04. febrúar, 2007
Jæja, ég nenni ekki að hafa Julian Lescott blasa við mér hér á Liverpool blogginu stundinni lengur, þannig að ég ætla að benda á tvær greinar. Önnur er sunnudags-slúður af bestu gerð.
Sunday Mirror halda því nefnilega fram að Rafa muni fá 120 milljónir punda til að eyða í nýja leikmenn. Það væri svo sannarlega gaman ef rétt reynist (feitletrun mín)
Liverpool’s decision to accept the American offer in preference to doing a deal with Dubai International Capital is widely thought to have come about after Gillett and Hicks put a far more lucrative package together.
Shareholders including chairman David Moores will profit from the deal, debts will be immediately addressed and proposals over a new stadium accelerated.
But it’s the activity in the transfer market that will be of primary interest to fans and should delight Benitez, who has publicly voiced his frustrations at buying within a limited budget compared with the clubs Liverpool are supposed to be challenging.
Seinni greinin er verulega athyglisverð, en þar skrifar hið virta blað Independent um félagaskipti Javier Mascherano yfir í Liverpool. Blaðið segir að Mascherano hafi ákveðið að fara til Juventus. Eeeeen,
Then Mascherano received a knock on the door of his apartment in London’s Docklands. It was Rafael Benitez. The Liverpool manager turned up unannounced and wanted to know why Mascherano had chosen the Stadio Delle Alpi ahead of Anfield. Over the next four hours Benitez talked to Mascherano as no coach had talked to him before, and the 22-year-old was utterly mesmerised. He also changed his mind. He would now try to join Liverpool.
During the conversation Benitez had sat leaning over the coffee table and enthusiastically using the decorative stones placed on it to represent Liverpool players, just as a father might improvise with salt and pepper pots to explain the game to his son. Benitez told Mascherano exactly where he fitted into the Liverpool team - apparently alongside Xabi Alonso, holding in the centre of midfield, with Steven Gerrard on the right.
Nú er ég einn af þeim, sem er á því að með réttri miðju þá gæti Steven Gerrard passa vel útá hægri kanti. Margir tengdu slæmt gengi hans í byrjun tímabilsins við stöðu hans á vellinum, en að mörgu leyti var ég því ósammála. Gleymum því ekki að hann var kosinn besti maður úrvalsdeildarinnar í fyrra, á tímabili þar sem hann lék að langmestu leyti útá kanti.
Það verður allavegna fróðlegt að sjá hvað Rafa ætlar að gera. Miðja með Mascherano og Xabi Alonso stjórnandi spilinu og Gerrard útá kanti hljómar vissulega spennandi.