Month: May 2010

Friends Of Liverpool

PURSLOW , AYRE AND NASH TO DECIDE RAFA’S FUTURE

Rafa Benitez future is in fresh doubt tonight as it emerged that a board meeting is due next month to debate the Spaniard’s tenure at Liverpool FC, according to Chris Bascombe in the News of the World. The American owners have delegated responsibility to their five-man board, who will vote on Benitez’s future before pre-season […]

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Benayoun moving to Chelsea

Yossi Benayoun is probably heading out of Liverpool. The Blues have put in a £6 million bid for the Israeli attacker and it is expected that the deal will go through. Benayoun said: “Ancelotti wants me for next season and now everything depends on Liverpool. Chelsea will have to pay some £6 million but I […]

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RBS GETTING IMPATIENT WITH HICKS & GILLETTE

Those Yanks are still at it. Trying to make a fast buck at the expense of Liverpool FC. With an outrageous asking price of £600 million, they are pricing the club out of the market. Serious bidders like DIC and the Kraft Multinational business groups would love to buy into Liverpool but they and other […]

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TORRES STAYING AT LIVERPOOL

Liverpool’s talismatic striker Fernando Torres looks set to stay at the club for next season at least following comments by his agent Louis Peton. Peton told Spanish station Punto Radio: “For the moment I can assure fans that Fernando will continue at Liverpool next season. “Everything is down to Liverpool’s attitude but for the time […]

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RAFA GIVEN £20 MILLION TO SPEND ON NEW PLAYERS BY BROUGHTON AND YANKS

It appears that things are, at last beginning to stabilise at Liverpool FC. Martin Broughton, on the instructions of the Americans, have given Rafa Benitez a transfer kitty of upwards of £20 million to spend on new players this summer. It seems that Rafa has managed to strengthen his position at the club for next season, at […]

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RAFA WANTS TO MANAGE SPAIN ONE DAY

Rafael Benitez admits it is his dream to one-day coach the Spanish national team but has reiterated his immediate future lies at Liverpool. Benitez has been linked with a move away from Anfield this summer, with Inter Milan the latest club to be linked to the 50-year-old, although that rumour was dismissed by the Serie […]

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LIVERPOOL TO BID FOR ITALIAN STRIKER PAZZINI

Liverpool are lining up a bid for Italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini this summer as Rafa Benitez looks to bring in new attacking options to lift his faltering Anfield side. After a great season at Sampdoria, where he scored 21 goals, the 25 year old has become a target for many sides looking to lure the […]

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LIVERPOOL WANT WERDER BREMEN STAR MESUT OZIL

Liverpool are hoping to make a successful move for German international starlet Mesut Ozil this summer. Rafa Benitez is a big fan of the Werder Bremen attacker and hopes that he can convince the Bundesliga club to accept an offer in the region of £8m for the 21 year old. The former Schalke man reportedly […]

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KUYT HOPES FOR BETTER FOR LIVERPOOL

Dirk Kuyt, that perennial under-achiever at Anfield has come out with a rallying call for Liverpool football club for next season. Kuyt said: “Liverpool is a massive club.“It’s very disappointing that we don’t have the Champions League because, up until last season, we had done so well in the competition. “But this is what has […]

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HICKS & GILLETTE HOPE RAFA LEAVES

The Yanks, after the disasterous season we have had are, for once, united in their view that they want Rafa Benitez to leave. After the Klinsmann talks were made public in January 2008 – when it became evident the owners had doubted Benitez – Hicks fell firmly into the pro-Rafa camp. Sources add it was […]

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