He's earmarked for 1st team this coming season. Has already made a couple of sub appearances in league and cup games.
Luis Alberto - SIGNED fap fap fap - Fuck you Doc Mac, fuck you right in the face'
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He's earmarked for 1st team this coming season. Has already made a couple of sub appearances in league and cup games.
Personally if we were to go for Ince I don't think £8m would be too over the top, maybe a couple of million more than he's worth but no massive deal. Incidentally, what are we actually paying for Alberto now? I've sort of lost track. Is it 7.5m pounds or euros? If euros, what's that? About £6.5m? Doesn't seem *that* excessive.
If you're going via youtube solely gotta say i'm not really that impressed.
Lack of pace is not really my problem. I saw an article on a review about him as a player during his time at barcelona b and it was that he 'makes runs like kaka', and has good stamina. Those were his standout attributes.
He doesn't have great technique or skill either. Once the ball goes out wide he seems fairly unbalanced and you don't ever get the impression he can take on a man or beat them with skill either. He does however have a decent strike of the ball and that could be again one of his better attributes.
Of course its youtube and I hope we unearth this apparent gem into something for the future.
I do trust brendan though. The kind of players we've signed and be linked with are the ones you'd be hoping for us to be signing.
Lack of pace is not really my problem. I saw an article on a review about him as a player during his time at barcelona b and it was that he 'makes runs like kaka', and has good stamina. Those were his standout attributes.
He doesn't have great technique or skill either. Once the ball goes out wide he seems fairly unbalanced and you don't ever get the impression he can take on a man or beat them with skill either. He does however have a decent strike of the ball and that could be again one of his better attributes.
Of course its youtube and I hope we unearth this apparent gem into something for the future.
I do trust brendan though. The kind of players we've signed and be linked with are the ones you'd be hoping for us to be signing.
I thought it was at Barca B he flourished but Seville own him and need to cash in??
We could get good players for that money., like this guy who moved for a little bit more:
I don't know - it can go both ways. We'd probably know more about him and be better placed to speculate as to whether he's worth it.
I don't know why Barca didn't take up their option but I don't think should necessarily be held against him. They've just spent 50M on Neymar, have the likes of Villa (for now), Sanchez, Pedro and Tello for the wide positions as well as Fabregas, Iniesta and Thiago for the more central positions.
And other examples of good players that have made it despite languishing in the second tier into their late teens and in some cases beyond - Pedro (who apparently was going to be dumped until Pep stepped in), Busquests, Mata, Alba, Soldado.... and the list goes on. As I said, in Spain it's more common.
I made it clear I wasn't using the comparison to highlight what I thought he'd become - I don't know what he'll become because I've only ever seen youtube clips. I just wanted to highlight his stats are fairly impressive for an attacking midfielder. As I said earlier, I have no clue if we've found a stud ... or a dud. But I wouldn't rule him out because of his age etc
Sevilla's Luis Alberto will have a medical at Liverpool on Friday after a £6.8million deal was agreed between the two clubs.
The 20-year-old, who will sign on a four-year deal, has been on loan at Barcelona B and had expected to stay at Sevilla, but the cash-strapped club have had to let the striker leave.
Barcelona decided not to take up their option to sign him permanently at the end of his loan stint, and Alberto could be Liverpool's second striker signing of the summer after a deal was agreed for Iago Aspas from Celta Vigo
The 20-year-old, who will sign on a four-year deal, has been on loan at Barcelona B and had expected to stay at Sevilla, but the cash-strapped club have had to let the striker leave.
Barcelona decided not to take up their option to sign him permanently at the end of his loan stint, and Alberto could be Liverpool's second striker signing of the summer after a deal was agreed for Iago Aspas from Celta Vigo
Impossible it would never happen. He hasn't played in la liga and doesn't look completely lightweight so he's not a rodgers type player.
Glad to see you have nice and grounded expectations.
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Confirmed by the player himself.
WELCOME, ALBERTO!
WELCOME, ALBERTO!
There are many Spaniards in England doing well. Seeing them succeed excites me. I'm looking forward to this great step
I am excited to go to a club like Liverpool, a new culture, a new language. I have to adapt quickly.
I am excited to go to a club like Liverpool, a new culture, a new language. I have to adapt quickly.
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The New Luis!
Never heard of him but he's Spanish and has something to do with Barcelona. He will be brilliant, stay for a while then demand a move somewhere better/shit, skulk around in the reserves and hang around like Diao stinking the place out. I'm delighted/dismayed.
Where?
A deal is not expected to be completed before the weekend but Alberto will almost certainly be Brendan Rodgers' third signing - after Kolo Toure and Iago Aspas - of the summer by next week.
"I'm very much looking forward to it," Alberto said.
"I'm going to a club like Liverpool, a new culture, a new language, I have to adapt quickly but I'm really looking forward to this big step.
"There are many Spaniards in England and they are doing quite well.
"Seeing all of them succeeding there motivates me even more."
Alberto, who came though the ranks at Sevilla, spent last season on loan at Barcelona B - scoring 11 times in the second division - but the Catalans did not take up their option to sign him permanently.
He admits, however, it will be a wrench to leave his hometown club.
"I've always said that this is the club where I grew up, it's my home," he told Spanish newspaper Diario de Sevilla.
"I owe a lot to Sevilla, although I'm leaving a little hurt because I haven't had the chance to show what I can do in the Primera Division.
"It seems like I was going to return to Sevilla, but the Liverpool thing came up and it's a very important step.
"I've had to take a difficult and important decision and I hope I've got it right."
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...a-midfielder-arrives-for-medical-8668345.html
It doesn't really, Zaha looks much better than Alberto from the very little i've seen.
I can count at least 11 - Reina, Agger, Skrtel, Johnson, Enrique, Lucas, Gerrard, Henderson, Coutinho, Suarez & Sturridge
Didn't say that, just using Alberto vs Zaha as an example doesn't really work.
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Can confirm that Luis Alberto has arrived at Melwood in the last few minutes to begin his medical and discuss personal terms. #LFC- Status
