{"id":447578,"date":"2011-06-25T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T07:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/25\/liverpool-to-step-up-chase-for-charlie-adam-expect-to-fend-off-late-interest-from-aston-villa-in-blackpool-midfielder\/"},"modified":"2011-06-25T07:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T07:54:00","slug":"liverpool-to-step-up-chase-for-charlie-adam-expect-to-fend-off-late-interest-from-aston-villa-in-blackpool-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/25\/liverpool-to-step-up-chase-for-charlie-adam-expect-to-fend-off-late-interest-from-aston-villa-in-blackpool-midfielder\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool to step up chase for Charlie Adam &#038; expect to fend off late interest from Aston Villa in Blackpool midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>25 Jun 2011 08:54:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"72.8277923048\">\n<div readability=\"16.5321100917\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL,Charlie Adam,Blackpool vs West Bromwich Albion(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/115300\/115313_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL,Charlie Adam,Blackpool vs West Bromwich Albion(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"43.470790378\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3447\/greg-stobart\/archive\/1\">Greg Stobart<\/a> | Northern Correspondent<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> are ready to step up their attempts to sign <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/1094\/blackpool\">Blackpool<\/a> captain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/14001\/charlie-adam\">Charlie Adam<\/a> in the coming days and are confident of beating off competition from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adam is one of Liverpool&#8217;s top targets for the summer transfer window and director of football Damien Comolli is planning talks with Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds want to pay \u00a39 million for the central midfielder but could be forced to up their bid to \u00a310m due to interest from new Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish.<\/p>\n<p>McLeish gave Adam his Rangers debut in 2003 and wants to add his fellow Scot to the Villa squad following the sale of Ashley Young to Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>United have themselves been monitoring Adam&#8217;s situation, as have Everton, but it now looks like a straight battle between Liverpool and Villa for the playmaker&#8217;s signature.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are firm favourites to land Adam and Anfield is believed to be the 25-year-old&#8217;s preferred destination.<\/p>\n<p>Reds manager Kenny Dalglish failed with an \u00a38m bid for Adam in January but has maintained his interest as he makes major changes at Anfield to target a top-four finish next season.<\/p>\n<p>The Tangerines resisted offers in January as they sought to retain their Premier League status but are resigned to Adam&#8217;s departure this summer following their relegation to the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Blackpool triggered a 12-month extension to Adam&#8217;s contract in May but accept they will have to sell their star man, who cost just \u00a3500,000 when he arrived from Rangers in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Adam would become Liverpool&#8217;s second signing of the summer following the arrival of England Under-21 international Jordan Henderson from Sunderland in a \u00a316m deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds are also looking to add two wingers to the squad, with Aston Villa star Stewart Downing their leading target despite the Midlands club&#8217;s \u00a320m valuation of the former Middlesbrough man.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool value the 26-year-old at around \u00a315m and are confident of landing Downing, who is disillusioned at Villa Park and desperate to join the club, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/25\/2546967\/stewart-downing-set-to-hand-in-aston-villa-tran\">and reportedly set to hand in a transfer request to force through the move.<br \/><\/a><br \/>Nevertheless, Liverpool sources have told <strong>Goal.com<\/strong> they expect a stand-off with Villa over the price as owners Fenway Sports Group have established a reputation of eventually meeting other clubs&#8217; demands.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/25\/2546532\/liverpool-to-step-up-chase-for-charlie-adam-expect-to-fend\" title=\"Liverpool to step up chase for Charlie Adam &amp; expect to fend off late interest from Aston Villa in Blackpool midfielder\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool to step up chase for Charlie Adam &amp; expect to fend off late interest from Aston Villa in Blackpool midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 Jun 2011 08:54:00 EPL,Charlie Adam,Blackpool vs West Bromwich Albion(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players By Greg Stobart | Northern Correspondent Liverpool are ready to step up their attempts to sign Blackpool captain Charlie Adam in the coming days and are confident of beating off competition from Aston Villa . Adam is one of Liverpool&#8217;s top targets for the summer transfer window and director of football Damien Comolli is planning talks with Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston over the weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool to step up chase for Charlie Adam &amp; expect to fend off late interest from Aston Villa in Blackpool midfielder - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/25\/liverpool-to-step-up-chase-for-charlie-adam-expect-to-fend-off-late-interest-from-aston-villa-in-blackpool-midfielder\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool to step up chase for Charlie Adam &amp; expect to fend off late interest from Aston Villa in Blackpool midfielder - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"25 Jun 2011 08:54:00 EPL,Charlie Adam,Blackpool vs West Bromwich Albion(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players By Greg Stobart | Northern Correspondent Liverpool are ready to step up their attempts to sign Blackpool captain Charlie Adam in the coming days and are confident of beating off competition from Aston Villa . 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