Meireles. *SIGNED*

[Woland]

About to sign, apparently. Porto person, very highly rated DM.

Soz if BS.

 

[manwithnoname]

Re: Meireles.

Sign for us? Never heard of him

 

[ILD]

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Cracking player. Was great in the world cup.

 

[Oncy]

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this cant b true. hes a good player.

 

[KopPoNok]

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Was linked to chelsea for £15m.

 

[the count]

Re: Meireles.

[quote author=ILD link=topic=41636.msg1164328#msg1164328 date=1282946901]
Cracking player. Was great in the world cup.


[/quote]

Ha ha.
I just said it to my lad about Meireles and he said no, he was really crap in the World Cup.
Confused smiley

 

[Squiggles]

Re: Meireles.

Club career

After having grown to prominence in the Portuguese first division with Boavista FC, Meireles was bought in the summer of 2004 by another Porto side, powerhouse F.C. Porto.[1] After just 13 league appearances in his debut campaign, he eventually became first-choice in central midfield, alongside Argentine Lucho González.

In the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, Meireles scored in a deflected volley against Chelsea in a 1–1 draw at the Estádio do Dragão,[2] as Porto went on to lose the tie 3–2 on aggregate. The following season, in the league's second-round, on 25 August 2007, he netted the game's only goal in another home win, this time against Sporting Clube de Portugal.[3]

As the northerners won back-to-back domestic leagues, Meireles only missed four games combined, netting eight goals, and adding the 2008–09 domestic cup.

On July 5 2010, he was linked with a move to Premier League champions Chelsea, with the Blues reportedly prepared to offer £15 million,[4] but nothing came of it.

On August 27, 2010 Meireles signed with Liverpool for 12million of the English Premier League.

 

[Rosco]

Re: Meireles.

10.75m deal done according to the Guardian

 

[Shadey]

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wooosh

 

[El Pistolero]

Re: Meireles.

Yep, it's (soon to be) true. RT @DTguardian: Porto's midfielder Raul Meireles on way to #LFC for £10.7m

http://twitter.com/OliverKayTimes

 

[Sunny]

Re: Meireles.

Lots of noise about this tonight. The twitters are going ballistic.

Big news breaking from #LFC: Raul Meireles has signed for £10.7m - full story on Guardian website in a few mins . .
3 minutes ago via web

 

[Oncy]

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*unzips flies*

 

[Sunny]

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[quote author=Redshrek link=topic=41636.msg1164337#msg1164337 date=1282947337]
Yep, it's (soon to be) true. RT @DTguardian: Porto's midfielder Raul Meireles on way to #LFC for £10.7m

http://twitter.com/OliverKayTimes
[/quote]

If true, this is a positive sign.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

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It's on there as a breaking news headline, but nothing to click on yet. "more to follow"

 

[Shadey]

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[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=41636.msg1164339#msg1164339 date=1282947361]
*unzips flies*
[/quote]lol @ oncey

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Re: Meireles.

I know absolutely nothing about him, but he is better than Lucas and probably Poulsen.

 

[KopPoNok]

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I hope Lucas is part of the deal.

 

[El Pistolero]

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This has come out the blue. Is he any good then?

 

[ILD]

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Bad Ass Mutharfucker.

 

[KopPoNok]

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He was not named in porto's uefa matches, not cup-tied.

 

[Paddy]

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Excellent news if true. Good player going forward as well. Him and Gerrard would make a good combination.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

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So what's he like then?

 

[Squiggles]

Re: Meireles.

He looks like a pirate.

I like him

 

[Oncy]

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Fuck it!

*fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap*

 

[eecheerow]

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He's a good fucking player... it almost seems too good to be true if it were to happen so quickly, but surely we've had plans in place knowing Mascherano was likely to fuck off.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Re: Meireles.

Liverpool have moved quickly to replace Javier Mascherano by agreeing a £10.7m package with Porto tonight for the Portugal international Raul Meireles.

Meireles, one of Portugal's more impressive players in the World Cup, is understood to have agreed personal terms and, if everything goes according to plan, the deal will be completed over the weekend, dependent on the 27-year-old passing a medical examination.

The transfer was rushed through this evening after Mascherano finally got his wish to leave Anfield, joining Barcelona in a £20m deal that freed up the money for Liverpool to bring in a cheaper replacement.

Meireles is available for a low fee because he is in the final year of his contract and Porto have been trying to sell him rather than risk losing him on a free transfer next summer.

The player has been prominently linked with Manchester United over the past month but does not fit into the club's policy under the Glazer family of not signing players for big money if they are aged 26 or above, Dimitar Berbatov being the exception to the rule.

Liverpool do not operate with such restrictions and the manager Roy Hodgson will hope Meireles can make his debut in the league game at Birmingham City tomorrow week.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

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SO what's he like? Pace? Good passer? etc

 

[reuque]

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Can't believe we've moved this quickly!

 

[SaintGeorge67]

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I like the United bit in that article 🙂

 

[Shadey]

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[size=6pt]what about a striker[/size]