S.S.R. Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Thorgan Hazard doesn't sound anywhere near as cool as Eden Hazard. Reckon he'll be shite. He'll probably take his naughty brother back to Asgard with the Tesseract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc_89 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Chelsea bought him to help Eden settle in and to keep him happy. Blackburn did the same thing last season when they bought Markus Olsson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Chelsea bought him to help Eden settle in and to keep him happy. Blackburn did the same thing last season when they bought Markus Olsson. They did it with Julio Santa Cruz as well. I imagine it's fairly common for clubs to sign a familiar face to help foreign players settle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shaun Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Liverpool agree £13.5m fee with Swansea for Joe Allen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Liverpool agree £13.5m fee with Swansea for Joe Allen. Nice to see that a) That "gentlemans agreement" means nowt as soon as you step into Scouseland and b) that learnt fucking nothing from last summers transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 That's enough to buy one and a half Papiss Cisse's. I'd rather have the half Cisse :celb1: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 In fairness, Joe Allen is a step above the midfielders they bought last summer but that money is fucking stupid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Liverpool close in on £15m Swansea ace Allen as Rodgers eyes reunion Liverpool are ready to make Joe Allen their second summer signing by triggering a £15million release clause in his contract. Having welcomed new £11m striker Fabio Borini into his squad in Boston on Tuesday, Brendan Rodgers now wants to press ahead with a move for the Swansea midfielder. But Liverpool could end up paying significantly less for Allen due to the complicated details of his terms at The Liberty Stadium. Liverpool are one of five clubs – the others are Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal – who must pay the agreed figure to sign the 22-year-old. However, should a club from outside that quintet join the race for Allen and make a lower bid, it then becomes an open market and a bidders war, leaving Swansea with a difficult decision to make. wat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I've read that five times and it still makes my head hurt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shaun Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Why would they accept a lower bid. That makes 0 sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 So they've written a contract where a bidding war is actually bad for them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I read it as being .. there is a 15 mill pounds release clause if one of Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal make a bid and its the first bid. However, if another club say us, offer 8 mill pounds for him, first up, then the release clause is somewhat destroyed and its open bidding as with a normal player. So technically we could make a low bid, to enable Swansea to gain an extra 5 million pounds out of Liverpool. If he goes for 20 mill, what Henderson went for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I will absolutely laugh my tits off if Liverpool pay anything more than £10mil for Joe Allen, and even that's too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 12.5M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Is Allen even any good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Why would they accept a lower bid. That makes 0 sense. So Cardiff can come along with a £1 bid and mean the £15m buy out clause of their rival's player, which previously stopped Liverpool getting him for any less, is torn up? Who writes these contracts? No, wait, agents write them, who fucking signs these contracts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Allen is a good player, and the price seems fair considering what other English players go for. He is still very young, so will most likely get better as well. Not sure what all the laughs are about. Seems more like a reflex reaction from some. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Why would they accept a lower bid. That makes 0 sense. So Cardiff can come along with a £1 bid and mean the £15m buy out clause of their rival's player, which previously stopped Liverpool getting him for any less, is torn up? Who writes these contracts? No, wait, agents write them, who f***ing signs these contracts? Surely it then mean Swansea can hold out for more than 15 mill .. if you look at it the other way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Liverpool's prices are going to be inflated because selling clubs will just point to the Henderson and Carroll fee lol. It's just the british player premium, on a principle pay more, get less. It's not a bad signing tbh he's an upgrade on their legion of potato-headed current midfielders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Allen is a good player, and the price seems fair considering what other English players go for. He is still very young, so will most likely get better as well. Not sure what all the laughs are about. Seems more like a reflex reaction from some. Is he really that good? From the little I've seen he seems tidy in possession but not much of a threat going forward. Seems like a lot for Henderson mk 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I think he is a much better player than Henderson. In that context 12.5m is a steal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Far better vision, close control and passin than Henderson. I actualy don't know what qualities Henderson has, apart from a drooping jaw and shit for brains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Yohan Cabaye cost £4.5m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I think he is a much better player than Henderson. In that context 12.5m is a steal. I've genuinely not seen much of him, but even when I watched Swansea last season he was hardly miles above the rest. What are the stand out attributes that make him a 12 million pound player? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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