With uncertainty looming of Alonso’s departure to RealMadrid, everyone affiliated with Liverpool are adamant that Xabi stay a red. LFC players and fans alike are deeply disrupted by the ongoing public discussions between Xabi Alonso and his suitors Real Madrid. The Galaticos are no doubt back, having spent over 200 million euros on new superstars that include Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Kaka.

The off season transfer talk is either hated or loved by football fans but never ignored. However, I don’t recall seeing a transfer situation quite like Xabi Alonso’s. The crafty multi faceted mid fielder had a wonderful 2009 and quickly became a fan favorite.

Regardless of public support, Xabi Alonso has publicly stated in various Spanish media especially Real Madrid’s megaphone “Marca” his desire to play for the royal squad. Most recently he handed LFC his transfer request. Xabi keeps one foot in Anfield and his eye on El Bernabeu dispite a worldwide audience pleading with the player to stay in Liverpool. During Liverpool’s preseason run in Asia, signs begging "Xabi to stay" were the only white spots in an otherwise sea of red. Asian make shift Kop’s serenaded songs in broken English to the disgruntled player. Seems everyone wants Xabi to stay but Xabi Alonso. Looks like LFC will eventually part with the mid-fielder but he will go under their terms only.

There is no doubt that Alonso is incredibly important to what LFC want to accomplish. Looking ahead to the season, we thank the heavens that the end is near for the summer transfer window. Xabi will continue to play an important role for Liverpool if he stays put. Despite his desire to play elsewhere, Liverpool supporters will continue to cheer even if his heart is in Madrid. I’m still baffled by the overwhelming support Xabi gets for not wanting to be a red. Liverpool Supporters want a winning team, but why do we insist on loving a player that doesn’t love us back?

Last year Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler graced us with his presence in the first ever Steve Nash NYC pick up soccer match. It's back again this year!
Wednesday, June 24, at 6 p.m., at Sara D. Roosevelt Park Chrystie and Houston streets in New York City.

Basketball players slated for the event are Steve Nash, Tony Parker, Jason Kidd, Grant Hill, Chris Bosh and Raja Bell

Football players will include Claudio Reyna, Thierry Henry, Javier Zanetti, Salomon Kalou, Ryan Babel, Giovanni van Brockhurst, Mathieu Flamini, Ivan Cordoba and Adrian Mutu.

Personally I will be excited to meet Colombian international and Inter legend Ivan Cordoba and the only Liverpool representative Ryan Babel. Hope to see you there.

‘Barcelona could not afford to match his value to Liverpool Football Club. says Rafa. The reds publicly told Barcelona that the player is valued at least £50 million, and now Benitez has even gone as far to say that no other offers will even be looked at. He is imperative to the sucess of LFC. If he is sold the Reds will have a high hill to climb next season. The Argentinan's agent is to blame for the latest transfer rumors. Like all sleaze bag agents he's looking to move his client at the best intrest of himself and not the player. The gaffer is livid with the player’s agent for his interview on the spanish radio station soliciting the players services to other clubs.

‘So I was surprised to see the agent’s comments today. He has a long contract and any club can forget about bidding for him. They can offer £40m or even £50m, we don’t want to sell.’

Liverpool chasing Lazio striker Pandev. Here are 10 things you should know about Goran Pandev

The agent of Napoli star Ezequiel Lavezzi has revealed a bid has arrived from Liverpool.

The Argentinian is reportedly being targeted by the Reds and Manchester City. Agent Eduardo Rossetto has claimed that a move to Anfield is a real possibility, telling Gazzetta dello Sport: \"There is a definite proposal from Liverpool.
Lavezzi, who joined Napoli in the summer of 2007, scored seven goals for the Serie A club in the recently-completed season.

With their loan refinance date just around the corner, English Liverpool owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are now facing news of a GBP 42.6 million loss on behalf of parent company Kop Football (Holdings) Limited.

Although Liverpool appears to be doing well, the co-owners’ future at the club remains in jeopardy as a result of their current financial status, as noted by The Guardian.

Today, the SOS calls out to the Royal Bank of Scotland to not refinance loans given to Tom Hicks & George Gillett under Liverpool FC. They are in need of your support, please follow the link below, follow the instructions, and end this monstrosity of ownership that is bringing down our club.

YNWA,
THE NYC KOPITES

http://www.spiritofshankly.com/news/RBS-and-MPs-_-No-to-Refinancing.html

Do you think Steven Cohen will be taken off the air at World Soccer Daily? If so who do you see as a worthy replacement? The relentless pressure LFC supporters are putting on his sponsors is hurting him where it hurts… His pocket. Now he is taking donations from listeners to keep him on the air. From the looks of it, if he looses two more sponsors Cohen is history. There is no doubt he has been the voice of American footie fans for decent tenure. The sport has grown significantly in the US since he started his hate filled rants. Do you mean to tell me Steven Cohen is the best we have? There is no other pundit or talk show host in America that can run a successful daily soccer radio show without insulting innocent tragically killed LFC supporters. This boycott is bigger than LFCNY, NYC Kopites or Liverpool FC.

