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Aquilani Signs For Liverpool?
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Rafa Benitez believes prospective new signing Alberto Aquilani is a player who will excite the Liverpool supporters.
Roma midfielder Aquilani has been earmarked as a replacement for Xabi Alonso after the Spain international completed his protracted move to Real Madrid on Wednesday evening.
Liverpool have agreed a fee, believed to be in the region of £20million, with Roma for Aquilani, who will travel to England later this week to undergo a medical and discuss personal terms.
Benitez is delighted to be bringing Aquilani to Anfield and is confident the midfielder will make a positive impact in the coming season.
Quality
"Roma have allowed us to talk with him, so that's good and positive. He is a player with the quality we are looking for," the Liverpool boss told the club's official website.
"He can play a little bit higher than Javier Mascherano - maybe between him and Steven Gerrard.
"He has good passing - the final ball is good - and he also works. If he can settle down properly in England he can be a very good addition.
"I think the signing should excite the fans. He won the U19 European Championship with his country, and U21 too. He has some trophies - including the Italian Cup.
"I always remember one game - England versus Italy U21s at Wembley, and he was man of the match in a 3-0 win."
Meanwhile, Benitez does not believe Albert Riera suffered a serious injury after being taken off in the 2-0 win over Lyn Oslo on Wednesday night.
He added: "He twisted his ankle, but I don't think it is serious. We had to take him off, but it is always better to be careful with these things."
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Sounds convincing. The only problem with that is England and Italy's Under-21s have played each other once at Wembley. That was the first game at the new stadium - a game that finished 3-3.
Also i bet Giampolo Pazzini would be pretty peeved if he didn't get the man of the match award in that one, given that he scored a hat-trick.
And he'd be even more peeved to miss out to Aquilani, given that he didn't play that day.
Well done Rafa !
Roma midfielder Aquilani has been earmarked as a replacement for Xabi Alonso after the Spain international completed his protracted move to Real Madrid on Wednesday evening.
Liverpool have agreed a fee, believed to be in the region of £20million, with Roma for Aquilani, who will travel to England later this week to undergo a medical and discuss personal terms.
Benitez is delighted to be bringing Aquilani to Anfield and is confident the midfielder will make a positive impact in the coming season.
Quality
"Roma have allowed us to talk with him, so that's good and positive. He is a player with the quality we are looking for," the Liverpool boss told the club's official website.
"He can play a little bit higher than Javier Mascherano - maybe between him and Steven Gerrard.
"He has good passing - the final ball is good - and he also works. If he can settle down properly in England he can be a very good addition.
"I think the signing should excite the fans. He won the U19 European Championship with his country, and U21 too. He has some trophies - including the Italian Cup.
"I always remember one game - England versus Italy U21s at Wembley, and he was man of the match in a 3-0 win."
Meanwhile, Benitez does not believe Albert Riera suffered a serious injury after being taken off in the 2-0 win over Lyn Oslo on Wednesday night.
He added: "He twisted his ankle, but I don't think it is serious. We had to take him off, but it is always better to be careful with these things."
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Sounds convincing. The only problem with that is England and Italy's Under-21s have played each other once at Wembley. That was the first game at the new stadium - a game that finished 3-3.
Also i bet Giampolo Pazzini would be pretty peeved if he didn't get the man of the match award in that one, given that he scored a hat-trick.
And he'd be even more peeved to miss out to Aquilani, given that he didn't play that day.
Well done Rafa !
Sgoater said:Sounds convincing. The only problem with that is England and Italy's Under-21s have played each other once at Wembley. That was the first game at the new stadium - a game that finished 3-3.
Also i bet Giampolo Pazzini would be pretty peeved if he didn't get the man of the match award in that one, given that he scored a hat-trick.
And he'd be even more peeved to miss out to Aquilani, given that he didn't play that day.
Well done Rafa !
Haha maybe Rafa should get his facts right!
sorry
He can’t do more than 25 games a season in the Italian league, last couple of seasons he averaged less than 20 games I think.
God knows how he will do in the prem with the extra pace and physical nature of the game.
For £20 million it seems like a bit of a risky transfer a fair number of players from Italy cant hack it in the prem either.
Also hes is not as good as Alonso so - backwards step.
God knows how he will do in the prem with the extra pace and physical nature of the game.
For £20 million it seems like a bit of a risky transfer a fair number of players from Italy cant hack it in the prem either.
Also hes is not as good as Alonso so - backwards step.
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Aquilani is a very good player if hes fit.For the last three seasons spent most of the time on the injured list.Different style of creative midfielder to Alonso -.Aquilani wasnt fit to start against Ghent last week.
Roma are potless hence the reason for the sale.
Roma are potless hence the reason for the sale.
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Italians and the Premier League rarely mix. Always rated this lad so it will be interesting to see how well it works out for him. he is an incredible free kick taker.
svennis pennis said:Italians and the Premier League rarely mix. Always rated this lad so it will be interesting to see how well it works out for him. he is an incredible free kick taker.
yeah.....zola/vialli/di canio......absolute shite.....hhhmmm...........
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riley347 said:svennis pennis said:Italians and the Premier League rarely mix. Always rated this lad so it will be interesting to see how well it works out for him. he is an incredible free kick taker.
yeah.....zola/vialli/di canio......absolute shite.....hhhmmm...........
Ok well apart from those. Bianchi and Corradi were mega for us werent they?