Check out all the transfer talk from Liverpool throughout the summer.
Check out all the transfer talk from Liverpool throughout the summer.
* Brace yourselves Reds fans, Javier Mascherano says he is flattered by reports linking him with Barcelona and Real Madrid. Click here for the full story.
* Are Liverpool ready to raid the Russian market?
Russian newspaper Sport-Express claims The Reds are interested in Argentina defender Leandro Fernandez of Dinamo Moscow.
* Sebastian Leto wants to join Panathinaikos, after previously being on loan at Olympiacos from Liverpool.
* Here is that Mascherano news I promised you... Liverpool coach Mauricio Pellegrini says 'nothing is impossible' regarding Barca's interest in the player. I reckon he might get a telling off from Rafa Benitez for that!
* Andrea Dossena's agent says Juventus will make a decision on the Liverpool man next week. See what the wonderfully-named Roberto La Florio said.
* Some interesting news here... Victor Valdes will sign a new contract with Barcelona - which surely means the Jose Reina rumours were a load of rubbish - just as we predicted yesterday. Click here for more on the situation...
* Fernando Torres has reiterated his commitment to Liverpool, saying that no amount of money would tempt him to Real Madrid. See what El Nino had to say on the matter here.
* Sport are claiming that Javier Mascherano would sign for Barcelona at the drop of a hat, and that his agent has reached a 'tentative agreement' with Blaugrana director of football Txiki Begiristain.
* Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie has revealed that the club have accepted a second offer for Glen Johnson, so it looks like Liverpool and Chelsea are vying for his signature. Click here for more!
* Thought the Xabi Alonso sage was all done and dusted, didn't you? It's hardly groundbreaking but the Spaniard's still playing things a little coy. Click here for more.
* It appears Jose Reina has unfinished business at Liverpool before he even thinks of leaving Anfield. Click here for more...
* More worry for Liverpool? Barcelona are prepared to pay £17m to bring Pepe Reina back to Camp Nou. Victor Valdes cannot agree a new contract, and Barca will lure Reina by giving him the chance to battle Iker Casillas for the Spain number one jersey on a level playing field...
* More worrying signs for Liverpool fans as speculation grows of Javier Mascherano's agent spending TWO HOURS with Barcelona officials on Wednesday. Mind you, if Barca are willing to spend the £50m Benitez earmarked for the midfielder, that's not the worst piece of business in the world. Particularly when Nigel Reo-Coker is available(!)...
* Standard Liege midfielder Steven Defour has been linked with Liverpool again, and his agent has been talking. There are no offers as yet he has confirmed, but the player would be interested in a move to The Premier League. Surprised? Neither are we. Click here for more.
* Alvaro Arbeloa has admitted he could be tempted by a move back to Spain, with Glen Johnson poised to sign for Liverpool. See what the full-back had to say.
* Twenty-year-old Uruguayan midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro is being mooted as a possible transfer target for Liverpool. The Nacional player has previously been linked with Barcelona.
* Steven Gerrard maintains Liverpool need to make "two or three quality signings" this summer to bring The Reds to Man Utd's level and take the title off them next season. What do we think of that? Read more here and give us your thoughts!
* Here's a more in-depth update on the Glen Johnson situation. We believe a fee has been agreed between Portsmouth and Liverpool, click here for more.
* The Liverpool Echo claim Portsmouth have accepted £17 million from Liverpool for Glen Johnson.
* Zsolt Poloskei has extended his loan move from MTK Hungaria for another season. Meanwhile Ronald Huth and Miki Roque, amongst others, have been released.
* We have a snippet of news for Liverpool fans: reports in Italy indicate that Roma are hoping to sign Andriy Voronin from The Reds this summer!
* Real Madrid have withdrawn their interest in Liverpool star Xabi Alonso after being told the Spaniard was not for sale. Full story here.
* Spanish daily As claims that Brazilian striker Keirrison, previously linked with Liverpool, is being targeted by Atletico Madrid in the eventuality that either one of, or both, Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan leave
* Dario Srna has revealed that he is in receipt of two offers amid reported interest from Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool.
* The Reds have denied speculation that Javier Mascherano and Xabi Alonso will be upping sticks.
* Liverpool are preparing a £5 million offer for Manchester City defender Micah Richards, while long-term target Javier Saviola could join The Reds for £5 million, according to the Star on Sunday.
* The Sunday Express say Manchester United have settled on Fernando Torres to replace Cristiano Ronaldo.
* Ezequiel Lavezzi's agent now claims that Liverpool did make an offer, contrary to what both clubs have said. This is getting very tiresome! Click here for full story.
* With Ronaldo seemingly on his way, who will step up to the mark and provide us with the most boring saga of the summer? My money's on Ezequiel Lavezzi as now Napoli are denying they have even had a bid from Liverpool! Click here for more.
* We have a couple of interesting transfer lines for Liverpool fans with reports in Italy claiming The Reds are in for Javier Saviola and Barcelona reportedly emerging as suitors for Yossi Benayounn.
* The agent of Luc Castaignos has told us that the Feyenoord player could well move to Emirates Stadium and that Liverpool are not part of the equation.
* Here you can read Rafa ruling out selling Mascherano.
* Real Madrid supremo Florentino Perez is flirting with Cristiano Ronaldo and Xabi Alonso again. See here.
* The Rafa Benitez quotes about Ezequiel Lavezzi that were attributed to 'the English press' by TMW in Italy on Monday have now made their way full circle all the way to the Liverpool website. If the club's official source is now publishing them as fact then we can only suggest they are fully verified and the Spaniard does not want the Napoli star.
