Liverpool Want Supremely Talented £12m Attacking Starlet Giovinco
by YNWA on November 18th, 2009 500 words | 47 commentsRafa eyes up Italian wonderkid.
Rafael Benitez is the latest Premier League manager thought to be watching Italian youngster Sebastian Giovinco.
The 22-year-old was recently linked with both Arsenal and West Ham, but now Liverpool are thought to be monitoring his progress and contemplating a possible move.
The whizz-kid is yet to tie down a firm starting place at club side Juventus, appearing just seven times for the Serie A outfit so far this season. This lack of first team football could open the door to the Anfield club, who are looking to strengthen in midfield and could raise cash, if the rumours are to be believed, with a reported £30 million sale of Javier Mascherano to Barcelona.
The slight midfielder stands at just 5ft 4in tall, although small players such as Juninho have succeeded in the top flight before.
Regarded as the hottest prospect in Italian football, Juve fans will not want to see their homegrown talent leave for English shores. So highly rated by the fans, he is regarded as the next Alessandro Del Piero.
Giovinco came to prominence in Italy during a loan spell at club side Empoli, and it was during his time there that Calgllari coach Davide Ballardini hailed him as a future star.
“He has to be patient at the start and I believe Giovinco is Juve’s answer to Milan’s Ronaldinho.
“I saw Giovinco last year at Empoli and I may be crazy, but he is just as good as Lionel Messi. (Give Me Football – Official PFA Website)
This guy is supposed to be the dogs wotsits and it would be great if we had any chance of getting him. He is on the verge of a call up to the Italian senior team but is none to happy about being placed repeatedly on the Turin club’s bench. Giovinco works best as the player in the whole behind the striker and that could work well with Rafa’s preferred tactics as we all know that Benitez isn’t too keen on playing two up front.
The guy is very short indeed so could find the physical nature of the game in the Premier League a struggle but by all accounts even at just 5 feet 4 inches, he is pretty good at holding and shielding the ball. Arsenal were very close to snapping up the youngster a couple of years back and we aren’t the only big club looking to swoop but again any such move would boil down to funds and apparently Juventus wouldn’t think about selling the 22 year old for anything less than £12m so that could be a problem.
We could do with extra creativity coming from the central midfield because with Lucas and Javier Mascherano doing a good job defensively and moving the ball forwards, neither is going to be able to take on a player and beat them. However with Alberto Aquilani and Stevie G we do have options but given the Italian’s age he could be a very good player to snare.
YNWA
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anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Definitely a top notch player to be chasing, but we could only afford him if we sold some deadwood. Sell Babel, Voronin and Dossena and we will have enough cash from those sales to make a decent bid for Giovinco
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Don’t we have enough 5ft 4in players???
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
He’s a very good prospect i believe and hopefuly in january we will be getting him and eduardo/cole in our ranks
YNWA
dave - November 18th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
the first anonymous comments were all by ynwa,notice after everyone of his article’s the first post’s consist of a negative and a positive comment.
baggins09 - November 18th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
i think this would make loads of sense, arent we suppose to be getting 12m from hicks and gillet? i’d still rather the money went on van der vaart, then if we clear the shite out we could still get giovinco or a striker or both preferably
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
We need more height and pace. If we end up with anymore small players we’ll need to get Ken Dodd in as manager to get the best out of them.
kopman - November 18th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
cant say ive seen this guy so i wouldnt like to say anything about it but for god sake please dont let him be another flop.
6 or 7 million for a flop is bad enough but 12 alot.
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
i dont’t know wath you have against Shorties. Spain played very well and with Shorties
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
get in there
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
i`m 5ft 5 and i`m a great player
RaNE - November 18th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Yes,Yes,Yes i’m sorry but fianlly he has got noticed by liverpool. Everytime there has been a post on here about “Who do you want to be got in the next transfer window” HE and a mr. Y Gourcuff are always on my list
and trust me on this juventus got a bargain i remember him playing at empoli and he was simplily masterclass, top notch and better than the rest he could even compete in a few years with messi and the ronaldos
quite recently a deal has been coming through that dossena is strongly linked with a move to napoli and could well leave in jan hopefully for about 7mil the amount we GOT HIM FOR. so hopefully this can go towards him because unlike dossena this wont be waste
RaNE - November 18th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
To comment on Kopman
I dont feel he would be a waste of money mostly because he plays a very very quick pace and can stay on his feet when a tackle comes in, so he would be very suited for the prem and i dont think he would flop on that basis
kermit - November 18th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
we should have kept robbie keane
france 0-1 ireland
now dunne header for the winner in the 89th minute and i m happy
nanaghlfc - November 18th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
he’s intelligent and pacy. the boy has certainly got talent. he’ll definately be a great capture.
