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Liverpool refuse to sanction Rodgers's Williams move
The Reds boss holds the centre-back in high esteem from his days at Swansea City but the club's transfer committee disagrees and will have no intention of approving a deal
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By Richard Buxton
Liverpool's owners are refusing to sanction Brendan Rodgers's plans to sign Ashley Williams,Goal.com can reveal.
The Swansea City defender had been heavily tipped to succeed Jamie Carragher at the heart of the Anfield club's back line next season, with the veteran centre-back set to hang up his boots, but Fenway Sports Group has no plans to rubber-stamp any deal.
As revealed by Goal.com in April, Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Williams, who turns 29 in August, which threatened to see them go head to head in the transfer market with Liverpool to secure the Wales captain's services.
Rodgers has vowed to "search far and wide" for Carragher's replacement but, while the 40-year-old continues to hold Williams in high esteem from his time at the Liberty Stadium, it is not a view shared by the Reds' transfer committee, which assesses and identifies transfer targets.
FSG's previous management structure saw them fail to broker a deal for Clint Dempsey last summer, with the attacking midfielder's move to Tottenham on transfer deadline day forcing Rodgers to rely heavily on Luis Suarez until January as one of Liverpool's only two recognised senior strikers.
Williams, who agreed a one-year extension to his current Swansea deal to stay with the Capital One Cup holders until 2015, is valued at £12 million, which the Anfield hierarchy do not believe represents good business sense due to the lack of longevity his capture would provide.
However, Goal.com understands that the Americans' reluctance to bankroll a move for the boyhood Liverpool fan does not rule out future moves for experienced players, should they become available at a reasonable price.
Williams's representatives met with Arsenal in London in April as the Gunners began formalising their plans to strengthen their central defence this season, while Laurent Koscielny has been targeted by Bayern Munich, as Goal.com exclusively revealed on Thursday.http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892...ool-refuse-to-sanction-rodgerss-williams-move
The Reds boss holds the centre-back in high esteem from his days at Swansea City but the club's transfer committee disagrees and will have no intention of approving a deal
EXCLUSIVE
By Richard Buxton
Liverpool's owners are refusing to sanction Brendan Rodgers's plans to sign Ashley Williams,Goal.com can reveal.
The Swansea City defender had been heavily tipped to succeed Jamie Carragher at the heart of the Anfield club's back line next season, with the veteran centre-back set to hang up his boots, but Fenway Sports Group has no plans to rubber-stamp any deal.
As revealed by Goal.com in April, Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Williams, who turns 29 in August, which threatened to see them go head to head in the transfer market with Liverpool to secure the Wales captain's services.
Rodgers has vowed to "search far and wide" for Carragher's replacement but, while the 40-year-old continues to hold Williams in high esteem from his time at the Liberty Stadium, it is not a view shared by the Reds' transfer committee, which assesses and identifies transfer targets.
FSG's previous management structure saw them fail to broker a deal for Clint Dempsey last summer, with the attacking midfielder's move to Tottenham on transfer deadline day forcing Rodgers to rely heavily on Luis Suarez until January as one of Liverpool's only two recognised senior strikers.
Williams, who agreed a one-year extension to his current Swansea deal to stay with the Capital One Cup holders until 2015, is valued at £12 million, which the Anfield hierarchy do not believe represents good business sense due to the lack of longevity his capture would provide.
However, Goal.com understands that the Americans' reluctance to bankroll a move for the boyhood Liverpool fan does not rule out future moves for experienced players, should they become available at a reasonable price.
Williams's representatives met with Arsenal in London in April as the Gunners began formalising their plans to strengthen their central defence this season, while Laurent Koscielny has been targeted by Bayern Munich, as Goal.com exclusively revealed on Thursday.http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892...ool-refuse-to-sanction-rodgerss-williams-move
Totally agree if it's true, but what worries me is that the same report suggests Bayern are interested in Koscielny, which doesn't do much for its cred in my book.
Koscielny is wank.
If he wants Williams he'll get him. He's spent x on Borini and y on Allen. This goal.com bullshit is just that.
Not that Id like Williams here.
Not that Id like Williams here.
He bought both of those at a time when we were putting a structure in place to stop managers doing stupid things like buying their old players for stupid sums.
That seems to be in place now, so I doubt we'll sign Williams.
Yay, the transfer committee!
Willams is past his prime, too expensive and the corner-stone of a defence that is worst than our own. Plus he has publicly declared that he hates and wanted to knock out our top scorer. Broaden your horizons Brendan.
In fact 2 or even three YAYS! to the transfer committee. Who is on that committee, Ian Rush and a few others?
Willams is past his prime, too expensive and the corner-stone of a defence that is worst than our own. Plus he has publicly declared that he hates and wanted to knock out our top scorer. Broaden your horizons Brendan.
In fact 2 or even three YAYS! to the transfer committee. Who is on that committee, Ian Rush and a few others?
I'm concerned he's going to get pulled in operation yewtree
Shit
He can't
Oh, he's been pulled all right, many times, the dirty devil!
You should phone him and Chelsea and protest heavily.
You should realise that if something is impossible that specific rumour is probably bullshit.
Everyone knows you can only sign a pre contract agreement when you're in the last six months of your deal, so it's safe to assume that Schurrle hasn't signed anything.
Shame it comes from Leverkusens own General manager then;
He may be satisfied this summer, though, as Holzhauser hinted that a deal could soon be struck. "Andre Schurrle has probably signed a pre-contract deal with Chelsea," Holzhauser is quoted as saying by Kicker magazine.
"It all depends on whether we let him go. We have received a concrete offer for a fee which we are considering. But the price alone is not decisive. We must also have alternatives, which we don't have yet."
Is this key word. It's speculation on his part. Chelsea could have tapped him up, but nothing is out in the open
100% he is off - most likely to Chelsea.
Leverkusen have already signed his replacement from Fortuna Dusseldorf, Robbie Kruse.
Another summer of us thinking we can get top players, then realising that apart from the odd fluke (Suarez) all the top players will go to teams above us. Or in Europe. We are in the hands of a committee and a manager with hardly any experience. Scary times again.
To be honest I would be more than happy with three signings of the standard of Coutinho.
£25m well spent.
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