Reds hopeful over Adam capture

Liverpool remain hopeful of signing Blackpool captain Charlie Adam before the end of the transfer window despite Ian Holloway’s insistence that it would take £14 million to secure his captain's services.

Kenny Dalglish, Holloway's counterpart, had an initial bid of £4.5 million rejected on Friday and sources at Blackpool have confirmed that a second offer, due to be lodged yesterday and worth £5 million, will be given equally short shrift.

Holloway declared yesterday that Liverpool would have to put a "one in front of" their original valuation to stand any chance of signing Adam in the next seven days, but a compromise may yet be reached for around £7 million.

The midfielder, a £500,000 signing from Rangers, is believed to be desperate for a deal to go through, while Holloway has admitted that he would not stand in Adam's way should a "big" club come in for him, though he would prefer that scenario to arise at the end of the season.

On Saturday Sunderland discovered there is life in the wake of a departing malcontent. The story of the one that got away and the other anxious to fly the nest dominated Bloomfield Road at the end of yet another display of attacking endeavour by two of the season's unlikely overachievers.

Source: The Telegraph

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