From our Uruguayan correspondent

[Judge Jules]

...well, a mate of mine there who's a football nut (like most of the rest of the country as far as I can tell) with some interesting snippets about Suarez and Diego Godin, who's mentioned in the media thread as someone we might look at if we were to need a replacement for Agger.

On Suarez: appaz.PSG offered him absolutely silly money to sign for them but he was never likely to take it, as he's majorly grateful to the club (including Kenny) and the supporters for standing by him in the recent hoo-hah and is determined to repay that support.

On Godin: not in good form for Atletico at the moment but that might make this a good time to do a deal. He's capable of vastly better than he's currently producing and could well be a very good signing, though like Coates he'd need some time to get used to the Prem.

NB this guy is a supporter of Penarol, the great rivals of Nacional which both Suarez and Godin used to play for, so he's got no cause to big them up excessively.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

The Suarez thing is obvious. Perhaps that's the one 'light' of the way we handled the affair - as it was done poorly. That it ensured Suarez felt he had to repay his loyalty to the club. Let's hope we can win a few league titles before he moves back to Uruguay for the retirement stint at Nacional! 😉

 

[Hansern]

Atl Madrid want 9 mill for Godin.

He was very good for Villareal

 

[Mystic]

Atl Madrid want 9 mill for Godin.

He was very good for Villareal

If we have to lose Agger, and I hope we don't, he would be a good choice of replacement, especially at that price.

 

[Mystic]

It's reached goal.com

Manager Brendan Rodgers admitted on Wednesday that Liverpool would sell Agger at the right price and it is understood he will be allowed a significant portion of the proceeds to secure a replacement for the Dane.

WAITING FOR GODIN?​

PROFILE: Formidable Diego Godin has all the attributes needed to replace Agger at Liverpool​

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Rodgers is not believed to be interested in moving for Swansea City captain Ashley Williams and, although he is a huge admirer of Steven Caulker, his centre-back partner during a successful loan spell last season, Tottenham will strongly resist any move for a player of whom they have high hopes at White Hart Lane.

Rodgers' top target is Godin, 26, who is a cornerstone of Uruguay's national side and highly regarded in Spain. However, Atletico are believed to be willing to listen to offers for the centre-back because of their financial problems.

Godin was watched by Liverpool before they signed his countryman Sebastian Coates 12 months ago soon after Uruguay won the 2011 Copa America.

Arsenal and Chelsea have also made enquiries for Godin, who was a central figure in Atletico's Europa League triumph last season, but have failed to renew their interest.

Rodgers does not believe Coates is ready for a regular starting berth at Anfield and wants a proven, battle-hardened centre-back to supplement Jamie Carragher and Martin Skrtel, whose long-term Liverpool future also remains in doubt.

City are intent on securing high calibre cover for first-choice centre-back pairing Vincent Kompany and Joleon Lescott.

Agger, 27, has only two years remaining on his current contract and has privately expressed his frustrations at Liverpool's lack of progress over the previous 12 months.

City might be interested in a part-exchange deal involving winger Adam Johnson, who they are ready to sell after lining up Swansea's Scott Sinclair as a replacement.

Although Liverpool are under no obligation to sell £24 million-rated Agger, Rodgers has conceded that all serious offers for players at Anfield will be considered.

Speaking on Wednesday, he said: "Do I want to lose Daniel Agger? No, not really. I enjoy him. He's a good guy and can play a real pivotal part in how I want to play. He understands how I want to work but I'm a realist as well and the reality is that if a club comes in with a massive bid then the club may have to look at it.

"I think it's one where they’re at a premium, top centre-halves. Look at Thiago Silva - he was at AC Milan and went to PSG for £40million so there's got to be a big valuation.

"He [Agger] is one of the leading players in European football at centre-half. Is he a player that I want to lose? No, he's not. But like it is for any club, whatever valuation comes in - you've seen it over a number of years - if it's in the best interest of the club, whether it's Daniel or any other player, of course you have to look at it, from a football perspective."

If this £9million quote is correct, and the rumours that we'll only sell at £27million are correct we could do a lot worse than to buy Godin and then put the rest of the money towards the £20million valued Schurrle.

 

[Judge Jules]

The Suarez thing is obvious. Perhaps that's the one 'light' of the way we handled the affair - as it was done poorly. That it ensured Suarez felt he had to repay his loyalty to the club. Let's hope we can win a few league titles before he moves back to Uruguay for the retirement stint at Nacional! 😉

It's arguable that, if we'd handled things differently, Suarez would be in Paris now and we'd have given Ferguson an open ticket to shaft us whenever and however he wanted.