Benitez lines up £12m bid for Middlesbrough winger Downing
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Liverpool boss Benitez lines up £12m bid for Middlesbrough winger Downing
Contender: Stewart Downing could solve Liverpool's lack of width problem
Stewart Downing has emerged as the preferred choice to solve Rafa Benitez’s need for more width and will be the subject of a £12m bid by Liverpool at the end of the season.
Tottenham’s Aaron Lennon was also in the frame, but Benitez has switched focus to the left flank and Middlesbrough winger Downing, after being impressed by Dirk Kuyt’s impact on the right this season.
Benitez said: ‘Someone called him Mr Duracell, and that is a good description for him, because he is like the bunny in the advert. He is always on the go, always running.’
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11 Millons La if u Relegated
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Rafa always buy average players....haizzz
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tats how i kept talking shits
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Originally posted by sg_forum:
Rafa always buy average players....haizzz
If Rafa wan to buy let him buy
at least 5 M (I change my mind) -
Originally posted by zocoss:
Liverpool boss Benitez lines up £12m bid for Middlesbrough winger Downing
Contender: Stewart Downing could solve Liverpool's lack of width problem
Stewart Downing has emerged as the preferred choice to solve Rafa Benitez’s need for more width and will be the subject of a £12m bid by Liverpool at the end of the season.
Tottenham’s Aaron Lennon was also in the frame, but Benitez has switched focus to the left flank and Middlesbrough winger Downing, after being impressed by Dirk Kuyt’s impact on the right this season.
Benitez said: ‘Someone called him Mr Duracell, and that is a good description for him, because he is like the bunny in the advert. He is always on the go, always running.’
ltr he will be the same as robbie keane -
Lolx I pity Robbie Keane lolx
And dun know wad wrong with Ben this day. -
Originally posted by Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1):
Lolx I pity Robbie Keane lolx
And dun know wad wrong with Ben this day.
Keane was not bought by Rafa leh...Rafa wanted to buy Barry but Rick Parry bought Keane instead. There was power struggle going on there. Parry was trying to show who is in charge but too bad the victim was Keane. -
keane becomes a ball they kik ard.. suay lor
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downing is just another player like babel
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hopefully he joins in..
then we c how
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downing another average player i think he is overhyped just because hes at boro
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can we have lennon instead, seriously?
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Originally posted by limpper:
can we have lennon instead, seriously?
Lennon on the right leh, Downing on the left...I dont think Rafa is looking for right player liao cos Kuyt is quite effective lately... -
Kuyt? i dont really like him
i would prefer to sell him to generate funds.aiya, rafa pattern where got play players in their fav position one
& right legged also can play on left de mah
to me lar, if really want buy wing, i would prefer lennon than downing
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Originally posted by limpper:
Kuyt? i dont really like him
i would prefer to sell him to generate funds.aiya, rafa pattern where got play players in their fav position one
& right legged also can play on left de mah
to me lar, if really want buy wing, i would prefer lennon than downing
Kuyt's contribution not bad lah this season, been quite outstanding. Aaron Lennon is a good player with speed but sometimes can off one...his off day is more than his on. heheheoverall, agree that lennon is still better than downing.
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it's hard for me to take fancy on kuyt.
actually hor, why quaresma din come into rafa's mind? before he went inter, i wished he was at liverpool.
quite cheap mah him, can buy and try try.
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Originally posted by limpper:
it's hard for me to take fancy on kuyt.
actually hor, why quaresma din come into rafa's mind? before he went inter, i wished he was at liverpool.
quite cheap mah him, can buy and try try.
Dunno lah Rafa, sometimes I think he is too stubborn...quaresma had a few good games for chelsea early in the season but dunno now on the bench liao. :D:D -
that's why i say arh, rafa buy what he likes, not what he needs
quaresma nowadays dont even make it on bench, playing chelsea reserves -.-
poor thing arh he
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is Downing reallt tat gd?
12m le..
like too high le..
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must bargain one this kind of things.
but they dont have that kind of NTUC fairprice concept. buy their brand, discount more
buy more england players, no discount one hor
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i personally feel downing is one of the better performers in boro this season and 12m for an england international is considered reasonable rite?
would love to see tevez at liverpool but i doubt so given the amount of money liverpool gotta pay.
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i would rather want to see quaresma and tevez at liverpool
this 2 signings will be enough alr.
i happy liao =)
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Originally posted by sg_forum:
Keane was not bought by Rafa leh...Rafa wanted to buy Barry but Rick Parry bought Keane instead. There was power struggle going on there. Parry was trying to show who is in charge but too bad the victim was Keane.
I don't belief Rafa didn't want Keane at the start... Rafa wanted both players... At the beginning, I don't think he had any preference... He wanted a striker and a midfielder. But he needed a strike partner for Torres more important than another midfielder...If we can remember how much trouble Pool took to get Keane? Spurs Levy threaten to report Liverpool to the Premier League for tapping up Keane remember after reported comments made by Rafa... If he really didn't wanted him himself, he could have let this transfer drop instead he went on for almost 2 months...
Parry had already got him Mascherano, they also got Lucas, Damien Plessis, Benayoun, Babel all in midfield... All purchased by Rafa's but later didn't used them much just like with Keane.
I don't think Keane was mainly Parry choice, he bought him as it was the right thing at that time as after Torres, Pool had no one except David N'Gon as a 2nd striker...
I feel Rafa is not being honest and was playing politic with Parry by pushing the blame onto Parry... Coming out later to say Barry was 1st choice... was like pushing the blame to Parry for signing Keane... Spurs Levy threaten to report Liverpool to the Premier League for tapping up cos of comments made by Rafa not Parry.
Villa was very determine not to sell Barry or cheaply... So Parry got the next best thing for him... Keane is still a quality player... And they needed a 2nd striker too. Rafa just didn't know how to utilize him only... Is Keane any worse than Kuyt?
Its not that Rafa didn't got anything... Albert Riera signed at $8m to replace their missed out on Barry... I don't think anyone could belief Riera was also Parry's choice right?
Anyway, if we think about it... The condition of Barry's arrival was if Liverpool could sell Alonso... Liverpool were touting Alonso around at the beginning of the season but there was no takers as Rafa didn't got the price he valued Alonso... Rumour that Wenger or Juve would take at $12m but Rafa wanted $18m. So who is to blame? He didn't want to let Alonso go cheap yet expect Villa to sell Barry cheaply to them?
Now that Rafa takes over the transfer dealing fully (as if he wasn't involve previously)... I belief he could mess it up even more with expensive flops this time... Only next time he won't have a scapegoat like Parry to blame.
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Originally posted by lamb chop:
i personally feel downing is one of the better performers in boro this season and 12m for an england international is considered reasonable rite?
would love to see tevez at liverpool but i doubt so given the amount of money liverpool gotta pay.
Saying Downing is the better performer in Boro is like saying Greening is the better player at West Brom... lol