welcome ryan babel

[steveheighwayrobbery]

flair to beat players in tight situations.

does that include getting Kaip to buy a pint

[Red_Polo]

Great stuff. He will be fantastic for us. A pacy direct winger/forward who also has the trickery and flair to beat players in tight situations. He knows when to use his tricks too, unlike Ronaldo. he also has a nice strike/finish on him. he will supply a lot of ammo for Torres to bury.

Preview of what he's capable of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-enJSgUvXMA

That's the key for me. If he can do that and give a good final pass, I'm more than happy.

[steveheighwayrobbery]

Waits for the inevitable moaning to start.....

in my day they used to use the word inevitable far more effectively

[Neil Young]

in my day they used to use the word inevitable far more effectively

[steveheighwayrobbery]

thank you squire

[stevie_gerrard_8]

Liverpool are set to sign striker Ryan Babel from Ajax after the two clubs agreed an £11.5m deal for the player.
The Premier League club have told BBC Sport that the deal to sign for the 20-year-old has not yet been completed.

But a statement on the Ajax website said: "The striker, who had a contract until 2010, will sign a five-year deal with the Champions League finalists."

Babel was a member of the Dutch team that won the European Under-21 Championship in June.

He made his Ajax debut in 2004 aged 17 and scored five goals in 27 Eredivisie matches last season.

Ajax technical director Martin van Geel had previously made it clear that they did not want to sell Babel and were determined to secure a good price for the player.

"Liverpool are willing to pay a huge sum for Ryan," he said. "We have told them what we want, and that's 20m euros (£13.5m). That is our price.

"We would like to see Babel play here next season, it's not for nothing that we have extended his contract until June 2010," added Van Geel.

"But if these kind of clubs want to pay us these figures it says something.

"We will see if we can reach a deal in the coming days."


BBC Sport

[Fierce]

In true AFII fashion, this would be rather swell -

-----------Masher---------
-----Gerrard----Alonso-----
Torres---Kuyt/Crouch---Babel

[AFII]

In true AFII fashion, this would be rather swell -

-----------Masher---------
-----Gerrard----Alonso-----
Torres---Kuyt/Crouch---Babel

-------------Reina
Finnan---Carra----Agger----Aurelio/Insua
------------Mascherano-----------
-----Gerrard-----------Alonso------
---Kuyt-------Torres-------Babel---

[red g]

In true AFII fashion, this would be rather swell -

-----------Masher---------
-----Gerrard----Alonso-----
Torres---Kuyt/Crouch---Babel

would leak to many goals

[stevie_gerrard_8]

Do you think both Benayoun and Babel will be unveiled tomorrow?

I personally think he has the potential to be world class. Just hope he has a good first touch and has good close control. In other words not another Gonzalez.

[REDSCOUSER]

Id go with
Alonso-Mascherano
Gerrard-Babel
Torres
Kuyt

[Fierce]

-------------Reina
Finnan---Carra----Agger----Aurelio/Insua
------------Mascherano-----------
-----Gerrard-----------Alonso------
---Kuyt-------Torres-------Babel---

How weird. How did you do that?! Your post above, and the one I've quoted are different!!

[Kenneth]

would leak to many goals

I'm pretty sure we'd play a back four and a keeper as well.

[murder_inc]

Waits for the inevitable moaning to start.....

I Thought we let Babbel go 5 years ago. Why the **** are we signing old players. I thought this would be a summer of spending yet so far all parry has done has bought in players who are past it and have no future what so ever.

SACK PARRY. SACK THE BOARD. SACK RAFA.

[Alex]

Ajax have confirmed it now.......still no word from the club though

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?...abel+Reds+deal