https://www.sportsbettingday.com/2016/06/liverpool-can-seal-gabriel-signing-for-just-2million/ Sun, 19 Jun 2016 07:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.sportsbettingday.com/2016/06/liverpool-can-seal-gabriel-signing-for-just-2million/#comment-15474 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 07:11:09 +0000 http://www.sportsbettingday.com/?p=24389#comment-15474 Given a toss-up between signing a RB who can play CB, aged 29, for two million or a specialist CB for considerably more I’d rather make the bank manager sob.
What is our obsession with versatility? Hansen played CB and was brilliant, Phil Neal played FB and was brilliant, Graeme Souness was midfield and was brilliant and Rushie played up front and was brilliant.
We sometimes play Milner as defensive midfielder, a position he isn’t really suited to, and he isn’t brilliant there. We sometimes played Steve Nicol at CB and he wasn’t brilliant in that position. We sometimes play Henderson as defensive midfielder and he isn’t brilliant there (mind you, he isn’t brilliant further forward either!). If this Mercado is one of the best CBs in the world, at this price, get him. If not, don’t!
Apparently, there are quite a few top-notch CBs in Germany with asking prices of about £10m – £12m so I’d rather get one of those than somebody more used to playing FB but who CAN, if he must, “do a job” in the middle! Versatility can easily be a Jack of all trades . . . master of none!
Whilst talking about potential incoming transfers . . . did anybody else see how good William Carvalho was for Portugal? We need a defensive midfielder and he is a superb one!

]]> https://www.sportsbettingday.com/2016/06/liverpool-can-seal-gabriel-signing-for-just-2million/#comment-15473 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 03:17:55 +0000 http://www.sportsbettingday.com/?p=24389#comment-15473 I am all for experience but especially coming from a foreign country and a foreign league, I think that 29 years old, might be a little too old for this much new!

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