Rumour Mill: Liverpool to bid £15M for Udinese star

Liverpool has been heighten up its chase for new recruits after the initial talks for Esteban Granero has failed to materialized.

La Tercera reported Liverpool have made a £15 million bid for Udinese midfielder Mauricio Isla before the market shuts next week.

The Chile international has been watched extensively by Manchester United chief scout Martin Ferguson.

Many will be questioning whether Liverpool really need to buy a new midfielder, especially since their troubles mainly stem from failures in front of goal.

Isla can play in midfield and on the flank – and has been a major influence in Udinese’s success over the last two seasons.

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Liverpool transfer target staying put at Madrid

After much speculations, Liverpool open talks with Real Madrid over the possibility of signing Esteban Granero on loan with a view of a permanent move in the summer, ended with a statement from the player’s management camp.

His agent say the midfielder will not be leaving Real Madrid for Liverpool during the January transfer window, instead continue to fight for his place at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The former Getafe star has been struggling to secure regular first team action this term, and has attracted the interest of both Malaga and Liverpool.

The former Spain under-21 international has made just 16 starts in the league in almost three years with Real, and has played only six times in all competitions this season.

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Liverpool FC enter talks over deals for European double swoop

Liverpool are reportedly in talks over a European transfer double swoop.

Real Madrid playmaker Esteban Granero has been linked with a move to Merseyside before the window closes in exactly seven days in a bid to bolster the Reds' attacking options.

Also said to be in talks is Groningen's highly-rated striker David Texeira.

The Uruguay Under-20 international has been on Liverpool's radar for some time, with the Reds watching the 20-year-old on several occasions over the past twelve months.

Granero has been on Liverpool's radar for several years and Kenny Dalglish appears willing to hand him an escape route from the Real after making just four appearances this season.

But the offer of a loan deal until the end of the season is unlikely to find favour with the La Liga leaders supposedly eager to offload the 24-year-old permanently before the window closes.

Liverpool is closing in on Texeira, with the two clubs entertaining talks over a £8 million deal.

A stumbling block could be the transfer fee, however, with Texeira's former club Defensor Sporting believed to be entitled to 20 per cent of any fee.

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Rumour Mill: Liverpool target Chilean international this transfer window

Liverpool are stepping up their interest in Udinese's full-back Mauricio Isla with a view to a summer transfer, according to talkSport.

Isla, 23, has been impressive for the Italian club and has caught the eye of Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish, who is looking to strengthen his squad in January.

Isla is a versatile player who can do a job in either full-back position, across the midfield and even as an attacking winger. This would provide Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish with an array of options, although he is likely to use the Chilean in an attacking role.

Udinese will be keen to keep their star defender at the club but would consider offers in the region of £10 million.

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Video Highlights: Bolton 3-1 Liverpool

This was an arguably the worst away performances from Liverpool since the 4-nil defeat at Tottenham. For those who missed the match late yesterday evening, here the video highlight from the match for you.

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Real Madrid offers €30M to Liverpool for Luis Suarez

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho is ready to offer Luis Suarez an escape from his Liverpool nightmare with a €30 million bid for the striker.

Suarez’s future at the club was cast into shadow last night after it was reported that negotiations have begun to take him to Real Madrid.

Liverpool have maintained their support for Suarez however, and will be unwilling to let him leave the club he joined for €26.5 million last year. But a number of Spanish sites yesterday claimed the Madrid club have instructed Fabio Montecalvo from World Football Management to begin talks with Liverpool.

Montecalvo, who has close ties to Florentino Perez, was instrumental in the deal that brought Alberto Aquilani to Liverpool and is said to have maintained a strong working relationship with the Merseyside club and it’s officials.

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Liverpool could earn as much as £300M from Warrior Sports deal

Liverpool say they expect to earn a staggering £300million through their new six-year deal with the US sportswear company Warrior Sports, and have denied accusations that underachievement on the pitch led to the collapse of their current kit deal with Adidas.

Warrior, owned by New Balance, will become the club's kit supplier from June having agreed a £25million-a-year deal to enter the football industry for the first time. The £25million per year is a guaranteed figure for Liverpool, not performance-related, and eclipses the £23.5million-a-year deal that Manchester United have with Nike but are currently renegotiating.

Liverpool’s previous £12 million-a-year agreement with Adidas, which will end in somewhat acrimonious circumstances in the summer, absorbed more of the overseas selling rights of all club merchandise. The deal with Warrior ensures Liverpool regain those rights.

Managing director Ian Ayre claims Liverpool have the potential to cash in, thanks to their worldwide army of fans.

“In our existing deal with Adidas, there have been some restrictions in terms of the other unbranded products we sell,” said Ayre. “In our new deal, we will have complete control.

“We will still work with Warrior, but we will have a much wider opportunity and that area of business represents 50 per cent of everything we generate.”

Liverpool are also happy they will be Warrior’s only football client.

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Rumour Mill: Liverpool will sign a South American striker playing in Holland

Liverpool spent big on a South American player from the Dutch league last January, and history could be about to repeat itself as their goal scoring problems continue into 2012.

Former Liverpool goalkeeper and Kop legend Bruce Grobbelaar claims that Kenny Dalglish will definitely sign a striker during the January transfer window.

In an interview with TalkSport earlier, Grobbelaar tantalisingly hinted that Liverpool are interested in signing two strikers in the January transfer window.

   “There are two strikers [Liverpool are interested in],”

“I know that [Kenny Dalglish] is looking at a South American striker who is playing in Holland and I know that he’s quite close in getting another striker.

“I’m not going to be the one to actually tell you who, but I’m sure that the striker will be arriving soon.”

Twenty-year-old David Texeira only moved to Dutch club FC Groningen – Suarez’s first club in Europe – last August.

Born in the region of Salto – the same area as both Suarez and Napoli hot-shot Edinson Cavani – Texeira has inevitably drawn comparisons with Uruguay’s two hottest properties.

Liverpool picked up Suarez for £22million last January after the forward had left Groningen and enjoyed four successful years at Ajax, but the Reds know that if they act quickly over Texeira then they will be able to save themselves a fortune.

As well as Suarez, Uruguayan defender Sebastian Coates is also at Anfield, and the Reds would expect to shell out a similar £6million fee to the one they paid the centre-back’s club Nacional for Texeira, who they feel can make an immediate impact in the Premier League.

Liverpool’s problems in front of goal – particularly during home games – have been well documented this season, and although Dalglish and director of football Damien Comolli have looked at more established names to fill the goal scoring gap, the club’s policy of recruiting young players has led them to who they hope is Suarez the second.

Texeira certainly fits Liverpool’s ‘buy them young’ transfer policy, and this season, he has a creditable 8 goals in 12 games for Groningen have made the continent sit up and take notice of the Uruguay under-20 international.

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