Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Schalke)

Flame or lock if you will, but i just got phoned by a reliable friend telling me we're closing in on Huntelaar.

So no reliable source then.
Fantastic!

You know theres a gossip thread right?

Lockety lock.

So no reliable source then.
Fantastic!

You know theres a gossip thread right?

I'm not a BSer, really; and if you go back in my posts you'll see i did get the Suarez transfer here spot on along with some other information before any other source.

Does anyone know the reliability of this site? I'm guessing it's crap, but here's some lovely Google translation for you...

Huntelaar could play with Suarez again
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the short run in the Premier League. The striker of Schalke 04 has not yet reached agreement on a new contract with the German club and Liverpool is planning a bid to bring the Orange International.

The Reds bought early 2011 Andy Carroll from Newcastle United, but the 23-year-old Englishman has failed to convince and is on the transfer list. At Liverpool would Huntelaar his former Ajax colleague Luis Suárez encounter, with whom he played over two seasons together successfully. The Hunter will cost 20 million euros.


Klaas-Jan Huntelaar kan op korte termijn in de Premier League spelen. De spits van Schalke 04 heeft nog geen akkoord bereikt over een nieuw contract bij de Duitse club en Liverpool is van plan een bod uit de brengen op de Oranje-international.

The Reds kochten begin 2011 Andy Carroll van Newcastle United, maar de 23-jarige Engelsman heeft niet kunnen overtuigen en staat op de transferlijst. Bij Liverpool zou Huntelaar zijn voormalige Ajax-collega Luis Suárez tegenkomen, met wie hij ruim twee seizoenen succesvol samenspeelde. The Hunter kost 20 miljoen euro.

http://www.sport1.nl/nieuws/38775-huntelaar-kan-weer-met-suarez-spelen.html

 

Pretty sure Huntelaar is set to sign a new deal with Schalke which will probably remove that release clause he has (or raise it).

Heard he will sign once carroll leaves!!!


NA I KNOW NOTHING

Oh man, I wish it was true.

Does anyone know the reliability of this site? I'm guessing it's crap, but here's some lovely Google translation for you...

I do. The site is pretty reliable, but that article isn't. It's a rumours article.

I do. The site is pretty reliable, but that article isn't. It's a rumours article.

"Nieuws" = "rumours"?

Flame or lock if you will, but i just got phoned by a reliable friend telling me we're closing in on Huntelaar.

What's his name, Billy Bullshit!!

"Nieuws" = "rumours"?

No that's news, but if you look at the Huntelaar pic above the article, Geruchten=Rumours.

What's his name, Billy Bullshit!!

No, it's worse.

http://www.sport1.nl/nieuws/38775-huntelaar-kan-weer-met-suarez-spelen.html

Your friend...

http://www.sport1.nl/nieuws/38775-huntelaar-kan-weer-met-suarez-spelen.html

Your friend...

Already posted mate.

Already posted mate.

Couldn't see it.
Can't scroll a quote on my phone.

Well at least theres a source now.

http://www.sport1.nl/nieuws/38775-huntelaar-kan-weer-met-suarez-spelen.html

Your friend...

You flatter me.

Would be a great signing to cap off the summer.

Has a good understanding with suarez. Please happen

1 goal per every 94 minutes in all competitions last season. The type of poacher we need. Probably nothing in the rumours, but still nice to think there's a slight possibility of him coming here.

They're a week away from getting nothing for him.

You testing my patience again? You tried this ITK carry on last year and as a result you were laughed at.

Go missing again mate.

Shame it's prob not likely as he would be perfect for us

You testing my patience again? You tried this ITK carry on last year and as a result you were laughed at.

Go missing again mate.

You mean the Suarez info i provided? Where i was right?

I remember you calling aspects of the Suarez deal very wrong Alicus

I would love to have Huntelaar probably the mould we need.   Alicus at least tell us how you know? Or have you got a gun pointed to your head?

I would love to have Huntelaar probably the mould we need.   Alicus at least tell us how you know? Or have you got a gun pointed to your head?

He got phoned by a "reliable friend." It's in the OP

He got phoned by a "reliable friend." It's in the OP

Has he got a 50:50 and an ask the audience as well?

Has he got a 50:50 and an ask the audience as well?

Aren't ;you suppose to be on Twitter for this kind of stuff?

Aren't ;you suppose to be on Twitter for this kind of stuff?

Haha!

I've just been informed by a reliable friend of mine that we will not be signing Huntelaar. If I'm right, can I be ITK?

Hunterlaar been quoted as saying he close to joining the reds.

Hunterlaar been quoted as saying he close to joining the reds.

Quoted by who? Source?

