The ‘big summer transfer window‘, Tom Hicks’ words not mine, has edged to a conclusion and Liverpool end their 5th consecutive transfer window with a transfer profit, this summer roughly £9M. Not exactly a profit obviously when you’re over £400M in debt and paying almost £1M a week for the privilege of it.
Today saw the conclusion of a number of deals that had been brewing for the last couple of days.The first deal involved Fulham, who Hodgson had initially promised not to raid, but Mark Hughes was pleased with this deal.
IN Paul Konchesky
OUT Lauri Dalla Valle
Alex Kacaniklic £3M
The 29 year old Konchesky has been handed a 4 year contract. We thought it was a shame that two promising youngsters had to leave especially on top of £3M. We wish both former Liverpool youngsters the best and welcome Paul to the club in his new left back role.
OUT Emiliano Insua to Galatasaray (1 year loan – option to buy)Insua’s deal went through in the early evening. Galatasaray have an option to buy of approximately £3.5M at the end of the season.
The other circus of the day involved Ryan Babel and West Ham’s Carlton Cole. According to the Sky, Ryan Babel flew down by helicopter (wonder who paid for that) to speak to West Ham and/or Spurs. To cut a long story short Liverpool FC don’t appear to have had the money to pay £10M for Carlton Cole and either needed some kind of swap deal with West Ham or a purchase.Fortunately or not, depending on your opinion on the 6ft 3 West Ham forward, Babel announced in the afternoon he wasn’t going anyway, LFC for Life, YNWA, etc etc. You know the drill.
Later on both Damien Plessis and Nabil El Zhar were also shipped out for ‘undisclosed’ fees.
So in summary these are our major transfers from the 2010/11 summer transfer window.
IN (8 players)
Milan Jovanovich (Standard Liege) Winger/Attacker £0
Jonjo Shelvey (Charlton) Midfielder/AM £1.7M
Joe Cole (Free Agent) Midfielder/AM £0
Danny Wilson (Rangers) Defender £2M (to rise to £5M)
Christian Poulsen (Juventus) Midfielder £4.5m
Brad Jones (Middlesbrough) Goalkeeper £2.3m
Raul Meireles (FC Porto) Midfielder £10.7m
Paul Konchesky (Fulham) Left Back £3m
OUT (12 players)
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) Midfielder – £17.25M
Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea) Attacking Midfielder approx. £5m
Albert Riera (Olympiacos) Midfielder – £3.3M
Kristzian Nemeth (Olympiacos) Midfielder – £1M
Nikolay Mihaylov (FC Twente) Goalkeeper £1.5M
Diego Cavalieri (Cesena) Goalkeeper – £1.3M
Philipp Degen (Stuttgart) RB – 1 year loan
Alberto Aquilani (Juventus) AM – 1 year loan/option to buy £13M
Emiliano Insua (Galatasaray) LB – 1 year loan/option to buy £3.5M
Mikel San Jose (Atletic Bilbao) Defender Centre £2.6m
Nabil El Zhar (PAOK) – Right winger undisclosed
Damien Plessis (Panathiniakos) – Midfielder Centre undisclosed
YOUNG PLAYERS OUT (9)
Lauri Dalla Valle (Fulham) Attacker – Part of Konchesky deal
Alex Kacaniklic (Fulham) Attacker – Part of Konchesky deal
Francisco Duran (Released) Midfielder – free
James Ellison (Burton Albion) Forward – free
Liam Jacob (Manchester United) GK – undisclosed
Vincent Wiejl (SD Eibar) Left Wing Undisclosed
David Martin (MK Dons) Goalkeeper £0
Chris Oldfield (Released) Goalkeeper £0 contract ended
Robbie Threlfall (Released) Defender Left £0 contract ended
TOTAL SALES Profit £7.75M to rise to £10.75M
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Liverpool Squad List
With the close of the transfer window, all Premier League clubs are now required to submit their 25 man squads.Each squad must include 8 homegrown players, and thus a maximum of 17 foreign players over the age of 21.Liverpool, though, do not have enough players to actually name enough players to actually name 25 players on their list.
Homegrown Players:(8)
Carragher
Cole
Darby
Gerrard
Johnson
Jones
Konchesky
Spearing
Non-Homegrown Players:(14)
Agger
Aurelio
Babel
Itandje
Jovanovic
Kyrgiakos
Kuyt
Lucas
Maxi
Meireles
Poulsen
Reina
Skrtel
Torres
Youngsters:
Players born after 1/1/89 and thus are unlimited in the squad and not required to be named in the 25 man list.
Amoo
Ayala
Bouzanis
Bruna
Eccleston
Gulacsi
Hansen
Ince
Irwin
Kelly
Mavinga
Ngog
Pacheco
Palsson
Robinson
Shelvey
Wilson
Homegrown Players:(8)
Carragher
Cole
Darby
Gerrard
Johnson
Jones
Konchesky
Spearing
Non-Homegrown Players:(14)
Agger
Aurelio
Babel
Itandje
Jovanovic
Kyrgiakos
Kuyt
Lucas
Maxi
Meireles
Poulsen
Reina
Skrtel
Torres
Youngsters:
Players born after 1/1/89 and thus are unlimited in the squad and not required to be named in the 25 man list.
