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Vi ønsker å hente toppspillere
Damien Comolli medgir at Liverpool ønsker å hente toppspillere til sommeren. Klubben har gitt et godt signal ved kjøpene av Suarez og Carroll, samt 3-1-seieren mot Manchester United.
Av Frank H. Larsen
Liverpool brukte £57,8 millioner i januar på Andy Carroll og Luis Suarez, men fikk igjen £55,8 millioner av disse på salgene av Fernando Torres og Ryan Babel. Klubben står i fare for å ikke få e-cupspill neste sesong, men fotballdirektør Damien Comolli mener at klubbens profil og eiernes ambisjoner vil tiltrekke seg spillere til sommeren.
- Det vil bli overganger, det er sikkert. Vi er svært attraktive for mange spillere på grunn av det vi gjorde i januar, og en kamp som det (3-1-seier mot Manchester United) er fantastisk publisitet for oss i verden. Siden dagen etter har jeg blitt oppringt av agenter og blitt fortalt at deres spillere ville like å komme og at vi kommer til å bli konkurransedyktige neste år dersom vi får det riktig. Vi er attraktive for mange toppspillere, og vi ønsker å hente toppspillere til denne klubben, uttaler Damien Comolli til Four Four Two.
Comolli mener syens det er en positiv utvikling innad i klubben.
- Det finnes en visjon. Det er en fantastisk støtte fra eierne. Det er folk som er lidenskapelig opptatt er klubben. Det finnes folk med høy kvalitet på akademiet, både i stab og på banen. Jeg synes det er et fantastisk prosjekt.
- Jeg reiser rundt i verden og folk forteller meg at det er et fantastisk prosjekt. Det har vært en meget god stemning rundt klubben siden januar fordi Kenny ga alle et stort løft og så kom to spillere inn.
- Alt er så positivt. Alle snakker om fremgang for Liverpool og at Liverpool skal kjempe om trofeer i årene som kommer. Det er slikt jeg ønsker å høre. Jeg vet det vil bli vanskelig, og jeg vet at det er mye arbeid å gjøre, men vi skal ta oss dit.
Der kommer til at ske store forandringer i vores spillestald til sommer, mærk mine ord. John Henry uddyber det i Liverpool Daily Post i dag:
LIVERPOOL are preparing for a summer revolution after owner John Henry admitted the strength of the club’s squad is even worse than he first feared.
Henry revealed the quality of the playing staff was a major concern during the process of heading Fenway Sports Group’s £300million takeover of the club in October.
The owners have subsequently started their rebuilding programme by sanctioning the January arrivals of £35m record signing Andy Carroll and £22.8m strike partner Luis Suarez.
However, both Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel departed during the transfer window for a combined £56m, forgotten man Charles Itandje has also left while senior squad members Paul Konchesky and Brad Jones have been allowed to leave on loan.
Players such as Emiliano Insua, Philipp Degen and Nabil El Zhar are already being loaned out while continuing to draw money from the Anfield coffers.
And while there will be an exodus in the close season as the club’s owners aim to prune the wage bill, Henry acknowledges new arrivals are required given the threadbare personnel exposed by Liverpool’s recent injury crisis.
“The worst surprise (upon takeover) was the lack of depth in the squad,” said Henry, principal owner of FSG. “Our biggest concern in taking on this responsibility was this issue and it was a bigger issue than we feared.
“There was a huge multi-year payroll for a squad that had very little quality depth.”
Henry added: “Our number one priority is to win the Premier League title.
“That is what we take with us each day to work as the force that drives us to excel.
“If we can accomplish that we will have put ourselves in a position to be successful on all fronts including Europe.
“Success is winning championships. It is nothing less than that.
“And when you win a championship – and we will – success isn’t measured or accomplished by winning once.”
Given the injuries, particularly in defence where Daniel Agger, Glen Johnson and Martin Kelly are sidelined and Fabio Aurelio is only now close to a return, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is considering calling up young defenders Jack Robinson and Jonathan Flanagan to the first-team squad.
Director of football Damien Comolli, meanwhile, has reiterated a busy summer is in store at Anfield while claiming last month’s emphatic victory over Premier League leader Manchester United has led to an influx of interest from leading players.
“There will be movement (in the summer), that’s for sure,” said Comolli, also speaking in FourFourTwo.
“We are very attractive for a lot of players because of what we did in January and a game like that (against United) is fantastic publicity for us around the world.
“Since the day after I was getting phone calls from agents telling me that their player would love to come and that we are going to compete next year if we get it right.
“We are attractive to a lot of top players and we want to bring top players to this club.”
Comolli also claims other clubs have been impressed by the promise and positivity that has been engendered at Liverpool in recent months.
“There is vision,” said the Frenchman. “There is fantastic backing from the owners. There are people who are passionate about the club.
“There are people of very high quality at the Academy, both in the staff and on the pitch.
“I think it’s a fantastic project.
“I travel around the world and people are telling me that it is a fantastic project, there is a really good vibe about the club since January because Kenny gave everyone a really big lift and then the two players came in.
“Everything is so positive and everyone is talking about Liverpool progressing and Liverpool competing for trophies in the years to come.
“This is what I want to hear.
“I know it will be very difficult and I know that it is a lot of work but we will get there.”
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Der vil ske store forandringer til sommer, bare vent!