Rafa Eyes £70mill Spree

From talkaloadofbull.com

"Benitez To Spend £70 Million - Report
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is hoping to spend £70 million this summer as he rebuilds his squad and attempts to bring the Premier League title to Anfield for the first time.

Liverpool’s American owners are expected to hand Benitez £20 million to enhance his squad but Benitez is hoping he can also raise £50 million from player sales to ensure a massive summer spending spree.

According to the News of the World Benitez is hoping to be able to raise £50 million from the sales of players such as Xabi Alonso, Peter Crouch, Scott Carson, John Arne Riise, Jermaine Pennant, Steve Finnan and Andriy Voronin. 

He will then use the money to help strengthen his squad and is reported to have his eye on Aston Villa’s Gareth  Barry as well as Andrew Dossena from Udinese. Liverpool have also this week confirmed the transfer of defender Philipp Degen, albeit on a free transfer.

Despite the ongoing behind the scenes ownership battles at Anfield it seems likely that Benitez will be handed more time and money at Liverpool to challenge for the title.

Despite spending heavily last season on players such as Fernando Torres, Javier Mascherano and Ryan Babel, Liverpool finished the season without a trophy and some eleven points behind champions Manchester United.

Captain Steven Gerrard has already called for more investment in the squad if his side are to close the gap on Manchester United and Chelsea and it seems as if his words are going to be heeded and another busy summer in the transfer market awaits for Liverpool."

Hopefully he could do it with out selling Alonso though!

If this is true then with that money he will be able to bring in players such as, Quaresma or David Silva along with either David Villa or Aguero.

David Silva and David Villa would probably cost around £25-30 million each and Aguero has a £35million release clause in his contract and Quaresma would be around £20million. Also with Dossena looking like he will sign for around £8million it will be less than the £70 and would leave some fund for January.
I dont care what players out of the 4 we get as long as we get at least 2 of them. If we are to compete then we need to of those 4 players.

What does everyone else think about how that £70mill could be spent? Aguero or Villa alond with either Quaresma or Silva are just my personal opinion.

                                         Reina

                  Degan       Carra      Agger      Dossena

       Quaresma/Silva      Masch     Gerrard    Babel
                         
                                   Torres   Villa

Subs: Itandje?, Skrtel, Arbeloa, Aurelio, Lucas, Alonso, Kuyt    (is there 7 subs named as from next season?)

That line up would be awesome providing Degan is a good player and the rest settle

                                       

Aguero is a pipe dream, he isn't going anywhere for the time being even if you put a hugh bid for them, Athletico won't sell the top player in Spain when they have a UCL spot.

As for the rumor, I assume that 20m of the 50m he expects from players is Alonso fee. I rather keep Alonso then we have 50m to buy Dossena, wnger/attacking mid and striker or just Dossena and 2 wingers/attacking mids

Aguero is a pipe dream, he isn't going anywhere for the time being even if you put a hugh bid for them, Athletico won't sell the top player in Spain when they have a UCL spot.

He has a release clause in his contract so if its met then they have no choice but to accept it (i do admit it is highly unlikely that he will be going anywhere although we can all dream )

We just need an attacking winger in the mold of Joaquin now, screw selling Alonso when we don't need to. We don't even need to if we sell at least Riise, Carson and Voronin. By my reckoning we're going to spend between 6-8million on Dossena, which leaves around 12million left from the initial transfer kitty. We'll raise at least 10m+ from the sale of those three players which means we've got upwards of 22-25million to spend on a real quality winger. That would leave us with a starting lineup something like

Reina

Degan/Arbeloa  Carra   Skrtel/Agger  Dossena

   Mascherano    Alonso
         Gerrard
New winger                   Babel
            Torres

We just need an attacking winger in the mold of Joaquin now, screw selling Alonso when we don't need to. We don't even need to if we sell at least Riise, Carson and Voronin. By my reckoning we're going to spend between 6-8million on Dossena, which leaves around 12million left from the initial transfer kitty. We'll raise at least 10m+ from the sale of those three players which means we've got upwards of 22-25million to spend on a real quality winger. That would leave us with a starting lineup something like

Reina

Degan/Arbeloa  Carra   Skrtel/Agger  Dossena

   Mascherano    Alonso
         Gerrard
New winger                   Babel
            Torres

Joaquin is apparently allowed to leave for £10million

Joaquin is apparently allowed to leave for £10million

Yes I saw that, Everton were interested with the price touted as around 10-12million, and that's the kind of price you'd bite their hands off for.

