Liverpool are ready to put in a bid of £10 million for Ranger's Barry Ferguson. Sell Speed for £3mill, use the remaining £2mill from Goma sale add £5mill and hey presto.

I'd like to see himn at St James'. He will only improve with age.

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2001

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Fantastic player. Soon to be Scotland's first world class player since TSM. We'll never get him. Selling Speed sounds like a cracking idea, though. Shame TSM is no longer running a club into the ground to take him off our hands.

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2001

Soon to be Scotland's first world class player since TSM

Have you forgotten Steve Caldwell!!!

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2001

"Now then Barry we've had a couple of offers for you services. Newcastle United and Liverpool. We're happy to take money off either of them so it's your choice."

Barry: "Well I suppose I've never done that well in European competitions and all those extra Champions League games that Liverpool will be involved in could be tiring. I'll go to Newcastle."

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2001

Rangers will not let him, it would like us letting Gazza go

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2001

For Ferguson insert Van Bronkhurst, is going going _________

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2001

".....it would be like us letting Gazza go."

You know Macbeth, I could have sworn that's exactly what we did? Kidding apart, I understand what you're saying.
Unfortunately, the conversation Geordie has apparently overheard is precisely the conversation that will be played out every time we go for a top-class player - potentially, all for the sake of some vision a few months ago, and for someone to have realised at that point, rather than after visiting the Bank Manager last week, that instead of being bankrupt we actually have £100 million to spend!

Oh brother, what would we give for Barry Ferguson, Michael Carrick, and say another 3 or 4 like them.

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2001

Teamtalk have Leeds, Arsenal and Chelsea after Ferguson, in addition to Liverpool.
Should be a breeze for us!

-- Anonymous, March 23, 2001

Advocaat will go before Ferguson, and a new manager would build his side around him. He has all the snarling hatred expect of a young Hun and backing that up with some excellent skills and leadership makes him priceless.

-- Anonymous, March 24, 2001