Liverpool set to make a move for Manchester City’s Shay Given if Pepe Reina leaves
Liverpool are apparently looking to make a move for Manchester City’s want-away goal keeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-Reina-c29672 opts
to walk out of Anfield at the end of the season.
The 28-year-old shot-stopper is currently secured to Liverpool with a long-term contract, but has gone on to report that if the team fails to make it to the Champions League spot, he might just opt to walk out of Anfield. At the same time the fact that his
current buy-out clause is set at only 20-million pounds, a number of teams including Arsenal and Manchester United have gone on to show interest in the keeper.
If Reina ends up leaving the team, Liverpool will have to find a keeper who is almost as good as the Spanish International himself. This is because one of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809’s strongest aspects has almost always been their quality goal keepers. For this very reason,
it seems like the team has narrowed down their interest to Given.
The Ireland international has been rotting on the benches at the Eastlands and is rumored to be willing to make the jump to any team that offers him a contract. At the same time, if the Reds are the team to do just that, then it is safe to say Given might
just run all the way to Anfield to complete the transfer.
Given is currently being valued in the market at around eight to ten million pounds. However, he might just end up going for a little cheaper mainly due to the fact that he has not played a single minute in the English League this season.
The keeper has been restricted to playing only in the Carling Cup and occasionally in the Europa League. However, that can be regarded to be a major waste for the 34-year-old shot-stopper, who is quite easily at the moment one of the best keepers in the
world.
Nonetheless, Reina who has been exceptional for Liverpool during his stay at the club is going to be close to impossible to replace – if he does end up leaving. However, Given seems to be one of the only possible replacements for the player, who would be
able to live up to the standards that the Spaniard has maintained at the club.
It is now going to be a wait till the summers to see how this keeper saga at Anfield turns out.
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