Liverpool Set for Suprising £16m Real Madrid Bid for Riera!
by YNWA on August 18th, 2009 366 words | 65 commentsFingers crossed for a bidding war!
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Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid are monitoring Liverpool winger Albert Riera after he was dropped for the Reds’ opening weekend defeat at Spurs.
The Spain left-sider was left perplexed and annoyed by Rafa Benitez’ decision to leave him out of the squad when he wanted to open the new campaign with a bang.
Liverpool’s pre-match suggestion that Riera was not fit was news to the 27-year-old former Espanyol man, who could not understand why he had been left out to accommodate Ryan Babel in the starting line-up.
Babel’s anonymous display only reinforced that view and has alerted Spain’s big two as well as Atletico Madrid, seeking to bolster their squad for the Champions League campaign.
Riera’s admission on international duty last week, that “I would like to come back to Spain at some point” was noted by all three clubs after the player went to see Benitez to try to discover his anticipated role in the Liverpool side.
The Spanish sides have been made aware that Riera, who cost £8million on deadline day last term and scored five goals in 40 appearances for the Anfield outfit, could be available before the transfer window closes at the end of the month. (Daily Mirror)
This is good news for the club, if we have two teams showing an interest in the Spanish winger then with any luck some form of bidding war will ensue and I feel that Riera is a player we can afford to cash in on.
With Real Madrid now reportedly interested in the 27 year old wide man Rafa could attempt to get one of the many Bernabeu squad players to form part of any deal. Given that time is running out to bring in new players such a deal would at least negate the need for a mad rush for a replacement. The likes of Wesley Sneijder and Rafael Van der Vaart would no doubt attract Benitez.
In today’s market Liverpool could get as much as £14-16m for Albert who is of course keen to cement his place in the Spanish set-up for the forthcoming World Cup.
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Bruce - August 18th, 2009 at 9:17 am
How about a Riera for Van der Vaart swap? Then we can play Yossi on the left and we will have a ready made Alonso replacement in VDV!
guillem balague muppet - August 18th, 2009 at 9:24 am
vdv and negredo and give real 4-6 mil and use benayoun on the left
appledave - August 18th, 2009 at 9:26 am
just take the money and spend it on milner and shawcross.
9torres - August 18th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Heinze has gone back to France already. Swap Riera for Van der Vaart/Sneijder/Robben, drop Gerrard in along side Mascherano and play:
Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Insua
Gerrard Masch
Kuyt’Dutch’Yossi
Torres
Subs: Cavalieri, Aurelio, Skertel, Aquilani (or starting), Babel, N’gog, Spearing.
millz - August 18th, 2009 at 9:28 am
bruce we may be able to ask for more and we could opt for heinze+v.d.v then we could have this formation until aquillani returns.
reina
johnson carra skrtel heinze
v.d.v masherano
kuyt gerrard benayoun
torres
subs:cava. insua agger lucas babel spearing voronin.
millz - August 18th, 2009 at 9:31 am
or what could we get if we opted for a barca deal bojan + busquets?
Sullivan 'liverpool' - August 18th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Play a def midfielder with an attacking midfielder
CDM Mash
LM Robben
RM Benayoun
CAM Gerrard
lfc 4 ever - August 18th, 2009 at 9:37 am
idont think we should sell him. we cant afford 2 lose another star player. we just lost 1 star player 2 real no another. but if we do sell him we should get a swap for VDV and negredo. coool
guillem balague muppet - August 18th, 2009 at 9:41 am
heinze signed for marseille right?
mick123 - August 18th, 2009 at 10:01 am
yea heinze is gone a good while now! if i was benitez, i would look to get sneijder/vdv and negredo for riera. possibly a straight swap for sneijder and negredo on loan or negredo + vdv for riera plus a few million quid. good business if you ask me. Riera had a good first season but you could hardly call him a star player
liverpooldian - August 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
riera = vdv + negredo..
THE BIG I AM - August 18th, 2009 at 10:07 am
this is bull. Riera is decent, not spectacular but he adds to the squad down the left and we missed that against spurs!
We wouldent accept this! we allready have a lack of depth . . .
Kop 4 ever - August 18th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Reira will want to go back to Spain so I think rafa should say know 3m plus two off negredo/ van der vaart/ sneijer
bob - August 18th, 2009 at 10:15 am
shows that this website knows nothing! swap involving heinze?
that would be hard since he has left
Hoogle - August 18th, 2009 at 10:27 am
If we need to sell to buy then I guess this has to be considered. It does seem to be a sorry state of affairs at Liverpool. The most successful British club, being brought to it’s knees financially by two American clowns. I think it is a disgrace that we cannot compete in the transfer market especially now when we obviously need some quality attacking reinforcements.
