Liverpool Midfielder “Must Respect the Club” and Not Think of £40m Barca Move
by YNWA on October 21st, 2009 372 words | 17 commentsJavier needs a wake up call!
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Rafael Benitez has revealed that Liverpool did not come close to selling Javier Mascherano because once he had spoken to Barcelona no bid was received.
Mascherano was widely expected to be the subject of a major move by Barca after both he and the Catalan club publicly declared their admiration for each other.
Benitez was able to nip any thoughts that the European champions had of signing the destructive midfielder in the bud.
“[Barcelona director of football] Txiki Begiristain called me but I made it clear that Javier was not transferable, knowing full well, as we feared, that Xabi Alonso was going to go to Real Madrid,” he was quoted as saying by El Mundo Deportivo.
“Barca could have made a very important offer for Javier, but in any case, they never did.
“He is a very important player for us, for our team. He has a good contract and must respect it, as he is doing.”
The ‘Pool boss is currently under pressure due to a sequence of poor results and because of his transfer policy, which has seen him buy 67 players in five seasons. (Goal.com)
There are some interesting quotes from the gaffer here and if you read between the lines he kind of implies that had an ‘important’ offer come in for Javier then it would have been considered, which is at least what I get from it.
That however if firmly in the past and hopefully our Argentine international captain realises that because he hasn’t exactly set the world alight. Last night’s poor performance was one of quite a few this season but he was by no means the worst player on the park.
He is definitely not half the player he was last term and needs to be getting it together, we have another crucial game on the weekend, perhaps the most crucial of the season so far. In many ways based on form Mascherano wouldn’t deserve a place in the line-up but because of lack of alternatives he gets the chance to show us what we know he can do, lets just hope that he does so.
YNWA
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Retryboy - October 21st, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Mascherano was probably our best player last night(maybe except kelly) and definitely was against chelsea. He is vital to us one of four world class players at the club others have potential to be. The shame is we have seen him combined with lucas in a 4-4-2, lucas combined with gerrard in a 4-4-2 but never the argentine with gerrard. Thats the combination we need with a partner for torres whether it be benayoun or aquilani just behind him or nemeth reacalled and partnering him
saif - October 21st, 2009 at 3:16 pm
any one watvhibg liverpool reserves tonight aquilani’s going to be on the bench
Ryan Babel - October 21st, 2009 at 3:28 pm
yh
anonymous - October 21st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
What a shocker, another post from YNWA implying that Mascherano had a poor game. Change the fucking record
anonymous - October 21st, 2009 at 3:39 pm
erm, to the guy above, well I guess the reason he has mentioned Javier had a bad game, is because he did, in fact he hasn’t had a good game all season.
anonymous - October 21st, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I am a season ticket holder and I was at that game last night, and let me tell you something. First of all, Masch was imperious. He had a lot of work to do as Yossi is not the best defensive player in the world. Mash was doing a lot of tracking back last night and made some excellent covering tackles where you would expect him to. Martin Kelly also had a very good game last night, and so did Lucas (who I believe will still prove to be worth his weight in gold). Carragher was again the one who left things to be desired from his game. Yes he could have cleared that goal that won Lyon the game, but overall, he is still in that damn long ball mode that Houllier used to employ. Agger made a huge difference playing centre half last night, he brings the ball out of defence and calms everything down instead of hoofing the ball up to the lone striker. Agger and Skertl now need to start playing together and get settled as they are the future and they will be AWSOME together.
Ngog, what a performance last night. I was very suprised to see him handed a starting place instead of Babel, but he knows french teams and once he settled into the game he was very good. Saddly, too many long balls were played up to him and not at his feet where he wants the ball (carra).
Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying Carra is bad player or that he is finished, but rafa needs to “rest” him so he knows he does not have the right to start every game just because he is vice-captain or a local lad.
Unfortunately I witnesses something very sad last night, the booing of a Liverpool player coming onto the pitch. I was in Istanbul when Kewel was booed off, and I was disgusted then. Voronin had not even touched the ball when he came on and was booed. Maybe the crowed the wothdrawal of Yossi, but at that point i think Yossi had ran out of ideas. That substitution does not speak well for our strength in depth, but unless the two owners can start to agree on things, there will not be any financing in place.
