By Lisa Knight
July 31 2005

Speculation is rife that Stelios is on his way to Anfield, Benitez is thought to preparing a bid one million pounds to secure the midfielders services. One newspaper claims that we will have to accept the offer as it will activate a release clause However in an interview with the BBC, Sam Allardyce revealed that chairman Phil Gartside has not received any tenders for the player "We don't want to lose him, but my chairman assures me Liverpool have not made a bid for him. So we can just hope it's speculation"

I cant see the point of this transfer, because for me theres no doubt that he will only be a squad player. Why give up regular football just to have LFC on your CV

Also it would be a disloyalty to the man who made him, who gave him a chance when most clubs were ignorant to the idea of bringing Greek internationals to the English game

"I would feel let down if he left. When we brought him over everyone thought it was difficult for players from Greece to be good in the Premiership but we proved them wrong

"He's proved everyone wrong since he came back from Euro 2004, but if someone can bid so much money you can't resist it. And life moves on, that's football"