My Anfield 10 July @ 05:23 AM EST
Pennant is a talented player and he proved that with many impressive performances in his first 2
seasons with LFC. However, he lacked consistency and eventually fell foul of Rafa for whatever
reasons.
Despite repeated attempts by Rafa over the last year to sell Pennant and recoup some of his
transfer fee, Pennant choose to sit out the remainder of his contract and leave a free agent (he
has now signed for Real Zaragoza).
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My Anfield 07 July @ 07:50 AM EST
Well what do you know, Liverpool has beaten Arsenal to the signing of a French youngster. Now
that's something which you don't see every day.
The 18 year old defender (can play at full back and centre back) has signed from Paris Saint
Germain for an undisclosed fee. As ever, he's being portrayed as one of those brightest ever
prospect types (we'll soon see).
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My Anfield 01 July @ 03:51 PM EST
Well the transfer window is finally open, no doubt the media will treat us to even more rumours
which have no basis in reality. But with Rafa now having more control over transfers, hopefully we
won't have to wait too long to see who the real transfer targets are.
There's been quite a few departures from LFC already (Hyypia, Pennant, Hobbs, Anderson, Leto), with
more to follow (possibly Dossena, Arbeloa, and Babel).
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My Anfield 21 June @ 03:21 PM EST
First we had God at LFC, now it looks like we might have Jesus also (not to imply he's the son of
Fowler). According to Sky Sports, Liverpool have beaten Real Madrid & Barcelona to the signing of
another highly talented kid.
The 16 year old attacking midfielder, is meant to be in the mould of Cesc Fabregas.
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My Anfield 16 June @ 11:58 AM EST
Ever since Steve Finnan left LFC, right back has become one of our weaker areas. Arbeloa has been a
very good (not great) right back for us, and Degen is injured more often than not. Although
Carragher can do a job when asked, much like Arbeloa he lacks a certain attacking nous.
By now you've probably all heard that Portsmouth have accepted LFC's reputed £17m bid for Glen
Johnson (plus he wants to join us).
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My Anfield 09 June @ 04:49 PM EST
The important thing for fans to realise is that we can trust Rafa above the media with their
sensationalist speculating. Rafa has made it clear he has the funds available to land the players
we need to take our club forward, so we should be content in that knowledge, regardless of what the
media claim.
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My Anfield 24 April @ 02:54 PM EST
Breaking into the first team on a consistent basis was always going to be difficult for Jack Hobbs
considering the quality of competition for places. But he did get to make several appearances for
LFCs first team, and also played a part in the famed Youth Cup success in 2006.
He has just had a pretty decent season on loan with Leicester City, helping them get promoted to
the Championship.
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My Anfield 24 April @ 08:53 AM EST
Seems like quite a few newspapers are claiming that Tevez is likely a £22m transfer target for us
this summer. Unlike the last time we tried to prise a player (Heinze) away from Old Traffford, this
time there's nothing ManUtd can do about it, as he's only on loan with them.
Our preferred partnership of Torres & Gerrard, is something which I doubt most Liverpool fans would
want to mess with, which would make Tevez an overpriced backup striker.
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My Anfield 17 April @ 05:42 AM EST
Looks like we won't be having a repeat of last summers transfer fiasco, thanks to Rafa saying that
there's no way he'll consider letting Alonso leave. After going through an extended run of poor
form, Alonso has really turned it around with his undoubted quality shining through this season, to
the extent that we wouldn't be in the title race without him.
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My Anfield 03 February @ 05:06 AM EST
The ongoing power struggles at LFC have really become such a bore with it now culminating in Robbie
Keane being prematurely sold at a huge loss. Rafa has been trying to throw his weight around LFC
for some time now, and was the driving force behind getting rid of Keane. It was highly
irresponsible of Rafa to sell him like that without getting any replacement in.
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My Anfield 03 February @ 05:06 AM EST
The ongoing power struggles at LFC have really become such a bore with it now culminating in Robbie
Keane being prematurely sold at a huge loss. Rafa has been trying to throw his weight around LFC
for some time now, and was the driving force behind getting rid of Keane. It was highly
irresponsible of Rafa to sell him like that without getting any replacement in.
