Yossi Benayoun signs

[Alpha]

either it's really late and i'm being stupid or that makes no sense what so ever, which is it

If we sold Bellamy to West Ham for £7.5m, we made £1.5m profit.

If West Ham sold Yossi for £4m, they made £1.5m profit.

£1.5m - £1.5m = 0.

I am curious as to whether this is a coincidence or if it was a factor in striking a balance in the transfer negotiations.

Any clearer?

[Alpha]

Alpha this is possibly your worst post ever mate

So us and West Ham just made identical £1.5m profits on the players, how is that a straight swap

I think you'll find it's a ****ing great post.

[lfc4ever]

Did anybody else notice:

-----------Bought--Sold--Difference
Bellamy:----£6m---£7.5m---£1.5m
Benayoun:-£2.5m---£4m----£1.5m

Coincidence?

It is basically a straight swap.

If we sold Bellamy to West Ham for £7.5m, we made £1.5m profit.

If West Ham sold Yossi for £4m, they made £1.5m profit.

£1.5m - £1.5m = 0.

I am curious as to whether this is a coincidence or if it was a factor in striking a balance in the transfer negotiations.

Any clearer?

My head hurts.

[Fiddy]

I think you'll find it's a ****ing great post.

I kiiind of see what you mean. I think.

Still isn't a 'straight swap' though

Personally I think that's a mere coincidence, plus some reports suggest we paid more like £5m for Yossi. Whatever, it was pretty arbitrary, we just came to an agreement with them somewhere between their silly valuation of £6m and our opening bid of £3m

[Fiddy]

My head hurts.

Are you Stuart Morse in disguise?

[Alpha]

My head hurts.

Okay.

Imaginary scenario:

Liverpool: Give us £9 million for Bellamy.
West Ham: We'll give you £6 million.
Liverpool: **** off, that's what we paid for him. Okay. Give us Yossi for £2.5m then.
West Ham: But we want £5.5m.
Liverpool: Tell you what, let's meet halfway.
West Ham: £7.5m for Bellers, £4m for Benayoun.
Liverpool:

[Darth Marty]

Okay.

Imaginary scenario:

Liverpool: Give us £9 million for Bellamy.
West Ham: We'll give you £6 million.
Liverpool: **** off, that's what we paid for him. Okay. Give us Yossi for £2.5m then.
West Ham: But we want £5.5m.
Liverpool: Tell you what, let's meet halfway.
West Ham: £7.5m for Bellers, £4m for Benayoun.
Liverpool:

Alpha - you are the man, the ****ing man

[Alpha]

Still isn't a 'straight swap' though

Alright then, let's call it a 'bent swap'.

[Alpha]

Alpha - you are the man, the ****ing man

Why thank you.

[Marky]

Benayoun and Babel boost Liverpool spree
By Jason Burt
Published: 11 July 2007
Liverpool will today complete the double signing of Yossi Benayoun and Ryan Babel as they reshape their squad for the new season. It means that their manager Rafael Benitez, following the acquisition of Fernando Torres, will have spent £42m inside a week.

Both Benayoun and Babel were due on Merseyside for medicals after their clubs, West Ham and Ajax, agreed fees with Liverpool last night. Benayoun is expected to cost £5m ­ £1m less than West Ham hoped for ­ and Babel £10.8m.

Benitez yesterday recouped £7.5m with the sale of Craig Bellamy to West Ham which, added to the £6m for Djibril Cissé and £3.5m for Mark Gonzalez, will allow the Spaniard to balance the books a little on his transfer dealings.

However, his signings will come as a serious statement of intent from Liverpool, especially after they missed out on one of Benitez's original summer targets, Florent Malouda, who yesterday completed his move from Lyon to Chelsea after his asking price escalated.

Benayoun has agreed a four-year deal and will be paid £45,000 a week, slightly less than the £50,000 a week he was offered by West Ham at the end of last season. However, after shaking hands on a new contract at West Ham, where he had threatened to hand in a transfer request, the Israeli decided he wanted a buy-out clause inserted once he was made aware of Liverpool's interest.

