Topic: Daniel Agger

[Paul-LFC]

“I will fight as hard as I possibly can to keep the players that I want here and he is one of them.” – Brendan Rodgers on Skrtel.

“Every player has his price. Daniel is a top player, he loves the club. But you can never say never.” – Brendan Rodgers on Agger.

Reacting to his quotes from earlier. I find his response quite surprising especially when you compare it to how forthright he was when asked about Skrtel a few weeks back.

Or you could, you know, post the full quote from Rodgers, instead of making it look a lot worse than it actually was:

Journo: "Do you see the possibility of others leaving, for example Daniel Agger is an interest for Manchester City"

Rodgers: "Not really. Daniel's a top player and no club wants to lose their top players. I suppose at every club we've seen it throughout, every player has a price but for me Daniel is a top class professional. I've really enjoyed working with him and speaking with him a lot in the last few weeks since he's been back, your top players will always be linked. I'm not forced to sell anyone, which is important. Daniel is a very very important player for here. Like I say we'll see what happens between now and the end of the month, but certainly for me he's getting back up to speed, he's a good guy, he loves the club here, loves the supporters, he's really focussed on his work here. But like I say you can never say never and I'm a realist as well, so we'll see where it goes between now and the end of the month."

[Y2J]

Barrett says we refused a £20m bid from City, add this with Rodgers quotes today and IMO I think Agger will stay unless City offers a last minute bid that meets our valuation which I think is unlikely scenario.

[Tepid water]

Who says that? There is not ONE quote of Henry himself on that. I don´t buy this, especailly as the clubs was willing to accept big losses in order to get rid of unwanted players.

We haven't actually lost money on payers like aquilani.... Just sold him for a lot less than we bought him for..... Not quite the same thing (accounting wise anyway).

Of course we need to sell to buy.....

Every club has a budget .....every club....  When that budget is spent then you need to sell to buy more


If you want to buy several players then you are more likely to have to sell....

If we Jsut bought Borini then I'm sure we wouldn't have to sell....

If we hadn't had to pay compo to KK and Swansea, I'm sure we  would have to sell...

But that's not the case, we have, so we need to sell...

Perhaps we should say

"we need to sell to buy more"

[kelly34]

Might've been covered already, but is this true?

So, yesterday Daniel Agger turned up at Melwood with a YNWA tattoo on his knuckles & today told a supporter he "never" wants to leave.

[Nick110581]

Barrett says we refused a £20m bid from City, add this with Rodgers quotes today and IMO I think Agger will stay unless City offers a last minute bid that meets our valuation which I think is unlikely scenario.

I think he will go myself for a big amount.

Just hope we do it sooner so we can get a decent replacement.

[Barneylfc]

Exactly. That 'quote' he has posted is 1 sentence made up of bits of 4 separate sentences. Baffles me

[Dagger/Molby]

Am I the only one that thinks Brendan is daring Man City to come up with the right price. Brendan didn't say Agger was leaving, but he said could leave for the right price. To me, it almost sounds like Brendan is challenging City to come up with an enormous offer for the Dane.

Tell ya what, if City can start off with £75 million, then we'll talk.

I would rater let him go for free to Barca than see him in that ugly blue shirt... No matter what amount City offers... I could not bare to se him in Any other PL-shirt than our red shirt....

[Barneylfc]

Might've been covered already, but is this true?

Doubt the tattoo bit to be honest. But apparently some girl on Twitter asked him at Melwood was he leaving and he said 'Never'. He was hardly going to say yes though was he?

[Aido LFC]

Jim Boardman ‏@JimBoardman
Also in The Times, #LFC not planning on letting Agger go on the cheap. £27m please.

[scotkop]

Barrett says we refused a £20m bid from City, add this with Rodgers quotes today and IMO I think Agger will stay unless City offers a last minute bid that meets our valuation which I think is unlikely scenario.

Unless things get cleared up before the deadline, it could be a really nerve-wracking end.

[SalifSaysShutIt]

The price keeps going up...18M, 20M, 22M, 25M...now we want 27M. Must be something to do with the YNWA tattoo on his knuckles.

[Ronanoman]

From the telegraph:

''Every player has a price and top centre-halves are at a premium,'' said Rodgers.
''Thiago Silva has left AC Milan for PSG for £40million. 'He (Agger) is one of the leading players in European football, so it is going to be a big valuation. Is he a player I want to lose? No. He understands how I want to work and can play a real pivotal part in how I want to play. But I am a realist. If someone comes in with a massive bid and it is in the best interests of the club, whether it is Daniel or any other player, you have to look at it.''

And from JWH Rodgers:

''The reality is we don't have the money that was here,'' he said.
''I don't have a bucket load of money to go and get in a load of players. We have to be strategic.''

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/9462094/Liverpool-manager-Brendan-Rodgers-open-to-big-offers-for-Denmark-defender-Daniel-Agger.html

[Nick110581]

IF we got £27 million we could get in three players.

Just saying.

[-Q-]

The leader doesn´t want me.

The leader wants me to sign a new contract.

[El Ninos Black Eye]

Sounds a bit more promising.  Ok he has his price, but it looks like we a playing hard ball and if he is to go we are going to get as much as we can get for him. I'd be surprised if we get 27m for him, only City would pay that but not Barca. Hopefully neither will want to pay it and we hold are nerve and don't budge from the price and he stays. 

[Aido LFC]

He wants to stay so let him stay, simples.

[Barneylfc]

“Of course, you might lose a top player but if it benefits you going forward, and you can make two or three steps because of it, you may have to consider it. But we don’t want to sell him, so unless someone comes in with a ridiculous offer that makes you look at it and think you can benefit in one or two other areas, there is no way I want to lose one of my best players."

