37 - Martin Skrtel

[Jezzman]

Velkommen til Skrtel !

Skrtel can be new Carra
Jan 11 2008 by Tony Barrett, Liverpool Echo

RAFA BENITEZ today welcomed the imminent signing of Martin Skrtel and compared the Slovak centre back to a young Jamie Carragher.

Skrtel was today becoming the most expensive defender in Liverpool’s history as he prepared to put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half year contract.

The £6.5m deal was sealed by Reds chief executive Rick Parry yesterday following talks with Skrtel and his agent Karel Csonto.

Having agreed terms with the player and obtained an agreement with his club, Zenit St Petersburg, all that remained was for Skrtel to complete the formalities by signing his contract today.

But the 23-year-old is unlikely to go straight into Benitez’s squad for tomorrow’s trip to Middlesbrough, having not played a competitive game for more than a month.

The Reds boss is delighted that his search for a centre back has come to a conclusion and is now looking forward to seeing Skrtel in training at Melwood.

“Skrtel is more similar to Carra than he is to a centre back like Daniel Agger,” he said. “He is good in the air, very aggressive and quick.

“Our scouts first knew of him when he was playing for Slovakia and we have been monitoring him since the start of the season.

“We saw him play against Everton in the UEFA Cup match at Goodison and during the last few months we have been checking him closely.

“I don’t think he will be ready for Middlesbrough because the Russian league season ended more than a month ago and the last competitive game Martin played was in the UEFA Cup in December.

“He has been training but I don’t think that will be enough. He needs to get to know his team-mates and the league but I will look at him in training because he has a very good physical condition.”

Daniel Agger’s bid to improve his match fitness was dashed last night when the reserves’ game against Blackburn was postponed but Benitez refuses to rule the Dane out of a long awaited return to first team action at the Riverside.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpoo ... -20339897/

[Guffi182]

Velkommen Tror han bliver en stor succes!

Tænkte li, han virker til at være en Rafa ville have, os på det interview han giver om ham på .tv. Ville og være villige til at sige god for det køb, hvis de regner med at fyre ham til sommer? Det jo ikke fordi de virker til bare at smide rundt med pengene?

Edit: nummer 37 ? det var sq et underligt nummer

[Pede]

Kender intet til manden, men med den pris må han jo kunne noget. Glæder mig til at blive positiv overrasket.

Velkommen til!

[Mads T.]

Lad os da lige tage den fra den officielle også:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldow ... 1-1215.htm

SKRTEL SIGNS UNTIL 2012
Steve Hunter 11 January 2008
Liverpool have today confirmed the signing of Slovakian international defender Martin Skrtel from Zenit St Petersberg on a four and a half year contract.
The established centre half has 15 international caps for his country and Reds boss Rafael Benitez is predicting a bright Anfield future for the 23-year-old.

"I think he is a player maybe not many people know about but he played against Everton for Zenit St Petersberg, and he is a centre half that knows the English style," said Benitez.

"He is aggressive, quick, is good in the air and I think he's a very good player for the future and also for the present.

"He is very competitive, but his mentality for me is very good. Watching him in some games his mentality is similar to Carra so I think it's very positive for the team.

"Our scouts first knew of him when he was playing for Slovakia and we have been monitoring him since the start of the season.

"We saw him play against Everton in the UEFA Cup match at Goodison and during the last few months we have been checking him closely.

"I don't think he will be ready for Middlesbrough because the Russian league season ended more than a month ago and the last competitive game Martin played was in the UEFA Cup in December.

"He has been training but I don't think that will be enough. He needs to get to know his team-mates and the league but I will look at him in training because he has a very good physical condition."

The Reds boss also believes Skrtel is a player who will settle quickly into life at Anfield and put pressure on the likes of Jamie Carragher, Sami Hyypia and Daniel Agger for a starting role in the first team.

"He has quality and he can be a problem for them and a good problem for me if I need to decide who to play in the future," added Benitez.

"He has experience and enough quality for playing as soon as possible."

Skrtel will wear squad number 37 at Anfield.

Tror og håber, at han bliver en god spiller for Liverpool Vi mangler en god 3. mand når Hyypiä efter alt at dømme snart takker af.

[Henrik C]

Lige den brik vi manglede. Nu er puslespillet fuldendt og nummer 19 er lige om hjørnet.

[Fred]

Kan Agger beholde sin stamplads når han er fit igen?

[Aarhus]

Kan Agger beholde sin stamplads når han er fit igen?

Kan du vist rolig regne med.

[JanRude]

Lige den brik vi manglede. Nu er puslespillet fuldendt og nummer 19 er lige om hjørnet.

Sådan!

[Jensen]

Welcome on boaaaaaaard

[Brink2]

Der er noget Klaas Jan over ham.





Off topic.
Godt billede af Terry, Lampard, Torres og John Obi:
http://www.caughtoffside.com/wp-content ... 175487.jpg

[Fred]

Kan Agger beholde sin stamplads når han er fit igen?

Kan du vist rolig regne med.

Hvordan kan du være så sikker? Når ham den nye er så dyr, må han da være for god til at være bænkevarmer.

[Styf]

Velkommen til Skrtel.

Vi må tage dette indkøb som et meget positivt tegn. Amerikanerne har bevilget penge til dette indkøb og Rafa udtalte endnu en gang i dag at han forsat er meget fortrøstningsfuld med hensyn til om vi beholder Mascherano så jeg er også forsat optimistisk. Jeg går udfra at Rafa ikke ville have brugt penge på denne handel hvis der ikke også var penge til Mascherano.

Vi kommer nok ikke til at se ham allerede i morgen men på længere sigt vil han forhåbentlig blive en rigtig god mand for os. Det kunne meget vel blive ham og Agger der bliver Europas stærkeste midterforsvar når Carragher engang stopper.

Lidt underligt at han har fået nummer 37.

[Jan.u.s]

Hvis alle er fit, kan det måske tænkes at Agger nogle gange skal spille venstrebak og indtil videre (med de venstrebaks vi har nu), så er det da et verdensklasse forsvar vi har:


----------- Reina
Finnan (Arbeloa) Skrtel Carra Agger

[Aarhus]

Kan Agger beholde sin stamplads når han er fit igen?

Kan du vist rolig regne med.

Hvordan kan du være så sikker? Når ham den nye er så dyr, må han da være for god til at være bænkevarmer.

Agger skulle også vente længe, før han fik spilletid, så jeg tror, det samme gælder for Skrtel her også.

Han skal vel først vænne sig til spillet, lære spillere at kende og så generelt blive godt integreret i truppen. Den russiske liga sluttede i december, så han har ingen kamptræning i benene, lige som vores Agger.

[Aarhus]

Hvis alle er fit, kan det måske tænkes at Agger nogle gange skal spille venstrebak og indtil videre (med de venstrebaks vi har nu), så er det da et verdensklasse forsvar vi har:


----------- Reina
Agger Skrtel Carra Finnan (Arbeloa)

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