Mascherano

[redmike65]

That doesn't even include all the players from that Milan 2005 team!

They were rubbish (must have been to have not won the CL I hear!)

Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta
Boban, Rijkaard, Di Mateo, Dino Baggio
Lentini, Weah, Savicevic, Gullit, Van Basten, R.Baggio

Gazza and Platt, Ruben Sosa, G.Signori, Aldair etc

And Gazetta Football Italia on a Sunday morning, jumpers for goal posts...eh?

How strange that when Serie A was the big money league they had the best players.

As for Masch, as dirty as it makes me feel yep I'd have him back to kick the crap out of pesky opposition No 9s and 10s.

[BillobShaisley]

I hold no hard feelings against Mash or Torres.

Owen the bull**** talking back stabber can do one. And to a lesser extent Macca, though the club played it's part in that so there's some mitigation.

[Irishnev]

Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta
Boban, Rijkaard, Di Mateo, Dino Baggio
Lentini, Weah, Savicevic, Gullit, Van Basten, R.Baggio

Gazza and Platt, Ruben Sosa, G.Signori, Aldair etc

And Gazetta Football Italia on a Sunday morning, jumpers for goal posts...eh?

I loved the old Italian Football show on C4 + before that Monday nights on Irish tv - even the intro was great.

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It's mad because we can see any player now on youtube etc but these players were unknowns to us outside of World cups/European cup etc.

[CJ]

[fah-q]

James Richardson

[wiw]

James Richardson

the man doesn't age.

[Phoenix07]

The little guinea pig is going to be 32 years old in June, and he's still got pace and acceleration to win the ball back quickly.

[dww]

I imagine he fancies playing in midfield again. Can't hurt that Juventus have shown themselves to be on the verge of challenging for the CL.

[Red_Polo]

Goooooolllllllllll accio!!

[red g]

Barcelona have contacted Liverpool to give them first refusal over a January deal to re-sign former favourite Javier Mascherano, sources have told TEAMtalk.

The Argentina midfielder left Anfield in 2010 to sign for the La Liga giants and has enjoyed a highly-successful stint at the Nou Camp, winning four La Liga crowns, two Champions League titles, and two FIFA Club World Cups.

However, his game time has been severely restricted this season under Ernesto Valverde and the former West Ham and River Plate star has only featured in 10 matches and 6 in La Liga.

Barcelona are understood to be in the market to sign a new central defender in January, but the club are looking to offload a number of players first as they bid to freshen up their squad.

Barca are believed to have an an option to sign Colombia international Yerry Mina for €9million next summer, while they have also been heavily linked with Ajax’s 18-year old defender Matthijs de Ligt.

And they hope to free up space in their squad by allowing Mascherano to leave, with our sources telling us that Barca have contacted Liverpool to give them first refusal on a deal to re-sign a player who made 139 appearances over his four seasons at the club between 2006 and 2010.

It’s believed Barcelona are looking for a nominal fee for the 33-year-old, who is capable of performing in both a defensive midfield role and as a centre-half. They also hope the offer could act as a sweetener following the bad blood that has followed over their pursuit of Philippe Coutinho, though any potential deal is not connected to the Brazilian.


Reds boss Jurgen Klopp is thought to be pondering over a January deal for Mascherano in a bid to shore up his midfield and give his side extra steel – a feature which was again questioned about his side as they chucked away a 3-0 half-time lead against Sevilla on Tuesday evening.

Klopp, however, is also giving serious thought to a surprise move for Wolves enforcer Romain Saiss, with whom they were linked on Tuesday.


However, Klopp knows a move for Mascherano would go down well with the Anfield faithful, with the player a firm favourite during his previous spell at the club.

Mascherano, 33, has suffered an injury to his right hamstring while playing for Argentina last week and he is expected to be sidelined for a month.

http://www.teamtalk.com/news/exclusive-liverpool-given-first-refusal-on-january-deal-for-former-favourite

certainly offer some much needed solidity!!!

[Alex]

Id take him for 18 months until we can get Keita up to snuff in the league. Mascher was one of my favourites when he was here.

[RedReet]

Thanks Barca.

You can have first refusal on Mascherano.

Masch, you want to join?

No.

Ok Bye.

[RedReet]

Id take him for 18 months until we can get Keita up to snuff in the league. Mascher was one of my favourites when he was here.

Did he not say he's returning to Argentina and rubbished the links with us?

[labourRed]

Id take him for 18 months until we can get Keita up to snuff in the league. Mascher was one of my favourites when he was here.

[Roboklopp]

Did he not say he's returning to Argentina and rubbished the links with us?

When he played for us he said he couldnt wait to get back to Buenos Aires & eat loadsa pizza at his bro's restaurant.