Liverpool FC Forum

lio wrote:
Good morning England !
You’re waking up this morning with a piece of news, something to talk about for the day.

Yes it’s Henry and very likely heading to Barca according to these 2 sources.
Wenger says it for the $$$.

And if so, Eto to stay or will he be surplus to requirements and leaving Barca
..and if leaving, I for one think he will not be coming to LFC.

 

The Times claims that 'Arsene Wenger has signalled his willingness to sell Thierry Henry by entering into negotiations with Barcelona for the first time'.
According to the newspaper, 'The Arsenal manager met Ferran Soriano, the Spanish club's financial director, in Paris this week for preliminary discussions, though both parties remain some distance from agreeing Henry's transfer. Wenger wants to sign Samuel Eto'o as part of the deal, but Barcelona are reluctant to allow the Cameroon striker to leave despite his problems at the club this season.'

The Guardian also speculates that Wenger has opened talked with Barca and is more willing to believe that Eto'o could move to the Emirates: 'Wenger is an avowed admirer of the Cameroon striker, whom Barcelona are thought to consider surplus to requirements if Henry arrives.'

Nonethless, as The Times writes, the bottom line appears to be that Wenger has accepted 'that he is running out of options, with Henry eager to take what many believe would be his final opportunity to move to Spain. Wenger may resolve to cash in on an unsettled player in any case, as he did when selling Patrick Vieira to Juventus two years ago.'

As such, Henry may be offloaded for around £20m and Arsenal will confirm their status as a selling club.

lio wrote:

GRAHAM01 wrote:why do you think he will not come to liverpool?

we are team that have the ability to get to 2 euro finals in 3 years
we are a team that WILL be pushing for the title

we have class players who would make him a premiership goal scoreing legend imo

i think he would be a great player for us

I fully agree with you Graham for all that you have mentioned above.

But Rafa was believed to have said a couple of days after our CL finals and I quote:
''A striker is not a priority,"  Benitez  said. "Kuyt and Crouch can score goals … What happens if you spend £40 million on one striker and he gets injured? ... '

And since then, I am till this day not convinced that Rafa had change his mind.

i do see your point

your right it is a lot of money for one player but you have to say even though rafa has said a striker is not priority it is a huge part of why we failed to get close to chelske and the scum, if we had an out and out goal machine we would have put chances away and could have been pushing them and putting them under pressure

yes who ever we get could get injured but then so could anyone of are players it` s risk i think we need to take

crouch and kuyt will get goals for us no question but would they get enough??

i`m still hoping we get a so called big name player, but then rafa knows best and in him we trust