Anfield Banter: Sven, John Arne Riise, Crouchy, Michael Johnson, & Heinze

By: Brian | July 15th, 2007

* Well, I guess today could be Sven Day, as he and Man City are involved in three different stories with us. The first being the most ridiculous suggesting that there is a ‘race’ for John Arne Riise and that Man City has joined that ‘race’. Rubbish. Riise is here to stay until he retires or wants to leave.

* The second story involves Sven’s infatuation for Peter Crouch, which if he so desires to bring him to Man City, will cost the club at least £20m. Well, that’ll put off any potential suitors, but maybe that’s Rafa’s point. I think we could get £12m easy for him, which would still be a £5m profit. We already have a ridiculous amount of options at forward and I don’t see Crouchy being higher than number four.

* The final story we have involving Sven is Man City’s apparent refusal to accept our £4m bid for 19-year-old midfielder Michael Johnson. The U19 England International has expressed his desire to join our club and would be another option on the left if Kewell got injured or Babel were to play forward. He would be another great pick-up, but it’s highly doubtful that it’ll get done because I think Man City would rather just give him a new contract.

* Finally, it’s unfortunately got to be real. If it weren’t, it’d probably go away, but it’s hasn’t. It looks as if there’s at least a 50/50 chance that Gabriel Heinze will buyout the rest of his contract with Man U and join us. I don’t know what the hell Rafa is thinking on this one, but there’s not much I can do about it.

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Category: Liverpool, Player News, Rafa Benitez

Tags: Gabriel Heinze, John Arne Riise, Liverpool, Man City, Man U, Manchester City, Manchester United, Michael Johnson, Peter Crouch, Player News, Rafa Benitez, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Transfers and Player Moves

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• Dan |  July 15th, 2007 at 1:02 pm

  
  
  

  i would be gutted if Riise left, i reckon he has too be one of the most consistent forwards around, as for Heinze, why is he bothering? Alves & cannavaro are up for grabs, and they r much better defenders…

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• Brian |  July 15th, 2007 at 1:26 pm

  
  
  

  Yeah, I don’t know why we aren’t going after Alves, I reckon money is the issue. Cannavaro will never play in a LFC kit, not because we don’t want him, but because he would never come here. I think he’s a bit too old for the EPL. He’s fine in the less physical La Liga and in Italy because he gets so much respect, but he would be treated like any other player here.

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• Dan |  July 15th, 2007 at 1:32 pm

  
  
  

  I want Alves at LFC, i agree with u on cannavaro, we can dream tho. It is a shame at Alves, Finnan really needs some competition at right back, And Alves is perfect… as for price, i’m nt sure if that is the issue, Rafa can be very peculiar with his signings, His Right back descisions haven’t been great, look at Kromkamp & Josemi…

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• Linda |  July 16th, 2007 at 1:48 am

  
  
  

  Alves has a 30 million euro price tag, which is the main problem for the approximately 83 clubs chasing him. He’s pretty damn good, but that’s a lot of money for a defender.

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