Liverpool have hit a stumbling block in their efforts to sign Nathaniel Clyne, they are not willing to pay the asking price.
Deluded Brendan seems to think Southampton is his personal shopping experience, the only trouble is that he is trying to shop in Harrods's and pay Outlet Store prices.
His opening offer of £10 million was nothing short of an insult for a player who if he had two years left on his contract would be worth £20 million plus, his second bid of £12 million shows that his nickname of Deluded Brendan is very apt, he seems to think that everyone should jump to his tune.
Saints are not being unfair when they say that they want £15 million for Clyne, that is a fair price for a player who is now a regular in the England squad, they are also not in the mood for playing silly huggers, with Clyne's replacement already signed Saints are in no hurry to sell, they can afford to wait for the highest bidder or even keep Clyne at the club till the January transfer window.
For his part Clyne is finding that he is not as highly valued as he might have thought and that Deluded Brendan is his only option.
For his part Rodgers is walking a tightrope in his job as manager at Anfield, with so much money wasted last season he cannot afford to go gung ho with transfer fee's, especially to Saints where he caught a massive cold last year to the tune of around £50 million
But the dilemma for Rodgers is that if he isn't careful he could find that another club could come in and trump his bid, if he wants Clyne then he needs to start being serious with Saints and start talking at the asking price.