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by **Lionheart** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:15 pm

Apparently signed and sealed. Medical on Saturday but will play out the rest of the season with his old/current club

Argentine Defender

What do we know of this lad? He does seem to be highly thought respected and a possible star of the future.

by **banana** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:16 pm

I have discovered from several reliable sources that we have signed a new defender from argentine

His name is Gabriel Paletta and he plays for Banfield. Banfield has done remarkably well recently and their defensive record has been good. Some stats:

1 Boca 1.724 98 169
2 Vélez 1.673 98 164
3 River 1.633 98 160
4 Banfield 1.602 98 157
5 San Lorenzo 1.459 98 143
6 Estudiantes 1.429 98 140
7 Newell's 1.398 98 137
8 Arsenal 1.388 98 136
9 Colón 1.378 98 135
10 Racing 1.367 98 134
11 Independiente 1.347 98 132
12 Gimnasia 1.327 98 130
13 Rosario Central 1.306 98 128
14 Quilmes 1.286 98 126
15 Lanús 1.255 98 123
16 Argentinos 1.233 60 74
17 Olimpo 1.112 98 109
18 Gimnasia (J) 1.091 22 24
19 Instituto 0.950 60 57
20 Tiro Federal 0.818 22 18

As you can see over the last 98 games they have been almost as good as River and Boca and far better than Independiente, Racing, Newell's...

Paletta has been in Liverpool together with his agents and the deal will be finalized in the summer. He will be revealed very soon and the agreed upon price is about 3 million euro.

from argentinian paper:
VIAJE A LIVERPOOL
El martes 07 viaja hacia Liverpool el presidente del club Carlos Portell junto al Secretario Marcelo Martinez a cerrar la operación de venta de Gaby Paletta. Según trascendió la cifra sería récord para transferencia de defensores y, luego de descontados los montos correspondientes a impuestos y al 20% anteriormente vendido le quedarían al club 3.000.000 de dólares limpios.

I don't know much about the player. All I know is that he is born in 1986 and was part of the argentinian youth team that won the world championship. He can be used in several positions and was tipped to go to River Plate as Daniel Passarella wanted him badly. But now it seems like he will be part of the Rafalution here.

by **desperado0831** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 1:19 pm

Cheers!

by **hawkmoon269** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:27 pm

Can anyone find more info on Paletta - he's down on Banfield's site as a Midfielder.

by **hawkmoon269** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:28 pm

Who can score goals!!! I think it say's he scored 10 last season!

by **FrankM** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:33 pm

desperado0831 wrote:Cheers!

That is the strangest looking ar*e I have ever seen!

by **RUSHIE#9** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 2:39 pm

FrankM wrote:
desperado0831 wrote:Cheers!

That is the strangest looking ar*e I have ever seen!

It looks like the old camel toe to me matey!!!

by **Sarge** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:40 pm

RUSHIE#9 wrote:
FrankM wrote:
desperado0831 wrote:Cheers!

That is the strangest looking ar*e I have ever seen!

It looks like the old camel toe to me matey!!!

no doubt. yummy :nod

by **Gareth G** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:51 pm

FrankM wrote:
desperado0831 wrote:Cheers!

That is the strangest looking ar*e I have ever seen!

Just spat me tea on my keyboard.

by **XSD** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:56 pm

FrankM wrote:
desperado0831 wrote:Cheers!

That is the strangest looking ar*e I have ever seen!

lmao

by **Paul C** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:19 pm

FrankM wrote:
desperado0831 wrote:Cheers!

That is the strangest looking ar*e I have ever seen!

by **Gareth G** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:05 am

Feck, I just read that again and can't stop laughing...

by **el_stinger** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:12 am

Lionheart wrote:Apparently signed and sealed. Medical on Saturday but will play out the rest of the season with his old/current club

Argentine Defender

What do we know of this lad? He does seem to be highly thought respected and a possible star of the future.

Mate, I made a call like that towards the end of this transfer window, and got bollaxed!!

I'd wait until LFC.TV makes the announcement before making any assumptions. My source was skysports also, and although its a reputable source sometimes, they can get it wrong badly. Until then, it should be in the rumors thread.

by **The Specialist** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:08 am

It's being reported as a done deal in Argentina. I would have waited until the club confirmed the deal, though..

I've haven't seen Paletta play much, really. The few times I did, he was fairly solid except for one time. I was watching the highlights from a Banfield game a few weeks ago, and he was directly at fault for two goals. One was I guess a counter-attack play, and as the defence was rushing back a cross came in and Paletta went to head the ball out of play but did so too softly and headed the ball directly to a player coming in from the wing (Which the cross was intended for). He scored. I forget what the other goal was like, but I remember him making a mistake He does like to get forward quite a bit, and that he does fairly well . I remember him scoring a nice goal or two from distance for Banfield. Anyway, it seems like a decent signing for us. I would take him over someone like Whitbread every time, from what I've seen of Whitbread.

by **mighty mo** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:37 pm

i know one thing argentine defenders know how to defend,so we should be upbeat about this young player

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