Willian secures 'Dream' Liverpool Spurs Chelsea move

[Gibbo]

I don't think we're after Lamela.

[danperkins]

I don't think we're after Lamela.

Me neither.. but we should be

[Gibbo]

Me neither.. but we should be

Aye i agree, great player in a position we need. Hope the 'committee' are reading this thread!

[marcus50bucks]

I don't think we're after Lamela.

Me neither.. but we should be

Would be a terrific signing.

[poorscousertommy]

Me neither.. but we should be

God yes!

The fact we never matched Spurs offer is interesting. We've been burned before and it is still affecting us.

[Gibbo]

God yes!

The fact we never matched Spurs offer is interesting. We've been burned before and it is still affecting us.

I think it's quite refreshing to be honest. We aren't being bullied into overpaying just because we are interested in a player. Obviously its always nice and exciting to bring new signings in, but over the last couple of seasons with Carroll, Downing, Allen, Borini we have paid over the odds. And it's good to see the club sorting that out.

[poorscousertommy]

I think it's quite refreshing to be honest. We aren't being bullied into overpaying just because we are interested in a player. Obviously its always nice and exciting to bring new signings in, but over the last couple of seasons with Carroll, Downing, Allen, Borini we have paid over the odds. And it's good to see the club sorting that out.

For sure.

As long as it is that reason and not because we don't have the funds.

[dizzycat]

To be honest if someone said choose a player for £30 million a month ago not many of us would have come up with this guy. I've reached the stage where I'm looking more at the players we have and how we're going to get more out of them. I just hope that the Rodgers dossier is all it's cracked up to be.

[Neil Young]

God yes!

The fact we never matched Spurs offer is interesting. We've been burned before and it is still affecting us.

Or it was decided that what we bid made sense and bidding more didn't.

Everything I hear about the club suggests decisions are carefully calculated. That seems professional to me.

[Blind Melon]

not sure we need to be spending £30m on a guy who can't even spell his name properly anyway...

[marcus50bucks]

Tottenham to beat Liverpool in race to sign Willian

Tony Barrett
Updated 49 minutes ago

Tottenham Hotspur look set to win the race to sign Willian after outbidding Liverpool for the Brazil winger.

Ahead of what would be a significant coup for Tottenham and another transfer setback for Liverpool, Anzhi Makhachkala have accepted an offer in the region of £30 million from the London club for Willian who has already travelled to the capital in readiness for a medical.

Liverpool thought they were in the box seat at the weekend but Tottenham’s intervention changed that and Willian now seems set to move to White Hart Lane.

Anzhi offered Liverpool the opportunity to match Tottenham’s bid but they refused to do so having determined that the asking price surpsassed their own valuation of the 25-year-old.

Should Willian complete his move to Tottenham, as expected, it will be the third time this summer that Liverpool have failed to land a major transfer target after they also missed out on Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Diego Costa.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/...cle3848146.ece

[poorscousertommy]

Or it was decided that what we bid made sense and bidding more didn't.

Everything I hear about the club suggests decisions are carefully calculated. That seems professional to me.

We are being run much better and more prudently these days.

[baronvonskidmark]

Liverpool reportedly turned down the opportunity to match Spurs' offer for Willian. (Source: The Times)

Hopefully we've got someone else lined up.

This is not a love-in but you have got admire how Spurs have played things this summer. They are now in a position where it is largely irrelevant whether or not they keep their star player of last season - from a footballing perspective - and with a pretty basic stadium and no CL. A lot on here are saying that our best signing was keeping Suarez.

I really hope to God we've got someone else lined up. Failing that I hope that there is something wrong about how we go about transfer dealings that can be remedied for the future.

[BigChief]

This is not a love-in but you have got admire how Spurs have played things this summer.

Spurs are basically spending Torres Bale cash and overpaying for players they 'hope' will make a difference. They're basically us two years ago.

Thankfully we're further ahead in the evolutionary process now.

[5europeancups]

Hopefully we've got someone else lined up.

This is not a love-in but you have got admire how Spurs have played things this summer. They are now in a position where it is largely irrelevant whether or not they keep their star player of last season - from a footballing perspective - and with a pretty basic stadium and no CL. A lot on here are saying that our best signing was keeping Suarez.

I really hope to God we've got someone else lined up. Failing that I hope that there is something wrong about how we go about transfer dealings that can be remedied for the future.

the wage bill at Spurs will be massive. Big fees demand big salaries. Too many new players. teams need stability not change to win the league.

I'm not worried by Spurs