Topic: Liverpool Football Club offer contract to Del Piero

[walshys_mullet]

Still small. A few more wrinkles. Hair needs a trim.

LOL!

[Niru Red4ever]

Should have just kept hold of Bellamy and/or Kuyt, eh? Bellamy may have wanted to leave but he was under contract - we could have kept hold of him if we wanted.

[BFM]

Because he is finished?

Come on mate, Ryan Giggs is still banging his sister-in-law at 38. You're only as old as you feel

[just Riggins?]

I assume we're an attractive proposition for him.  However, until a more reputable source reports it I'm not getting my hopes up.

[Anthony]

Which one?

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Glad to see that shithouse signing for Stoke rugby club there now, ending all chances of him going back to Anfield.

[firing squad]

Come on mate, Ryan Giggs is still banging his sister-in-law at 38. You're only as old as you feel

[Darth Red]

Tell him to keep inside the penalty area, Suarez can do most the work, but instead of doing a terrible shot, pass to Del Piero who scores

He could take some of the creative burden off Suarez too. He won't play every game but he could give us magic every now and then.

[firing squad]

Wait this is pointless, no?

I thought we were meant to submit the 25 man squad at 4pm today?

we can leave empty spaces.

[DougLFC94]

Not gonna happen, sorry lads.
http://www.gazzetta.it/Calciomercato/Estero/04-09-2012/del-piero-sydney-sembra-fatta-mercoledi-annuncio-ufficiale-912508294213.shtml

nothing to apologise for.

[S.Red please]

Adam Morgan dislikes. 

I think it would be something more like 'Adam Morgan is buzzing his fucking tits off'

If I was a striker just coming through to the first team and there was a chance I could get to train/play with/watch/learn with Alessandro Del Piero I would probably not sleep for a good 2 weeks. One of the best and classiest strikers ever in my opinion.

[J-Mc-]

Wait this is pointless, no?

I thought we were meant to submit the 25 man squad at 4pm today?

Under 21s don't need to be registered iirc which means we've only got about 15 players to register.

[Niru Red4ever]

He will probably be useless in PL; but seeing as we are playing quite a bit on Thursday night against 'lighter' teams, he would be useful.

If we sign him now, can we play with Young Boys?

[astowell1]

Please, oh please happen.

[Hinesy]

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=297337.0

[Hinesy]

Apparently SkySports and an Aussie bloke have started talking about it, so I've reopened this in the hope we'll get better news.
I'm still personally dubious about Sky Sports being a source of useful or reliable news but its gathering momentum and only fair we get to discuss it.
hinesy

[nocturnalvin]

" Spending is not merely about buying talent. Our ambitions do not lie in cementing a mid-table place with expensive, short-term quick fixes that will only contribute for a couple of years. "

[RichardM]

The general opinion of everyone (from what I can gather) is that on a short term basis, provided his wage demands aren't ridiculous (say £150k), it's a no brainer. He'd offer so much, and could really help some of the youngsters too. I'm assuming he's just a little bit interested in us, otherwise he'd have signed for Sydney already.

[Upinsmoke]

The general opinion of everyone (from what I can gather) is that on a short term basis, provided his wage demands aren't ridiculous (say £150k), it's a no brainer. He'd offer so much, and could really help some of the youngsters too. I'm assuming he's just a little bit interested in us, otherwise he'd have signed for Sydney already.

Are you saying 150k is ridiculous or not? What would be a viable wage to offer him?

[Caffeine]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/football/alessandro-del-piero-signs-on-the-dotted-line-for-sydney-fc/story-fn63e0vj-1226465928833

Oh well

[RichardM]

Are you saying 150k is ridiculous or not? What would be a viable wage to offer him?

I'm saying £150k is ridiculous. I think £100-£120k on a 6 month contract would be ideal.

[nocturnalvin]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/football/alessandro-del-piero-signs-on-the-dotted-line-for-sydney-fc/story-fn63e0vj-1226465928833

Oh well

Thank fuck.

[elpistolero7]

Gone to Sydney Fc.

[Hinesy]

So Sky Italia says he's signed for them, and Sky Sports (UK) says he's signing for us.. and people wonder why we mistrust Sky Sports as a source...

[-Q-]

I'm saying £150k is ridiculous. I think £100-£120k on a 6 month contract would be ideal.

It would have been ideal for us.  Yes.

I do wonder what we offered.

[Stanfo]

It would have been ideal for us.  Yes.

I do wonder what we offered.

Why do we continue to quote weekly wages in football, when in every other reputable form of employment we get an annual salary, paid monthly, as do footballers. This £120k a week for 6 months is £3m and he would probably want a season, which would be £5m plus probable add ons. Still good business for effectively an aged name.

[redoneusa]

I thought the shout for Shaun Goater on Jim Boardman's podcast was more likely to be honest.

[And CouldHe Play!]

So we wave Maxi, Bellamy and Kuyt out the door and people want a 37 year old Del Piero. Madness

[Sir Psycho Sexy]

Be brilliant if he signed for us, for the simple pun of having Rodders and Del Boy together again 

[-Q-]

So we wave Maxi, Bellamy and Kuyt out the door and people want a 37 year old Del Piero. Madness

When they left, we - and the manager - expected replacements to be coming in.  We didn't get them in the window, so there are very few options left. 

Del Piero also scored the same number of goals as Kuyt last year - despite getting far less game time.

[joe ®]

Can we close this now? He's gone to Sydney.

[Sandblast]

News conference in Turin this afternoon to announce where he's going. Probably not now Liverpool, according to SSN. Shame that, would've been interesting having him.

[Hinesy]

and relocked til definite news is in.