David Villa

[stevelfc95]

More rumours in the press today saying once Alonso is sold:( that we will purchase Villa i personally would be delighted and would be confident before a ball is kicked we would win the league:)

[Raven136]

More rumours in the press today saying once Alonso is sold:( that we will purchase Villa i personally would be delighted and would be confident before a ball is kicked we would win the league:)

is he going into midfield?becuase its upfront we need a back up and definitely not reverting back to 4-4-2

[marathonman]

Please check your sources. This comes from the rag. If you have a reputable source, please let us know. Thanks

[eegorbishcan]

Only other one seems to be Goal.com on the net, may aswell be a rag!

[Trevinem]

says on newsnow that villa would be the target if alonso goes. 4-4-1-1 with Stevie G probably dropping back into the middle....still think we would need another midfielder. Lee Cattermole wouldnt be a bad signed in that case? or maybe van der vart/snijder?

[stevelfc95]

Please check your sources. This comes from the rag. If you have a reputable source, please let us know. Thanks

Its in the telegraph i dont read the rag pal nor did i say the qoute came from it so dont jump the gun.

[marathonman]

Its in the telegraph i dont read the rag pal nor did i say the qoute came from it so dont jump the gun.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/liverpool/5954408/Liverpool-to-move-for-David-Villa-once-Xabi-Alonsos-move-to-Real-Madrid-is-complete.html

Read the article first.they are using lazy journalism and quoting from the rag.Once they have done this the article loses all credibility.Nobody ever said you read the rag.

[stevelfc95]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/liverpool/5954408/Liverpool-to-move-for-David-Villa-once-Xabi-Alonsos-move-to-Real-Madrid-is-complete.html

Read the article first.they are using lazy journalism and quoting from the rag.Once they have done this the article loses all credibility.Nobody ever said you read the rag.

Good point man

[mascherIANO]

it would be nice tho villa and torres up top.

rumours are srtife to that aqualiani deals done and dusted.

[megager]

Man united play Valencia this week, clearly a coincidence. I mean Slur Alex said there would be no more purchases so surely he wont move for both Villa and Silva then. Im worried there could be a sting after that game. Villa not coming to liverpool for sure, but I am very worried Silva will sign for the scum:(:(

[marathonman]

Disgraceful. Can't believe a paper like the Telegraph would use it as one of their sources. It has gone way down in my estimation.

[graham]

Man united play Valencia this week, clearly a coincidence. I mean Slur Alex said there would be no more purchases so surely he wont move for both Villa and Silva then. Im worried there could be a sting after that game. Villa not coming to liverpool for sure, but I am very worried Silva will sign for the scum:(:(

I dont think they have any more room in their squad for Silva unless they sell someone like Park

[LFC4ever]

i hope it happens

[travis]

its just a Saturday morning rumour from a piece of shit paper.. don't get your hopes up..

[mascherIANO]

its just a Saturday morning rumour from a piece of shit paper.. don't get your hopes up..

i wouldnt be surprised if this deal happens..

rafa has been an admirer of villa for quite some time..

torres and villa as a partnership is one of the best around..

we have the money to spend on him to...

i for one would be hopeful...

[dubit10]

its just a Saturday morning rumour from a piece of shit paper.. don't get your hopes up..

Nail on head mate. People really need to take a deep breath before posting sometimes. May as well be a "A friend of a friend who's knows a taxi driver who heard from a source" kind of rumour.:rolleyes:

[graham]

I think there's more chance of us getting Aguero to be honest. He'd probably be the better bet. Valencia won't let Villa go. Both Barca and Real have walked away from it already, i can't see Liverpool signing him even if we did have the money

[mascherIANO]

I think there's more chance of us getting Aguero to be honest. He'd probably be the better bet. Valencia won't let Villa go. Both Barca and Real have walked away from it already, i can't see Liverpool signing him even if we did have the money

i just dont think its impossible. i belive villa to liverpool is a possibilily.

[JMurray#8]

Right now we should all only believe we've signed a player or are interested in a player when we see them next to rafa holding a scarf. One thing this transfer window has thought me is until you see them in a Liverpool jersey don't believe anyone is signing...

[davadov]

What a horseshit rumour, first Ribery now Villa, we don't have the money or attraction to get these guys, They would both rather go to Madrid or Barcelona and both have said so.

