Liverpool are about to sign 20 year old Chilean and Albacete left winger M.Gonzalez. First of all he is an extremely speedy winger, he played 25 games for Albacete, scoring 5 goals including one against Barcelona and 2 against Valencia, he also made an incredible number of assists and has played a numebr of games, more than 70%, for the Chilean national team including the 1-1 tie against Brail and 2-2 tie against Argentina in River Plate's stadium in the WC 2006 qualifiers. He also played in the 2004 South American Olympic qualifiers where he was one of the tournament's stars and led Chile to the quadrangular stage where he scored a tremendous 35 meter freee kick against the U-23 Brazil squad. He could play as a left midfield or left back or as a left forward in a wing play, 4-3-3 formation. Post your comments
i'm looking forward to seeing him play, especially if he's a gifted free kick taker, something which we have lacked recently. too bad he was injured, but at least he can acclimate to liverpool before aking his debut.
It's good to sign someone with that much versatility down the left side. If he's as good as you say he is, this is a very good signing.
Sounds like a promising signing. Certainly seems like he scores in big games when it matters the most. He's only going to be on loan though, with an option to buy, correct?
This is a fantastic opportunity for him. He'll have the chance to feature in many games this season but like everyone else in the squad he'll have to prove himself. I hope he recovers quickly and well because if he can't afford to have a slow start.
I just hope he keeps all his speed after ACL (and it is anterior- ugh.) recovery. We've all seen players lose that pop after this kind of injury, but he is quite young, so that bodes well for recovery, at least.
It is going to be very competitive on that left side. LB - either Warnock, Traore or Riise LW - Kewell, Warnock, Zenden, Riise or Gonzalez Rafa has plenty of options and I'm sure he likes it that way.
If that last part is true, what would be wrong with this? -----------Reina---------- Finnan-Carra-Hyppia--Riise ----------Hamman-------- -----Gerrard---Alonso----- Cisse------Moro---Gonzo-- Although Gonzalez might be too young at this point.
Gonzalez seems to have a lot in common with a certain Robben when he joined Chelsea. Both 20 years of age, both left wingers who are super quick, both relatively unknown but highly rated and both having their debut lengthened by a few months because of injury. Doubt he will have the same impact, but hopefully he can be 3/4 the player Robben is.
I suppose this could be all talk, but the kid seems to have decent character. I'm very excited to see what he can do. http://liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N149278050708-0850.htmGonzalez, who earned the nickname 'Speedy' from team-mates at his former club, believes he'll be back playing again by November and then he intends wasting no time in proving his manager right after he labelled him 'the best young player in Chile'. "I have to wait until November for a full recovery but then I will demonstrate on the pitch what Rafa said about me," he said. "I felt very happy with what Rafa said, knowing that I'm injured and there are other players having good spells. "It's a great challenge to be in a team full of stars and which are the European champions. "I'm the only Chilean footballer that is playing in a giant team in any country.
Robben is a RM. Well, my point was that, if he's capable of playing down the entire left side, at LB, LM, and LF, why not play a 4-3-3 (Or really, a 4-1-2-3, if we're technical)? If Gonzo was moved back to midfield, you would probably play with one striker and put Garcia or someone at right mid. I assume that Gonzo has a tendency towards attacking or defending, but having never seen him play, I don't know what it is.
Have you seen him play? Robben is arguably the best left-sided players in the world. Mourinho moved Duff over to the right so that he could play Robben in his natural position of left wing. The more I read about Gonzo the more excited I get. I would say that Robben had a lot more hype surrounding him than Gonzo currently does, but I like the comparison.
Yes, you are really confused Occasionally you'd see Robben float over to the right or roam a little, but he's definitely a lefty. In fact, that was what was funny about Mourinho signing Robben after Duff. Before we knew that he would play Duff on the right I just envisioned a lot of egotistical battling over that left wing position. I think that's why he's going for SWP, so he can play somebody who's naturally suited on the right side.
If chelski buy SWP,i think we should make a bid for duff!With the 10 million we have left(after the sissoko capture),i guess it should be enough to get duff.
That would be a very tough decision to make. If Duff were to hypothetically become available, I think it would be wise to consider making a move for him despite our defensive needs before somebody else swoops in. We are fresh from our CL triumph and are in a particularly good position to attract players. If we passed on a player of his caliber, we risk letting him settle and becoming a star at another club, ultimately making a move at that time difficult. I'd hate to be the one who has to decide between a tactical transfer and a very good opportunity. Although I suppose given that there is no talk of Duff currently being available, this would be a good problem to have!