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Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina are ready to quit Liverpool in January thanks to secret escape clauses in their contracts.

The Spain internationals made the get-out agreements with their Anfield bosses in the summer when they were persuaded to stay despite the departure of Spanish boss Rafa Benitez.

Now Torres and Reina, key to Roy Hodgson’s attempts to steer the club away from the relegation zone, want out after promises of major team investment went unfulfilled.

Mirror Sport understands the pair will tell the club in December they wish to leave, with Manchester City keen on £50 million Torres and Manchester United and Arsenal pursuing £20m Reina.

The double whammy will devastate Liverpool fans who hoped John W Henry’s purchase of the club would bring the glory days back to Anfield.

Instead, the American has made it clear there will be no major spending in January, and with many players unhappy with the direction the club is taking under Hodgson, Torres and Reina are ready to make a move.

Torres was talked into staying in the summer when a three man delegation flew to Madrid for secret talks with with the striker’s representatives on July 14 - three days after the World Cup Final.

It is understood Torres lawyer Margarita Pilar Garay-Bret and Jose Antonio Martin were present at the meeting.

One member of the delegation remained in Madrid to speak directly with Torres before returning to Liverpool confident the Spaniard would stay.

Torres and Spanish teammate Reina - a powerful voice in the dressing room - were both poised to quit Liverpool at the time with Chelsea having tabled a £50 million bid for Torres while Arsenal had offered £20 million for Reina.

Both were upset at the lack of investment, the club’s failure to secure Champions League status and the grim reality of their Premiership title hopes.

Torres was eventually persuaded to remain at Liverpool after three days of talks - during which the delegation described in detail plans laid out specifically by Christian Purslow, the club’s chief executive who quit last week following the sale of the club.

Torres was told the new owners - that were not identified to him - were in place and ‘days’ away from completing the Liverpool takeover.

It is claimed he was told Roy Hodgson’s appointment was a temporary measure and a big name manager was already lined up - armed with a £100 million transfer kitty offered as a ‘quick fix’ to drag the club back on terms with Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City.

It is understood Liverpool planned to spend £50 million in the summer with a further £50 million available in January for targets no longer chasing Champions League ambitions.

Torres and Reina reluctantly agreed to stay at Anfield - but only on condition they each had an escape clause written into their contracts.

Mirror Sport can reveal the pair are now furious at the subsequent takeover - not directly with new American owner John W Henry or New England Sports Venture - but with the management team they feel misled them over the club’s future.

Hodgson has been told there will be no marquee signings in the January transfer window leaving Torres and Reina feeling they have wasted a season.

Insiders at Anfield fear that without Champions League qualification the club will struggle to make a profit - but crucially then have nothing to offer potential big name signings.

Mirror Sport revealed on Tuesday that Reina has been targeted by Sir Alex Ferguson for a sensational switch to Manchester United - and that now could happen in January.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will resume his quest to sign the keeper and the immediate lure of Champions League football will prove a massive draw for the World Cup winner.

Torres will have his pick of clubs - even though the ‘big’ clubs very rarely make marquee signings in January because most major players are cup tied - thanks to Liverpool’s failure to qualify for this season’s Champions League.

Representatives of Torres and Reina did not respond to attempts to contact them yesterday.



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[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=42463.msg1207191#msg1207191 date=1288252082]
Shite.
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the article or how you feel?
 
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=42463.msg1207192#msg1207192 date=1288252151]
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=42463.msg1207191#msg1207191 date=1288252082]
Shite.
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the article or how you feel?
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The article.
 
Yep.

Anyway, who's gonna buy them mid season? United? Neither will be eligible for the CL will they?
 
that is the drawback with taking a step back to rebuild and change your strategies, big players rarely are patient enough to see those plans through.
 
[quote author=keniget link=topic=42463.msg1207193#msg1207193 date=1288252163]
What's there to say any more to shit like this.

Whatever.
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Aye.
 
[quote author=mark1975 link=topic=42463.msg1207197#msg1207197 date=1288252326]
Yep.