Some players i expect/want:

Silva - 15 million
Bentley - 15 million
Mancini - 4 million
Dossena - 8 million
Sergio Garcia - 7 million
Riera - 7 million
Degen - Free
Barry - 12 million

68 million.

                                       Reina/Itandje

Arbeloa/Degen    Carragher/Skrtel/Agger/Hyypia     Aurellio/Dossena

                        Plessis/Mascherano/Lucas/Barry

Bentley/Mancini                                                 Silva/Riera

                               Gerrard/Benayoun

                      Kuyt/Babel/Torres/Sergio Garcia

I'd be F***ing stoked with that.

Some players i expect/want:

Silva - 15 million
Bentley - 15 million
Mancini - 4 million
Dossena - 8 million
Sergio Garcia - 7 million
Riera - 7 million
Degen - Free
Barry - 12 million

68 million.

                                       Reina/Itandje

Arbeloa/Degen    Carragher/Skrtel/Agger/Hyypia     Aurellio/Dossena

                        Plessis/Mascherano/Lucas/Barry

Bentley/Mancini                                                 Silva/Riera

                               Gerrard/Benayoun

                      Kuyt/Babel/Torres/Sergio Garcia

I'd be F***ing stoked with that.

Crouchinho for manager!  Liking that line-up! 

Crouchinho for manager!  Liking that line-up! 

Was just thinking that myself mate

"Benitez To Spend £70 Million - Report.
According to the News of the World Benitez is hoping to be able to raise £50 million from the sales of players such as Xabi Alonso, Peter Crouch, Scott Carson, John Arne Riise, Jermaine Pennant, Steve Finnan and Andriy Voronin.                                    

A truthful paper :, so I will beleive it when I see it, but with £70m he may be after Risdales Goldfish.

Its a very quiet news day so the bizare stories are haveing there cob webs brushed off them.

It all seems so simple when it's in black and white like that... It really looks like a title challenging squad with quality back-up in all positions, just what we've been missing for a while. If we can even get close to a line-up like this one though I'll be happy. F***ing over the moon actually! 

Any F***ing bullshit that quotes the News of the World as it source, is quite frankly complete sh*t. As it states at the top loadofbull from even bigger gutter sh*te sister paper of the that c**t of a paper we dont mention. MODS remove this thread please I find it offensive...

Second that load of b*llsh*t
that would be a nice lineup but cant see us having 70mil in the summer

cant see us having 70mil in the summer

Realistically speaking, neither can i.

Its unlikely. I think its just a summary of the amount we could have if we sold all of the players that have been linked with a move away. I cant see Xabi moving really so that £10-15 million less if he stays.

liverpool will be a stronger this season

Crouchinho for manager!  Liking that line-up! 

Me too, we've got 24 players 

From talkaloadofbull.com

According to the News of the World Benitez is hoping to be able to raise £50 million from the sales of players such as Xabi Alonso, Peter Crouch, Scott Carson, John Arne Riise, Jermaine Pennant, Steve Finnan and Andriy Voronin.

We can sell these players, but we will need depth in the squad to compete in the Champions League, premiership & FA Cup at full strength. Quality must be matched with strength in numbers.

Well looks like some of you might have to alter that line up a little with the Dossena deal hitting a snag.

"The Reds were expected to seal an €8 million deal for the Italian full back Dossena, but the latest word is that the 26-year-old is leaning towards staying Italy, with Fiorentina and Juventus now firmly in the frame.

Udinese sport director Pietro Leonardi admitted that talks with Liverpool are already well underway, but seemed to suggest that a conclusion is still some way off"

http://kop-tv.com/go/benitez-to-go-on-70m-splurge-but-is-it-going-to-be-enough/

Benitez to go on £70m splurge, but is it going to be enough?

