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Twoked from Rawk Quote from: AnotherSpanishfan on Today at 22:07:45 They're saying now that in at 10:30 (11:30 PM in Spain) they're breaking out big news!!!??? That's in less than 30 Mins Reading the Atletico forums some people reckon it has to do with Torres and some people think it has to do with Capello or anything RM related...

local journalists and undoubtedly supporters of A Madrid seem to be preparing themselves - Tuesday, 26 of June of 2007 AS.com Jose Ribagorda WE MUST INCLUDE/UNDERSTAND TO TORRES Decide what the most important player decides that we have had the last years, we must accept it. Hopefully he praises myself/pours off to continue dressing the t-shirt to which so many times he has honest and he continues carrying the captain bracelet who with as much pride shows. But he chooses to go away, nobody will be possible to be reproached. They are too many seasons squandering its enormous talent in insolventes projects. Its conduct has been intachable. It has given everything what has, that is much. Particularly, I cannot forget its waste in those hard seasons in Second. But I also have very present that these mediocre years, has been the unique one (and I insist on the one of only) that have made me feel proud to be following of this ungrateful equipment where there are them. For Fernando Torres, it does what does, I only have gratefulness words. By the moments that have made us live like the great soccer player who is. Their improbable goals or their uprooted portentosas always have moved to me. It has always been an example at the time of staging the effort and the commitment with colors. One has hidden and never it given by the this very many equipment more than what this equipment has given by him. Our Boy has become us man and is in all his right to look for far from the Calderón the glory and the projection that has found solely here by halves. A player of his level will write unforgettable pages there where he goes. That yes, its heart always will be with us. That, at least, consoles to me. from El Mundo - Towers, star again in summer 26/06/07 03:00 h.They have spent neither two weeks from the end of Liga and we are or encharcados with the sauce of all the summers: dance of draftees, supplies that do not materialize, players who are not wanted to go, rumors, filtrations interested from many agents: pure and hard trade. And here, the Athletic one, like almost always, is postulated again like one of the kings of the summer and, within the sort, it becomes to reedit the sold chapter more of every year: the possible exit of Towers. I have never fallen in the temptation to lend itself to the morboso game to take to the antenna of the Being all the rumors, dimes and diretes that they arrive to me, I always use a demanding filter search of resistance and confirmation that preserves my professional rigor and I promise to tell them in this article which I know, with concrete foundations and movements. Nonrumors nor blowings without weight. Of the possible march or of Fernando Torres I am not going to them to count what I think and what I know. What I think and many athletic followers is that the “Boy” is more than average equipment and the Athletic one needs to him without condition in any plan of growth. But, objectively, Towers already have demonstrated very well their love by these colors and it is deserved to play Champions: one of the best forwards of Europe cannot be outside the showcase and is legitimate that it wants or it thinks about growing sport. The true problem is who taking the decision and makes public, the potato that burns and that nobody wants to assume. In the club there is one that thinks that with the welded one that it leaves the march of Towers can construct a more or less interesting alternative although is conscious that will be an unpopular decision. And of the side of Towers, it is very possible and understandable that the “Boy” can begin to think about changing of airs, with pain, but with the illusion to look for a rayito of sun after five years of penumbra. What I know of the subject is that there is a millionaire supply of the Liverpool in the furnace to the delay of which they cook Bay and the Athletic one. The club must call to its agents and to see to where he is profitable for both, will not be a easy decision and no athletic one wants that the “Boy” goes away, but he gives the impression me that it does not have left much like rojiblanco

Why would the Russian let his love child leave,the special needs one would go first.