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My Anfield 22 January @ 08:09 AM EST
Pennant has undoubted talent and proved that with plenty of impressive displays in his first 2
seasons for Liverpool. Yet his talent was let down by a lack of consistency to really make it as a
regular Liverpool starter. Despite this he could have made for a useful squad player, although for
whatever reasons he fell out of favour with Rafa this season.
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My Anfield 22 January @ 08:09 AM EST
Pennant has undoubted talent and proved that with plenty of impressive displays in his first 2
seasons for Liverpool. Yet his talent was let down by a lack of consistency to really make it as a
regular Liverpool starter. Despite this he could have made for a useful squad player, although for
whatever reasons he fell out of favour with Rafa this season.
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My Anfield 15 January @ 04:57 AM EST
What's with LFC ? Why won't they commit Agger to a new contract already ? Is he not a truly world
class defender ? Are we inundated with too many world class defenders, that letting one leave is no
big deal ?
The rumours that he might leave, surfaced a few months with Real Madrid expressing their desire to
sign him, but both Agger & Rafa refuted that possibility.
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My Anfield 15 January @ 04:57 AM EST
What's with LFC ? Why won't they commit Agger to a new contract already ? Is he not a truly world
class defender ? Are we inundated with too many world class defenders, that letting one leave is no
big deal ?
The rumours that he might leave, surfaced a few months ago with Real Madrid expressing their desire
to sign him, but both Agger & Rafa refuted that possibility.
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My Anfield 15 January @ 04:57 AM EST
What's with LFC ? Why won't they commit Agger to a new contract already ? Is he not a truly world
class defender ? Are we inundated with too many world class defenders, that letting one leave is no
big deal ?
The rumours that he might leave, surfaced a few months ago with Real Madrid expressing their desire
to sign him, but both Agger & Rafa refuted that possibility.
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My Anfield 01 January @ 04:25 PM EST
With the January transfer window opening, I'm sure we were all hoping to see a high profile signing
or two take place, but for now we'll have to content ourselves with the signing of another
midfielder to strengthen our youth ranks.
Victor Plasson, who turned 18 today, is reputedly a strong midfielder who had a successful trial
with us back in October.
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My Anfield 01 January @ 04:25 PM EST
With the January transfer window opening, I'm sure we were all hoping to see a high profile signing
or two take place, but for now we'll have to content ourselves with the signing of another
midfielder to strengthen our youth ranks.
Victor Palsson, who turned 18 today, is reputedly a strong midfielder who had a successful trial
with us back in October.
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My Anfield 01 January @ 04:25 PM EST
With the January transfer window opening, I'm sure we were all hoping to see a high profile signing
or two take place, but for now we'll have to content ourselves with the signing of another
midfielder to strengthen our youth ranks.
Victor Palsson, who turned 18 today, is reputedly a strong midfielder who had a successful trial
with us back in October.
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My Anfield 01 September @ 11:10 AM EST
The writing had been on the wall for quite a while now, as Finnan had clearly been out of favour
with Rafa. I'd hoped beyond hope that he would stay with us, but alas that's not to be. The really
surprising thing though, is that he is signing for Espanyol. I'd figured another Premiership club
would win his signature instead.
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My Anfield 01 September @ 10:46 AM EST
I remember thinking Voronin would make quite an astute free signing for us and was also even
impressed with his early displays for us (link). Unfortunately he never really built on that early
promise and faded into obscurity. Most people will probably remember him for his lacklustre
displays, or worse by his criticising Liverpool (link) which ended up being blown out of all
proportion by the media.
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My Anfield 01 September @ 08:28 AM EST
Our Brazilian contingent at Anfield continues to grow with the free signing of 18 year old striker
Vitor Flora from Botafogo FC. He's a skillful, clever and left footed striker, but Youtube clip
(link) aside, I don't know much about him. With the sheer attacking quality we have at youth level,
I'm not sure where Flora is going to fit in.
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My Anfield 26 August @ 05:18 AM EST
....well maybe not just yet, but the nerves which had been building over the weekend with the
transfer window rapidly closing have now subsided. Terms have been agreed with Espanyol for the
highly talented left winger Albert Riera.
He possesses a vast array of skills on the ball and is quite an exciting player to watch (at
times).
