Soccer

Is 27 the minimum age cut-off to sign for us lately?

From: lfc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lfc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert
Halton
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 5:29 PM
To: lfc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [lfc] Raul Meireles

You might remember him from the world cup - More Tattoo's than Agger and
Skrtel and probably Materazzi combined.

Seems to be an excellent signing, based on the various forums

Liverpool have moved quickly to replace Javier Mascherano by agreeing a
£10.7m package with Porto tonight for the Portugal international Raul
Meireles.

Meireles, one of Portugal's more impressive players in the World Cup, is
understood to have agreed personal terms and, if everything goes according
to plan, the deal will be completed over the weekend, dependent on the
27-year-old passing a medical examination.

The transfer was rushed through this evening after Mascherano finally got
his wish to leave Anfield, joining Barcelona in a £20m deal that freed up
the money for Liverpool to bring in a cheaper replacement.

Meireles is available for a low fee because he is in the final year of his
contract and Porto have been trying to sell him rather than risk losing him
on a free transfer next summer.

The player has been prominently linked with Manchester United over the past
month but does not fit into the club's policy under the Glazer family of not
signing players for big money if they are aged 26 or above, Dimitar Berbatov
being the exception to the rule.

Liverpool do not operate with such restrictions and the manager Roy Hodgson
will hope Meireles can make his debut in the league game at Birmingham City
tomorrow week.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/27/liverpool-sign-raul-meireles-
porto

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Bill Thomas <anfield@me.com
<mailto:anfield%40me.com> > wrote:

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> On 2010-08-27, at 6:21 PM, Robert Halton <rhalton@gmail.com
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> > #LFC<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23LFC>for £10.7m
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