Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Mascherano free to join Liverpool
The silliest day of the silly season has started with FIFA ruling that Javier Mascherano is free to leave West Ham for Liverpool despite FIFA's normal rules.
They said: "The Fifa single judge ruled that Javier Mascherano is eligible to play in official matches with Liverpool with immediate effect."
So he's gone. It's a terrible shame I must say, as I think he's a very good player - maybe there's a "pay as you play" clause in his contract that was just too prohibitively expensive for the Irons, but would have been acceptable had we been battling for a Champions League slot. (So far away now, isn't it?)
Rumours also say that West Ham are looking for some last day massive transfers, most notably rumours of an 18 million pound (yes, eighteen million) rejected bid for Darren Bent. Whew!
They said: "The Fifa single judge ruled that Javier Mascherano is eligible to play in official matches with Liverpool with immediate effect."
So he's gone. It's a terrible shame I must say, as I think he's a very good player - maybe there's a "pay as you play" clause in his contract that was just too prohibitively expensive for the Irons, but would have been acceptable had we been battling for a Champions League slot. (So far away now, isn't it?)
Rumours also say that West Ham are looking for some last day massive transfers, most notably rumours of an 18 million pound (yes, eighteen million) rejected bid for Darren Bent. Whew!
Posted by whubris at 7:05 pm
Dave said...
Yeah cya Javier - what a waste of time that whole exercise was. Fucking Terrence Brown and his dodgy deals. Lets hope Carlos has a decent role to play.
beggers said...
Very sorry to see him go. He was never given a chance and I feel we have let something special slip by.
I think whubris has something with this 'pay as you play' stuff, there had to be a reason that he was never given a run. Saying he wasn't good enough is bullshit.
norven munky said...
First I have seen the following suggested as the reason Mashie didn't get played more :-
"Mascherano, many claim, was not being played because of additional payments West Ham would have had to make in accordance to appearance fees."
And here is an opinion from a Liverpool supporter as to why Mashie might be successful there when he wasn't here :-
"Could be a great signing, but many wonder why he didn't succeed at West Ham, and why all of a sudden he'd do well with the Reds. Defensive midfielders, to answer this question, are only as good as the people immediately behind and in front of them, because they depend so much on communication and on the runs of their midfielders. At West Ham, these players are hardly as intelligent or as savvy as the likes of Gerrard, Alonso, Riise, Finnan and Pennant. These wide and central players are absolutely brilliant at making the smart runs, and Mascherano would thrive in that environment."
Now while that might be arrogant and galling, I think it may well be true...when we played him the likes of Konchy etc just pumped it over his head.
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Dave said...Yeah cya Javier - what a waste of time that whole exercise was. Fucking Terrence Brown and his dodgy deals. Lets hope Carlos has a decent role to play.
beggers said...Very sorry to see him go. He was never given a chance and I feel we have let something special slip by.
I think whubris has something with this 'pay as you play' stuff, there had to be a reason that he was never given a run. Saying he wasn't good enough is bullshit.
norven munky said...First I have seen the following suggested as the reason Mashie didn't get played more :-
"Mascherano, many claim, was not being played because of additional payments West Ham would have had to make in accordance to appearance fees."
And here is an opinion from a Liverpool supporter as to why Mashie might be successful there when he wasn't here :-
"Could be a great signing, but many wonder why he didn't succeed at West Ham, and why all of a sudden he'd do well with the Reds. Defensive midfielders, to answer this question, are only as good as the people immediately behind and in front of them, because they depend so much on communication and on the runs of their midfielders. At West Ham, these players are hardly as intelligent or as savvy as the likes of Gerrard, Alonso, Riise, Finnan and Pennant. These wide and central players are absolutely brilliant at making the smart runs, and Mascherano would thrive in that environment."
Now while that might be arrogant and galling, I think it may well be true...when we played him the likes of Konchy etc just pumped it over his head.
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