Traore Off

[IgPig]

Echo

 

Traore may be first out of AnfieldMay 19 2006

 

 

 

 

By Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo

 

 

DJIMI TRAORE is set to be the first out of the Anfield exit door this summer as Liverpool seek suitable offers for the defender.

 

The Frenchman has failed to build on his triumphant Champions League campaign which saw him rewarded with anew contract last year.

 

Now the left-back has been told he can leave Liverpool for the right price.

 

Manager Rafa Benitez had high hopes Traore would acquire some consistency and erase some of the mistakes which blighted his career.

 

But the 26-year-old has been unable to claim aregular starting place this term, when he fell well behind John Arne Riise and Stephen Warnock in the pecking order.

 

 

The imminent arrival of Valencia full-back Fabio Aurelio will further relegate Traore, while his chances of forcing his way in at centre-half are dashed by the signings of long-term prospects Daniel Agger and Gabriel Paletta.

 

 

Benitez will be hoping to attract adecent fee for a player who's acquired vast European experience since joining Liverpool in 1999.

 

 

Fulham and Everton have made bids for the versatile defender in the past, although it remains to be seen if their interest will be revived.

 

 

Manchester City also made an enquiry for the left back towards the end of the season, but Stuart Pearce has limited funds and is understood to be unwilling to meet Benitez's valuation.

 

 

Bolton are another club who've been linked with Traore previously, and Sam Allardyce is reported to have more money at his disposal this summer.

 

 

Numerous Liverpool players are currently being linked with moves out of the club, but as so often in the past, shifting those who are surplus to requirements is often as difficult as recruiting new faces.

 

 

While players such as Jan Kromkamp and, more surprisingly, Harry Kewell are also regularly being touted as possible departures, Benitez will be assessing all his transfer options before making such major decisions.

 

 

And he certainly won't be prepared to let players of such calibre leave on the cheap.

 

 

The futures of many current stars will become clearer after the World Cup, particularly if they impress and attract substantial offers.

 

 

Much depends on whether Benitez can secure his top transfer targets, and how much wheeling and dealing will be required to bring them to the club, before he makes a final decision on who to let go.

[Mike]

keep your powder dry. no buyer has yet been found.

[Guest Terry Mc]

Who'd buy him?

[Stevie H]

keep your powder dry. no buyer has yet been found.

 

i went off half-cocked. just been dancing at my desk.

[McBain]

Traore

Dudek

Cisse

Mori

 

We want rid but if Rafa is expecting good money back then I think he'll be disappointed

[IgPig]

SHould get a few million for champions league winner traore I would think.

[fyds]

Who'd buy him?

I'm willing to bet a few middle ranking Prem clubs and a few French ones could be in for him.

[Guest Terry Mc]

Traore

Dudek

Cisse

Mori

 

We want rid but if Rafa is expecting good money back then I think he'll be disappointed

 

12 million at least, depending on the Cisse fee. If he has a good World Cup he could go for as much as ten million.

[Serko]

[Stevie H]

Who'd buy him?

 

barnum & bailey?

[Serko]

Terry Mc Posted Today, 12:14

 

Who'd buy him?

 

Newcastle? They'll need a replacement for Boumsong

[Buttles]

Just been watching last years final - We have him to thank for not going 4-3 down 10 minutes after Alonso's penalty.

 

Although I guess you could argue we may have gone further in the FA cup last year too

Edited May 19, 2006 by Buttles

[Guest JV]

keep your powder dry. no buyer has yet been found.

[charlie clown]

On those four I'd bet

 

Traore £1.5m

Dudek nominal fee

Cisse £8m

Mori £3m

[liverbird04]

wonder if everton will come back in for him, moyesy is a genius .

[charlie clown]

when I say 'I'd bet' I don't mean 'I'd bet' I mean I'd bet 2p that these are the fees they will go for. Glad I've cleared that up. :shufflestodoorsmily:

[bazz]

Aaaaaah Newcastle

 

 

......where all the s*** defenders go

[Leo No.8]

I'd take £1.5m for Traore, £3m for Morientes, £2m for Dudek and £7m for Cisse - then spend the £13.5m on a top class striker.

 

Easy this transfer business isn't it? Sack Parry - replace him with me.

[owenthomas]

keep your powder dry. no buyer has yet been found.

[Sion]

Yeah, heard strong rumours from a bolton fan they are in talks with FSP and Traore. Traore permanent, but not sure with FSP.

[Stevie H]

Yeah, heard strong rumours from a bolton fan they are in talks with FSP and Traore. Traore permanent, but not sure with FSP.

 

yet more evidence of sam allardyce's ability to spot a player.

[matty]

 

Cheap at half the price

[Leo No.8]

yet more evidence of sam allardyce's ability to spot a player.

 

Big Sam says 'You don't have to have experience in the Champions League to sign Traore, you just have to be a brilliant manager...'

[RafaShanks]

f*** me. We're getting rid of him and getting money for him as well?

 

Transfer coup of the summer already then

[Murphman]

I hate slating our players but poor old Djimi, he really is proper shiit ain't he?