It's about respect for human life and the families of the 96 that were lost on that fateful night at Hillsborough. It's about having a prudent soccer ambassador in the United States that doesn’t just talk to hear himself speak.
I want to believe the American audience is too smart to continue to fall for the shenanigans of Steven Cohen. I understand the rants of a sports talk show host are to be bias and opinionated if the show is to be successful. If you have listened to his show in the past or have fallen victim to this latest scandal and just picked it up, you know that the man is a Chelsea supporter and hates Liverpool FC. I have no beef about negative LFC banter. Talk all you want about the team its players and management. I embrace criticism even if it comes from the opposition. The issue is not that he hates LFC or that he constantly trashes them any chance he gets with his whining high pitched rants. The facts are that he has made a mockery and of a terrible tragedy that has affected Liverpudlians, all football supporters and humanity. Hillsborough was an incident that propelled the sport to reevaluate the way its hosts football events. Only a coward dishonors innocent people that can't defend themselves. Freedom of speech is the fundamental notion that Cohen bases his argument on. However, when you are a public figure and ambassador (by default) to a sport in a country you have a social corporate responsibility to your audience, management and your sponsors.
Steven can say what ever he wants but not whenever he wants.

He does not like the colors, accents and songs of Scouser pride. That's fine. Realize fans of the same sport you love so much died in a horrific accident caused by unprepared hosts in a stadium. The fact is that Cohen let his utter hatred for a "team" get the better of him. The immature clouded convoluted perception of the truth is fueled by a hatred for a football team. Cohen himself stated many times a football team or game is nothing to fight over. I agree. He picked this fight for all the wrong reasons. The dead brothers and sisters that we lost in Hillsborough is a fight worth fighting. The malicious hateful comments transcend the sport and have irritated not just Liverpool supporters but all football fans that have an appreciation for life. That life that he loves and lives to the fullest is the same that the 96 no longer enjoy. Please don't let Steven Cohen continue to spread ignorance and hate to American Soccer fans.

Liverpool's No. 9 showed all reds where his allegiance lays by signing an extended deal until 2014. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N164578090529-1207.htm

THE NYC KOPITES "VIVA LA RAFALUCION" SHIRTS. AVAILABLE SOON...

Florentino Perez has Xabi on his "wish list." The former Real Madrid billionaire has set his sights on our Xabi and is willing to pay the price, once re election occurs in July...

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2009/05/23/tony-barrett-perez-election-could-unsettle-spanish-ace-xabi-alonso-100252-23691640/

LFCNY Press Release:

The Hillsborough Justice Campaign condemns Steve Cohen, supports LFCNY and the North American Branches in boycott campaign.

New York, Friday, 22nd May 2009 - The Hillsborough Justice Campaign (HJC) today released a statement condemning Steve Cohen for his lies and support the boycott of his sponsors organized by the LFCNY and the North American Branches of Liverpool supporters. The HJC says that Steve Cohen's lies are the result of an "ignorance borne out of prejudice" and the LFCNY absolutely concurs. Throughout this campaign to get hate merchant Steve Cohen off the air, the consistent position of the LFCNY has been that he has been knowingly telling lies to cause hurt, anguish and pain, all in the name of notoriety and ratings. The simple fact is that Steve Cohen knowingly lies and now more and more people are seeing the truth in that statement.

Yesterday, Liverpool Football Club broke with tradition and to condemn Cohen and today the HJC do the same, "whilst we do not normally divert our valuable time and energy to respond to scurrilous comments in relation to Hillsborough, in this instance we make an exception". The LFCNY are very pleased to have the support of the HJC and will continue in its campaign to get Steve Cohen off the air. The HJC was specific in its support for the campaign, "we support the LFCNY and all Liverpool fans in the U.S. who have called for a boycott of advertisers associated with Mr Cohen", and we take heart from these statements. The campaign against a merchant of hate, Steve Cohen will continue and the LFCNY and all the North American Branches are congratulate the HJC on its stance.

This story has broken in the UK and the LFCNY have contacted many different organizations and companies across the length and breadth of Britian. Expect more statements like those of Liverpool Football Club and the HJC to follow in coming days.

This campaign answers for the 96 because they cannot. They are dead. As long as Steve Cohen has a broadcasting pulpit to promote hate and lies, this campaign will not rest. We encourage everyone to join our boycott of the sponsors of Steve Cohen.


