Summer '09 Transfer Speculation Thread

[tobycatz]

Football Pools website claim that Turkish press are linking us and manure with a £13m bid for Arda Turan. Rubbish website I know but would be a great deal if true. I think I'd even prefer him to Silva for £20m. Any Turks out there who could confirm??

 

Confirm what? That your a fuckwit perhaps?

[Liverpoolway]

You can't though can you, that's my point. Say for example, we got Villa (obviously not going to happen), and he says Real have offered him £120k p/w, therefore he takes home £90k p/w. For us to match it we'd have to pay him £180k p/w. Then, naturally, Stevie, Nando, etc would want parity, and everyone else's wages would need to be amended accordingly. And we're skint.

 

Any British club is facing the same problem. If I was a Spanish international and had the choice of staying in Spain or coming to England where the weather's shit and I'd have to give half of everything I earn to the Government I wouldn't have much of a decision to make.

 

The 25 % tax rate only applies to the first six years of residency, which means your example would be valid for Benzema, Ribery et al, but not for spanish internationals such as Villa, Silva etc.

 

Personally I think the new british tax scheme will fail, as it gives an incentive for highly skilled professionals to choose other countries. It won't last, but it will probably ruin the PL though.... Back to the 90s.

[Torvald Utne]

Confirm what? That your a fuckwit perhaps?

 

you're...it's fucking you're...how hard is it???? drives me fucking insane.

[Torvald Utne]

The 25 % tax rate only applies to the first six years of residency, which means your example would be valid for Benzema, Ribery et al, but not for spanish internationals such as Villa, Silva etc.

 

Personally I think the new british tax scheme will fail, as it gives an incentive for highly skilled professionals to choose other countries. It won't last, but it will probably ruin the PL though.... Back to the 90s.

 

six months

 

possibly

[Liverpoolway]

six months

 

Six years.

 

I'm not talking about the general tax laws (where most contries have similar terms), but the modification they implemented in 2004.

[tobycatz]

you're...it's fucking you're...how hard is it???? drives me fucking insane.

 

Get a life then you sad fuck.

[Stoney79]

Confirm what? That your a fuckwit perhaps?

 

What's your problem? Bad day? Perhaps you had better learn to spell before trying to insult people. Otherwise you might make yourself look like a fuckwit.

[Unrighteous]

Posted in the Johnson thread, but fuck it:

 

Portsmouth accept Liverpool bid for Glen Johnson

 

Window watch: England right back could be on his way to Anfield after South Coast club accept £18.5 million offer

 

Glen Johnson

Gary Jacob, James Ducker

 

Liverpool had an offer of about £18.5 million for Glen Johnson accepted last night. The successful bid comes after they struggled to raise the money to buy him when he was valued at about £8.5 million in January.

 

The Portsmouth and England right back subsequently signed a new four-year contract, but his future club appears clearer with Chelsea unwilling to match the fee for a player they sold for £4 million two years ago. Manchester City expressed an interest, but have not matched the price, which will include add-ons.

 

Liverpool will raise funds from the potential sales of Álvaro Arbeloa and Andrea Dossena and from outstanding money that they are owed from the sale of Peter Crouch to Portsmouth for £11 million a year ago. The Anfield club have expressed an interest in Micah Richards, the Manchester City defender.

 

 

Portsmouth accept Liverpool bid for Glen Johnson | Football - Times Online

[JohnnyH]

So no ones heard anything about Bent then so?

[FrenchEyeGlass]

Posted in the Johnson thread, but fuck it:

 

Portsmouth accept Liverpool bid for Glen Johnson

 

Window watch: England right back could be on his way to Anfield after South Coast club accept £18.5 million offer

 

Glen Johnson

Gary Jacob, James Ducker

 

Liverpool had an offer of about £18.5 million for Glen Johnson accepted last night. The successful bid comes after they struggled to raise the money to buy him when he was valued at about £8.5 million in January.

 

The Portsmouth and England right back subsequently signed a new four-year contract, but his future club appears clearer with Chelsea unwilling to match the fee for a player they sold for £4 million two years ago. Manchester City expressed an interest, but have not matched the price, which will include add-ons.

 

Liverpool will raise funds from the potential sales of Álvaro Arbeloa and Andrea Dossena and from outstanding money that they are owed from the sale of Peter Crouch to Portsmouth for £11 million a year ago. The Anfield club have expressed an interest in Micah Richards, the Manchester City defender.

