Raul Meireles

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[lucas]

Wow, so much bollocks. He has got a left foot too - a very good left foot.

Didn't he score against Chelsea with it too?

[Mostar]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/20/raul-meireles-liverpool-contract

Raul Meireles asks Liverpool to honour promise and improve his wages

Liverpool will be asked to improve Raul Meireles' contract this summer, less than a year after he joined the club on a four-year deal from Porto.

The Portugal midfielder was signed as a late £11.7m replacement after Javier Mascherano left for Barcelona last summer. Given the uncertainty that surrounded the club under the then-owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, there was an informal agreement to review his terms if his first season in English football proved successful.

Meireles has been a regular starter under both Kenny Dalglish and Roy Hodgson, scoring five goals in six games shortly after the managerial change, although he is likely to miss the final game of the season at Aston Villa on Sunday, due to a hamstring injury suffered in the recent 5-2 win at Fulham.

Despite the Liverpool hierarchy being overhauled since his arrival, Meireles's agent, José Caldiera, expects the informal agreement to be honoured by Fenway Sports Group and the player is keen to extend his stay on Merseyside.

"If I had this opportunity I'd sign a new contract today. [For] 10, 20 years, for sure," he said recently.

The former Liverpool striker Fernando Torres, meanwhile, wants the club's sports therapist, Ivan Ortega, to join him at Chelsea. Ortega moved to Liverpool from Celta Vigo in 2009 and worked closely with Torres during the Spaniard's final injury-plagued seasons at Anfield. It is understood the striker has asked Chelsea to offer a position to Ortega as he looks to rediscover the form and fitness that has eluded him since his £50m transfer to Stamford Bridge in January.

[Djimi Cruyff]

No thanks.

He shouldn't have signed a 4 year contract if he was unhappy with the terms.

[Fosterbloke]

he's 28 years old. its too late for someone of that age to adapt to a new type of game than what he's played all his life

Oh really? How about Ryan Giggs as an example?

[Fosterbloke]

**** off Torres. Never gets old that one

[Mostar]

No thanks.

He shouldn't have signed a 4 year contract if he was unhappy with the terms.

Allegedly FSG agreed to improve his contract and give him 15% wage increase. Should be finalized next month.

Still better than to extend his contract though.

[Craig_H]

No thanks.

He shouldn't have signed a 4 year contract if he was unhappy with the terms.

What a load of nonsense. He signed his deal and was promised that the terms would be reviewed, then that is what should happen.

It's a football club, it's no longer a racket of conning cowboys who go around making false promises and going back on their word.

[Baracus]

What a mess Purslow put us in. What a mess.

[Mostar]

What a load of nonsense. He signed his deal and was promised that the terms would be reviewed, then that is what should happen.

It's a football club, it's no longer a racket of conning cowboys who go around making false promises and going back on their word.

Absolutely.

I don't think it would send the right message to the players that the any informal agreeement made in the past will not reviewed due to change of ownership.

They are better than that but they will only use the performance on the pitch to determine the feasibility of the wage increase, which in this case seems to be very likely.

[Rudo]

Greedy ******* (just kidding)

[Kenneth]

[Vermilion]

**** off Torres. Never gets old that one

Cheeky crocked girly looking ****, **** off and suck Terrys dick some more you ponse.

****in snap the **** Carra next time you get the chance...so no doctor will be any good for the ****tin turncoat!

[Mostar]

Greedy ******* (just kidding)

He's only looking to get what is informally promised to him if certain conditions were met.

Cannot blame nor think of him any differently for that.

[Vermilion]

Greedy ******* (just kidding)

Good fishing, looks like you got a couple of tiddlers.