Liverpool line up £12m superstar bid – This guy would be great signing!

44 Responses to “Liverpool line up £12m superstar bid – This guy would be great signing!”

1. Michael Abrahams
   on May 6th, 2008 7:06 pm

   Are you joking, a great signing, he is one of the dodgyst left backs i have seen. I would rather keep riise

2. Liverpool FC Forever
   on May 6th, 2008 7:11 pm

   Abidal is not bad but is going through a bad patch at the moment and 12 million is to high a price for a 28 year old left back.

3. mark rooney
   on May 6th, 2008 7:12 pm

   His name is Eric Abidal Read the Liverpool Echo, Liverpool are not interested in signing him, ignore the media speculation.

4. Alan
   on May 6th, 2008 7:15 pm

   superstar? Since when?

   Wayne Bridge would be a better buy.

5. Fabrizio.
   on May 6th, 2008 7:26 pm

   Abidal? NO way! Vargas from Catania would be a great signing!!!

6. rouman
   on May 6th, 2008 7:26 pm

   not good enough for l,pool, class is ALVES and we need class…

7. WiLkO
   on May 6th, 2008 7:27 pm

   WTF is ee doin atall hee needs tu buy players younger than 28 anywais abidal is shit he needs lahm

8. stew southward
   on May 6th, 2008 7:32 pm

   Watched him against the manc scum thought he was very average and didnt seem worthy of a Barca shirt ..personally speaking I think we already has the best right back in the country with Carra with Agger and skrtel in the centre and maybe a quality left back im sure that would be the best defence in the country

9. kev
   on May 6th, 2008 7:34 pm

   rafa hasnt got a clue what he’s doing abidal he is a pile of crap and at £12m u gota be kidding we want top quality players that crap ones as michael abrahams said id rather keep riise

10. Martin
    on May 6th, 2008 7:42 pm

    Not a top player at all, not even close. Do you watch football? Would be surprised if Rafa, goes for A left back, with Insua now coming through. The lad is going to be A real star and the time is right to blood him. No need to spend big money in this position, Insua, is the man!

11. CK
    on May 6th, 2008 7:43 pm

    Its obviously a diversion rumour by Rafa, this guy is not as great as your making out, he was asking for himself to be dropped from the Barca team this season due to his poor form, albeit in a league which plays slower football and gives players more time on the ball, he would be better than Risse but not worth the asking fee unless ofcourse Thierrys on his way and Rafa trying to make it easier for the man himself to settle in with a fellow International in the ranks, Id prefer to see Insua promoted or the cheaper more youthful left flank partner of Babel in the Dutch setup…..Drenthe, others that have the right qualities are Lahm, Maxwell, A Cole or Chiellini

12. makkal sakti
    on May 6th, 2008 7:50 pm

    why are we worry about signing a LB ….remember the eye of sauron is heading back to REAL - heinze. barry will eventually be LB as well … quaresma to real it seems…and i think benitez is eyeing on chelsea overhaul as he tried to snatch this guy —shaun wright philip…RW ..for left..torres is requesting maxi rodriguez. if sven to leave man c….benitez will eye on these players : petrov ..elano …richards and johnson…wigan : valencia gerrard is not a happy man : to make this man happy..he’ll have to bring in owen back again swapping kuyt and crouch maybe pennant , riise as well … villa is heading to REAL .. no way benitez wanna reback a player who rejects LIVERPOOL… we got good choice this year : silva , joaquin, sabrosa..thats all for today

13. vardhan
    on May 6th, 2008 8:04 pm

    god!the comments from people here are utter crap!this is a guy whos been keeping patrick evra out of the french national team! and the system barcelona play, its no surprise abidal is struggling.so is zambrotta.
    gerrard was shit against chelsea at stamford bridge.does that make him a shit player?(this is for all u asses who are talkin about the manyoo game.
    12m is a bit steep but it is a quality signing if it were true and gladly have him slot straight in at lb.

    ps. carra is as bad a fullback as riise

14. TP
    on May 6th, 2008 8:08 pm

    Frank Abidal for 12 mil? No way.

    Maybe Eric though.

15. ste
    on May 6th, 2008 8:27 pm

    i really couldn’t agree with you more vardhan, thank you for speaking some sense. i was beginning to think all us liverpool fans were disillusional. abidal is better than aurelio and riise, and i would be happy with the signing if both these got sold. insua looks a great prospect and should be competing next season for a place at left back. plus at the time abidal is beginning to decline, insua will be about 22 or 23 which is perfect. in the meantime we have arbeloa who can play left back should there be injury to abidal or insua

16. ste
    on May 6th, 2008 8:36 pm

    if we don’t get abidal, what does everyone think to the idea of urby emanuelson. i know he hasn’t been linked but i think he’d be a great signing.

