Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

Lambert says the approach Riise is on about certainly didn't come from him.

[Ron Manager]

bin dippers have apparently agreed a  £16m  for Mario Balotelli. From one nutter to another, but will make for interesting viewing if it comes off.

Balotelli will,like Demba Ba, have a lot of clubs in his career. He will not(unlike Suarez) score a considerable ammount of goals. Always entertaining Mario, most of the time for the wrong reasons! Two seasons at the maximum. Liverpool have made a costly mistake.

[Dave]

bin dippers have apparently agreed a  £16m  for Mario Balotelli. From one nutter to another, but will make for interesting viewing if it comes off.

Balotelli will,like Demba Ba, have a lot of clubs in his career. He will not(unlike Suarez) score a considerable ammount of goals.

He's scored a considerable amount of goals at every club that he's been at since he was 18 years old.

In a world where Shane Long costs £12m and Adam Lallana costs £25m, £16m for Balotelli is a bargain.

[OCD]

I think there's a reason why Milan are pricing him at only £4m more than Shane Long.

[Toronto Villa]

I think there's a reason why Milan are pricing him at only £4m more than Shane Long.

part of it is the issues he brings despite the productivity, part of it because Milan are pretty skint which is amazing considering many of us know them as a massive and successful football club.

[PeterWithesShin]

Never scoring more than 14 league goals in a season isn't really that considerable. He's still a bargain compared to Shane Long though.

[paul_e]

I think there's a reason why Milan are pricing him at only £4m more than Shane Long.

part of it is the issues he brings despite the productivity, part of it because Milan are pretty skint which is amazing considering many of us know them as a massive and successful football club.

It's mostly the bat-shit crazy in reality.

I really don't mind the guy, but he comes across as a man-baby with no concept of boundaries.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

bin dippers have apparently agreed a  £16m  for Mario Balotelli. From one nutter to another, but will make for interesting viewing if it comes off.

I hope Liverpool fall on the arses this season. Rodgers had spent shit loads of money yet Liverpool never have this accusation thrown at them like Man City/Chelsea.

I would love it if they finish outside the top 4 and go out at the group stages of the Champions League. Funny though, after all the money spent, I still don't think they're all that great, certainly not as great as finishing 2nd last season. We made them look average twice last year and that happened for a reason.

[mr underhill]

once fit, I wonder how much Benteke would go for, given the Balotelli fee?

[Holte L2]

once fit, I wonder how much Benteke would go for, given the Balotelli fee?

At present, you'd still be looking at the £25m figure banded around this time last year.   

If he scores 20+ goals this season, you could be looking at £40m easy. 

[TheMalandro]

I think there's a reason why Milan are pricing him at only £4m more than Shane Long.

Its because Shane Long is the second coming and Liverpool always overpay for players.

[Dave]

Never scoring more than 14 league goals in a season isn't really that considerable.

Or you could say that since he was a teenager he's scored 64 goals in 134 games, even though a couple of those seasons he was predominantly playing from the bench with Man City.

He's got a very similar scoring record to Benteke over the same time period and I'd say that he scores 'a considerable amount of goals'.

And we'd be furious if somebody were signing Benteke for £16m from us.

[Surrey Villain]

Never scoring more than 14 league goals in a season isn't really that considerable. He's still a bargain compared to Shane Long though.

He's likely to be 'earning' up to 10 times more than Shane Long which is why the transfer fee is so low - to get him off their books. Now where have I heard that before?

[Richard E]

Someone should tell Liverpool that if they get their skates on they can gazump the Pinstripeyfilth and get Giorgios "Legend of World Football" Samaras on a free. 

[Toronto Villa]

Never scoring more than 14 league goals in a season isn't really that considerable. He's still a bargain compared to Shane Long though.

He's likely to be 'earning' up to 10 times more than Shane Long which is why the transfer fee is so low - to get him off their books. Now where have I heard that before?

that's actually a good point. Milan have financial problems so selling a player under market value to help also shift that salary makes sense. Heck we've been trying to do just that but with lesser talented players.