Albert Riera wanted by Sunderland
Sunderland are interested in bringing ex-Liverpool winger Albert Riera back to England. Any deal
could prove difficult as the Spaniard is paid £115,000 a week at Galatasaray.
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We need a proper winger! came the constant refrain. Kuyt may have been a lock on the
right for years, and before him Steven Gerrard may have had his best statistical season cutting in
from the flank, but neither was a proper winger. Meanwhile on the left, be it Babel or Benayoun or
Garcia, it seemed a role largely filled by default, a place to dump an extra creative player who
couldn't quite manage to get a game anywhere else.
Maxi Rodriguez hopes his new squad number will inspire him to a best ever goals tally in a
Liverpool shirt.
The Argentine enjoyed a rich vein of form in the latter stages of 2010-11 including hat-tricks in
consecutive games but has already set his sights on surpassing those exploits this time around.
Rafa Benitez undoubtedly signed some brilliant players during his time at Anfield, and the club is
still benefiting from some of the players he signed. However, it's also true to say that Benitez
wasted a lots of money on players who just weren't good enough for Liverpool. It's taken a long
time to rid the club of these highly paid players, but with the departure of Philipp Degen today,
the club is no longer lumbered with Benitez's deadwood.
Given the confidential nature of player contracts, real transfer fee levels are rarely released
into the public domain. This leads to guesswork and supposition on a grand scale, which leads to
lots of inaccurate figures floating around. Here are the some of the glaring inaccuracies currently
accepted as gospel.
By Sindre Trygsland, writing from Lancaster, England. Sindre is an avid Liverpool supporter,
connoisseur of Scandinavian football and business student at Lancaster University.
The appointment of Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has once again transmitted
hope to the millions of Liverpool supporters around the world.
The summer of 2011 promises to be an intriguing one for all Liverpool fans. Ever since New
England Sports Ventures (NESV) took over from the almost criminal and ultimately degrading
ownership of previous occupants Tom Hicks and George Gillett, it has been a transfer window Reds
fans have waited for.
The summer of 2011 promises to be an intriguing one for all Liverpool fans. Ever since New
England Sports Ventures (NESV) took over from the almost criminal and ultimately degrading
ownership of previous occupants Tom Hicks and George Gillett, it has been a transfer window Reds
fans have waited for.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish insists it will be "disrespectful'' to his current squad not to
make top-quality signings in the summer but also did not rule out a return for some familiar
faces.
Dalglish accepts there will be some movement in and out but he will not settle for anything less
than the best in terms of new arrivals.
Look back at the usual starting eleven under Benitez in the 2008/2009 season, the season which
we mounted our strongest Premier League title challenge yet finishing 2nd. The usual players (not
in order of any sort) where:
Pepe Reina (Spanish)
Andrea Dossena (Italian)
Sami Hyypia (Finnish)
Steven Gerrard (English)
Daniel Agger (Danish)
Jamie Carragher (English)
Xabi Alonso (Spanish)
Yossi Benayoun (Israeli)
Albert Riera (Spanish)
David Ngog (French)
Fernando Torres (Spanish)
Emilano Insua (Argentinean)
Javier Mascherano (Argentinean)
Lucas Leiva (Brazillian)
read more
An article by Paul Boyham.
You can follow Paul on Twitter at @paulboyham and also see more of his articles here on his
blog.
Player transfers were one of many things Liverpool managed poorly last summer, as Christian
Purslow and Roy Hodgson oversaw some woeful signings and ludicrous sales.
TweetAn article by Paul Boyham.
You can follow Paul on Twitter at @paulboyham and also see more of his articles here on his
blog.
Player transfers were one of many things Liverpool managed poorly last summer, as Christian
Purslow and Roy Hodgson oversaw some woeful signings and ludicrous sales.
TweetAn article by Paul Boyham.
You can follow Paul on Twitter at @paulboyham and also see more of his articles here on his
blog.
Player transfers were one of many things Liverpool managed poorly last summer, as Christian
Purslow and Roy Hodgson oversaw some woeful signings and ludicrous sales.