Thanks for reading.
Scouse Magic - October 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Anonymous “3:53 pm” They weren’t booing Voronin (Although he is shit) they were booing the fact that Rafa took off Beni who i thought was our most creative player last night, without him on the pitch it would of been a training session of attack vs defence.
This is quite simple for me we need to keep the spine of the team i.e:
Reina, Agger, Carra, Masch, Gerrard, Aquilani (Know he’s not played yet, but seen him play, will be quality), Torres. Any other player not mentioned as far as I’m concerned are either not doing it on the pitch consistently or are quite simply not good enough. (Doesn’t include Reserves or Youth)
Retryboy - October 21st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Anon at 3.53 spot on with your analysis except i believe on carragher thought he played well up to the unfortunate injury of kelly and having to move to right back where unfortunately you do need the extra bit of pace compared to the centre. Was more disappointing insua being beaten for pace not for the first time of the night once the attacker had got to the byline and whipped in the cross we were always in real trouble don’t think carragher was expecting the two players in the middle to miss it either.
anonymous - October 21st, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Anon 3.53
I agree with most of your cmments i to was at the game last night. I thoiught kelly mash and Agger had good games. Insuarealy struggled.The problem with liverpool is that we lack natural pace without Torres however you need it in all areas.
Carra for me on the ball is too slow and sometimes just a hit and hope merchant.
I didnt agee with our ngog commenst i thought he was poor his control and layoff was terrible.
Retryboy - October 21st, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Mark g just type hertha berlin in the bar at the top not difficult just gotta pull your finger out of your ass for a second
anonymous - October 21st, 2009 at 8:36 pm
aquilani has just come on for the reserves
Mark G. - October 22nd, 2009 at 12:08 am
Retardboy, as I expected you can not provide any proof of your assertion about Rafa turning a deal down for Voronin in 5-8 M range. Nothing like that ever happened, When faced with the proof of you lying, imagining, or creating false “info” to fit your senile assertions, you lower yourself to the level of gutter where you belong. I still await for your ideas for Sunday, what team would you play against Man U ( if for some strange reason, banish the fought, you were in charge) and what tactics would you use, you football wise guy?
Mark G. - October 22nd, 2009 at 12:29 am
Anonymous, Oct.21 3:53 pm
Great post, I also think Masch played well last nite. I think what spooked him this season was naming him as the best defensive midfielder, by someone among his fellow Argentinian players. Kelly debut was promising, Lucas exceeded my expectatios, the kid can’t buy a break. David N’gog was very good as well, had a very strong 1st half.Too bad, he could not convert that glorious chance he had in the 2nd half, that would seal a win.
Carra, well as someone said, moves with a speed of an ocean liner these days, lost the sight of a the goalscorer on the winning goal. I agree, it is time to start playing Skrtel and Agger, ahead of Carra, they are the future. But will Rafa dare? Booing Voronin, or Rafa for taking Yossi off, that is worrying but understandable. Voronin is unpopular. However, Yossi was winded, and also if you want to win, support the player coming in, do not add to his stage fright.
I hope you can use a name in the future, it makes for a better forum. Also, what do you think of trying to sign Lorik Cana, the white Essien? He ran over our midfield on Tuesday. He could be a great value.
Greetings
Mark
anonymous - October 22nd, 2009 at 1:11 am
give it time he’ll be a barca player soon
Scouse Magic - October 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 am
The team for Sunday if fit.
Reina, Johnson, Carra, Agger, Auerlio, Kuyt, Babel, Masch, Gerrard, Beni, Torres.
Formation = 4-4-1-1. Play Beni behind Torres and put Stevie in midfield.
Personally i don’t like Babel but we need to use his pace to scare their defence.
Retryboy - October 22nd, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Didn’t want to pull your finger out of your ass and do any typing then mark like i said before type hertha berlin in the little bar at the top of the screen or google it. Think you already have and are just too pathetic to admit you are wrong and if you think that voronin couldn’t have been sold to any number of german clubs after a successful loan spell your brain cell must be dying of loneliness. Rafa wanted to keep him he said it was like a new signing get over it move on try answering any of the other points as well.
anonymous - October 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
liverpool looks like a mid-table team now, who agrees wif me?