[CHARMAC]

What a horseshit rumour, first Ribery now Villa, we don't have the money or attraction to get these guys, They would both rather go to Madrid or Barcelona and both have said so.

Villa has said if he was to go to england his first choice would be Liverpool :p

but I don't expect this to happen,would be nice though ;)

[red1965]

What a horseshit rumour, first Ribery now Villa, we don't have the money or attraction to get these guys, They would both rather go to Madrid or Barcelona and both have said so.

we have one of the best keepers ,the best striker and midfielder in the world what other attractions do you want :confused:

disneyland maybe

[Maldini]

I think it's just a crap journo getting Villa and Silva mixed up again. I've seen at least 4 articles over the past couple of months with quotes from Rafa about Silva written as if they were about Villa

[davadov]

we have one of the best keepers ,the best striker and midfielder in the world what other attractions do you want :confused:

disneyland maybe
Ribery said his first choice is Madrid and Villa said he would prefer to stay in Spain, now if you read the previous sentence slowly this time you might actually be able to get that brain of yours to activate a signal.;)

[graham]

What a horseshit rumour, first Ribery now Villa, we don't have the money or attraction to get these guys, They would both rather go to Madrid or Barcelona and both have said so.
With the world cup coming up next summer, there's a good chance Villa would like to play up front with Torres at Liverpool. He also has tons of friends at Liverpool from the national team

[Ron1892]

What a horseshit rumour, first Ribery now Villa, we don't have the money or attraction to get these guys, They would both rather go to Madrid or Barcelona and both have said so.

This didnt help your statement mate.As Pointed out above we've the best keeper in the land with us,the best all round midfielder and a gifted Foward.If those attractions plus our history and tradition and fans arent enough to attract you to our club, well then we dont want you.

[MutantNinjaSkrtel]

If Xabi is sold,the vast majority of the money will go on finding a suitable replacement in midfield,not blown on a striker who we'd have to adapt our system to accomodate.You're deluded if you think there is even the remotest chance that Rafa is going to use ALL the money from Keane,Xabi,Arbeloa,Dossena,Leto,Hobbs and Anderson and spend it all on ONE STRIKER.

Villa has stated he wants to remain in Spain,we cant afford him,and James Pearse from the Echo yesterday stated we had no big name strikers lined up.Case closed as far as Im concerned.Just another bullshit story originating from the rag.

[dking]

Man united play Valencia this week, clearly a coincidence. I mean Slur Alex said there would be no more purchases so surely he wont move for both Villa and Silva then. Im worried there could be a sting after that game. Villa not coming to liverpool for sure, but I am very worried Silva will sign for the scum:(:(

Usual paper stuff , the other day when utd played bayern the Ribery dtuff came up again!!!

I think there's more chance of us getting Aguero to be honest. He'd probably be the better bet. Valencia won't let Villa go. Both Barca and Real have walked away from it already, i can't see Liverpool signing him even if we did have the money

Did they ?
Did they both try sign him and pull out?

Ribery said his first choice is Madrid and Villa said he would prefer to stay in Spain, now if you read the previous sentence slowly this time you might actually be able to get that brain of yours to activate a signal.;)

your original post made me feel the same as red1965 reaction.

With the world cup coming up next summer, there's a good chance Villa would like to play up front with Torres at Liverpool. He also has tons of friends at Liverpool from the national team

I wish these things had an effect on it but they wont .
Unless Villa goes to city and gets rotated :rolleyes: with their other 15 strikers he's going to be playing with Nando in the WC :)

[carpe diem]

as much as i like and rate david villa he would have very little sell on value should he see out a 4/5 year contract,thats just not good buisness for a club with our debt.

[graham]

I wish these things had an effect on it but they wont .
Unless Villa goes to city and gets rotated :rolleyes: with their other 15 strikers he's going to be playing with Nando in the WC :)

I know he's going to be playing with Torres either way. What I meant is that he might wanna play with him at club level too. Dunno it's a long shot. I don't think Valencia would let him go for £30 million anyway

[dking]

as much as i like and rate david villa he would have very little sell on value should he see out a 4/5 year contract,thats just not good buisness for a club with our debt.

carpe , I know where your coming from and am not saying the david villa is the last piece of the jigsaw we need, but we have to at some stage take a gamble on a player/s (again not refering to DV so maybe it should even be in this thread) and not worry about sell on value . TO get #19 would be worth the loss .