Anyway, who's gonna buy them mid season? United? Neither will be eligible for the CL will they?
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i think you might be able to bring in one player who's played in the EL already that season, but no more than that.
 
Secret clauses?
£100m transfer spend?
Big-name manager lined up?

If any of this is true, it makes everyone involved look fucking retarded.
 
So Reina dont wont Woys Uncle to work with him anymore??

Those two players are irreplacable. And we have lost two players recently which we cant replace either. With those two gone we look more and more like a midtable team..... Yoohoo
 
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=42463.msg1207210#msg1207210 date=1288254066]
If they have "secret" clauses why does the mirror know about them?
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Good question. And how does the Mirror know what they'll tell the club in January?

Have they got some kind of window into the future?

If there is such a clause indeed that's most certainly all they are basing this crap story on. If there isn't which I hope then it's just bollocks from first to last.
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=42463.msg1207205#msg1207205 date=1288253535]
Secret clauses?
£100m transfer spend?
Big-name manager lined up?

If any of this is true, it makes everyone involved look fucking retarded.
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They need to make up their mind. 100 million transfer spend or no money available for transfer. It can't be both.

edit: ok i misread parts of it, while skimming through it....my bad.

But still speculative bullshit.
 
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=42463.msg1207205#msg1207205 date=1288253535]
Secret clauses?
£100m transfer spend?
Big-name manager lined up?

If any of this is true, it makes everyone involved look fucking retarded.
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They need to make up their mind. 100 million transfer spend or no money available for transfer. It can't be both.

edit: ok i misread parts of it, while skimming through it....my bad.

But still speculative bullshit.
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Maybe specualtive, but scaring speculative bullshit?
 
This isn't the first time i've heard about Reina going to Manc Utd. It didn't help when Roy was asked about United being in for Torres and his answer was something like "he's not the only player they would like."
 
[quote author=Whitey85 link=topic=42463.msg1207222#msg1207222 date=1288255125]
This isn't the first time i've heard about Reina going to Manc Utd. It didn't help when Roy was asked about United being in for Torres and his answer was something like "he's not the only player they would like."
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Wenger would send us tons of money to sort out his goalie sitaution. Fergie has tried numerous of goalies until he landed the ageing Van Der Sar. Anyone actually think we could replace Reina in a decade needs to think over again.
 
[quote author=Whitey85 link=topic=42463.msg1207222#msg1207222 date=1288255125]
This isn't the first time i've heard about Reina going to Manc Utd. It didn't help when Roy was asked about United being in for Torres and his answer was something like "he's not the only player they would like."
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Ok maybe you'll feel a bit better about this comment.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2010/10/28/liverpool-fc-boss-roy-hodgson-tells-man-united-hands-off-pepe-reina-100252-27556745/
 
Ugh, I hate these stories about Reina being unhappy. I wish he'd come out and say he was committed, I won't feel comfortable about this until he does.
 
Why did you post this? As if life wasn't bad enough.

I want some Chemical Ali style moderating of these boards.
 
[quote author=LadyRed link=topic=42463.msg1207255#msg1207255 date=1288257473]
Ugh, I hate these stories about Reina being unhappy. I wish he'd come out and say he was committed, I won't feel comfortable about this until he does.
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the honest truth is I'd sooner see torres leave than riena. obviously I don't want either to leave.
I think if I were to make a list of players I LEAST want to leave, reina would be at the very top.
 
[quote author=crump link=topic=42463.msg1207264#msg1207264 date=1288258453]
Why did you post this? As if life wasn't bad enough.

I want some Chemical Ali style moderating of these boards.
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Yeah! And I want Kim Jung II to replace Ian Cotton.

Life would be grand!
 
Roy was careful to say that we 'don't want to sell' in that interview. Along with the fact that he would 'like to believe' that we'll return to being a top team again. Hardly cast iron assertions, but then I wouldn't expect much different from him really.
 
The odds of Reina leaving are very low, but the odds of him joining the Mancs are lower than zero.

Bullshit article.
 
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