Argentine strongly linked with La Liga move.

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Liverpool's Javier Mascherano has reportedly agreed to a £100,000-a-week deal with Spanish champions Barcelona.

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Rafa needs to find funds for Brazilian talent.

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There has been increased speculation for the highly rated Brazilian Hernanes, with a move to Premier League giants Liverpool.

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WTF!

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West Ham have told Liverpool they want £20m for scuttling goal-machine Carlton Cole. (Guardian)

Now I know that the transfer market is a little inflated at present but surely this is a joke, no?

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Despite the doom and gloom of the last few weeks - and amid the continued misplaced vitriol towards the owners - there are plenty of reasons for Liverpool fans to be positive at the moment.
As many people who visit this regularly will know, I take a critical, realist approach to LFC. Within that approach, I always try and be fair, and there is plenty of evidence for that on the site. Click to continue reading...

Whether it's empty, half-baked ‘Spirit of Shankly' rhetoric or brainwashed fans jumping on the ‘Hicks and Gillett are the devil' bandwagon (without actually knowing WHY), there is a damaging and pointless agenda being peddled in the press at the moment by alleged Liverpool fans that needs to be highlighted. Click to continue reading...

Rafa interested in talented young winger.

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Angel di Maria sounds a little like a sultry Spanish songstress who you'd find warblling huskily in red dress in a smoky cellar bar somewhere in Madrid.

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After the way he has been treated by Messrs Hicks and Gillett, who would blame him!

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Real Madrid are lining up Rafa Benitez as their next manager after giving Manuel Pellegrini two games to save his job.

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Rafa hopes for financial injection to make move for impressive young attacker.

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Liverpool have been linked with a £16.

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today is a day i hope were are all,toghether a day when were united to beat united. the tean needs us as much as we need them, whoever plays needs are surrport we all know hicks, and gillett are a virus to the club. and they not RAFA should take most of the blame, [...] Click to continue reading...

Mark Ogden previews Sunday's big game for The Telegraph

The Times compares Owen's 'sins' with those of Hicks and Gillett

The Independent looks at the top ten United vs Liverpool clashes

Studs Up takes the piss

The Telegraph picks up on our fans' Cantona mask plan

Soccerlens interview Andy Mitten, whose United book I will be offering up as a prize in a competition next week

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Keith Harris is regarded as the No.1 mover and shaker on football club takeovers, coming close last year to pulling off a Middle East deal to buy Liverpool, so there can be few greater authorities on the current crisis gripping Anfield.
The boss of high flying City firm Seymour Pierce spoke to ESPN Soccernet about the situation gripping the giant Premier League club on the eve of their critical clash with Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool's crushing defeats to Sunderland and Lyon are undoubtedly devastating blows to the club's trophy ambitions. Clearly, the recurring problems that have plagued Liverpool under Rafa Benitez are wreaking havoc once again. As such, if the club is to recover and salvage something from this campaign, it is imperative that important changes are made NOW. Click to continue reading...

Thanks for Anfield Red for delving into this one. Yet more proof, if needed, that we are being run by a pair of idiots. For those who are unaware of the back story to this one basically Mr Gillett had steadfastly claimed that he didn't make any concrete assurances with regards to the new stadium plans and had in fact stated that it was in fact Tom Hicks who had unwisely stated that work would start on a new stadium within 60 days, but as you can see from this clip he was in fact lying.

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A prospectus published in March 2009 suggests that Liverpool's net summer spending will be fixed at £20m a season until 2014. Is this enough money for Rafa Benitez to effectively compete in the transfer market?
The prospectus also revealed:
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Rafa interested in exciting winger.

Are Liverpool preparing to splash the readies on Aston Villa's Ashley Young?

It couldn't be sure, irritable readers, but the Mill then thought it might have seen a bloke with what looked like an Aston Villa crest on a bruise-coloured jacket passing a letter containing Enochian script that could have given the impression Martin O'Neill and Rafael Benítez are on the verge of doing business pertaining to Ashley Young.

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Xavier Mascherano is out of the Champion's League game tomorrow night against Fiorentina in Italy due to a slight hamstring problem.
However Yossi Benayoun is included in the squad despite suffering a leg injury in the 6-1 mauling of Hull at the weekend.
Squad: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Insua, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres, Cavalieri, Aurelio, Dossena, Agger, Plessis, Voronin, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Riera, Spearing. Click to continue reading...

If only!

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Liverpool will return to the charge for the Valencia attacker David Villa in the winter transfer window.Rafa Benitez will ask for 49 million euros from the owners of the club. (Eurosport)

Villa hit out at the tactics of Emery after his side were held to a 2-2 draw at home by 10-man Sporting Gijon.

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In the wake of Liverpool's new £80m shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered (nice touch ending both words with that beautiful -rd sound, btw), the club's managing director Christian Purslow (pictured above, far right) met with a delegation from the Sons of Shankly fan group, which has led the charge to drive Hicks and Gillett to sell the club.

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Rafa to battle it out with Manchester United for impressive young talent.

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Sir Alex Ferguson and Rafa Benítez like them so much that they are ready to strip to the waist and go mano-a-mano over Napoli's Marek Hamsik in January.

