Re: Liverpool FC - The Reds Wah, you guys are whipping up a great discussion man!
It is quite clear now that Crouch will probably be leaving the Reds. Benitez has finally said that Crouch wants to play every game and that he has other ideas. He's even put a 15m pounds price tag on him already. So, barring no club interesting enough to Crouch himself willing to offer something near to 15m, we can take Crouch away from the endless juggling of our team's formation.
Benitez also confirmed that Kewell can go for free (most football people are rather poor financial managers) and he is open to selling Riise.
This also implies that selling Kyut, Alonso, Pennant or even Voronin (urrgh!) is not on his mind .. yet. I will not join in the best formation discussion. I still think we need another proven scorer and I am not fussy about whether he is a striker, winger or midfielder. Barry is not a goal scorer and I feel he is not necessary. Martin O'Neil will probably tell him so and that he will probably end up frustrated sitting on the Liverpool bench waiting for Mascherano and/or Alonso to be injured and also fending off the challenge of Plessis.
Btw, I think Plessis is not quite ready to play regularly in the EPL yet but should feature more next season. However, I am more impressed by Insua. He could be the answer to the left side of our defence. |