Liverpool FC Forum

by **Ola Mr Benitez** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:01 am

Yeh great lil guy, unfortunately his team lost this game 11 - 3

by **duk** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:07 am

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is weighing up a £10m move for Racing Santander central defender Ezequiel Garay. (The Guardian)

anyone know anything bout this dude??

by **Bad Bob** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:40 pm

duk wrote:Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is weighing up a £10m move for Racing Santander central defender Ezequiel Garay. (The Guardian)

anyone know anything bout this dude??

Here's the full story from the Echo online:

Rafa Benitez lines up move for Argentine defender Ezequiel Garay

Nov 14 2007

by Ian Doyle, Liverpool Daily Post

Racing Santanders Argentine centre-back Ezequiel Garay

RAFAEL BENITEZ is contemplating another Spanish raid in the January transfer window as he seeks to bolster Liverpool’s defensive resources.

The Anfield manager is tracking Racing Santander’s highly-rated Argentine centre-back Ezequiel Garay.

The 21-year-old, who made his full international debut in August, is being courted by a clutch of Europe’s leading teams for his performances in La Liga following his move from homeland club Newell’s Old Boys in 2005. His move to Spain came after Garay had starred alongside former Liverpool defender Gabriel Paletta in the Argentina under-20 team that won the FIFA World Youth Championships that summer.

Now Benitez has earmarked Garay as he seeks to provide further competition at centre-back to Jamie Carragher, Daniel Agger and Sami Hyypia.

Story continues Continue story
ADVERTISEMENT

Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus are also believed to be strongly interested in a possible transfer, with Garay likely to cost up to £10million.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson sent his brother Mark to watch the Argentine, while West Ham United, Barcelona and Chelsea have also been linked in the past.

Meanwhile, Benitez believes Alvaro Arbeloa will soon be knocking on the door of the Spanish national squad following his fine start to the season at Anfield.

“If he continues playing well then I am sure he will go with the national team and play games for Spain,” said the Liverpool manager.

“He was really unlucky earlier in the season when he was playing really well for us and then got injured because he could have had a chance then.

“I don’t know how close he is or if the manager is thinking about him, but it’s clear he is playing well for us.

“When we signed him we knew he was a player with quality who could do a good job for us in different positions. He gives us the options we need to be able to rest different players.”

by **stmichael** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:23 pm

duk wrote:Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is weighing up a £10m move for Racing Santander central defender Ezequiel Garay. (The Guardian)

anyone know anything bout this dude??

yeah, sabre have you seen this guy play or not?

also, if he's only just made his international debut, how will he get a work permit? is spanish his second nationality or something?

by **Owzat** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:37 pm

No great history of success with the 'E's

Emule Heskey - £11m
El Hadji Diouf - £10m
Erik Meijer - cost what he was worth as I recall (nothing?)

But the Exception has to be Crazy Horse

by **stmichael** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:15 pm

Just read on the Echo website that he played with Palletta. Let's hope Palletta was not Ezequiel.

(p.s. that will go over so many heads)

by **metalhead** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:18 pm

Garay is a good prospect, certainly has impressed me in La Liga. Not sure he is the top class center half we are looking for, but he is a very good defender, has good game reading and all that.

by **JoeTerp** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:43 pm

If I were Jack Hobbs I would be discouraged and :censored:

off if they brought in another young South American Centre half. But I guess competion will ensure that the CLUB will only have to play the best.

by **account deleted by request** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm

JoeTerp wrote:If I were Jack Hobbs I would be discouraged and off if they brought in another young South American Centre half. But I guess competion will ensure that the CLUB will only have to play the best.

So would I mate, I suppose they can always say that this is Hyypia's last year and that we will need 4 CB'S for next season?

Must be heartbreaking for him that he never got a league game while Agger as been out though.

Can't say I have ever heard of Ezequiel Garay, but I had never heard of Agger either before we signed him.

by **JoeTerp** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:19 pm

s@int wrote:
JoeTerp wrote:If I were Jack Hobbs I would be discouraged and off if they brought in another young South American Centre half. But I guess competion will ensure that the CLUB will only have to play the best.

So would I mate, I suppose they can always say that this is Hyypia's last year and that we will need 4 CB'S for next season?

Must be heartbreaking for him that he never got a league game while Agger as been out though.

Can't say I have ever heard of Ezequiel Garay, but I had never heard of Agger either before we signed him.

