Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[BOBN]

@FabrizioRomano: Mario Balotelli confirmed he'll join Liverpool arriving in sport center: "This one is my last day as Milan player". He'll play for #LFC

Fack.

Liverpool in the title race again.

Wenger will regret the day he didnt sign him. No brainer signing for under £20m. World class potential and even at his worse still better than Giroud. Maybe Wenger is too old to have the stomach to mould a player like Balotelli like he did Anelka. Hes only about good little French boys now. If we're missing out on deals like this then maybe its time for a new young manager with bottle.

[selassie]

Liverpool in talks with Balotelli, sh*t:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28878088

I personally felt we should have gone for him earlier in the Summer, he is an upgrade on Giroud and if anybody can straighten him out then it's Arsene.

I know many on here don't rate Balotelli and think he is a liability but the raw talent is there. The boy can be developed into a World Class star IMO.

It irritates me that we are loaded yet can't seem to find an upgrade on Giroud...it's ridiculous...

[Marc Overmars]

Think he's banking on Sanchez now to be a bona fide striker, all will become clearer when Theo is back.

I do think it's a poor show that in 3 transfer windows, 2 of them summer, the only striker we've signed is Sanogo...

[Özim]

I personally felt we should have gone for him earlier in the Summer, he is an upgrade on Giroud and if anybody can straighten him out then it's Arsene.

I know many on here don't rate Balotelli and think he is a liability but the raw talent is there. The boy can be developed into a World Class star IMO.

It irritates me that we are loaded yet can't seem to find an upgrade on Giroud...it's ridiculous...

He's definitely an upgrade on Giroud and I agree he's raw but has huge potential and thus in relative terms would be good value.

I'd be disappointed if Liverpool got him.

[Niall_Quinn]

Window is not closed yet guys. Unless it's all smoke and no fire it looks like we have been trying to sign more players, but horrendous levels of greed have been the stumbling block. Good luck to Liverpool if they want to pay Balotelli £150k NET! That's a crazy gamble and speaks more about Rodgers and desperation than Wenger and ambition. Remy would already be here if the toe rag hadn't demanded £100k a week. For what? What has he done so far to warrant that? If we're selling Pods then that will free up a big chunk on the wage bill and we'll see some action. I hope.

[BOBN]

Financially its a no brainer for £16m.

Goes badly: Sell him for £11m to Turkey or QPR.

Goes well: Sell him for £60m to Real Madrid/Barca

Wenger lost.

[selassie]

Window is not closed yet guys. Unless it's all smoke and no fire it looks like we have been trying to sign more players, but horrendous levels of greed have been the stumbling block. Good luck to Liverpool if they want to pay Balotelli £150k NET! That's a crazy gamble and speaks more about Rodgers and desperation than Wenger and ambition. Remy would already be here if the toe rag hadn't demanded £100k a week. For what? What has he done so far to warrant that? If we're selling Pods then that will free up a big chunk on the wage bill and we'll see some action. I hope.

Sure. FWIW I think the business we have done so far this window has been very good but we still have a few holes in the squad to fill.

It could be as MO has stated that Wenger is banking on Sanchez to become our starting striker once Theo returns, that is an acceptable solution. If he has no plans to do that then he absolutely needs to go out and buy an upgrade on Giroud now. We certainly don't have the time to wait for Sanogo to develop and it's clear for all to see that whilst Giroud is a good player he is not good enough to be a starting striker at a club with ambitions to win CL and PL.

If Balotelli is really demanding 150K net which I find it hard to believe then of course we should stick well clear.

Remy was only ever a backup option for me, I think Arsene would have liked him here as a Squad option, not as a starting striker, hence why we walked away from his crazy wage demands.

Whilst there is still time there is hope

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Financially its a no brainer for £16m.

Goes badly: Sell him for £11m to Turkey or QPR.

Goes well: Sell him for £60m to Real Madrid/Barca

Wenger lost.

Add in 8 million per year in wages, the disruption and cancer he would cause to the dressing room, the red cards, the sheer laziness on the pitch, Wenger's time wasted with dealing with solely him rather than the rest of the squad, the unwanted media attention everytime he does something retarded etc etc etc

Wenger won easily.



Interested to know how Bibbles feels about this but I really am surprised that Rodgers felt desperate enough to go for Ballotelli.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I told my Liverpool supporting colleague at work that they're in talks to sign Balotelli. She didn't know whether to be happy or sad, literally just stared at me like this

[Özim]

Di Maria wants out from Real, he was exceptional last year, virtually unplayable at time, what a signing he would be for someone:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28883329