**Official Transfer Deadline Day Thread**

[keaton]

Probably not good news for Whing, then?

Regarding Carroll.. £35m still not enough. He's worth at least FOURTY million, surely?

£44m, he's at least twice as good as David Villa

 

[Mendoza]

That's what Chelsea offered for Torres - has the world gone completely bonkers?

thats more than Barcelona paid for David Villa, who scored the winning goal in a world cup final, has a ridiculously good goal scoring record at club and international level.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

thats more than Barcelona paid for David Villa, who scored the winning goal in a world cup final, has a ridiculously good goal scoring record at club and international level.

Did he? Thought it was Iniesta

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Carroll is English though - and I think that matters to Prem clubs.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

How much does deadline day cost the British economy? It seems most of the British workforce have been caught up it in yet again.

 

[Rookie]

thats more than Barcelona paid for David Villa, who scored the winning goal in a world cup final, has a ridiculously good goal scoring record at club and international level.

Can you spot the amateur mistake in the above?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Carroll is English though - and I think that matters to Prem clubs.

Does it? Why?

 

[bhamex1901]

Might be one of the most exciting for ages. More often than not they are very tedious.

 

[bhamex1901]

Can you spot the amateur mistake in the above?

Yes!

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I thought UEFA rules now dictate (or that at some point soon) that you have to have a certain number/ratio of English players in the team to compete in Eurpe.

This - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8255784.stm

 

[Mendoza]

Can you spot the amateur mistake in the above?

i got a bit excited, forgot which game was the final

 

[MattBackHome]

I really enjoy transfer deadline day. It's a bit like a big bloated pantomime, with sky reporters barking non-news at each other, but that's pretty much what the Prem is all about anyway, isn't it?

 

[Marc1901]

i got a bit excited, forgot which game was the final

He scored the winner in the Euro final. And 35 mill for Carroll is RIDICULOUS!

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

He scored the winner in the Euro final. And 35 mill for Carroll is RIDICULOUS!

torres scored in the euro final

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

I thought UEFA rules now dictate (or that at some point soon) that you have to have a certain number/ratio of English players in the team to compete in Eurpe.

This - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8255784.stm

"Home Grown" players, NOT necessarily English though.

 

[Marc1901]

torres scored in the euro final

I know that's who I was on about.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

carol has had one reasonable half season, he is a big lump and if he is worth £35 million, then Murray is worth over £300 million and a set of spandex tracksuits

 

[Rookie]

If all this does go ahead will be interesting to see who gets more Carroll & Suarez as a partnership or Torres.

 

[Capricorn]

carol has had one reasonable half season, he is a big lump and if he is worth £35 million, then Murray is worth over £300 million and a set of spandex tracksuits

This. Carrol to me is basically a Carlton Cole or even Emile Heskey (okay maybe Heskey's a bit harsh!)

 

[Simster]

Carroll is English though - and I think that matters to Prem clubs.

I don't think that's got anything to do with it. Surely it's more to do with the fact that Liverpool cannot sign genuinely world class players because they're not a Champions League club, so they're going for players of the calibre of the next step down. However, these players are likely to be first choice players at clubs with European aspirations (even if only EUROPA league) and these players won't be sold on the cheap - so Liverpool have to pay vastly over the odds.