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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has ruled out selling Dutch forward Ryan Babel in the January transfer window.

The 23-year-old Babel joined from Ajax in 2007 for an £11.5m fee, but has failed to start regularly and has been linked with a move away from Anfield.

"He (Babel) will have a chance to play," said Benitez after his side's 1-1 FA Cup draw with Reading.

"He has to work hard. He's our player and he will have his chances. At this moment we are not trying to sell him."

The Netherlands striker, who is currently sidelined with an ankle injury, has often found himself playing out of position on the left flank and has scored just nine league goals since arriving at Anfield.

In December 2008 Babel tried and failed to engineer a loan move to former club Ajax.

Benitez refused to be drawn on the possibility of Dutch pair Ruud van Nistelrooy and Rafael van der Vaart arriving from Real Madrid, only saying it would be "very, very difficult" to sign players this month.

Newspaper reports have linked the Dutch pair with loan moves to Liverpool, while speculation has also focused on the possible departures from Anfield of Andriy Voronin, Andrea Dossena and Philipp Degen.

Voronin has been on holiday in Miami over the Christmas period, having been frozen out by Benitez since a disappointing appearance in the Champions League draw in Lyon.

Atletico Madrid's winger Maxi Rodriguez and Greece international full-back Vasil Torosidis have also been linked with moves to Liverpool.

Liverpool are short of cover at right-back with Glen Johnson out for up to two months with a knee injury, while 19-year-old Martin Kelly is also currently sidelined.

Asked if he was considering signing a full-back, Benitez said: "Yes, we are working hard (on transfers) and trying to do our jobs, and we'll see if we can do something.

He added: "We are looking in the market but it's not easy to find good players available because the majority of them are playing in top sides. But we are trying to find solutions if we can.

"We have some good players who people are interested in because they're not playing too many games for us, but we have to manage carefully."
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[quote author=Fallon link=topic=38237.msg1025386#msg1025386 date=1262513212]
Are you being ironic Neil?
[/quote]

I am actually 🙂
 
Rumours in Italy have it that Babel is linked to Fiorentina.

Adrian Mutu looks set to be on his way out of Viola after indifferent form due to the lawsuit with Chelsea and injuries.

A possibly swap deal would be interesting.

Mutu is a very good striker.
 
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=38237.msg1025394#msg1025394 date=1262514044]
[quote author=Fallon link=topic=38237.msg1025386#msg1025386 date=1262513212]
Are you being ironic Neil?
[/quote]

I am actually 🙂
[/quote]

No you werent
 
[quote author=Avmenon link=topic=38237.msg1025423#msg1025423 date=1262518818]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=38237.msg1025394#msg1025394 date=1262514044]
[quote author=Fallon link=topic=38237.msg1025386#msg1025386 date=1262513212]
Are you being ironic Neil?
[/quote]

I am actually 🙂
[/quote]

No you werent
[/quote]

really? what am I thinking now?
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=38237.msg1025452#msg1025452 date=1262524193]
He's lying

Cf Robbie Keane last year

If he gets a bite, Babel will be gone
[/quote]


yep.
 
[quote author=Avmenon link=topic=38237.msg1025450#msg1025450 date=1262524101]
Don't know, but I'm pretty sure you haven't given up on Babel.
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I'm a little different to babel to be honest. I was definately being ironic with the 'eat it' comment because the hate directed at babel is totally understandable.
 
Rafa's just trying to keep the price up. At least I hope he is.

And neil, very few of us are "Babel-haters". What most of us hate is his sh!te attitude and the consequent waste of all that talent.
 
yep, we can't afford to say we want to sell. the pressure on rafa to sell high and buy low must be immense right now.
 
There's many players I'd rather see leave before Babel, as I do still quite like him. But I appreciate that few of them hold any value when compared to Ryan and so he's an obvious choice for the transfer list.

Would I like to see him gone? Well, I'd be far from heart-broken. As ever it depends who his replacement would be. It's worth bearing in mind that Benitez's record in buying attacking players is fucking awful so it's hard to muster much optimism.
 
[quote author=SummerOnions link=topic=38237.msg1025634#msg1025634 date=1262536875]
Aquilani.
[/quote]And what would he bring in.. 10-12 mill?
 
We could sell Aqualucrse back to Roma for a few million now and because how the deal was structured by Rafa the Genius, it will actually be a decent result for us, money-wise

Nice one Rafa!

*double thumbs up*
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=38237.msg1025640#msg1025640 date=1262537224]
We could sell Aqualucrse back to Roma for a few million now and because how the deal was structured by Rafa the Genius, it will actually be a decent result for us, money-wise

Nice one Rafa!

*double thumbs up*
[/quote]


had enough of aqualini already?
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=38237.msg1025452#msg1025452 date=1262524193]
He's lying

Cf Robbie Keane last year

If he gets a bite, Babel will be gone
[/quote]

Exactly.

[/thread]
 
No, but he has been largely slow, weak and shit in every single game I have seen him play, which is a bit worrying

Still confident he is an improvement over Lucarse, but you don't need to spend 20m to deliver that
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=38237.msg1025650#msg1025650 date=1262537959]
No, but he has been largely slow, weak and shit in every single game I have seen him play, which is a bit worrying

Still confident he is an improvement over Lucarse, but you don't need to spend 20m to deliver that
[/quote]

early days but if lucas is outperforming you then that's worrying
 
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=38237.msg1025667#msg1025667 date=1262538837]
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=38237.msg1025650#msg1025650 date=1262537959]
No, but he has been largely slow, weak and shit in every single game I have seen him play, which is a bit worrying

Still confident he is an improvement over Lucarse, but you don't need to spend 20m to deliver that
[/quote]

early days but if lucas is outperforming you then that's worrying
[/quote]

The guy is playing his first few games after six months out so maybe we should keep the knives sheathed for just a little bit longer, eh?
 
[quote author=keniget link=topic=38237.msg1025677#msg1025677 date=1262539262]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=38237.msg1025667#msg1025667 date=1262538837]
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=38237.msg1025650#msg1025650 date=1262537959]
No, but he has been largely slow, weak and shit in every single game I have seen him play, which is a bit worrying

Still confident he is an improvement over Lucarse, but you don't need to spend 20m to deliver that
[/quote]

early days but if lucas is outperforming you then that's worrying
[/quote]

The guy is playing his first few games after six months out so maybe we should keep the knives sheathed for just a little bit longer, eh?
[/quote]

no knives from me, after six months out AND being new to the country and the league its entierely possible you wont see the best of aqualini till next season.
 
[quote author=keniget link=topic=38237.msg1025677#msg1025677 date=1262539262]
The guy is playing his first few games after six months out so maybe we should keep the knives sheathed for just a little bit longer, eh?
[/quote]

Christ yeah, we wont see Aquilani properly until next season.
 
Aquilani hasn't been impressive so far, but I'm confident he'll come good for us.

At the moment he just looks sloppy by dwelling too long on the ball and misplacing basic passes.
 
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