Reports that Rafa met with Real officials during the trip to Madrid to make efforts to sign these guys, would be great signings imo!!
Where is the cash coming from to fund these tranfers? Rags filling in spare collums with boll0x if you ask me.
Real signed Benzema for 30million and i'm sure they'd be looking to recover most of that back if they were selling him on.. Paper talk is all that is
van der vaart is possible but unless i see a big piece of bacon flying over cork with a big curly tail 2nit i wouldnt believe the benzma story
What I'm hearing now from someone in the know is that Real want Gerrard and have offered Benzema and Van Dar Vaart plus 10 million.
Not a bad deal considering the Age of Gerrard.....Would snap that deal up if it was true..Benzema is only young so time is on his side...
I don't think Van Der Vaart and Benzema is actually all that far fetched if it wasn't for the fact that we don't appear to have any cash at the moment. If we were to get new owners I think they are two players that Real would be willing to part with but it all depends on what they want in return, most likely Torres or Gerrard (with a bit of luck its Kuyt and Riera though)!
Liverpool are moving to trump Manchester United for troubled Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. The former Lyon star has failed to settle in Madrid this and been engulfed by troubles off the pitch in his native France. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is a big admirer of Benzema, but Reds rival Rafa Benitez has stolen a march on him by opening serious transfer talks with Real Madrid this week. Benitez is taking interest in an imminent clear-out at the Bernabeu that will include Rafael Van der Vaart, Lassana Diarra, Benzema, Christoph Metzelder and Royston Drenthe. Liverpool took the opportunity of travelling to Madrid to hold talks with Real officials about available players and Benitez is believed to have singled out Van der Vaart and Benzema as potential targets. This story has been reproduced from today's media. It does not necessarily represent the position of Liverpool Football Club.
Liverpool are considering a summer move for Rafael van der Vaart, having been offered the chance to sign the Holland international by Real Madrid. Club officials met in the Spanish capital before Liverpool's Europa League semi‑final against Atlético Madrid on Thursday, with Real taking the opportunity to try to offload several players deemed surplus to requirements by the club president, Florentino Perez. Liverpool were interested in Van der Vaart, who was offered despite forcing his way into Manuel Pellegrini's plans this season, in a deal that would see Real recoup much of the €13m they paid Hamburg in 2008. Whether Rafael BenÃtez envisages a role for the 27-year-old midfielder in his plans is not clear and there are several issues for the club to address before pursuing a deal for the former Ajax favourite. Liverpool's interest, however, has been registered. This story has been reproduced from today's media. It does not necessarily represent the position of Liverpool Football Club.
I'd have my doubts about us being in for Benzema. But Van Der Vaart could be a runner. He's a class player and we might have some money since the deadline got pushed back. Maybe Rafa went in for him last summer but he stayed in Madrid because of his wifes health situation. Deadly player I'd love if he came to us. And he's Kuyt's room mate in the dutch national team
http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/media-watch Still find it strange that on the official website they do a media watch, almost encouraging the rumors and paper talk...