**Summer Transfer Thread: News, Rumours and Speculation**

Burned_Alive said:
Villa has stated that he has made his decision on where he will be playing next season and now it is down to his agent to sort it out.

Looking forward to seeing him and Silva line up with Torres and Gerrard next season ;)
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Really?

Personally I'm looking forward to him and Valencia linking up with Rooney and Berbatov ;)
 
Reina is a top keeper, along with Cech their strongest years are still ahead of them. I'd have either of them at Old Trafford in a heartbeat now VDS is reaching the end of his career. It makes a real difference having a settled keeper that you know will easily spend the next 10yrs at your club. We haven't enjoyed that sort of comfort since Schmeichel.
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
Agree. He's always given the impression he wants to stay in Spain so it's either Barca or Real for me.
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But we do have the money to spend £15mil on a RB? I dont know, I think Rafa has a tasty pot and all this press over his small treasure chest in the market could be a defensive ploy, a possible excuse for not being bent over by other clubs when entering negotiations?? I dont know, If think if Rafa wanted Villa, the Yanks would help him out, albeit he would be strapped for cash for other positions.

Honestly, if Rafa was at Man Utd or Chelsea or Man City he would have had everything wrapped up considering there transfer kittys per season. He's been working on shoe strings for years, poor fella.
 
Don't make me dig out the spends over the last 5 years :/

Or financial Barry will turn up, I'm sure that kid knows more about Liverpool's money than the fat Spanish waiter.
 
Tom84 said:
Personally I really rate Reina, he still tends to make those most horrific of mistakes every now and again the types of errors that to be honest the likes of Casillas, Buffon and dare I say Van Der Sar don't make but as for pulling of the most amazing of saves I think he's one of the best

Probably the best keeper in the league IMO
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All keepers are prone to mistakes tbh, even VDS had a dodgy patch a while back,Buffon is class tho, must help having an Italian defence infront of you tho.
 
Reina is a good keeper and is one of the best at distribution.
He is not faultless however (and neither is VdS, who IMO has looked shaky at times).

Valdes is being a bit greedy if the above is true, £150k/week is a lot for an uncapped player. Only got one year on his contract so probably feels he can hold his club to ransom, if I were them I'd tell him where to stick it and splash the cash on someone better.
 
Barca are no mugs, I cannot see them being held to ransom by an average keeper. Would'nt suprise me if Pepe wants to speak to them if they do/have come calling for him. Didn't his father play for them?
 
G|mp said:
Don't make me dig out the spends over the last 5 years :/
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I'll do it for ya

Total gross spend: £192.609m
Total recouped: £109.51m
Total net spend: £83.099m
Players signed: 70 :eek:
Players sold or let go: 72 * would be really interesting to add up how many of those are one's he's signed to begin with *

2004

IN (4)

Xabi Alonso (Real Sociedad, £10.5m); Luis Garcia (Barcelona, £6m); Josemi (Malaga, £2m); Antonio Nunez (Real Madrid, free).

OUT (3)

Michael Owen (Real Madrid, £8m); Danny Murphy (Charlton Athletic, £2.5m); Markus Babbel (VfB Stuttgart, free).

Spent £18.5m; Recouped £10.5m; Net Spend £8m

2005

IN (14)

Peter Crouch (Southampton, £7m); Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid, £6.3m); Jose Manuel Reina (Villarreal, £6m); Mohamed Sissoko (Valencia, £5.6m); Mark Gonzalez (Albacete, £3.5m); Scott Carson (Leeds United, £750,000); Antonio Barragan (Seville, £240,000); Besian Idrizaj (Linzer ASK, £190,000); Jack Hobbs (Lincoln City, £150,000); Mauricio Pellegrino (Valencia, free); Boudewijn Zenden (Middlesbrough, free); Godwin Antwi (Real Zaragoza, nominal); Ramon Calliste (Manchester United, free), Miki Roque (Llieda, nominal).

OUT (14)

Milan Baros (Aston Villa, £6.5m); El-Hadji Diouf (Bolton, £4.5m); Alou Diarra (Lens, £2m); Antonio Nunez (Celta Vigo, £2m); Igor Biscan (Panathinaikos, free); Stephane Henchoz (Celtic, free); Mauricio Pellegrino (Alaves, free); Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux, free); Gregory Vignal (Portsmouth, free); Paul Harrison (Wolves, free); Jon Otsemobor (Rotherham United, free); Ritchie Partridge (Sheffield Wednesday, free); Mark Smyth (Accrington, free); Patrice Luzi (released).

Spent £29.73m; Recouped £15m; Net Spend £14.73m

2006

IN (11)

Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord, £9m); Jermaine Pennant (Birmingham City, £6.7m); Craig Bellamy (Blackburn Rovers, £6m); Daniel Agger (Brondby, £5.8m); Gabriel Paletta (Banfield, £2m); Fabio Aurelio (Valencia, free); Nabil El Zhar (St Etienne, free); Robbie Fowler (Manchester City, free); Jan Kromkamp (Villarreal, free); Paul Anderson (Hull City, nominal); David Martin (MK Dons, nominal).

