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

Weird that Kuyt wants Suarez considering that it's most likely his spot that is up for grabs.
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Nothing about in the papers today lads not according to the BBC website anyway? ???
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Not to worry, mate. I doubt that means anything one way or the other. The King's already said we'll be doing business the way Liverpool always used to, i.e.not in the public eye.
 
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[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=43645.msg1259752#msg1259752 date=1295735213]
I reckon the tour guide is sick.
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Tours were cancelled during the summer for a day as well, it turned out the decorators were in
 
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[quote author=Rosco link=topic=43645.msg1259917#msg1259917 date=1295776883]
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=43645.msg1259752#msg1259752 date=1295735213]
I reckon the tour guide is sick.
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Tours were cancelled during the summer for a day as well, it turned out the decorators were in
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You think they'd have more then one woman availlable
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

I read that Ajax want us to lower Babel's price! Why don't they stop pussyfooting and do the same for Suarez so we can get the deal done?
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Mido said yesterday in an interview for Egyptian tv, that the Suarez deal to us were 90 % likely. He got released from Ajax last week, so I guess he knows a bit of what has been going on.
 
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Stop clogging up the thread with percentages from people who don't matter. It's confusing !
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Liverpool target Luis Suarez has confirmed that he ready to move to England.

The Ajax striker is the subject of interest from The Reds, who are trying to broker a deal for the Uruguayan before the end of the transfer window.

The 23-year-old admits that he once thought that he would not be best suited to the Premier League, but having seen Carlos Tevez'ssuccess at West Ham, Manchester United and Manchester City, he is now confident he can emulate the Argentine.

"(England) is a league that attracts me, a country where the football is really good," Suarez told the Sunday Times.

"Alongside the Spanish league it is the best in the world. In England you have a lot of clubs with aspirations to become champions and they are also very strong in the Champions League at the European level.

"I used to think that English football was not my style. But I saw Tevez play at Boca and Corinthians and I never imagined that he would play in the Premier League.

"When I see the way that Tevez plays there I think I can be a big name in England. It's because of the energy, and the spirit they put into the game in England. Now, I think it's a kind of football that suits me."
 
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[quote author=Rosco link=topic=43645.msg1259928#msg1259928 date=1295778059]
Stop clogging up the thread with percentages from people who don't matter. It's confusing !
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Yeah. Where's Ryan with the latest official percentage ?!
 
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[quote author=Krump link=topic=43645.msg1259920#msg1259920 date=1295777193]
[quote author=Rosco link=topic=43645.msg1259917#msg1259917 date=1295776883]
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=43645.msg1259752#msg1259752 date=1295735213]
I reckon the tour guide is sick.
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Tours were cancelled during the summer for a day as well, it turned out the decorators were in
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You think they'd have more then one woman availlable
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hahaha.
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

From the Sunday Times

Uruguay’s very own “Hand of God†is wrapped around an early-morning mug of maté when Andre Ooijer bowls into the Amsterdam Arena and catches its owner in mid-interview. “You’re speaking to The Lying Rag, Luis?†says Ooijer, mishearing the introductions. “Good luck!†Luis Suarez grins at the veteran defender, takes another sip at his bitter brew, and returns to our conversation. This is not a man to easily ruffle.

Public excoriations do not come much worse than the global firestorm that followed Uruguay’s World Cup quarter-final elimination of Ghana. The last African nation at the tournament were the neutrals’ choice, the misfortune of their exit after missing a penalty kick compounded by Suarez’s emotional celebration of his goal-line handball that prevented a final-minute winner.

Hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates after Uruguay beat Ghana in the ensuing penalty shootout, the striker’s sense of humour further irked football’s moralists. “The Hand of God now belongs to me,†said Suarez, tongue firmly in cheek. “Mine is the real Hand Of God. I made the best save of the tournament.â€

The reaction was extreme, with some arguing that Uruguay should be thrown out of the tournament, while others said the game should be replayed. There were petitions for Fifa to change the rules so that such a handball brought not just a red card but a “penalty goalâ€. No true sportsman, claimed Suarez’s opponents, would behave as he did.

