I understood why they spent the money on Carroll because of limited time in the transfer window and the fact that they needed a replacement for Torres. I agree on Henderson, although I've heard that the actual fee is £13m plus add-ons. What I meant was that they aren't throwing money at every target and paying over the odds for everyone. For the first time in a while, it seems that the board have a clear plan set out, and they are sticking to it.
It's always an interesting one. Papers report that Wickham is 8mil with add-ons to a potential £12.5mil and some papers reporting that Jones is £16.5mil possibly rising to £20mil.
Now, while we wont ever know the exact details, whenever Liverpool have had add-ons on deals, it's always the maximum which is always stated.
Ideally we would set up LB, how RB is currently set.
Johnson (26, turns 27 in August) and England international Kelly (21) has had some league experience Flanagan (18) had reserve/youth game experience and will look to build in league cup games etc
Instead at LB we've got:
Konchesky - not good enough Aurelio - crock, can't be relied on Robinson (17) similar to Flanagan
So ideally we'd have 2 new LBs, one who can play understudy and one who is experienced. So if we ended up with Enrique and Insua, I wouldn't be unhappy. Other options like Clichy and Jose Angel, I'd also be happy.
RAWK delivers yet again. What the hell, easily the most cringeworthy football related photoshop I've ever seen.
WHAT THE ****ING ****?! IS THAT? i dont know whether to laugh, cry or what... but yeah thats cringeworthy
I have an issue with that formation, Am i to understand from this image that Gerrard was left out of the starting XI to perform a striptease for the management?
Whilst most people fap over sexy women when they have a spare hour, this guy is making art thats more likely to appeal to the homosexual community. Wow, just wow! He must be a closet manchester united fan or something.
Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre admits the failure of former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to build a new stadium "set the club back several years".
And Ayre, promoted from commercial director late last season by new owners Fenway Sports Group, said had it not been for huge strides made in off-field business during that time the finances would have been in a bigger mess than they were just before FSG assumed control.
Hicks and Gillett were eventually ousted last October when, with creditors Royal Bank of Scotland wanting repayment of a £230million acquisition loan, a sale to FSG was pushed through against their wishes.
They departed with work on the promised stadium in Stanley Park no nearer starting than it was when Gillett pledged "the shovel needs to be in the ground in the next 60 days" at his first press conference having bought the club in February 2007.
"When you look at what we have done in growing the business, if we had started building a stadium in 2007 we would be in it by now," said Ayre.
"It could have been brilliant but we have probably set ourselves back several years."
The Reds managing director admitted there could not be a greater difference between the previous regime and the current one.
"There was a great opportunity to maximise the value of the club and they (Hicks and Gillett) were right, it needed a new stadium and new people," Ayre told the Liverpool Daily Post's Business Magazine.
"What they got fundamentally wrong was using leveraged finance to run the business and try to develop the business.
"Without the significant increase in revenues God knows how much of a mess we would have been in.
"What we have now is people who really understand how to own, operate and run a sports business.
"They are very honest about their objectives; they listen - that's quite fundamental."
The stadium issue is one which still needs resolving but Ayre said they would not repeat past mistakes and rush their deliberations.
"Nobody is going to force ourselves or the owners to make a decision until we know what's right for the club, because that was what partly went wrong before," he added.
"Sometimes people won't like that it takes a long time. That's unfortunate but it's the way we do it.
"Once a week someone will ask me what is happening with the stadium and the answer is 'We don't know'.
"The reason we don't know is there are still the two solutions. They are a new stadium in Stanley Park or a refurbished Anfield - that obviously comes with all sorts of issues - and there are a million questions to answer.
"The new stadium in the park comes down to the economics; how do we pay it back? It needs a big naming partner.
"Until you get the answer to those questions it would be wrong and unprofessional for us to make a statement about what we are doing."
Yesterday principal owner John Henry reiterated his belief that rebuilding the club - both on the field and off it - was a long-term project with no quick fixes.
Despite the progress made under FSG and manager Kenny Dalglish, who revitalised the team when he took over from Roy Hodgson in January, there is still plenty of work to be done to restore Liverpool to former glories.
And Ayre echoed the views of Henry by saying: "There's nobody getting carried away with what can be achieved in what timescale.
"The owners have said they want to win. That means a lot of things.
"We don't want to win once, we want to build consistency."
Mr Henry was answering questions from fans on twitter last night and said that stadium discussions were still ongoing. Was nice to see him take some time to answer some questions
RUMOURED TRANSFER TARGETS FOR SUMMER 2011 Charlie Adam Scott Parker Eden Hazard Jose Enrique Sylvain Marveuax - Newcastle £0 Ashley Young - Manchester United £16m Matt Jarvis Stewart Downing Juan Mata Phil Jones - Manchester United £16m Brad Friedel Scott Dann Sergio Aguero Gary Cahill Blaise Matuidi Alexis Sanchez Emilio Izaguirre Conor Wickham - Sunderland £12m Jordan Henderson - Liverpool £16m
The Diego one's been doing the rounds for a week or so, since he got fined for being a naughty boy by his current club. Chivu was new to me before, it's on the gossip page of lfc.tv.
Been linked to Clichy quite a lot but looks like he might actually end up at Man City. I wouldve happily bought Clichy for £7mil and re-signed Insua for £0 as left-back options. Both young with potential re-sale value, both experienced in the premier league and not splashing out too much in fees or probably even wages (when combined).
Could've then splashed out on Mata + Lennon for the wings
Liverpool FC confirmed today that Assistant Manager Sammy Lee has left the Club by mutual consent.
Team Manager Kenny Dalglish said: "We'd like to place on record our thanks for all of Sammy's hard work over the years and the contribution he has made to Liverpool. He has always been a credit to the Football Club and a credit to himself. Everyone at Liverpool FC wishes him all the best in his future career."
Sammy Lee said: "I returned to the Club in 2008 and I'm proud of the contribution I've been able to make since then. I want to wish Kenny, the players and the supporters all the best going forward."
The Club will continue to analyse the requirements of their backroom team and will make further announcements in due course.