17. Chiller
    on May 6th, 2008 9:00 pm

    I agree with ste. Insuna must get more games next season. Abidal would be ok but not for 12 mill. Thats a joke. We should buy at least one world class player on the flank. I like the look of the croatian winger at portsmouth Kronjkar. In a team of our quality he would become a great. Look at Ronaldo b4 he joined manur. I would spend 12 mill on him 12 mill on barry and 8 mill on abidal. This money would come from the clear out. If the yanks shut up and put the money on the table then we could spend big again on a top striker. I would go for TH at barca. If he would come to us of course. If not try and tempt the de cruz at blackburn. Top striker. COME ON U REDS!

18. Monaldo
    on May 6th, 2008 10:27 pm

    Eric Abidal he is a carbon copy of Malouda but just plays at left back very overated player..Rafa should be looking at philippe Lahm for left back and Dani alves or Rafinha at right back and Some like ribery for the right wing or maybe bentley…But were still being linked to average squad players like Deggen!!we need to two world class full backs and a world class winger and then only will be ready to challenge even though INSUA looks tasty give him another year or so!!

19. Clive Calleja
    on May 6th, 2008 10:41 pm

    I also so Vargas playing and his passing is perfect.. and of course we need that style of player so that Torres (and maybe a new world class striker) will benefit from his crosses .. not just the Gerrard passes. In my opinion Abidal is not the player we need to win the league especially with the likes of Insua coming up who for me is going to be a great hit if given his chance by Rafa.. silva and alves will aslo be a major hit

20. mike
    on May 7th, 2008 12:21 am

    alves has allegedly agreed to terms with barca as zambrotta is going to leave for milan, so stop wasting your breath about him.

21. radrodz
    on May 7th, 2008 12:39 am

    i think at the moment we don’t need to spend on left back.give INSUA a chance to play regular football..i saw him playing for the first team twice and he’s a good player with a bright future..

22. speedy
    on May 7th, 2008 2:13 am

    agreed radrodz! i prefer to promote insua from reserve team. this guy has great prospect… 12M for abidal is overvalued

23. taffy
    on May 7th, 2008 3:30 am

    have we actually signed insua - or is he still on loan from boca? anyone?

    i rate aurelio as a stop-gap over the next season or so - his injuries would give insua a reasonable number of games to let him develop

    on top of at least one fullback and barry, we need at least one wing,one attacking midfielder and one quality fox-in-the-box

    ‘08/’09 4-2-3-1
    reina/carson
    carra/DEGEN skrtel/san jose agger/hyypia aurelio/insua
    mascherano/plessis BARRY/leiva
    BENTLEY/pennant gerrard/KRANJCAR babel/RODRIGUEZ
    torres/VILLA

    fingers crossed…..

    with the versatility of players like carra, barry, gerrard and babel, we wouldn’t need much more than this 22. providing we could get this level of quality in, this would leave itanje, finnan, riise, alonso, benayoun & voronin as either unwanted, too old or destined to leave in my books. arbeloa, kuyt & crouch may not go as they’d be decent squad cover and i think benitez likes them. with the youngsters doing so well last term, why not use them as and when injuries require?

    LFC!

24. Flex Arguson
    on May 7th, 2008 3:43 am

    Must be the doing of some rival fans .. absolute rubbish!

    What about this one?

    Ferguson, always keen to add big name signings, has added another to his wish-list and this is one superstar who could prove very useful indeed at Ol Trafford.

    Man U have set their sights on Barcelona’s £12m rated French left-back Frank Abidal.

    Eric Abidal is a quality player who has been a regular at the Nou Camp since signing in the summer, however he (like many other players at the beleaguered club) seems to be on his way out of the La Liga club. The 28 year old is a international fixture for the French team and is at his peak and would surely be quite a coup if Ferguson could snare him. What do Man U fans think of this potential signing?

25. zekk67
    on May 7th, 2008 3:43 am

    Why spend money on a left back when we got Insua? From what we have seen so far, he seems more than capable of fitting into the first team. I would rather have the money spent on other areas which is of greater concern.

26. lfc 4 my life
    on May 7th, 2008 4:44 am

    great signing? are you make a joke???!!! alves is more better….

27. billyN
    on May 7th, 2008 5:02 am

    i need insua at the left back. he is a great men.

28. billyN
    on May 7th, 2008 5:04 am

    Eric Abidal? crazy.Insua or Clichy is more better

29. Anonymous
    on May 7th, 2008 5:08 am

    the comments here are so full of shit .. i wonder how many of u actually watch football……. ABIDAL IS A CLASS ACT and let the management decide the price…..

30. inggie
    on May 7th, 2008 5:56 am

    philip lahm, hantler and luis fabiano, raffa pls bring them to anfield

    never walk alone

31. Remi
    on May 7th, 2008 6:53 am

    well i think first we need to buy defenders,then to sale kuyt,he is trying but dont fo any effect for liverpool,have many players better than kuyt,i think next season kuyt will not be on the first team,so about Abidal well he is a great player alot with experience,lennon is good to,mancini etc.
    so ithink next season wil be this formation :4-4-2 (reina,aurelio,agger,skrtel,abidal,mancini,mascherano,gerrard,lennon,attack torres and babel

32. ash-3
    on May 7th, 2008 1:27 pm

    abidal?hes better than riise but not worth for 12m,i would prefer lahm or bridge of chelsea.degen would be great to replacing hyppia that have come to end of his carreer.looking forward of joaquin n quaresma.but not to sell alonso.voronin get lost!!

    my liverpool line up for next season: 4-4-2

    carson
    carragher,agger,degen,lahm
    babel,gerarrd,mascherano,joaquin
    torres,quaresma

    if no injuries we will win the title next season.