Jack The Lad
Gary Allen
sales@jackthelad.us
garyah63@msn.com

Press Display
Alex Kroogman
akroogman@newspaperdirect.com

PSG Sports
Nick Roberts
nickr@psgsports.com

Sporting Glory
Michael Coyle
michael.coyle@lawdit.co.uk

The Fix
Declan Hill
declanhill2002@yahoo.com

VIP Communications
customerservice@joinvip.com

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Conor Brennan,
VP LFCNY
www.lfcny.org
Co-ordinator of the LFCNY campaign against Steve Cohen.


HJC Statement embedded and attached.

21st May 2009

The Hillsborough Justice Campaign unequivocally condemns the comments made by broadcaster Steve Cohen in relation to both the Hillsborough disaster and the ongoing justice campaign.

The cause of the Hillsborough Disaster was the breakdown of police control (see Interim Report of Lord Justice Taylor). To suggest otherwise is in direct contradiction to the facts and indicates an ignorance borne out of prejudice. Moreover, Mr Cohen’s comments regarding the Hillsborough Justice Campaign are slanderous and defame the good name of the organization.

Whilst we do not normally divert our valuable time and energy to respond to scurrilous comments in relation to Hillsborough, in this instance we make an exception. We support the LFCNY and all Liverpool fans in the U.S. who have called for a boycott of advertisers associated with Mr Cohen.

Finally, we would like to draw Mr Cohen’s attention to our website: www.contrast.org/hillsborough. If his views remain unchanged after reading the facts
as outlined in the history section then it could reasonably be argued that his views on Hillsborough are pathological.

K.Derbyshire
Chair. Hillsborough Justice Campaign

Should this project ever take off the ground Liverpool Football Club kit sponsor Carlsberg look to pursue club’s new stadium naming rights. As reported by euFootball.BIZ Liverpool big wigs are being "scared" by Liverpool fans in to keeping the iconic Anfield name. I'm very happy to hear Liverpool supporters are being heard. It would be disastrous to see the deep rooted history in the Anfield name get tarnished. This means LFC will have two separate financial entities co dependent on each other's success. It will be LFC's burden if Carlsberg goes under or sells. I prefer to see one owner one name.

If the danish brewing company were to go under in a freak economic takeover, LFC and everything that is sacred will be lost. What will in sue is a corporate tug of war over naming rights. Imagine the name of the grounds are to be changed now and 7 years later changed once again. I don't want to have "Probably the best" stadium in the world. We must have "THE BEST" stadium in the world. Anfield.

Back in January Rafa had his eye on England international Glen Johnson but Portsmouth's £10million valuation put them off. Portsmouth got their man but financial troubles has them scrambling for chips. In need of a right back LFC look to snatch a great talent from a dying Pompey for £15million. No doubt this is a much needed move. How do you rate this buy?

You can guarantee this feud will continue until Fergie's nose turns white. Rafa gives props to the devil squad but no kudos to Ferguson. "Normally you have to be polite and respect the other manager. During the season we have seen a lot of things that I didn't like, so that's it." The facts are that bacon face has more money and maybe some refs in his pocket. "When you are prepared to pay £20m or £30m for players it is easier to win the title," he added. No doubt LFC will be ready for battle next season. But if money is the issue where will we get it from?

If your a Beatles fan like I am and will be in the NYC area this exhibit is a must see. The exhibit will feature never‐before‐seen items that uniquely commemorate Lennon’s life in New York City.
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Under the “Soccer for Kids - Breaking Borders" program, implemented by the New York Red Bulls in conjunction with the New York Police Department Soccer Team, a delegation from both entities will travel to Colombia from May 20-27 and hold soccer clinics and bring underprivileged children from different schools.

If Florentino Perez is elected President Real Madrid are believed to be keen on trying to purchase Xabi Alonso from Liverpool for a fee of around £21 million. Will Rafa let the best squad player of 2009 go for 20 mil to a Champions League rival? Inaki Ibanez, Alonso’s agent, has admitted that there is some cloud of doubt over where the reds midfielder will be playing his football next season. If this is the case will Gareth Barry be enough to fill his void?

What the hell was that? Pepe Reina believes the on field spat between Jamie Carragher and Alvaro Arbeloa at West Brom yesterday was little more than another example of Liverpool’s winning mentality. I beg to differ. This looks to me like the frustration of another trophy-less season getting the better of them. Do you think is deeper than the team? Does Carra have a thing for Alvaro's wife? Let me know.

Remember to pick up you new LFC black kit at www.premsoccershop.com

Late game heroics from veteran striker John Wolyniec saves 10 man Red Bulls from another loss.

West Brom vs Liverpool pre match analysis.

http://www.anfield-online.co.uk/match-preview/2009/match-preview-west-brom-a/