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[Red_Si]

He's a top class striker. I expect him to score a hat-trick on saturday.

[andy_g]

to be fair i can't see him taking long to settle in - he seems like a natural footballer. to go out to monaco on loan after not seeing a great deal of action with madrid and perform like he did proves it. as for the adjustment to the english game, many pundits, here and in spain, have likened him to a classic english style attacker.

bring it on, moro.

[bigmick]

Look guys, sorry if I'm not with it, I'm in the kitchen today. Has he actually signed yet, officially (you know, done the shot with the shirt on and the scarf held aloft in front of the Kop?).

[andy_g]

waiting on the medical

[stmichael]

He's a top class striker. I expect him to score a hat-trick on saturday.

i agree. as a matter of fact, why hasn't he scored 10 goals already?

what a waste of money  

[SouthernScouser]

I'm gonna have no finger nails left by the end of the next couple of hours
At least it looks like - after all the waiting and speculation - we've finally landed some quality
Roll on the Spanish Rafalution

[SouthernScouser]

I'm gonna have no finger nails left by the end of the next couple of hours
At least it looks like - after all the waiting and speculation - we've finally landed some quality
Roll on the Spanish Rafalution

[SouthernScouser]

sorry people

I got a gateway error message
thought it hadn't sent
Bloody computer software in work is SH*TE

[anfieldadorer]

uefa.com

An English-style centre-forward whose greatest strength is his aerial ability, Fernando Morientes has scored goals wherever he has played.

National team
Morientes made his debut for Spain against Sweden in 1998, scoring twice in the first five minutes. He scored twice more against Bulgaria in the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals but was left out of the UEFA EURO 2000™ squad. The striker returned for Korea/Japan and was in the goals again, registering twice in the 3-1 win against Paraguay and once in the second-round defeat of the Republic of Ireland. Having largely been used as a substitute during qualifying for UEFA EURO 2004™, Morientes scored one of Spain's two goals in Portugal.

Club
Born in Cáceres in 1976, Morientes made his name at Real Zaragoza where he scored 28 goals in 66 games. He continued this form after moving to Madrid in July 1997, averaging almost a goal every other game in the championship-winning team of 2000/01. None, however, was more celebrated than his strike in the 3-0 win against Valencia CF in the 2000 UEFA Champions League final. Despite a record of 18 goals in 33 games in 2001/02, the arrival of Ronaldo meant that Morientes started only two league games the following year, making 16 substitute appearances and scoring five times. He joined AS Monaco FC on loan in September 2003 as a replacement for long-term injury victim Shabani Nonda.

2003/04: He scored ten Ligue 1 goals but Didier Deschamps' side could only finish third having led the table between September and March. It was in the Champions League that the striker really impressed, however, scoring nine times including both legs of the quarter-final against Madrid and the semi against Chelsea FC. The campaign ended in disappointment, with defeat by FC Porto in the final.

Did you know?
Morientes was paired with Raúl González, his future strike partner at Madrid, for Spain at the 1995 FIFA World Under-20 Championship.

[kazza]

My only issue is whether he will be ready for the scum.

Real are on a break and are not training, he was waiting to do a medical so was probably not training (so as not to get hurt), so I am curious whether he is fit enough to go straight into a hot blooded LFCvMAN U match. If he does, I hope he gets a hatrick. Can't wait!

[andy_g]

moro v the scum...

a story from the guardian that suggests he will play.

i'm sure he's going to get a typical united kicking welcome to the prem.

[Anfield rapper]

Morientes can score goals with his head from all over the box.

If only he could play in the champions league.

Hopefully he'll get a chance next season

[Fowler_E7]

the main thing that pleases me about the morientes transfer is that we finally have a bit of versatality in our attack now. He is very diffrent to the other forwards in the squad, and is more of a "traditional" striker than the likes of Baros and Cisse as he is strong, powerful a good finisher and is an aerial threat.

[Santa]

the main thing that pleases me about the morientes transfer is that we finally have a bit of versatality in our attack now. He is very diffrent to the other forwards in the squad, and is more of a "traditional" striker than the likes of Baros and Cisse as he is strong, powerful a good finisher and is an aerial threat.

Not to mention being a proven player-manager...imagine being a replacement for both Djibril Cisse and Rafa Benitez with one signing

Morientes is a top manager - has proved himself at the highest level

[stmichael]

the main thing that pleases me about the morientes transfer is that we finally have a bit of versatality in our attack now. He is very diffrent to the other forwards in the squad, and is more of a "traditional" striker than the likes of Baros and Cisse as he is strong, powerful a good finisher and is an aerial threat.

Not to mention being a proven player-manager...imagine being a replacement for both Djibril Cisse and Rafa Benitez with one signing

Morientes is a top manager - has proved himself at the highest level

so unforgiving but brilliant all the same