Reina continues to ready the fans for summer move.

[Red Nick]

Is it worth mentioning - again - that he never once said (or even hinted, really) that he had any intention of leaving?

 

Its a strange partnership but we agree on this when nobody else can see it.

 

Pepe is a complete legend and the people dissing him are bang out of order and that includes the owner of the site IMO.

[MLB]

Is it worth mentioning - again - that he never once said (or even hinted, really) that he had any intention of leaving?

 

 

If you think he hasn't weighed it up then, imo, you are kidding yourself.

[fowler9]

This is how I see it too. He has to look around and think that he doesn't really have any options that are better than what he has here. He'd be a moron to leave here right now, there's a buzz about the place and he should at least give it another year to see how things go.

 

What's the alternative? Arsenal? Haha. The mancs? He'd be a complete cunt if he did that, assuming they even want him as it looks like they're in for the Atletico keeper.

 

Atletico would be another option, and if he said he wanted to go there as it was his dad's team and he wants to go home, I'd be fine with that and would respect the decision.

 

Anywhere else, especially in England, and I'd think he's just an idiot who would live to regret his decision.

 

I don't think he's an idiot, so I think he'll stay here because it is by far the best option for him.

 

I agree with the vast majority of this however have to say from a career point of view Atletico would be a stupid move at this moment in time, but have to agree I would respect him still for going there or another Spanish club but hopefully he is here to stay, a lot of time for him to win things yet at his age and hopefully with Kenny and a decent summer that can come closer to reality

[Red Nick]

Pepe has always said he would like to finish his caree at Athletico and follow his fathers footsteps

[Captain]

Red Nick doesn't agree 100% with Dave U.

 

I need a lie down.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Glad he's staying, we would find it very hard to find a keeper as good without spending more than we sold him for.

[05 Milan]

If you think he hasn't weighed it up then, imo, you are kidding yourself.

 

Indeed.

 

Owen never made a word about leaving before suddenly jumping ship. Reina would've stated him intention to leave publicly if it served his own interests. It goes for all players, except Carra of course.

[Barrington Womble]

Is it worth mentioning - again - that he never once said (or even hinted, really) that he had any intention of leaving?

 

So when he got his release clause put in his contract it was because he was thinking of staying?

[fowler9]

Pepe has always said he would like to finish his caree at Athletico and follow his fathers footsteps

 

there is a difference between finishing his career there and joining them now

[Josef Svejk]

I don't blame any player for looking for a possible way out last summer or under Hodgson. The club was a fucking disaster. Some of our legends have left or considered leaving at better moments in our history. Ultimately, what matters is the decisions players make, now things look significantly better, with a better manager and better owners...

[King Emlyn]

If he stays great, if he leaves he leaves. Talk of "dissing" him because you believe he's being weighing up his options etc is baloney; are there people who still honestly think some players are "one of us"? thought that notion had well and truly been put to bed. Rare as rocking horse shite if there are any.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

If you think he hasn't weighed it up then, imo, you are kidding yourself.

 

Maybe he has mulled it over a bit, as he's shaving his head in the morning. And why not? But there's no reason to think he's done this more so than any other player (apart from the head-shaving bit, obviously).

 

At the time he signed a long-term contract, the club had lame-duck, outgoing owners and no clues to the identity - let alone the intentions - of the new owners; the manager's position looked precarious and proved to be so; other board members were either temporary appointments or related to the owners, so they weren't going to stick around; some of the higher profile players (Mascherano, Torres) were getting itchy feet. In short, he had absolutely no way of guessing which way the club would be heading in the future. He would have been a complete fucking mug to commit himself blindly and not to have some sort of release clause. I've got an upstairs escape window, but I have no intention of jumping out of it unless there's a fire in my house.

