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Never heard of him but if he's a "hot South American prospect" I'm sold.

Erik Lamela 'to spark Liverpool, Spurs and Barcelona bidding war'
Argentina's latest prodigy Erik Lamela is being targeted by Liverpool and Tottenham after Barcelona expressed renewed interest in signing the River Plate attacking midfielder.

Lamela could follow the path of fellow countryman Javier Mascherano, who played for Liverpool before moving on to Barcelona.
The 19-year has already been approached by the Catalan giants who reportedly offered his family £80,000-a-year to move to Spain when Lamela was just 12-years old.
A product of River Plates famed youth academy, Lamela has emerged as one of the world's hottest South American prospects which is why both Liverpool and Spurs are interested.
The youngster can play in a variety of roles and his flexibility at playing in-behind strikers or on the wing would have been duly noted by scouts looking to exploit his talents.
A dead-ball specialist with an accurate left-foot, Lamela would offer both Kenny Dalglish and Harry Redknapp a package that could be finely tuned.
River Plate won't part with Lamela easily though, and have placed a price-tag of around £15million on him.


Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/858809-erik-lamela-to-spark-liverpool-spurs-and-barcelona-bidding-war#ixzz1HP2gHcOp
 
[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=44659.msg1304099#msg1304099 date=1300865103]
They can have him. Let's get Hazard/Sanchez.
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Lets get sanchez AND this lamela chap! We need some more south american superstars. Suarez, lucas and fabio don't cut the mustard
 
Yeah and while we're at it, lets get Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo. Continue dreaming about Sanchez and Hazard. Sanchez is Man U bound and Hazard won't join us.
 
[quote author=Modo link=topic=44659.msg1304119#msg1304119 date=1300869788]
Yeah and while we're at it, lets get Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo. Continue dreaming about Sanchez and Hazard. Sanchez is Man U bound and Hazard won't join us.
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And you base this on what?
 
we won't have the money probably.

spent it all on cahill


Ooh I'm a wum
 
[quote author=Fabio link=topic=44659.msg1304121#msg1304121 date=1300870106]
we won't have the money probably.

spent it all on cahill


Ooh I'm a wum
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Ha!
 
I can see the positivity is simply brimming over again on such a beautiful day.

"We're linked with x player"

"We won't sign him because y club are after him and we're not playing in Europe etc... even though we managed to sign a world class player recently"

As Gene says. You can paint realism purple and stick it up your hoop.

We WILL sign good players this summer. I feel it in the air that surrounds us. It speaks to me.
 
[quote author=Akakabooto link=topic=44659.msg1304120#msg1304120 date=1300869963]
[quote author=Modo link=topic=44659.msg1304119#msg1304119 date=1300869788]
Yeah and while we're at it, lets get Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo. Continue dreaming about Sanchez and Hazard. Sanchez is Man U bound and Hazard won't join us.
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And you base this on what?
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Man U have been keeping tabs on Sanchez long before he joined Udinese and there are reports saying that United had a bid of £12 Million rejected recently.

But basically...
Affellay joining Barca got me thinking that it doesn't matter if we guarantee a spot in the starting line up for a player like Hazard. What to do we have for a Belgian 20 year-old or a Chilean 22 year-old that is too good to refuse? We've won nada for five years and if we're competing with Man U and other CL clubs this summer I'd really be surprised if they pick us.
 
[quote author=Modo link=topic=44659.msg1304134#msg1304134 date=1300871070]
[quote author=Akakabooto link=topic=44659.msg1304120#msg1304120 date=1300869963]
[quote author=Modo link=topic=44659.msg1304119#msg1304119 date=1300869788]
Yeah and while we're at it, lets get Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo. Continue dreaming about Sanchez and Hazard. Sanchez is Man U bound and Hazard won't join us.
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And you base this on what?
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Man U have been keeping tabs on Sanchez long before he joined Udinese and there are reports saying that United had a bid of £12 Million rejected recently.

But basically...
Affellay joining Barca got me thinking that it doesn't matter if we guarantee a spot in the starting line up for a player like Hazard. What to do we have for a Belgian 20 year-old or a Chilean 22 year-old that is too good to refuse? We've won nada for five years and if we're competing with Man U and other CL clubs this summer I'd really be surprised if they pick us.
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They can't all join big clubs.

People say this every year and half the time, said players either stay where they are or join clubs we can compete with. Ok, so the other half might join the United's and Barca's for CL football, but we've got alot of attraction and if a player is willing to give a season without CL football to join our 'vision', then he's probably worth more than most anyway.
 
