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Originally Posted by Locke
Reports say that Babel is more than likely gone, either to Ajax in part of an exchange for Luis Suarez, or to Hoffenheim.
I'd like to Suarez here, proven goal scorer that can give Torres some rest, having Torres as your only guy up there with Stevie is tough, its too easy for defenders to key on him and he still burns them, hes that good, but having help in the form of a solid goal scorer/unknown quantity in Suarez would maybe give Torres some breathing room up front. Its better than Ngog at any rate.
Rumour is that Liverpool want to sell Babel, Hoffenheim offered €7M, but they say that Babel doesnt want to be sold. He wants out on a short term loan so he can get some first team time in and then come back to Liverpool next season.
Further, there are rumours that they're after Mark van Bommel from Bayern. That would be a spectacular buy depending on the money. If you want to talk about a guy who can instantly replace Javier Mascherano and chip in the occasional goal as well then hes the man. Gotta beat out Spurs and AC first though.
Even further still, it seems that West Ham want to try and offer to take Joe Cole on a loan. Now, thats a long shot, but colour me supremely unimpressed with Joe Cole. Be it injury, suspension, poor form or whatever, but Joe Cole has brought a whole lot of nothing to this squad. That being said though, Liverpool arent in a position to be disposing of depth of that quality at this point.
Change is coming, thats positive at the very least. That and Stevie came out and said he'd give 150% for King Kenny when he gets back. Stevie at 80% is better than most of the EPL at their best, Supercharged Steven Gerrard, well, I'd like to see that.
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Great post.
Gerrard is a great player but I still can't wrap my head around this gem of a quote which is from August when Joe Cole was acquired.
"[Lionel] Messi can do some amazing things, but anything he can do Joe can do as well, if not better. I really fancy Joe for the [player of the year] award this season.
Joe Cole has been a huge disappointment but I do agree that Liverpool shouldn't loan him with their lack of depth.