Of course, John W Henry, didn’t want to make any promises in his interviews last week about how much would be put aside in January, after all he doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of the previous American owners with their false promises, as well as the fact he doesn’t want to reveal to other clubs what Liverpool’s buying power is. During the interviews he gave, especially for the BBC, the emphasis was on a long term strategy for player recruitment and the business, modelled on Arsenal, and which the appointment of Damien Comolli as Director of Football Strategy is part of.
Part of the uncertainty from Roy over signings in January is probably down to the appointment of Comolli too. The Frenchman might have a say in what business the club does in January and Roy doesn’t want to step on anyone’s toes by committing the club to buying new players when the window reopens. To go by the second quote above though, it is clear Roy believes he needs more cover in the forward and defensive positions, adding a comment that “we are throwing a 20-year-old [Martin Kelly] in at the deep end against Chelsea for his senior debut, which you shouldn’t be doing when you have aspirations to be in the top four.” Hodgson went on to praise Kelly’s performance but it highlights the worries he has about the strength in depth the squad has if the Reds are to compete for the top four.
Players such as Jonjo Shelvey, Jay Spearing and Nathan Eccleston are being used as substitutes, and will probably again be selected for tonight’s match. They are all talented players but nonetheless, they are not experienced players the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea can call upon. These sorts of worries will continue on until the end of the season if no one is brought in during the January transfer window. But going by Roy’s comments, it could be a possibility, and Roy has already stated his concerns for a top four place if such an eventuality arises.
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the market in jan is pants and never does a team find a world cladd star for sale at any sensible price! but its clear need liverpool need to do two things.
1, make a statement of intent to show that we can still buy quality players.
2, the fact that in 4 markets we have left torres well sort of help up top, its clear that most top sides do not have just one great striker and a young 1.5 mill young french kid as back up. kuyt can help but is no the long term striker we need, pay out now for a stiker to etither play with nando or act as a link man and can also operate wide, if i was dreaming for a marketing point and a player that would cover nearly 3 roles in one transfer it would be AGUERO, and for me it makes massive sense.
then we need a winger and mata must be here too, that will also keep reina and torres at the club
if we dont buy in jan, we wont have the depth to make it to the top 4.. if that happens we might not be able to attract top quality players in the summer and torres and reina might also leave..
I am responding to the criticism of my brother Snerki over his comments on Lucas and Kuyt being labelled as two maligned figures who played very well against Chelsea last sunday. I am here on this page to defend SNERKI. He might not be very bright but he means well. He’s right about Torres though – he’s only playing well now to get a move in January – he’ll be off as soon as the window opens! Why can’t we get Sean Dundee back?
Alot of overpriced players in jan but man utd bought evra and vidic in January both weren’t to expensive but were rubbish qhen they turned up but grew into the league and by the beginnin of the next season were awesome
wats wrong wid u ppl..?? always blaming torres…if he doesn’t play well, u say his mind is not at liverpool and wants to leave..if he does play well u say its coz he wants to get a move…give the guy a break..
If we want our star players to stay wa have to finish in the top 4 .This will not come ease as our squad not strong enough to 2 or 3 games a week, 4 examle Wigan match showed yesterday that players were weak while there where no good substutes at the bench. we have to buy at least 2 good players who can come direct to starting line up. we need impact winger like HAZZARD/MATA OR A. YOUNG and striker AGUERO/LORENTE/VICINIC OR ANDY CARROL.
Roy don’t say that though u don’t hav transfer intellect but how attacking option are too weak we need a quality option pls.