Spurs Sign Sigurdsson, Ramirez Hope Remains

The news officially came through yesterday that Gylfi Sigurdsson had chosen to sign for Tottenham over Liverpool. It seems that the lure of working with Brendan Rodgers again was not enough to convince Sigurdsson to move to Merseyside.

Now I know that Sigurdsson and his father have stated that it has never been about the money for Gylfi but personally I can't see another significant reason for a choice of Spurs over LFC, they're in the same European competition, he would surely get playing time at both clubs and Liverpool look set to build and challenge for the top four in the next couple of seasons as do Tottenham under André Villas-Boas. Gylfi claimed that a chat with AVB was enough to convince him to sign for Spurs and yet it was reported he was having a medical over a week ago, before the appointment. Anyway surely a short chat with a new manager is worth less than working under a man who you have already had success with, that is unless that short chat involved the words "lots of cash".

Liverpool FC has always been bigger than any individual, especially one that has never played for the club and therefore the club must look to move on and sign other transfer targets. Top teams such as Man Utd and Chelsea have already made some of their moves in the transfer window with signings such as Shinji Kagawa and Eden Hazard and I believe that it is key for Liverpool to try and move as early as possible to get their targets.

This need to act quickly could be particularly important if Liverpool do attempt to sign Bologna midfielder/winger Gaston Ramirez, this is because Ramirez has been selected to play in the Uruguay Olympic squad. Football may not be one of the bigger events in the Olympics but it has been proven in the past that if a player does well in any kind of tournament demand for him goes up and so does the price tag. Therefore it is vital that Liverpool push the deal through early in order to get the best possible price for the 21 year old.

Personally having only seen a couple of videos of his best bits I'm not that well informed on the quality of Ramirez, everything I have seen has been positive but they are his highlights and they are, in my opinion, at a lower level of football than the Premier League. Ramirez or not I do strongly believe that Liverpool need to get a shift on in the transfer market. Part of this is because the squad needs to blend and part is because I'm getting bored with all the stories about kits and tours on the website.