[davadov]

This didnt help your statement mate.As Pointed out above we've the best keeper in the land with us,the best all round midfielder and a gifted Foward.If those attractions plus our history and tradition and fans arent enough to attract you to our club, well then we dont want you.
Real Madrid are the most attractive club in the world to play with for foreign players, Barcelona are just behind them, the reasons being are nice country, great weather, great stadiums and traditions of being the best teams in the world. No point in argueing otherwise because the transfer sagas this summer have shown that Spain is more attractive for players at the top level.
Saying that Villa would pick us ahead of United if it was a straight choice but its not because he's staying in Spain.

[gav003]

Why would Rafa break up possibly the top forward partnership in world football- IMHO Gerrard will never be moved back into midfield barring an injury crisis or tactical change within a game- Gerrard and Torres up top has to be the first 2 names on the team sheet surely?????

[trucker]

David Villa was clearly dismissed by Rafa in an interview in Asia 2 weeks ago Villa said he's not leaving , Rafa does not rate the partnership of him and Torres and to be honest theres not 1 player in the world better than playing with Torres than Gerrard, and Rafa knows this, what we need if Xabi goes is a more dynamic midfielder to chip in with 10 goals a season.

[davadov]

Why would Rafa break up possibly the top forward partnership in world football- IMHO Gerrard will never be moved back into midfield barring an injury crisis or tactical change within a game- Gerrard and Torres up top has to be the first 2 names on the team sheet surely?????

Gerrad and Torres is a magic partnership that Rafa won't break up. What we need if Alonso goes is a creative attacking midfielder and Rafa will do very well to find a decent one.

[bono]

as much as i like and rate david villa he would have very little sell on value should he see out a 4/5 year contract,thats just not good buisness for a club with our debt.

Have to agree with you.

Aguero would make more cents in the long run.

[up the pool]

if he helps us win the league within that time i think it would be great value after all thats why you buy top class players in the first place not for their resale value!!

[fermoyred80]

if he helps us win the league within that time i think it would be great value after all thats why you buy top class players in the first place not for their resale value!!

Is that the way Leeds looked at it when they started signing players and look where they ended up. Hes the wrong side of 20 to be sending that much money on imo, not that hes coming. The money should be used elsewhere in team, i.e creative midfield player, left winger

[noodge74]

Well we brought robbie keane in last season at around the same age and would have been more than happy if he had helped deliver #19..............alas my fears that keane would not be a success for us were realised but villa is a class act and already has a proven partnership with torres so if he can help us to premier league glory over the next 4,5 or 6 years then will anyone seriously be concerned about any resale value?

[trucker]

Can we please stop this dreaming wether we sell Xabi or not ,there is no chance we will sign David Villa, Rafa does'nt want him if he did we dont have the money, and Villas wife is pregnant and he has stated on numerous occasions he will not be playing outside Spain. The fact this thread was started by somebody who took it from that rag says it all.

[bono]

Well we brought robbie keane in last season at around the same age and would have been more than happy if he had helped deliver #19..............alas my fears that keane would not be a success for us were realised but villa is a class act and already has a proven partnership with torres so if he can help us to premier league glory over the next 4,5 or 6 years then will anyone seriously be concerned about any resale value?

I would`nt be concerned about any resale value if he helped us win the league.

Just think Aguero is not fair behind him in terms of goal scoring + talent & he is nowhere near his peak yet + he could also help us win the league we might even be able to get him cheaper than Villa.

So for me that sort of money could be better spent on a younger & maybe in the future better player.

[D-Red]

ah lads, last time it was Ribery. Now its Villa. For fcuks sake!

Messi?

[CHARMAC]

:eek: Messi comming too :)

[RedMurph08]

:eek: Messi comming too :)

You need a tissue????

[bono]

Over the moon with that news doing kartwheels at the moment.

[dking]

ah lads, last time it was Ribery. Now its Villa. For fcuks sake!

Messi?

:eek: Messi comming too :)

I hope there not going to fight over the 7 jersey. :rolleyes:

[red1965]

the king wants his jersey back

[ibh]

How good would this signing be... If him nd Nando were to team up at club level they would destroy opposition defences. As it is, i think Torres is gonna do serious damage to teams this season. Would still like to see a signi g from madrid as part of a deal with Xabi. Either Sneijder or VdV would be good, maybe even Gago as a like for like replacement, although it would depend on the valuation of him.

