Liverpool FC Final Transfer Day As It Unfolds

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Back…Liverpool to let Torres leave for 50m. Enough said.

So, nothing yet officially confirmed although it seems Torres may be released for £48-50m and Liverpool will welcome Newcastle striker Andy Carroll, a transfer carrying a price-tag of £35m. Suarez has been given the nod to wear the number 7 shirt. Just under seven hours of frantic transfer activity remaining. I will be offline for some-time, maybe get back laters. In the mean-time, You’ll Never Walk Alone!

Sky Sports :: 15:41 GMT :: Andy Carroll looks to be heading to the North-West fuelling rumours a deal is about to be complete.

Interesting prospect this Andy Carroll. Athletic build, unstoppable in the air.

Guardian :: 15:03 GMT :: Liverpool’s whopping £35m bid for Carroll has been accepted. The mind boggles. With Babbel’s fee and the £50m for Torres, that should be break-even.

The Mirror seem to be pushing for the transfer to happen. What’s all this then?

Brilliant news is that Jamie Carragher will be returning on Wednesday!

Sky Sports :: 14:30 GMT :: Quoting Balague? Torres not heading anywhere, still in Liverpol, still negotiating. Surely such a big move needs to be sorted soon? Big money transfers can’t be left for late.

Talksport “understands” that Torres is on his way to London and Liverpool will be receiving £48m in return.

Guardian :: 14:16 GMT :: The Guardian claims that a deal for Torres hasn’t been struck as yet. I tend to give the Guardian more importance somehow. :)

Sky Sports :: 14:10 GMT :: Torres expected at Chelsea’s training ground. Twitter report apparently. Someone, please, anyone, just confirm the bad news…

Another far-fetched theory is that Torres sacrificed his face (predicting the inevitable barage of criticism by fans), put in a transfer request to force Liverpool into buying big only to come out and tell us all how stupid of him it was to hand in a transfer request.

As i see it, Liverpool are busy trying to find a new striker as a “replacement” for Torres. At the moment the desired candidate seems to be Andy Carroll, Newcastle’s striker. Sky previously pointed out that there will be developments reg. Carroll. Whatever’s left of me thinking Torres will stay is slowly fading away. Better get used to life without Liverpool’s current number 9; albeit, Torres is still a squad player on Liverpool’s official website. :-)

Sky Sports :: 13:39 GMT :: Suarez to wear number seven shirt.

In the mean-time Suarez has yet to be officially unveiled. Still reading reports of “Suarez set to complete….”

…Anyone still expecting El Nino to stay around?

Sky Sports :: 13:21 GMT :: More news to follow regarding Andy Carroll.

Guardian :: 13:10 GMT :: Torres has left Melwood in a car, not a helicopter as some Mirror reporter suggested on Twitter. Torres looked all sad and sulky.

With clubs eager to retain their prized assets, Torres departing would leave Liverpool with Suarez as a super striker who still needs time to bed in the Liverpool way.

Sky Sports :: 12:31 GMT :: Reports coming in that Torres has left Melwood in style, via helicopter. Destination unknown but presumably London. Nearing the end me thinks.

Guardian :: 12:19 GMT :: Five Live suggesting Torres has been sold.

Aquilani‘s Juve lost to Udinese yesterday, 2-1 the score. Not that we could care less right now, but anyway there’s something more to write given that we’ve gone stale on the transfer end.

The questions beckons, what is Fernando doing at Melwood right now? Training? Discussing terms of a move to Chelsea? His agent was around yesterday and presumably is today and that doesn’t come as good news, does it?

Nice one from the official site: http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/suarez-and-torres-latest. Dalglish’s comments never seize to impress me. So fluent, concise, coherent and articulated. Go King!

To the King and club officials – Walk On, we’re all with you in these nail-biting, exciting, anxious hours.

Guardian :: 11:25 GMT :: £25m bid by Liverpool for Andy Carroll (Newcastle) turned down. More signs of Torres leaving?

Guardian :: 11:07 GMT :: Luiz Suarez is at Melwood. Welcome to El Pistolero.

Sky Sports :: 11:05 GMT :: Reports coming in that LFC are bidding £30m for Andy Carroll.

Guardian :: 10:59 GMT :: Daglish: “Movement is part and parcel of football but the most important people at Liverpool Football Club are the ones who want to be here.” Should we take that to mean that Torres wants to leave and is now of irrelevance?

