Teso Dos Bichos
15 Feb 2006, 05:22 AM
As you already know, you have signed Argentine defender Gabriel Paletta on a four-year deal and he will join at the end of the season. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4707816.stm]
Given that the transfer is agreed, I didn't think this next bit was appropriate for the main transfer thread and I didn't see another thread about Paletta. In Tim Vickery's latest column for the BBC, he gives you the lowdown on who Paletta is and since I doubt the vast majority of you know anything about him, I felt you might enjoy it:
In the 1960s Liverpool manager Bill Shankly sent the press on a voyage round giant centre-half Ron Yeats. Perhaps in a few months' time current Reds boss Rafael Benitez will do the same trick with Gabriel Paletta. The young Argentine defender is built like an ox, and the journalists would take a while to circumnavigate him. But I wonder if it might be a journey taking place too soon.
Paletta enjoyed a spectacular 2005. As the year started he had never played in the first team at Banfield, a traditional but relatively small club in greater Buenos Aires. He was not even included in the club's 25-strong squad for the group phase of their first ever Copa Libertadores campaign, and was overlooked by Argentina for the South American Under-20 tournament. Given his chance in the local championship, he made an instant impression.
A strong, rugged, no-nonsense centre back, he caught the eye in both penalty areas, stopping goals at one end, scoring them at the other with his bulky presence and aerial threat...
Article continued here: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4715264.stm]
Given that the transfer is agreed, I didn't think this next bit was appropriate for the main transfer thread and I didn't see another thread about Paletta. In Tim Vickery's latest column for the BBC, he gives you the lowdown on who Paletta is and since I doubt the vast majority of you know anything about him, I felt you might enjoy it:
In the 1960s Liverpool manager Bill Shankly sent the press on a voyage round giant centre-half Ron Yeats. Perhaps in a few months' time current Reds boss Rafael Benitez will do the same trick with Gabriel Paletta. The young Argentine defender is built like an ox, and the journalists would take a while to circumnavigate him. But I wonder if it might be a journey taking place too soon.
Paletta enjoyed a spectacular 2005. As the year started he had never played in the first team at Banfield, a traditional but relatively small club in greater Buenos Aires. He was not even included in the club's 25-strong squad for the group phase of their first ever Copa Libertadores campaign, and was overlooked by Argentina for the South American Under-20 tournament. Given his chance in the local championship, he made an instant impression.
A strong, rugged, no-nonsense centre back, he caught the eye in both penalty areas, stopping goals at one end, scoring them at the other with his bulky presence and aerial threat...
Article continued here: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4715264.stm]