What is this I hear about Liverpool offering to swap Aquilani for Melo? Now they're just pissing me off.
So, how do you rate Bastos? We need three/four players who can allow us to make the jump in quality that we need. Bastos just can't do it. He's at the level of our squad, but we need better players than we already have.
Guy has played both wing positions (mostly left tho) and plays LB for Brazil. He can defend, help possession, cross and score, and he can play at Krasic's pace. But I'm not talking about Bastos in the abstract, as if I'd take him over Kun or Hazard. I'm talking about Bastos for us, where we are now, looking at what we've been paying for guys. Once you guys identify a better talent
that would come here I'll gladly jump ship. I know we have lots of needs but I don't want to get a whole bunch of £6-10m guys and have another season like this one.
French sources claim that Liverpool have made contact with Lyon over a prospective summer move for Brazilian left-back Michel Bastos. It is believed that Kenny Dalglish is willing to spend as much as €17m on the player as he looks to strengthen the gaping left-back void.
http://www.kopsource.com/liverpool-consider-e17m-michel-bastos-swoop/
Obviously £18 is a lot more than €17m but it's not a grand canyon kind of gulf. £18m is opening bid, we'll chat about it right? (I've also read the offer is €15m, not £18m.) Guy is not an £8m player like some dudes here are saying I don't think; Liverpool forums have guys saying they'd pay £15m for him. I mean obviously we're never going to get anything back for him but we need to get back to UCL, like
rightnow, whatever we pay to get there pay it, unless there's someone else better you can pay. Don't just say no because it's above abstract market value.