Tells us all we need to know right there.

£27m? I'd take that to be honest,

[DangerScouse]

Who says that? There is not ONE quote of Henry himself on that. I don´t buy this, especailly as the clubs was willing to accept big losses in order to get rid of unwanted players.


Just confirms that we do NOT deperately need money. If he goes, then there are other reasons as it doesn´t make sense to sell a player from this quality.

Does it really? Maybe we're holding out for more.

[Andy]

From the telegraph:

"...we don’t want to sell him, so unless someone comes in with a ridiculous offer that makes you look at it and think you can benefit in one or two other areas, there is no way I want to lose one of my best players.

Daniel is a top player and any manager will tell you that they don’t want to lose their best players.

Daniel and I have had a number of conversations so he knows where I am at, he knows where the club are at and he doesn’t want to leave which is great,” Rodgers said. “In my first conversation with Daniel at the Euros he made that quite clear. He loves the club, loves the supporters, so that was music to my ears.”

See, I can edit bits out too.

[steveeastend]

We haven't actually lost money on payers like aquilani.... Just sold him for a lot less than we bought him for..... Not quite the same thing (accounting wise anyway).

Of course we need to sell to buy.....

Every club has a budget .....every club....  When that budget is spent then you need to sell to buy more


If you want to buy several players then you are more likely to have to sell....

If we Jsut bought Borini then I'm sure we wouldn't have to sell....

If we hadn't had to pay compo to KK and Swansea, I'm sure we  would have to sell...

But that's not the case, we have, so we need to sell...

Perhaps we should say

"we need to sell to buy more"

We do have quotes from Henry and he never, not once, said there is need to sell top players, nor did he say there won´t be any money to add quality to the squad.

The decisions made this summer are, same as last summer, up to the people responsible only, there was no need to sell quality the transfer windows before and it isn´t this summer. The people responsible decide to do so because they want it to be happening this way and not because they had to as they never ever said anything different, not Hodgson, Kenny, Comolli and Rodgers.

[kelly34]

Doubt the tattoo bit to be honest. But apparently some girl on Twitter asked him at Melwood was he leaving and he said 'Never'. He was hardly going to say yes though was he?

https://twitpic.com/ah1t0p/full

You can definitely see four letters on his right hand.  Whether or not it's YNWA you don't know, but it certainly looks possible.

[steveeastend]

Does it really? Maybe we're holding out for more.

Who should we sign to improve on Agger? Piquet? Thiago Motta?

[Jellies]

YNWA tattoo and staying after August will get him close to Hyypia status for me!

[steveeastend]

The leader wants me to sign a new contract.

I am waiting, and hoping... but as Rodgers said, you´ll never know..

[macca888]

Let them offer £27 million and then tell them to fuck off and we want £30 million. Rinse and repeat until the moneybag c*nts come up the world record fee for a defender. Then tell them to fuck off again.

[AriGold]

Barrett says we refused a £20m bid from City, add this with Rodgers quotes today and IMO I think Agger will stay unless City offers a last minute bid that meets our valuation which I think is unlikely scenario.

Can't be right. We need the money and we want to sell him. FSG are skint, they would have accepted that straight away. The people of RAWK told me this. Must be true.

[No666]

 

IF we got £27 million we could get in three players.

If we got £27 million the price of all our targets would increase accordingly.

[mb1111]

Can't be right. We need the money and we want to sell him. FSG are skint, they would have accepted that straight away. The people of RAWK told me this. Must be true.

Haha indeed. "As soon as they bid £20m he's gone" must have been written about 2-3 thousand times on here in the last few days. The tantrum throwers looking like being spectacularly wrong again.

[kelly34]

I don't think we are skint.  And I agree with Rodgers.  If we get 27m, sell.  We can buy two or three players with that and move forward.  Saying that, I wish it could be anyone but Agger.  If any player embodies what it's like to play for our club, it's him and Lucas.

[Acaustiq]

IF we got £27 million we could get in three players.

Just saying.

Spreading the proceeds way too thin is just the sort of fucking idiotic thing we'd do and all.

Piquet?

He's got to be knocking on for 60 by now, alright at corners, mind.

[Lemieux]

If we got £27 million the price of all our targets would increase accordingly.

Not if we bought our targets before selling Agger.

[Number 7]

Are those Rodgers quotes from this morning? I don't seem to remember them from his press conference.

[Number 7]

So 27 million then. I have said a few times in this thread that our valuation of him was more like 25-30 million.

[scott]

From what i'm told, he's starting tomorrow so i dont think we're as desperate as it seems to get rid of him..

[Acaustiq]

Not if we bought our targets before selling Agger.

Then the offer would decrease, they'd know we'd need to sell due to ffp.

There is no right answer.

[El_Pistolero]

If we got £27 million the price of all our targets would increase accordingly.

True.

Let's accept £5m so the price of our targets would decrease accordingly.

[Tepid water]

He's starting tomorrow so i dont think we're as desperate as it seems to get rid of him..

Sounds like your right....

Funny how a slightly different interpretation can come down to one or two words....

[HarryLabrador]

Not if we bought our targets before selling Agger.

Who says he will be replaced?

[arnaldo]

Are those Rodgers quotes from this morning? I don't seem to remember them from his press conference.

was wondering this also. anyone know were these quotes an exclusive with barrett?

[Always_A_Red]

Let them offer £27 million and then tell them to fuck off and we want £30 million. Rinse and repeat until the moneybag c*nts come up the world record fee for a defender. Then tell them to fuck off again.