Premier League - Liverpool seal Johnson deal

Eurosport - Fri, 26 Jun 19:22:00 2009

Glen Johnson has agreed a four-year contract with Liverpool after completing his transfer from Portsmouth.

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The 24-year-old right-back completed his move for a fee believed to be £17million, although much of that will be offset by money still owed from Peter Crouch's transfer to Fratton Park last summer.

Benitez has already accepted he paid over the odds for the England international but stressed there were many factors which made the deal the right one for the club.

"We knew the market was going to be difficult this summer and some of it has been crazy," said Benitez.

"Manchester City and Chelsea were there - they were making offers. We had to be quick and the club acted quickly.

"It was down to the player whether he chose us or City or Chelsea and he chose us."

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    who cares you wont win a thing.. as uisual...

    signing­ floella benjamin wont help...

    From mike, on Sat 27 Jun 1:30AM

  2. yep liverpool are deffinetely going to be top of the­ table this season

    From billyozy, on Sat 27 Jun 1:16AM

  3. Rafa, your next moves ought to be the following--and­ ASAP:
    Get Jenas, Lennon or Rossi, Dzeko or Hulk &­ Boka (Stuttgart);
    keep the starting 11, plus Agger,­ Benaoun, & Usua.
    Just sell the rest and bring­ youngsters from your farm system.
    Only then you will­ lift the trophy!

    From Khaled, on Sat 27 Jun 1:08AM
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    LOL... I just read this news on some tall interesting­ place called: ___Tall mingle Co M____ the most popular­ place for h ot mo dels, handsome men me et and mi ngle!­ u might be surprise what u end up with!!LOL :-)

    From lindakisser, on Sat 27 Jun 1:03AM
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    A SEA IOWLED MECHAL JECKSAN HOS TAKAN A HURT ATTECK OND­ KEELED OVAR. HES DEED. A BAT YEES DADANT KNOW THOT. WEL­ YEES FACKUN DAY NAY.

    From Donney, on Sat 27 Jun 12:51AM
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    rubbish. like many full-backs these days. thinks­ he's a winger. can't defend.

    From David S, on Sat 27 Jun 12:50AM

  7. Great signing for liverpool!!!! wel done rafa!! he is­ probs the best english right back at the mo and will­ ahve glory days at anfield. Now rafa buy david silva­ plz plz plz! YNWA

    From m.gullis, on Sat 27 Jun 12:47AM

  8. top quality signiing just need 2 sort out left back now

    From jason, on Sat 27 Jun 12:38AM
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    OWLED GLENN JANSAN LACKS LEEK A WEMON. HE NEEDS TAY GAT­ THON HAIR CUT AFF

    From Donney, on Sat 27 Jun 12:36AM

  10. Glen is the best english right back at the moment and i­ hope he does well for lfc
    All the best Glen Johnson

    From ajgrowcott, on Sat 27 Jun 12:31AM

  11. Got to be better than Arbeloa in my opinion.Jamie cant­ keep covering for Arbeloa and its nice to see an­ attacking wingback who can actually cross a ball.I­ think he is a good buy as he has experiance in the­ premiership with a proven track record over the last­ couple of years.Come on Rafa just make sure you get­ some more decent players in and dump the dead wood!

    From delete, on Sat 27 Jun 12:28AM

  12. LouB - the england manager disagrees with you. so does­ the liverpool manager, the chelsea manager AND the city­ manager. are they all wrong or are YOU talking out of­ your arse?

    From the_smiths_rule, on Sat 27 Jun 12:21AM
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    A few good games for England against poor opposisition­ and suddenly he’s a superstar! Looks a bit overweight­ and a few yards off the pace to me; this is a guy who­ couldn’t make Chelsea’s bench most weeks. & when he­ plays against decent teams, you’ll see he’s about 15­ million overpriced!

    From LouB, on Sat 27 Jun 12:20AM
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    A few good games for England against poor opposisition­ and suddenly he’s a superstar! Looks a bit overweight­ and a few yards off the pace to me; this is a guy who­ couldn’t make Chelsea’s bench most weeks, & when he­ plays against decent teams, you’ll see that he’s about­ 15 million overpriced!

    From LouB, on Sat 27 Jun 12:15AM

  15. Rafa before I forget, please take a watch on the South­ African keeper. I think we need him this summer should­ in case reina is injured or ......khune is very good at­ the post. He is like a magnet to the ball. He is worth­ a red shirt. Thanks

    From Michael, on Sat 27 Jun 12:13AM

  16. Rafa before I forget, please take a watch on the South­ African keeper. I think we need him this summer should­ in case reina is injured or ......khune is very good at­ the post. He is like a magnet to the ball. He is worth­ a red shirt. Thanks

    From Michael, on Sat 27 Jun 12:10AM

  17. totally agree,excellent signing.may not be worth £17M­ BUT as the new rules comong into force regarding number­ of foreign players in champions league,best english­ right back by a mile.

    From Craig, on Fri 26 Jun 11:59PM

  18. Signed for a big club....

    From kuledX, on Fri 26 Jun 11:58PM

  19. Glen Johnson is a good player £18m ? that's ­ questionable. I think rafa could have possibly spent ­ his money more wisely elsewhere.
    Glen had a bad time at­ chelsea, he was a young lad that probably needed to ­ play a lot of football which he didn't get at ­ chelsea, so he did the right thing and moved to a ­ different club to play football (portsmouth) , a lot of­ players would have quite happily warmed the bench so ­ credit to him. Maybe he is the sort of player we need ­ at anfield, someone who wants to play.
    In Rafa we ­ trust!
    YNWA

    From Andrew, on Fri 26 Jun 11:56PM

  20. Welcom Glen, Glory days beckon!

    From altwo, on Fri 26 Jun 11:54PM
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