Liverpool FC Danny - August 18th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Negrado is signing for Real Zaragoza
We should get VDV an play a 4-4-2:
Reina
Johnson Carra Agger Insua
Masch
VDV Gerard Yossi
Kuyt Torres
joe - August 18th, 2009 at 10:34 am
it is reported real would sell vdv for 6-7 million so that would mean we could possibly get him plus 8-10 million for riera. with that money we might just have enough for silva i doubt it though. if not a straight swap for robben would be good but i dont see madrid getting much for that deal as robben is better than riera
Sam!lfc - August 18th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Don’t sell him until he finds a replacement! However i hope a bidding war happens if he does want to leave. If he doesn’t then thats fine as we do need a natural winger.
imran - August 18th, 2009 at 10:41 am
i think rafa should consider a player swap/cash deal ie vdv + negredo + 5 million for riera
what do you think?
Sam!lfc - August 18th, 2009 at 10:51 am
imran
That would be great for us but bad for them and so i can’t see that happening although that would be great but i think negredo + 5 million would be good and probs most likey although i prefer a sneijder and Riera swap but again i doubt that would happen.
alanred - August 18th, 2009 at 10:57 am
further weakening the squad that already is threadbare is crazy we need to keep riera and add to do squad all u have to do is look at our bench last sunday for proof
cockneyscouse - August 18th, 2009 at 11:00 am
It looks like Negredo is going to Hull of all places !
I dont think we should sell Riera, unless we have got ready made replacements. . Preferably english. This needs to be sorted asap, after sundays game we can not afford any more slip-ups !
COME ON YANKS SPEND SOME MONEY THEN SELL TO DIC.
Benji - August 18th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Shouldn’t we be buying players instead of selling???
We need a defender, second striker, winger and center midfelder.
We have been linked to:
Defenders – Fernando Amorebieta, Pape Diahkite, Brede Hangeland, Ryan Shawcross
Second Striker – Alvaro Negrdo, Tuncay Sanli
Winger – David Silva, Ashly Young, Rasmus Elm, Adam Johnson, Wesley Schneider, James Milner
Center Midfielder – Javi Martinez, Steven Defour, Rafael VDV
Only if we line up a (decent) replacement for Reira and a decent cash offer (15 + million)… Or a trade for VDV or negrado and cash
i hate madrid - August 18th, 2009 at 11:10 am
he wasnt dropped he was at jarque’s funeral shows what you know!!
i hate madrid - August 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
if we could get robben and van der vaart for riera it would be a good bit of business!! robben is way better than riera and van der vaart is what we need
Calvo - August 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Go and swap for Robben/VDV…simple!
Anonymous - August 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
riera’s a nice guy and were short of options so he cant leave
ynwa - August 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am
just take the cash and buy silva. We need a second striker, maybe take the cash n buy aguero or villa. Sell voronin and buy a defender or winger
vince - August 18th, 2009 at 11:25 am
jst trade him for van der vaart and negredo….and i reckon get garay on loan for the year…madrid wuld welcome the idea of putting him out on loan as they dont want to sell him, and wuld get good experience from playing with us….
sell itandje 2mil, degen 2 mil plus the 2 mil rafa was given and 12 mil from alonso transfer and if any remaining money from crouch transfer…total 24mill, use some of it to go after james milner from villa, with a 15million pound bid o’neil shuld take it
Then we hav a much stronger team:
Keepers- Reina, Caverliari and Guslasci
Defenders-Carra, Agger, Skrtel, Kelly, Ayala, Johnson, Insua, Aurelio, Darby and Garay on loan
Midfielders- Gerrard, Mascherano, Van der vaart, Lucas, Plessis, Spearing, Benayoun, Babel, Kuyt and Aquiliani
Strikers-Torres, Negredo, Voronin, Nemeth and even Kuyt..
I think this will allow us to have more depth, because our bench against tottenham was a disgrace…Van der vaart we know how good he is, played well against england last week, negredo seen some good vision help share the load with torres and garay is a good young argentine defender who is good at set pieces set pieces…
lfc123 - August 18th, 2009 at 11:28 am
this is good news, especially after reportssaying benitez only has 1.5mil to spend on players!
riera was a good player, but if we could swap him for robben, who is an ideal replacement, and has premiership experience, and would also piss of chelsea fans, and also VDV who real value at 7mil, then that would be a superb deal, and kuyt and babel could easily persuade them to come.
lfc123 - August 18th, 2009 at 11:34 am
team:
reina
johnson carragher skrtel insua
mascherano VDV
benayoun robben
gerrard
torres
subs: cavalieri, agger, aurelio, aquilani(could start when fit), kuyt, lucas, babel
Dom - August 18th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Oh my god. Are you guys listening to yourselves speak?
