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Willian

braineclipse said:
Almost certainly not including his full salary for the duration of his contract as he's likely to be on somewhere close to £5m a year and on at least a 4 year contract.

This is Levy and Anzhi are looking to sell, but with other clubs getting involved it's a lot more difficult to force the price down. Supply and demand.
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That depends on whether we can convince him not to sign for any other clubs. If it's just us and Liverpool it's pretty easy to show him the league tables from the last few years and point out that a move there won't be the best step in his career.
 
Rorschach said:
Ha. Brilliant.

As an alternative to work today I'm going to spend my time make a team of muppet lookalikes.

Soldado?
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That's an insult to Stalteri and you know it.
 
scaramanga said:
That depends on whether we can convince him not to sign for any other clubs. If it's just us and Liverpool it's pretty easy to show him the league tables from the last few years and point out that a move there won't be the best step in his career.
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Only if we can convince him that he has to force Anzhi to accept our offer as he will wait for us and not sign for Liverpool to the point where he will stay at Anzhi if they only agree terms with Liverpool.

I doubt we'll be able to do that.
 
Artur Petrosyan @arturpetrosyan

Well, it seems to be Spurs. They're favourites to get Willian from what I've heard. Should be decided in the next couple of days.
Dunno if it's bad news or bad news for #LFC really but it's about time #THFC get their own scouts.
Another source confirmed Willian is close to #THFC who resumed their interest in him only when #LFC started showing their intents.

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Editor-in-Chief for some Russian sports website and also an LFC fan. First one I saw that mentioned the coming Anzhi firesale.
 
Get our own scouts LOLZ yeah because we've never been linked with him before and AVB hasn't been mates with him since he was at Chelsea.

Berk.
 
Why do Liverpool fans keep peddling that crap? We bid 11.8m for Wilian last summer, anyone can google that and see. Levy even flew to Donetsk and we tried again in January as well. Forgetting Willian, Spurs and Liverpool are of a similar standing so it makes sense that both are targeting the same players.
 
Phil Horatio said:
I hope I'm proved well and truly wrong, but £30m? What exactly warrants this price tag? Genuinely would like some from people that know more of him than the half dozen Champions league matches and YouTube video I've seen him in.
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I was watching Emirates Marketing Project last night and unfortunately its the global football market that we live in.

If you have the money and can safely spend it then its whats needed to play with the big boys. You only have to look at this weekends PL games, Emirates Marketing Project proved what level clubs need to spend at now so you either do and try or take the moral high ground and lose to Villa at home 3-1!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
superspurs said:
Get our own scouts LOLZ yeah because we've never been linked with him before and AVB hasn't been mates with him since he was at Chelsea.

Berk.
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Complete hogwash.

I think it was a matter of days between Anzhi making it clear that there would be a fire sale and Liverpool getting involved and then us getting involved according to reports in the press.
 
Wayne Veysey @wayneveysey

Lots going on at Spurs. Willian has chosen #THFC over LFC & is undergoing medical today. Roma chief Sabattini meeting Baldini about Lamela
 
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Willian is wanted by Liverpool as well as Tottenham, but is thought to be close to a move to Spurs. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

As far as Premier League clubs are concerned, in the great Anzhi Makhachkala sell-off there are two great prizes. One is Samuel Eto'o, who has made welcoming noises to his former club Internazionale and his former manager José Mourinho. According to Sky Italia, his representatives will meet with Inter, Chelsea and Tottenham on Tuesday – while there have also been rumours of interest from Manchester United. The other is Willian, the Brazilian forward who is wanted by Tottenham and Liverpool.
Willian followed the increasingly well-trodden path from Brazil to Shakhtar. He had played only 16 league games when, shortly before his 19th birthday, he decided to join the large Lusophone community in Donetsk. There, he prospered in Mircea Lucescu's attacking system, tending to operate on the left of a 4-2-3-1, cutting infield on to his stronger right foot. He is quick, deceptively powerful and, like most players the Romanian coach gets hold of early, intelligent in his use of the ball.
If there is a criticism of him it is that he doesn't score as many goals as he probably should – an average of roughly one every eight games over his career – although it should be born in mind that he has always been a creator rather than a finisher. Shakhtar's style is to work the ball from the back of midfield wide and then return it to the middle for Luiz Adriano and Jádson then Henrikh Mkhitaryan; goalscoring was always a secondary consideration for Willian. That said, Douglas Costa and Alex Teixeira, who operated on the right in Willian's time, are each almost twice as prolific, although that may be as much to do with the right-sided skew created by Darijo Srna's forward sallies from right-back as anything else.
Willian moved to Anzhi last winter for £30m – roughly the fee they're seeking to recoup. Lucescu was clearly frustrated to see him go, but could do nothing once Willian's release clause had been triggered, and spoke darkly about "the huge pressure" he was under from "his agent and relatives". He is hardly the first player to seek big money at a club that seemingly offers little beyond the pay packet, but that does perhaps offer a warning to suitors.
Willian's time in Russia has not been a roaring success, but he has probably been the best attacking player in a miserable start to the season for Anzhi. Five games in – the first four of them played before the cut-backs were announced – they have only two points and are second bottom of the table.
Willian was left out for Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Zenit, presumably to protect him pending a move, but played in the other four games – operating on the right and in the centre of a 4-2-3-1 and on the left of a 4-3-3 – and set up three of the four goals that Anzhi scored. According to figures from www.whoscored.com, no player in the Russian league completed more key passes or more successful dribbles in those four matches.
Although he could operate on the right, the likelihood is that Tottenham see Willian as a replacement for Gareth Bale, somebody who will start on the left and cut infield (it is just about possible that he could operate on the left with Bale used in a more central role but there seems a major danger of them ending up occupying the same space). In terms of pace and directness, there are similarities, although Willian should not be thought of as a like-for-like replacement. Quite apart from anything else, he simply doesn't offer the same goals return – even if it is reasonable to expect he could become more prolific in a system that encouraged him to get into scoring positions.
At Liverpool, the idea would presumably be for Willian to ease the pressure on Philippe Coutinho, operating primarily from the left, although he could play on the right or behind Daniel Sturridge (or Luis Suárez if he stays). In that sense, Willian is a very modern player. Like Stevan Jovetic he can operate not only in what may be considered his natural position, but also adds depth to the squad by being flexible enough to play in a couple of other roles as well.
Whether he is quite worth £30m is another question, but with his pace and imagination, there are few Premier League sides Willian would not improve. At 25, he should be just moving into his prime. He is not Bale, but he is a very good creative player.
 
Enter the Pitbull said:


  • Although he could operate on the right, the likelihood is that Tottenham see Willian as a replacement for Gareth Bale, somebody who will start on the left and cut infield (it is just about possible that he could operate on the left with Bale used in a more central role but there seems a major danger of them ending up occupying the same space).
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  • When was the last time Bale started on the left and cut in? He was pretty much given a free reign by AVB last season and ended up starting in a central position, or playing on the right.

    Did Wilson even watch any Spurs games the past few months?
 
paxtonwolf said:
Surely he would have flown to John Lennon Airport if he were going to Liverpool? or Manchester Ringway even, not Heathrow
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I think the idea is that he was probably getting off a Moscow - Heathrow flight and connecting to a domestic flight to Liverpool (assuming there's any truth in the claim).
 
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