Life’s a Pitch: Is Liverpool’s Agger worth £20m?

Life’s a Pitch: Is Liverpool’s Agger worth £20m?

But with the start of the new football season just over one week away and the conclusion of this summer’s transfer window (31 August) getting ever closer it appears as if things are about to get serious.
Chelsea, Arsenal and to a lesser extent Tottenham have largely gone about their own business this summer, landing their principle targets early. But for those clubs yet to achieve their main transfer aims, such as Manchester City and Liverpool, the games of cat and mouse are well underway.
In short, Man City want to buy Liverpool’s Daniel Agger. Liverpool want in excess of £20m for him – in order to fund other purchases – but Man City feel that’s a lot for an injury prone 27 year-old defender with only two years remaining in his contract.
Life’s a Pitch panellist David Walker also reckons £20m is too much, but Tom Hopkinson disagrees. Check out the Liverpool discussion video and its numerous comments to see what everyone else thinks.
But the main event in transfer talk this summer is Arsenal’s Robin van Persie. Manchesters United and City, as well as Juventus, want him, he apparently fancies Man Utd, but Arsenal and Man Utd are nowhere near agreeing a fee. Plus, there’s the latest suggestion that Van Persie has been so impressed by Arsene Wenger’s wheeling and dealing this summer that he’s actually considering staying. Watch the panellists try and get to the bottom of what will actually happen with Van Persie.
Two other players who could also get embroiled in the transfer market are Van Persie’s team-mate Andrey Arshavin and Chelsea’s Daniel Sturridge. Both have been on the periphery of the first-team – Arshavin’s even been out on loan – and we discuss whether they’ll be on the move shortly.
Mike Calvin, meanwhile, takes a look at the career prospects of West Ham’s Ravel Morrison after the former Man Utd starlet agreed a season-long loan to Championship Birmingham.
We also analyse all the biggest transfer rumours and assess whether the handful of deals that have been completed end up with in success or failure.