Adam Johnson (Manchester City)

He would but we need centre midfielders that can get the ball to our wide mans quick enough

9 mins in and he is on the score sheet.Would love this lad here.

Would love him here but theres more chance of us signing me than him unfortunatly.

City won't let him go and certainly not to us.

No cant see it happening but stranger things have happened in football.Fingers crossed.

Why would he leave City? He's getting a game fairly regularly, they'll pay him whatever he wants, he'll get champion's league football there, and (not that he wouldn't get it at Liverpool) he gets to train with some great players who can teach him a lot. I think Johnson is probably the best signing City have made. Would love him to come to Liverpool but im pretty sure it aint gonna happen!

City would be mad to sell him to us, we needed to sell Torres, they don't operate in the same financial reality.

There were no finacial reasons for us selling him.

Exactly...city can afford to keep him and leave him rot in the reserves....when financial concerns are no object its a better option than selling a talented player to a team that could potentially cost them a champions league place!!

There were no finacial reasons for us selling him.

Torres was able to push through his move because LFC aren't owned by a sheik and we value 50 million more than a sulky player.  City have more money than sense, and do not need to sell.  If they sell him, which I doubt they will, it will be to a team outside of England, or to a team traditionally in the bottom half of the table.  I'd say the most likely scenario is that they will loan him out to a team where he will continue to grow and develop as a player, but will remain on City's books so that they can bring him back if/when they deem appropriate.  Mark my words, they will not sell a talented young England international to a rival club (LFC, Chelsea, Man U, Tottenham, Arsenal).

Completely different. We needed the money to buy replacements. City didn't need the
money. Also City could of put Johnson in the reserves and but we couldn't with Torres.

Star players can force moves away from clubs easier then squad players.

was brilliant today i thought...i rate the lad very highly...sign him up

We didn't need the money if he didn't go though, he was sold because he wanted to go and no player stays at Liverpool if they don't want to be here. End off.

But in the end we did accept a 50 million offer from one of our rivals for him. If we didn't need or want the money then we could've just flogged him to another club, or loaned him out even like City did with Adebayor. They don't care about player devaluation. That's the difference between us and City, and the reason we're not getting Johnson.

But in the end we did accept a 50 million offer from one of our rivals for him. If we didn't need or want the money then we could've just flogged him to another club, or loaned him out even like City did with Adebayor. They don't care about player devaluation. That's the difference between us and City, and the reason we're not getting Johnson.

It was a difficult situation. I believe that there was more than one offer for Torres but I am guessing Chelsea's was significantly higher than any others and the fact that the only way to spend the true value we got for him was to do it that day because the FFP rules start taking effect in the next window. That is just my guess, none of us really know how it went down.

It was a difficult situation. I believe that there was more than one offer for Torres but I am guessing Chelsea's was significantly higher than any others and the fact that the only way to spend the true value we got for him was to do it that day because the FFP rules start taking effect in the next window. That is just my guess, none of us really know how it went down.

So, do you think Man City would have done the same or would they have sold him to a non rival club for less money? That's all I'm saying. With the new rules coming up they'll have to start caring about money at some point, but they haven't started yet.

So, do you think Man City would have done the same or would they have sold him to a non rival club for less money? That's all I'm saying. With the new rules coming up they'll have to start caring about money at some point, but they haven't started yet.

No your right on that, I was just throwing my two cents in there as to why we sold him immediately like we did.

But in the end we did accept a 50 million offer from one of our rivals for him. If we didn't need or want the money then we could've just flogged him to another club, or loaned him out even like City did with Adebayor. They don't care about player devaluation. That's the difference between us and City, and the reason we're not getting Johnson.

Exactly. 

City simply don't need to sell Johnson, certainly not to their rivals for the title/top four slot next year.  If they want to get rid, they'll only let him go to a foreign club or someone who does not threaten their position (Villa, Bolton, Sunderland etc).  They can afford to take a massive loss on him.

I'd be made up if they let him come to Anfield, but I just don't see it happening.

I wonder if we could be sneaky and get someone else to buy him and them buy him off of them

I wonder if we could be sneaky and get someone else to buy him and them buy him off of them

Great tactic this! 
Have it ever been done before? 

Would cost anything between 15-25m, it's wether citeh would sell to us

Exactly.  

City simply don't need to sell Johnson, certainly not to their rivals for the title/top four slot next year.  If they want to get rid, they'll only let him go to a foreign club or someone who does not threaten their position (Villa, Bolton, Sunderland etc).  They can afford to take a massive loss on him.

I'd be made up if they let him come to Anfield, but I just don't see it happening.

I wonder if we could be sneaky and get someone else to buy him and them buy him off of them

Yup, just look at Craig Bellamy, Robinho and Adebayour. All loaned/sold out of the premierleague.

Don't think we can buy/loan a player that has already moved in the same window in this country. You can in Italy.

Great tactic this! 
Have it ever been done before? 

Yup, just look at Craig Bellamy, Robinho and Adebayour. All loaned/sold out of the premierleague.

Don't think we can buy/loan a player that has already moved in the same window in this country. You can in Italy.

I think the rule is that no player can play for more than 2 teams in a calendar year, so I believe it can be done.  A player can be purchased, then immediately loaned out before playing any games.  We could technically strike up a deal with an Italian team to purchase him outright, then loan him to us with an option to buy for a set amount at the end of the season.  This is pretty much what happened with Kevin Prince Boateng if I understand correctly...

I don't watch much foreign football so some of the players mentioned in the gossip colums ive never heard of!

Johnson would be a great signing in my opinion though. Not only has he got great quality, he seems to have an epic work rate whenever I've seen him play. He runs his socks off for 90mins. Hes quick too and thats something that needs injecting into the team ASAP - pace.

Having johnson on one wing, ashley young on the other maybe, and bloody hell we will have exciting times ahead.

Reading through this just gets me madder & madder.  He was available, 2 winter windows ago, for £6.5m, but we were told by a certain snake in cuban heels, that no value existed in the January market. It wasn't like he was unknown, certainly by some on here, he was a signing we were thinking of before he really made it as a regular at Middlesborough,  this one just stinks of missed opportunities.

I was crying out loud for us to sign him as soon as Boro got relegated!