Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry is working late this
evening trying to agree a transfer fee with Blackburn Rovers for
defender Lucas Neill.
A bid of around £2million from Anfield has been rejected by Rovers
but Insider sources inform us that the transfer is "90% complete"
and that arrangements for a medical at Melwood on Thursday morning
are already in place.
Reds boss Rafael Benitez has returned home for the evening leaving
his chief executive to work on the deal from his office at
Anfield.
Rafa was as cool as a cucumber when he left Melwood this evening as
the video clip below shows (note he was busy on his hands-free when
leaving... 'Buy Rick, buy!')
Neill's contract is up next summer so even if Rovers play hard to
get, under new FIFA rules, players aged 28 or over can buy out
their contract in the final year of their deal.
Come to think of it, instead of having him around breaking
Liverpool players' legs, why not buy him to break other players'
legs. I loved to see players like Robben, Drogba, Henry having
their legs off. 
