Henderson is class and besides Gerrard been far and away the next best CM at Liverpool. Its no coinkydink that LFC form dropped when Brenton dropped JH for Allen for no reason whatsoever and then they win again when he's back in the team thanks to a class finish from him.
He's still not the finished article nor a £16m player but he has really come on this summer and if you ask any Liverpool supporter who actually goes and watches the games they'll agree. Most would be absolutely gutted if he went in the Summer now. Even Downing has improved a lot this season and shown to be a useful squaddie.
You can tell someones level of football knowledge outside their own team and how much other footy they watch by asking their opinion on Henderson this season. Anyone who has watched LFC and Eng U21s this year will now how much hes improved, and more importantly, how much his confidence has increased which was his biggest barrier by far. Kudos to Br on this one.
As for carroll, WHU already have an agreement in place that if they stay up, and Carroll agrees to the move, they will sign him for £17m, although I expect they will negotiate this down to £15m plus add-ons. Unless Carroll refuses this move no team has a hope in hell of getting him for less than £15m overall in total. He'll stay put before that happens.
Liverpool also really want HBA, and if he is up for the move, and a bigger club than Liverpool don't come in for him and turn his head, any Newcastle deal for Carroll will depend heavily on an offer for HBA being accepted by Ashley. No idea what price.
He's still not the finished article nor a £16m player but he has really come on this summer and if you ask any Liverpool supporter who actually goes and watches the games they'll agree. Most would be absolutely gutted if he went in the Summer now. Even Downing has improved a lot this season and shown to be a useful squaddie.
You can tell someones level of football knowledge outside their own team and how much other footy they watch by asking their opinion on Henderson this season. Anyone who has watched LFC and Eng U21s this year will now how much hes improved, and more importantly, how much his confidence has increased which was his biggest barrier by far. Kudos to Br on this one.
As for carroll, WHU already have an agreement in place that if they stay up, and Carroll agrees to the move, they will sign him for £17m, although I expect they will negotiate this down to £15m plus add-ons. Unless Carroll refuses this move no team has a hope in hell of getting him for less than £15m overall in total. He'll stay put before that happens.
Liverpool also really want HBA, and if he is up for the move, and a bigger club than Liverpool don't come in for him and turn his head, any Newcastle deal for Carroll will depend heavily on an offer for HBA being accepted by Ashley. No idea what price.
Someone is still smarting from Ashley gaping his side