Hunterlaar been quoted as saying he close to joining the reds.

May we see these quotes?

Quoted by who? Source?

By whom* Object of a preposition FFS (Just teasing mate)

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Bullshit then.

Huntelaar and Sahin could really change alot for us. But Huntelaar, I don't see it happening.

Bullshit then.

Huntelaar and Sahin could really change alot for us. But Huntelaar, I don't see it happening.

Huntelaar or Llorente would be great strikers to bring in, but I can't see either.

Hunterlaar been quoted as saying he close to joining the reds.

A phone call from Alicus maybe?

Reina; Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique; Lucas, Allen, Sahin; Gerrard, Suarez, Huntelaar

Wow it would be such a huge improvement on last year

Reina; Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Enrique; Lucas, Allen, Sahin; Gerrard, Suarez, Huntelaar

                Pepe
Johno Skrtel Agger Enrique
          Lucas  Allen
                Sahin
  Gerrard            Suarez
             Huntelaar

Looks great on paper, but it would require Stevie to play as an outside forward as opposed to in the hole, which is where I think he is most effective.  Also, it would push Sahin further forward, and I think he is best utilized in a deep lying midfield role.  However, you wouldn't catch me complaining if we managed to sign the lad!!   

Until there are reliable sources im going to presume the original poster is on copious amounts of smack. If he is proven correct, then im going to be on copious amounts of smack.

Once Assaidi is settled in him and Suarez on the wing would make more sense to me. No doubt to me these 3 would form a great understanding. 2 tricky like minded players and a finisher. But it's good to have more options.

I should know better than to speculate about Huntelaar though. Shouldn't get my hopes up!

Aren't ;you suppose to be on Twitter for this kind of stuff?

Twitter's for kids, and it's full of sh*t.

lets just wait and see then.

Twitter's for kids, and it's full of sh*t.

How is this thread different ?

How is this thread different ?

This thread is for sh*t and it's full of kids

Brendan on why we don't need a new striker :-

"It is no good having a goalscorer scoring 30 goals and no-one else scores - I've always been against that theory," said Rodgers.

 "You are going to need upwards of 70-odd goals to be up around the Champions League [places].

 "For me it is a team ethic. Luis Suarez will score goals, Steven Gerrard can score goals, young Fabio Borini will score goals - but we also need goals from our centre-halves.

 "If you can get your centre-halves scoring five goals that will always add and then you are looking at your full-backs doing a bit more.

 "It is a team responsibility, not just one player. You bring in one striker who can score you goals, which is great, but it's not good for the team if the rest don't score.

 "For us it is trying to have players in different areas of the field who can cause a problem.

 "But equally important is that at the other end you are not conceding goals.

 "I think we have shown, apart from last week (in the 3-0 defeat at West Brom) when the game was broken when we went down to ten men, that we have a good mindset and been strong this year."
 

This thread is for sh*t and it's full of kids

Brendan on why we don't need a new striker :-

"It is no good having a goalscorer scoring 30 goals and no-one else scores - I've always been against that theory," said Rodgers.

 "You are going to need upwards of 70-odd goals to be up around the Champions League [places].

 "For me it is a team ethic. Luis Suarez will score goals, Steven Gerrard can score goals, young Fabio Borini will score goals - but we also need goals from our centre-halves.

 "If you can get your centre-halves scoring five goals that will always add and then you are looking at your full-backs doing a bit more.

 "It is a team responsibility, not just one player. You bring in one striker who can score you goals, which is great, but it's not good for the team if the rest don't score.

 "For us it is trying to have players in different areas of the field who can cause a problem.

 "But equally important is that at the other end you are not conceding goals.

 "I think we have shown, apart from last week (in the 3-0 defeat at West Brom) when the game was broken when we went down to ten men, that we have a good mindset and been strong this year."
 

A tall centre forward?
He didn't even mentioned carrols name

The fact is, those people aren't scoring enough usually which means we need somebody to lead by example. That's like saying you don't need a top keeper to try and keep clean sheets haha.

Id love you here Hunter la.

Good player, but he is just the same type of player as Carroll, so he'll need the service.

This thread is for sh*t and it's full of kids

Brendan on why we don't need a new striker :-

"It is no good having a goalscorer scoring 30 goals and no-one else scores - I've always been against that theory," said Rodgers.

 "You are going to need upwards of 70-odd goals to be up around the Champions League [places].

 "For me it is a team ethic. Luis Suarez will score goals, Steven Gerrard can score goals, young Fabio Borini will score goals - but we also need goals from our centre-halves.

 "If you can get your centre-halves scoring five goals that will always add and then you are looking at your full-backs doing a bit more.

