Alonso

If Owen proves difficult to get then maybe Defoe instead.

Owen?

I take it we're on the BBC then?

No it just means this window he can't wait forever so he can finalise any transfer plans. Gonzalez will have Spanish citizenship come the summer, negating the reason for a permit.

This bit worries me. Makes sense that Rafa/Parry won't budge on their valuations and are asking players to force the issue with their clubs to complete the move.

Think he isstruggling with a thigh injury picked up at (not surprisingly) Bolton

Found this song on another site and thought it was good: Agger do do do Wears the red of LFC Carra too too too Finnan, Riise and Sami In the air On the ground He's as steady as can be He's as sound as a pound He's the best you'll ever see

IMO Rafa is waiting til the summer when, by Dudek?s own admission he would like to return to Feynoord, we will use him as part of the deal for Kuyt. I think Dudek is getting frustrated cos of it being a World Cup year (not that it excuses some of his comments) and maybe he thought that deals for either Simao or Kuyt this Jan would have seen him move to either Benfica or Feynoord as part of any transfer. Now that Kuyt seems to be staying put til the summer and Benfica signing a keeper those options are dead and he just wants to get some games so that he can be number 1 in time for Poland?s World Cup matches. As for the £3m valuation how often to clubs get what they want (unless Chelsea want the player!!)? I wouldn?t be surprised if we?d accept £1.5m-£2m. I wonder whether it?d be possible to loan him to Feynoord or even sell him to them now and get some sort of pre-contract agreement with them over Kuyt? Here's a piece from The Echo by Bascombe JERZY DUDEK is facing a club fine following an astonishing attack on Rafa Benitez today. Dudek has slammed the Reds for slapping a £3m price tag on him. In fact, Benitez wants £4m for the keeper. The Polish keeper is extensively quoted attacking the Liverpool boss, but Benitez will hold firm in his determination to attract the right price for the stopper. It's clear Dudek's latest quotes - engineered by his representatives - are designed to make his position at the club untenable. Interviews of this kind usually incur a fine of two weeks' wages. Benitez won't be fooled into allowing the Pole to leave on the cheap. Although Pepe Reina is the new number one, the Spanish boss feels Dudek's reputation in Europe is justifiably high and interested clubs should get real about his value. Although Dudek is 32, many top goalkeepers play at the highest level until their late 30s. Benitez wants to change the recent culture at Anfield whereby expensive signings left for less than half their original fee. Dudek was signed in 2001 for £7m. "Jerzy's value increased after his performance in the Champions League final. It's up to other clubs to meet our valuation or we are in no hurry to sell," an Anfield source said today. Dudek wants to leave Liverpool "at whatever cost" and insists he will not play another game for the club. "My time at Liverpool has reached its end. Nothing can change that," Dudek said. "If someone buys me for £3million, Liverpool will have pulled off the transfer deal of the year. I am 33 in March. I have no idea how they came to such an absurd figure. "Even if Benitez wants to play me in a Liverpool match, I don't want to play for this club any more. "I can't see any point talking further with Benitez. It's a waste of time. I have decided to leave Liverpool at whatever cost and I won't change my mind. Benitez just makes the frustration deeper. "I didn't go to play against Luton in the FA Cup last Saturday especially to make it clear to Benitez I am not interested in being the club's second-choice keeper." Benfica have been linked with Dudek recently, but Liverpool have only been approached for loan deals.

There were rumours last week on Sky and in the Echo saying that Espanyol were interested in taking him on loan.

Not the most reliable of sources but apparently Auxerre are interested in him according to FansFC.com 09:49 January, 11, 2006 Auxerre have taken a fancy to Liverpool striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle. Although the French youngster has stated his intention to stay at Anfield as long as manager Rafael Benitez wants him, it remains to be seen if he has a future on Merseyside. Auxerre are in the market for a striker after letting Mwaruwari Benjani leave for Portsmouth, and sources in France suggest a move for Sinama-Pongolle is on the cards. Jacques Santini is reportedly set to make a loan move for the 21-year-old, although this could be made permanent at the end of the season.

Yeah that's the case Motty Apart from Carson in goal it was a full strength side!

Exactly, and I thought his first was gonna be hard to beat!! 35 yards out, being tackled, keeper barely 5 yards off his line....

Careful, you will get some people on here too excited about mentioning Xabi's thighs!!!!

Listening to Talk Cr@p this morning with the first hour of the show about Andy Townsend saying what a great goal and how difficult a skill Xabi's 2nd was. He said it was clearly the best goal of the day. Then you've got that bitter blue nose Mike Parry saying that any pro should be able to score when there is no keeper in the goal and was having none of what a great goal it was even saying he could score that 5 outta 6 goes!! Townsend kept saying if it was Rooney he wouldn't have shut up about it and also offered to take him to the nearest park and give him 50 attempts at it!!

On a serious note I think he showed a good turn of pace and looked quite comfortable on the ball all be it the little he saw of it.

Also remember reading that with Costa Rica being in the World Cup it will help.