Paul Gascoigne

[Craig_H]

why not hey i mean banning craig h is very popular now

Why are you so narky today?

You're usually a good laugh mate. Chin up.

[Assassin]

England legend Paul Gascoigne has revealed that Kenny Dalglish tried to sign him for Liverpool during the 1988 season.

Gascoigne, who went on to sign for Spurs instead, remembered:

"Kenny was the first one to come in for me. He said ‘I want to sign you'...Ian Rush was playing at Juventus at the time. Newcastle wanted 2.2m, and I couldn’t believe that because I’d come up through the ranks from nothing.

"Liverpool could only afford 2m because Ian Rush was coming back from Juventus. So he said, 'will you wait a year'? To be fair, they [Newcastle] got rid of Chris Waddle, they got rid of Peter Beardsley, and I was only on 25 quid a week, but the money never bothered me. I couldn’t wait around".

Gascoigne missed out on playing in one of Liverpool's most skilful, and entertaining teams, something he's acutely aware of:

"People talk about Man united and Spurs but Liverpool were the team. Liverpool at that time played football the way Barcelona play football now".

Gascoigne at Liverpool at the same time as John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Ian Rush, John Aldridge, Jan Molby, Ronnie Whelan, Steve McMahon and Ray Houghton? There are lots of line-up permutations, but we could've been looking at a team like this:

We could've been looking at team like this:

------------------ Grobbelaar

Nicol ------- Hansen --- Gillespie ---- Staunton

Houghton ----- McMahon --- Gazza ----- Barnes

----------------- Beardsley

------------------- Rush/Aldo

Along with Michael Laudrup, Gazza has to be one of Liverpool's greatest missed opportunities.

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Good work Bender, this story came out on Talksport last week

Never fails to amuse.

Yes, he discussed it on the breakfast show on talk sport last Thursday morning where these quotes were taken from.

craig am not on the computer/listening to the radio/watching tv all the time like some folk on here ok...... it's like a ****in joke to you lot

It was on the other Paul Gascoigne thread.

It was posted on these forums too

And calm down, you wont sell many TVs with such an aggressive personality

like i said i don't live on here like some folk

Well you're on here to post this thread, so maybe it's worth having a quick look around to make sure the subject hasnt been posted

BTW, i dunno if you heard, but FSG have bought the club.

by the way how'd you like my foot up your ass...now that would be an exclusive ......you think i have time to read every thread and post like some...no i don't

Bender-baiting should be at London 2012

Wasn't good enough for us

why not hey i mean banning craig h is very popular now

lets try not turning another thread into waffle

Top, top work.

Why are you so narky today?

You're usually a good laugh mate. Chin up.

FLMAO

[Shaggy]

[Craig_H]

[Fivex]

by the way how'd you like my foot up your ass...now that would be an exclusive ......you think i have time to read every thread and post like some...no i don't

[little dave hedgehog]

there is a search function.just sayin.

good to see you though, bender.

[Bender]

there is a search function.just sayin.

good to see you though, bender.

yes yes good to see you hedgehog ......... search function yes let me look for it

[Alex]

I think we should all lay off bender now to be honest. The joke has run its course and it seems to be mentioned in every thread he starts. Easy jokes are easy.

As for Gazza, as PTP said he wasnt good enough for us at the time we would have signed him. But if we had signed him and he carried on with us through the Souness and Evans years he could have been a legend. Far too tempremental to fit in at LFC though. We have never really been a team that has players in the media spotlight alot.

[Fosterbloke]

I appreciate Bender's updates as I don't always read things as soon as they happen.

[Kenneth]

He's EST's omnibus edition.

[cream]

****ing wife beating pisshead wasn't good enough to play in Kenny's team.

[EwarWoo]

It does show the stark contrast between now and then.

We were the top team by a long way, and still couldn't afford a fee that spurs could.

Success didn't fetch the massive differences in money back then.

[Vermilion]

****ing wife beating pisshead wasn't good enough to play in Kenny's team.

Apparently, Kenny had a different opinion.

[Daniel 7]

I remember reading the Match magazine when I was a kid, it must have been the 89/90 season, and the front page was two buys Kenny needed to make to keep Liverpool great. One was Gazza and the other was Gary Pallister.

[dom9]

It does show the stark contrast between now and then.

We were the top team by a long way, and still couldn't afford a fee that spurs could.

Success didn't fetch the massive differences in money back then.

Or similarities even, finance wise.