Liverpool in bid to sign wrong Saints star
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
For that money you can't really go wrong for a plan b player.
They need another striker to cope with the demands of Europe - they only really have Suarez and Sturridge. Lambert will be happy to spend a lot of time on the bench. He is a decent player and for £4m they can't really go wrong.
If you agreed to give Bournemouth a 25% sell-on fee then just suck it up and give them what they are due for Lallana. I hate that all these clauses are put into contracts and then at some point one party tries everything to circumnavigate them in order to pay less money.
Good signing. We spent £28 million on ours
Who's the right star?
Just 5 mill? That's a real bargain there
That would be a really decent addition to their squad. 4m for Lambert even though hes 32 is solid business.
Lallana being rated at 30m is just plain wrong.
Lallana being rated at 30m is just plain wrong.
If it's 4 mil upfront and 4-5 in add-ons that a good transfer, ot sure why Saints agree to that. While being 32 he does have contract until 2016, so you could argue, that given his scoring record in two season he could have commanded a higher fee.
It's interesting to see what happens to Lallana now. I just wonder if his deal is connected in any way.
It's interesting to see what happens to Lallana now. I just wonder if his deal is connected in any way.
If a Lallana transfer is involved then surely you'd expect Liverpool to pay way over £4m for Lambert
So England have another of their striking options reduced to "bit part on the bench at top club"
To screw Bournemouth over? I don't know, there are other options. One of them being that Liverpool get a slight discount on Lambert, they pay 4+4 instead of 7+3 and they end Lallana interest.
Stop trying to sign our player, have another one cheaper instead.
Where's the sense in that? They can just turn the Lallana bids down.
It does make sense in complex negotiations not a "table the bid accept/decline the bid" ones. It's not only for the club to decide, it's important to keep player happy and also to have a good resume, Southampton would want to sign good emerging players and they would only go, if they see the club as good step towards a top CL-team. So if Liverpool were to call of the deal themselves it would very much help the Saints. And they can regard Lambert as a acceptable loss, esp if you consider that the guy is 32, and an ardent Liverpool fan. It's now or never for him, and it would be very hard to convince him to stay for more year, it's much easier with Lallana and Shaw, Rodriguez as they will have more chances down the road.
Can see Southampton getting relegated next season already.
Luke Shaw...for £105m
He's worth £10 - £15 Million.
We may see an England team of:
Johnson... CB... CB.. LB
.............Gerrard......
Lallana.............Henderson
Sturridge ....Lambert..... Sterling
Johnson... CB... CB.. LB
.............Gerrard......
Lallana.............Henderson
Sturridge ....Lambert..... Sterling
Considering he's 32 I doubt he has much of an England career beyond this tournament anyway, maybe a few of the qualifier game squads in 2014. Whichever one of Berahino, Wickham, and Carroll does best next season will probably take that 4th striker spot in the squad.
Boom
Lambert to Liverpool and Tom Ince to Inter... how long have I been asleep? What year is this?
If Lallana goes for anything less than 22-24m it will be a disgrace, looking like a real contrived effort from both clubs to screw Bournemouth.
That any mega rich premier league club should try and screw a smaller club in this way leaves a particularly sour taste and given that 20m has by all accounts already been rejected by Soton any lesser fee settled on should be subject to some kind of investigation. What that would bring I have no idea, but at the least the two clubs should be shamed.
That any mega rich premier league club should try and screw a smaller club in this way leaves a particularly sour taste and given that 20m has by all accounts already been rejected by Soton any lesser fee settled on should be subject to some kind of investigation. What that would bring I have no idea, but at the least the two clubs should be shamed.
If am not mistaken, Liverpool are the club that proposed and pursued the individual TV deals system in the PL few years back. They dont give a feck about other clubs as long as they benefit.
Lambert seems like a good deal. I'd stay clear of Lallana.
Good move for them I'd say. They need to expand their squad significantly & fast. By buying a player cheap with a short career span, they essentially defer the problem two years down the line. Lambert's shown he can score at the Premier League level. That said he just played a 43 game & is off to the World Cup this summer. Thats a lot for a 32 year old, so I'd be surprised if they could use him as more than a first choice sub.
Yeah, and they'd probably reach the final and all...till Stevie G slips and hands it on a plate for another team to win it of course.
Re Lambert though, would be a good signing for the amount spouted around.
Really good signing as a squad player. For that money, you can't go wrong.
Yep, the altruism of the other 19 PL clubs is touching. Only ruined by the capitalist pig dogs at Liverpool. All hail the socialist Premier League.
No need to be ridiculous. Your club was quite firm about wanting individual TV deals for the likes of yourself, United, Chelsea, Arsenal, etc. So if you encourage Southampton to feck Bournesmouth over with the Lallana deal while getting these players on the cheap, it wont really be a surprise. I never said the other clubs are saints, just that you lot have prior when it comes to this.
Lambert supposed to have a medical tomorrow.
Don't England have a match tomorrow?
Don't England have a match tomorrow?
They have a match tonight.
Indeed, no need to get ridiculous. Singling out a club for acting in self-interest by using a couple of select examples is just biased nonsense. All clubs are out for themselves. Would United do the same thing if it meant getting a player? Obviously yes.
Plus, the very existence of the Premier League emerged out of a deal struck by the top five clubs. Totally self-serving with no interest in smaller clubs.
By all means criticise the selfish top-down elitist structure of the modern game but that ship sailed twenty years ago and no club has benefited from the commercial riches of said structure more than United. The cynical pursuit of young fans by United (and other top clubs) is akin to a land grab that has starved local clubs of grassroots support over the past decade or so. This has led to financial difficulties for smaller sides.
Could be quite a shrewd move for £4M, but I still don't think he will offer much more than Borini would as a third choice striker.
Liverpool in the 70s started it with shirt sponsors and their tours of Asia in the early 80s.
United merely copied the Liverpool commercial model and made it better.
I'm always flattered when someone uses this smiley. It usually means two things - the post has hit a nerve / the responder hasn't got a worthwhile response.
*cue more laughing smilies to prove it
I'm not disputing Liverpool's intent I am merely highlighting that Liverpool aren't on their own...which you have helped to support with your comment.
Or maybe, the post is a bit, laugh-worthy? The exact statement you posted, we have heard that time and time again, no? And only by a particular bunch of supporters?