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Confidence is long gone out of that team and Daglish has a hell of a job to try and win a few games with them between now and the end of the season, especially away from home, huge clearout needed
Glen Johnson at left back?! FFS, hes barely a right back.
According to Comolli, priorities in the transfer window are a full back, a winger and a striker.
The spine of the team needs addressing. Defensively we are gone to fuck and we still havenât a proper central midfield. Lucas and Poulsen there last night - how to you expect to win anything with those two in there?
Claudio Ranieri linked to the job this morning. Fuck that.
He is a far better manager than Hodgson and has a decent enough track record
Dalglish looking at four possible transfersâŚ
Though the Scot has offered his squad staunch support in public since he replaced Roy Hodgson at Anfield â insisting after Wednesdayâs 2-1 defeat at Blackpool that the players already at his disposal âlook good enoughâ to move Liverpool away from the relegation zone â he is convinced he must use the transfer window to bolster his resources if he is to have any chance of salvaging the season.
Henry arrived on Merseyside on Thursday to begin a 10-day visit and will doubtless seek talks with his caretaker manager as a matter of urgency. The American can expect the 59 year-old to request that Fenway Sports Group, the clubâs parent company, makes substantial funds available this month, despite the uncertainty over his position and Liverpoolâs repeated insistence that January is a âdifficultâ time to buy.
Dalglish â together with Damien Comolli, the clubâs director of football strategy â is thought to harbour hopes that as many as four senior reinforcements could be drafted in, with a left-back, a wide player and a striker top of his agenda.
Luis Suarez, the Ajax striker, has emerged as the most likely target for the last of these positions, with the playerâs club minded to sell him â providing they receive an offer in excess of ÂŁ18 million. Sources in Holland have confirmed that a bid from Liverpool, who have watched the player intensely over the last few months, is anticipated.
As well as Suarez, the Ajax left-back Urby Emanuelson is believed to be a target, while Lille duo Gervinho and Eden Hazard â both of whom can play either as an orthodox striker or in a wide position â have attracted Liverpoolâs attention. Moves for Yann MâVila and Sylvain Marveaux, both of Rennes, are expected to wait until the summer.
Ashley Young, of Aston Villa, and Charles NâZogbia, the Wigan winger, have also been discussed, though it is feared the formerâs asking price may prove prohibitive, while the DW Stadium club have received no offers for the latter. Hamburgâs Eljero Elia and Anderlechtâs Romelu Lukaku are also under consideration.
Dalglishâs determination to sign a left-back to replace Paul Konchesky may also lead to a return to Anfield for Stephen Warnock, with the club believed to be considering a loan offer with a view to a permanent move in the summer.
What the Scot will seek to learn from Henry, though, is what level of funding is likely to be available, as he admitted on Thursday. âI can always make a request [for money], but it might not always be accepted,â said Dalglish. âI have never broached the subject of money being available with the owners. If there is a possibility of someone coming in then we will cross that bridge when we come to it.â
FSG has made it clear it will not set a hard and fast transfer budget, preferring to judge each case on its own merit, but with just 17 days of the window remaining, the club cannot afford to waste time. It also remains uncertain as to what extent Dalglish must trim his squad before he seeks additional recruits. FSG is unimpressed with Liverpoolâs already bloated wage bill and is unlikely to permit its exponential growth simply for short-term gain.
Saleable assets, though, are in short supply at Anfield. Konchesky cannot be sold without dispensation from Fifa as he has already played for two clubs this season, while the wages earned by the likes of Christian Poulsen, Ryan Babel and Milan Jovanovic will make them hard to move on.
Even more pressingly, Dalglishâs side, who have been defeated in both of his games in charge, must overcome the small matter of a Merseyside derby. Though Everton would be forgiven for travelling to Anfield in confident mood, Tim Cahill admits âthat disharmony can bring you togetherâ.
The Australian â who in on international duty at the Asian Cup and will not be playing â is one man Dalglish perhaps should not cite to Henry as he looks for funds to bolster his squad. To Cahill, hard cash is not nearly as effective as heart, particularly amid the heat of a derby.
âIn games like this you have to make sure you give everything,â said the midfielder, speaking to promote the Tim Cahill Everton Experience, a fund-raising initiative to help the victims of the Queensland floods.
âItâs down to your work ethic and spirit. We all know what a great spirit we have at Everton. Over the last six or seven years, at the worst times, when itâs not going your way, that spirit is what has brought us through.â
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...er-window.html
Somewhat off-topic but I was thinking about Tim Cahill recently (my hands were not down my trousers) and Iâm surprised heâs never been picked up by a bigger club for his heading prowess. Youâd imagine that heâd thrive at United, Chelsea, City or Spurs with the service heâd get. Anyway⌠just thinkin out loud here really.
FFS
Skysports.com understands Liverpool have made an approach to sign Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing.
The England international has impressed for Villa this season and has been an ever-present for the club in the Premier League.
He is Villaâs top scorer with five goals in the league and is understood to have been the subject of an enquiry from Sunderland last week.
The 26-year-old is now being targeted by Liverpool as new manager Kenny Dalglish seeks to inject some fresh blood into his squad.
Downing cost Villa ÂŁ12million from Middlesbrough 18 months ago and he has made 64 appearances after injury delayed the start of his career in the Midlands.
Villa boss Gerard Houllier revealed last month that he was confident that he would be able to retain the services of Downing during the January transfer window.
However, Villaâs pursuit of Sunderland striker Darren Bent could prompt the club to consider letting Downing move on.
An offer of ÂŁ18million is reported to have been made for Bent and cashing in on Downing would provide some of the funds to bring in his fellow England international.
Downing? He used to play for Middlesbrough!
Well at least heâll have decent experience of playing in the Championship for next season then.
Being reported on various sites that the deal for suarez is done⌠with Babel as part of the deal.
Being reported now that Liverpool refuse to pay over ÂŁ12.5m for Suarez and at that Ajax have said the deal is dead.
How much do Ajax want?
ÂŁ18M is the figure being quoted.
81 goals in 108 games for Ajax.
16 goals in 38 games for Uruguay.
Excellent at the last World Cup.
23 years old.
I would say that is pretty reasonable, considering the prices of others.
I heard that 18 million was around Liverpoolâs range and Ajax wanted 25 million.
He is surely worth 18-20 alright. The only thing to be afraid of if he turned out to be another Kezman, Kuyt or Alves. But then again he could end up being another Ruud. You just canât judge goals scored in the Erdivise.
I see Blackburn are being linked with Requilme, Clarkeycat will be raging if they sign himâŚ
What has that to do with Liverpool? :rolleyes:
Clarkeycat being a staunch Liverpool supporter was advocating that Liverpool buy Requilme and play him as a deep lying playmaker not too long ago on this very threadâŚkeep up please like a good little boy