Will Kevin McCloud do a show on it

from anfield rd

Rafa told to work with usual budget Written by Jim Boardman Monday, 11 June 2007 Reports tonight suggest that Liverpool boss Rafael Benítez has been given details of his budget by the club's new owners - and it doesn't make pleasant reading. Rafa lost his cool the morning after the Champions League final when he complained about a lack of urgency from the new owners and the chief executive over both signing new players and getting his core players to commit to new contracts. He's now going to lose his cool again after being told by the new owners that they are refusing to add any extra funds of their own to the transfer kitty. Rafa's budget will be made up of money from selling players, prize money from the Champions League, money from ticket sales and so on. The same budget as every summer. Last week we saw Carragher, Gerrard, Alonso and Reina all sign new four and five year deals, and all four spoke of their excitement that the club was moving forward. But Rafael Benítez has been confiding to some about his unhappiness in relation to the way he's being spoken to. Promises of support are all well and good, but Rafa wanted actions not words. He started to get the impression that the likes of Samuel Eto'o and Carlos Tevez were out of reach, and started to get a list together of players costing between £15m and £18m. Eto'o and Tevez, at their quoted fees, are now definitely out of reach. But even the players in the £15m category seem to be out of reach.I t seems Rafa will have to sell before he can buy. There's no indication of where the extra TV money has gone, nor any explanation as to why the owners are now going against all their hints of supporting the manager in his plans by supplying him with extra money. The new owners are claiming privately that Rafa is happy with the news he has no money to spend after all. That's quite untrue, Rafa is said to be fuming to put it bluntly. Keep in mind that last summer's purchase of Dirk Kuyt was made possible by David Moores lending the club the money to pay the transfer fee. In effect Liverpool will have less money than last summer, unless the new TV money is handed to Rafa. These stories are leaking from various directions, all is not well inside Anfield. What hasn't yet been revealed is the excuse that the new owners will use for going back on all they said. Meanwhile, back across the Atlantic, George Gillett has been speaking to the Montreal Gazette about Liverpool FC. He talks about spending money on the club, but not in the way he was talking about it earlier in the year: "As far back as February, Rafa laid out a program for us," says Gillett. "Each one of our sports businesses has a core concept. You can't just flop around looking at opportunities here and there, go left, go right. It has to be part of an integrated plan. We have one at Liverpool, as we have with the Canadiens, one we understand 100 per cent, believe in and support. The plan involves us spending money, but it will be part of a plan, not just spending like a drunken sailor." Hang on - we didn't expect money to be spent "like a drunken sailor". We expected Rafa to be supported in his plans - the way we were told he would be during all those high-profile interviews with the US pair. Whatever plans Rafa had, they included buying more players to strengthen the weaker areas of the squad. That costs money, but now the tone is changing. Gillett says: "Hockey and soccer are all about teamwork, and Rafa believes in that very strongly. It's the same in almost all of life - it's about partnership, teamwork and communication. It's not all about money." From all the leaked reports, "communication" from the US has been nothing short of pathetic. Rafa's patience has been tried repeatedly due to an unwillingness from those above him to communicate. And the statement, "It's not all about money," is indeed true, but for Liverpool fans success is all-important. We've grown used to it ever since Bill Shankly shook the club up in the sixties. The modern game is unfortunately pretty much ruled by money. If it wasn't George and Tom wouldn't be here - they'd not have the same interest to start with, but there wouldn't have been the same need to go looking for investment. We expected investment to include a plan where Rafa, or whoever was managing the club, would be able to invest in his squad every transfer window to ensure we were always at least on a par with our rivals. To get on a par with our rivals though we needed a boost, some extra money to gets us a few steps closer to those ahead of us. Money, plus Rafa's expertise, could bring us the league title we so desperately want. It now seems that the new owners have lied about the money. And if there's one thing Liverpool fans do not like it's being lied to or lied about. Rafa Benítez is much the same. Liverpool fans were delighted to see the club reach the Champions League final in Athens, but other than the Charity Shield won last August, and the FA Youth Cup won by the youngsters, it's been a trophyless season. Gillett considers it was a successful season: "In all candour, the Gillett and Hicks families have to say we've been pretty lucky to arrive on the scene and enjoy this first-season success," he said. "It's heady and a lot of fun, but it sure would be a mistake for us to try to act like we had anything to do with it. This is the work of David Moores and Rick Parry and Rafa and the players. We were the fortunate beneficiaries of circumstance." If the stories turn out to be true and the new owners have mislead fans over the amounts of funds Rafa would be given, they might find themselves beneficiaries of something they wouldn't class as fortunate. As they saw in the semi-final of the Champions League at Chelsea, you don't want to get on the wrong side of Liverpool fans. Perhaps Tom and George would be so good to have a re-think on their plans, or to at least have the decency to tell their new club's supporters the truth. No carefully-chosen words, just honesty.

