11 August 2007

WILL TORRES SCORE TONIGHT AGAINST VILLA?

MANAGER: Rafael Benitez (Appointed June 2004)
LAST SEASON: 3rd
MAIN ARRIVALS: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, £20m); Ryan Babel (Ajax, £11.5m); Yossi Benayoun (West Ham, £5m); Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen, free); Lucas Leiva (Gremio, £6m); Sebastien Leto (Club Atletico Lanus, £1.7m); Daniel Petreca (Barcelona, £350,000); Nikolay Mihaylov (Levski Sofia, undisclosed).
MAIN DEPARTURES: Djibril Cisse (Marseille, £6m): Luis Garcia (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed); Florent Sinama- Pongolle (Recreativo, £2.7m); Craig Bellamy (West Ham, £7.5m); Jerzy Dudek (Real Madrid, free); Robbie Fowler (Cardiff, free); Danny Guthrie (Bolton, season loan).
CAPTAIN: Steven Gerrard.
TOP SCORER: Dirk Kuyt 12.
FANS' PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR: Gerrard.
LAST MAJOR TROPHY: 2006, FA Cup.
DID YOU KNOW? Xabi Alonso's 65-yard strike against Newcastle on Sep 20 last season was his first goal for the club since a similar effort at Luton nine months before.
TICKETS: £32-36; 0870 444 4949/0870 220 2345, liverpoolfc.tv
LADBROKES FLUTTER: Torres to be top Premiership scorer — 16/1
CLUB MASCOT: None.
VERDICT: As Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman have pointed out, Rafa can hardly complain about a lack of backing. Settled teams generally succeed in the Premiership. Anyone fancy them for the title? Thought not.
THIS SEASON: 3rd.
Extract from The Daily Mail UK

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