怎麼又多了各Beattie？ - 利物浦足球俱樂部 Liverpool Football Club

我覺得我們已經可以和kewell說掰掰了
至於beattie 也別想了 南安普頓沒有任何人會想放他走吧


Liverpool chase Beattie and Kewell

LONDON, (AFP) - Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier was reported Tuesday to
be poised to make a bid for Southampton striker James Beattie and Leeds
United midfielder Harry Kewell. Beattie is rated at ￡12 million
(US$18 million) but Houllier hoped to get Australian star Kewell for
￡5 million from the cash-strapped Leeds side.

Houllier is keen to find a replacement for Emile Heskey to partner England
star Michael Owen.

And he believes French club Auxerre will turn down a bid for striking duo
Djibril Cisse and Jean-Alain Boumsong who are also being chased by Olympique
Marseille.

Houllier wants to replace Heskey who has disappointed since his ￡11 million
move from Leicester three years ago.

He might fetch ￡5 million and Houllier would use that to try to buy Kewell.

Manchester United and Arsenal have also been linked with the 24-year-old
Australian.

Leeds United said they will cash in on Kewell rather than lose him for
nothing. But they denied any approach has been made for the player, who has
12 months left on his current Elland Road contract.

Kewell is in the midst of contract talks with the club and has said publicly
he doesn't want to leave.

But chairman John McKenzie is also desperate to avoid a situation similar to
that of Lee Bowyer.

Bowyer stalled on a new contract and eventually left for West Ham for 100,000
pounds in January.

McKenzie insists the club "cannot allow" Kewell to do the same and walk away
for a cut-price fee.

"I have already spoken to Harry's agent a few times and we are still very
confident of putting a deal together. We hope that Harry will stay," he said.

"I will be looking to meet his agent again next week when I believe we will
be in a position to put a new proposal to him.

"We all know what happened to Lee Bowyer and how he was able to walk away for
almost nothing and we cannot allow that to happen again."

Beattie, 25, is also wanted by Newcastle United.

He scored 23 Premiership goals to finish third in the scoring lists behind
Manchester United's Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arsenal's French
striker Thierry Henry.

But Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe has told manager Gordon Strachan he does
not have to sell anyone this summer after an eighth place finish in the
Premiership and an FA Cup final appearance.

Strachan was hoping to bolster his squad with Morocco's African Player of the
Year Hicham Aboucherouane. He has already offered Raja Casablanca ￡1.5
million for the 22-year-old striker.


Published: May 20, 2003

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