You actual want to sell Riera?
Did you see the bench against Tottenham. We have a good first 11, but our squad sucks. We lack true strength in depth. And you guys want to sell our better players? Foolish children.
We dont have the money to buy any new faces as the board has given rafa 1.5m. We need to focus on what we have, keep Dossena and Riera as with our frail squad, we will need them.
Riera and Benayoun can play wings, meaning babel can play upfront with Torres.
Dossena is good cover, will come into his own this season. I like that he pushes forward so much.
YNWA REDS - August 18th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Liverpool might need to look for expienced players on the cheap.
Dom - August 18th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Benji – August 18th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Shouldn’t we be buying players instead of selling???
We need a defender, second striker, winger and center midfelder.
Erm, with what money Benji?
YNWA REDS - August 18th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Liverpool might need to look for experienced players on the cheap at the peak of their career.
9torres - August 18th, 2009 at 11:43 am
i hate madrid – August 18th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Jarque’s funeral was on Tuesday the 11th, shows what you know!!
isma - August 18th, 2009 at 11:45 am
1st : Riera was at Jarque’s funeral, that’s true
2nd : The cunti yanks have take the reste of the Alonso money after buying Aquilani and only left us about 1 or 2 millions !! so we don’t have any money and that’s why none of our transfer speculations didn’t come true till now !!!
3rd : Snijder will be sold to Inter, and Pellegrini will keep Robben who also wants to stay
RaNE - August 18th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
i like riera he works hard well … sometimes and he may be inconstistant but who else plays on the wing like he does he brought width last season which we where lacking and really helped our title chances
beardyboy - August 18th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
we should only do the deal if we can get vdv and robben with maybe some cash going in their direction. we can’t depend on playing benny on the left as he isn’t a winger he cuts inside like kuyt so the midfield would be congested. vdv would give us the option of kuyt and torres up front with vdv on the right wing.
Kathy - August 18th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Why do you think any of Real Madrid’s reject will make it here? Reira should have played instead of Babel in my opinion. Rafa chose Babel because of his so called performance against England whilst on International duties for the Dutch side.
Babel was so poor on Sunday it was unbelievable ….
Reira is 100% better than Babel in my opinion, I have always defended Babel but I just can’t do so anymore … maybe it is time he moved on somewhere else.
YNWA
The Days Of Dalglish Are Nearly Back - August 18th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Discussing which Real Madrid players we would like in exchange for Riera is pointless. If Rafa was interested in them he would have included them in the Alonso deal. So although I would like to see Sneijder, van der Vaart or Robben at Anfield, it’s not going to happen. Only realistic option, if this was true, would be to hold out for around £15mil and FINALLY sign Silva.
Donavan Ried - August 18th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
appledave – August 18th, 2009 at 9:26 am …..”just take the money and spend it on milner and shawcross.”……. Think if Rafa was to just take the money the owners would just bank it as with the Alonso money ……
RaNE – August 18th, 2009 at 12:01 pm …… Spot on ….. I did not like Riera when he first arrived at the club but he has grown on me, still drives me mad at times, but he is at present our best left sided option
Anonymous - August 18th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
What you guys need to do is stop speculating.
- Riera wasn’t left out, he was at a funeral.
- Babel is a striker, and has performed well when played in that position.
What we need to do is sell Voronin and use Babel as our second striking option. Riera is going to stay as he is an integral part to the team.
Chances are, Yossi and Reira will start tomorrow, with Kuyt and Torres upfront
Dom - August 18th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
That was me by the way.
Donavan Ried - August 18th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Afternoon Dom,9torres,lfc 4 ever,THE BIG I AM,Calvo,The Days Of Dalglish Are Nearly Back, and all ……
appledave – August 18th, 2009 at 9:26 am …..”just take the money and spend it on milner and shawcross” …….. If Rafa was to just take the money then i think it would be banked just like the Alonso money …..
RaNE – August 18th, 2009 at 12:01 pm …… Spot on ….. It was not keen on Riera when he first arrived at the club, but he has grown on me. He still drives me crazy at times, but he is the best option that we have to play on the left
Anonymous - August 18th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Afternoon Donavan.
