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i haven't seen enough of him but he won an award for worst new signing of the year in serie a...

Maybe we should be looking at players that suck in Serie A, becasue the players that do okay over there can't hack it by LFC.

Agreed Emp. We'll only be able to afford Championship players in any case.

We should go for Marcus Bent! We're probably one of the only teams he hasnt played for.

That's if we can afford his wages and then I'll only take him if he is slow and defensive enough to fill the right wing position.

According to spanish papers today, Liverpool FC are looking to make a hopeful bid to bring Valencia attacker Juan Mata to Anfield. Rafa Benitez is willing to offer Spanish international Albert Rieira as part of a cash plus player bid for the impish 22 year old.

Benitez is currently unsure of what sort of transfer budget he will be given this summer as the Merseyside outfit looks for new investment so is looking at ways to bring in new additions by offering players he deems as surplus to requirements.

Riera has never really got going at the club since his move from Espanyol in September 2008 and was reportedly close to making a move to Russia two months ago but may now be used as a makeweight in a deal to sign £16M rated Mata who can play in a number of attacking positions ranging from an orthodox winger to part of a two man strike pairing.

It makes me laugh Emp. One page of the paper says we're going into admin then you turn over to the next page and we're buying a player for £20mil.

I wish they'd make their minds up.

Good point.

I'd be embarrassed with the total contradicitions with the levels of reporting.

i dont know why everybody seems happy with aquilani out
i like him, he is a creative passer, hell of a shooter with good dribbling
about how we are going to end up like
i'd say that rafa stays, also gerrard and torres
and if we didn't have much cash provided, then i guess we'd have two new players to replace riera and benayoun
and to be more real, we either need cash or time, no cash, then on next season rafa would fight for a position in top four and also should be after the uefa cup to give the squad something to stay for maybe for the season after, then bringing in one or two more classy players, and thats it, we are back on our feet

Today's rumours:

Cisse to Everton
Javi Martinez to Man Utd
Di Maria, Luiz and Coentrao to Madrid
Mata to liverpool, Riera going the other way
Keane, Pavlychenko or Bentley for Ashley Young
Arteta and Jagielka to Arsenal