Wow that is absolutely brilliant. Smashing business by the team at LFC really. I heard that we might not have even had to pay a fee for Bellamy as long as we could match his wages. That was on radio 5 BBC.

Post on RAWK. So so true. I'm already reading people saying maybe we dont have that much money, etc. Cracking business. Love having good owners!

Haha people are so silly. FSG have money, its just they are smart in how they use it. Henry is a fascinating man how has a great business sense and its shown in what he has done at LFC: hire Comolli, KD, Steve Clarke and plenty of other back room staffers. He then okayed some of our best transfers e.g getting rid of that scoundrel Torres and bringing in Suarez and Carroll with that money. He is a legend.

Look at that. Look at all those players who we were paying exorbitant wages. They are now off our books.

Just sit there and let that sink in.

\:d/ \:d/

still very disappointed to lose Meireles... he was boss

Aye, he's cool as fuck. But if he didn't want to be here then I don't want him here. Thanks for the memories, but if he wants to join a plastic club then so be it.

Hope he's as successful as Yossi and Fernando for them.

Fuck.

Here here. Fucking Chelski. Think the deal had a lot to do with AVB being at Chelshit to be honest.

But cut our wage bill by about that much.

How much will bellamy be on?

Yer probs but there is a silver lining (other than the cash). This will give the likes of spearing more chance to play and dare I say it a Conor Coady debut.

For sending Cole to Lille and paying 60% of his wages, we negotiated a first refusal on Eden Hazard?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/aug/31/liverpool-joe-cole-craig-bellamy

He must have really enjoyed their 3 weeks together last year.

Heard we'd tried to get first dibs on him but it was rejected.

This. Lille were asked about that and said it was nonsense.

Well, yeah. It says exactly that in the article...

Yeah which is why it's funny seeing a lot of Liverpool fans saying you got first refusal on him and counting that article as the source :lol:

So why ask the question?

When you think about it, Meireles going doesn't have a massive impact. Your midfield is pretty solid at the moment and you still have Gerard to come back. On the other hand, I think you'll miss the link-up that he and Suarez had. Further, Suarez is the type to get frustrated if he hasn't got that sort of movement and work ethic around him.

Which is why he'll be ecstatic when Gerrard comes back.

He's linking up well with Kuyt and Downing in any case.




So. We've spent 9.5million overall (roughly).

Defence (out): Gulacsi, Soto, Konchesky, Darby
Defence (in): Doni, Coates, Enrique.
Verdict: Definite upgrade.

Midfield (out): Cole, Poulsen, Meireles
Midfield (in): Henderson, Adam, Downing
Verdict: Definite upgrade

Forwards (out): Babel, Torres, Ngog, Jovanovic
Forwards (in): Suarez, Carroll, Bellamy.
Verdict: Definite upgrade.

Upgraded every part of the squad for minimal cost! Well In.

Also, total list of players we sold/loaned/released:

Bouzanis, Chamberlain, Degen, Darby, Irwin, Soto, Ayala, Insua, Konchesky, Poulsen, Aquilani, El Zhar, Ince, Cole, Jovanovic, Bruna, Pacheco, Ngog, Saric, Mavinga, Cooper, Meireles, Gulacsi.

So much deadwood gone \:d/

Havent factored in the wages of the players we brought in. This would remove most of the 20mill of wages we got rid of

You guys have definitely trimmed the fat- not just talking about Insua btw :p

I've been living in NZ for years. Everything I say has a question mark on the end?

:lol:

imno love your player summary well done - makes me feels better after knowing Raul went to chelski :( but the engine room looks very solid once Gerrard is match icing on the cake !

should help relations between the two clubs

Yep! I'm interested to see who makes way for Gerrard when he comes back, most likely candidates are Adam and Henderson.



Or



Or even



In some games.

Options, options, options! Then of course Maxi, Bellamy, Shelvey, Kuyt as offensive bench options. Yippee!

It's just nice to be able to go into a game without Stevie and not think we're already behind the 8 ball. The squad depth we have now is top notch.

It's nice to have some depth aye?

So that's 3 transfer windows in a row you've sold a player to Chelsea with Torres in January and Benayoun last summer.