cardiff-red » Thu Jan 15, 2015 4:12 pm wrote:Liverpool are monitoring Australian goalkeeper Mathew Ryan as they look to bolster their options in the position.
Ryan, 22, plays for Club Brugge and is currently on international duty at the Asian Cup with the Socceroos.
He was goalkeeper of the year in Belgium in 2013-14 and Liverpool have checked on his form.
Any deal would not be done in this window but could proceed in the summer if Ryan continues to impress.
Source: Daily Express
From The West Australian site
Al-Habsi backs Ryan for Liverpool
Paul Johnson
January 18, 2015, 8:23 am
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Oman's former English Premier League goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi believes his Socceroos counterpart Mat Ryan has what it takes to make it in the world's most watched football league.
Al-Habsi, who plays for second-tier Championship side Wigan, has played 101 Premier League games and is full of praise for Club Brugge's Ryan.
According to the UK media, English giants Liverpool have sent scouts to watch the Belgium-based Ryan at the Asian Cup as they look to replace Simon Mignolet.
The 33-year-old Al-Habsi, who is the only Omani to play in the Premier League after lining up for Wigan and Bolton, believes Ryan has the talent to make it at Anfield.
"He's brilliant," Al Habsi said of the 22-year-old Socceroo.
"He has been fantastic in the World Cup and here in the Asian Cup."
Al-Habsi came up against Ryan at the Asian Cup with the Australian getting the points in the Socceroos' 4-0 drubbing of Oman.
"In the first game, and against us he did brilliantly," Al-Habsi said.
"He's young, he can only improve and of course Liverpool is a big club and for him it would be a great chance to make it."
Not too long ago Al-Habsi was linked with a move to Merseyside as a replacement for the injured Tim Howard at Everton, but he says he is simply looking forward to heading back to Wigan and helping them get out of the drop zone.
"I'm back to England and hopefully to see the team and get back to the team winning. I have six months left," Al-Habsi said.
With any luck Al-Habsi will see Ryan in England well before the end of that contract.