Liverpool star set for £4m exit: Sure to have a bright future!
by Mr Comfort on July 14th, 2008
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Another long-awaited departure set to be confirmed as Benitez lets this England man leave for pastures new, which could mean a move to either Stoke City or West Brom.
Liverpool goalkeeper Scott Carson could become Stoke’s first summer signing after travelling to the Britannia for talks over a £4million move.
Tony Pulis is hoping to complete “one or two” transfers before taking his squad to Austria this weekend and Carson could be the first new arrival.
The Potters face competition from fellow Premier League new boys West Brom, who have also agreed a fee with Liverpool, and the Sunday Mercury claims the 22-year-old would favour a move to The Hawthorns.
However, Stoke will hope that Carson’s decision to hold talks with them first means he actually wants to make the shorter trip down the M6 to North Staffordshire.
The fee for the England international is believed to be an initial £3million plus a further £1million in add-ons - some £6million less than the figure Aston Villa were quoted for him 12 months ago. (Teamtalk.co.uk)
Whilst the high-profile error against Croatia will linger long in the memory, the former Leeds keeper is a pretty solid performer. Rafa Benitez made it clear that the England international was not part of his plans, so it’s only fair to let him leave to further a career that will surely be bright. Carson will have his hands full at either Hawthorns or the Britannia, as both will no doubt be struggling to keep clean sheets this coming season. Do Liverpool fans wish that Rafa gave Scott a chance at Anfield or was the Spaniard right to offload him?
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coops - July 14th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
scott carson would never play in the team before pepe reina. we paid somethin like £750,000 for him and we have already recouped £2 million from his loan more to villa. If we could make 5/6 million for him then i’d be happy.
Bill Ward - July 14th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
get shot as soon as, he could have made it at liverpool but was in too much of a hurry and not yet good enough. he tried to force Rafa to play him, bad mistake.
Lee - July 14th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
What I find amazing is the fact that Aston Villa wanted to buy Carson and we want to buy Barry so why didn’t they work out a deal with the two swapping?….surely Villa would pay between 6-8 million for him so Raffa should have used him to close the Barry deal unless he has something else planned…..I think 4 million is too cheap for a keeper of his quality
Rob Barron - July 14th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Carson has done nothing but whinge from the moment he arrived. he came to us as a promising youngster and just needed to work hard and prove himself but instead he couldn’t be bothered because he believed he was too good to not be a first choice keeper.
He doesn’t want to play for Liverpool because he knows he’ll never be good enough to displace Reina. Had he been, we would not have spent £3m on Cavallieri.
I say get rid as fast as possible. The sheer fact he is available and yet the only prem sides willing to punt for him are Stoke and West Brom says it all!
lfc4life - July 14th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
ROLL ON WEDNESDAY!
Tony - July 14th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
I agree with Lee I think a swap deal for Carson including Barry would have been better for LFC but I think the damage has already been done and MON is just trying to punish Rafa and force him to pay out too much for Barry.
coops - July 15th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
i heard that a deal had already been agreed between liverpool and aston villa that they would pay 2 million to loan him then pay 12 million to buy him when the load period had ended, because MON decided he didnt want carson anymore, Rafa is being awkward with the whole barry episode… its just what ive heard
Scott H - July 16th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
if he’s going to join either of them it has to be albion. I don’t know why he would even consider joining stoke. They are long ball side and will be lucky to get 15 points this season. I fancy albion to take 6 points of the pathetic potters this year, even tho they are our bogey team!!