I dont know how to react. Im really pleased that Gerrard is staying, but at the same time he might just up and go at the end of next year and if the rumours were true we could have got £20M and Duff and Parker for him which would have been a good buy.

But dont get me wrong.. Gerrard is our best player and hopefully now his staying will mean Owen will stay, although i think we have a new star at the club in Milan Baros! whens Cisse arriving by the way?

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Originally posted by tall paul 2 whens Cisse arriving by the way?

July 1

theres these Michael Ballack rumours going around...

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Originally posted by Xavier July 1 theres these Michael Ballack rumours going around...

dont ever belive what you hear about transfer speculation in the media

parry said in the press interview today there will be one next week aswell.

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Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon is under huge pressure after seeing Steven Gerrard commit himself to Liverpool yesterday. The Sun says Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich hit the roof when he heard Chelsea had lost the battle for Gerrard. The Russian billionaire was told by chief executive Peter Kenyon that Liverpool's England midfield star would be moving to Stamford Bridge. Fuming Abramovich could not believe it, especially as Kenyon had convinced him at the weekend that Gerrard was on his way. Now the pressure is on Kenyon, who has lost out on another big name. Abramovich believes Chelsea should be able to close out any deal and is dumbfounded it is not happening.

So Abramovich is slowly coming to realise that football deals are not always clinched with his traditional methods of coersion, brown envelopes etc.
A good day for football.

And to make it even better, slimeball Kenyon is in the doo-doo over his failings.

A great day for football.

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What team/formation do you lot see yourselves regularly playing next season?

I'm assuming Baros will be third choice striker despite his recent form? And what kind of striker is Cisse?

my ideal team would be


kirkland

carra hyppia (new defender) riise

rosicky(if we sign him) gerrard kewell

baros cisse owen

but its not gonna happened.


and cisse is a really quick space runner kind of striker, but hes good at going past people and has a nice accurate shoot to. dunno how to explain him really

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so chelsea is after milan baros now to along with juve.

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Hoping Liverpool wont sell Baros after how hes played in europe, but i still cant see him starting ahead of Owen and Cisse, and im sure that Benitez wont play 3 in attack.

Aparently were also being linked to Baraja whos valued at £12M and Xabi Alonso, as well as a number of players from Malaga who ive never heard of before. As well as that Ayala and Aimar are still linked with the club.

Whats ure thoughts with the new Thai offer? Should they go for it?

Ideal team for next year

............................Kirkland

Carragher.........Ayala............Hyppia.............Riise

..............Xabi Alono/Baraja
Aimar.....................Gerrard.................Kewell

................Cisse.................Owen



Bench

new keeper.. Dudeks gotta go (Calatayud been linked)
Baros
Smicer
Finnan
Rosicky

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Ayala, Aimar, Baraja and Rosicky. Think you're being a bit optimistic there. Maybe Rosicky and/or Baraja.

sell Owen, start Baros and Cisse with Pongle (whatever his name is) and Le Tallec as back up strikers. With the funds Liverpool get for Owen they can actively pursue Ballack. No real need for Baraja or Alonso if Hamann stays also. I right sided midfielder is also a must.

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cisse signed today he will be wearing the nr 9 shirt (diouf was a disgrace to it) lets hope cisse will bring honor back to the shirt!


some facts about cisse

As French striker Djibril Cisse prepares to officially become a Liverpool player, we dig deep to unearth all the facts you'll need to know about him...
1981: Djibril Cisse is born in Arles, France on August 12th.

1996: Cisse signs for Auxerre from local side Nimes. He is spotted by Auxerre when playing for Nimes under-15s and they beat off competition from Montpellier to capture his signature.

March 1999: Cisse makes his debut in the French league but cannot prevent Auxerre going down to a 1-0 defeat against Paris St Germain.

May 1999: Cisse helps Auxerre's youth side win the Coupe Gambardella.

June 2000: Cisse stars for France as the under-18 side wins the European under-18 championships scoring six goals.

2001/2002: Cisse is top scorer in the French league for Auxerre, scoring 22 goals as he helps his side to third place in the French league and qualification for the Champions League.

May 2002: Cisse makes his debut for France against Belgium and is then selected ahead of Nicolas Anelka in the French World Cup squad.

2002/2003: Cisse plays for Auxerre in the Champions League, but they are eliminated in the group stage and go into the UEFA Cup.

March 2003: Liverpool fans get a first glimpse of Cisse in action when the Reds defeat Auxerre 3-0 over two legs in the fourth round of the UEFA Cup.

May 2003: Cisse scores a superb goal as Auxerre beat Lens to win the French Cup.

June 2003: Cisse is part of the France squad that wins the Confederations Cup.

February 2004: Cisse is sent-off playing for France Under-21s as they fail to qualify for the Under-21 tournament. He is given a five game international ban which rules him out of the senior squad for Euro 2004.
May 2004: Cisse plays his last game for Auxerre and gets ready for his big money move to Liverpool.

July 2004: Cisse officially becomes a Liverpool player.



In total Cisse scored 70 goals in 128 league games for Auxerre.

He weighs 78kg

And is 183cm tall

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First game, first win for Benitez then. 2-1 win at Wrexham, which isnt that great really, but all the europe 2004 players were missing so not surprising. 2 goals from le Tallec and apparently a great game from Pongolle.. surely hes not gonna start in the first team? Cisse only played 45 but made a good start. OK so its only Wrexham, but lets hope theres more to come from the reds.

Think were in the US in a few weeks time...

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