Monday, January 24, 2011

Liverpool Set To Increase Bid For Charlie Adam

Liverpool is preparing to increase their offer for in-demand Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam – as Kenny Dalglish hailed the end of a 20-year wait for a win as Anfield manager.

The Anfield outfit made an approach for Adam on Friday with a verbal offer of £4million that was dismissed as “disgraceful” by Tangerines manager Ian Holloway.

Adam still has 18 months remaining on his contract and Blackpool would rather hold on to the player and help safeguard another season in the Premier League rather than cash in during January. However, Holloway admits he would be happy to allow the 25-year-old to move to Anfield should Liverpool meet the believed asking price of £10m.

And the club’s American owners are now ready to back Dalglish and director of football strategy Damien Comolli by lodging an offer much nearer to Blackpool’s valuation.

“I was thinking about Liverpool and Charlie,” said Holloway. “I thought ‘fantastic, what a great club for him to go to’, and then when I heard the bid I thought it was disgraceful. What they offered is about the price Charlie would have been worth when Kenny was last playing.

“Is it a destabilizing tactic from the three clubs – Birmingham, Aston Villa and now Liverpool? I don’t know. They had better start by putting a figure one in front of the complete rubbish they have been offering so far.”

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