Sipping on his specially imported South American brew six months after the furore, the 23-year-old smiles when The Sunday Times asks after the new Mano di Dio. “I think it was intuition,†says Suarez. “If you were in that situation you would do the same. I did not do it with purpose, I did it unconsciously. I wasn’t even aware it was a penalty. I did it because it was the only option I had.â€

Then comes the reasoning of a forward who scores so prodigiously his every game is marked by rat-a-tat blows to ankle and shin: the kind of argument which a true lover of the most thrilling part of football will always place above angry railing against handballs. “I think it is far worse to kick a player when he’s going through on the goalkeeper,†he says. “To make a foul and hurt your opponent is worse than my situation.

“The criticism wasn’t a surprise. What was a little bad was that after the game, the only thing people were writing about was the handball. It was not about my attacking, my skill or my goals. It went out of hand. But it wasn’t a surprise, because the world is always looking for something to criticise.

“I don’t know what would have happened if I hadn’t saved that ball. I haven’t thought about it. But I thought, and I will think for the rest of my life, that Uruguay were better than Ghana in that game.â€

Football forgives faster than its observers. Within the technical departments of Europe’s top clubs, the focus was not on the end of Suarez’s arms but on his feet and brains. The younger half of a relentlessly inventive striking partnership with Diego Forlan, he netted three times in six World Cup starts — a strike rate still some margin below the 49 goals scored in 48 games as Ajax’s captain the preceding season.

Able to play left, right or centre, finishing with either foot, with forehead, from close-range or distance, there have been 139 goals in 222 club games for Nacional, Groningen and Ajax. Suarez creates chances as well as converting them. He plays with a pleasing dynamism, revelling in taking opponents on one-to-one, and he’s on the wanted list of every club with the budget to buy an elite forward.

Earlier this year, the then Ajax coach Martin Jol fielded a call from Daniel Levy offering cash and reserve defender Dorian Dervite for Suarez. Teasing his former boss, Jol told Tottenham’s chairman he couldn’t afford Suarez and waited for a grander bid. Unfairly undermined by Johan Cruyff, Jol has since been replaced at Ajax but the club’s stance on Suarez remains unchanged. For sale. If the price is right.

Tottenham are currently wandering around Europe with a €25m (£21.28m) budget for a striker. Though they offered €22m to Villarreal for Giuseppe Rossi last week, Suarez remains an option. Liverpool are pushing even harder to land him, having gone public with their interest and started talking numbers.

Aware that Ajax are prepared to cash in, Suarez is ready to move to England. “It is a league that attracts me, a country where the football is really good,†Suarez says. “Alongside the Spanish league it is the best in the world. In England you have a lot of clubs with aspirations to become champions and they are also very strong in the Champions League at the European level.

“I used to think that English football was not my style. But I saw [Carlos] Tevez play at Boca and Corinthians and I never imagined that he would play in the Premier League. When I see the way that Tevez plays there I think I can be a big name in England. It’s because of the energy, and the spirit they put into the game in England. Now, I think it’s a kind of football that suits me.â€

Jol describes Suarez as a footballer “who likes to gambleâ€. Ask Suarez about his style and he tells you that it comes from the improvised pitches and rough knocks of his Uruguayan childhood. “When you are small, and you play on the streets in Uruguay you learn a lot,†he says. “You get kicked, you play in bare feet without boots and you have to develop your game to avoid the kicks. You have to be clever.

“I know that I have some qualities, but in my play there is an element of luck. The thing is that most of the time I have the luck that when the ball bounces off a defender’s foot, knee or leg, I get the ball back, because I’m strong. That’s a part of my game.†In this season’s Champions League he made Alessandro Nesta a victim of it, nutmegging Milan’s storied defender to set up Ajax’s opener.

