Brendan Rodgers insists there will be ample opportunity for Liverpool's Martin Kelly to complete his road to recovery and feature for the first team when the 2014-15 campaign gets underway. Injuries have waylaid the local lad's progress in recent years, to the extent that Kelly has featured just 15 times in total during Rodgers' Reds tenure. A promising run in the side at the beginning of 2012-13 was brought to a halt when the full-back ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament against Manchester United at Anfield. The problem sidelined Kelly for more than a year until he was back to face the Red Devils at Old Trafford in the Capital One Cup defeat at the start of last season. However, since that date in September 2013, Kelly started just twice for the Reds, in FA Cup games against Oldham Athletic and AFC Bournemouth, with six substitute appearances in between. Rodgers believes all that will change next season, with Liverpool returning to Champions League football, eager to maintain another title challenge as well as push for other domestic honours. "Martin has been really unfortunate," Rodgers told Liverpoolfc.com. "He was out for a year, he came back this season and at the beginning of the season we put him into some games. "But as the season wore on and we were concentrating on one game a week, it was very difficult for him to get games. "He's a quality player and he's a good guy as well - he knows the club inside out. He's been around for a long time and the game against Shamrock Rovers was his first game for a number of months. "He played at centre-half, as opposed to right-back, where he has played a lot. He's a good guy and there will be games next year for the likes of him to come and play in if we continue to qualify in the copmpetitions." ------------------ sounds like he is going nowhere, but if we have a repeat of season just gone then surely its time to cut our loses and move on. so so far Cissokho and Moses gone back and Reina likely to be off, just when. wonder who else is for the chop, is Coates going to be given a a chance as well!!
We're 'interested' in Milner apparently. He wants to leave Citeh. Arseholes are favourites though. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/18/arsenal-james-milner-manchester-city
Sounds more like he's way down the pecking order cos it ain't a league match it's maybe a cup game effort
If Kelly is going to play cb, and Illori and Coates are back, are we really going to sign another without moving one on? Granted a few are young, but is 7-8 center backs really necessary?
I cannot see coates staying, he's been mouthnig off over there and i quite fancy he'll go. late in the window mind, he's going to have to prove some fitness ebfore anyone will take him... it could even be loan until jan or something. ilori has proved nothing yet so i would not be putting him i nthe first team lists just yet. he can do soemthing in preseason i feel. Toure should be the one to go IMO
Dejan Lovren has insisted he is happy at Southampton amid claims Liverpool are set to make a bid for him.
I expect Milner talking about moving is just a negotiating tactic. Since him and Hart are City's only 2 English first team players, and with the PL and CL requirements put on them about squad size, they have some decent negotiating power.
If he was prepared to take a drop in wages, I'd take Milner so long as he was going to play in the middle rather then out wide. Him and Hendo would cover a lot of ground.
Didn't really know where to put this Van Gaal quote so here you go. Biggest club in the world FFS From MUFC website.. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Fe...s-manager.aspx LVG statement - 'It was always a wish for me to work in the Premier League. To work as a manager for Manchester United, the biggest club in the world, makes me very proud. 'I have managed in games at Old Trafford before and know what an incredible arena Old Trafford is and how passionate and knowledgeable the fans are. This club has big ambitions; I too have big ambitions. Together I'm sure we will make history.'