Amoo
Ayala
Bouzanis
Bruna
Eccleston
Gulacsi
Hansen
Ince
Irwin
Kelly
Mavinga
Ngog
Pacheco
Palsson
Robinson
Shelvey
Wilson
Plessis Sold And El Zhar Loaned By Liverpool
Liverpool have sold Damien Plessis to Greek outfit Panathinaikos for an undisclosed fee, while Nabil El Zhar has been loaned to PAOK.
Plessis, 22, moves to the Trifylli after failing to break into Roy Hodgson's first-team plans. The Frenchman arrived at Anfield from Lyon in the summer of 2007 but failed to force his way into the Reds midfield, featuring just eight times and scoring one goal. Meanwhile, winger El Zhar has joined PAOK Thessaloniki on a season-long loan. The Morocco international was only a bit-part player under Rafa Benitez, arriving on Merseyside from St Etienne in 2006 but playing only 32 times. El Zhar, 24, has not featured at all for Hodgson since he took over. Reserve team midfielder Vincent Weijl has completed a transfer to SD Eibar.
Plessis, 22, moves to the Trifylli after failing to break into Roy Hodgson's first-team plans. The Frenchman arrived at Anfield from Lyon in the summer of 2007 but failed to force his way into the Reds midfield, featuring just eight times and scoring one goal. Meanwhile, winger El Zhar has joined PAOK Thessaloniki on a season-long loan. The Morocco international was only a bit-part player under Rafa Benitez, arriving on Merseyside from St Etienne in 2006 but playing only 32 times. El Zhar, 24, has not featured at all for Hodgson since he took over. Reserve team midfielder Vincent Weijl has completed a transfer to SD Eibar.
Liverpool Fans Grow Frustated With Summer Market Lies
When Tom Hicks talks, Liverpool fans don’t listen.They have good reason not to, this is a man who compared the purchase of one of the most historic football club’s in the World to the purchase of cereal brand Weetabix.So when Hicks said back in January that the summer transfer window would be “big” – few Liverpool fans actually believed it.
Hicks responded to an email from a supporter at the lack of spending in the January window, writing that “The summer window will be big.”“We know we need more depth on the squad and will address it this summer.”So as the summer transfer window closed on Tuesday evening with Liverpool recording their fourth consecutive transfer window profit, it provided more evidence for the growing file of Hicks’ lies.
The summer has seen wingers Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera depart for £10m and replaced by two free signings in Joe Cole and Milan Jovanovic.Midfielder Javier Mascherano left for around £22m (although LFC have asked for Barca not to have asked for Barca not to reveal the actual price) and replaced by Raul Meireles for £11.5m.With no forward coming in to provide support or cover for Fernando Torres, the problem of squad depth has definitely not been addressed – unless Soto fancies a spell up front. Only David Ngog and Ryan Babel are options for Hodgson.
The summer has also seenThe summer has also seen Diego Cavalieri,Mikel San Jose and Krisztian Nemeth leave on permanent deals, and first team squad players Alberto Aquilani,Emiliano Insua and Philipp Degen head out on loans.Replacements, of sort, have been youngster Danny Wilson, 30 year old Christian Poulsen,Middlesbroughkeeper Brad Jones and another youngster, Jonjo Shelvey.
In fact, Liverpool’s lack of squad depth is highlighted with the fact they cannot actually name a full 25 man squad, as highlighted here.The only news Liverpool fans want to hear is that their club has been sold – before Hicks and Gillett continue their destruction. In the meantime, we’re left with an invisible stadium, a squad becoming more mediocre with each transfer window and more lies about ownership,finances and anything else hicks chooses to comment on.
Hicks responded to an email from a supporter at the lack of spending in the January window, writing that “The summer window will be big.”“We know we need more depth on the squad and will address it this summer.”So as the summer transfer window closed on Tuesday evening with Liverpool recording their fourth consecutive transfer window profit, it provided more evidence for the growing file of Hicks’ lies.
The summer has seen wingers Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera depart for £10m and replaced by two free signings in Joe Cole and Milan Jovanovic.Midfielder Javier Mascherano left for around £22m (although LFC have asked for Barca not to have asked for Barca not to reveal the actual price) and replaced by Raul Meireles for £11.5m.With no forward coming in to provide support or cover for Fernando Torres, the problem of squad depth has definitely not been addressed – unless Soto fancies a spell up front. Only David Ngog and Ryan Babel are options for Hodgson.
The summer has also seenThe summer has also seen Diego Cavalieri,Mikel San Jose and Krisztian Nemeth leave on permanent deals, and first team squad players Alberto Aquilani,Emiliano Insua and Philipp Degen head out on loans.Replacements, of sort, have been youngster Danny Wilson, 30 year old Christian Poulsen,Middlesbroughkeeper Brad Jones and another youngster, Jonjo Shelvey.
In fact, Liverpool’s lack of squad depth is highlighted with the fact they cannot actually name a full 25 man squad, as highlighted here.The only news Liverpool fans want to hear is that their club has been sold – before Hicks and Gillett continue their destruction. In the meantime, we’re left with an invisible stadium, a squad becoming more mediocre with each transfer window and more lies about ownership,finances and anything else hicks chooses to comment on.
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