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Yossi & the Chavs

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From Times Online
June 15, 2010
Benayoun could prompt Anfield exodus
Tony Barrett
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Yossi Benayoun has taken a significant step towards leaving Liverpool for Chelsea by agreeing in principle a four-year contract with the Barclays Premier League champions.

Although a fee has yet to be agreed between the clubs, such is Benayoun’s determination to quit Anfield that Liverpool officials have been braced for his departure for some time.

Benayoun, 30, is known to have fallen out with Rafael Benítez and it was widely assumed that the Israel midfield player would stay if the manager left. But even the removal of Benítez from the equation has not been enough to convince him to remain.

Chelsea are keen to recruit Benayoun to fill the void that will be created when Joe Cole leaves Stamford Bridge on a free transfer this summer and have made Liverpool an offer in the region of £4 million.

That bid has been rejected by Liverpool, who feel Benayoun is worth at least twice that amount. But the club are increasingly resigned to his departure and a compromise fee of about £5.5 million is likely to be agreed.

Benayoun has completed only 12 months of a four-year contract worth £55,000 a week and only last month claimed that “if it depended on me, I would stay here and retire in Liverpool. The fans are the best in the world, but it depends on a lot of things.â€

However, the lure of playing in next season’s Champions League, for which Liverpool failed to qualify, and a substantial pay rise have contributed to Benayoun’s desire to leave the club he joined from West Ham United in July 2007.

Should Benayoun complete his move to West London, he could be the first of a number of players to leave Liverpool in what is likely to be a summer of upheaval in the wake of Benítez’s exit.

Javier Mascherano is keen to follow the Spaniard to Inter Milan and is learning Italian while on World Cup duty with Argentina. Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres have refused to discuss their futures until after the tournament and are waiting to see if Liverpool can match their ambitions before deciding whether to stay or go.

A number of other players are up for sale, with Liverpool open to offers for Ryan Babel, Albert Riera and Philipp Degen, among others, while Diego Cavalieri, the club’s second-choice goalkeeper, is seeking a transfer to secure regular first-team football, having been understudy to Pepe Reina for two years.

It is against this backdrop that Liverpool continue their search for a new manager. Club officials are adamant that they will not be rushed into a replacement for Benítez despite speculation suggesting that Roy Hodgson, the Fulham manager who is widely believed to be their No 1 target, was hoping to be offered the job before travelling to South Africa this week.

Hodgson will be aware that popular support for Kenny Dalglish, his long-time friend, to become Benítez’s successor is growing on Merseyside, with the Liverpool legend having made it clear that he would like to be considered for the position.

While Hodgson has not made a decision to leave Fulham, it is understood that he would like to hear what Liverpool have to say.

Liverpool, though, are comfortable with the way that their recruitment process is going, the desire to ensure that they attract the best possible manager available overriding any yearning to make a hasty appointment that they could come to regret.

That leaves Hodgson, who is working as a BBC pundit at the World Cup, in limbo to a degree, unsure whether he will be the subject of the formal approach that had seemed to be inevitable only a week ago.
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=40588.msg1119891#msg1119891 date=1276544797]
Is there anything more fucking depressing than this sentence?

'Benayoun wants to leave Liverpool, but new manager Woy Hodgson may demand that he stays'

Just look at the fucking state of it.
Look at what it says about our club

Two fucking football non-entities like those two fucking clowns, embroiled in 'will he or won't he?' diatribes about LFC
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Would you rather have kept Benitez?
 
[quote author=Squiggles link=topic=40588.msg1120010#msg1120010 date=1276561976]
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=40588.msg1119891#msg1119891 date=1276544797]
Is there anything more fucking depressing than this sentence?

'Benayoun wants to leave Liverpool, but new manager Woy Hodgson may demand that he stays'

Just look at the fucking state of it.
Look at what it says about our club

Two fucking football non-entities like those two fucking clowns, embroiled in 'will he or won't he?' diatribes about LFC
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Would you rather have kept Benitez?


[/quote]I don't think that's really an option sqig.
So far Benitez, Pellebastard, Aurelio and Yossi have left......
Cool!!
 
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[quote author=Buddha link=topic=40588.msg1119627#msg1119627 date=1276525634]
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=40588.msg1119619#msg1119619 date=1276525287]
Meh.
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Really? He's one our (very) few creative players Oncy.

Who's going to step into his role? El Zhar?
[/quote]I don't really care.
He's an average player who scores 6 or 7 goals a season against weak opposition and never ever turns up in big games. He doesn't know when to pass and frustrates the living shit out of me.
Massive meh from me.
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You've changed your tune. Again.
 
This is a really bizarre transfer all round.

So, Benayoun is leaving cos he wants regular football? So he's going to Chelsea, where he'll get even less opportunities than with us.
Chelsea have ditched Cole who's a better player, and have offered him a 4 year contract with seriously good wages. Why have they done that?

I really don't get this.

Losing Benayoun isn't ideal either. He's as good a squad player as you're likely to get. Sure, in your ultimate best 11 he's nowhere near the pitch, but how often is our best 11 fit, and when you need an option off the bench, Yossi wasn't a bad one at all.

