Friday, 21 June 2013

Rodgers making his mark

Brendan Rodgers has made it no secret that Liverpool will look to move early in this summer's transfer window and if reports are to be believed Luis Alberto and Simon Mignolet are expected to become the third and fourth signing respectively. Liverpool have already confirmed that Kolo Toure will join on the 1st of July after his current deal with Manchester City expires and also expect to imminently announce the signing of Spanish forward Iago Aspaz from La Liga side Celta Vigo despite some last minute hitches. The supposedly imminent arrival of Mignolet may come as a surprise to many fans as current Liverpool stopper Pepe Reina has expressed his happiness to remain at the club in the last couple of days and despite not having his best season, Reina remains a favourite amongst Liverpool fans. It is almost impossible to think that one of these two keepers could potentially be warming the bench and this has to suggest that Reina who has been linked with Barcelona, may be on his way back to his native Spain. It is expected that Mignolet will partake in a medial at Melwood early next week after a fee of around £10 million was agreed earlier this evening. Before this deal is completed, Luis Alberto looks to be the next through the door at Melwood. Luis Alberto has been tracked by Liverpool for some time and the Spaniard has some pedigree after coming up through the ranks at his home town club Sevilla and then going on to spend last season on loan at Barcelona B, where he managed to notch up 11 goals. Luis Alberto is a Spanish U21 international forward who has the ability
to play out wide or just behind the striker and will no doubt fit the mould that Rodgers is looking for. Following these two imminent arrivals, Liverpool will then look to make further moves with possible deals in the pipeline for Tiago Llori, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Christian Atsu just to name a few. Despite bringing in the experienced Kolo Toure there is no doubt that Liverpool require another centre back but with the potential deal for Kyriakos Papadopoulos looking to have hit the rocks, Rodgers will have to look elsewhere. This summer is with no doubt Liverpool's biggest transfer window for years, and come August 17th when they host Stoke City it may be an extremely different looking 11.

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