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Liverpool Boss Rafa Benitez wants Spurs Striker Roman Pavlyuchenko on loan

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez is spending the international break considering his options for reinforcements in the January transfer window.

And while it is unlikely he will have funds available to make a permanent signing, the Anfield boss will look for a loan striker to act as cover.

The Spanish coach has sounded out advisors for Spurs forward Roman Pavlyuchenko, who indicated yesterday that he will press to leave the London club in January after failing to gain a regular first team place.

Benitez sees him as the ideal stand in for Torres, and given his international pedigree he could do a job for Liverpool to put him into the spotlight before the World Cup gets underway next summer.

The Liverpool manager will also think about approaching his former club Real Madrid to talk about taking Dutch forward Rafael van der Vaart who has confirmed he will be leaving the Bernabeu in the January transfer window.

Benitez will hope to get either player on loan, with the idea of a permanent deal in the summer when he will have more transfer funds.

He will look to finance the wages of any loan signing by offloading Italian defender Andrea Dossena, who is close to concluding a deal with Napoli to take him back home when the window opens.

Pavlyuchenko has admitted he is desperate to leave Tottenham because six months on the bench has cost him his place in the Russian team.

Asked if he was planning to leave in January, the striker said: "Yes, because it's impossible for me to stay in the present situation.

"I've been sitting on the bench for half a year now and because of that I've lost my place on the national team."

Source:

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Liverpool-boss-Rafa-Benitez-wants-Spurs-striker-Roman-Pavlyuchenko-on-loan-article219355.html

My opinion is, he would be a good signing after all he did score 14 goals in 36games last season.Not a bad number for someone who had his 1st season in one of the toughest league the world.

The question is

Where do we get the money to finance the loan deal?

'I was absolutely nowhere near him,' fumed Carsley.

'It's a joke. I knew that I didn't touch him and I said to the referee to book me or send me off. It would have made me feel better.' Carsley continued.

Yes, a red card would have been more appropriate for you, Mr Carsley.A week ago, Degen made an almost similar tackle and was sent off when referee Lee Mason ruled that his tackle on Clint Dempsey was a dangerous one.Replays ,however, show that Degen had not make any contact on Dempsey but an appeal for the red card to be rescinded was rejected.

"At a Regulatory Commission hearing today (Wednesday), a claim for wrongful dismissal by Liverpool defender Philipp Degen was rejected," an FA statement read.

It doesn't matter if Mr Carsley doesn't touch him as a fast sliding tackle like that can easily inflict a heavy injury on the player.

Do we need another Eduardo broken leg incident?It's a bad sliding tackle and a dangerous one.Around the net,question was asked whether the tackle was intended to take the man down or to take the ball away?However, no one seems to be bothered with it and focus every single damn thing on N'Gog.

Newspaper columnist and former referee, Graham Poll made a catchy headline for his column in Daily Mail - Diving David NGog should hang his head in shame.Throughout his article,Poll slams David N'Gog alongside with referee Peter Walton.While he has the leisure time to put on unnecessary captions for the photos of the very same article, he chose to ignore the bad tackle made by Lee Carsley.Not even a word was mentioned about the tackle.Brilliant.

That's a dive from N'Gog and I would not deny about it.The fact of the matter is,Carsley dived in quick and had N'Gog stayed on his feet, Carsley would have caught with N'Gog's leg and the latter may well ended up like Eduardo and joins Torres, Riera and Benayoun in the treatment room.So, the question is, do the strikers have to take the fouls and whatever injuries that follows with it and make no attempt to protect themselves?

The fact that Carsley was nowhere near the ball and the lunge thrown in was in high speed, there is a high possibility that N'Gog will end up getting injured should he stay on his feets.But Graham Poll clearly doesn't think so. 'Ngog should be ashamed of himself ', he said in his article.

Few months ago, Graham Poll came up with his own verdicts on divers in several matches. In that article, he defended Rooney who was suspicious of diving.


A lot of people had came eye to eye that Rooney played for the penalty and "dived" before Almunia made any contact on him.However, Graham Poll came out with his own point of view.

He was quoted saying

"Rooney – NO DIVE– This is not simulation despite Rooney’s legs crumbling before being hit. Emmanuel Almunia missed the ball completely and would have wiped Rooney out potentially causing a nasty injury."

While he admit that Rooney's crumbles before being hit, he gave Rooney the benefit of doubts (which he failed to give N'Gog) and defended Rooney.To further convince others, words like "Missed the ball completely" , "potentially causing a nasty injury" were used.

Putting the penalty calls aside,in N'Gog's situation,however,Graham Poll failed to give the benefits of doubt he gave to Rooney. It's clear that Carsley "missed the ball completely" and "potentially causing a nasty injury" should N'Gog stays on his feet.

I have no idea where this ridiculous news came from.Everyone around me is talking about the dutch hitman joining us for a "cut-price" 12m.

Hunterlaar is regarded as one of the best dutch striker in the dutch league and was linked with big clubs numerous time. The prospect of Klass Jan Hunterlaar joining Reds was sure mouth watering for us...if it's one or two years ago.However, it's no longer the case now.

The fact that he failed to establish himself in 2 of the biggest league in the world, in 2 of the Europhean Giants , in just 11months is ridiculous.Someone from somewhere will definitely call for
time to be given to this young lad. Do bear in mind that we don't have the luxury to spend 12m on a risky signing with a potential to become a flop.

Ask me anyday and I would take Crouch over Hunterlaar.Hunterlaar to Liverpool?No thanks.