Suarez SIGNED. Welcome to Liverpool Luis

[LeTallecWiz]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=43645.msg1257609#msg1257609 date=1295512512]
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=43645.msg1257608#msg1257608 date=1295512336]

Uruguay started the tournament against France with a negative 3-5-2/4-4-2 formation, with Forlan and Suarez the only attacking threats. Although France was evidently out of sorts, this worked, as Tabarez’s side got their campaign started with a draw.

Since then they have kept their defensive control but gone for more attacking 4-3-1-2/4-3-3 formations, largely helped by the introduction of Edinson Cavani to the side.

Cavani, as a right-footed player, has operated down the right flank, with Forlan floating between the middle of the field as a link-man and the left wing and Suarez operating up front. This has given the South Americans much more width on the pitch.

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Yeah but I don't think that was the shape in all the games Wiz, maybe I'm wrong. I certainly remember he consistently loitered on the left flank, cutting in and driving at defences. Think he scored a cracker doing that didn't he?
[/quote]

He scored that goal that way - against Japan I think, no?

Tbh, from what I remember, they were all moving around quite a bit ...

 

[Avmenon]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

As a consequence, Spurs are now pursuing Giuseppe Rossi of Villarreal. [/quote]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/ajax-play-hardball-with-liverpool-by-demanding-16321m-for-suarez-2189068.html
[/quote]

Interesting.

I like him

 

[DHSC]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Cavani looks like a good prospect as well, seems to be able to play on the right and as a central striker as well.

Any insights on him from our resident Italian superfan Roopy?

 

[Akakabooto]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=DHSC link=topic=43645.msg1257618#msg1257618 date=1295512891]
Cavani looks like a good prospect as well, seems to be able to play on the right and as a central striker as well.

Any insights on him from our resident Italian superfan Roopy?
[/quote]

Cavani is one of the hottest players on the planet and the club president has said he wouldn't sell him for €50m(of course he would though). Well out of our reach I'm afraid.

 

[DHSC]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

He's on loan to Napoli from Palermo right?

Is he better than Dzeko? Now that Dzeko's joined the dark side, we need a new hero-to-be.h

 

[Hansern]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

So, not a done deal then?

 

[Buddha]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/8270318/Liverpool-hope-to-compromise-with-Ajax-over-Luis-Suarez.html

Liverpool hope to compromise with Ajax over Luis Suárez

Liverpool are closing in on signing Uruguay forward Luis Suárez, despite the insistence of his club, Ajax, that only an absurd amount of money would tempt them to sell their prize asset.

They are believed to be demanding £25 million, but Liverpool are reluctant to pay much more than £18 million, although the Anfield side think a compromise will be reached.

Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool's caretaker manager, and Damien Comolli, the club’s director of football strategy, have identified Suárez as their primary attacking reinforcement for the January transfer window and the 23 year-old is thought to have informed both the Ajax hierarchy and his team-mates of his desire to move to England.

The Amsterdam side, though, would keep him against his wishes should an offer matching their valuation fail to materialise. “We know how important Luis is for Ajax,†said manager Frank de Boer. “Only when an absurd amount is on the table should we let him go.â€

Although reports that principal owner John W Henry had met Suárez’s agent on Tuesday are wide of the mark, Liverpool’s chairman, Tom Werner, confirmed on Wednesday that they are intending to bolster Dalglish’s squad this month. However, they warned that they would not jeopardise their long-term plans to do so.

“We are hard at work,†he said. “It is our intention to improve the club short term, and we do have targets. We hope to announce something but we are going to be driven by long-term decisions. It is very important for us to strengthen the club not just this season but next season.â€

Present for both the remainder of this campaign and the foreseeable future should be defender Daniel Agger and captain Steven Gerrard. The former, linked with a move to Germany, says he has no intention of leaving this month, while the latter has suggested he would like to carry on playing for five years.

They may be joined by Stephen Warnock - Dalglish’s first-choice left-back, likely to arrive at Anfield on a loan deal with a view to a permanent move in the summer - and possibly by the Scot himself, after Werner reiterated yesterday that the 59 year-old is a candidate for the manager’s post on a permanent basis.

