After a week of negotiations, and with the deal looking all but complete, it seems that Loic Remy's dream move to Liverpool has collapsed with the Anfield side dramatically pulling out of the deal with the French star set to sign a four year contract with the club. The specfics of the deal's collapse remain to be confirmed, and Liverpool have so far declined to give a specific reason for pulling out, but the Mirror are reporting that the player failed a stringent medical in America, and now faces the ignominy of returning to London with his future no more certain. Remy was widely expected to join Liverpool for just £8.5m after impressing at Newcastle last year - scoring 14 goals in just 24 games on loan with the North East side - but despite meeting the release clause, Liverpool will now not get their man, which puts their efforts to strengthen in the wake of Luis Suarez's move to Barcelona back a step. The player missed the end of Newcastle's season with a relatively minor calf injury, but was fit enough to join the French World Cup squad, though he didn't enjoy as much playing time as he might have anticipated before the tournament. He has been flown out to Boston to put the final touches to a contract worth £80,000 a week contract, but he is now heading back to England with Liverpool looking elsewhere for reinforcements. That could mean Rodgers looks back to his old club and £20m striker Wilfried Bony, but the chance to sign a striker with Premier League experience for so low a fee must have been a big selling point in the Frenchman's favour over other options. Time will tell whether there is still an opportunity for Remy at Liverpool - though you'd suspect these results would imply a longer term issue if the deal has been called off entirely - or if Newcastle will follow the trend they set in taking Sylvain Marveaux from under the noses of Liverpool after he reportedly failed a medical.