    YNWA!!

33. Liverpool
    on May 8th, 2008 5:07 am

    I believe that Abidal is not a bad player. He has had a poor campaign, but so have many other Barcelona players. It is not about their potential, it is just that the union and partnership feeling that is needed in football (as in other team sports) are lacking in the spanish club. However, I also believe that the acquisition of a defense of the quality of the German international Philippe Lahm would be a great asset for Liverpool and that would solidify the defensive line, while also giving the team the possibility to attack through the sides using the defenders, as Lahm is a very agressive defender that likes to go forward and has a magnificent long-distance shooting.

34. matL
    on May 8th, 2008 6:06 am

    if abidal is a superstar,why Barcelona lost to Man utd?? Riise got many mistake at liverpool!!…i’d rather seeing Aurelio and insua to be a left-back…

35. J dog
    on May 8th, 2008 1:04 pm

    I think Abidal is useless thats why we chould fire rafa and get Clinsman who would go for the best like etto or Boujan

36. hot mikado
    on May 8th, 2008 2:31 pm

    hes a clown!!! we shud start insua all the carling cup games and wen were playing the likes of west brom forest fulham and sunderland he just needs experience!

37. Al C
    on May 12th, 2008 7:21 pm

    Abidal! What a signing that would be, although 12 million is a bit much, maybe something like 8 million would be more appropriate. Then bring in a quality right back, maybe Philip Lahm or Rafinha (Preferably Lahm) and a couple of decent wingers, maybe Gareth Barry to play on the left and Bentley to play on the right and we’re sorted until january, at least. Babel could play as a striker with Torres and that way we could offload Voronin and Crouch. Kuyt could be kept as cover for Right Wing and Striker meaning we would then be able to also offload Jermaine Pennant. With Abidal and Lahm/Rafinha coming in we could also, with no disrespect to them, get rid of John Arnne Riise and Steve Finnan. Aurelio and Insua could be used as cover for the left full back position whereas Arbeloa could be used as cover for right full back position. It’s impossible to judge who’s better out of Agger and Skrtel at the moment as they’ve not played together, so I can’t tell which one of them would be used the most frequently at center back, but there you have it. That my friends, is a plan!

38. ramzey
    on May 14th, 2008 4:30 am

    marcelo from real madrid is better

39. Dede
    on May 15th, 2008 7:07 am

    Rafa pls buy Karim benzema!! he’s a youngstar…u won’t regret!!!

40. kaka
    on May 15th, 2008 7:55 am

    i just read from the news that even Gerrard want Benitez to buy a world class player,cos gerrard determined to make liverpool to be a stronger team and win every cups in next season.So buy world class players though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

41. lfc legend
    on May 15th, 2008 9:27 am

    i must admitt that abiadal is a load of rubbish we need to spend big and i mean big. we need a better striker to be with torres co yu have to agree tht he cant always do it all by himself. get benzema in or david villa they can both score left right and center. kuyt is good but hes not scored alot this season 3-4 or even less in the premier league i mean come on. voronin is useless and crouch is going rafa has confirmed tht. we cud do with a better RM. messi (unlikely to leave barca) robhino?? not sure on many RM atm. mascherano is good for liverpool atm and lucas is getting better. alonso i think has gone down hill from a couple of years ago so i think he should go. try and nik nasri (marsellie?) or iniesta from barca (he could leave barca but then agen he cud not) ryan babel is doing good in LM but he does get tired quickly and he lacks experience wen it gets later on in the game. get silva from valencia or put in a big bid for walcott from arsenal becuase we and walcott knows that he does not get anough games at arsenal and if liverpool put in a good buy and a god wage for walcott he could leave them. try and buy sergio ramos from real madrid they want bout 50 mill for him but he is only 23-24 and he is a top RB or the other RB called alves or somthing :S. get lahm from bayern is it? and our CB’s is good atm but carragher is getting old we shud put in a bid for metersaker (dunno how to spell it) (not sure wot time but its german) and jose is guality liverpool just need to train him to put more of a effort in diving for goals. even if he doesnt see a ball till late he cud still dive for the ball and who know he could save it . .. well this is my dream team to fight for the tittle. we would be so better then now. and i must admit we are a good team now just not good enough

42. Aaron Ramsey
    on May 16th, 2008 11:36 am

    I Think Liverpool Should Bid In For
    Barry Benzema And Aaron Ramsey:D

43. dogmanstar
    on May 16th, 2008 11:50 am

    Hate to disappoint you but Aaron Ramsey will be a Man United player next season and I can’t see Benzema warming the bench at Liverpool.

44. LiverpoolAreShitAndAlwaysHaveBeen
    on May 16th, 2008 8:30 pm

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