Downing Completes Liverpool Transfer

[frank black]

Mcleish creates rod for his own back. He's not for sale! What a prize t###

Watch Wigan take the Mick now.

[pauliewalnuts]

I dare say you might have his replacement in-the-bag already.

I wouldn't be banking on that.

[Matt Collins]

Isn't most of the young money not for transfers? We've got 3 managerial compensation claims to pay plus presumably several million on the bent transfer still pending

[Clampy]

20m according to SSN. As good as he was last season, that's above his value tbh. N'Zogbia now please.

This money better be spent on the squad, otherwise I will be asking serious questions about RL.

This money AND the Ashley Young money, I hope.

There's no question that we'll spend now, because we'll have to.

[DB]

I fuckin' hope so. But who...SWP, Bentley....Stuart Ripley? Hopefully none of them but someone decent.

[Chris Smith]

Shame but after he was tapped up was always on the cards. All we can hope is that we've got a good fee andvtat the manager is allowed to spend it. If it brings us three players then it might even be a positive.

Now fuck off you ungrateful twat.

[hilts_coolerking]

Mcleish creates rod for his own back. He's not for sale! What a prize t###

Well quite.  What he should have said was "Of course he's for sale, we're that sort of club."

[bertlambshank]

We over paid for him and so have Liverpool,he is such a nothing footballer.I certainly won't miss the non tackling run down to the corner flag pansey.Ta-ta.

[Ray Graydon]

I'm glad it's sorted & hasn't dragged on for too long he wants to leave so I just think its important we get the fee we want & Invest it along with the money for Ashley on strengthening the squad.

N'Zogbia & Given will be a good start & show what calibre of player we are looking for.

[Eigentor]

Which transfer will be completed first? Downing to Liverpool, or Given to Villa? 

[pauliewalnuts]

The rumour on here was that the Bent transfer was paid for by the Milner money. Then we started to hear people saying it is the Young money (in advance) that paid for Bent.

God only knows which is true, I just know it is depressing as fuck to have sold our four best players in the last three seasons.

And, incidentally, I don't care if Arsenal sell Fabregas to Barcelona or Nasri to Man City, I care about our seeming susceptibility to this every year.

[N'Zimidy]

This is brilliant news. £20m for a player that we all know is worth £12m tops. N'Zogbia is a better player, younger and avaiable for around the £10m mark at the most.

Bloody steal 

[DB]

Oh I've just had a reminder to re-new my season ticket.....my cheque's in the post.

[hilts_coolerking]

I fuckin' hope so. But who...SWP, Bentley....Stuart Ripley? Hopefully none of them but someone decent.

If Randy's involved it'll be Andy Sinton.  If it's McLeish, probably Thomas Gravesen.  Gah.

[richard moore]

Nigh on £85 million for Downing, Adam, Henderson and Carroll

Dear oh dear oh dear me, poor old King Kenny paying so much money for such average talent because no one really decent will go there. That's a lot of money to finish no higher than 5th. Remind of you of anyone?