 "It is a team responsibility, not just one player. You bring in one striker who can score you goals, which is great, but it's not good for the team if the rest don't score.

 "For us it is trying to have players in different areas of the field who can cause a problem.

 "But equally important is that at the other end you are not conceding goals.

 "I think we have shown, apart from last week (in the 3-0 defeat at West Brom) when the game was broken when we went down to ten men, that we have a good mindset and been strong this year."
 

Have to disagree with BR here.

Firstly. The 30+ goal a season striker he talks about. He is the player who scores more or less every match. He is the man who wins the tight games. He is the man who pops up when it looks for all the world that you would not score if you played for a week. If this player scores 30 goals that leaves 40 goals for the rest of the team to score if we want to get to the 70 that BR says we need to get in the top 4.

So, to be honest I am at a loss at the moment to work out how Suarez, Borini, Downing, Lucas, Allen, Gerrard, Johnson, Enrique, Agger and Skrtel are going to score 40 between them. If you take away the 30 goal a season striker that BR talks about...they will have to get 70 between them.

If we do not secure a proven finisher I feel we will be struggling to score enough goals, thus win enough games and secure enough points to get to where we want to be.

We need a striker who can finish, so I disagree with Brendan here. Just my opinion!

Have to disagree with BR here.

Firstly. The 30+ goal a season striker he talks about. He is the player who scores more or less every match. He is the man who wins the tight games. He is the man who pops up when it looks for all the world that you would not score if you played for a week. If this player scores 30 goals that leaves 40 goals for the rest of the team to score if we want to get to the 70 that BR says we need to get in the top 4.


So, to be honest I am at a loss at the moment to work out how Suarez, Borini, Downing, Lucas, Allen, Gerrard, Johnson, Enrique, Agger and Skrtel are going to score 40 between them. If you take away the 30 goal a season striker that BR talks about...they will have to get 70 between them.

If we do not secure a proven finisher I feel we will be struggling to score enough goals, thus win enough games and secure enough points to get to where we want to be.

We need a striker who can finish, so I disagree with Brendan here. Just my opinion!

I agree with you here pal.

What BR said, does not make sense tbh:L

Good player, but he is just the same type of player as Carroll, so he'll need the service.

Far better finisher though. Only needed 97 shots last season to get to his 29 goals. To compare, Van Persie needed 179 shots to get to his 30 goals. Ofcourse the Bundesliga isn't as tough as the EPL, but still.

How is this thread still open?

no real link just pure unadulterated mindless balls

Far better finisher though. Only needed 97 shots last season to get to his 29 goals. To compare, Van Persie needed 179 shots to get to his 30 goals. Ofcourse the Bundesliga isn't as tough as the EPL, but still.

Good point, but still...every striker needs his service, especially prolific goalscorers.

Good point, but still...every striker needs his service, especially prolific goalscorers.

Huntelaar is known to connect well with Suarez though. I imagine Suarez would be far more at ease too, some pressure off of him. And although Huntelaar is mostly just a finisher, it's not like he can't do anything else, 13 assists last season too. Carrol even attempted almost the same amount of shots as Huntelaar. Although probably from worse positions, he played far less too. There's no doubt for me that Huntelaar with his better positioning and finishing would get plenty chances here to get to score goals.

I just cannot see this deal happening. Too good to be true and all that.

Don't think this is as far from the realms of possibility as some seem to suggest, would of course all depend on Carroll leaving. Without doubt if Carroll leaves we'll bring in someone and Huntelaar is a decent guess in my opinion.

Have to disagree with BR here.

Firstly. The 30+ goal a season striker he talks about. He is the player who scores more or less every match. He is the man who wins the tight games. He is the man who pops up when it looks for all the world that you would not score if you played for a week. If this player scores 30 goals that leaves 40 goals for the rest of the team to score if we want to get to the 70 that BR says we need to get in the top 4.

So, to be honest I am at a loss at the moment to work out how Suarez, Borini, Downing, Lucas, Allen, Gerrard, Johnson, Enrique, Agger and Skrtel are going to score 40 between them. If you take away the 30 goal a season striker that BR talks about...they will have to get 70 between them.

If we do not secure a proven finisher I feel we will be struggling to score enough goals, thus win enough games and secure enough points to get to where we want to be.

We need a striker who can finish, so I disagree with Brendan here. Just my opinion!

thats what I was thinking ...it easy to say we gonna score from midfield bt in terms of reality its really tough task specially for us , again its like we are starting with blank sheet ,lots of new players ,will take time to settle..
all in all we are not barca who creates goal scoring chance every min..we have to look for goal scoring striker or winger otherwise it could be same story with bit improvement..

