Then we have the recent speculation that Raul Meireles has been transfer-listed due to some internal wranglings at the club. Now, I am be putting 2 and 2 together here and coming out with 5 but with all these central midfielders we’ve been signing, it would appear to me to be too much of a coincidence that Meireles, probably our most valuable midfield asset (besides Steven Gerrard, who would never be sold) is seemingly being readied for a £15+ million transfer out of the club about the same time as us being linked with Charlie Adam.
Most recently, we have the situation surrounding Stewart Downing. Probably worth no more than £12 million but Villa are demanding almost 20. The thought of us spending that much on an average England wide player terrifies me, for no other reason than the fact that Spain’s most promising youngster – Juan Mata – would be available for perhaps less than Aston Villa are demanding for Downing. Not only this, but he has been quoted in the Spanish press as saying that he would welcome a move to Liverpool and our lack of European football would not be an issue for him. What more incentive do we need? And if any further incentive is needed, then you only need watch his performances in the past season and during the recent European U-21’s tournament.
If Roy Hodgson had made the decision to spend so much on Henderson, we’d have heard about it, from our own fans. If Roy Hodgson had been showing an interest in Aaron Lennon or appeared to be prepared to blow almost £20 million on Stewart Downing (remember the reported £10 million bid for Carlton Cole, anybody?), we’d have been deafened by the wails of discontent. I’m sure there’ll be the inevitable backlash to the above paragraphs, and it is these fans that I am concerned about: the ones that won’t allow constructive criticism. But let me make myself very clear: I am not criticising Kenny. I am also aware that Comolli will have as much input and that the board will no doubt have the final say but – knowing he is his own man and will have made sure this was in his permanent contract – Kenny will choose the players that he wants and needs and he must be held accountable for any missteps in the transfer market; he can not be untouchable when he makes mistakes.
Luckily, we have so far only made one purchase, so I’m hoping that he and the rest of his staff are seriously considering their options before moving again. I just hope that we don’t blindly follow the British path, blowing huge amounts of average players or mediocrity when superior – and in most cases, cheaper – alternatives are available from the continent. I am willing Kenny and the board to get things right, and I have faith but rumours and rumblings are starting to worry me.
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Hi Guy’s.Does anybody know if the king or Dave read this website, sure hope they do.South Africa 4 Liverpool.
Gibbs for £13m and Jarvis for £17m.. lol
but seriously the writer made a lot of sense. A lot of our fans are so excited about the way we ended last season that they think KK cannot do anything wrong.
No manager is above criticism from the fans,… though I get the feeling King Kenny would be given a really long rope.
Personally, I’ll wait till the beginning of the new season before I pass my verdict.
What I don’t get is why we don’t blow our entire budget on players like Mata and Aguero. Bring through the youngsters like Coady and Sterling as squad players.
The price of Henderson, Downing and Adam seems a lot for three good but not great players. We seem to be going for quantity over quality which has always been our biggest mistake in transfers.
I wish this article is forwarded to the liverpool transfer board. Because in real sense we are not satisfied with the policy of buying English players only yet they are mediocre gd enough 4 mid table teams.
WE, sorry i didnt realise you spoke for all of us??? I for one will back the man in charge to the hilt as he knows a hell of a lot more than you or I!!!!!
really? dats like tellin Fergie not to senselesly attack coaches/players/refrees ever again.
or Liverpool employin Roy Hodgson as director of football following a burst-out btw Kenny n Commolli.
NOTE TO THE IDIOTS: Please read the following you f**king bunch of disrespectful muppets…
http://liverpool.theoffside.com/team-news/connor-wickham-and-being-in-the-know.html
So it’s always the media’s fault? The media said that Man U was going to get Young and they got him. They said Man U was going to get De Gea and they got him. They said the same thing about Jones and Man U got him. So was the media fabricating things and Sir Alex decided to believe in them and bought the players he had previously no intention to? I don’t believe everything the media says, but neither do I put blind faith in any one individual in the club as well like some idiots do.
35 mil PLUS extras makes me so sick,for sum 6 ft troubled man that hits woman that didn’t even finish enar tops corer int he championship who drinks beer like a fish. i don’t care if it was jesus who signed him, whoever decided to do that needs the sack straight away i don’t care if its kenny and he would win us the league. i’m sure carroll is ok, but the amount! david villa was less!
it’s like some mad crusade for overvalued english players, i’m sure if you want the best quality in the world you buy all around the world. why is it still 8 mil for adams? surely his value has decreased with a yr gone on contract and relegation, i hear were sending them players on loan? sutely this would decrease the value as loans ussually involve fee’s. downing for 20 mil… young is better and was only 16! crazy! n’zogbia is below 10 mil buy him!
enrique, please no! not good enough
ironically i bet the same people that despised the loyalty to benitez are the ones going overboard with king kenny. ironically though, benitez got slated when he wasn’t given money in the first place to waste. what a silly world