Joe Allen

[Ne Moe Imya]

All over twitter that we have accepted a fee from Stoke of either 13m or 14m for Allen.

 

Seems a good deal for both clubs, bit of a shame to see him there but he was never going to sign a contract extension with us this summer so getting our money back is a good end result.  You'd think his fee would be a bit higher perhaps in the new financial environment but honestly, with one year left on his contract that's not bad at all.

[aRdja]

Best of luck to him.

[Josef Svejk]

All over twitter that we have accepted a fee from Stoke of either 13m or 14m for Allen.

 

Seems a good deal for both clubs, bit of a shame to see him there but he was never going to sign a contract extension with us this summer so getting our money back is a good end result.  You'd think his fee would be a bit higher perhaps in the new financial environment but honestly, with one year left on his contract that's not bad at all.

 

Allen and Adam in midfield?

 

[Grinch]

Stoke....I thought Barca, Real, Juve and Chelsea were in a bidding war for the best player in the world.

[3 Stacks]

He's too good for Stoke. Hopefully he rejects them.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Sounds about the amount Udinese want for Zielinski, so I wonder if we'll see any movement on that front or if Wijnaldum means we've moved on.

 

Either way, between this and rumours of Lucas going, surely a more defensively minded midfielder is on the cards now?

[Cardie]

Klopp agreed to the deal 1 minute after the Grujic goal.

[Frankenhooker]

Echo reporting we've accepted a £13m offer.

[Alan Sex]

Echo reporting we've accepted a £13m offer.

...reporting we've accepted a £13m offer... £13m offer... offer...

[Paco]

13m from stoke.

 

your move swansea.

[Ne Moe Imya]

13m from stoke.

 

your move swansea.

 

Hard to get a bidding war going if we've accepted the offer, though.

[moof]

Stoke....I thought Barca, Real, Juve and Chelsea were in a bidding war for the best player in the world.

Eh?

[Boss]

£13m is shit when you consider Ighalo had a £37m bid rejected for him and Newcastle want £35m and £27m respectively for Sissoko and Wijnaldum.

[RedKnight]

Our problem is, and always has been, that we're not always great at hiding when we obviously want to get rid of a player. That usually results in us getting low-balled by bidding teams. It's only when we demonstratively show we want to keep the player that we get the good money.

[kalasoma]

I think Allen had less than a year left on his contract. So unfortunately, if that offer is true, I can understand why it is what it is. Still, Grujic appears to be able to score goals and Allen probably feels that if we are still signing midfielders, he wont want to spend a season on the bench with world cup qualifiers on the horizon. 

[Bruce Spanner]

It'll be a resurrection for him...

[J-V]

About his level and I can't say he'd be missed as he's offered fuck all since being here.

[Jairzinho]

£13m is shit when you consider Ighalo had a £37m bid rejected for him and Newcastle want £35m and £27m respectively for Sissoko and Wijnaldum.

 

Yes, but the Ighalo price is because the offer is from China, and the Sissoko and Wijnaldum prices are because they've been linked with us.

 

Allen has got a year left on his deal, £13m is pretty fair.

[kalasoma]

I'll miss his second-half-of-season resurgences, that miss at Goodison, joeallenappreciationday, the whole second leg against Stoke in the league cup and I'll always have the memory of that history-making run with Wales at Euros 2016. God speed and genuinely best of luck for the future, "Welsh Xavi". 

 

[stringvest]

This was inevitable, as he wasn't going to sit on the bench, but I'm surprised he wants to go to Stoke.

[Dr Nowt]

This was inevitable, as he wasn't going to sit on the bench, but I'm surprised he wants to go to Stoke.

Here if you need me mate.

 

Don't bottle it up.

[stringvest]

Here if you need me mate.

 

Don't bottle it up.

 

 

I've just called the Samaritans, but they're all crying with the news as well.  

[Mathewbet1]

I'm done with lfc off to buy a Joe Allen T-shirt sad day just lost our only player who control the tempo of a game that headless chicken can't that's for sure

[Arl arse]

Jurgen Klopp refuses to be drawn on Stoke target Joe Allen's Liverpool future

 

 

Jurgen Klopp refuses to be drawn on Stoke target Joe Allen's Liverpool future

 

Stoke have made a £13million bid for Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he is an admirer of Joe Allen but he refused to be drawn on the future of the midfielder.

 

Press Association Sport understands the club have accepted a £13million bid from Stoke for the Wales international.

 

That means the decision now lies with Allen, who is in the last year of his contract at Anfield and is keen to have more pitch time having been reduced to mainly Europa League appearances last season.

 

"There is nothing about this and all the transfer rumours," said Klopp after a 2-0 friendly win over Huddersfield.

 

"We cannot comment because we couldn't do anything else all day so we shouldn't start with this.

 

"I feel good (about Joe). I like the guy and I really think he is a wonderful football player.

 

"I knew this before the European Championships, I saw it during the Euros and I know it now.

 

"I have said all I can say about this. It is all about respecting contracts, negotiating or not - whatever - and making a transfer or not.

 

"But it is nothing to discuss in public but I've not seen him since the middle of May in Basle (when Liverpool lost the Europa League final to Sevilla)."

 

Defender Jon Flanagan was left out of the squad to consider whether he wants to join Burnley on a season-long loan while Lucas Leiva, who is a target for Galatasaray, limped off in the second half against the Terriers with a hamstring problem.

 

He will have a scan on Thursday but it is likely to mean he will miss the tour to the United States, which the squad fly out to in the early hours.

 

Sadio Mane, a £30million signing from Southampton, was lively, having a goal harshly ruled out for a foul on Joel Coleman after a misplaced backpass and then inducing the goalkeeper to foul him for a penalty which Philippe Coutinho subsequently missed.

 

But it was midfielder Marko Grujic, only just turned 20, who impressed the most in central midfield and scored for the second successive pre-season game, rifling home Mane's cross after the forward had been sent free down the right by Dejan Lovren.

 

The second half was somewhat surreal with play briefly halted by a drone which appeared over the pitch before, even more bizarrely, Klopp sent on reserve goalkeeper Shamal George to play up front when Lucas went off injured after all outfield substitutes had been used and he almost set up Lazar Markovic with his first touch.

 

When Liverpool won an 89th-minute penalty the away fans chanted for George to take it but Alberto Moreno assumed responsibility and scored.

 

"The game was difficult. The first half we should have scored more," added Klopp.

 

"We missed a penalty and had a few big chances and played some wonderful combinations so it was really good.

 

"But I was not too happy with the concentration level in the first 20 minutes.

 

"I said to the boys it was not bad but if we trust a little bit too much in our skills than a team performance it is not the best decision to make."

 

On the decision not to allow George to take the penalty, Klopp said: "Even though it doesn't look like it all the time these games are quite serious - we don't want to make joke games.

 

"It is nice when the crowd calls it in but at 1-0 in no game in the world should you make a 'funny' decision.

 

"If it is 4-0 or 5-0 you can think about it but even then it is a lack of respect for the opponent."

[Dr Nowt]

I've just called the Samaritans, but they're all crying with the news as well.

 

Ha, reminds me of the old Ken Dodd line of how he knew things were bad when he rang them and the guy on the other end of the phone shot himself.