How not to win over the Liverpool faithful The chances of Charles Itandje ever amounting to more at Anfield than being Liverpool's reserve keeper always seemed pretty slim, but they just got a whole lot slimmer. As this GIF shows, television cameras spotted the 26-year-old larking around and generally being disrespectful during Wednesday's memorial service marking [.

Charles Itandje's Liverpool career could be in jeopardy following allegations that he behaved inappropriately at Wednesday's Hillsborough memorial service.
Television footage of the event appeared to show the out of favour keeper fooling around during the ceremony and senior officials at Liverpool are already looking into the incident with a view to taking disciplinary action against him.

There are many things one may hope never to encounter in their short lifetime here on Earth. One of those things is being mauled by a black bear. Another one of those things is having a Bulgarian mob boss come after you.

Ohhh, looks like a loss for Liverpool reserve keeper Nikolay Mihailov on the latter.

This grinning idiot is Steven Cohen. Many football fans in the States will be aware of his work as the co-host of the World Soccer Daily radio show. Cohen is a naturalised American, but he was born in London and is a passionate Chelsea fan. I have heard him referred to as America's "Voice of Soccer".

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is reportedly set for a summer clear-out, with 11 players expected to leave Anfield.
The News of the World claims that the Spaniard is ready to sell a whole host of players including Ryan Babel, Albert Riera and Xabi Alonso, in order to raise funds.
The tabloid claims that Benitez needs the finances in order to finally sign Gareth Barry from Aston Villa and to compete with the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United in the transfer market.

A few days ago, I conducted a poll on this site asking whether Steven Gerrard should retain the captaincy if he was found guilty of affray. Now that Gerrard has been cleared, the disappointing results of the poll can be revealed
1500 site visitors voted in the poll over a 2 day period. Rather worryingly, 70% of voters said Gerrard should keep the captaincy even if he was convicted.

Charles Itandje has been given a 14 day ban by Liverpool FC for his behaviour during the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. The reserve keeper was shown swaying around and nudging the person next to him whilst smiling.

Itandje has recently issued an apology to the Liverpool Echo:

"First of all, if my behaviour has caused offence to anyone then I can only apologise.

If Liverpool are to improve on their runners-up spot in the Premier League, they will need to sign at least one player of proven quality this summer.
Valencia's David Silva could be a player that makes a big difference for The Reds, if they were to splash out on the 23-year-old.
The Spain international is able to play anywhere in attack, which means that Rafa Benitez could slot him into either the wide right, wide left, or the second striker position.

.Arsenal Transfered In: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax, £11m), Damian Martinez (Club Athletico Independiente, £1.3m), Jamie Edge (Cheltenham, undisc) Transfered Out: Abu Ogogo (Dag & Red, free), Amaury Bischoff (Academica de Coimbra, free), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man C, £25m), Kolo Toure (Man C, £14m), Jay Simpson (QPR, loan), James Dunne (Exeter, free), Rui Fonte (Lisbon, free), Rene Steer (Oldham, free), [.

Sebastian Leto is set for Anfield departure after reports in the Greek media has mentioned Liverpool have accepted a bid from Panathinaikos.

According to the reports, the Greek club has bid in the region of £3million for the Argentinian midfielder.

Leto has spent last season on loan at Olympiakos, after problems securing a work permit to play in Britain and made 22 appearances for them.

Charles Itandje is persona non grata at Anfield after his regrettable behaviour during the Hillsborough memorial service. His career is hanging by a thread and the vitriol being heaped upon him is growing by the minute; but does he deserve such vilification? Take a look at the video footage of his 'antics' and then vote in the poll.

Apparently Rafa doesn't have much in the way of cash, if only we could offload these guys!

If reports that I have been reading are accurate then we are in a bit of a financial pickle and in order to bring in new players we need to offload those who really don't belong, such as these four.

Andriy Voronin Value £4-6m

Not had a bad pre-season but then he has performed well in friendlies before and is by no means likely to get a starting spot anytime soon.

Charles Itandje, the club's reserve goalkeeper, was reportedly caught by television cameras laughing and fooling around during the service to mark the 20th anniversary of the deaths of 96 Liverpool supporters at Hillsborough, according to the Liverpool Echo.
Oh, dear.

Liverpool player Charles Itandje yesterday apologised for laughing and dancing during the Hillsborough memorial service. He said sorry after he was suspended for two weeks over the antics, which have outraged Liverpool fans, and told to keep away from the club. The reserve team goalkeeper said he apologised "a thousand times" and offered to meet the families [.

You remember that stupid Liverpool reserve goalkeeper that fooled around during the Hillsborough tragedy memorial service.
His name is Charles Itandje. He's an idiot and he said everyone's making too big a deal of what he did.

"It is a 30-second video montage that was given senseless proportions.

Reading striker Simon Church during the season - with a view to signing him next year.
Former Liverpool boss Roy Evans has spoken to Rafa Benitez about the talented captain of Wales Under-21s.
Evans, who is the Wales assistant boss, rates Church, 20, highly and has told Benitez to keep an eye out for him in the Championship.

Tired of a lack of playing time at Anfield, Charles Itandje looks set to leave Liverpool before the end of the summer transfer window next week.
French newspaper L'Equipe reports that Sporting Gijon have made a loan offer for the goalkeeper.
Itandje is keen on a move from Anfield and since the arrival of Brazilian keeper Diego Cavalieri has not even made the substitutes bench on a regular basis.

