Loic Remy (QPR)

Were QPR trying to pass off a crocked player hoping we didn't notice?

I did think it was a bit odd how readily and publicly Redknapp told everyone that he had a very low buyout fee...

Does seem very odd this how can you pass medicals for QPR and Newcastle but not for us ???medicals are medicals surely they don't differ ? So how come previous medicals didn't pick anything up? Weird .

Marseille picked up the heart issue. Either that has got worse, we have higher medical standards, or this is something new.

Were QPR trying to pass off a crocked player hoping we didn't notice?

It's the car salesman coming out in him , old habits and all that .

Wow, only just heard about this, what a pity, better to find out now than later.
So this surely means we put in an improved bid for Bony, I thought we may have actually been working on Bony as well..
Maybe Remy was the smokescreen to keep Arsenal and co away from negotiations with Bony, who seemed the first choice.

Marseille picked up the heart issue. Either that has got worse, we have higher medical standards, or this is something new.

Supposed to be the knee.

Fook me clubs have pulled up heart issues and still take risks,Christ.

Supposed to be the knee.

Donno where you got that from because every report I've seen is saying it's the heart.

Borini

Fook me clubs have pulled up heart issues and still take risks,Christ.

As somebody mentioned Asa Hartford is a case in point.
There have been footballers with no previous heart issues collapsing while playing yet Hartford had a successful career after being diagnosed as ''at risk''.
There are obviously anomalies and there are no hard and fast parameters but if an individual has been playing for x number of years at the highest level, there is really little reason to stop him continuing if there are no danger signs.

C'est vraiment dommage. 

if its a matter of insurance how have his previous clubs managed?. probably better to let this one go now as we are not going to get the full details from the club as I its a private matter between them and Loic. Shame but lets move on.

Oh well. We go again (in for another striker)

As somebody mentioned Asa Hartford is a case in point.
There have been footballers with no previous heart issues collapsing while playing yet Hartford had a successful career after being diagnosed as ''at risk''.
There are obviously anomalies and there are no hard and fast parameters but if an individual has been playing for x number of years at the highest level, there is really little reason to stop him continuing if there are no danger signs.

Nobody want's to see another Muamba case and I don't think it'll go down well either due to LFC's association with the Oliver King SADS petition.

Time for Brendan to spend BIG afterall.

Cannot believe we were intending on giving Remy the no.7 jersey

Donno where you got that from because every report I've seen is saying it's the heart.

Because that's a problem he's always had!! People too busy presuming it was his heart. Shouldn't listen to every report then, should you?

His agents are claiming it's because we couldn't sell Borini.

Claim/counter-claim.

May as well lock this thread now. The deal is dead.

Donno where you got that from because every report I've seen is saying it's the heart.

That falls into the "something new" part of my post.

Cannot believe we were intending on giving Remy the no.7 jersey

Lambert got 9...

May as well lock this thread now. The deal is dead.

Plenty to talk about with this yet. If you've heard enough just stay the F**k out. Simple.

Apparently his people are blaming it on the fact that Borini won't leave. I doubt this though and would be very surprised if it wasn't his people deflecting away from his health.

Liverpool pull out of the deal to sign Remy after it was revealed he wasn't a Southampton player!
(Twitter)

Feel sorry for Remy.  But for us, might be chance to rethink and try get in even better striker...

Real shame to hear this be fall through as it looked a very good piece of business for a talented player who was versatile enough to play as either a 9 or on the left of a three. A real pain in the arse for the manager because I imagine he thought he was all set up front with Sturridge, Lambert and Remy. Back to the drawing board I guess.

I'm sure there are plenty of other talented options out there.

Apparently his people are blaming it on the fact that Borini won't leave. I doubt this though and would be very surprised if it wasn't his people deflecting away from his health.

I would imagine it is WAHS, his people will be losing out on their own big pay day and will be working very hard on getting the attention from another club.

I am disappointed, and I feel for the lad. But if it is enough of a concern for us to say no then in the end it is the right decision. In a moral sense and in a football/business sense.

Back to the drawing board now. We need to keep calm and not rush in for a player for the sake of it (Carroll). We have time and we have the funds, and I would be very surprised if Brendan doesn't have a book full of potential targets!