Babel is even quicker than Fernando is…
shuaib - August 18th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
real madrid are prepared to get rid of a few players so ask for robben and van der vaart.
put van der vaart in cm until aquilani is fit. use robben on the left and kuyt on the right.
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MCMC - August 18th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I think a lot of you have some good ideas but this is how i think we should go about.
1.we have only about 1.5 million (apparently) thanks to those money grabbing yanks.
2.i like Riera but i think if a deal for Van Der Vaart/Robben is possible i think we should do it.
3. for strikers i think we should offload Voronin play Babel when needed upfront or on the wing depending on the game and other transfers.
4.for CB i think we should Kelly a chance as i think he is one for the future though if not we can get someone as cover and we only need cover no one outstanding then im sure we can get someone on a free or on loan or depending on if we sell Voronin and how much cash we get from him in the region of 3-4 million.
5.i defo think we should sign Negredo but because we dont have the money to do so, we should get him from madrid on a season long loan with a view to signing him permanantly next summer when i think our money problems may be sorted out and those yanks might even sell up to a more reliable owner.
messi - August 18th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
take advantage of the deal. bring sneijder and robben.
kuyt on the right, robben on the left
sneijder next to gerrard.
gk reina
lb aurelio
cb agger
cb carragher
rb johnson
cdm mascherano
ram kuyt
cam sneijder
cam gerrrard
lam robben
cf torres
use that formation until aquilani is fit.
9torres - August 18th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
ok this is the final time i am going to say this!!
RIERA’S ABSENCE WAS NOT DOWN TO HIM BEING AT JARQUE’S FUNERAL!! THAT WAS HELD ON TUESDAY AUGUST 11TH
i hope this gets through to those who still think otherwise.
pranster - August 18th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Were was Riera on Sunday? I heard he was at Jarques funeral is this true???
9torres - August 18th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
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Vern Schillinger - August 18th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
What the fuck?! next Real or Barca will be linked with Fabio Aurelio.!?. If they pay £16mill they can have Albie. Double our money and sign someone new. Riera is a good player, but not world class. We could use the cash to buy more versatility.
Fuck Gillet and Hicks,
YNWA.
Sam!lfc - August 18th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
lol at 9torres and pranster
anyway i now think we should keep him as he is the only decent winger we have and he cane turn te gae around easily and i bet you once he can play again you can see the difference from the spurs game and th next game he will play in hopefully against stoke.
I’m starting to get fed up with Real madrid linking/buying players from liverpool this what the 3rd speculation and and with arbeloa and alonso gone i hope riera doesn’t go! agree or disagree with me it don’t matter but thats my opinion
Ryan - August 18th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Riera was great for a five game stretch last season, but was mostly in the background when the squad really turned up the scoring. He seemed lethargic for the better part of the final two months. IF anyone is willing to pony up this kind of money for, essentially, a squad player, you make the deal and replace him with two cheaper options so as to fill out your depth where we are severely lacking at this time. Riera is a dime a dozen player, nothing special. 16 million quid for a slightly above average player is a no brainer.
vince - August 18th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
aparantly skrtel has broken his jaw, which is not good news…
rafa shuld look at gaya from real madrid on a loan spell good defender….
sell riera for 10-12mil plus van der vaart and i say we hav done a good deal…
gives us the opportunity next season to sell lucas on as we wuld have gerrard, masch, van der vaart and aquiliani as our main central midfielders….
someone said it earlier play babel more at striker, then we have torres, babel, voronin and kuyt as our strikers which is decent enough depth…
villa are after both bentley and jenas, good time for rafa to put a bid in for milner as o’neil may need money to buy those players, a proven performer good work rate and is a young player can play on either wing….a bid of 15-17mil shuld persuade oneil enough to sell him…
itandje2mil, degen 2mil, 2mil from those useless yanks, 12 mil from the alosno transfer and 10 mil from the riera transfer 28mil-17 for milner.
Kop King - August 18th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Firstly i would like rafa to stop buying spanish as the loyalty being shown is disgusting and quite frankly insulting with the exception of torres and pepe.
Also he we could somehow manage to swap the big mouthed ungrateful prick riera for the superb robben then i really do think we will be back in business.
Anonymous - August 18th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
if to barca then get messie (they are crazy look at ibra deal if you doun’t belive me )
if to real get 16 – 20 mill plus van der vaart and negredo/robben
win win for liverpool
anonymous - August 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
He’s nowhere near good enough for either team
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anonymous - September 1st, 2009 at 4:02 pm
i want to know how much money liver pool have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!