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SUNDAY 6 |
Reds linked to VfB star
Fernando Meira’s agent claims that his client can leave
Stuttgart for
the right price, while Liverpool are believed to be huge
admirers of
the centre back.
The Portugal international has been one of the best players
in Die Bundesliga in the last few seasons, and a move from
the German league after seven years could be in the air.
(Setanta Sports)
Reds prepare final Barry bid
Liverpool reportedly want to offer Steve Finnan to Aston
Villa in a final bid to land Gareth Barry for less than the
£18million asking price.
Barry's proposed move to Anfield has been one of the
summer's longest transfer sagas but Martin O'Neill has
accepted his skipper will leave, and has urged his
counterpart Rafa Benitez to stump up the cash and get
the deal done.
Liverpool do not want to pay much above £15million, though,
and will now offer Finnan to Villa in order to save money
for their other summer targets.
(Sporting Life)
Poyet: We can't afford to lose Keane
Tottenham assistant manager Gus Poyet has admitted that the
club 'can't afford' to lose Robbie Keane who is a transfer
target for Liverpool.
The striker has been linked with a move to Anfield, with
reports claiming Rafa Benitez wants to pair the Irishman
with Fernando Torres.
Having sold Jermain Defoe to Portsmouth in January, Poyet is
aware
the club can not risk depleting their attacking options any
further.
And Poyet admits it is vital that Keane is at White Hart
Lane next season to continue his profitable partnership with
Dimitar Berbatov.
"I was shocked when I heard him being linked with Liverpool
- he's a very important player for us," Poyet told the Daily
Star Sunday.
"We can't afford to let Robbie go.
"We have lost Jermain Defoe and, hopefully, Dimitar Berbatov
will stay.
"If we lost Robbie it would be too much."
(TEAMtalk) |
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SATURDAY 5 |
Juve tight-lipped on Alonso
Juventus are refusing to confirm they are still chasing
Liverpool's Spain international midfielder Xabi Alonso.
The Serie A giants are looking to bolster their midfield
options this summer but have stated they will not rush a
decision on who to sign.
Although the Old Lady have a healthy budget to spend this
close-season to reinforce Claudio Ranieri's squad, they have
yet to agree a fee
for Alonso.
"We have never named names. It's an important decision and
we'll consider it at length because the final choice must be
within our budget," Juve's chief officer Jean Claude Blanc
told the Italian media.
"We spend the right time evaluating players. It will be an
investment of between 10 and 30million euros (£8million -
£23.7million).
"We will talk things over at length with Claudio Ranieri and
his staff."
Although Alonso is being hotly tipped to move to the Stadio
Delle Alpi this summer, Ranieri has more than one name on
his midfielder wanted list.
"There are more than two names we are considering to
strengthen our midfield," explained the former Chelsea
tactician.
(Sky Sports)
Carragher: Reds must stay in hunt
Jamie Carragher will only consider Liverpool title
challengers next season if they are still in the hunt with
15 games remaining.
It is almost two decades since the Reds were champions of
England and defender Carragher has been involved for more
than half of that period.
In recent years, Liverpool have been among the favourites to
lift
the Premier League crown when the season kicks off but their
challenge has invariably faltered.
"People always talk about us pushing for the league, but to
be honest it isn't very often that we've even challenged,"
Carragher told the club's official website. "If we were
challenging with 10 or 15 games to go then who knows?
"But just a challenge this season would be nice, to still be
in the hunt.
"I think it's only happened once since I've been in the
team, when I played a few games under Roy Evans (in
1996-97).
"We probably should have won the league but let it slip
towards the end.
"But since then, we've never even challenged, so that's
something we're all looking for."
(TEAMtalk)
Kewell excited by Galatasaray move
Australia international Harry Kewell revealed he is looking
forward to
the challenge of playing his club football in Turkey ahead
of his expected move to Galatasaray on Saturday.
The 29-year-old striker arrived in Istanbul late on Friday
evening where he is set to put pen to paper on a three-year
deal with the Turkish champions.
Kewell turned down a contract offer with Liverpool in May
and entered
the current transfer window as a free agent, with many clubs
across Europe chasing his services.
He was reported to be heading to Celtic, Italy's Roma or
Portsmouth, but Galatasaray swooped first.
"I'm ecstatic, I'm thrilled to bits and looking forward to
the new challenge," Kewell said www.galatasaray.org. "I
can't wait to join the team and
get going.
"There's a lot of talk about the Turkish league, it's coming
up in the world.
"The national team has done well in the last couple of
international tournaments and there's a lot of young talent
here.
"It's different and that's what I'm looking forward to - the
new challenge."
(Sporting Life) |
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FRIDAY 4 |
Agent: Cavalieri close to Reds move
Palmeiras goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri is set to wrap up a
£3million move to Liverpool this weekend, according to the
player's agent.
The 26-year-old's representative Juninho Parmigiani claims
the stopper will travel to the North-West this weekend to
finalise the deal.
He told gazetaesportiva.net: "Palmeiras' board released
Diego to negotiate with Liverpool and we are going to fly in
to finalise the last details.
"We still cannot say that everything is closed because there
are some things between Liverpool and Palmeiras and other
details in the contract.
"I believe everything is going to be resolved this weekend.
"If everything goes as it was agreed, he is going to sign
the contract."
(TEAMtalk)
Dossena signs four-year deal
Andrea Dossena has today put pen to paper on a four-year
Anfield deal.
The Italian full-back becomes Rafael Benitez's second
acquisition of
the summer following the arrival of Swiss international
Philipp Degen.
Dossena, who has been capped once at senior level by Italy,
is seen as the ideal replacement for John Arne Riise, who
departed for Roma earlier this month.
The 26-year-old began his career aged 14 with Hellas Verona
in northern Italy, coming through the ranks before spending
four seasons in
the senior squad.
His big break came when he signed for Udinese in 2005,
though he was immediately loaned to Treviso FBC 1993 for a
year.
The defender returned to the Stadio Friuli ahead of the
2006-07 campaign, where his form eventually saw him make his
international bow in a friendly against South Africa in
October 2007.
By the end of the season his move to Merseyside had been
confirmed, with Dossena saying: "Liverpool are a great team,
and it is great to be linked to such a famous club. I want
to play Champions League football, the Reds have already won
it and they often get to the big games. In England, they are
on the same level as Manchester United."
(LFC Official Website)
Thor Zakariassen
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