Teachers pet surely not
I'm not so sure that BR has much say at the moment. He's been very quiet since the meeting with FSG which makes me think he's been told that he's the first team manager and that's it or he can choose to ship out - i.e. He won't have a say in signings and selling.
Joe Allen is a Premiership level player, but not for a team that wants to be challenging and playing CL. He'll head back to Swans or end up somewhere like Newcastle or maybe even West Ham where Liverpool transfer failures go to die.