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linked with another Uruguayan defender today............................
The headline-grabbing news in ABola is that Liverpool are chasing Porto’s Alvaro Pereira. The Reds are willing to pay the 20 million termination clause to sign the Uruguayan left-back.
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Article is just stating in English what was printed in the Portuguese paper above, but anyway...
[size=12pt]Liverpool 'Willing to Pay' £17.5m for Uruguay Full-Back[/size]
Posted on 22 July 2011
Liverpool are prepared to pay £17.5m to bring Uruguay defender Alvaro Pereira to Anfield as the solution to their left-back problem.
Manager Kenny Dalglish is keen to recruit a left-back ahead of the new season following severe shortages in that department throughout the last campaign.
His first choice target Gael Clichy opted for a move to Manchester Ctiy and the Merseysiders have since been linked with a host of top players to fill the position including Lyon's Aly Cissokho, Newcastle's Jose Enrique and Hamburg's Marcell Jansen.
However, according to reports in Portuguese newspaper ABola, Liverpool are 'willing to pay' Porto the €20m (£17.5m) buy-out clause in Pereira's contract to ensure the move happens.
The 25-year-old is regarded as one of the finest wing-backs in football and was instrumental in Porto's treble success last season.
He has been one of the star's of Uruguay's Copa America charge this summer, scoring twice and helping his country to the final.
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I hope this is true, and I love our aggression in the transfer market and how it gets the lily livered supporters all het up about us 'overpaying' on transfer fees.