Liverpool goalkepper Charles Itandje has today attempted to defend himself after he was banned for two weeks by the Merseyside.
The former French under-21 international was seen acting inappropriately during the club's memorial service for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster earlier this week and has now been banned, however Itandje feels the situation has been blown out of all proportion.

It was quite the busy weekend in the football world, wasn't it? And before I catch you up on the weekend's biggest matches and stories, if you thought that Charles Itandje's ill-timed giggles were bad, I can only imagine what you might think of how World Soccer Daily radio show host Steven Cohen picked the absolute worst time to do his best Kelvin MacKenzie impression.

Hot on the heels of Robbie Keane being dumped on the scrapheap by Rafa Benitez, Ryan Babel is seemingly on the way out of Liverpool after failing to hold down a first team spot. Who is to blame for these two expensive players failing to make the grade at Anfield?
I recently argued that Benitez is to blame for the failure of Keane and Babel to fit in at Anfield; the crux of my argument was based on the following facts:
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Rafa Benitez will have a £64million war chest to battle Manchester United.
And top of the Liverpool boss' summer agenda is to finally tie up an £8m deal to bring Gareth Barry to Anfield when the season ends.
He will then off-load up to 11 squad players to cover the Barry deal and to generate more funds to compete in the transfer market.

Why is he still employed by the club!

Liverpool keeper Charles Itandje is in talks with Greek club Panionios over a possible switch from Anfield.

Itandje signed for the Reds in the summer of 2007 but has only made seven cup appearances for the club and it has been made clear he does not figure in boss Rafa Benitez's plans.

Charles Itandje has been loaned out to Greek side Kavala FC; let's hope he doesn't ever return to Anfield after his disgraceful show of disrespect at the Hillsborough memorial service.

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Fingers crossed he never comes back!

The protracted departure of Charles Itandje from Liverpool could be nearing its conclusion after reports in France claim the goalkeeper is set to join Greek outfit AO Kavala.

Itandje is currently the Reds' fourth-choice stopper and is much disliked at Anfield following inappropriate behaviour earlier this year at a memorial service for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster.

Charles Itandje admits he could be tempted into securing a permanent move away from Liverpool.
The Reds keeper is currently taking in a season-long loan spell at Greek outfit Kavala, having been deemed surplus to requirements at Anfield.
His career on Merseyside appears to have come to an end, with Rafa Benitez now well-stocked in the keeping department.

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Itandje said: 'The last season at Liverpool was very difficult. Watching the other players every Saturday on the pitch when I was in front of the television at home was not easy.

Time these players were given their marching orders.

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Albert Rieira

I had high hopes for Albert Riera when he first arrived from Espanyol but other than a couple of decent games and a decent finish here and there I really have been consistently wanting more from the winger.

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Goalkeeper

4 appearances (as of the end of 2008-2009)

1 clean sheet

Signed from Palmeiras in 2008 for 3.5 mil

BACKGROUND BEFORE LFC

There's an old joke that Brazil win World Cups without a goalkeeper. Hopefully, Diego Cavalieri would disagree with that, because when he left Palmeiras, he was playing second fiddle to Brazil's Marcos, who was their shot-stopper when they won the World Cup in 2002.

Charles Itandje, 26, formerly of Racing Club de Lens, where he established his first-team credentials, accumulating 170 first-team appearances in the league, has left Liverpool to join Greek side Kavala on loan, according to the BBC.
The move, scheduled to be complete at the end of June 2010, was perhaps cemented in April last season, when various members of Liverpool's congregation during the Hillsborough memorial service complained about inappropriate behaviour from Itandje.

Please do not come back!

Charles Itandje admits he could be tempted into securing a permanent move away from Liverpool.

The Reds keeper is currently taking in a season-long loan spell at Greek outfit Kavala, having been deemed surplus to requirements at Anfield.

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Itandje said: 'The last season at Liverpool was very difficult. Watching the other players every Saturday on the pitch when I was in front of the television at home was not easy.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez last week issued a hands-off warning to any potential suitors looking to snap up Xabi Alonso, declaring that the Spanish international is no longer on the market.
But according to The Daily Telegraph, Real Madrid, and in particular their potential future president, Florentino Perez, have continued to pursue the 27-year-old, as the English broadsheet is adamant that the ex-supremo, should he return to power, will be eager to see the Reds midfielder link up with Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas.

Liverpool reserve-team goalkeeper Charles Itandje has played down the furore surrounding his behaviour at the Hillsborough memorial service.
The service took place on Wednesday and fans flocked to Anfield to pay their respects for the 96 supporters who lost their lives during the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

David Conn writes about Liverpool's mounting financial problems. Despite record revenues, LFC's parent company, Kop Football came away with huge losses mainly through interest payments. Messrs Tom Hicks and George Gilette have not quite delivered on their promises and although the club is nowhere close to being foreclosed, the stadium plan is effectively on hold.

Former Liverpool chairman David Moores has resigned from the Club's Board of Directors. Moores will, however, retain his position as Club Honorary Life President.

Moores, whose family became one of the richest in Britain with the creation of the Littlewoods empire, took the role of chairman in 1991.

Charles Itandje has been loaned out to Greek side Kavala FC; let's hope he doesn't ever return to Anfield after his disgraceful show of disrespect at the Hillsborough memorial service.

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Charles Itandje still believes he didn't do too much wrong during the ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hillsborough.
The disgraced French goalkeeper was shown laughing during the service at Anfield and was fined and suspended before being sent on loan to Greek outfit Kavala.