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Sponsorship deal sealed!

Liverpool have secured a new shirt sponsorship deal that equals the most lucrative in football history after signing a four-year agreement with Standard Chartered, the London-based international bank, worth £80 million over four years.

With their present deal with Carlsberg due to expire in mid-2010, Liverpool's commercial department, headed by Ian Ayre, has been looking for a money-spinning agreement in keeping with the club's status as one of the most recognisable brands in world sport.

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How much longer will it be before they take notice and leave Anfield!

Everton chief executive Robert Elstone has insisted that the global financial crisis will not stop the Merseyside club from proceeding with plans to build a new stadium at Kirkby.

According to the Liverpool Daily Post, Elstone said the £78 million in finance required would be derived from sponsorship and naming rights deals, as well as from the sale of current home Goodison Park.

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There have been several reports recently that Alisher Usmanov will announce any day now that he has acquired Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith's 15.6% share in Arsenal.� This will take Usmanov's holding to over 40%, resulting in him being obliged to make a formal offer for the club.

The Board, namely Peter Hill-Wood will make statements to the effect that the club is not for sale, despite the fact the Hill-Wood sold his shares in Arsenal many years ago to David Dein!

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With Liverpool set to replace long term sponsor Carlsberg next season we handed the task to our photoshop expert to come up with what the new sponsors would look like on the kits! This is what he came up with!

The Daily Mail says Liverpool have two financial institutions favourites Standard Chartered Bank and Prudential competing for their shirt sponsorship contract and prepared to pay upwards of £15m-a-year, almost double the current agreement with Carlsberg.

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Nothing left in the kitty!

"It is correct we had some young players on the bench the other night, but Fabio Aurelio is a senior player who is injured, Agger is injured and we have Aquilani to come back.

"That is three players and if we put them on the bench people will say we have a good squad.

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So much for Fortress Anfield! Even at this early stage, Liverpool's crushing home defeat to Aston Villa is a devastating blow to the club's title ambitions. The problem? Rafa Benitez's one-dimensional tactics and lack of an effective plan B. It's clear that if Liverpool are to recover and mount a serious title, important changes need to be made NOW. Click to continue reading...

Reality check people. We have only played 270 minutes of the season!

Few new additions have been brought into Rafa Benitez's squad to help build on last season's impressive campaign, but Purslow insists Reds supporters should not expect further fresh faces to be acquired by the time the transfer window closes on Tuesday.

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Maybe if we all cross our fingers, it may come true?

Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart is expected to move to the Premiership before Tuesday's transfer deadline.

Despite the sales of Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) and Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan), Real also want to clear Van der Vaart off their books.

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Hopefully Messrs Hicks and Gillett are listening!

Written by Chas Hughes with great thanks to a certain Mr Dickens who I'm sure would appreciate the story............

Christmas Eve 2010 Tom turns over, farts, scratches his butt and mutters something about money, leverage and collateral, and a smile crosses his jowls as he mutters but none of mine.

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The first three Premiership rounds have generated a lot of excitement and even though it is still early in the season, some things are clearer after we have seen the teams play. Premiership sack race is as interesting as ever, but Rafa Benitez has, surprisingly or not, emerged as the hot favourite after Liverpool lost two of the first three league games, while Paul Hart and Phil Brown were among the candidates even before the season started.

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"Freedom isn't free
It costs folks like you and me
And if we don't all chip in
We'll never pay that bill"
So I'm sure most of you know by now that Steven Cohen has shut down World Soccer Daily. On Friday's edition of WSD, the broadcaster revealed that his decision was made after some random nutter(s) contacted his stepchildren (via Twitter) and friends. Click to continue reading...

If your not part of the solution your part of the problem

Having been told today, or so the tabloids would have us believe, that Rafa has no more money to spend even though in effect the club has made more money from sales than purchases is it right for Liverpool fans to be worried about the long term intentions of Messrs Hicks and Gillett?

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Fingers crossed!

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Liverpool are ready to make an offer for Rafael van der Vaart, the Real Madrid midfield player. However, given that the Holland playmaker would cost about £10 million and Benítez has nearly exhausted his budget, there is little chance of a deal.

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Listen up Rafa!

With some of the Alonso cash still burning a hole in Rafa's pocket and some cash from Leto and Arbeloa sales on the table, perhaps Messrs Hicks and Gillett can dig into their pockets to cover these signings, they could well lead the club to a sustained title push and perhaps end the painful wait for a Premier League title!

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Messrs Hicks and Gillett, get your chequebooks at the ready!

Liverpool are working diligently for Roma midfielder Alberto Aquilani, and they have taken swift action amid reports that Xabi Alonso has handed in a transfer request.

According to Il Messaggero, a Liverpool emissary arrived in the capital on Wednesday night in order to engage the Italian international.

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I thought I'd said pretty much everything about the Glen Johnson deal in the previous post, but seeing as it's been seven days, it almost feels like new news. And I've got a few addenda I could make, although some of this might sound familiar. Plus, having 20+ comments in the last post necessitates some new material. Click to continue reading...