Eljero Elia (Hamburg)

Do you rate him Dexter

I wouldn't pay 13 million for him. Too many issues seem to be surrounding him the past 2 seasons, which makes me wary. Fear he might be too individualistic, and not convinced of his workrate. I'd snap him up on the cheap, but that's not going to happen. Then again, I guess 13 million for that type of player of his age is cheap, and still I'm wary. He used to excite me though.. but his development seems stagnant now.

Faster, cheaper, younger.....
If I were king, I would go for him

...than?

I reckon he's just a big fan of Daft Punk:)
Anyway, Elia is not good enough for Liverpool, a slightly better version of Babel, probably a worse rapper.
The fact that he spent most of the season on the bench says a lot about his attitude.

I, like many, don't see anything more in him than Babel on the few occasions that I have seen him play.

Hamburg winger talks up Liverpool move
Published 11:41 25/05/11 By MirrorFootball

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Hamburg winger Eljero Elia claims Liverpool wanted to sign him in January, and says he would still be keen on a switch to Anfield.

Elia - who played under Steve McClaren at FC Twente - told Dutch newspaper NUsport that Liverpool are still the biggest club in England and that he had wanted to leave Hamburg ever since he fell out with head coach Armin Veh.

"My agent asked what was going on. It became clear that the management wanted me to play, but Veh refused to play me," he said.

"There was enough interest. Liverpool, Everton and Juventus wanted me in the winter, loaning me out initially with an option to buy. Wolfsburg immediately offered €20 million and a top salary.


"Wolfsburg were fighting against relegation, my old coach Steve McClaren was under pressure. However, my instinct said no."

But the 24-year-old insists he would still consider a switch to the Premier League or Serie A.

He said: "Liverpool remains England's top team and Juventus are still the biggest club in Italy. Bigger than AC Milan, Inter and the rest, but Hamburg did not want to let me go."

Kenny Dalglish is reportedly still keen on the wide man and will consider another bid this summer.



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Bit brown nosed that. Messes the whole sales pitch by mentioning Juve as bigger than both Milan's. Haven't been for a very long time, since the days of Nedved and co.

Really pushing for a move isn't he by trying to sweeten us and Juve up

Not worth 13 million,another Babel.Think we will sign Mata instead thanks for compliment.

The Dutch press is reporting our renewed interest in Elia ...

http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1052/Premier-League/article/detail/2438037/2011/05/27/Liverpool-heeft-opnieuw-oogje-op-Elia.dhtml

Ultra fast, proper winger not a striker turned winger.

He's obviously not the finished article but like Carroll he has bags of potential... And he's a very exiting player.. I have supreme confidence in KK's ability to take a player to the next level.. If he manages to do it with a player like this we'd have a WMD on our hands..

Even Voetbal International now reporting that we're interested in him again. Thought there was no source at first, but I read it wrong, apparently it's based on articles from German and English media. So probably from the articles already posted on here. And just from those I think it's bullshit, and just a result of him publically stating he wants to come here.

Would you welcome his signing, Dex?

I edited my post Diego, don't think there's anything new reported there. I'd welcome him if we signed him, but I would be quite hesitant to sign him myself.

He's obviously not the finished article but like Carroll he has bags of potential... And he's a very exiting player.. I have supreme confidence in KK's ability to take a player to the next level.. If he manages to do it with a player like this we'd have a WMD on our hands..

Was about to ask, and then it hit me..... WMD = weapon of mass destruction



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Of all the wide players linked to us I'd be most disappointed if Elia was the lad we signed

Of all the wide players linked to us I'd be most disappointed if Elia was the lad we signed

What about that left winger, Charlie Adam 

What about that left winger, Charlie Adam 

Oh god, I hope you know he isn't a left winger.

I don't know much about Elia, from what I've seen he seems a good dribbler but his final product seems poor. Lot like Lennon

I would love him here but we definitely need another left winger. We need to cover that side a lot !

Instead of Young we should try to sign Elia:
He'll cost 8-12mil and wants to play for us. He plays on the left(like Young); is right footed(like Young), is very fast(like Young).
He's YOUNGER than YOUNG!

What about that left winger, Charlie Adam 

Oh god, I hope you know he isn't a left winger.

I was taking the piss. Someone said in the Charlie Adam thread that he could be used out on the left.

I was taking the piss. Someone said in the Charlie Adam thread that he could be used out on the left.

He does have blistering pace.

He does have blistering pace.

It wouldn't be a transfer window if Elia wasn't touting himself to us. We can't sign him, as the whole transfer business would simply implode if he was here. No-one would know when the window opened as the usual starting sign would be gone.