Source: Daily_Mail
Liverpool raise their offer for Blackpool's Charlie Adam - but £4.5m bid is rejected
Liverpool outbid Aston Villa for Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam only to have their £4.5million offer rejected.[LNB]Blackpool manager Ian Holloway has said he will not let the 25-year-old Scot leave until the summer.[LNB] Enlarge On the move? Charlie Adam (left) is wanted by Liverpool[LNB][LNB] However, the former Rangers player has made it clear he wants to move this month.[LNB]Holloway says Adam, Blackpool's record £500,000 signing, is worth £46m what the club would lose if they were relegated.[LNB]Liverpool continue to chase Ajax striker Luis Suarez as well as aiming to sign a wide man with pace.[LNB]Anfield director of football strategy Damien Comolli said the club discussed bidding for Darren Bent before his £24m move to Villa but decided against it.[LNB]Holloway has said the player is worth £46m the amount Blackpool will receive if they secure their Premier League future.[LNB] Standing his ground: Blackpool boss Ian Holloway[LNB]He hit out at Aston Villa after the Midlands club offered £3.5m for Simon. He said: 'Aston Villa are a massive club, but how can they rate DarrenBent at that sort of figure and offer me that for Charlie? It is quitederisory.[LNB]'The midfielder they've bought for £6m (Jean Makoun) says it all. If he is better than Charlie, I might as well pack it in.[LNB]Houllier, already criticised by Sunderland boss Steve Bruce this week in light of the Bent deal, hit back. He claimed that he was an 'easy target' and added it was because 'I'm a foreign manager. I'm French. With anothermanager I'm sure it would be different.' [LNB] Liverpool weighed up Bent bid but £24m striker deemed not suitable to partner TorresDalglish ready to splash the cash as Liverpool bid to wrap up Suarez dealLIVERPOOL FC
