NAMING RIGHTS THREAD: Liverpool really won't win the Premiership 2010-2011

RT @philmcnulty RT @DuncanCastles: Benfica have pulled Luiz off his plane to London and told him to stay in Lisbon. Benfica say they are 'analysing'...

I thought forlan was personally quite miserable in the prem? seems odd that he'd want to return. tho I guess some money, the fact atletico are crap, champo league football, and london would sweeten the prospect

Unprofessional as in putting in a formal request and not speaking out in the press. Fuck 'im!

have you watched him play? clearly cgaf. Forlán is pretty much exactly the same situation right now. knows that atleti are going nowhere fast and has just totally given up. Fucking rotten attitude to have and the definition of unprofessional imo.

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'arry wheelin' and dealin' late into the night on SSN.

did someone wee on that torres shirt?

Got a feeling Spurs are going to finish the day empty handed with the possible exception of some lame Rasziak style panic buy.

8.34pm: Daniel Sturridge joins Bolton on loan, according to Sky. Harry Redknapp says there's nothing happening at White Hart Lane.

Well you have bid for phil Neville ..........

seems like carroll could be a decent pickup?

He could be a fantastic pick-up, or he could crash and burn and do jail time, or he could just lump along as a moderately good Premier League striker who never quite sets the world on fire. The selling price, and the fact that he's moving between two underperforming clubs with fanatical fanbases, makes for the excitement.

God knows where SSN managed to dig up the reasonable, philosophical Toon fans btw, where's the fun in that?

LIVERPOOL fan Shaun McCormack got himself a new name for Christmas - and is now called Fernando Torres.

The dad of four, 36, changed his name by deed poll to match that of his Spanish football hero.

The internet trader said: "It's a dream come true. I know he isn't having the greatest of seasons but, for me, he's the best striker on the planet.

"I did think about changing my name to Steven Gerrard, but I wanted something a little more flamboyant."

No problem, just add Judas as a middle name.

Liverpool fan burned to death by other Liverpool fans, pictures at 10.

Daniel Sturridge has gone to Bolton

from city?

And turned into Danny Welbeck - http://www.bwfc.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~2280452,00.html

Has Suarez signed yet ffs?

yup

no charlie adam move by the looks of it

Adam presumably impressed that Olly's apparently secured the signature of Jason Puncheon.

Adam bloody livid by sounds of it

Ooh, that'll rob Lloyds TSB Rangers of over a million quid, hopefully put the kibosh on this Diouf nonsense.

think diouf is a done deal tbh. new hate figure of the highest degree!

Mrs Holloway had better stop thinking about that new kitchen too.

Why do Blackburn want shot of Diouf? Venky's not really bringing it this window.

Oh man I used to have Jason Puncheon in my FM2007 Grimsby side. Dude was inconsistent.

Unsurprisingly, the best first reaction to Torres contra Carroll comes from http://www.runofplay.com/s/16819/

As reported somewhere else:

West Ham were offered Andy Carroll for £1m during summer 2009 but turned him down as Steve Clarke didn't rate him. That's current LFC first team coach Steve Clarke.

Chelsea are in talks with Everton about signing Heitinga.

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Mexican star (and Tottenham benchwarmer) Giovani Dos Santos is heading to Racing Santander according to new reports.

just saw that - intriguing (x-post)

Also - Liverpool in bid for unnamed winger - christ knows who that is

Yeah, that's great xp - hadn't even started planning mine yet.

yeah good read

a 16m bid for Ashley Young allegedly - Villa want 19

Guys, Five Live just reported Sturridge has gone to Bolton.

pretty sure that was welbeck

shifting some paradigms there

"I'm really pleased to have Daniel with us," manager Coyle said. "He's a terrific young talent and one of the most exciting strikers in the country. We're all looking forward to working with him."

Harry looks like he's given up, but on the plus side our bid for Phil Neville's been rejected.

Wigan have bid accepted for Conor Sammon, according to STV.

Working his way back towards Dublin so he can spawn imo

Torres and Carroll's wiki pages both on lockdown surprise surprise

Dioufy's taking a bit of a hammering.

Diouf move bewilders me

Diouf is married to a goat Kenza. His older brother Dame Diouf is also his father.

all making sense now (nice user name btw)

John Aldridge apparently claimed earlier on FiveLive that his understanding of the Torres situation was that Kenny asked the players if they wanted to keep him and they overwhelmingly said no.

Did he say anything about the whereabouts of Daniel Sturridge?

Diouf to his spiritual home, afaic. Cynical observers suggesting that after Celtic gazumping Rangers for Kris Commons, they decided to go for players (Healy and Diouf) that there's no way Celtic would touch with a bargepole.