“I try this because there are times when it is difficult to go past on the left or right because there isn’t much space. But sometimes it’s just luck. Against esta, I saw that there were two players in the middle and I tried to pass the ball inside, I wasn’t aiming for ‘a tunnel’. But then Nesta came and the temptation was too great.†Tempted themselves, Liverpool may soon draw similar reward.
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Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=43645.msg1259904#msg1259904 date=1295775910]
Not to worry, mate. I doubt that means anything one way or the other. The King's already said we'll be doing business the way Liverpool always used to, i.e.not in the public eye.
[/quote] *Puts sleeping tablets to one side*
 
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[quote author=Avvy link=topic=43645.msg1259880#msg1259880 date=1295772243]
[quote author=jono@home link=topic=43645.msg1259764#msg1259764 date=1295738367]
Speaking of which, did you know one of the tour guides at the old toilet is a liverpool fan ?
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Really?

Surprised he's not been found out yet.
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It made me laugh, I had freinds over from Denmark a few years back, they wanted to see anfield and old trafford. I begrudgingly took them to old trafford, ended up going on the tour.

He cottoned on I was a Liverpool fan and instead of taking the piss he took me to one side and said look, so am I, showed me his VIP pass and season ticket stubbs for Liverpool. Carrys them around he said as its just to remind himself he is a true red. I asked wtf you doing here then.. ?? he simply went on to say.. He loves football!!
 
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[quote author=Skullflower link=topic=43645.msg1260094#msg1260094 date=1295796245]
14%
[/quote] Has to be more than that..
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Well twitter has been swept with a rumour that he's (Suarez) is at Melwood today. Unfortunately not from any credible sources.
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

Yeah I can't see this happening now.
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

It's gone on for about 2 weeks. Torres was a month and Wilson was over 2 months.

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

Did anyone read the interview? Is it not pertinent that Ooijer referred to the The Shit?
 
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[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=43645.msg1260100#msg1260100 date=1295797095]
It's gone on for about 2 weeks. Torres was a month and Wilson was over 2 months.

Keep the faith 😉
[/quote]Just over a week and a day to go, i reckon it's this week.. [size=5pt] Maybe tommorow?[/size]
 
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[quote author=dmishra link=topic=43645.msg1260106#msg1260106 date=1295798268]
Did anyone read the interview? Is it not pertinent that Ooijer referred to the The Shit?
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I assumed it was a dutch newspaper?
 
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[quote author=SummerOnions link=topic=43645.msg1260110#msg1260110 date=1295798511]
[quote author=dmishra link=topic=43645.msg1260106#msg1260106 date=1295798268]
Did anyone read the interview? Is it not pertinent that Ooijer referred to the The Shit?
[/quote]

I assumed it was a dutch newspaper?
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I don't think so. Doesn't look like it at least.

“You’re speaking to The S**, Luis?†says Ooijer, mishearing the introductions. “Good luck!†Luis Suarez grins at the veteran defender, takes another sip at his bitter brew, and returns to our conversation. This is not a man to easily ruffle.
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Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

De Boer says the Suarez to Liverpool deal is 90% done. At the lack of any credible sources, I want to believe him.
 
Re: Suarez paves the way for Anfield switch as Babel nears the exit door

I forgot Ooijer played for Blackburn, else i couldn't figure how he'd know what it was or the significance.
 
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[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=43645.msg1260112#msg1260112 date=1295798800]
He was speaking to the Sunday Times, and Ooijer misheard.
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Yes, but why does he say "Good Luck" after that. Because he knows that Suarez is off to Liverpool?

Or am I reading too much into it?
 
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[quote author=dmishra link=topic=43645.msg1260115#msg1260115 date=1295798974]
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=43645.msg1260112#msg1260112 date=1295798800]
He was speaking to the Sunday Times, and Ooijer misheard.
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Yes, but why does he say "Good Luck" after that. Because he knows that Suarez is off to Liverpool?

Or am I reading too much into it?
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Basically referring to the fact that the red top will twist his words.

De Boer has given Liverpool less than a week to wrap it up or he won't be sold during the window.
 
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