Rafa Benitez is ready to revive a bid for the Valencia star if he is forced to sell Xabi Alonso, 27, to Real for £25million.
But the Kop boss fears England's new 50 per cent tax law and the poor Euro rate are making it impossible to compete with La Liga sides.
Real are closing in on £20m Silva, which would scupper Benitez's plans to use funds from Alonso's sale to recruit the Spaniard.
Benitez is also prepared to sacrifice midfielder Alberto Riera, 27, to raise funds.
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alonso is good and a classic player but plz silva is more than toot good so seell reira bcos reira maks so many mistakes on the field.sell him bring in da silva.
By kenneth.. Posted July 12 2009 at 9:11 AM.
The state we are in is due to the inept finances and naiveness of our two owners. Nothing much is mentioned of the support to Benitez as he has to grapple with all the news of madrid and barca chasing our players. No stadium ..... no adequate funds unless gaffer sells some of his prized possessions ( alonso n mascha , riera) . Worst situation would be when benitez ask to leave next season( madrid perhaps) due to all the support he has rec'd not forgetting all the fans yearning for the 19th. Torres would be disillusioned and Gerrard perhaps might just want to try for greener pastures...... The End of Liverpool.... unless the owners get out and let someone better and richer run LFC.........I hope!!!!!!!!
By Chris R E.. Posted July 6 2009 at 3:06 AM.
Trust me ,Riera is world class and i do not see Rafa letting him go.It would be suicide selling our sttars now that we are close to reclaiming our CUP!!
By Lucas.. Posted July 5 2009 at 7:55 PM.
lol EPL considered best league in the world cz dey gt 4team tat iz really a real title challanger.. but in spain the real title challanger iz only R.madrd or barca
By lilva.. Posted July 5 2009 at 5:52 PM.
premier league 'best league in the world' so why then are all the 'best playersin the world playing in spain?
this comment doesnt have much relevance to the story but its a good point, post back what you think.
By aidan.. Posted July 5 2009 at 4:54 PM.
Seriously. Why do you people believe what is written in the media? Look at the facts not speculation. If all you know is what is said in media, especially online, you know less than nothing.
By Tea .. Posted July 5 2009 at 4:28 PM.
f we sell alonso to real 4 25 mill............ we could buy Ashley young for 17 mill, hes young, english and class. we wud still have 10mill to find a replacment 4 alonso.
plaYERS ID SELL TO GET THE MONEY TO REPLACE ALONSO :
babel 7 mill
vorinin 5mill
Leto 3 mill
arbeloa 8mil
theres 23million just off them 4 lol, rafa is thick.
By Ash lfc .. Posted July 5 2009 at 3:43 PM.
Why don't they try to get Robben from Real!? They want to sell him so why dont they give it a shot?
By Pango.. Posted July 5 2009 at 2:41 PM.
why not sign joe cole since he's english and may be cheaper due to his long abscence...if not, silva will also be a very good option...if not both, sell riera, dossena, babel???, el zhar, voronin, leto and we should have enough for both
By joe.. Posted July 5 2009 at 2:50 PM.
why would you want to buy silva when you could go and buy villa and add babel to the price tag as well as 25m when u let go of alonso.
By thomas.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:50 AM.
silva would definitely be a great addition to the liverpool squad. if it means sacrificing riera, so be it
By Ian.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:59 AM.
Riera compared to silva come on its like comparing ronaldo to to barry if liverpool sign silva you will see a big difference in our left lank.
Signing silva selling riera and keeping babel on bench for sub for silva would be great.
By ELLIS.. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:13 PM.
If they cannot secure the services of David Silva or David Villa Rafa should try & get Mata (Juan Manuel Mata Garcia ) the guy maybe small but has a canny knack of finding the back of the net & when he's not scoring goals he's setting them up ( his La Liga stats 11 goals, 13 assists ) If you want English players Chelsea has Joe Cole coming back from injury I know, but still capable, Adam Johnson & Josh Walker both from Boro both quite young I know. But so far all I've read are articles saying we should replace this player with that player when the Question should be do we have players that can play in those positions already? Can Carragher play a holding midfield position allowing Agger & Skrtel to be the central defenders this will allow Johnson, Aurelio, Insua & Dossena (who I believe can't defend & should be shipped off to Juve) to roam into the midfield pushing your wingers higher up the flanks. But all this is speculation & conjecture until they leave! I hope they stay but I won't hold my breathe!!!
By joe public .. Posted July 5 2009 at 1:03 PM.
Come on Youngk...Riera is only playing for Spain right now because David Silva is injured..
By RIBS.. Posted July 5 2009 at 11:40 AM.
Yes the same Riera who kept out a player coming back from injury who was about 50% match fit.
By Tony.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:53 AM.
Well, its easy Rafa, instead of buying half of Spain why not bring through some young english talent, from Liverpool's youth system?
By Duncan.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:31 AM.
The decision by the two Mr. Liverpool's Moores and Parry to sell to the two US citizens is looking increasingly daft. How can two know nothings be given charge? Simple really, two other know sweet all about LFC and football generally sold out to them? Now Liverpool FC is falling apart as their top two midfielders, Alonso and Mascherano, seem determined to leave the sinking ship. Moores and Parry, take a bow. You've made Man Utd's job so much easier.
By Seán.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:57 AM.
I do believe both teams will go in for him, he's a class player. Liverpool do need him more, as a winger on the left or right or as foil for Torres. Madrid may go in for him simply to force Rafa's hand with the Alonso deal. As we can see with the Alonso & Madrid thing the Spanish won't go further for a player than their own valuation. Liverpool surely value Silva more than Madrid. He would be a very important player at Pool he knows this and that is why i think we could hold off a bid from Madrid.
By paulfc.. Posted July 5 2009 at 10:47 AM.
I wish we will seal his move(silva) he is an utility player and can fit in liverpool squard,real don't need him
By Youngk.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:41 AM.
what a load of rubish - you mean the same Riera thats keeping silva out the spain team
By james.. Posted July 5 2009 at 9:33 AM.
Great player another id like to see in the premership
By Dan0.. Posted July 5 2009 at 7:29 AM.