“He fits the criteria we are looking for,†he said. “He hasbeen everything we could have hoped for.â€

 

[Buddha]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

By Ian Herbert, Northern Football Correspondent


Thursday, 20 January 2011

Liverpool and Ajax are still £8m apart in their valuations of striker Luis Suarez

Liverpool are involved in a tough negotiating battle with Ajax over Luis Suarez with the clubs understood to be more than £8m apart on price for the Uruguay international.


The obvious need for substantial reinforcements to a squad that looks short of Kenny Dalglish's requirements has left a club which anticipated a relatively low-budget January now hoping for two or three signings. Aston Villa left-back Stephen Warnock seems the most probable acquisition, with Dalglish concerned by Paul Konchesky's alienation from Liverpool's fans as well as his struggle for form. But Villa's Ashley Young and Wigan Athletic's Charles N'Zogbia are also players of interest, reflecting the absence of creativity in a side which is yet to win under Dalglish. However, Villa have insisted that Young is not for sale.

Suarez satisfies the need for a forceful second striker as well as delivery from the wings. Contrary to internet reports yesterday, Liverpool's principal owner John W Henry did not meet the player's agent, Pere Guardiola, at London's San Carlo restaurant on Tuesday night. Henry was in Liverpool for the evening. There has still been no official bid for Suarez but he would also bring more aggression to the side.

Though Suarez is understood to be keen to leave Amsterdam and attracted by the contingent of Spanish speakers who would help his acclimatisation on Merseyside, Ajax have proved inflexible on price so far. Liverpool are offering ¤15m (£12.5m), Ajax want ¤25m (£20.9m) minimum. Ryan Babel, who will move to Hoffenheim in a £5.8m deal unless a club more attractive to the 24-year-old comes in with a bid for him, was initially offered to the Amsterdam club from whom he was signed as part of the deal, but they were not interested.

Ajax want only to maximise their financial return. They need the money but they believe they can win the Eredivisie – they are currently fourth, six points off PSV Eindhoven with a game in hand – which is why they appear to be ready to play hardball.

Ajax may also take into consideration Suarez's mindset. A combustible individual – he was banned by the Dutch FA in November for seven games for biting an opponent on the shoulder – Suarez is said to be angered by the Dutch club's refusal to sell him. He was also frustrated last summer when a sizeable bid was tabled, which Martin Jol blocked – the then manager threatened to leave if Suarez went.

Manchester United had an initial interest in the player, whose performances in Uruguay's run to the World Cup semi-finals underlined his potential. During negotiations for a contract extension, Suarez pushed for Ajax to sign his friend and fellow Uruguayan Nicolas Lodeiro. They did so, which shows how much they value him. Lodeiro has barely played. Suarez is out of contract in June 2012 so they need to sell him by this summer. Tottenham had been interested in Suarez, though Harry Redknapp was understood to have harboured some doubts about his technical merits and has pulled out of the race for his signature. As a consequence, Spurs are now pursuing Giuseppe Rossi of Villarreal.

Liverpool's new chairman, Tom Werner, has said that Dalglish does fit the criteria to be the long-term manager. In an interview with the club's TV station yesterday, he said: "We've said at his [inaugural] press conference that he fits the criteria that we're looking for in a manager. He's extremely competent, he's excellent at man-management, he knows the philosophy of the club and he's been everything we could have hoped for. At the same time, we are certainly looking at what we can do to strengthen the club in the long term and he would be a candidate."

Of the qualities the new manager would need, Werner said: "You can just study the words and the actions of our great managers, Paisley and Shankly, and I certainly would include Kenny Dalglish as part of that triumvirate. They know what it means to win and what it means to be a big-four club. Our intention is not just to become eligible for the Champions League, but to be the best team in the League."

Werner added: "It is our intention to improve the club short-term. We know there are ways to improve the club and we do have targets. We hope to announce something but we are going to be driven by long-term decisions."

 

[Hansern]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Appols if posted:

OliverKayTimes Oliver Kay
Lots of questions tonight about #LFC Suarez deal. Not quite agreed yet, as I understand, but significant progress today. No further details
4 minutes ago

TheLFCTestament Lewis Cubbin
Was told this evening (by far from my strongest source) that #LFC have made some real progress today, in regards to the Suarez transfer.
3 hours ago

 

[Oncy]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

What a massive crock of shit all this is.
Significant progress.