OUT (19)

Chris Kirkland (Wigan Athletic, £3.5m); Fernando Morientes (Valencia, £3.1m); Jan Kromkamp (PSV Eindhoven, £2m); Djimi Traore (Charlton Athletic, £2m); Antonio Barragan (Deportivo La Coruna, £680,000); Neil Mellor (Preston North End, £500,000); Dietmar Hamann (Manchester City via Bolton Wanderers, £400,000); Bruno Cheyrou (Rennes, free); Josemi (Villarreal, free); Ramon Calliste (S****horpe United, free); Robbie Foy (S****horpe United, free); Carl Medjani (Lorient, free); Conal Platt (Bournemouth, free); David Raven (Carlisle United, free); John Welsh (Hull City, free); Zak Whitbread (Millwall, free); Calum Woods (Dunfermline, free); Ryan Wilkie (released); Paul Willis (released).

Spent £29.5m; Recouped £12.18m; Net Spend £17.32m

2007

IN (26)

Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £20.2m); Javier Mascherano (West Ham United, £18.6m); Ryan Babel (Ajax, £11.5m); Lucas Leiva (Gremio, £6m); Yossi Benayoun (West Ham United, £5m); Alvaro Arbeloa (Deportivo La Coruna, £2.6m); S Leto (Lanus, £1.85m); Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao, £270,000); Krisztian Nemeth (MTK, £100,000); Dani Pacheco (Barcelona, £100,000); Alexander Kacaniklic (Helsingborgs, £75,000); Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, free); Emiliano Insua (Boca Juniors, £1.3m); Charles Itandje (Lens, free); Damien Plessis (Lyons, free); Mikail Alexandrov (CSKA Sofia, nominal); Jordy Brouwer (Ajax, nominal); Gerardo Bruna (Real Madrid, nominal); Ryan Crowther (Stockport County, nominal); Francisco Manuel Duran (Malaga, nominal); Ronald Huth (Tacuary FC, nominal); Gary Mackay Steven (Ross County, nominal); Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia, nominal); Marvin Pourie (Borussia Dortmund, nominal); Andras Simon (MTK Hungaria, nominal); Danielle Padelli (Sampdoria, loan).

OUT (18)

Craig Bellamy (West Ham United, £7.5m); Djibril Cisse (Marseille, £6m); Mark Gonzalez (Real Betis, £4.2m); Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid, £4m); Florent Sinama-Pongolle (Recreativo Huelva, £2.7m); Stephen Warnock (Blackburn Rovers, £1.5m); Darren Potter (Wolverhampton Wanderers, £250,000); Daniel O’Donnell (Crewe Alexandra, £100,000); Salif Diao (Stoke City, free); Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid, free); Robbie Fowler (Cardiff City, free); Gabriel Paletta (Boca Juniors, free); Boudewijn Zenden (Marseille, free); David Mannix (Ham-Kam, free); Jay Smith (Stockport County, free); Francisco Manuel Duran (released); Dave Roberts (released); Daniele Padelli (Sampdoria, end of loan).

Spent £67.595m; Recouped £26.25; Net Spend £41.345m

2008

IN (14)

Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur, £20.3m); Albert Riera (Espanyol, £8m); Andrea Dossena (Udinese, £7m); Martin Skrtel (Zenit St Petersburg, £6.5m); Diego Cavalieri (Palmeiras, £3.5m); David Ngog (Paris St Germain, £1.5m); Alex Cooper (Ross County, £100,000); Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund, free); Lauri Dalla Valle (Jippo, nominal); Vitor Flora (Botafogo, nominal); Peter Gulacsi (MTK Hungaria, nominal); Emmanuel Mendy (Murcia Deportivo, nominal); Nikola Saric (Herfolge, nominal); Vincent Lucas Weijl (AZ Alkmaar, nominal).

OUT (15)

Peter Crouch (Portsmouth, £11m); Mohammed Sissoko (Juventus, £8.2m); John Arne Riise (AS Roma, £3.98m); Scott Carson (West Bromwich Albion, £3.75m); Danny Guthrie (Newcastle United, £2.5m); Steve Finnan (Espanyol, free); Harry Kewell (Galatasaray, free); Anthony Le Tallec (Le Mans, free); Besian Idrazaj (Wacker Tirol, free); Lee Peltier (Yeovil Town, free); San Jose Dominguez (released); Craig Lindfield (released); Ray Putterill (released); Miki Roque (released); James Smith (released).

Spent £46.9m; Recouped £29.43m; Net Spend £17.47m

2009

IN (1)

Victor Palsson (Aarhus GF, £384,000)

OUT (3)

Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur, £16m); Sami Hyypia (Bayer Leverkusen, free), J Hobbs (Leicester City, £150,000).

Spent £0.384m; Recouped £16m; Net Spend (-£15.766m)

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/liverpool/article6506040.ece
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Alas as with most of these articles are large amount of the above never made it past the reserves
 
G|mp said:
Don't make me dig out the spends over the last 5 years :/

Or financial Barry will turn up, I'm sure that kid knows more about Liverpool's money than the fat Spanish waiter.
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Financial Barry. :D hahahaha

That should actually be his username! ;) *hint* *cough* *Gilly* *cough*

(Sorry Baz) :p
 
Even if those figures are correct I don't think that net spend is that bad considering it's over 5 years and the total amount we paid for each of the players that are first team members is more than £83 million.
 
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