[quote author=Fabio link=topic=44659.msg1304121#msg1304121 date=1300870106]
we won't have the money probably.

spent it all on cahill


Ooh I'm a wum
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Wilko will not be pleased.
 
Other than being a massive Madrid supporter I can't think of a single reason why a hot prospect south American would choose us over barca.
 
Absolutely Marky and that's why I admire Suarez so much. In a time of turmoil at the club regarding managers, owners, investments player leaving, he decides to joins us any way.
That is a rare quality in a player. I'm not giving the same pass to Carroll because he came from fuckin Newcastle.
Suarez isn't even a Liverpool fan, and he decided to take a leap of faith.

Torres leaving and Reina now leaving was a wake up call. Torres was loved beyond reason but he turned his back at us like we were Scunthorpe United.
I'm a regular guy from Sweden and I get emotional listening to the kop singing YNWA. My favourite players are Barnes, Rush and Fowler. I can never claim that I know as much about the Liverpool way or the many events at the club that has struck a cord with the people of Merseyside, as the native Liverpudlians. But I know enough to say that If I ever had the chance to play for Liverpool I'd do whatever it took to do so because in my eyes Liverpool is the biggest club in the world.
Torres leaving told me that despite the greatness of the club, there are players out there that can say no to Liverpool. Maybe Bowyer isn't mentally retarded after all.
 
That or were the perfect springboard to catapult him into the barca team in 12 months time!

I dont trust any of these foreign players now.

Other than Lucas and kuyt
 
[quote author=Modo link=topic=44659.msg1304150#msg1304150 date=1300872885]
Absolutely Marky and that's why I admire Suarez so much. In a time of turmoil at the club regarding managers, owners, investments player leaving, he decides to joins us any way.
That is a rare quality in a player. I'm not giving the same pass to Carroll because he came from fuckin Newcastle.
Suarez isn't even a Liverpool fan, and he decided to take a leap of faith.

Torres leaving and Reina now leaving was a wake up call. Torres was loved beyond reason but he turned his back at us like we were Scunthorpe United.
I'm a regular guy from Sweden and I get emotional listening to the kop singing YNWA. My favourite players are Barnes, Rush and Fowler. I can never claim that I know as much about the Liverpool way or the many events at the club that has struck a cord with the people of Merseyside, as the native Liverpudlians. But I know enough to say that If I ever had the chance to play for Liverpool I'd do whatever it took to do so because in my eyes Liverpool is the biggest club in the world.
What Torres leaving is told me was that despite the greatness of the club, there are players out there that can say no to Liverpool. Maybe Bowyer isn't mentally retarded after all.
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of course there are players that can say no to us, there are always reasons. But to speculate that they will say no and we shouldn't consider them is defeatist. Hazard has indicated he'd prefer aresnal, which is fair, but we should at least try and get him. Sanchez has given no indications to where he would like to go to (as far as i'm aware). Hell, he might want to stay with udinese till the day he hangs up his boots
 
The Lamela? Isn't that a new south american dance?

As long as South Americans and Spaniards come to play for us, they will always respond to a higher calling in Spain, or love us as long as we're winning and then lobby for a move to a Chelsea or Utd. It's just a fact of life. Suarez to Spain 2 or 3 years is to be expected.

The Torres saga and Reina rumors have given me a schooling not to expect loyalty for too long. Turns out it was naive of me to expect them to be as mad about the club as we are.
 
[quote author=Modo link=topic=44659.msg1304150#msg1304150 date=1300872885]
Absolutely Marky and that's why I admire Suarez so much. In a time of turmoil at the club regarding managers, owners, investments player leaving, he decides to joins us any way.
That is a rare quality in a player. I'm not giving the same pass to Carroll because he came from fuckin Newcastle.
Suarez isn't even a Liverpool fan, and he decided to take a leap of faith.

Torres leaving and Reina now leaving was a wake up call. Torres was loved beyond reason but he turned his back at us like we were Scunthorpe United.
I'm a regular guy from Sweden and I get emotional listening to the kop singing YNWA. My favourite players are Barnes, Rush and Fowler. I can never claim that I know as much about the Liverpool way or the many events at the club that has struck a cord with the people of Merseyside, as the native Liverpudlians. But I know enough to say that If I ever had the chance to play for Liverpool I'd do whatever it took to do so because in my eyes Liverpool is the biggest club in the world.
Torres leaving told me that despite the greatness of the club, there are players out there that can say no to Liverpool. Maybe Bowyer isn't mentally retarded after all.
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We all feel like that though, and it's shitty when our best players feel differently.