 

[kingjulian]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Fucking sign already...what other real progress can be made? I would like us to sign one more player. If this drags on, then there is no possibility of another signing is there.

I know it is possible for the club to work on two deals at the same time....but who am i kidding. I would be shocked if they competently tie up one deal at the right price. Every club that has negotiated with us has taken us for a ride. I hope we get some mardy european CEO who negotiates just as hard.

 

[Y1]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Nothing has moved. So this story will die and we all move on, sadder and sadder.

 

[Buddha]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

He'll sign, we're just playing hardball on price.

 

[the_khl]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Percentage please.

 

[Judge Jules]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

67.5

 

[Holle]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

We should move on.

 

[Ryan]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

63%

 

[ILD]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=StevieM link=topic=43645.msg1257553#msg1257553 date=1295494806]
I've decided that this is happening.... and I have proof!!!!!

I have 2 old crusty cups of coffee in my office and if I look closely at the bubbles that have formed at the bottom, one is in the shape of an "S" & the other is in shape of a "7".

Ryan update your percentometer or whatever it's called... this is big.... we should be over 100% now...
[/quote]

That's probably in reference to S club 7.

 

[the_khl]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

author=Avvy link=topic=43645.msg1257614#msg1257614 date=1295512718]

As a consequence, Spurs are now pursuing Giuseppe Rossi of Villarreal.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/ajax-play-hardball-with-liverpool-by-demanding-16321m-for-suarez-2189068.html
[/quote]

Interesting.

I like him

I really like him as well.

 

[Buddha]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=KHL link=topic=43645.msg1257659#msg1257659 date=1295516424]
Percentage please.
[/quote]

99%

 

[Avmenon]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257666#msg1257666 date=1295516917]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=43645.msg1257553#msg1257553 date=1295494806]
I've decided that this is happening.... and I have proof!!!!!

I have 2 old crusty cups of coffee in my office and if I look closely at the bubbles that have formed at the bottom, one is in the shape of an "S" & the other is in shape of a "7".

Ryan update your percentometer or whatever it's called... this is big.... we should be over 100% now...
[/quote]

That's probably in reference to S club 7.
[/quote]

You've never had a dream come true,Dave?

 

[the_khl]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=Buddha link=topic=43645.msg1257672#msg1257672 date=1295517221]
[quote author=KHL link=topic=43645.msg1257659#msg1257659 date=1295516424]
Percentage please.
[/quote]

99%
[/quote]
I know Ryan's the one we go by, but I like yours more.

 

[ILD]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=Avvy link=topic=43645.msg1257673#msg1257673 date=1295517229]
[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257666#msg1257666 date=1295516917]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=43645.msg1257553#msg1257553 date=1295494806]
I've decided that this is happening.... and I have proof!!!!!

I have 2 old crusty cups of coffee in my office and if I look closely at the bubbles that have formed at the bottom, one is in the shape of an "S" & the other is in shape of a "7".

Ryan update your percentometer or whatever it's called... this is big.... we should be over 100% now...
[/quote]

That's probably in reference to S club 7.
[/quote]

You've never had a dream come true,Dave?
[/quote]

*Tries to think of another S club 7 song*

 

[Fabio]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257679#msg1257679 date=1295517594]
[quote author=Avvy link=topic=43645.msg1257673#msg1257673 date=1295517229]
[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257666#msg1257666 date=1295516917]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=43645.msg1257553#msg1257553 date=1295494806]
I've decided that this is happening.... and I have proof!!!!!

I have 2 old crusty cups of coffee in my office and if I look closely at the bubbles that have formed at the bottom, one is in the shape of an "S" & the other is in shape of a "7".

Ryan update your percentometer or whatever it's called... this is big.... we should be over 100% now...
[/quote]

That's probably in reference to S club 7.
[/quote]

You've never had a dream come true,Dave?
[/quote]

*Tries to think of another S club 7 song*
[/quote]

Come on dave, don't stop, never give up, hold your head high and reach the top! Let the world see what you have got! Bring it all back to s club

 

[kingjulian]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

are we there yet?