[Aldonose]

Some of Pepe's interview with Cadena Cope:

 

Asked when he's going to Manchester(Utd) - "To Manchester? Never. I don't know, it's not my intention...but I imagine it's not their intention either"

 

He's told that when the De Gea story popped up, Pepe's name surfaced in a list of possible links - "Well, i imagine they've been monitoring and following many keepers, not only De Gea or Pepe Reina but I'd imagine 5, 6 or 7 other options and I don't know if I was one of them but if your information is good then i guess it's possible, i don't know"

 

Most importantly, on his future - "I'm happy, calm and comfortable here, looking towards the future which I reckon will bring a lot of happiness and hopefully the new project with the new American owners will be a convincing one, attractive and ambitious above all"

 

Will it be a convincing, attractive and ambitious one or will it start like this season? "It's my understanding and based on what I've gathered from the people here, that were will be bringing in some important players, continuing to grow and hopefully in one or two years we will be in the place that Liverpool deserves to be, which is fighting for titles"

 

Would you like Rafa back at Liverpool? "It's difficult. Obviously, Benitez brought me here but that doesn't mean that i'm unhappy with Dalglish, quite the opposite, I think he's the ideal man for Liverpool at this moment."

 

Then the rest of the interview was just him talking about the Madrid-Barcelona semis, the future of Fabregas, his happiness for Torres finally scoring a goal and he mentioned that his wife is due in a month to deliver their third child, the first boy that he'll name Luca Reina.

[JohnnyH]

Some of Pepe's interview with Cadena Cope:

 

Asked when he's going to Manchester(Utd) - "To Manchester? Never. I don't know, it's not my intention...but I imagine it's not their intention either"

 

He's told that when the De Gea story popped up, Pepe's name surfaced in a list of possible links - "Well, i imagine they've been monitoring and following many keepers, not only De Gea or Pepe Reina but I'd imagine 5, 6 or 7 other options and I don't know if I was one of them but if your information is good then i guess it's possible, i don't know"

 

Most importantly, on his future - "I'm happy, calm and comfortable here, looking towards the future which I reckon will bring a lot of happiness and hopefully the new project with the new American owners will be a convincing one, attractive and ambitious above all"

 

Will it be a convincing, attractive and ambitious one or will it start like this season? "It's my understanding and based on what I've gathered from the people here, that were will be bringing in some important players, continuing to grow and hopefully in one or two years we will be in the place that Liverpool deserves to be, which is fighting for titles"

 

Would you like Rafa back at Liverpool? "It's difficult. Obviously, Benitez brought me here but that doesn't mean that i'm unhappy with Dalglish, quite the opposite, I think he's the ideal man for Liverpool at this moment."

 

Then the rest of the interview was just him talking about the Madrid-Barcelona semis, the future of Fabregas, his happiness for Torres finally scoring a goal and he mentioned that his wife is due in a month to deliver their third child, the first boy that he'll name Luca Reina.

 

Think Pepe needs to add an "S" to the end of that first name.

[m0e]

Think Pepe needs to add an "S" to the end of that first name.

 

I'm more concerned with the rest of the story. If true, its a massive bonus for us going into next season.

 

Some alluded earlier, that since the Arsenal game, he's been different (in a good way) and I reckon the King's finally convinced him.

 

Delighted.

[JohnnyH]

I'm treating this story the same way I am treating the ones saying he is going. I'll see when next seasons starts.

[sir roger]

The word on the street ( tap's nose ) is Walcott & Clichy for the Pepster.

[Torvald Utne]

the street can fuck off

[Section_31]

The word on the street ( tap's nose ) is Walcott & Clichy for the Pepster.

 

Bollocks to that, I'd rather be felched by a hungry man.

[MLB]

The word on the street ( tap's nose ) is Walcott & Clichy for the Pepster.

 

 

Is that the Street of Dreams?

[Seemann]

The word on the street ( tap's nose ) is Walcott & Clichy for the Pepster.

 

Those bottlers can stay in London!

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I'm more concerned with the rest of the story. If true, its a massive bonus for us going into next season.

 

Some alluded earlier, that since the Arsenal game, he's been different (in a good way) and I reckon the King's finally convinced him.

 

Delighted.

 

The King and Joe Queen. Made for each other.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

 

cope.es - Donde nos gusta estar

 

Here's the link, if anyone wants to hear it for themselves. (I haven't listened to it myself - it's someone else's turn.)

[Megadrive Man]

The word on the street ( tap's nose ) is Walcott & Clichy for the Pepster.

 

but what people don't realise is 'the Pepster' is actually a gang made up of Jovanovic,Poulsen and Joe Cole.

 

Good deal

[Glen C]

Major bonus if pepe is staying as he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world. But I'm not taking anything for granted and will wait and see what happens in the summer.