Guardian :: 10:53 GMT :: Sky reporting that Twitter news of Torres leaving are simply untrue.

Still seeing Torres in promotion on the Liverpool site, so maybe there’s still light at the end of the tunnel. I re-iterate, we really need to keep Torres and if he goes he should consider another league.

Guardian :: 10:43 GMT :: Stephen Warnock could be back at Liverpool on loan.

…Listening to Enola Gay from O.M.D. and it sums up my emotions right now…

Sky Sports :: 10:37 GMT :: Sky suggesting Liverpool are interested in Mario Gomez.

…and if Torres leaves, I will probably call it quits on football, at least for today.

BBC :: 10:24 GMT :: Daily Mirror reporting Liverpool have accepted a bid for Torres.

Guardian :: 10:21 GMT :: Dalglish confirms loan deals for Ayala and Konchesky but no revelations on Torres. Nail-biting this is.

Guardian suggest that Torres will definitely be sold if an offer of £50m or above comes along. We knew this didn’t we?

Guardian :: 10:08 GMT :: Promotional stuff related to Fernando Torres has been put down from Liverpool’s official site. Skimmed through the site and at first glance this seems to be correct, but don’t quote me. Do your own homework.

BBC have now confirmed that Paul Konchesky‘s move to Forest has been done and dusted. Another one bites the dust.

As a side-note, I can’t imagine Torres in a Chelsea shirt; just the thought of that is sickening. What has the Spaniard been thinking?

Sky Sports :: 09:54 GMT :: Paul Konchesky has joined Nottingham Forest on loan. Breaking news this.

BBC :: 09:54 GMT :: Daniel Ayala should complete his move to Derby County. His loan move has been on the cards for a couple of days now.

Still no latest news on happenings at Liverpool. Still early I guess and predict things will start moving after mid-day.

BBC :: 09:24 GMT :: Fernando Torres is at Melwood, but no idea if he’s there training or else finalising his move to Chelsea.

I will try to keep you all updated with the latest rumours circulating around Anfield from three sources, BBC, Guardian and SkySports. Trying to centralise the many reports coming your way. This is a huge effort from my part and I hope it works out.

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44 Comments

  1. Hope we have a LB lined up!! Things could get difficult throughout the season if we don’t (e.g., injuries to GJ or MK)!

  2. I think we have to understand that this was organised a long time ago,both suraze and elnino both have the same agent.
    What a great money earners he has,a bit like tevez and the reason he keeps moving from club to club $$$$$$$$$$>>>>>>

  3. hey karl….i think u can post the link where you get the news, so any Red Crazy here can read more abt the enws if they want

  4. oh nice

    thanx…. btw i think u guys here doing a great job…i think i need to contact zammit…i would love to write for u guys..

    i am here almost everyday…(from NEWSNOW)
    well, hope El Nino stays, but if he wants out and Chelski gives 50Million for his service, i wont be sad as we can use the money to get quality into our squad…
    btw i think Chelski is sinking club while we are rebuilding… but still hopes El Nino stays…anyone seen a 2 yr old video around the internet…. i hope El Nino sees it and do a U-Turn

    YNWA… greetings all the way from MALDIVES
    i will be glued to my screen all day…

  5. No u cant Quit Karl……. Let him Walk alone, but we wont
    ofcorse we love him so much….but with or with-out him, we stick together……… Lets hope we get a better player than him ( i mean someone who can play 30 matches a season ) like maybe……………..hmmmm Aguero (no hes same style to Suarez) so, maybe Benzema

  6. Even if Torres goes Karl, you should stick at it. LFC should have 3 or 4 new players unveiled tomorrow, and all will strengthen the team. Torres will be a loss, but if he doesnt want to be here at LFC, then we cash in and its Thanks, but goodbye Nando. The media frenzy will only fire us all up to win and galvanise King Kenny and the team to fight even more. Just imagine if we managed to beat Chelsea to that 4th Champions League Spot. If we beat them on Sunday, its possible!

    1. I meant to quit for a few hours only..I spent the weekend paying more attention to my cell phone to those around me :) Liverpool through-and-through no matter what.