Its like the good old days when nobody knew f**k all till we paraded the players in a PC.

by Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo RAFA BENITEZ is considering a swoop for former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan or Real Zaragoza?s Diego Milito as he revises his striking targets according to his budget restrictions. While the feverish speculation has focused on high profile signings such as Barcelona?s Samuel Eto?o or West Ham?s Carlos Tevez, Benitez has concluded he doesn?t have the funds required to operate in that end of the transfer market. Now his scouts have drawn up a list of alternative forwards costing in the region of £16-£18m, which would still be club record fees, with Uruguayan Forlan and Argentinian Milito heading the possibilities. Milito, 27, the older brother of one time target Gabriel Milito, has scored 33 goals in 71 games in Spain. Barcelona have also been tracking him. Forlan wasn?t considered a success during his time at Old Trafford, but he?s excelled in La Liga at Villarreal where he averages a goal every two games. He has an exit clause of around 24m euros. Most of Benitez?s budget this summer, as in previous years, would appear to coming from player sales and Champions League winnings. He?s hoping to raise as much as £15m from selling Craig Bellamy and Harry Kewell. Although he?s received assurances from the new owners he will be supported, he?s still not been told exactly how much he can spend. He?s still awaiting the green light to move for Roma winger Allessandro Mancini, while the deal to bring Florent Malouda to Anfield has been ongoing for some time. With the manager keen to make recruitments as soon as possible, he?s no intention of pursuing a seemingly futile chase for the player he?d really like ? Eto?o ? in the continued absence of any suggestion he could afford the African. In relative terms, signing a striker costing £16m will eclipse most of the Premiership, but Liverpool fans may be disappointed the kitty doesn?t appear to be in place to make the signing which would be the real signal of intent in the pursuit of United and Chelsea. Unless the club?s American owners are more specific on what Benitez can afford, he?ll continue to monitor his alternative list of strike targets. On a more positive note, Benitez is thrilled to have secured so many key players on longer term deals. Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher, Pepe Reina, Momo Sissoko and Steve Finnan have made it a busy week. ?It was a priority to secure the future of players already here who represent the future of the club,? said Benitez. ?Now we need look at our other options. We have sent out a positive message by signing these players on longer deals. We knew it was important to keep the spine of our team together.?

Back page of todays echo and is valued at £16 mill

Get well soon YNWA

Forum law dictates that every Tuesday there is a medical of a player we are unlikely to sign

There is a medical going on at melwood now.

GERRARD: UEFA ARE TO BLAME Steven Gerrard has blasted UEFA for labelling Liverpool fans the worst in Europe and laid the blame for the problems at the Champions League final in Athens firmly at their door. The Reds skipper claims his friends and family who went to the final all found the organisation lacking - and even the club's hotel facilities arranged by UEFA were not good enough. UEFA president Michel Platini is to deliver a report on the problems caused by ticketless fans at last month's final against AC Milan to sports minister Richard Caborn when they meet in Brussels tomorrow. It is expected to say there have been 25 incidents involving Liverpool fans away from home since 2003, and that most away supporters do not cause any trouble at all. But Gerrard said: "It upsets me because we've travelled everywhere together for the six or seven years I've been in the first team. "From what I've seen their behaviour has been fantastic. So it surprises me to hear that. "I had friends and family at the final. Their opinion was that the organisation wasn't good enough. "I'm sure when it all gets broken down they will conclude that the organisation wasn't good enough and maybe a minority of Liverpool fans have let themselves down. "But as far as I'm concerned the European Cup final has got to be in a bigger stadium with better organisation. "Our set-up wasn't good enough either. Our hotel facilities weren't good enough." Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry accused UEFA of trying to "deflect attention" from their own failings. He said: "The shortcomings in the management of the situation in Athens were apparent to anyone there." Caborn said both sides should stop blaming the other. The sports minister said: "It's time to stop playing the blame game and see how we can stop these things happening again. "Rather than spend any more time apportioning blame and pointing fingers we need to work out solutions. "It was not just with Liverpool that there were problems last season in Europe - Manchester United also had problems in Rome and Lens." Caborn spoke to Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry this morning and told him that at his meeting with UEFA president Michel Platini he would raise a number of issues about organisation at the final. LINK

so that means they made one this morning

Same as last time first half on ITV second half sky.

So Stevie commits to our club so they move onto Xabi.

erectile dysfunctional old T**t.

Done

No i feel quoting the S*n in any shape way or form is wrong.

Tuesday.

"Italian bizzies are scousers"

aye

Arbeloa... gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllllll what a goal great one two with crouch.