lfc The Official Liverpool FC Thread

[Young £]

Poor Roy left Fulham to join these guys.

[MEIRELES.]

On a positive note:

Dear Liverpool supporters,

Today we're thrilled to celebrate the official start of Standard Chartered's sponsorship of Liverpool Football Club.

We've eagerly anticipated this day for nearly a year, and the excitement has been building amongst the 75,000 people who work for Standard Chartered across the globe.

Many Standard Chartered employees are passionate football fans, and some are lifelong Liverpool supporters. Yours is the most successful team in the history of English football, with a truly spectacular and international fan base, and we are very proud to have our name on your shirts.

As you may know, we are a British bank that operates mainly in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Founded over 150 years ago, we now have over 14 million customers, many of whom are also avid Liverpool FC fans.

We look forward to working with such a famous brand as Liverpool FC, promoting your club and bringing these fans together around the world.

Today is a truly historic milestone, and we hope to create a long and successful partnership for many years to come. We know it's going to be a winning combination.

John Peace - Chairman, Standard Chartered

[menace-II-society]

YOSSI BENAYOUN, 30, is set to sign for Chelsea in a £5.5million move from Liverpool in the next 24 hours after agreeing a four-year contract.

And so It begins

[MEIRELES.]

Why Chelsea? Oh yeah forgot hes a jew c*nt they are money orientated

He can f*ck off

We need a whole new batch of wingers

Next is Babel then Gerrard

[Flojo]

Zidane of Zion smfh, sad to see him go because he was actually one of our most important players.

Had he gone abroad I'd have wished him well but Chelsea? Yeah we f*cked up this year but we were gonna get right back, you dont get the club back like that.

[MEIRELES.]

OFFICIAL: Liverpool Midfielder Yossi Benayoun Joins Chelsea On Three-Year Deal

Chelsea have announced the capture of Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee believed to be between £5 million and £6 million.

The 30-year old has been linked with a switch to the Premier League champions all summer as a replacement for the out of contract Joe Cole and will join his new team-mates for pre-season training on July 5. The move brings to an end the Israel international's three year stay on Merseyside, where he grabbed 18 goals in 92 appearances.

Speaking to the Blues' official website, Benayoun said: "I am very excited to come to a club like Chelsea, it is a big club and I think it is a dream for every player. Hopefully we will be successful."

Manager Carlo Ancelotti added: "We are happy to have this new player. Yossi has a lot of quality in midfield and can play in lots of positions. I like his behaviour on the pitch and he will do a great job for us next season."

A spokesman on Liverpool's official website wished Benayoun all the best for the future. They said: "Yossi's departure was agreed between the player and Rafael Benitez a number of weeks ago. Everybody at Liverpool FC wishes him well for the future."

[Flojo]

You're not serious.

the board knew time ago that Rafa was going so why would they let him conduct transfers, smh if this is how gullible the average fan is.

[Black Ant]

thats crazy

[The Infamous]

SMH @ believing that Spokesperson

[MEIRELES.]

The quote was taken from WWW.LIVERPOOLFC.TV

So boy... Its offish

Look at the way he's speaking though about the sh*t club with not history

Speaking to the Blues' official website, Benayoun said: "I am very excited to come to a club like Chelsea, it is a big club and I think it is a dream for every player. Hopefully we will be successful."

Dream for every player? what a c*nt

[The Infamous]

You dissapoint me more everyday

[Heero Yuy]

how could it be on the official site and its showing quotes from Carlo and Yossi saying I can't wait to get the hell out of here

not serious

[MEIRELES.]

I beg you man get off Rafas d*ck asap and open your eyes

ASAP

HE'S GONE

MOVE ON

[MEIRELES.]

Yossi in March

"It's very difficult to speak now about next season," said Benayoun. "We don't know what changes there will be – players, the staff, so I think it's too early to speak. I don't know personally even if I will be here or I will not be here. A lot of things can happen."

AKA

I am leaving at the end of the season. I shall say nothing more.

[Flojo]

the noises coming out when this transfer was first spoke about was that Benitez said 10 million or no deal, a few weeks after he's gone the fee is undisclosed the board blame it on Rafa and you believe it?

There is no way you would let a manager you wanted out conduct transfers weeks before he was leaving.

[MEIRELES.]

So Rafa WAS trying to sell him. If he was trying to sell him for £10m+ and Yossi knew about it (which Im sure he did), Yossi would obviously be thinking: I'm getting pushed out here. And thats exactly what has happened. IMO This deal was agreed TIME AGO cos Yossi was unsure about his future since Feb and would not clarify his future status.

End of the day man is gone

He is JUDAS

Lets leave it at that

Who's next is the real question.

[Flojo]

lol wtf he wasn't trying to sell him at all, he was setting a price that high enough to put Chelsea off but in the event they were willing we'd actually get a decent amount.

The Owners are on the verge of having a fire sale and you're seemingly not aware of it at all, Rafa was the resistance to the yanks doing whatever to balance the books but now he's gone don't be surprised to see players sold but no money being reinvested.

[Necksta]

pos'd.

[n/a]

I beg you man get off Rafas d*ck asap and open your eyes

ASAP

HE'S GONE

MOVE ON

some of the people in here no names , lahi,

fully backed rafa when he was trying to bring in barry for alonso

thhey would back rafa till the death

jus let them be

+

lol at making ur mind up about hodgson after 1 day in the job looool

u are a europa cup, mid table team

with sh*t owners

a average squad which cost millions

and players lookin to leave

who did u man seriously expect?

hodgson is a decent choice

give him 5 years, like rafa got

plus i guarantee it wont take him 3 years to realise the prem is the trophy tht everyone wants

[MEIRELES.]

"f*ck these owners"

New Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is desperate to see an ownership takeover at Anfield as soon as possible.

Reds co-owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks appointed Barclays Capital in May to sell their control and British Airways chairman Martin Broughton was appointed to oversee the process.

Broughton confessed on Thursday at a press conference to unveil Hodgson as Rafa Benitez's successor that he had yet to receive an official offer for Liverpool, but he insists that there are interested parties.

With Liverpool struggling under reported debts of £350million, Hodgson wants to see the arrival of replacements for Gillett and Hicks, and to get his hands on the expected transfer funds that would be made available after a takeover.

He said: "The sooner that happens the better. That is what the fans want. They want new ownership, maybe in the way Manchester City found new ownership!

Money

"I can understand fans wanting that because they want the best for the club.

"They know the only way to get that is to have quality players on the pitch and they cost money."

Former Fulham boss Hodgson was made aware of the structure and status of Liverpool's hierarchy before he arrived.

He added: "It was made clear to me how the board was set up and that the owners are quite prepared to sell the club.

"I was told I would have to accept that somewhere during my tenure the club might be sold and I fully understand the position.

"There's always going to be people who want to own Liverpool. It's just a question of when it can be sold and whether the new owners are prepared to back the club as we all think it should be backed."

[Greens]

Anyone gonna order the new protest shirt?

http://lsu.viga.co.uk/

[Black Ant]

This shirt is NOT a fashion statement It's a visible protest at the way OUR club is being managed at board level.

yeah but allow 2 stripe

[Greens]

They didn't wanna put 3 stripes in case adidas tried to sue for trademark infringement.

[Black Ant]

really mr lanes...wow

[MEIRELES.]