  7. i have never wanted or looked forward so much to a liverpool fc transfer going through, please chelsea dont back out now. its the best thing to happen to us for years, he owes us nothing but the lack of effort he showed this season. we will definately be back soon, with daglish, some great young players, suso silva, stirling etc, some good buys to come and a great team spirit we can and will be great again. this is not false optimisum but a 90% chance of happening.

  8. Well if Suarez is at Melwood right now, maybe he can give Torres a hug and convince him to stay!

  9. I thought Torres was going in the summer as after the home game against Chelsea the Liverpool shop in L1 was selling all last seasons tops at a discount, but not that much off. Say a £45 top for £38-40 with Gerrard’s name on etc, whilst a couple of Torres ones I saw were £25 (even a long sleeved one)!! May have been a mistake or coincidence, but looked like they thought he was off then and were trying to shift his branded merchandise! I didn’t buy one!!

  10. Rumours in Spain apparently that Man City have come in with a £50 million + bid for Torres! If that went through I’d be laughing at the chavs on their cocky Liverpool obsessed fan sites for weeks!!

  11. With surely quite a few reporters and maybe a few supporters at Melwood I wonder why there aren’t any photos of a helicopter leaving the training ground are to be found. Surely someone would take a picture to back up his/her story, right.

  12. BTW, as Torres allegedly wants to go to Chelsea to further develop as a player and to win trophies, it wouldn’t make sense from an economical point of view to also give him a massive pay-rise. Chelsea surely would want to have a player who wants to play for the shirt and not for the money. If I was Abramovich I’d offer Torres 50k a week.

  13. the best player liverpool should get is andy murray , never seen someone hit net so many time in 90 minutes ..

  14. TORRES UPDATE: Attempting to clear up some confusion brought to us from various sources. Torres IS in Liverpool, but Chelsea have been told to prepare for his arrival later on. So he is not, as previously said, on his way at the moment…

  15. Just read this on skys transfer site thing:

    The Editor: Reports are emerging that Liverpool have agreed a £35million fee with Newcastle for Andy Carroll. Nothing confirmed as yet but we’ll bring you more as we get it. Follow me on Twitter – @skysportsed

  16. I would consider it as a very bad piece of business if we sold Torres for 48m and then bought Carroll for 35m. Carroll for 15m though would be more reasonable.

  17. Reportedly Drogba and Anelka has refused to let in torres into chelsea’s training ground….a roit has broken out over there

  18. Carroll was drinking Peroni when he injured himself during the jager bender?

    Andy, buddy, let’s talk beer here.

  19. 23 million for Suarez I can accept. But 35 million for a nobody like Carroll???? When you could have got Llorente for the same – if not less???
    Who are these people running my beloved club?
    Either they’ve got so much money to burn on transfers that they don’t care who or what they spend it on, or they are the worst bunch of talent scouts and financial managers on the planet.
    To have blown almost the whole kitty on an injured player who may not play for us for another month?
    After the Aquilani fiasco, I thought we were under new management. It turns out the faces may have changed but we’ve still got muppets running the show.

  20. Devindar, please see the whole picture. Carroll will be an excellent buy, and he’s 22! He will be another Kop favortire no doubt! He is proven, he is english, he is young and he is a pain in the ass too!!!

  21. @Devindar – also, if true then spurs had a bid of around £30-35 million turned down by Llorentes club last night! We would have had to pay something similar to what Torres is going for (or more) and the distance/time issue would have been a problem! Also, as far as I am aware, at least until recently, Athletic Bilbao have a policy of only recruiting players from the Basque region and Llorente being one of them and that good would be a very prized asset that they would be very unwilling to let go, probably almost priceless to them!

    I’ll be right behind Andy Carroll and hope he’s a roaring success at Anfield. All the ex-pro’s interviewed think him & Suarez make a potentially lethal attack!

  22. Don’t get me wrong. I’d love for Andy Carroll to succeed at Liverpool.
    I’m just pointing out that there was better players like Llorente and even Dzeko for less money. There is no argument under the sun that will convince me that Carroll is better than (or even close to) those 2 or even David Villa at 34 million. That last one I admit was 6 months ago so holds less water now – especially post World Cup.
    By the way Ben, I think you’re mixing up rumours there. I believe the rumour was that Spurs offered 35 million for Aguero not Llorente. Their bid for Llorente was only rumoured to be around 26 million. In any case, they were just rumours – both clubs denied the story.

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