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
if we have to selll masch (please god no)then we should buy diarra to fill his place and giovinco then also sell the fringes (lucas,babel,vorinin etc etc)and buy another attacker not cole or eduardo but elia or van der vart
kermit - November 18th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
fuck diarra he is a little frog prick, i hate the little french cunt
come on ireland
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
@ Dave – I posted the second comment on this thread…
I’ve seen little of Giovinco playing to be fair and he may have a lot of promise for the future but the January transfer window should be used to acquire a solution for the dire situation we’re in now. I’d go for VDV and/or Pav on loan deals hands down. If e sell Masch then bring in Diarra1 or Diarra2 from Real.
/DanishRed
PS: Can anyone name 3 Italian footballers who really made a big impact in the premiership during the last 3-4 years?
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
more like £18 mill, never go for jus £12mill. great player tho
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
juve dont want giovico…forget it….haha
anonymous - November 18th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
juve dont want sell giovico…forget it….haha
Retryboy - November 18th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Far as i can see we have loads of players that can play in ‘the hole’ gerrard, aquilani, benayoun not to mention nemeth, pacheco, kuyt who can play as the 2nd striker don’t think this will be a priority
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 12:03 am
great buy but will never happen we wont get anyone good its liverpool , we’ll end up with a shit player who we all know thats shit and rafa will say hes class thats what always happens
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 12:05 am
hey retryboy, can u just shut up and go back to your “HOLE” you wannabee prick.
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Would still rather a ST nd a Winger. What about saviola?
But yh hes a v gd player, someone said he a player like messi.
Ryan Babel
Donavan Ried - November 19th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Yawnnnnnn ! roll on Saturday …..
Donavan Ried - November 19th, 2009 at 4:17 am
anonymous – November 19th, 2009 at 12:05 am ….. It’s easy to call someone a “wannabee prick.” when you poats as anonymous you might not like what Retryboy has to say, but grow a pair and post your comments to him with your name attached …….
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 8:53 am
so rafa has a fetish for italian players now??
kermit - November 19th, 2009 at 9:19 am
i m disgusted by thierry henry, literally sickened, if i was robbie keane i d have knocked him out in the tunnel on the way back to the dressing room
i hate french people everywhere, no french cheats for liverpool, they make me sick
Retryboy - November 19th, 2009 at 10:05 am
Thanks-donovan mate, have stopped reading and responding to anon comments if people haven’t got the courage of their convictions to put a name to what they say it isn’t worth hearing and the ones that come on insulting anonymously are mostly people we have embarrassed with their lack of knowledge before and stupid comments before of course none of those comments are traceable back to them. Plus you get a lot better debate with the regulars.
baggins09 - November 19th, 2009 at 11:57 am
i agree kermit henry should be banned by fifa and the goal cancelled but it won’t happen as he if french and platini will pull some strings the fucking prick!
back to the giovinco thing anyway, i think we should prioritise getting van der vaart and getting rid of some dead wood players then get giovinco with what we make from sales, i don’t think we should get rid of babel or dossena though, i’d rather see kuyt go as he would fetch more and then we can use babel for the right or gerrard, we’d be awesome with just a few additions to our midfield and a striker
—————————————-masch/lucas———————————-
——————————————————————————————–
babel/gerrard———————aquilani/yossi———————-vdv/riera
——————————————————————————————–
——————————gerrard/giovinco—————————————-
——————————————-torres/adriano——————————
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
THE CHOSEN ONE
Lord Retryboy ignoring them is the best way m8. maggots for taggots I say. i like this site because its all based on different opinions . we agree or disagree as liverpool fans and try to put our points across as best we can. Sometimes with passion but respecting as well as taking things on board.
I`ve agree with you and Lord DONAVON on alot of topics here and impressed by the knowlede that few posseess here. (that was a compliment btw people lol ).
Anyway moving on to january tranfers. I think and buys will depend on 3 factors.
1-Our posion in Europe as well as league
2-Getting rid of our fringe players
3-Getting a bargain player is wants to play for us and is desperate to play in the world cup as well as only being a squad player for the team hes in now.
I believe the most we will get from owners would be 6 mil and rafa would have to make up the rest himself but time will tell and most of the best players wont come in january.
Was gonna say a few things about some other comments but then realised the bell ends havnt put their names on it so no comment.
pls can anyone give me an idiots guide to how to sign in. I honestly dont know how. esier so i dont have to type my name in capital all the time. cheers.
