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If he wants to bring in players that are cheap buys , you would have to question whether a takeover is close or not

I think SWP and Bridge would be great additions...I'm not sure Roy is going to go for another striker, it certainly doesn't seem that way, but it may well be he thinks Dirk is going to be more of a striker under Roy and I also think Roy might get way more out of Babel and play him more up top. Therefore some more competition on the right in the form of SWP would be needed.

Christian Poulsen's agent has revealed he expects the Denmark international to complete his move to Liverpool next week.

The Reds are thought to have targeted a move for Juventus midfielder Poulsen as a direct replacement for wantaway star Javier Mascherano.

Juve are believed to be willing to offload Poulsen as he does not figure in new coach Luigi Del Neri's long-term plans.

Anfield boss Roy Hodgson is a big admirer of Poulsen and confirmed his interest in the defensive midfielder earlier this week.

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Poulsen's represetative, Jorn Bonnesen, has held talks with Liverpool over a possible deal and he is confident the move could be wrapped up next week.

"It won't take more than a week before this is sorted out." Bonnesen told Ekstra Bladet.

"It might be already in the beginning of next week. Christian Poulsen is Roy's man.

"He will be playing as defensive midfielder at Liverpool. I returned home with a good and positive impression."
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lets say we sell masch for £25m and buy poulsen for £5m. that leaves us with £20m to strengthen other positions (a new forward etc) and it could prove to be very good business by roy.

It makes lots of sense from a business perspective, I just hope Roys not going on memories of what poulsen was like when he coached him 10 years ago.

In a way I agree. I'm aprehensive about Poulsen, but I trust Roy will make the right decision. I think we could get someone like Remy for around 12 million and maybe Arda Turan depnding on how much we actually have from the sales of Benayoun and Riera.

Roy is saying he is only looking for two more players. I think Poulsen is one but who is the other? We need a LB and CF.

Also, he said that he needs time to research players if the club is taken over prior to the transfer window - surely all managers have their dream team in mind?

LB

im not a big admirer of poulsen but i do think he could do the same job masch has done over the years. imo masch is overrated.

poulsen has failed in italy but lets not forget he was an important player for sevilla when they won the uefa cup two years in a row.

We still need a LB and striker. We cant rely on Aurelio who is made of tissue paper to carry through.