Alves what is going on?

[Redzion]

Rafa returned from trying to tie up the Alves deal yesterday afternoon with no news can we assume the deal is off?

[Jayesh87]

Rafa returned from trying to tie up the Alves deal yesterday afternoon with no news can we assume the deal is off?

Rafa was on holiday visiting his family with his kids.

[anfieldanfield]

The longer the Alves deal drags on, the longer I can't see it happening.

Especially with us now being so heavily linked to Pennant.

[samo]

all this Alves and Kuyt stuff is really wearing me out. I wish they'd just get on with it. What's the big deal - either we can make it happen or we can't. If we can good, if not, lets move on. If we can't do a deal in 2 months, I really don't see what else there is to talk about after that. Let's just deal with the fact they're either out of our price range or going to cost more than our valuation. What's more incredible is we've been seriously attempting to sign a right winger for over 12 months. It's madness we can't make 1 deal happen. We've LFC for f*cks sake - there should be players willing to walk over broken glass to sign for us.

[Jack D Rips]

all this Alves and Kuyt stuff is really wearing me out. I wish they'd just get on with it. What's the big deal - either we can make it happen or we can't. If we can good, if not, lets move on. If we can't do a deal in 2 months, I really don't see what else there is to talk about after that. Let's just deal with the fact they're either out of our price range or going to cost more than our valuation. What's more incredible is we've been seriously attempting to sign a right winger for over 12 months. It's madness we can't make 1 deal happen. We've LFC for f*cks sake - there should be players willing to walk over broken glass to sign for us.

Iagree with you but I'm afraid the "We're Liverpool FFS " doesnt work anymore

[Redzion]

Rafa was on holiday visiting his family with his kids.

Not that i dispute you but its a bit strange having time off in preseason?

[samo]

Iagree with you but I'm afraid the "We're Liverpool FFS " doesnt work anymore

imo, that's because too many players are more worried about their pay offs from their current clubs, than they are coming to play for us.

[FaganK]

rafa was not on holiday, no chance

[pali]

holiday when your team are havin pre season training?? i dont think so mate

[dww]

I think the problem is that we have had to negotiate both deals with an eye to allowing the other to still be possible. I think soon we will just have to bite the bullet and sign one or the other and accept a second choice for the other position.

The news so far this week would suggest we will go for Kuyt and Pennant.

[LFCman]

rafa was not on holiday, no chance

Agree, I can't see it at this stage of the season. The time for a holiday has past.

[samo]

he could of course took the family on holiday and then gone and done a bit of business. there's nothing to stop him doing both. pako runs the training, so he doesn't need to be there on a day to day basis, we've no big game coming up to prepare tactically. so there's nothing to stop him having a few days in spain with his family, while trying to tie up the alves deal while he's there.

[Neuklon]

Can't see either Kuyt or Alves coming off as neither selling club are going to fold. It was the same with Crouch and Soton; we tried playing hardball for a few weeks but eventually had to pay top dollar.

Hopefully Rafa will walk away as both players have inflated prices.

[murder_inc]

Alves talk of players coming in is doing my ed' in.

[Rich]

Groan!