14 - Javier Mascherano

[antonnn]

EMD says Barca may give up on Masch and go for De Rossi.

 

[barca7788]

more tough than masch.

 

[beef-supreme]

Not to forget Milito who will hopefully be back with us somewhere around September/October ;-)

Hmmm as much as I like to be positive, I don't think that we can realistically count him in as a solid member of our plans for next season..

 

[AnfieldEd]

I would be devastated if JM left.

Especially if we only get £20m and the unproven Bojan in return, who only cules think is some sort of genius in the making - when in actual fact he isn't.

 

[antonnn]

Nah I think the Cules are starting to realise he's more hype. He's probably going to be a good player, maybe even very good, but the hype he got when he first started making waves was ridiculous.

 

[AnfieldEd]

I am not saying he won't be a very good player but he will not be a great player imho.

 

[antonnn]

To be fair, it's easy to get carried away when your teams youth academy has produced a top class player roughly every 2 years(in terms of their age anyway). Puyol(78), Xavi(80), Valdes(82, though not as good as the others), Iniesta(84) and Messi(87).

 

[beef-supreme]

Yes Anton's right. But anyway you can't write Bojan off yet, strikers tend to mature and show true quality later on, and he's still very young, only 18. In the end, even if he isn't brilliant in his early twenties he could well become world class when he matures a bit. Because of his height and physique, he seems a bit like a late bloomer-type. He did excel in the youth ranks so there's no wonder why there was so much hype about him.

 

[sammy]

EMD says Barca may give up on Masch and go for De Rossi.

Just as i thought. He would fit more to barca tactic than mascherano

 

[Snyde]

De Rossi is excellent! Finally a decent rumour that might actually happen.

 

[AnfieldEd]

Would he leave Italy for Spain though?

 

[zanela]

Daniele De Rossi is a romanista at heart so it ll b near impossible to get him...
BUT...

I wud die in ecstasy if he joined us
The love of my life

 

[Metaphysical]

at a guess, no.

which is why I highly doubt the rumour.

especially as it comes from EMD.

we wouldn't give up on badger that easy. he wants to come to us (if he has to leave liverpool, which it looks like he does) and he's aces.

 

[AnfieldEd]

looks like another bid for him from you buys £25m

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

€20mil is our bid.