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My Anfield 24 July @ 05:55 AM EST
....but not the one we were all hoping for. There's quite a few surprising things about the signing
of David Ngog, we're getting him for a mere £1.5m, he's French (and Wenger wasn't chasing
him), and at just 19 years of age he's walking into the first team squad (LINK).
He's got a pretty cool reputation at international youth level for being extremely fast and a
natural goalscorer, definitely highly desired traits in a striker.
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My Anfield 23 July @ 05:00 AM EST
Surprise, surprise, we've signed yet another Spanish Starlet on a free (from Murcia Deportivo).
It's interesting that the official Liverpool site describes Emmanuel Mendy as being 'petit'
(LINK).
WTF ? How often do you hear footballers being described as 'petit' (Arsenal might beg to differ) ?
Still at least they also describe him as being 'powerful' which is considerably more reassuring,
although at 18 years of age, it's not like he's got much 'growing' left to do.
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My Anfield 18 July @ 10:17 AM EST
Well it's finally been confirmed that Scott Carson has signed for West Bromwich Albion. I'm sure we
all knew his recent loss of form would hurt his resale value, but it still kinda sucks to see his
value drop from £10 million last year to a mere £3.25 million (at least it covers the
cost of Cavalieri).
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My Anfield 11 July @ 10:15 AM EST
I think it's safe to say that the signing of Diego Cavalieri for about £3 million, finally
signals the end of Scott Carsons career with Liverpool. I also think it's safe to say, that
Cavalieri will likely play second fiddle to Reina. If he somehow manages to displace Reina, then I
reckon we'll have ourselves the best keeper in the world.
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My Anfield 11 July @ 10:03 AM EST
Well the writing had been on the wall all season long, so it's of little surprise that Crouchie has
finally left Liverpool. Despite only having one season left on his contract, we made a tidy profit
and the £11m we got for his transfer to Portsmouth should help when [if] trying to land Robbie
Keane.
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My Anfield 10 July @ 02:00 PM EST
I was curious enough about our latest unknown youth signing (Vincent Lucas Weijl) to do a little
research and was disappointed to find he was only the 40th top scorer (LINK) in the Nike A-junior
Eredivisie last season.
As far as I'm aware, strikers who go on to really make it as pros are usually very prolific at
youth level, so this doesn't bode too well.
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My Anfield 05 July @ 11:36 AM EST
.... are something which Liverpool needs. With Dossena putting pen to paper yesterday and Degen the
day before that, we now have 2 full backs who [one way or the other] could bring an added dimension
to our play.
My gut instinct is that Dossena will be the better of the two, with Degen showing some early
promise before fading in similar fashion to Voronin.
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My Anfield 26 June @ 11:28 AM EST
We're at it again with the signing of yet another highly rated youngster who was also chased by
Barcelona. This time it's for a 17 year old Danish striker/attacking midfielder who has some sweet
skills. Not sure if anyone reading speaks Danish and might provide some further insight into this
article (LINK).
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My Anfield 25 June @ 05:11 PM EST
I got an email tonight from someone who had checked out both the 'Transfer Zone' and 'search box'
on My Anfield but couldn't find any reference to Riise signing for Roma. At first I thought they
were mistaken but lo and behold the post still shows in draft status (should've clicked publish
post). My bad.
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My Anfield 13 June @ 01:04 AM EST
A precedent was set when we signed Torres and Mascherano for huge amounts of money (worth every
penny), but both are very young world class players and represent solid investments for the
future.
Gareth Barry who is much older, seemed like reasonable value at £10m but Aston Villa rejected
a bid of £15m, insisting they want more, which wouldn't represent as good an investment.
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My Anfield 20 May @ 03:17 AM EST
How is it that a player at just 25 years of age makes it through to the end of his contract [at
Borussia Dortmund] without being a transfer target for anyone significant ? If Philipp Degen was
really all that good how come he wasn't a target last summer for the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal or
Manchester United (never mind the likes of Everton, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur).
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My Anfield 12 May @ 03:38 AM EST
The transfer window is finally open, exciting times indeed. But for all the rumours doing the
rounds about who we're going to sign this summer, there's one name which hasn't sprouted up
yet.
It's well known that Liverpool has been scouting Seydou Keita who plays for Sevilla, surely they
must have noticed Diego Capel who also plays for them.
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