BUt as long as we keep getting in quality and minimize the gunk players, we're going to move onwards and upwards and the best players will be clamouring to wear our Red again.

Just like they used to.
 
I don't mind the idea of signing a guy like this for 15m, getting three or four great years out of him and then selling him on to sit on a bench in Spain or struggle at a wanker club like Chelsea or Man City.

I just won't fall in love with him, that's all.
 
[quote author=gene hughes link=topic=44659.msg1304352#msg1304352 date=1300888947]
I don't mind the idea of signing a guy like this for 15m, getting three or four great years out of him and then selling him on to sit on a bench in Spain or struggle at a wanker club like Chelsea or Man City.

I just won't fall in love with him, that's all.
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thats the spirit!
 
He might not yet have the global profile – or indeed €50m price tag – of compatriot Javier Pastore, but the news that Liverpool have joined Barcelona in the race to sign River Plate’s Erik Lamela should get the Kop jumping…

Real Madrid v Barcelona may forever be El Clasico, but no single city derby is as politically and socially intense as the Super Clasico played between Boca Juniors and River Plate. So for Erik Lamela, the latest wonderkid to wear the white and red of River, to boss the fixture in one of his first senior appearances last November speaks volumes of his talent.

How do I know this? Because my brother was there. Living in Buenos Aries for a year he became an ardent Boca fan and, where possible, followed Boca home and away. This match was his first at El Monumental and, despite being annoyed that Boca went down 1-0 to their arch rivals, he couldn’t stop talking about Lamela when we spoke on Skype the next day.

As he had it, the kid looks to be a cross between Redondo and Gerrard. Straight-backed, two footed and with an appreciation of space that belies his age, the 18-year-old not only upstaged Riquelme, but drove River to a win that was unexpected.

Lamela set up the goal, forced the Boca keeper into a pair of sprawling saves from left-footed free-kicks, took every dead ball and 90% of the throw-ins. Standing 6â€1’ and with a huge stride redolent of Rivaldo, he gobbled up the space between midfield and defence and Boca simply couldn’t live with him.

I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t forgotten about him until this morning, when news reports stated that Liverpool have joined the race to secure Lamela’s signature as the long-term central midfield replacement for the increasingly injury-prone and, some might say, waning Steven Gerrard.

Lamela set up the goal, forced the Boca keeper into a pair of sprawling saves from left-footed free-kicks, took every dead ball and 90% of the throw-ins.
Barcelona have never forgotten about him. Following an appearance on Argentine TV aged 12 which showed a then pony-tailed youth running through a repetoire of tricks similar to that of the young Scott Parker in that McDonalds ad all those years ago, Barca offered River £100,000 a year to take Lamela to their academy. The request was denied.

In theory, Barcelona will still be favourites should River decide (or be forced by economic pressure) to let Lamela follow the well-trodden route of Argentine talent to the Camp Nou. Lamela, though, wants to play, and the battle for midfield places in Pep Guardiola’s squad is beyond intense.

Since the beginning of the Benitez reign, the spine of Liverpool has not been a problem and the signing of Andy Carroll has further increased the need for genuine wide-players who can deliver crosses from areas that hurt the opposition and allow the new number 9 to create havoc while facing the goal. Yet with Gerrad the wrong side of 30 and Aquilani not up to the rigours of the Premier League, the long-term future of the spine will need to be addressed.

Thankfully for Liverpool supporters, John W. Henry has constantly reiterated his desire to buy young talent and, should Dalglish be rewarded with the long-term deal that will provide both stability and a platform for long-term success, then Lamela fits the bill perfectly.

AC Milan, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea have all been linked with the trequartista, but they have established players who wear the Number 10 shirt. Liverpool have Joe Cole. Time for Kenny to get on the plane and tell the kid about the Liverpool Way.
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River Plate talent Erik Lamela is expected to complete his €12m transfer to Roma today.

The player has already said goodbye to the River fans through his Twitter feed.

“I love you all. I thank you for the support you’ve always given, helping me grow day by day. I will never forget you.”

There were even reports the announcement would arrive late Friday night, but there were delays.

President Daniel Passarella will fly in to Rome overnight and the clubs are waiting for him to personally oversee the move.

There were also question marks over how the payment would be spread out in instalments.

It also poses a problem that Lamela does not have an EU passport, but it’s believed Ahmed Barusso will be sold to free up that space in the squad.

Lamela’s father and three River Plate directors met with Roma director of sport Walter Sabatini for dinner on Friday to finalise the last details.
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