Surprisingly I'm quite optimistic about this deal. With Miky, there were no quotes, just paper talk. The same with Costa. But Willian genuinely seems to want to come to us due to past interviews. Would be an absolutely amazing signing and a signal of intent to Arsenal & Spurs!

you messed up the title silly billy

LFC have 'registered' their interest in the player


What is there a registration book in the reception at Anzhi's stadium?

How these media idiots talk rubbish.

Not convinced it will happen, if it does we'll support him

I think you can take it to mean that Liverpool have told Anzhi of their interest, even if there is not a formal bid as of yet.

More of a figure of speech than a literal registration.

Did BR say that? Ian Ayre? John Henry?

Does Ian Ayre ring Anzhi, say hello, we are interested in Willian....buy for know!

Don't believe everything you read in the papers / on line.

I'm not convinced they'd spend that money on him.

Well of course the club hasn't told us. Making it public is the best way to get blown out of the water by a mega rich club.

If there is genuine interest, you can bet there will have been some sort of a dialogue between the clubs. It's not as simple as "Hi, we bid £30 million for Willian."
"Ok. We'll pop him on a flight."
"Thanks, bye."

If there's this much chatter about it, it's likely there is interest. Whether it will actually happen or not, is a completely different story.

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Surely registering an interest is essentially the first step in negotiations.

Nobody is going to say, well the Daily Mail say he's a 30m player so that's what we'll bid.

Any club would speak to the selling club and in simplistic terms say we're interested (i.e. registering interest), at what level are you prepared to do business. It goes from there.

Whether we've done that or not is another matter but to me registering an interest is a logical first step.

Or what Stig said. Same thing just less formal.

Igor.....actually I know you said it in jest, but it could be that easy; because most of the players are up for sale, there is no need for too kuch negotiations. It is basically how much do you want....yes or no on price!

Sorry GB, it's a nice idea but you'd have to be off your face on crack to think that (a) Anzhi would quote the actual price they'd let him leave for up front or (b) we'd pay the first price quoted.

We're talking about millions of pounds here and everybody is out for the best possible deal for themselves. Anzhi will over-quote expecting negotiation, it's just the way every major purchase works.

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I'd like to hereby register my interest in Eva Mendes, a holiday home in The Seychelles and an end to famine.


I won't hold my breath.

I'd hereby like to register my interest in hearing Shortlight saying something positive, instead of disappearing when there's anything remotely resembling good news

TERM.

In order to commemorate the slashing of the wage bill FSG are going to melt down the Shankly statue and replace it with a cardboard cutout of Dave from accounts.
That's good news, right?

SL. They were going to make it from some Dead Wood they had lying around the place, but they got rid of it all

I'd rather they replaced the 'dead wood' with better players rather than patronizing us into believing they genuinely have the intention of bringing in quality like Mikhi, Bernard, Papa, Costa or Willian.

It's tin foil time again

I'd like to hereby register my interest in Eva Mendes, a holiday home in The Seychelles and an end to famine.

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The difference there is whilst the club is aiming high it's at least a vaguely realistic prospect and they have the basic attraction to succeed.

Maybe a more realistic comparison of you aiming high would be registering your interest in the fat old drunk bird slumped in the corner of the local pub at 2am on a Saturday night. Even then you might have to put on your lucky pants.

TERM.

Which of the players I listed have signed for us?

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I'd rather they replaced the 'dead wood' with better players rather than patronizing us into believing they genuinely have the intention of bringing in quality like Mikhi, Bernard, Papa, Costa or Willian.

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Which of them did we actually bid for??

Seeing as your such a conspiracy theorist im surprised you believe everything in the papers and on twitter.

So:
Mikhi: Never bid, never spoke to him after he said he wasnt interested
Bernard: Paper talk
Papa: Price double his value, not worth 18million
Costa: Doesnt want to leave atletico.
Willian: In the works (Apparently)

So im not sure what your point is:

FSG were not responsible for the paper talk (Mhki and Bernard)

They are not responsible if the player is not interested: Mhki and Costa

And i would rather they dident overspend on players, our hard stance has uncovered some gems so far, long may it continue. Our hard stance may lead to schalke dropping their asking price, If you spend 18million on 12million pound player thats 6 million less that you have to help fund your other big purchases

You really are a cretin shortlight.

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If you think LFC/FSG 'were not responsible for paper talk' you really are very naive. How do you think these stories get into the papers?
I suppose you're going to tell me that naughty journos simply make them up!