Apparently a 4million transfer fee has been agreed for Lambert and he is to undergo a medical... 'Rickie Lambert is expected to undergo a medical at Liverpool on Saturday after an initial £4m fee was agreed with Southampton.' http://www1.skysports.com/football/...iker-rickie-lambert-to-have-liverpool-medical Now will this push Borini down the pecking order, and will it help with our case to bring him back here?? If you think they will have Suarez, Sturridge and Lambert. If Borini stayed that would put him 4th in line, playing the odd Premier League/Champs League match and playing more in domestic cup matches. I am hoping for him to come here, I think he will be a icon if he did. Plus it will give Pardew nightmares.
Would absolutely love to bring borini back here. Sick of us never capitalising on loan players, would play up to £10mil and sell fletcher. Can't see how Brendan could convice fabio that he'll get plenty of playing time.
Philippe Coutinho is ahead of him too in that midfielder/forward role. Borini has been a first choice here and loved his time. Will he be content now to just be at best a sub? Or at worst his first choice as the sub's, sub; or simply just playing cup games every now and then? At 23, is that okay foir him? Our chances have improved but its up to us to make a proper bid and for him to have the choice. Its up to us to make the first move now. Get a £12m bid in now.
I have utter faith in Poyet convincing Borini his future lies here, and Poyet convincing the board to shell out 8-12million for him. I honestly believe this is our best chance to buy someone with that little bit class who has already proven it to us.
potentially Borini could now be for sale due to us buying Lambert. Would he be someone you guys would want on a permanent, he clearly has passion for your club. With Lambert coming in (although I rate Borini higher) he gives us a completely different option. Whereas Borini's style is somewhere in-between Sturridge's and Suarez's (but not to their standard). This probably means it now pushes Borini to 4th in our pecking order, with Aspas 5th. I can't see anyone being interested in Aspas as he's shocking, so for us to gather some extra spending money for other positions, I believe Borini may be released. So the question is, would you want him, and what would you think would be a good price for both clubs to strike a deal?
Don't see that it helps us too much. Lambert will give LFC a bit more of an aerial threat, but I suspect he'll be coming on more as an impact sub behind Suarez and Sturridge. They will still need depth for the CL campaign and that's where Borini will come in. He'll be getting games in Europe and that'll be what scuppers things for us.
I do want him, but I would pay £8m max, that would give Liverpool funds to reinvest in other positions, it gives Borini that opportunity to play regular football and it gives us a good footballer With the forwards you currently have at your disposal, as well as Lambert, Lallana and maybe others to come Borini will be very far down the pecking order. He is a genuine guy and, especially at this stage in his career, he needs to be playing regularly. imo he'll be a Sunderland player next season, could just be blind hope mind
I can't see that happening unless we don't make it out the group stages and drop into the Europa. Suarez and Sturridge will be our CL strikers with Lambert coming on as the plan B sub. Borini if he stays will more than likely only play the league cup games, and get the occasional run out in the PL. If we somehow manage to get rid of the shambolic Aspas then Borini will probably stay, but I really don't see who would want Aspas - for me he's not even Championship quality. I think if you made a reasonable offer you'd have a good chance of signing him. He's young and still improving, so we may end up kicking ourselves for selling him, but needs must at the moment and we need the cash injection to strengthen elsewhere.
I think we'd probably turn down 8mil. I reckon you'd get him for around 10mil though. I think we paid 11mil so not sure we'd be happy with a 3mil loss - but a 1mil loss and knowing he's going to a club that will nuture him well, could well happen.
38 league games and three cup competitions is a lot for any squad, so I'm not so sure. Rogers may have been talking him up to get a bigger fee, but you'll need more than just S & S next season. Particularly if Suarez fancies another nibble
We'll have Lambert as 3rd choice. Also, with the likes of Sterling, Coutinho and any new signings (possibly Lallana etc) we have enough in midfield to play one up front. Throughout last season either when Suarez was suspended or Sturridge was injured we played one up top and had the extra man in midfield and it worked well.
Wouldn't mind having Lambert and Borini, good pairing and add Wickham to the mix and its not a bad front line.
3 hours ago Liverpool's expected signing of Rickie Lambert for £4million from Southampton could lead to Fabio Borini leaving Anfield for Sunderland, where the Italian forward spent last season on loan. (The Times)
