The way I see it, is that there are two possible outcomes:
He signs and is the bees knees, dogs bollocks and one of the best young players in the world
He doesn't sign, and is a shite, waste of space, lazy wanker, the next Viana.
My dad was saying when he came on; "I wouldn't mind Riise in Newcastle, to be honest". I quickly pointed it out to him that he's slow, can't defend, isn't better than Enrique at anything except shooting, would cost a lot and has had his best years. He'd be Babayaro mk2 if he came here.
For Blackburn, you had to make two exceptions in Santa Cruz and Bentley, I'd say that Liverpool are more of a one man team with Torres then, if you can except Gerrard.