There were certainly a few raised eye-brows last summer when Liverpool spent a staggering £20 million on a midfielder not many had every heard of. Since arriving at Anfield, Alberto Aquilani has made only a handful of appearances for the Reds. What do you think? Did Liverpool make a mistake signing him? Vote now
Alberto Aquilani arrived from Roma to Anfield with high hopes and a rather dismal haircut. The only thing that's changed is the hopes, they've been curtailed with injuries, poor results and an overall poor season. What do you think of his stay on Anfield so far?
That's quite expensive, they can get good players for less.
Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani is currently on loan at Juventus from Liverpool but the Italian club will have to pay 14 million pounds if they want to keep the player on a permanent basis after the end of the current season. After a £20m move to Liverpool from Roma in 2009, Aquilani struggled with injuries in his debut Premier League campaign and it was decided last summer, when Roy Hodgson was in charge of the English club, that a temporary return to Italy would be beneficial. Aquilani has enjoyed his time with Juventus, who are understood to want to keep the creative midfielder.
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Following South Africa's 1-1 draw with Bulgaria in Monday's World Cup warm-up match in Johannesburg, Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira believes his side will be up to the challenge of qualifying from Group A. South Africa play Colombia on Thursday night at Soccer City before they play a further two friendlies against Guetemala and Denmark.
There are several amazing World Cup teams; however Brazil's 1970 team takes the top position as the greatest. Experts from around the world were polled and came to this unanimous conclusion that Brazil indeed is the best. Brazil's 1970 team was composed of Captain Carlos Alberto, and other all star players including Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao, Rivelino, Clodoaldo, and Pele who was in his final World Cup season. read article
