http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...r-Mascherano-Dirk-Kuyt.html?ito=feeds-newsxml So it seems a done deal that Mach is going to Inter but they have a lot of money to splash about after some of their sellings. Will Rafa make a bid for his favourate tallisman??? Would be more upset about Kuyt going then Mach personally. Any chance he might splash the cash and buy his favourate left back as well. We can only hope in Insuas case.
The Daily Fail should be banned from here in my opinion, It causes unnecessary rumours to be spread around and people get their knickers in a twist over it.
Kuyt wont go anyway - loves the place. At 30, cant see anyone offering enough money for it to be worth loosing him - his attitude is worth its weight.
Nothing to worry about: it's not the 1st time Kuyt 's being linked to Inter. Won't be the last. Club should send a clear message that Kuyt isn't for sale. Or is he?
Personally wouldn't want him to go at all, and sure as hell isn't the type of player that would go around learning Italian whilst trying to orchestrate a move with his agent. Kuyt has always seemed like one of the few remaining decent lads in the game, as well as a damn underated player, and I'd say it would take a huge bid from Inter for us to consider it.
Apologies if it has been posted before but nice article below that appeared in the Times a few weeks ago, couldn't seem to find the link to the article, but the text is below. Cape Town – They often talk about egos having “landedâ€. Hang on a minute, haven’t we seen far more of them beating early World Cup retreats from South African airport departure halls? Many of the highest paid, celebrity figures in football have sparkled infrequently or, in some cases, not at all at this tournament. And their teams have tended, by and large, to accompany them prematurely toward exit signs. So it is gratifying in many respects that one or two players who tend not to traditionally attract or court the paparazzi lifestyle pack, now stand intriguingly close to hoisting the 2010 spoils. Holland’s Dirk Kuyt, an uncomplaining utility forward and perhaps not your most obvious pin-up or Twitter-gaga material, counts among them. Why, if you wanted to mischievously provoke the wrath of many Scousers, you could even say he represents a less-than-fashionable club team, going as it does by the name of Liverpool FC, a member of England’s supposed Big Four whose paintwork has been conspicuously peeling of late. But the almost 30-year-old -- no new kid on the block, which can also be an impediment to star appeal – has been an unobtrusive leading light at this World Cup. I have twice been present at Dutch games in South Africa – against Denmark at Soccer City and then Cameroon at Cape Town Stadium – and will get a third opportunity come Tuesday night’s semi-final against Uruguay. I mention this only because television cannot always capture every aspect of play, every detail that offers explanations of success. Watching Kuyt operate in the flesh, rather than before zoom-in cameras, has been especially educative: quite simply, it gives you a richer appreciation of just how damned hard this guy toils. It should not suggest concurrently that the former Feyenoord man is mere workhorse, one who makes up in endeavour and industry what he may lack in the skills and X-factor department … for he doesn’t especially fall short there. Comfortable and calculating on the ball, he can alter direction and pace deftly, is a provider of some brilliant and unselfish layoffs to orthodox poachers and is not wanting in the scoring department himself. We have seen evidence of all of this in Holland’s charge to the semis … and are we all agreed that his subtle flick-on header to Wesley Sneijder for the decisive goal in the upset of Brazil was a moment of fulsome genius? But where Kuyt has most sorely eclipsed the likes of Messrs Rooney and Ronaldo at the World Cup has been in his tireless grafting for the team cause. Whereas those two and others sometimes gave the impression of standing around waiting for the Jabulani at their feet as if it were some fussily-made restaurant order of west coast crayfish with Tabasco and lemon, Kuyt has not waited for things to happen: he has “tracked back†to a positively yeoman degree, hassling opposition ball-carriers as if a central midfielder and doing his defensive bit from under-the-cosh corners too. Little wonder, then, that when you read comments postings on Dutch World Cup matches in the Liverpool Echo, in-the-know Reds fans have been saying things like: “Great player, great attitude,†or “As always worked his butt off†and “Kuyt has an incredible engineâ€. His contribution to the Dutch advance has earned more distant laurels as well. Here is what writer Raf Casert had to say in USA Today, ahead of the Uruguay encounter: “In the 1970s, the Dutch idolised the creative genius of Johan Cruyff, even though he never won the World Cup. “But Dirk Kuyt’s grit and determination might take them to the title. Like a pinball gone wild, he chases players left, right and centre.†Sadly, the multi-pronged footballing package he offers isn’t even universally appreciated within the ranks of his national team: Robin van Persie stated quite bluntly before the event that he preferred to work in an attacking formation not featuring the strong-lungs dynamo. And Kuyt, typically, was even prepared to be philosophical: “Everyone is entitled to an opinion. That’s good. Dutch players like to think and talk about football. At the end of the day, the manager decides (line-ups).†Both the player and his wife Gertrude do extensive charity work, and until the birth of their daughter she continued her job as a nurse at a senior citizens’ home despite Kuyt’s rosy salary. Perhaps we should not make too much of these things, but in a soccer world very much mired in cynicism and a “me, me, me†culture among its most pampered players, the expression “breath of fresh air†does come to mind. Holland are probably the smart-money bet for their semi-final. Whatever happens, though, in a World Cup not without its turn-ups for the books, I’ll wager one thing: win or lose, Kuyt is highly unlikely to let the Dutch cause down.
One transfer rumour finishes and another starts Is there no end to this? Not ike the daily fail to even look at Kuyt saying during the world cup he has no intention of leaving that he was happy with roys appointment and couldnt wait to start next season
sad journos cant get a story so they make one up....... cudda done better than this the shower of sad cnuts