Chocolate fireguard since he's been at the club he just flies around the world low-balling (not a metaphor for tea-baggin but maybe thats what he's doing) and just offended teams with offensively low bids...And then flying home without any one signing but at least he got a free holiday
ReplyDeleteI hate to see BR as Liverpool's manager but,I also hate to have another disastrous season.I support him and hope he doesn't fail this season,I mean Liverpool already hit the rock bottom,It cannot go any down.
ReplyDeleteI try to keep my broomstick firmly tucked away; it has a tendency to go off, unexpectedly, embarrassingly.
ReplyDeleteWell it's good to clear the Ayre they say
ReplyDeleteThey though about using Snipers but for some stupid reason it's against the law....
ReplyDeleteGive it time
ReplyDeleteYou need to stop speaking sense.
ReplyDeleteWhaaaaaaaaat? Now that's interesting.
ReplyDeleteSome would say I need to start '-)
ReplyDeleteI see the 'news' about Ian Ayre's sacking has perked everyone's mood up considerably :-)
ReplyDeleteSome would say Can looks better bald ;-)
ReplyDeleteIf we see him on Sky Sports news announcing he has step down from his post and we see a little red dot on his head he's in the sights of a highly trained sniper, bit extreme if you ask me though
ReplyDeleteI shall be watching for that now though
ReplyDeleteOh my dear.
ReplyDeleteThis Jimmy Five Bellies dude! (see how I thrown dude in am all american today) intrigues me i've only got one! I remember seing him on TV years ago and he looked like an international Wok smuggler
ReplyDeleteWell, it's certainly not my fault.
ReplyDeleteIf Not You Then Who?
ReplyDeleteHe's leaving, signed a contract with Standard Chartered...not with immediate effect
ReplyDeleteNo. I just felt like we dithered through the last summer window, unsure of ourselves and then threw a desperation pass at balo hoping for a magical transformation that no one else has accomplished.........He who hesitates loses his prime targets
ReplyDeleteManc U did sign Blind, Rojo, Wellbeck so even if falcao and DiMaria flopped Manc U finished in CL and we didn't.
ReplyDeleteThey are an improvement on Lambert, Borini, Balo and Markovic but hardly the types to propel us to CL football.............We did this last summer. First signings, inconsequential whilst the best targets got signed while we were hemming, and hawing sand wringing our hands in indecisive. Then signed Balo as an overt act of desperation...........
ReplyDeleteARE YOU CHANNELING YOUR INNER STUART?
ReplyDeleteWe can all dream of the ideal goal-scoring centre forward. When it comes down to it we must make the best choice of what is possible. However, last summer how on earth did the transfer committee decide that Balotelli represented a better bet than Bony ?
ReplyDeleteHe may not be the most exciting player but I'd think he would be able to improve on his record that he has at Burnley, and if he can score 10+ goals that wouldn't be a bad return.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I do like about him, is he gets in the box, something that no one seems to want to do at Liverpool at the moment. So hopefully he can be there to pick up a few simple goals.
I still think we need to bigger name signing, one who brings in a little excitement to the dressing room and the stadium.
As well as being an arrogant coach Rodgers speaks of improving players as well as the individual, helping them to become 'men' of substance. A quality that he is yet to display himself. It's easy to act dignified and correctly when things are going well but BR demonstrated last season that he is a back stabber. He may be a reasonable coach in time but he lacks the character to be successful. He should be gone.
ReplyDeleteI agree Ings could be decent.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to pick up the point you make about the 4-4-2 with split strikers because it's a good point. We really need strikers who work the back four laterally the way Collymore and Fowler would or Sturridge and Suarez. Heskey and Owen for example both occupied the center halves which left our wide midfielders isolated. As Barnesy said " There's only one way to beat them, get round the back" We don't have good enough players throughout to play with split strikers. It only worked for a season when we had the then world class of Gerrard and torres grabbing 20 each. Now we'd be lucky to get 10 goals out of whoever plays in the hole be it Coutnho or Sterling and be very fortunate if Sturridge, Ings etc get more than 15.
I dont think so, I know it I have seen it and it is about to start happening yet again
ReplyDeleteyou lot are so lucky to get ings,,, he is a real goalscoring talent
ReplyDeletejust make sure you give him a chance
he is up and coming and real natural goalscorer