We better not go and sign some nobody instead now after getting me all excited..!

[Fluffy]

I really can`t see Villa coming to us.
The player himself has turned down Real and Barca.
Villa has said he does not want to play in England.
Manure,Chelsea and City could all outbid us in transfer fee and wages if Villa changed his mind.
While it is romantic to think that Villa would come to us because of our Spanish contingent I think it`s unrealistic because most players these days sign for big wages,wages we can`t compete with compared with the above mentioned teams.
The only source so far is speculation from the rag.
Nobody knows if liverpool and Real will reach an agreement on Alonso.
If they do reach an agreement then nobody knows who Rafa will replace him.
Rafa loves his smekoscreens and mirrors.
Aquilini is mentioned but does rafa want to gamble on such an injury prone player???
My bet is on Rafa buying someone not mentioned yet in any paper.

[noodge74]

I would`nt be concerned about any resale value if he helped us win the league.

Just think Aguero is not fair behind him in terms of goal scoring + talent & he is nowhere near his peak yet + he could also help us win the league we might even be able to get him cheaper than Villa.

So for me that sort of money could be better spent on a younger & maybe in the future better player.

Fair points and I agree that Aguero could be a good signing for us but the main reason I would still prefer Villa is that he already has a proven partnership with Torres so there would be no risk waiting to see if they hit it off on the picth (a la robbie keane)

[MrsPepe]

Aguero....What I wouldnt give to see that lad in a red shirt, cant see it happening though:(

[bryanod]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2325920887_b206236832.jpg?v=0

[Ryujon]

I'd rather we spend our money on a replacement for Xabi, a left winger and a backup for Torres. Blowing our whole transfer budget on one player would be crazy tbh. Not that I think this transfer has any hope of happening. Hasn't Benitez already said that he ws not interested?

[JohnnyG]

Villa said at the start of the summer that he didn't want to leave Spain. I'd love to see us get him and revert to a 4-4-2. Don't think it I'll happen though.
Also if Alonso doesn't want to be a Liverpool player anymore they should let him go. He's no good to us if his heart isn't in it.

[StEtienne77]

4-4-2 is redundant in World football and we should not revert to it.
4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1 or 4-1-4-1 are the most popular systems today. Even the lauded Dutch system favoured at Barca of 4-3-3 becomes five across the middle when they defend.

[KK1977]

4-4-2 is redundant in World football and we should not revert to it.
4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1 or 4-1-4-1 are the most popular systems today. Even the lauded Dutch system favoured at Barca of 4-3-3 becomes five across the middle when they defend.

Spain prefer to play with 2 up top.

[noodge74]

............and oul whiskey nose has said united will be reverting to a more orthodox 4-4-2 this season after ronaldos departure

[graham]

Aguero....What I wouldnt give to see that lad in a red shirt, cant see it happening though:(

Me too, who knows, maybe if we make enough from the Alonso deal there could be something under the radar going on like the Torres move. Come and play with his national team captain with the World Cup next year. He's never made it any secret his desire to play for Liverpool one day anyway

[dantheman23]

i know it's all a load of old bo**ox but what harm, we can dream can't we...

David Villa has breathed some much needed life into the transfer-window rumour mill by dropping hints that he would like to move to the Premier League - sparking speculation that he could be set to link up with Spanish international team mate and good friend Fernando Torres at Liverpool.

The £50m-rated striker has also been linked with Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea and told the Spanish newspaper AS that he could move to England at the end of the season.

"In the summer I had my own reasons for staying in Spain. Basically, my wife had to give birth first," he revealed. "But this time it will be different and I'll analyse it again.

"I like the Premier League a lot. There are a lot of very important teams in England, who play very good football. It’s the league I follow the most, along with La Liga – and I've got a lot of friends playing there."

[Nabser]

For the money we have to spend on players i think we would get Ricky Villa rather than David Villa sad but true :(

[randywatson]

isnt the talk is spain that Real are going to let Benzema go ,then get Villa instead?

i have to say, id rather see a fellow english team get Benzema ahead of villa,

Villa would be lethal in the England, Benzema is good and all, but is supposed to have a serious attitude problem