We could be rumored with a 25 year old with experience in England to replace Hyypia for the next couple of years, but we are not. Obviously, nothing has happened yet, but If I were Hobbs, I would be thinking that Rafa has picked this Argentine to be the long term replacement for Carra while he serves as the number 3 centre half and will in the future partner with Agger. A lot can happen in that time span, but a small part of me is worried that Hobbs might not ever get his chance until he is loaned out to a championship side that eventually buys him out. I guess we aren't there in training everyday, maybe he just isnt up to snuff and he doesn't have the quality. On the other hand, maybe its his lack of chances that are inhibiting his growth from experiecne.

by **account deleted by request** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:28 pm

JoeTerp wrote:
s@int wrote:
JoeTerp wrote:If I were Jack Hobbs I would be discouraged and off if they brought in another young South American Centre half. But I guess competion will ensure that the CLUB will only have to play the best.

So would I mate, I suppose they can always say that this is Hyypia's last year and that we will need 4 CB'S for next season?

Must be heartbreaking for him that he never got a league game while Agger as been out though.

Can't say I have ever heard of Ezequiel Garay, but I had never heard of Agger either before we signed him.

We could be rumored with a 25 year old with experience in England to replace Hyypia for the next couple of years, but we are not. Obviously, nothing has happened yet, but If I were Hobbs, I would be thinking that Rafa has picked this Argentine to be the long term replacement for Carra while he serves as the number 3 centre half and will in the future partner with Agger. A lot can happen in that time span, but a small part of me is worried that Hobbs might not ever get his chance until he is loaned out to a championship side that eventually buys him out. I guess we aren't there in training everyday, maybe he just isnt up to snuff and he doesn't have the quality. On the other hand, maybe its his lack of chances that are inhibiting his growth from experiecne.

Real Madrid legend and junior coach Michel has criticised Liverpool over their capture of Argentine youngster Gerardo Bruna.
"I was surprised when he left," Michel told AS, "because he had been with us for three years and as soon as he was about to mature, Liverpool took him.

"In England, when they see one they like, they take him. They sign the player to a professional contract and put him in the reserve team, that does not play competitively.

"How many young players taken by Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal have actually played for their first team and how many have returned?"

Bruna made his debut for Liverpool's reserves in yesterday's 0-0 draw with Blackburn.

--------------------------------

Seems theres other people thinking the same Joe

by **Paul C** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:54 pm

s@int wrote:
JoeTerp wrote:
s@int wrote:
JoeTerp wrote:If I were Jack Hobbs I would be discouraged and off if they brought in another young South American Centre half. But I guess competion will ensure that the CLUB will only have to play the best.

So would I mate, I suppose they can always say that this is Hyypia's last year and that we will need 4 CB'S for next season?

Must be heartbreaking for him that he never got a league game while Agger as been out though.

Can't say I have ever heard of Ezequiel Garay, but I had never heard of Agger either before we signed him.

We could be rumored with a 25 year old with experience in England to replace Hyypia for the next couple of years, but we are not. Obviously, nothing has happened yet, but If I were Hobbs, I would be thinking that Rafa has picked this Argentine to be the long term replacement for Carra while he serves as the number 3 centre half and will in the future partner with Agger. A lot can happen in that time span, but a small part of me is worried that Hobbs might not ever get his chance until he is loaned out to a championship side that eventually buys him out. I guess we aren't there in training everyday, maybe he just isnt up to snuff and he doesn't have the quality. On the other hand, maybe its his lack of chances that are inhibiting his growth from experiecne.

Real Madrid legend and junior coach Michel has criticised Liverpool over their capture of Argentine youngster Gerardo Bruna.
"I was surprised when he left," Michel told AS, "because he had been with us for three years and as soon as he was about to mature, Liverpool took him.

"In England, when they see one they like, they take him. They sign the player to a professional contract and put him in the reserve team, that does not play competitively.

"How many young players taken by Liverpool, Chelsea or Arsenal have actually played for their first team and how many have returned?"

Bruna made his debut for Liverpool's reserves in yesterday's 0-0 draw with Blackburn.

--------------------------------

Seems theres other people thinking the same Joe

Thats my problem with the young players we've signed, non of the first bunch Rafa signed have made the break into the first team, players like Hobbs, Idrizaj, Insua, etc are old enough and played enough to have a crack in the first team but haven't had a sniff, how many youngster sat in the reserves does Rafa want? :no

by **terrydixon** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:33 pm

Because im net at this forum and not allowed to open a new topic i had to write what i want to say here.

In the german sportsnewspaper "SPORT BILD" there was a little article about Liverpool.

Benítez said that Crouch can leave the club, but not only he. Also Momo Sissoko our mifield player can go...

Did your hear about this?

by **Dundalk** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:46 pm

Middlesbrough are the only club to have made an offer for Barcelona's out-of-favour Brazilian playmaker Ronaldinho, with a bid of £10m. (Independent)

by **stmichael** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:52 pm

It says on Wikipedia that 'CSKA Moscow Radio have announced that Daniel Carvalho has agreed a four year deal with English club Liverpool F.C', though it's unsourced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Carvalho_da_Silva

Liverpool FC Forum

Latest transfer rumor

Who is online