LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed on Liverpool’s official website that Pepe Reina will be making the move to Italian side Napoli on a season-long loan.
Rodgers was asked for an update on the 30 year old’s predicament at a press conference prior to the Reds’ move to Thailand for the next stage of their tour, and the Northern Irishman replied:
“It was obviously a difficult decision. From last season, really, as a manager I was led to believe that we were going to get an offer for Pepe that would probably see him leave the club.
“On the football side, we have to protect the team, and at that stage we started our search for another goalkeeper. That found us Simon Mignolet, who’s top class – one of the top young European goalkeepers.
“As events transpired, that move [for Reina] didn’t happen and it left us with two very good goalkeepers. Both would have been fighting for the No.1 position. Then obviously an opportunity arose for Pepe and it was one we felt as a football club was best for him to take.
“As a senior goalkeeper, he needs to be playing. It’s a very important year for him with the World Cup next year. It wouldn’t have served any purpose, both for the club and him personally, if he’d been the one missing out. It’s decided he will go to Napoli and we’ve got two very good goalkeepers still at the football club.”
Reina arrived at Anfield in 2005 from Villarreal, and has since made 394 appearances for the club.
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BR out !!!
Yes
plz convince suarez to stay wd need him plz
Thinks that will be the end of Reina,we should look to sell him end of loan spell.We have a younger keeper now,which can make a real name for him for years to come.We can sell Saurez to Real Madrid,if rhey give us Benzema and 35 million pounds.
No wonder most of all senior players ard leaving liverpool.
Reina has been a great servant to our club but de last couple of seasons he became sloppy he cost us in a few games.. I wish him and his family all de best…. But I think B.Rodgers got that 1spot on… And he has Liverpool going in de right direction.. IN RODGERS I TRUST.. If we can hold Suarez we will get 4th spot even higher last season it took us too long to play de way he wanted and it cost us but were on a great run de last 10 or more games so COME ON U BOYS IN RED…LTID
??? Your mad !
Only a total fool trusts Rodgers !!
this br is he serious at all?you have a keeper who is never tried and tested in the bigger stages and you loan out your experienced keeper?oh our liverpool is moving in the wrong direction with fsg and this br
i think br made a big mistake in signing e new goalkeeper. He shd have confirmed first if reina was leaving or not.
To me Reina want to put us in jeopad situatn he want to move to barca if not of Valdes that change his mind,