 

 

Portsmouth accept Liverpool bid for Glen Johnson | Football - Times Online

 

I got pissed with that thread so stopped checking it, so thanks for putting it in here.

 

I have to say 18.5 is fucking ridiculous. Hes a great player but hes not worth that. I always thought we'd get him for around 14m or less, but 18.5m?

 

We cant be that skint i guess.

[SpeedyG]

Getting rid of Arbeloa when Insua is still untested at the top top level and Fabio is so fragile scares me.

[FrenchEyeGlass]

So no ones heard anything about Bent then so?

 

Nah nothing at all mate. How many of your mates told you this? And did they give you any additional information? I.e. the bid amount.

[Unrighteous]

I got pissed with that thread so stopped checking it, so thanks for putting it in here.

 

I have to say 18.5 is fucking ridiculous. Hes a great player but hes not worth that. I always thought we'd get him for around 14m or less, but 18.5m?

 

We cant be that skint i guess.

 

I would suspect that the real pricetag is around £12-15m with addons in the price for CL/Premiership titles, etc.

[coop]

I got pissed with that thread so stopped checking it, so thanks for putting it in here.

 

I have to say 18.5 is fucking ridiculous. Hes a great player but hes not worth that. I always thought we'd get him for around 14m or less, but 18.5m?

 

We cant be that skint i guess.

 

If you look carefully you will see the article says they have accepted our £13.5m bid with the fee rising to £18.5m if he manages to achieve all the clauses in his contract.

 

They already owe £7m to us so that means £6.5m will be changing hands.

 

Doesn't sound as headline catching as £18.5m though does it.

[Unrighteous]

I'd be pretty happy with Bent as a backup striker. He'd do a job, I reckon, if he's not too expensive.

[Salou]

Just a bit off topic from the Johnson thing. But I read somewhere today that Bolton are thinking of offering 10.2 million for Miguel Veloso. Think he might be a decent buy if either Alonso or Mascherano move. Always seem to have heard good things about him and caught the eye the 1 or 2 times I've seen him play. Anyone know if he's actually any good and worth a shout?

[JohnnyH]

Nah nothing at all mate. How many of your mates told you this? And did they give you any additional information? I.e. the bid amount.

 

No. It was fairly vague, and as I say, I've no real links, just 1 or 2 who've had some info in the past that proved good. It was just that I received 3 seperate texts asking me if I'd heard anything and that surprised me a bit.

[JohnnyH]

If you look carefully you will see the article says they have accepted our £13.5m bid with the fee rising to £18.5m if he manages to achieve all the clauses in his contract.

 

They already owe £7m to us so that means £6.5m will be changing hands.

 

Doesn't sound as headline catching as £18.5m though does it.

 

Surprise surprise. There's no way we will be paying £18.5m for him.

[Trumo]

you're...it's fucking you're...how hard is it???? drives me fucking insane.

 

I know what you mean. It's because of this kind of puerile bullshit that I stopped visiting ynwa.tv, and why I hardly bother with RAWK.

[Royal Family]

Arbeloa only has 12 months left on his deal and seems to have been eager to return to Spain for the last two windows (didn't his agent try to engineer a move to Sevilla last summer?) - Real want him for sure, and I think Atletico are keen too. But we have to sell him rather than risk losing him for nothing.

[WaltonRed]

Arbeloa will defo be off now.

 

It seems a hell of a lot but it wont be the real fee so its all good with me.

[Dirk]

I got pissed with that thread so stopped checking it, so thanks for putting it in here.

 

I have to say 18.5 is fucking ridiculous. Hes a great player but hes not worth that. I always thought we'd get him for around 14m or less, but 18.5m?

 

We cant be that skint i guess.

 

You mean you actually managed to get drunk from reading a thread or you got drunk at the same time that the thread got drunk?

[FrenchEyeGlass]

If you look carefully you will see the article says they have accepted our £13.5m bid with the fee rising to £18.5m if he manages to achieve all the clauses in his contract.

 

They already owe £7m to us so that means £6.5m will be changing hands.

 

Doesn't sound as headline catching as £18.5m though does it.

 

I cant see that in the Article but i trust that your probably right.

 

Addons will no doubt be part of it, and i'm guessing the Crouch debt, as you say, so it wont be as bad as it seems. I just hope thats the case.

 

I just think i was shocked at Liverpool and 18.5m being in the same sentence.

[Unrighteous]

I wouldn't be surprised if Micah Richards comes in at a very low fee to backup Johnson.

[05 Milan]

I hope we end up paying 18.5 for him, because that means we'll win something soon.