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New York Red

New York Red

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He seems to be the hottest player in Spain right now. I've seen some of his goals and he looks superb from that alone. But, he seems to really be in demand in Spain.

 

He could well make a massive difference to us next year.

 

Nice job Rafa.

Dule

Dule

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We should play a game, who will he be compared to as a player when he joins? What name will Rafa say?

 

Garrincha ?

Lee W

Lee W

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We should play a game, who will he be compared to as a player when he joins? What name will Rafa say?

 

Garrincha ?

 

Nah, that was Wenger who compared Eboue to Garrincha, even though the Brazilian was a midfielder. :rolleyes:

 

If Gonzalez is anything like Vicente we'll be sorted on the left.

Eskimo

Eskimo

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Nah, that was Wenger who compared Eboue to Garrincha, even though the Brazilian was a midfielder. :rolleyes:

 

If Gonzalez is anything like Vicente we'll be sorted on the left.

 

On current form I would have him ahead of Vicente..... ;)

Guest AdamS

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Mark Gonzalez has been explaining how he managed to secure a move to Anfield.

 

A cruciate ligament injury made him fear his chances of becoming a Red were doomed but in an interview in the official LFC magazine, Mark tells how Rafa remained in constant touch with him before offering him a new deal.

 

The player said: "At first, the news of Liverpool's interest in me was through the usual rumours that you hear about.

 

"There'd been quite a lot of talk about how well I'd been doing and in spite of Albacete's league position, and that I was a player who'd always stood out - maybe for my speed and my style of play. This was my first season in Europe and Albacete were in the Primera Liga.

 

"So gradually these rumours became more serious and there was also talk of interest from Arsenal and I'm not sure who else.

 

"So I was aware about Liverpool's interest and I was really motivated and playing well up to the point everything had been agreed and I was going to sign a contract to go and play for Liverpool.

 

"There were just six games to go until the end of the season and that's when I got injured. It was really bad luck.

 

"Things were made much more difficult for me because I was due to sign my contract the week after I got injured. It was very complicated in the sense that I got the injury just at the time I'd got the chance to leave Albacete and just when I saw that my future was at Liverpool.

 

"Obviously everything cools off at that point, you're injured and the contract suddenly seems very far away. You say things to yourself like, "that's it, I won't be going to play for Liverpool now. So just when you thought you had the chance to go and play for a big club, you begin to think about all kind of things.

 

"Psychologically it's a huge blow and in really starts to eat away at you. However, about a month and a half from when I first got injured, Rafa Benitez called me to see how I was doing and to see if I was feeling positive and motivated.

 

"It was at that time that Liverpool renewed their interest in me and offered me a new one year contract with an option to buy.

 

"Now they were showing interest in me once again and keen to offer this one-year contract with an option to buy, which of course was understandable, because I was still injured and you never know what's going to happen.

 

"So I knew about this renewed interest from the club when Rafa Benitez called me on the day of the semi-final or maybe it was the final of the Champions League, asking how I was and all the rest of it, and if I was motivated.

 

"I said that I was, big time, after all that had happened with the injury, and now my chance had come again, it was something really important for me. So we hung up and there I was, was made up.

 

"All I wanted to do from then on was recover from the injury and get back playing again. So from then on you can't imagine how my confidence and spirits were lifted.

 

"Then as time went on they decided to offer a long term contract, something of a gamble to take a risk with me because there are lots of cases where players with knee injuries have not recovered or not been the same player as before.

 

"So as things stand I'm thankful because as time goes on I'm more and more convinced that I'm the same player as before and still improving."

 

Work permit problems have so far prevented him from turning out for the Reds but everything should be resolved in time for next season.

 

He added: "We're looking at two different ways of getting Spanish nationality and with that, an EC Spanish passport.

 

"Firstly, through residency and the time I spent with Albacete and now with La Real, you need to have been here two years in total.

 

"Secondly, through Spanish descendants on my father's side of the family and we have an application for a Spanish Passport currently being processed.

 

"I've heard that apparently that the application is progressing quite well and so let's hope I can get the EC Spanish Passport which I think then might be enough to be able to play here without needing a work permit."

Tones

Tones

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Fingers crossed he will be here for next seasons kick off then. Looking forward to seeing him.

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nitski

nitski

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"I've heard that apparently that the application is progressing quite well and so let's hope I can get the EC Spanish Passport which I think then might be enough to be able to play here without needing a work permit."

 

What does 'progressing quite well' mean? Surely you simply qualify for a passport of a particular country or not!

 

Or am I just being cranky considering he's probably just a young lad who doesn't really know what's going on with it all :)

fyds

fyds

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What does 'progressing quite well' mean? Surely you simply qualify for a passport of a particular country or not!

 

Or am I just being cranky considering he's probably just a young lad who doesn't really know what's going on with it all :)

They have to do searches to make sure his relatives were indeed Spanish 0 especially after snow jobs done this way by certain argentinians in recent years. It's all procedural stuff.

Dule

Dule

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Looks like gonzalez will be Rafa's buy of the season next year?

 

I mean he always gets atleast 1 player in for a bargain, that no one can explain how everyone missed him (Momo last years).

Clay Davis

Clay Davis

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He'll end up getting injured and coming back in february and then at the end of next season we'll be saying that he wasn't that good because he was still coming back. Then the next season he'll be above average but not hit the heights of what we expected.

 

You can't actually expect us to make an exciting signing that actually doesn't get injured in their first season do you?

Benitez

Benitez

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He'll end up getting injured and coming back in february and then at the end of next season we'll be saying that he wasn't that good because he was still coming back. Then the next season he'll be above average but not hit the heights of what we expected.

 

You can't actually expect us to make an exciting signing that actually doesn't get injured in their first season do you?

 

 

Bizarre post of the day award goes to....

Clay Davis

Clay Davis

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Bizarre post of the day award goes to....

 

listen! im trying to find some way of stopping myself getting excited about players! Le Tallec, Morientes, Cisse, Smicer, Kirkland, Heskey, Pongolle etc. etc.

 

I'm trying to be negative seeing as ive had months of positiveness about this gem!

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