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Summer 2013 Transfer Thread


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roger bennett ‏@rogbennett 13m

 

Tom Werner on transfer window “We haven’t shut the window. We will all know more shortly,” points to iPhone, "I’m waiting for this to ring”

 

It rang then

 

Times say LFC will offer Shay Given a one-year loan deal as back up to Mignolet.

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Look, he's cheap and we can have him for a year. What could go wrong? It's all part of the master plan of loan signing our way into the Champions League.

 

Amazing how fucking around with our goalkeepers may represent our most significant transfer activity this summer.

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When you get to the end of the transfer window, it's pretty much a mad dash to see who's left. We're probably sniffing around those clubs who've just got knocked out of the CL/EL and needs to cut their squad.

 

What I find odd is that Eriksen is still being talked about in the transfer window. What's the deal with him anyway? Why wasn't he snapped up after 2010 WC or after the Euros last year. What's wrong with him?

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Amazing how fucking around with our goalkeepers may represent our most significant transfer activity this summer.

 

I'm happy with Mignolet and can actually see the sense in signing Given. The thought of Simon getting injured and Jones being in goal for an extended period is not good.

 

But yeah it'd be nice if the GK wasn't our biggest signing, no disrespect to Simon. Still a few days to go, though, and there are tweets and links 'n' stuff.

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He's supposed to be on good wages at Villa' date=' and i'd assume we wouldn't match those for a back up keeper. So, where's his incentive to move from one bench to another?[/quote']

 

Same money as its a loan. We will be paying a proportion of his wages.

 

At Villa he has been told he wont get a game at all even s a back up.

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He's supposed to be on good wages at Villa' date=' and i'd assume we wouldn't match those for a back up keeper. So, where's his incentive to move from one bench to another?[/quote']

 

Incentive for Given - we're a bigger club.

 

Incentive for Villa - we would pay a percentage of his wages to help them save costs.

 

Barrett says Jones will be sold if we get him.

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Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers lines up move for goalkeeper Shay Given | Football | The Guardian

 

 

Andy Hunter

The Guardian, Thursday 29 August 2013 22.31 BST

 

 

Liverpool have made a surprise move for the veteran goalkeeper Shay Given as Brendan Rodgers seeks experienced cover for Simon Mignolet.

 

The Liverpool manager, who has also revived efforts to sign the defender Tiago Ilori from Sporting Lisbon, wants the 37-year-old Aston Villa keeper to improve back-up for his £9m summer signing from Sunderland. Brad Jones is currently No2 to 24-year-old Mignolet but has had limited first-team exposure and Rodgers wants to redress the lack of experience in his goalkeeping ranks having allowed Pepe Reina to join Napoli on a season-long loan.

 

Given has been told he can leave Villa having lost his place to Brad Guzan at the start of last season. He remains one of the highest earners at Villa Park and still has three years remaining on the contract he penned when joining from Manchester City in 2011. The former Republic of Ireland international has been linked with several loan moves this summer, including to Doncaster Rovers in the Championship, but could secure a transfer to Liverpool should he accept the role of Mignolet's understudy.

 

Rodgers is also keen to strengthen in central defence and on the left wing before Monday's transfer deadline and Liverpool have reopened talks with Sporting for Ilori. The 20-year-old was among the Liverpool manager's preferred list of defensive targets at the start of the summer only for Sporting's rising valuation to stall a deal. A fee of around £7m could finally land the London-born Portugal Under-20 international.

 

Liverpool required another central defender even before Kolo Touré damaged his groin during the Capital One Cup win over Notts County.

 

The club have yet to announce the full extent of the injuries suffered by Touré, Joe Allen and the new signing Aly Cissokho on Tuesday but all three are expected to miss Manchester United's visit to Anfield on Sunday.

 

The Paris Saint-Germain defender Mamadou Sakho remains a Liverpool target but the French club are reluctant to sell, and Rodgers's forward options include a loan deal for Victor Moses at Chelsea.

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