Gonazlez signs four year deal - At last
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:19 pmSKY SPORTS REPORT.
Albacete winger Mark Gonzalez has spoken of his delight at clinching a four-year contract with Liverpool.
The Chile international was denied a work permit in the summer, after initially agreeing a year-long loan with the UEFA Champions League winners, but his country's improvement in the rankings has helped Liverpool's cause.
As Gonzalez is nearing recovery from a cruciate knee ligament injury, plans are afoot to smooth his arrival on Merseyside and it is believed that the red tape blocking his signing has finally been unravelled.
"I do not have a lot of time to speak," he told Tercera from Madrid airport. "I am going with my suitcases at this time but tomorrow, at eight in the morning, I will give a press conference when I arrive in Santiago.
"Yes, I have already signed as a new player of Liverpool.
"The contract with the English club is for four years but I cannot give you any more details. Tomorrow, you will know everything."
Reds official Paco Herrera has confirmed that only a "few details" need to be ironed out to rubber-stamp the transfer.
"Mark Gonzalez is a footballer that has interested us for some time," he commented.
"Today, we could initiate the necessary procedures to agree to buy him.
"No longer do we speak of a loan, but of the final purchase of the player."
Albacete winger Mark Gonzalez has spoken of his delight at clinching a four-year contract with Liverpool.
The Chile international was denied a work permit in the summer, after initially agreeing a year-long loan with the UEFA Champions League winners, but his country's improvement in the rankings has helped Liverpool's cause.
As Gonzalez is nearing recovery from a cruciate knee ligament injury, plans are afoot to smooth his arrival on Merseyside and it is believed that the red tape blocking his signing has finally been unravelled.
"I do not have a lot of time to speak," he told Tercera from Madrid airport. "I am going with my suitcases at this time but tomorrow, at eight in the morning, I will give a press conference when I arrive in Santiago.
"Yes, I have already signed as a new player of Liverpool.
"The contract with the English club is for four years but I cannot give you any more details. Tomorrow, you will know everything."
Reds official Paco Herrera has confirmed that only a "few details" need to be ironed out to rubber-stamp the transfer.
"Mark Gonzalez is a footballer that has interested us for some time," he commented.
"Today, we could initiate the necessary procedures to agree to buy him.
"No longer do we speak of a loan, but of the final purchase of the player."
Rafa & Paco seem very "high" on gonzales... so he gotta be good..... Roll on january.....