Huntelaar is known to connect well with Suarez though. I imagine Suarez would be far more at ease too, some pressure off of him. And although Huntelaar is mostly just a finisher, it's not like he can't do anything else, 13 assists last season too. Carrol even attempted almost the same amount of shots as Huntelaar. Although probably from worse positions, he played far less too. There's no doubt for me that Huntelaar with his better positioning and finishing would get plenty chances here to get to score goals.

No doubt he'd be a great addition to the squad and no doubt he can score and obviously has a good record of goalscoring, but say we got him...I honestly think we will need a winger just to give him more opportunities, because I don't think Downing is good enough really.

Let's be serious here - We will not be buying Huntelaar.

We have no money left so any deal the club makes from now will be a loan deal for someone

And locked.

Another thread here http://www.lfcreds.com/reds/index.php/topic,43567.msg1335038.html#msg1335038 so can be reopened and merged.

Liverpool boss Rodgers switches his attention to unsettled striker Huntelaar

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2221730/Liverpool-target-Klaas-Jan-Huntelaar.html#ixzz2A8J7ZnSP

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to make a January raid for Schalke striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

The Reds boss is on alert after the 29-year-old Holland international postponed talks on a new contract with the German side.

Huntelaar will be free to sign a pre-contract agreement with another club in January, as his current deal is due to expire at the end of the season.

But Rodgers is keen on a cut-price deal in January for the former Real Madrid star in order to solve his present lack of firepower, reports the Daily Star.

Liverpool are currently struggling to cope with Luis Suarez as their only fit striker.

Huntelaar has also been linked with Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham.

Can't see us offering the wages for him and can see him only wanting CL football.

Would be a great signing, he's not a complete striker but then again very few are; he's a great and intelligent finisher though.

29and has an atitude problem, he would deffo be a name in the envelope at the end of he season.

Quite a few media sources running with it.

https://www.google.com/news?ncl=daqyVkutTOKAsTMrn9Xq1hcyZJomM&q=brendan+rodgers&lr=English&hl=en

Probably bollocks then.

Got to be honest mate the minute I read Daily Star I stopped reading.

Don't think Rodgers will be after the centre forward that it's blatantly obvious we need.  Unless he's had a change of heart since the summer and the start of the season.

If anything we'll see someone who could play there but can also play outwide.  Like Walcott, Sturridge etc.

I'd love Huntelaar.  Natural finisher, goal poacher.  Him in the side last season and we'd be playing tonight or tomorrow.

Walcott, Sturridge, Huntelaar, Llorente.

Four players who have contracts that expire in 2013.
We, at the very least, should be talking to the four of them to check their wages and sign on fee.
Either of the four would improve us and even more so if we could do a deal in January.
Obviously there are other clubs that might come in at higher wages but City have four strikers already.
Chelsea rumours are of Falcao. We must have a good chance of signing one or two of the above.

, Llorente.

I'd love a shot at Llorente, he's an animal, never seen a big man play football like him.

He can be a battering ram of a forward and attack F***ing everything that's put into the box, then he can display the most neat touch's, passes etc, he can really play football, must be a Spanish thing.

He's everything we wanted out of Andy Carroll and more.

Cant see us offering out big money for players like Huntelaar at 29 if we wern't willing to part with a couple more million for Dempsey's signature personally.

No thanks.

Llorente is twice the player, plus he's younger and not as much of an arsehole.
Huntelaar always seems to cause friction in the dressing room no matter where he goes, and was an absolute c**t at the Euro's.

Don't think he has an attitude problem, or that he causes friction everywhere he goes, I don't know any club where he really has actually. He's only supposed to have been a real b***ard at the Euros, but many of the Dutch players are supposed to have been. Most football players are sore losers. And it's even somewhat understandable, after the amazing season he had last year he probably thought he deserved more of a look in at the Euros, especially considering that Van Persie continued to underperform for the national team and Huntelaar scored for fun even in the national team.

Wouldn't say he's a realistic option in our current situation, but who knows. I don't think there are that many better clinical finishers out there, Falcao is the first name that comes to mind.

Like I said in another thread, I think there likelihood of this is very slim.

But something to think about it is Huntelaar and Suarez played together at Ajax.

they saw me make a new career mode and buy him last night. all this is.

AS someone mentioned above, I would prefer to take Fernando Torres...

Llorente 

So is this the Villa / Barry / Silva / Aguero / Mata / Hazard / Dempsey thread for the coming window then? 

Every window needs one.

So is this the Villa / Barry / Silva / Aguero / Mata / Hazard / Dempsey thread for the coming window then? 

Every window needs one.

u forgot sigurdsson

i expect one more thread for "buying sahin"