Reports are claiming that Rafael Benitez is set to be handed a mere £20million to enhance his squad during the summer months, from which he will be expected to develop a title-winning outfit.

However, reports in Sunday papers suggest Benitez will be allowed to retain all funds raised from player sales, which could total a more impressive £50million (News of the World), giving the our manager a grand-total of around £70million, but he must spend this wisely as the holes left by departing players will surely need filling.

Peter Crouch (£12m), Xabi Alonso (£14m), Jermaine Pennant (£7m), Andriy Voronin (£2m), Steve Finnan (£3m), Scott Carson (£7m) and John Arne Riise (£5m) are all earmarked to leave Anfield during the summer.

New signing Phillip Degen (free transfer) has started the ball-rolling which will end Steve Finnan’s five-year Anfield career with a move back to Fulham being rumoured, giving Alvaro Arbeloa something to think about in the fight for the right-back starting role, and Andreas Dossena looks set to become our second signing as a direct replacement for left-back John Arne Riise.

Aston Villa’s Gareth Barry is also being courted by Benitez and has tabled two bids so far with a view of raising his third bid to £15million which will probably be a tempting ‘take-it-or-leave-it’ offer for the Midlands club.

Blackburn’s David Bentley is a £12million target too as a replacement for Pennant, leaving Benitez with a warchest of less than £20million, with which he will be purchasing a back-up goalkeeper to Pepe Reina, a partner for star-striker Fernando Torres, and possibly another left-sided winger as a replacement for the ’sacked’ Harry Kewell.

Hopefully Rafa will also promote one or two reserve players like Nemeth and Insua too, but I keep asking myself the question: “Is this really enough to topple Man Ure?”.

Will Benitez be replacing mediocre players with more mediocre players? I know this is real-life and not some poxy Football Manager game, but we really do need some additional star-quality instead of relying on Gerrard and Torres all of the time. ( So True)

A serious injury to either one of these two players (God forbid) could effectively wipe-out 20+ league points, ( my point exactly) maybe Rafa has something up his sleeve, he has this ability to conjure up gems from absolutely nowhere, but our American owners need to wake up and smell the Carlsberg by giving our manager a fighting chance of Premiership glory by handing him another blank cheque, Torres-style!
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The big question is "Is this enough?" My answer is NO!

We need quality and depth to be able to compete. Said it earlier on in this tread.

Some players I expect/want:

Silva - 15 million
Bentley - 15 million
Mancini - 4 million
Dossena - 8 million
Sergio Garcia - 7 million
Riera - 7 million
Degen - Free
Barry - 12 million

68 million.

                                       Reina/Itandje

Arbeloa/Degen    Carragher/Skrtel/Agger/Hyypia     Aurellio/Dossena

                        Plessis/Mascherano/Lucas/Barry

Bentley/Mancini                                                 Silva/Riera

                               Gerrard/Benayoun

                      Kuyt/Babel/Torres/Sergio Garcia

I'd be F***ing stoked with that.

Great team of players but there are too many, i mean there are 10 midfielders, that is way too many and it would effect morale because they wont be getting a good run in the team.
there are too many strikers aswell, we dont need Sergio Garcia if we are going to be playing Babel up front becaue we saw this season how much it effected Crouch being on the bench so much. if we need to have another striker due to injury or something then that is when Nemeth come in because otherwise he is never going to get his chance. the defence is perfect, although i would add Insua to it because we all know what Aurelio is like when it comes to injuries. it looks like next season we are going to have a complete defence and wont have to be playing the left backs at centre back because of injuries.

But none the less it is still a great team you have put there

Raising all this money by selling these squad players and buying real quality players (assuming the quality players all cost 15m+) will obviously leave us with the problem of having less squad depth.

but...

Maybe Rafa thinks that its time that the reserves youngsters fill up the gaps left by these departing players and with seven subs next season it'll make it easier to bed in these youngsters.


This is of course assuming this story is true whish it probabaly isnt...

Me too, we've got 24 players 

 
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