http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ol/6267319.stm
Well I hope they don't get away with it. I don't actually see why they have that rule, but since the rules are the rules surely even Liverpool should abide by them. I doubt they will though.
Just look at what happened after they won the CL, they
expected to have a place in the CL next year even though thye had no right to one. The authorities had recently changed the rules about giving the winners a place yet somehow they were happy to revert them back because it was Liverpool.
On the subject of the actualy player I can see why they want him. He couldn't be bothered to play at West Ham, as they weren't a big club but I've heard from people he played well in the WC and if you consider the way Benitez has managed a troublesome player like Bellamy and looks to be doing the same with Pennant, then it makes sense.