Joe Allen to the dippers?

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A Swansea spokesman said: "Swansea City can confirm that Liverpool have expressed an interest in Joe Allen, despite a written agreement with Liverpool not to approach any players within the 12-month period of former manager Brendan Rodgers leaving for Anfield.

http://m.skysports.com/article/football//7931842

What do people make of this?

I haven't really noticed him.

Good move?
 
He's a brilliant little player. Intelligent passer and reader of the game, if he was English people would have been talking about big money moves with him for ages. Really fecking bad form from Rodgers.
 
Didn't realise there was a written agreement, I was under the impression it was some sort of gentleman's arrangement. Can they even legally buy him then?
 
It's a bit low of Rodgers to put that agreement in and then go after Allen.
 
Why if he is English? Bale and Ramsey are Welsh and are wanked over just as much as English talent.

Tbh, i'm more interested who the other clubs are that are interested in spending £10-£15 million on him.
 
kps88 said:
It's a bit low of Rodgers to put that agreement in and then go after Allen.
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Can't Swansea simply refuse to sell him now and it'll work exactly the same? I don't see how that even makes a difference, they'll only sell if the offer is tempting enough and £15m that has been reported will certainly do the trick for a team like Swansea, he's worth half the amount.
 
Unfortunately he'll be a fantastic signing for them. I miss kenny :(
 
Spuds also rumored to be interested. Would be amusing if Spuds beat them to both Gylfi and Allen.
 
Sarni said:
Can't Swansea simply refuse to sell him now and it'll work exactly the same? I don't see how that even makes a difference, they'll only sell if the offer is tempting enough and £15m that has been reported will certainly do the trick for a team like Swansea, he's worth half the amount.
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I guess the thing is if Liverpool announce they're after a Swansea player they turn their head. Rodgers would also obviously know the ins nd outs of their players contracts.
 
Why does everyone who moves to Pool become so easy to hate? The bastard poaching players off his old club.
 
Brendan Rodgers seems to have caught the Liverpool 'No Moral Snake' disease already, putting in a bit for Joe Allen and releasing it to the media despite signing a contract with Swansea to say he wouldn't poach their players for a year. Doesn't take long at Clanfield to go from being respected to being a prat.
 
Bryan_Munich said:
One thing poaching players from your old club.

Another thing entirely attempting to do it after signing a written agreement stating that you won't.
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Regarding that, if there's a written agreement, surely they cannot do this? Isnt it illegal then?
 
To be fair he probably thought Liverpool would be able to attract better than Swanseas players when he made the agreement.

Maybe the cold light of day has dawned.
 
Irwinwastheking said:
But he wasn't a Swansea player so that shouldn't apply....no?
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Rodgers as the swansea boss made the deal to get him there on a permanent basis. Once he moved to pool, he used the financial clout and the appeal to try and feck his old club over and land the player. Against the rules? Definitely not. cnutish thing to do. Sir Yes Sir.
 
Irwinwastheking said:
But he wasn't a Swansea player so that shouldn't apply....no?
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Technically no. But he made the bid that Swansea had accepted and then after leaving said very publicly that he wouldn't go after Sigurdsson until he knew what was going on with Swansea. He basically tapped him up in public. The spirit of their agreement certainly didn't intend that, even if the wording didn't consider it.
 
Varun_Utd said:
Regarding that, if there's a written agreement, surely they cannot do this? Isnt it illegal then?
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I'm not sure on the legalities to be honest.

If I was Huw Jenkins though, it would be a case of 'feck off Brendan, you signed an agreement' (assuming Laudrup doesn't want to sell and they don't need the money).
 
Bryan_Munich said:
I'm not sure on the legalities to be honest.

If I was Huw Jenkins though, it would be a case of 'feck off Brendan, you signed an agreement' (assuming Laudrup doesn't want to sell and they don't need the money).
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15mil for Allen would be hard to turn down though for Swansea. Classless from Rodgers..

will be a good buy for Pool. Better than Adam and Henderson atm.
 
Bryan_Munich said:
I'm not sure on the legalities to be honest.

If I was Huw Jenkins though, it would be a case of 'feck off Brendan, you signed an agreement' (assuming Laudrup doesn't want to sell and they don't need the money).
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Laudrup has just bought Michu from Rayo Vallecano for £2m, he knows the market well and with £15m he could buy four or five very good players to make that Swansea team even better. I say he should take it.
 
Sarni said:
Laudrup has just bought Michu from Rayo Vallecano for £2m, he knows the market well and with £15m he could buy four or five very good players to make that Swansea team even better. I say he should take it.
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You're probably right.

Hopefully to a club other than Liverpool, otherwise written agreements become meaningless.
 
Bryan_Munich said:
You're probably right.

Hopefully to a club other than Liverpool, otherwise written agreements become meaningless.
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Honestly I actually hope he does end up at the dippers. We're talking about mid table talent here. It will just set them back further and further by signing all these (at best) mediocre players.
 
Varun_Utd said:
15mil for Allen would be hard to turn down though for Swansea. Classless from Rodgers..

will be a good buy for Pool. Better than Adam and Henderson atm.
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Darron Gibson would be an improvement on those two.

He is a decent player but 15mil seems a lot to me.

DevilRed said:
Honestly I actually hope he does end up at the dippers. We're talking about mid table talent here. It will just set them back further and further by signing all these (at best) mediocre players.
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Tend to agree with this. Allen 15m. Kawaga 13m. Ok they dont play in the exact same position but clearly he is overpriced.
 
thegregster said:
... Allen 15m. Kawaga 13m. Ok they dont play in the exact same position but clearly he is overpriced.
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The former has shown he can play well in the Prem, whilst the latter hasn't yet. So your comparitive valuations are premature, to say the least.
 
GlastonSpur said:
The former has shown he can play well in the Prem, whilst the latter hasn't yet. So your comparitive valuations are premature, to say the least.
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Allen played in a particular system with good midfield players.. He will be playing with Adams and Henderson at Anfield. They even make Gerrard look bad!:lol:
 
Bebe said:
Didn't realise there was a written agreement, I was under the impression it was some sort of gentleman's arrangement. Can they even legally buy him then?
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I don't see how any "agreement" written or otherwise can prevent transfers from one club to another. The FA are in charge, and I suspect they don't take kindly to contractual "side agreements".

It's been suggested that other clubs were interested - so if that's the case, and they're going to bid, what difference does it make to Swansea?
 
GlastonSpur said:
The former has shown he can play well in the Prem, whilst the latter hasn't yet. So your comparitive valuations are premature, to say the least.
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By this whole retarded logic. If someone signs Bale for 35m and Messi for 35m, no comparisons should be made because the former has shown he can play well in the Prem, whilst the latter hasn't yet.
 
GlastonSpur said:
The former has shown he can play well in the Prem, whilst the latter hasn't yet. So your comparitive valuations are premature, to say the least.
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The latter has proven himself at CL level whereas the former has not.
 
The latter is a 2 time league champion, and a key international players, whilst the former hasn't.

The latter is a much better player, also.
 
KM said:
By this whole retarded logic. If someone signs Bale for 35m and Messi for 35m, no comparisons should be made because the former has shown he can play well in the Prem, whilst the latter hasn't yet.
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I hate to shatter your illusions, but Kawaga may represent a tad less quality than Messi. Nor would Messi be sold for as little as 35m.

All in all your post is something of an epic failure.
 
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