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How about Drenthe? Granted it's all gone horribly wrong for him at Real, reportedly down to his poor attitude, but he remains a player of considerable promise.
He's a little pocket dynamo, has excellent dribbling skills, a very sweet left foot and an extremely competitive edge to his game. Moreover, although he burst on the scene as a left back/winger (not sruprising given his cultured left foot), he always looked more like a future central midfielder to me - not just because of his physical resemblance to Davids.
He'd be relatively cheap and could slot into any number of positions for us as cover and potentially as a starter in the future.
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I used to think he'd be a good purchase as well, but I've changed my mind.
He's been fucking dreadful for Real and what he needs is to take a step back and go to a club that will play him week in, week out and help him improve. He won't get that here at Liverpool and it'll just turn into another Babel situation.
I remember some people saying he'd moved too early - you'd have to agree.