Oh one last thing Rafa biggest critics is himself and of course the owners. if anything they keep him on his toes. We all need to to support him to at least the end of the season and be that 11 th man. thats why we are liverpool. kopites. THE BEST SUPPORTER IN THE WORLD !
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
THE CHOSEN ONE
ITS NOW OFFICIAL
IF YOU DONT WRITE YOUR NAME ON A POST ON TOP OR BELOW THEN YOU WILL BE KNOWN AS A BELL END AND I WILL RESPOND TO YOU POST ASA BELLEND LOL
so shall it be written and so shall it be done lol
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
i prefer silva
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
lol giovinco or 12mill i think not he just as good as aquero, so if he does move it will be for silly money. further he want to be next del piero so expect him 2 stay at juve.
liverpool need 2 buy some creative talent. why does no one like babel he saved liverpools ass in champions league. its not his fault that rafa the cocksucker doesnt play him
ash
Retryboy - November 19th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Afternoon to the chosen one! Thankyou… Exactly the way i see this site and why i like it we aren’t all going to agree on every topic be a boring site if we did. Agree on the 6-8 million being the most rafa will have on top of sales. Doesn’t sound a massive amount but with dossena and voronin(still popular in italy and germany respectively)£10m itandje, degen, kyrgiakos £5m gives us a healthy budget would like to see Koman for £4m and one quality big money buy. The deadwood being cleared out on its own would bring more quality in with darby, kelly, ayala, pacheco and nemeth(please bring him back!) Getting the chance they deserve. The login/register bit is at the bottom of the page.
Retryboy - November 19th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Giovinco’s agent luca pasqualin… “i don’t think we can say there is anything true in these rumours.”…”Giovinco will remain at juventus, i don’t know who is spreading this story around, but i can confirm Giovinco is staying in turin. That is the reality.”…”Giovinco is a juventus player and must have faith in the coach and his club. As for a hypothetical transfer to liverpool, there is nothing to say other than he will stay at juventus.” sounds like there is as much in this one as the eduardo story!
Warren Bloggs - November 19th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Rafa will have approx £28m to splash on new players in January, baring he mananges to offload the likes of Voronin, Dossena and Babel. I hear reports of players such as Riera and Masch being sold as well but i just think this would be a massive step backwards to be honest. No, instead i think we should sign Eljero Elia from Hamburg for around £12m, Pavlyuchenko from Spurs for around £10-12m and then sign Koman for around £4m?! Realsitic i think you will agree, i just beleive we must sign some new players in the transfer window!!
Retryboy - November 19th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I think Koman will definitely come and carlton cole probably too think they will be the only ins. Personally would like us to keep babel and riera. Getting rid of itandje, dossena, degen, aurelio, kyrgiakos and voronin. Buying Koman and a world class left back like Cissokho and bringing nemeth back as cover for torres or as a partner ideally.
Retryboy - November 19th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Did reply to your points earlier chosen one moderators taking forever don’t know why it even went there
anonymous - November 19th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
we wont get anyone stop dreaming were stuck with what we have
Warren Bloggs - November 19th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
i like dreaming anon
Digger - November 20th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
this will never happen, this is a guy who is juventus thru and thru, plus the ultra’s would go crazy as he is one of there own… its funny
anonymous - November 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
d trust me on this juventus got a bargain
A bargain? He’s from Turin, and spent his whole life in the Juve youth team. We didn’t sign him from anywhere.
It’s funny reading the EPL media talking about signing Giovinco because there is zero chance of it happening. Gio wants to stay, Juve wants him to stay, and we are not an inferior club.
anonymous - November 21st, 2009 at 7:20 pm
i hope he doesnt. i am a big liverpool fan, but rafa was a way of ruining players confidence, just like what hes done with babel, and just like what he did with keane
anonymous - November 23rd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
who else is sick of starlets with great potential? I want to have Great players in our squad who will be the difference NOW.
anonymous - November 23rd, 2009 at 10:29 pm
rafa, you must think, be cool and read the squad what you have now. veroni n lucas should not effect the squad and must buy giovinco and silva if your dream is not over winning the title. i have not miss liverpool’s match yet since i was 9. calm down, it is not over yet.
anonymous - November 27th, 2009 at 2:44 am
giovinco is going to london in the summer. Arsenal have got him!!!!
Eljero Elia hopefully is babel’s replacement. (9m swap) deal
and (5m) van nistelrooy is (2m) Andrei Voronin replacement as we have little money
Andrea Dossena (3m) will be off aswell.
rumor of: Diego Forlan if money comes in.