So far Liverpool have signed:
Craig Bellamy - Striker - Welsh
Gabriel Paletta - Left Back - Argentinian
Fabio Aureli - Left Back - Brazilian
Mark Gonzales - Left Wing - Chilian
Seems we are now heavily covered on the left with Riise, Warnock, Kewell & Zenden already there and the 3 new left sided players, though I did think Gonzales played right wing for Seville last season
Now 1 more striker and a right winger and we're sorted and apparently we may be in for Nicholas Anelka again on a permanent basis for around £8.5m and Simao for around £10m.
We've got rid of:
Bruno Cheyroo
Fernando Morientes
Djibril Cisse (on loan, with a buyout clause)
and a buch of youngsters
I suspect that with all the options on the left, we will get rid of 1 or 2 from there, 1 of Zenden or Kewell and possibly Warnock, though it could be Risse being shoved out
Just looked back to my first post when I said we'd get:
Andy Johnson - Close, he went to Neverton
Schevchenko (hoped for) - Went to Chelski
Raul - Thankfully not (so far)
Defoe - Who knows, could still happen
Pablo Aimar - Apparently we turned him down
Also
Van Nistlerooy to leave ManYoo - Still think that will happen (not as sure now though)
Ballack to sign for ManYoo - Oops, went to Chelski
Henry to stay at Arsenal - WOOHOO I got one right
Etoo to Arsenal - Doubt it now
Barton to Arsenal - Maybe could happen as City are lining up replacement in Hamman, though Barton is now linked with Boro
It'll be interesting to see what happens with the likes of Torres and Klose who both did OK in the world cup and also what happens to the allegedly crooked Italian clubs. There is the potential for Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina all to get relegated (Juve may even go down 2 leagues
) and possibly be chucked out of europe too, so there will be a lot of talent on the move then. I suspect that Fergie, Wenger and Rafa are still waiting to see who becomes available, but the list of players is impressive:
Juventus: Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Thuram, Viera, Nedved, Cameronesi, Olivera, Mutu, Ibrahimovic, Del Piero, Trezeguet
Milan: Dida, Stam, Maldini, Nesta, Costacurta, Seedorf, Gattuso, Rui Costa, Pirlo, Inzaghi, Gilardino
I'd like to see Viera come to Liverpool as backup to Sissoko
I suspect one or 2 of those will be in the Premiership next year whatever happens in Italy.
Arfie