Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

It's football.

There is nothing classy in football and there never has been.

Now just give us the money so we can spend it all on Connor Wickham and be done with it.

[Cripps_orig]

Connor Wickham

Rated very highly at Ipswich.

Hasn't been seen since

[Grebbo]

I'd rather we didn't take that stance and just offered £50 million really.

But would £50m mean Liverpool would sell to us? I don't think it would. I don't think bidding £40m or £50m makes any difference. Either way it will go down to the last day and Suarez will only be sold if he goes on strike, which I think he probably will for any top foreign club but not for us.

[Grebbo]

It's football.

There is nothing classy in football and there never has been.

Now just give us the money so we can spend it all on Connor Wickham and be done with it.

Bendtner is available

[Marc Overmars]

I'm sure there's more to it but I don't understand why we haven't offered 50m already. I don't really see the point in trying to squeeze money off the price when the figures are neither here nor there for us this summer. We have the money so just call their bluff and see what happens.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

But would £50m mean Liverpool would sell to us? I don't think it would. I don't think bidding £40m or £50m makes any difference. Either way it will go down to the last day and Suarez will only be sold if he goes on strike, which I think he probably will for any top foreign club but not for us.

Only one way to find out....


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And Soldado is now officially a Spurs player

[Grebbo]

I'm sure there's more to it but I don't understand why we haven't offered 50m already. I don't really see the point in trying to squeeze money off the price when the figures are neither here nor there for us this summer. We have the money so just call their bluff and see what happens.

Call their bluff how? Selling Suarez to us means Liverpool have zero chance of top four, we're the only club how can drop out of the top 4 so if you sell us your best player it's game over.

Rodgers is now talking about Bale size offers.

[Grebbo]

Only one way to find out....

I don't think there's any rush for us tbh. If we don't sign Suarez then we won't be signing a striker, I think it's pretty clear that its Suarez or nothing for us. He's banned for 6 games so even more reason not to rush. Therefore we can just let Suarez do what he does best and try and force a move. This will go down to deadline day unless a foreign club comes in for him.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I don't think there's any rush for us tbh. If we don't sign Suarez then we won't be signing a striker, I think it's pretty clear that its Suarez or nothing for us. He's banned for 6 games so even more reason not to rush. Therefore we can just let Suarez do what he does best and try and force a move. This will go down to deadline day unless a foreign club comes in for him.

It suits everyone to get it done quickly though. Despite his ban, signing him sooner rather than later will help silence the obvious disquiet, not completely but significantly, and it stops things getting messy and potentially drawn out over months, which is something no one wants. You could take the risk and hope he forces a move close to deadline day, but I doubt it's Suarez or bust for you; Wenger will have some random names lined up. Whether they'd be any good is a different matter, but I highly doubt he'll just sign no one.

As for the whole Bale comparison, as far as I know Rodgers hasn't said he wants £100m for Suarez, just that Bale isn't worth double what Suarez is. It's as much bemoaning the ridiculous fee for Bale, as it is saying he values him more than what you've offered, but not an outright "I want £x".

[McNamara That Ghost...]

But would £50m mean Liverpool would sell to us? I don't think it would. I don't think bidding £40m or £50m makes any difference. Either way it will go down to the last day and Suarez will only be sold if he goes on strike, which I think he probably will for any top foreign club but not for us.

Of course not but then if it is rejected it just means we still haven't spent anything, which is where we are anyway! The latter part I don't think is true, providing we do make the Champions League, which by all accounts, he desperate to play in.