Window Watch - the Merseyside transfer rumour mill

06 January 2010 00:00
THE transfer window is ajar, Sky Sport's irritating countdown clock has started ticking . . . and speculation is filling cyberspace.[LNB]Every day until the January transfer window closes we'll trawl the net for 'stories' about Everton and Liverpool.[LNB]Some may have a grain of truth in them, most won't. If you want the up to date, accurate, transfer tales, turn to our back page every night.[LNB]But in the meantime, here's what the world wide web is saying . . .[LNB]BIRMINGHAM have tabled a £9m bid for Liverpool's Ryan Babel. However, according to the the Independent, a deal is far from being done as the Reds value the Dutch international at closer to £12m.[LNB]Spurs are ready to rival Liverpool in a loan bid for Atletico Madrid's Maxi Rodriguez. The midfielder also has an offer from Boca Juniors. Liverpool appear to be favourites but Tottenham could propose a loan deal for David Bentley as part of the package. Daily Mail.[LNB]STOKE CITY have slapped a staggering £20m price tag on Ryan Shawcross in a bid to scare off the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Spurs, who are all keen on the central defender. Daily Express.[LNB]According to 'Goal', Olympiakos have offered Liverpool 6m euros for Yossi Benayoun, with the player set to receive 2m euros per season. Should the Greek side fail in their bid to land Benayoun, the ambitious club will set their sights on either Blackburn Rovers' want-away midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen or Benayoun's Liverpool team-mate Albert Riera.

Source: Liverpool_Echo