Benitez expects to get £20 Million to spend in January

Written on December 22, 2009 – 2:09 pm | by |

Rafa Benitez has been assured that whatever funds he raises from transfer sales in January he can use to recruit new players.
Benitez already knows he is getting no money from the owners for new players and will have to sell to buy, something he intends to do in earnest as soon as the transfer window [...]

Bayern Munich deny any deal for Babel

Written on November 30, 2009 – 9:47 am | by |

It was reported this weekend that the Bayern Munich boss Louis Van Gaal had decided to take the out-of-favour Liverpool striker Ryan Babel to Germany this January, as the young Dutchman is desperate for first team football ahead of this summer World Cup Finals, but a Bayern Chief has denied any knowledge of the move.
Christian [...]

Ryan Babel moving to Bayern Munich in January?

Written on November 29, 2009 – 11:35 am | by |

According to an “exclusive” report in todays News of the World, the disgruntled Liverpool striker Ryan Babel will be moving to Bayern Munich in January.
It will be a loan move until the summer, when Munich will pay a transfer fee of £9m. The NOTW quotes a “source” as saying: “Rafa has totally blanked Babel since [...]

Aldridge – Big-mouth Babel has got to go!

Written on November 28, 2009 – 10:36 am | by |

The ex-Liverpool star John Aldridge has had enough of Ryan Babel, and thinks his last outburst is the straw that broke the camels back.
He said in the Liverpool Echo: RYAN BABEL’S latest outburst about his failure to land a regular starting spot is the final straw for me.
He has shouted his mouth off once too [...]

Benitez – We got Aquilani cheap because of injury!

Written on November 17, 2009 – 8:27 am | by Admin |

The Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has been talking about his transfer business, and admits he has bought a lot of players cheaply that just haven’t worked out, and he says Liverpool could only ever afford one or two big name signings a year.
“When we have spent big, normally it’s been very good business,” he said. [...]

Babel – I never get a chance at Liverpool, but i will take revenge!

Written on November 17, 2009 – 6:58 am | by Admin |

The Holland and Liverpool striker Ryan Babel has been interviewed in Holland while with the Dutch team, and has told them of his frustration at not being given the chance to play for Liverpool from the start of games.
He has been used as a sub nine times so far this season, and has scored three [...]

Benitez desperate to sign Eljero Elia?

Written on November 15, 2009 – 8:56 am | by Admin |

The big Liverpool transfer rumour in the Mirror today says that Rafael Benitez has made the Holland star Eljero Elia his top target this January, despite the fact that he only joined Hamburg this summer.
The Mirror reckons that Benitez will sell Andrea Dossena and Ryan Babel to fund the deal, and he will want a [...]

Liverpool transfer rumours Nov 1st 2009 – David Villa, Riise, Babel and Dossena

Written on November 1, 2009 – 9:32 am | by Admin |

There are some very strange transfer rumours surrounding Liverpool this morning, but that is normal when it’s the Sunday papers are about.
The strangest one is definitely that John Arne Riise is trying to persuade Rafael Benitez to bring him back to Anfield if Andrea Dossena gets his wish to return to Napoli.
Dossena has been [...]