Posted June 11, 201410 yr Ivan Rakitic signs for Barcelona for E20m, scuppering optimistic Liverpool fans everywhere. Elsewhere, Sociedad's chairman has been quoted saying Carlos Vela is going back to Arsenal, although there's nothing (yet) on the Arsenal site. Cheers!
June 11, 201410 yr Rakitic was never really linked with Liverpool Boyo, nowhere I have seen that he was even close to joining us.
June 11, 201410 yr Summer Transfer Window 2014 Except for pretty much all of last season off-n-on. I've been seeing Rakitic to Liverpool gossip for at least 6 months. Cheers!
June 11, 201410 yr Nope, he was NEVER joining us and was barely even linked with us. I don't think I ever saw his name mentioned in any transfer thread here that he was even linked with Liverpool.
June 11, 201410 yr Summer Transfer Window 2014 King this isn't even open to debate, just google "Liverpool Rakitic" for crying out loud. At the very least the paper gossip has been Liverpool monitoring Rakitic since November. Pretty much every single headline about Barca signing Rakitic mentions that Barca beat Liverpool to his signature. You can't be that blind. Cheers!
June 11, 201410 yr To be fair, Boyo's not entirely wrong. I looked Rakitic up on the Football Transfer League, which is a website that monitors transfer rumours, and, in December 2013, the Mail and the Express both said he was Liverpool bound. Obviously that doesn't mean they were really linked, but there was at least a rumour. Of course, that said, the Express also said he was going to Man. United and Chelsea that same transfer window.
June 11, 201410 yr I think you're right about saying Liverpool and Rakitic were linked, but probably over-ephasising it. Anyone want Marko Marin by the way? Edited June 11, 201410 yr by John Hancock
June 11, 201410 yr Yeah Liverpool were linked with him, in the same way the everybody is linked with everybody else in a twitter and mass media filled world that is the 21st century. That doesn't mean he was every really likely to sign for them. Also, no Hancock, no.
June 11, 201410 yr Summer Transfer Window 2014 He might have been linked by the odd journo Boyo but not the credible ones, stop looking at Twitter and if you don't just ask me or pm me for a reliable source :)
June 11, 201410 yr He might have been linked by the odd journo Boyo but not the credible ones, stop looking at Twitter and if you don't just ask me or pm me for a reliable source :) King, just stop. Just... Stop. I don't have a Twitter, I don't read twits, I don't pore over cruddy gossipy click-baiting sites, I just get a daily fix from F365, who pool transfer gossip from the "credible" places like tabloids, broadsheets, SSN and Reuters. Just, wow, just accept that I'm right and you're making yourself look like a dolt. Cheers!
June 11, 201410 yr I have to admit that Googling "Liverpool Rakitic" has more specific news results than the other English teams. It's certainly more than Twitter rumours.
June 11, 201410 yr Summer Transfer Window 2014 By talking about yourself in third person constantly......and I'm the "dolt"?? You sound foolish man, he was never REALLY linked with us, that's all I'm saying on it, take it up with me on pm if you want :) In other news some talk Adam Johnson could be joining us.
June 11, 201410 yr Summer Transfer Window 2014 I never said he was REALLY linked with Liverpool, I said he's been in the transfer gossip pages, linking him with Liverpool, for the last 6 months. You. Are. Wrong. Please stop disagreeing with unquestionable fact, and no more posts on exactly how "linked with Liverpool" Ivan Rakitic was in the national press. Just stop it. Cheers!
June 11, 201410 yr Summer Transfer Window 2014 Csec was also linked with us, but that doesn't mean he's joining or there was a shred of truth in it. I won't stop actually, I told ya take it to pm if you want to continue this as I don't want this clogging up this thread. But don't think for one second you can try bully me into stop posting.
June 11, 201410 yr There you go. Now no one's got the excuse of not derailing things. Also, f*ck mega-threads anyway, the Sport Forum needs more thread splitting.
June 11, 201410 yr Summer Transfer Window 2014 King, if you genuinely do feel bullied, then I apologise to you, and do not want you or anyone else to feel you are not welcome to post or debate or disagree with anyone at any time :). Cheers!
June 11, 201410 yr Actually thinking about it, I need a new a 16 hour part time cashier for my shop, how much for Marko Marin again?
June 12, 201410 yr Who's Marko Marin? Really? All I can say he was good.....then he went to Chelsea Concerning Rakitic.....Liverpool finished 2nd, got back in the CL, Rodgers got hailed.....they got linked with everyone Edited June 12, 201410 yr by Ciaran The King
Ivan Rakitic signs for Barcelona for E20m, scuppering optimistic Liverpool fans everywhere.
Elsewhere, Sociedad's chairman has been quoted saying Carlos Vela is going back to Arsenal, although there's nothing (yet) on the Arsenal site.
Cheers!