 

[jan]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=DHSC link=topic=43645.msg1257618#msg1257618 date=1295512891]
Cavani looks like a good prospect as well, seems to be able to play on the right and as a central striker as well.

Any insights on him from our resident Italian superfan Roopy?
[/quote]

He's THE shit. Strong, hard working and scores all kinds of goals. I'd love us to be in for him but I don't see it happening as Napoli probably have some "first option" agreement with Palermo or something, I still have no idea why they sent him on loan in the first place.

 

[Ossi]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Sign motherfucker sign!

Don't know if he'll be good for us if he comes but right now I just want some changes.

 

[Oncy]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=Fabio link=topic=43645.msg1257682#msg1257682 date=1295517717]
[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257679#msg1257679 date=1295517594]
[quote author=Avvy link=topic=43645.msg1257673#msg1257673 date=1295517229]
[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257666#msg1257666 date=1295516917]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=43645.msg1257553#msg1257553 date=1295494806]
I've decided that this is happening.... and I have proof!!!!!

I have 2 old crusty cups of coffee in my office and if I look closely at the bubbles that have formed at the bottom, one is in the shape of an "S" & the other is in shape of a "7".

Ryan update your percentometer or whatever it's called... this is big.... we should be over 100% now...
[/quote]

That's probably in reference to S club 7.
[/quote]

You've never had a dream come true,Dave?
[/quote]

*Tries to think of another S club 7 song*
[/quote]

Come on dave, don't stop, never give up, hold your head high and reach the top! Let the world see what you have got! Bring it all back to s club
[/quote]I used to go out with a girl from S club before they were S club.
*blows tiny trumpet and the words 'shittest claim to fame ever' pop out on a little flag with a tiny squeak*

 

[Fabio]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=43645.msg1257709#msg1257709 date=1295520033]
[quote author=Fabio link=topic=43645.msg1257682#msg1257682 date=1295517717]
[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257679#msg1257679 date=1295517594]
[quote author=Avvy link=topic=43645.msg1257673#msg1257673 date=1295517229]
[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257666#msg1257666 date=1295516917]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=43645.msg1257553#msg1257553 date=1295494806]
I've decided that this is happening.... and I have proof!!!!!

I have 2 old crusty cups of coffee in my office and if I look closely at the bubbles that have formed at the bottom, one is in the shape of an "S" & the other is in shape of a "7".

Ryan update your percentometer or whatever it's called... this is big.... we should be over 100% now...
[/quote]

That's probably in reference to S club 7.
[/quote]

You've never had a dream come true,Dave?
[/quote]

*Tries to think of another S club 7 song*
[/quote]

Come on dave, don't stop, never give up, hold your head high and reach the top! Let the world see what you have got! Bring it all back to s club
[/quote]I used to go out with a girl from S club before they were S club.
*blows tiny trumpet and the words 'shittest claim to fame ever' pop out on a little flag with a tiny squeak*
[/quote]

was it the fit one?

*waits for potential schoolboy error*

 

[the_khl]

Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=43645.msg1257709#msg1257709 date=1295520033]
[quote author=Fabio link=topic=43645.msg1257682#msg1257682 date=1295517717]
[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257679#msg1257679 date=1295517594]
[quote author=Avvy link=topic=43645.msg1257673#msg1257673 date=1295517229]
[quote author=ILD link=topic=43645.msg1257666#msg1257666 date=1295516917]
[quote author=StevieM link=topic=43645.msg1257553#msg1257553 date=1295494806]
I've decided that this is happening.... and I have proof!!!!!

I have 2 old crusty cups of coffee in my office and if I look closely at the bubbles that have formed at the bottom, one is in the shape of an "S" & the other is in shape of a "7".

Ryan update your percentometer or whatever it's called... this is big.... we should be over 100% now...
[/quote]

That's probably in reference to S club 7.
[/quote]

You've never had a dream come true,Dave?
[/quote]

*Tries to think of another S club 7 song*
[/quote]

Come on dave, don't stop, never give up, hold your head high and reach the top! Let the world see what you have got! Bring it all back to s club
[/quote]I used to go out with a girl from S club before they were S club.
*blows tiny trumpet and the words 'shittest claim to fame ever' pop out on a little flag with a tiny squeak*
[/quote]
Don'cy Juan