The Trouble with Liverpool and Free Transfer Signings
It is safe to say that Liverpool have not been the most adept in the Bosman free transfer market over the last few years. With limited money to spend under former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett, the Reds have delved into the free transfer market and come up with some real stinkers. The Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin came from Bayer Leverkusen in 2007, and he was followed to Anfield by Standard Liege’s Milan Jovanovic and Chelsea’s Joe Cole last summer. None of these deals have really worked out for the Reds, and specifically in the case of Cole, have left the club picking a sizeable tab for their wages, while they are either sidelined with injuries or sit on the bench.
I am not against the Reds bringing in free transfers per se, but as we have experienced over the last few seasons, getting in a player for free doesn’t always work out too well. Although nothing has officially been announced yet, the French press have stated that Rennes winger Sylvain Marveaux has signed a pre-contract agreement to join Liverpool in the summer. Of course, the same worries about past failed free transfer signings will crop up again, and it could be said that Marveaux could be yet another concerning signing on a Bosman.
So who is Sylvain Marveaux? He was born in Vannes, Britanny and became involved in his first club AS Menimur at the age of just 6. After 7 years, he moved to the city’s biggest club Vannes OC and was selected for the prestigious Pôle Espoirs Football de Ploufragan regional football academy where he learned his trade. After leaving the academy he signed a youth contract with Britanny side Rennes in 2001 and spent four years in the club’s highly regarded youth academy.
At reserve level, he impressed for Rennes in the 2005/06 season and playing in the CFA league, he scored seven in 21 appearances, standing out as the team’s star player. His impressive performances earned him a professional contract in the summer of 2006 and he became part of Guy Lacombe’s first team plans. Marveaux initially struggled to gain a regular place under Lacombe despite making his debut on the opening day of the season in a 2-1 defeat to Lille.
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April 30th, 2011
Hey negative tossers…
He is 21 and free… a left winger which we do not have..All clubs are watching him but he chose liverpool because something in starting to happen..Suarez can make anyone around him look good.. even maxi and kuyt.. Lets welcome him and another left and right wing and full back and centre back.. Hopefully the young striker from Barca, but most off all lets spoend the cash on Alexis Sanchez the next Ronaldo but better… he playes with passion and commitment for th love of the came..
SELL
Janovic 5 million?
Aqua 15 million
cole 10 million?
Johnston 10-15 million
insua 5 million
kon job 3 million
poulson 3 million
nearly 60 million and a bit from the club maybe 80 million in funds..
Dalglish and comolli have not lets us down yet..
GO REDS
April 30th, 2011
Joel, firstly he is 25, not 21, and the bit about ‘Susrez can even make Kuyt look good’ is rubbish, Kuyt is a quality player, our best player of the season, and while Suarez has certainly improved our performances, to write off Kuyt’s form is unfair. I would like to sees get the prices you say for those players, however it’s unlikely, I doubt even Tottenham would pay £10m for Cole, or £15 for Aquilani.
April 30th, 2011
Who in their right minds would pay 10mil for Cole!?
April 30th, 2011
mr,comolli is trying to bring in france connection lfc because he was brought to ANFIELD he’s trying going to france watching france players that he will bring to lfc,why don’t comolli goes to portugues league and negociate for quality players that can give us what we lfc fans realy want in our club,he should go to fc,porto that played villareal he see players that matters like-FALCAO-HULK-GUARIN-RODRIGUEZ-MOUTINHO,most of the players being on free transfer are not all that good some are injury prone or bench warmers.
April 30th, 2011
Miereles? I’m sorry, he had a good 6 week spell, but either side of that spell he’s been pretty average. Kuyt has been consistently good all season, and I reckon I watch more games than you seeing as every LFC game is on TV where I live. And of course Suarez is a quality player, but Kuyt’s form is a product of his ability, Suarez creates the space, but you still need good players to capatilise on that, which Kuyt is.
No one in their right minds will play £15m for Aquilani, although of course I hope someone is stupid enough to.
May 1st, 2011
Just get Eden Hazard. It’d save a heck load of time instead of having reporters report about most of the players we get on a free being not capable to play in the EPL. Not to mention, it’d also save LFC fans from arguing with one another about who’s right and who’s not. -.-