Serie A - Liverpool 'bid for Lavezzi'

Eurosport - Fri, 12 Jun 23:40:00 2009

Ezequiel Lavezzi's agent insists Serie A club Napoli have received an offer from Liverpool for the Argentina striker.

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Napoli general director Pierpaolo Marino said on Thursday his club had not received any bids for Lavezzi while Reds boss Rafael Benitez has also denied any interest in the South American star.

However, Lavezzi's agent Alejandro Mazzoni said: "Pierpaolo Marino continues to lie. I reiterate that a FIFA agent presented Napoli with an offer from Liverpool for Lavezzi."

He added: "This was a formal procedure as the player cannot be contacted directly (by the interested club) because he is under contract with Napoli."

Lavezzi has been linked with a move away from Napoli this month following a dispute with his club over a contract extension.

The 24-year-old, who joined the Naples-based outfit in the summer of 2007, scored seven league goals this season.

Lavezzi is under contract with Napoli until June 2012.

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  1. post 19... whos TAVEZ?

    From paddy, on Fri 12 Jun 1:05PM
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    LAVEZZI IS GOOD PLAYER VERRY GOOD PLAYER :d bUT POOL IS­ SHEET

    From gina00_00, on Fri 12 Jun 12:59PM
  3. comment to 21 PAUL H thats becouse your a man utd fan ­ am so happy u lost tr7 at latest your double in the red­ 700m

    From Danny J, on Fri 12 Jun 12:50PM
  4. 7 goal a season striker would add??? to the team I­ think not so much! Please RAFA better give oppertunity­ to young players rather than wasting couple of million.­ WE NEED QUALITY NOT QUANTITY....

    From Bel, on Fri 12 Jun 12:30PM
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    You won't be buying anyone in scouysland because­ you're potless and skint. ha ha ha

    From PAUL H, on Fri 12 Jun 12:27PM
  6. POST 10 - STICK TO A GIRLS SPORT LIKE NETBALL COS YOU­ OBVIOUSLY DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL.

    From Paul, on Fri 12 Jun 12:26PM
  7. Watching him playing at Napoli he reminds me of TAVEZ.­ Vary fast, good technique and scores goals......and he­ is much cheaper than TAVEZ.

    Good choice Rafa.

    From kolar.boris, on Fri 12 Jun 12:23PM
  8. i think lavezzi only can sit on the bench if­ torres,kuyt,ngog play.....he can be a fourth or fifth­ choice of foward.....

    From amir, on Fri 12 Jun 12:20PM
  9. Benitez's denial was along the lines of "...­ we have not been in contact with Lavezzi" which is­ different from " ... we have notg been in touch­ about Lavezzi": "with" conveys a­ completely different meaning from "about "­ since he may well have been in contact with Napoli­ themselves. I have to say the agent comes across as an­ absolute bell-end, though.

    From Anders, on Fri 12 Jun 12:08PM
  10. Lavezzi operates as a second striker, with the freedom­ to roam either wing. He's a solid crosser who can­ also finish, but his speciality act is as simple as it­ is effective. He receives the ball, usually in space,­ beats a man, sucks a bunch of opponents towards him and­ then, one of three things happens: he either wins a­ free-kick, bursts through a knot of defenders or lays­ the ball off to a now unmarked teammate, because the­ opposition is entirely preoccupied with him.

    "The­ threat of what Lavezzi might do is often greater than­ what Lavezzi actually does," says Catania manager­ Walter Zenga. "That's what makes him so­ dangerous. He makes his opponents worry."

    Maybe­ we should remember "In rafa we Trust!"

    From Stephen, on Fri 12 Jun 11:59AM
  11. I seen this guy on you tube and some of his goals this­ season came against, AC, Inter & Roma, He looks­ like a real talent and the type of player Rafa can­ mould into something great.. Cliche as it is but the­ ball is stuck to his feet.. And was the most fouled­ player in Serie A last season..Some of the tackles were­ Shocking and some of the hack downs were criminal, I­ say get him cuz he can play all across the midfield and­ up front.. IF we are limited to funds this summer I­ don't think he's gonna be to expensive and­ maybe if we offload some dead weight that'll add to­ the deal.

    From stephen, on Fri 12 Jun 11:56AM
  12. If this is true (which i highly doubt), i'm all for­ rafa resigning. Németh, Pacheco, Amoo, or Dalla Valle ­ would be better, or even keeping hold of Voronin if­ nobody want him.
    Negredo would be worth a punt but­ Lavezzi wouldn't even fit in a blackburn.

    We­ really should be looking at Reals midfielder seeing­ that its overcrowded anyone for van der Vaart or­ Sneijder, how about a pay as you play deal with Robben.

    From Stephen, on Fri 12 Jun 11:52AM
  13. lavezzi isnt a proven goalscorer, fair enough, but hes­ not an out and out striker, he plays kind of where dirk­ kuyt does now for us. i went to italy last year and his­ name is on the back of all the napoli shirts so he must­ be doing soemthing right there

    From ben.wells5, on Fri 12 Jun 11:51AM
  14. divid villa is the player we should be going for...he,s­ a proven goal machine and will link up well with­ torres...id rather us spend big on 1 player than buy a­ load of unknown players for 5 mill here and 3 mill­ there...c,mon rafa give these yanks a kick up the­ backside

    From robbie, on Fri 12 Jun 11:39AM
  15. another duffa will sign for the @#$%e, keep them­ comming rafa, COYB

    From Fred, on Fri 12 Jun 11:36AM
  16. lets be honest here why i say again why would we want­ to sighn a player/striker that can only score 7 goals­ in a season ????????? come on now rafa if were going­ for a striker why not david villa from valencia he grew­ up with torres and was in the same academy if think if­ we brought such a player as villa to liverpool we would­ have the best pair of strikers in the premier league .­ i 110% think the next coming season is are's­ it's in the bag we should of won the premier just­ gone but man utd had so many 1-0 wins from there scorer­ ronaldo but now he's going lol get in there lol­ man utd have not got a chance this next season they­ will be lucky to finnish 3rd mark my words.

    From jessicamccormack1, on Fri 12 Jun 11:28AM
  17. why do u say that? i would of thought a strikers­ exactly what liverpool want. who the hell did they have­ when torres was injured? n'gog?!!!

    From a.titterington, on Fri 12 Jun 11:27AM
  18. "the last thing liverpool need is strikers try a­ left­ mid or a full back" - john m

    What the hell­ are you talking about? Thats the first thing we need­ you fool. We only have Torres, as soon as hes out who­ do we play up front? NGog? Yeah thatl win us the­ league.

    Lavezzi can play on either wing or anywhere­ across the front line BTW.

    From Bob, on Fri 12 Jun 11:24AM
  19. is Liverpool gonna play 2-1-7 or what?

    From Half A Brain, on Fri 12 Jun 11:23AM
  20. never heard ov him

    From tinywirral, on Fri 12 Jun 11:22AM
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