The Fiver | Young-English-player tax; and dog gone Donny | Rob Bagchi

06/11/11 Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every weekday at 5pm, or if your usual copy has stopped arriving 'WE ALL DREAM OF A TEAM OF SCURRIERS' During his first spell as Liverpool's manager Kenny Dalglish liked to stockpile central midfielders, adding Steve McMahon, Nigel Spackman, Mike Marsh, Don Hutchison and Jamie Redknapp at the rate of about one a year. With his ?20m purchase of ...

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Dalglish spends big and buys British, but are they worth it?

07/14/11 Kenny Dalglish's last public act on Liverpool's tour of Asia was to engage in some public banter with Phil Thompson in front of 38,000 fans who had come to see his players engage in a little light training.

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Downing set for Anfield talks

07/14/11 Liverpool are set to open talks with England winger Stewart Downing after settling on a fee with Aston Villa. Downing has been a prime summer target of Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, and bids of ?12million and ?15million were refused prior to Wednesday's breakthrough.

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