He scored goals, was good in European competition, and provided something different from the norm. No world beater, but what do you expect for soemone from 5M from West Ham that sits on your bench for the most part?

For a squad as thin as ours, we really cant afford to lose (and likely not replace) decent players from it.
 
Cole hasn't played muched the last 2 years and wanted a new contract of 100k plus.

So, they've let him go and replaced him with Yossi, giving him what Cole was earning.

For Chelsea, they get a similar player without paying much more.
And for Yossi, he'll get about the same playing time (maybe a bit less), but he'll be on almost double what he was here and he'll be challenging for the title, domestic cups and the CL.

The only loser in this is us.
 
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=40588.msg1120037#msg1120037 date=1276579708]
This is a really bizarre transfer all round.

So, Benayoun is leaving cos he wants regular football? So he's going to Chelsea, where he'll get even less opportunities than with us.
Chelsea have ditched Cole who's a better player, and have offered him a 4 year contract with seriously good wages. Why have they done that?

I really don't get this.

Losing Benayoun isn't ideal either. He's as good a squad player as you're likely to get. Sure, in your ultimate best 11 he's nowhere near the pitch, but how often is our best 11 fit, and when you need an option off the bench, Yossi wasn't a bad one at all.

He scored goals, was good in European competition, and provided something different from the norm. No world beater, but what do you expect for soemone from 5M from West Ham that sits on your bench for the most part?

For a squad as thin as ours, we really cant afford to lose (and likely not replace) decent players from it.
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I think that sums it up well.

I just HOPE we have a replacement lined up
 
Every time I see this thread title, Elton John's 'Benny And The Jets' starts playing in my head.
 
I'm getting a bit sick of this 'we won't be rushed' mantra. What exactly are the board doing at the moment? Idly discussing the pros and cons of appointing Dalglish? Just make a decision so we can get on with our lives.
 
I think the kenny ship has sailed, if they were going to do it they would have done it by now. he's right on their doorstep ffs.
 
It seems so.

Its almost like they want to sign Roy, but want to wait until the last minute, so they can save on his salary (and compensation) for a month or two.

If that's the case though then I can't see how Yossi can be going anywhere yet.
 
[quote author=Buddha link=topic=40588.msg1120048#msg1120048 date=1276583434]
Reported fee is about 6.5m now. That just about covers the Rafa compensation.
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Wasn't that only £3M cos he walked into the Inter job?
 
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[quote author=Buddha link=topic=40588.msg1120048#msg1120048 date=1276583434]
Reported fee is about 6.5m now. That just about covers the Rafa compensation.
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Wasn't that only £3M cos he walked into the Inter job?
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....soon to be mostly covered when we charge them for the release of his backroom staff.
 
I imagine the board are in talks with Inter about compensation for our back-room staff
 
[quote author=themn link=topic=40588.msg1120047#msg1120047 date=1276583027]
Every time I see this thread title, Elton John's 'Benny And The Jets' starts playing in my head.
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Glad it isn't just me. 8)
 
I'll say again... where does Pacheco play?

I don't mind Benayoun at all... but I'm very meh! over this transfer.

We have Maxi, Kuyt, Jovanivic, Acquilani & Gerrard who can all play in behind the striker.

Time to let young Pacheco have a proper crack at the first team.
 
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[quote author=themn link=topic=40588.msg1120047#msg1120047 date=1276583027]
Every time I see this thread title, Elton John's 'Benny And The Jets' starts playing in my head.
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Glad it isn't just me. 8)
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I'm glad it isn't just me !
 
One thing's for sure, Ancelotti can't visit this forum if he has bought Yossi.

He would have found out that Yossi is a player of little talent, a "squad player" at best.

The man obviously doesn't know what he is doing.

😉
 
[quote author=Portly link=topic=40588.msg1120325#msg1120325 date=1276610431]
One thing's for sure, Ancelotti can't visit this forum if he has bought Yossi.

He would have found out that Yossi is a player of little talent, a "squad player" at best.

The man obviously doesn't know what he is doing.

😉
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Then he might not known about Lucas...

Swap deal... Essien + cash... done deal.
 
The Echo says Liverpool have dismissed this stating there has been no contact with Chelsea so no agreement has been reached.
 
[quote author=mark1975 link=topic=40588.msg1120334#msg1120334 date=1276611522]
The Echo says Liverpool have dismissed this stating there has been no contact with Chelsea so no agreement has been reached.
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It'll happen, but that's a decent stance from the club at this point.

Selling players with no manager doesn't look good, no matter what the context, and will only give the RawkaMentals something to go on about for eternity.
 
Chelsea couldn't possibly be interested.

This is a player that is nowhere near good enough for a 7th place team*, so why on earth would a good team, a champion no less, have any interest in him..?













































* [size=6pt]we're reliably informed[/size]
 
It does seem stupid. He's one of our most effective players and they are loaded.

Maybe he has some kind of silly contract clause?
 
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