Wait A Minute! Wait A Minute!!! How much should we spend?

Kenny Dalglish is ready to outbid Tottenham for Blackpool skipper Charlie Adam this summer.

The Liverpool boss visited Blackburn on Saturday to see the midfielder score twice in a 2-2 draw. Dalglish still feels Adam is the best long-term solution for the Reds’ lack of creativity – despite having a £9million offer rejected on transfer deadline day.

Spurs’ chief scout Ian Bloomfield was also at Ewood Park to watch Adam return from a two-game ban.

Daily Mirror
March 21 2011


OK I am impressed with Charlie Adam as much as anyone. Look at him. He can pass, tackle, shoot and inspire. He can create plays, and organize the defence. But he will cost between 9 and 12 million Euros. No small amount of money.


Now Alberto Aquilani, look at him. He can pass, tackle, shoot and inspire. He can create plays, and organize the defence ( he is an Italian after all). His cost? ZERO.


The comparison between these players is probably one of taste for the manager. Slightly different styles, but each able to accomplish the goal of the team. My suggestion, save the money, and focus on the central defenders. Why? If truth be told the task of premiership defending is past the central defenders for Liverpool both physically (Carragher), mentally (Skrtel) and technically (both of them). 


Carragher is being phased out and will be difficult to replace, as a person, but as a player, his replacement is out there. Skrtel needs two things. More training, and a strong commanding partner to form a new platform for the defenders and to provide a strong base to the spine of the squad.


The need is in the back. Not elsewhere. Liverpool first must strengthen the platform, and then add to the spine. Spend your money there. Redknappe will be gone from Tottenham soon enough and that squad will disappear as well.