Does Rafa think that Insua is good enough?

[El Diego]

Is he good enough for the first team squad? He will be back up for Riise and Aurelio. We have sold Warnock who was a decent squad player but Rafa obviously feel that Insua is better than him, I think Rafa might think he is. I mean Aurelio has got a big chance of getting injured again and we have no cover for left back. I admit I have never seen him play, anyone on these forums who said they have is a fibber. He has never played a first team game for Boca and hasn't played in the South American U20's so far, I am looking forward to seeing what type of player he is when we watch the highlights for the Reserves.

[stuartb]

I havent seen him play or ever heard of him but in Rafa we trust regardless of experience

[Jin]

I haven't seen him play, but from what I've read (admittedly, on forums such as these) Rafa seems to really rate him. If hes got potential, then hes come to us at the right stage. In by that I mean he can develop here, and learn and adapt to the English game and the Liverpool style of play, not to mention being under the guidance of Rafa and our players. He's got 2 players ahead of him in Riise and Aurelio who can do the job while hes still developing, and I'm sure if Insua is good enough, he'll slowly be eased into the squad like Agger was. But since hes very young, I'd expect it will be maybe a while before we see that occur

[SouthAfricaRed]

He was 18yrs old on the 7th of January. It will be a while before we seem in the First Team

[Guest]

If he wasn't sure he was good enough, do you think Rafa would have considered him ? As for the deal itself, I think it's a loan deal isn't it ? If that's the case, I can't see it being a risk really.

[Resu]

It`s 18 month loan deal, so we`ll have plenty of time to evaluate him.
He`s on the bench for the Argentina U-19s, so it looks like he`s not ready just yet.

[Maestro]

I mean Aurelio has got a big chance of getting injured again

[AFII]

He was 18yrs old on the 7th of January. It will be a while before we seem in the First Team

I think that he will play in the league before the end of this season. He doesn't exactly have good competition on the left.

[PLY]

I think too much attention has been paid to a throw away line by Bascombe in the Echo which said that "Liverpool staff" felt that Insua could even be good enough to challenge for a squad place before the end of the season.

This has morphed in the interweb's usual style to 'Rafa really rates him and wants him to be our No1 left back by the end of the season'.

At the end of the day he's a very young lad who will have to learn the language , adapt to a totally new lifestyle and learn a totally different style of play. The fact that we have loaned him for 18 months proves 2 things - We rate him highly for the future but we also acknowledge that not everybody adapts to such massive changes and we want to see how he gets on first

[dww]

I suspect he will come in and get a role not disimilar to Barragan. Train with the big boys, get chances in CL qualification and maybe the cups for at least a year before he has any chance of first team football.

[keniget]

I think that he will play in the league before the end of this season. He doesn't exactly have good competition on the left.

Apart from hugely experienced Riise and Aurelio, no, no real quality competition to contend with.

You come out with some odd comments.

[dww]

Apart from hugely experienced Riise and Aurelio, no, no real quality competition to contend with.

You come out with some odd comments.

To be fair they are often pretty much the same: We have bought a 12 year old from abroad. They will be in the first team by the end of the season

[Jayesh87]

I think that he will play in the league before the end of this season. He doesn't exactly have good competition on the left.

you naff talk alot of **** :whatever:

[cobain]

I'm not quite sure about Insua, mainly because I've never heard of him nor see him play. But it's nice that Paletta has now got a new friend

[dirty_sanchez]

Apart from hugely experienced Riise and Aurelio, no, no real quality competition to contend with.

You come out with some odd comments.

To be fair they are often pretty much the same: We have bought a 12 year old from abroad. They will be in the first team by the end of the season

you naff talk alot of **** :whatever:

What they said.