Anyone remember that useless bastard?
He won his first cap for Italy last night vs Spain
I can't actually believe he has a career
He won his first cap for Italy last night vs Spain
I can't actually believe he has a career
Gabriel Paletta
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He was a bit of both if I remember correctly, Italian dad or something
Argentina born, but playing for Italy.
As for the original post, 'useless bastard'? Wasn't he about 20 when he was with us?
He wasn't very complimentary about his time at Liverpool in a recent interview apparently.
He said that the club was an unhappy and unfriendly place at the time and he only ever socialized with his fellow players on a few occasions.
He said that the club was an unhappy and unfriendly place at the time and he only ever socialized with his fellow players on a few occasions.
I thought he only played as a fullback for us.
Don't think that's fair on San Jose. Granted I didn't see him play in the reserves, but their careers have been quite different. San Jose was just playing in the reserves and never got a chance to turn out for the seniors before going to Athletic Bilbao on loan, where he started 24 league games for them, and that's in the La Liga, as a 20-year-old, for a team that eventually finished 8th. He's been quite a regular in their team since I think.
Paletta played a few times for the seniors and was very shit. He had to go back to Boca Juniors for a few years to rebuild his career before finally ending up at Parma again.
Hmm... definitely remember he playing as a CB only.
We did have a CB later on who played a bit as a FB when he was fielded though, but he was pretty shit in both positions anyway. Step forward, Danny Wilson!
I think there's been a misunderstanding, I mean that in hindsight we should have kept San Jose a bit longer, not that he was shit or anything.
Ah okay, yeah I read that as you saying San Jose was shit haha. Cheers!
International debut at the age of 28. Isn't that a bit late?
[article=http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2014-former-liverpool-3205371#ixzz2vBsp48wq ]It was, Paletta reflected in Saturday’s La Repubblica , a case of “too much too soon”.
Competition was fierce. The culture, a shock. “I got fed up and went home.” Eight appearances were all Paletta made in red before returning to Argentina. Boca Juniors had called, the club he supported as a boy. “How could I refuse? There was the Bombonera, the chants of ‘La Doce’, it was a dream for me. Today I’ll admit I should have been more patient but I wasn’t happy at Liverpool. I was alone. I only remember the cold. In a year I never went out for dinner with a team-mate.”[/article]
Funny reading the part about how in reflection he probably could've stayed and be patient (though in his case, it was probably us losing patience with him!). Just last night, I was reading an interview with Anthony Le Tallec done last year I think, and he admitted feeling regret about not being patient enough and asking to leave when he felt he wasn't playing enough with us.
Something for Suso and the other youngsters to chew on perhaps, if they ever think they're too good to be sitting on the bench or waiting in the queue. They get this one chance with a top club, and unless they're that talented that they're sought after by big clubs after that, I think they almost always don't get another bite at the cherry of playing at a club of this stature.
Something for Suso and the other youngsters to chew on perhaps, if they ever think they're too good to be sitting on the bench or waiting in the queue. They get this one chance with a top club, and unless they're that talented that they're sought after by big clubs after that, I think they almost always don't get another bite at the cherry of playing at a club of this stature.
Defender Gabriel Paletta became the second Argentinean to sign for Liverpool after Mauricio Pellegrino in the summer of 2006.
The centre-back was a product of the Banfield youth system, breaking into the first team in 2005. He helped his country win the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championships, playing in all seven games alongside the likes of Lionel Messi.
From there, most presumed Paletta would join Argentine giants River Plate. Indeed, the club had already reserved the number six shirt for him before Liverpool swooped.
His no-nonsense approach to the game led to comparisons with club legend Jamie Carragher during the early days of his Anfield career. Unfortunately, such talk proved premature.
Paletta played just eight games during his single season on Merseyside after making his debut in the League Cup against Reading.
Still, he did join an exclusive group of players who scored on their Reds debut (Stan Collymore, Nigel Clough – meet Gabriel Paletta).
The defender left Liverpool for Boca Juniors in August 2007.
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