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[tubby]

The following is an exclusive extract from Freddy and Glenn's meeting with Dirk in Dublin.

FS - Why aye Aye Dirk man I'm Freddy Sheperd Chairman of the Toon man
DK - I'm shorry who are you?
FS - Freddy Sheperd man, Chairman of the Toon
DK - The Toon? what ish the Toon?
FS - What is the Toon? N'Castle man - were a massive cloob yer must've eard of us
DK - Oh yes Newcastle - I have heard of you I think
GR - And I'm Glenn Roe....
FS - Shut it man I'll do the talking. Anyway Dirk man haway and we'll talk
DK - I'm shorry - Haway? Do you speak English?
FS - Aye "Haway" its Geordie man
DK - Geordie? what ish geordie?
FS - The Geordie's man. Oh Never mind. Anyway how would yer like to sign for us man?
DK - Shign for you. I'm sorry I'm going to shign for a big club
FS - A BIG CLUB MAN A BIG CLUB! we are N'Castle man
DK - I'm shorry - what trophiesh have you won
FS - Never mind that man, we've got Michael Owen
GR - Freddy he's injured at the moment.....
FS - SHUT THE F#CK UP MAN! - Anyway Dirk, how much dya want
DK - No really its not about the money honestshly
FS - Stop it man - how much?
DK - No really I must leave I have to talk to Liverpool
GR - Liverpool - Oh yes they are a good team
FS - I WON'T F#CKIN TELL YOU AGAIN SHUT THE F#CK UP MAN!
DK - I'm sorry I must go now
FS - Just name a figure son and its yoors
DK - No really I musht leave
FS - Have yer heard of Alan Shearer?
DK - Oh yesh he ish very good
GR - er he's retired Mr Sheperd
FS - SMACK! - I F#CKIN WARNED YER ROODER!

Sound of footsteps running away................

FS - KUYT COME BACK YER BA$TARD. THE TOON ARMY WILL NOT TAKE NOO FOR AN ANSWER MAN. WE'LL SELL THOOSANDS OF SHIRTS WITH YER NAME ON MAN.... COME BACK MAN..............AH F#CK IT COME ON ROODER LETS SEE IF WE CAN SELL TITUS BRAMBLE TO ANYONE - GET ME THAT MOYES ON THE PHONE

Good stuff

Seriously though they will need to get someone in quick as it looks like theres a chance Owen may not play at all this season.

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Funny as foook StMichael pmsl 

[joko]

okay he's signed just now


welcome!

[anfieldadorer]

just sealed and signed!


Liverpool complete Kuyt signing

By James Carroll
Date: 18/8/2006

Liverpool officially completed the £9m signing of Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt today as manager Rafael Benitez hailed the Dutchman as 'the complete striker'.

Kuyt passed a medical and agreed personal terms at Anfield yesterday and is set to be unveiled at a press conference later today, although it's doubtful that he will make his debut in tomorrow's Premiership opener with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane.

The signing ends Benitez's two year hunt for Kuyt and the Reds boss believes that the 26-year-old can provide the firepower Liverpool lacked at times last season.

"We've been trying to find a top goalscorer in Europe," explained Benitez. "That's difficult, but we knew Kuyt was one such player."

"He's been playing well for a long time, and he's someone I'm sure will bring a quality to the team."

"Sometimes you see a top class player who may find it hard to adapt to the Premiership, but in his case he has the work rate, game intelligence and goalscoring ability to make him succeed in England."

"Maybe people will say he's scored a lot of goals in Holland, but we need to see it in England. Okay, but he is such a good worker and is so clever, I'm sure he will settle down properly."

"We needed someone who would be different to Bellamy and Robbie, but maybe similar in a way to Crouch. Kuyt can not only play as a target man, he can play as the second striker, on the right or on the left."

"For sure, he's not someone we'll use as a winger, but he can play alongside Bellamy, Fowler, Crouch and Luis and give us many options."

"We first talked about him when we were at Valencia. That was when we first monitored him and kept having him watched. I know Liverpool supporters like players who work really hard, and he is like this."

"He is a complete type of player. He does everything well. He'll score with both feet and his head."

"He didn't play well in the World Cup, but we've seen a lot of games where he played very well. Now we have a lot of competition between the players, which is very important."

"There is quality in all the positions and I know the players will work even harder for a place in the side. If we want to win trophies, we need this competition."

[adamnbarrett]

is it a cash deal or is anyone else going the other way?

No details or anything yet, just that hes officially signed

Glen Roeder said on SSN that we bid 10.2 million pounds for him.

Hmm did he, i only saw him say liverpool made an attractive bid. on SSN it says in the little box thing undisclosed

and one of our dutch friends has said in another thread the fee is 12mil pounds. On the sky sports website it does says undisclosed. I think it will have been between 9 and 12million.

Surely it couldnt of been 12mil...if rafa was unwilling to go much higher than 8mil and feyenoord apparently asking for 10mil how could it end up 12!

Ill go with 9mil

SSN just said the fee is 'believed to be in the region of 10mil pounds.'

[GOAT]

Hes number 18

[GOAT]

Is there going to be a press conference?

[adamnbarrett]

Is there going to be a press conference?

it''s on SSN now.

[DrTNT]

I am very pleased with the signing of Kuyt and now we have an excellent squad that can hopefully make an assault on the league and push Chelsea all the way.

But back to Kuyt I don't know alot about him but have watched him play a two or three times when Feyenoord matches have been shown on channel five. I have been impressed with his work rate and his eye for goal.

Rafa has got his man and now hopefully he can get us the goals we need. 
   

[Ciggy]

[Kopite-Jud]

at last!   didnt know he could speek very good english

[stmichael]

where are their hands there?

[Kopite-Jud]

[Kopite-Jud]

i dont mean this in a bad way but , in the world cup kuyt looked fatish and sluggish , but this morning when i seen him on t.v and in pictures he seems to have lost alot of weight and looks quite a bit thinner , and fitter.

[onizukaeikichi]

stmicheal, now that u mention it, i wonder where are their hands lol both of them look happy