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The Trouble with Liverpool and Free Transfer Signings

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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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21 comments

  • Suso says:

    In my opinion marveaux is not kind of players we need .i see the clip of milankakabaros .he is a good player but his power and phisical form is not enough for premier league. At last i hope i wrong about he .and must wait to see what happen in future.

  • Old Timer says:

    Lot of concern that we may be bringing in another crock. No matter how good a player is (example Agger or Gerrard this season) he cannot help us if he cannot play! Lets face it, the EPL is a tough league to play in and any proneness to injury will quickly rear up. OK if he is a “spare” at left wing and we sign another class left winger, but if we are to rely on him, then I say dont sign him – the risk is too great to have him take the place of a better prospect such as Young and his ilk.

  • alex says:

    great foe bench!!

  • Red Indian says:

    i’m sceptical about signing him..
    firstly, he seems too injury prone.. we have enough of those already..
    secondly, he seems like an average player who has played all his football in the french league.. dont think he’ll cut it in the premier league..
    but hey, he cant be worse than n’gog or jova..

  • hey fellow have trust in the man marvelous and try to think positively and i have the feeling that these will be our best bosman transfer but i hope even those who are responsible for signing must sign another talented and creative left winger

  • Jack says:

    He’s not up to Champions league standard!! I think this is only media rubbish anyway.

  • Deco says:

    Surely when discussing Liverpool free transfers Marcus babbel must get a mention. He was excellent at right back until his health problems laid him low. Also remember that voronin brought a 3 million pound transfer fee into the clubs coffers too. As for marveaux, I’m not exactly jumping for joy at the news but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, and hopefully he’ll give the squad a bit more balance as we are short of attacking left footers.

  • Kev says:

    If its true it Will be an other winger that Will Turn as a dead wood… Hope it’s not true.

  • Mike roberts says:

    You lot all with your negative comments ???? I agree the way this article has been presented it does not look too good , but this is journalism. It would be easy to make him look like a great signing ie …. Fergie has been tracking the guy for a while and also Chelsea , also his current club Want him to stay .
    But most important in all of this is the fact that Kenny Dalglish and Damien comolli Want him !!!! I have faith in Kenny and comolli as I have seen how he has turned the club around this season and got players that we thought were crap , playing like we are title contenders . In Kenny I trust . YNWA .

  • Jimbo says:

    You are right to be concerned about Marveaux. He is a very ordinary player indeed. Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs or Man City would not even waste their time on someone this average. Is this how our new american owners plan to improve on sixth position ? They seem to have the same basic philosophy as our old american owners (ie. basing their transfer policy on whatever players happen to be available either on free transfers or for next to nothing while our rivals spend real money on genuinely good players). Haven’t Voronin, Jovanovic, Cole, Kyrkiakos and Konchesky taught them anything ?

    • Kenny says:

      Are they interested in signing him now? No they are not which proves they know even on a Bosman that he is an injuryprone bum now.

      • Pedro says:

        That’s not the point. The fact that they were interested tells that you that the guy isn’t down right terrible. Personally, if we are after a winger on a bosman, I’d go for Seb Larsson. Decent, proven Premier League player. Right footed though. This Marveaux chap is apparently more of an attacking mid who likes cutting in and isn’t a good crosser.

    • Eric says:

      As you said, they were interested in signing him ‘a few years back’. Now, they’re not even interested in signing him despite the fact that he’s available on a free. What’s the point of signing a guy who can play only 10 games a season? And what’s signing an average-at-best Seb Larsson going to achieve?

      • Pedro says:

        As I replied to Kenny, the fact that Utd. and Chelsea were ever interested in him shows that the guy isn’t or wasn’t that bad. He does have a pretty bad injury record and let me make this clear, I DO NOT want us to sign him. Regarding Seb Larsson, I said that we should go for him only if “we are after a winger on a bosman”. If Comolli and Dalglish want a winger on the cheap, then Larsson would be better than Marveaux in my opinion, that’s all I’m saying.

  • joel says:

    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

  • Swilliams says:

    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.

  • Jack says:

    Who in their right minds would pay 10mil for Cole!?

  • 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.

  • Swilliams says:

    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.

  • Listen says:

    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. -.-

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