The dispute led to an irreconcilable fallout with West Ham, especially as the midfielder then threatened never to play for the club again. It quickly became apparent that he would have to leave, with the London club initially offering to do a deal involving Bellamy moving to Upton Park.

Eventually that transfer was concluded separately, with the striker yesterday agreeing a five-year deal, through which he will earn £75,000 a week, after sorting out a contractual dispute with Liverpool over a bonus payment for reaching the European Cup final.

After signing for his new club, Bellamy claimed that he had been forced to consider his future at Liverpool because of Benitez's rotation policy. " I'll be turning 28 this season so I want to start playing football now," Bellamy said. "I think I played 10 or 11 full games last year. I want to try and improve on that and play every week."

In reality, Bellamy was told by Benitez that he had no future at Liverpool at the end of last season, even though he had arrived only last summer from Blackburn Rovers for £6m. Liverpool had hoped to receive more than £10m, but West Ham were the only serious bidders.

Liverpool had offered £2m and then £4m for Benayoun, who first came to Benitez's attention when he played for the Spanish club Racing Santander, before finally coming close to West Ham's valuation after protracted negotiations yesterday.

Babel's fee is more surprising. The Dutch international had held talks with Arsenal in January, but they had decided not to bid for the 20-year-old, with their manager, Arsène Wenger, believing he was not worth the price being demanded and fell some way short of commanding a place in his first team. But Babel, who starred in the Netherlands' triumphant Under-21 European Championship campaign and is a full international, is rich in promise and can play anywhere across the forward line, although Benitez has identified him as a left-winger.

Benayoun will compete with Jermaine Pennant for the role on the right of midfield but, like Babel, is also versatile enough to play in other positions.

[Fiddy]

Okay.

Imaginary scenario:

Liverpool: Give us £9 million for Bellamy.
West Ham: We'll give you £6 million.
Liverpool: **** off, that's what we paid for him. Okay. Give us Yossi for £2.5m then.
West Ham: But we want £5.5m.
Liverpool: Tell you what, let's meet halfway.
West Ham: £7.5m for Bellers, £4m for Benayoun.
Liverpool:

Alright then, let's call it a 'bent swap'.

Did they say 'give us £4m and we'll chuck in Marcus Bent too?'

[paulcooper4]

I cant wait for a lot of posters on this site look knobheads when this fella plays. Hes a ****in excellent player.

[Fiddy]

I cant wait for a lot of posters on this site look knobheads when this fella plays. Hes a ****in excellent player.

Amen, someone should keep a list and put it in their sig so we remember and can laugh at the over-reacting cry babies.

Radish, DJS, Gazzla and Rehan are just a few I remember...

[paulcooper4]

Amen, someone should keep a list and put it in their sig so we remember and can laugh at the over-reacting cry babies.

Radish, DJS, Gazzla and Rehan are just a few I remember...

Ive never seen anything like it, ****inell la, if these are the type of fans you get cos you have a bit of money id rather be skint again.

If these bellends could forget for a second what his price tag is or what league he is coming from and actually watch him play football they will see that he is a outstanding flair player with a good eye for a pass, a bit of a garcia but who doesnt give the ball away as much.

For all you ****ers screaming abar us not signing this 30 mill youtube star or that 25 mill footy manager star go and find a club that will make you happy, support the manc ****s or them gob****es chelsea because thats where you lot belong.

******s.

[Fiddy]

Ive never seen anything like it, ****inell la, if these are the type of fans you get cos you have a bit of money id rather be skint again.

If these bellends could forget for a second what his price tag is or what league he is coming from and actually watch him play football they will see that he is a outstanding flair player with a good eye for a pass, a bit of a garcia but who doesnt give the ball away as much.

For all you ****ers screaming abar us not signing this 30 mill youtube star or that 25 mill footy manager star go and find a club that will make you happy, support the manc ****s or them gob****es chelsea because thats where you lot belong.

******s.

...who, as I said in another thread, have signed Pizarro, Ben Haim and Steve Sidwell this summer.

Imagine some of these lot if that was us, fuuuuuuuuuuckin hell!! The servers would explode