* Arjen Robben's father and agent Hans says it will be difficult for the winger to leave Real Madrid and there have been no official bids for the Dutchman.
* Javier Mascherano's agent says the Liverpool midfielder would be interested in joining Barcelona.
* Kaka says David Beckham helped convince him to make the blockbusting move to Real Madrid. The Brazilian explains the reasons behind his transfer here.
* David Trezeguet is being linked with Liverpool in the Italian press. La Stampa reckons his name has cropped up in discussions with Juventus over Andrea Dossena. Roma and Milan are also admirers of the France international. Would 'Trez' be a decent buy Reds fans?
* Prolific striker Demba Ba, who has been linked with Liverpool in some sources, is not for sale according to Hoffenheim owner Dietmar Hopp. He said: "We won’t let Ba go. Everybody who’s under contract must respect it."
* Agents certainly earn their money this time of year. Well, not really but they keep us busy. Ezequiel Lavezzi's representative has confirmed Liverpool have made an offer for the Napoli star. Is he the right man for Rafa Benitez? Let us know. Full story here.
* Reports in Italy claim Manchester City have entered the race to sign Liverpool target Ezequiel Lavezzi.
* Barcelona-based daily Sport is claiming that The Reds have targeted error-prone left back Eric Abidal. The same paper also claims that Barca want to sign Javier Mascherano, could a swap deal be on the cards? Surely Reds fans wouldn't be happy with that?
* Harry Redknapp has revealed Spurs and Liverpool both tried to sign Gareth Barry but were blown out of the water by Manchester City.
* LAVEZZI UPDATE... Now the Napoli president claims the little forward will be staying in Italy, despite the strong interest coming from Anfield... Click here for full story.
* Bad news for Liverpool fans! No, Anthony Le Tallec is not back at Anfield, but Spanish daily As claims that David Silva’s agent spent an hour and a half at Santiago Bernabeu this morning to hold talks regarding a transfer for the Valencia winger.
* An interesting snippet from one of the more respected papers. The Times claims Liverpool have bid £2 million for Sylvain Distin of Portsmouth. A decent replacement for Sami Hyypia, Reds fans?
* Tuncay is likely to be heading for the exit door this summer. But where will to Boro man end up. He hints where here.
* Some do quite like starting the day with a Brazilian, but to be honest i'm not keen. Ah well, you only live once. It's a Brazilian that goes by the name of Kleber. He said on Monday Liverpool had made an offer, but this has now been denied by his club. You can see for yourself here.
* The Daily Mirror reports that The Reds are hoping to tie up a deal for Tuncay Sanli.
* The Basque media is reporting that Athletic Bilbao are hoping to sign Reds defender Mikel San Jose for a fee in excess of £1 million.
* Cruzeiro's Kleber has moved to distance himself now from suggestions that he could be Liverpool bound. The Brazilian claimed on Monday that he was the subject of a £6 million bid. "I don't want to speak about this any more, it's getting annoying," said the former Dynamo Kiev forward.
* Liverpool have made an offer of £15 million plus Andriy Voronin for Valencia’s David Silva, according to the Daily Mirror.
* Florentino Perez has confirmed there is no deal in place to sign Xabi Alonso from Liverpool. A good day for Liverpool fans. Read here for more
* This Ezequiel Lavezzi character better sign for Liverpool after the amount of hard work we've put into following the saga. We've had people placed at airports and all sorts...we even spotted Michael Carrick missing his flight out to the European Cup final. The latest on Lavezzi is that he isn't happy with Napoli's directors...and Liverpool are waiting to swoop. Click here for more.
* Yossi Benayoun was a little maestro towards the end of the season and, unsurprisingly, says he's had offers to move elsewhere in England. But does he want to stay? Find out here.
* Right people, I want your thoughts on Xabi Alonso. Right here, right now, lay it on the line. Real Madrid's Florentino Perez has described as 'the best passer of the ball in Europe'. Personally - I'm taking my life into my own hands here - I think, much to the disgust of my colleagues, that he's overrated. Check out what Perez had to say about Alonso right here.
* Don't say we never give you anything. Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina has been speaking exclusively to setanta.com. He's told us he is fully committed to life at Anfield. Read all about it.
* To read what the boy Kleber has to say, click here. Here is news to prick up the ears of Liverpool fans. Cruzeiro striker Kleber claims The Reds have offered to pay €7 million for him. I haven't used bold type all day so this should tell you how potentially important is this piece of news...
* We have been talking about one Ezequiel Lavezzi all day, with Liverpool fans calling for his arrival and the player himself stating he wants to stay at Napoli, but now we have concrete news, of sorts. Napoli have today signed Italy international Fabio Quagliarella from Udinese and it is certainly conceivable that the forward could be a possible replacement for the Argentinian.
* Word reaches us from Brazil that Cruzeiro's star striker Kleber has denied having any talks with Liverpool. It seems Sambafoot were saying an €8 million offer was on the table from Rafa Benitez's Reds. More on this when we get it.
* As promised, here are those quotes from Lavezzi. Now if I was a Liverpool fan I wouldn't be overly concerned, after all, how many times did Carlo Ancelotti say he was definitely staying at Milan?? Lavezzi is probably just underlining to the Napoli fans that he is loyal, before enjoying a massive pay hike at Anfield in a few weeks. That is my reading of it anyway, what about you guys?
* Oh dear Liverpool fans, we have been talking a bit about Ezequiel Lavezzi today but quotes have just materialised from the forward in which he claims he will turn down The Reds to stay at Napoli. More when we get it...