Mash deal finally set for completion

[Skillz]

Better than Torres?

Better than Gerrard?

Better than Reina?

I have to disagree. I also think he should be able to pass the ball better for a player that costs £18M.

Defensively, he's the bees knees though.

Interesting one this. Reina and Masher have been very good consistently all year. Torres has been excellant as has Gerrard and Arbeloa. Pretty close call betwen all of them.

Forget to mention Sami who has been excellant.

[Armchairkopite]

Didn't think he was that good on Saturday.
Been our best player this season though.

[Exiled_red]

Hopefully we can finally get this one sorted out, it seems to have been dragging on forever

[Parm]

well good to see this is about to get sorted, been dragging on for far too long, become an unnecessary issue.

[Jazzmaster]

Didn't think he was that good on Saturday.

Been our best player this season though.

Yeah ? Mascher was CLEARLY the best player on the pitch on Saturday. Clearly.

[Tee]

He was awesome on Saturday - MOTM by some distance

Shocked to see him rated 5 out of 10 in the Sunday Mirror though. WTF?!!

[homer1]

Shocked to see him rated 5 out of 10 in the Sunday Mirror though. WTF?!!

Half of these reports are done by people that watch football first on a Saturday night - I'm conveniced of that

I really think you have to see Mascherano live to really appreciate the work he does as sometimes it is hard to see the work he gets through on TV and the little things that make him so effective during the game

I take no notice of the player ratings in the sunday rags to be honest

[Exiled_red]

Half of these reports are done by people that watch football first on a Saturday night - I'm conveniced of that

I really think you have to see Mascherano live to really appreciate the work he does as sometimes it is hard to see the work he gets through on TV and the little things that make him so effective during the game

I take no notice of the player ratings in the sunday rags to be honest

I'm not even convinced they watch that much to be honest, I think they just make numbers up, It seems like players or clubs that are the darlings of the press will get decent ratings however they play while people they want to have a go at will get bad ratings just to prove a point

[glynner]

Half of these reports are done by people that watch football first on a Saturday night - I'm conveniced of that

I really think you have to see Mascherano live to really appreciate the work he does as sometimes it is hard to see the work he gets through on TV and the little things that make him so effective during the game

I take no notice of the player ratings in the sunday rags to be honest

Very true.

Masher's passing on Saturday was decent, finding players out wide with long range accuracy on a couple of occasions, all in all a very tidy game from him.

5 out of 10 my arse.

[Guest]

At ****ing last !

[The Erectile Banana]

Great stuff!

Best news we've had on here for a while.

[Roboklopp]

Ace news. Also my favourite player at the mo.

Not least cos he actually looks like he give a fork

[Joe King]

Great stuff

[1 True Red]

Mascherano set for permanent deal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7226311.stm

Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano says he expects to complete a permanent move to the Anfield club this week.

The Argentine is registered as a Reds player on a long-term loan from Media Sports Investments (MSI), the consortium that 'owns' the player.

The 23-year-old said: "I have a lot of confidence that, after the next week, I can say 'everything is right and I am staying here in Liverpool'.

"We now need to wait. We are very close but we need to talk again."

He can sign for Liverpool outside the transfer window because he does not belong to another club.

Reports suggest that Mascherano, who played for West Ham last season, will cost Rafael Benitez's side about £18m.

"I think everything will be OK," added Mascherano. "I've waited a long time, so I can wait one week more.

"The fans like me and I love the fans. They are great and that's the reason I want to stay here."

Great stuff

Now all we need is x amount of quality players to play along side of him and get rid of the dross who shouldn't be in first team

[Roboklopp]

Great stuff

Now all we need is x amount of quality players to play along side of him and get rid of the dross who shouldn't be in first team

Where x=4

Quality attacking RB
Quality attacking LB
Quality attacking Wide MF
Quality attacking Support Striker/Playmaker