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Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread
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Robbie Keane isn't even that great of a buy for liverpool. Lets face it he is fairly old. The main reason Liverpool want him is because they want to have an Irish player on the team at all times to keep the Irish fanbase up and Steve Finnan isn't going to be first team all season.
You're missing a lol and
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That has got to be the dumbest theory I've read on this and any previous Liverpool super thread.
Mike.
Not alone that it was the dumbest post in the history the entire forum
Ireland has what 4m people with maybe half at best who have an interest in football.
At best there are 250,000 Liverpool fans in Ireland.
If it was commercial reasons why not buy a Spanish/Chinese/American striker
who would give them much much bigger commercial exposure.
I dont know why im even trying to point out the gigantic holes in that theory
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But sure who would but a Chinese player and sit him on the bench and use him for maketing reasons? That would just be Dong Dumb....
If it was commercial reasons why not buy a Spanish/Chinese/American striker
who would give them much much bigger commercial exposure.
I dont know why im even trying to point out the gigantic holes in that theory. 0 -
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Finally looks like the Leto situation will be resolved with the next week or so.
If he can't get a passport, I expect him to most likely be sold, or at the very least loaned out. Definitely can't see him hanging around just to play in reserve and friendly games for a couple of years.
If he can play for us then I expect him to be in the first-team squad and one of the players possibly to benefit from the seven rules thing. Also it would be a plus in terms of actual cover for when Babel is at the Olympics (don't think there is a huge chacne Leto will get called up, but with Barca being arssey about Messi you never know - fingers crossed). It also givez us more options, no?
I was wondering about the non-appearance of Finnan and Pennant in the team or among the subs, but looks like they have minor knocks. Obviously don't want to do any serious damage if there is a possibility of them being sold.
Also - bloody Italians paper pushers - probably be Christmas before we see Dossena at this stage.
In the friendly the boy Pacheo looked well tasty - showed lovely vision and some lovely touches. He's only about 5'7 but doesnt seem to be too hassled by the physical side of things. As noted below Leto played well - as did Voronin. Lucas also put in a good performance. I'm expecting him to up his goal tally significantly this season especially if he is given licence to get forward - as per previous article. Seems to have a knack for ending up in the box in good positions unmarked when he does get forward. However the game was a glorified training session really. On the negative side Degen looked suspect defensively - might be rustiness with not having played for a long while but his positioning didnt look like that of an instinctive defender. Also Cavalieri had a couple of dodgy moments - Fingers crossed it was just settling in nerves.BENITEZ WELCOMES RETURN OF LETO
Steve Hunter in Grenchen 16 July 2008
Rafael Benitez welcomed the return of Sebastian Leto after the Argentine winger enjoyed an impressive run-out during the 2-1 win over FC Lucerne in Grenchen.
The left winger, who was signed by Benitez from Club Atletico Lanus, gave an exciting performance during the 55 minutes that he was on the pitch.
Andriy Voronin scored a brilliant winner for Rafael Benitez's side after Mario Gavranovic had equalised Lucas' opener.
Due to work permit problems Leto last played a competitive match for the reserves against Middlesbrough on December 10, 2008, and the Reds boss is now hoping to have the winger available for selection in his squad this season.
"Leto is a good player and he showed tonight the quality that he has," said Benitez. "He has had some problems with his work permit but hopefully that will be okay because has a lot of quality.
"We are waiting to hear when that permit will come through and we should find that out in the next 10 days.
"I thought there were a lot of positives to take for us from this game. The idea was to continue improving the fitness level of the players. It was a good game with a lot of opportunities and like many times last season I could see another game when their goalkeeper was man of the match.
"The understanding between Daniel Pacheco and Voronin was good and both players did well. The team worked really hard which was good. We kept the ball well and passed the ball well.
"It was also good to give Ryan Babel, Dirk Kuyt and Javier Mascherano their first games. Kuyt has only just joined us for training and wanted to play tonight."
Steven Gerrard was an unused substitute but Benitez revealed that decision was taken as a precaution because of tiredness, and confirmed his skipper is expected to play against Wisla Krakow on Saturday,
"Steven Gerrard was a little bit tired so we didn't want to take any risks," added the boss. "Jermaine Pennant has a knock so like Gerrard we didn't want to take any risk.
"Steve Finnan has a problem with his thigh and he is back in Liverpool receiving treatment."
The Reds boss also revealed that Andrea Dossena couldn't play because international clearance had not arrived in time for this match. It is hoped he can make his debut against Wisla Krakow in Poland on Saturday.
Benitez also confirmed that Ryan Babel will be allowed to go to the Olympics with the Holland squad.
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BastardPrince wrote: »what? dossena was in the squad was he not?
Yeah but still waiting to get his international clearance through so he can actually play for us. Complete paperwork holdup crap
See previous article re return of Leto for detail from Rafa - hope to have clearance by next Wed's friendly0 -
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