Premier League - Babel 'not done' at Liverpool

Eurosport - Thu, 28 May 12:06:00 2009

Ryan Babel will not leave Liverpool this summer, according to his agent.

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The Dutch winger found first-team chances limited throughout the season and has been tipped to leave Anfield.

But his representative, Winnie Haatrecht, insists that is not the case and he hopes to hold talks soon with Reds manager Rafael Benitez.

"He is not done here yet," Haatrecht told AD Sportwereld.

"I will sit down soon with Mr Benitez to evaluate the season. We haven't found time to do that yet.

"Ryan went from Ajax to Liverpool to win trophies. So far that hasn't happened. Ryan wants to leave Liverpool as a regular starter with a trophy in his pocket."

Since arriving from Ajax for £11.5 million, Babel has scored just seven Premier League goals in 57 appearances, although the majority of those have been from the bench.

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  1. babal has to play his socks off whenever given the­ chance then he'll be picked. Benayoun did and­ everyone was saying he wasn't good enough...

    P.S.­ Give Lucas more time he was doing better towards the­ end of the season and he's still young.

    From Constance, on Sun 31 May 9:49PM

  2. babel what a waste of time and money let em go even 4­ free

    From murraymichelle12, on Sun 31 May 7:00PM

  3. a true red wouldnt say nething bad bout a player or­ manager at liverpool let get behind um and well win the­ league

    From wright.marc, on Sun 31 May 4:45PM

  4. Babel had his chance over and over again. He's­ Baros in disguise. USELESS

    From Howard, on Sat 30 May 1:57PM
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    Bryjones71 Dream on! Like I said­ 'What Success'? Sod all really. Typical thick­ Scouser­­ just like Gerrard . . . hungry for more­ success? What­­ success? That's a laugh, your head­ is about as­ empty­ as Gerrards trophy cabinet. 20­ years and counting ho,­ ho,­ ho. If Gerrard wants­ success he should play for a­ team­ that actually wins­ something.

    From Mmmm000se, on Sat 30 May 12:17PM

  6. Humbleman, you might be right but the reason Rafa had a­ go at Sir Alex was because he was initially talking too­ much negative things about Liverpool. Rafa just said­ those things to warn the FA and to protect Liverpool.­ He actually didn't mean it. Anyway, Rafa is still a­ good manager and he's only been at Liverpool for 5­ years, but Ferguson has been there for more than 20­ years and only won his first English title after 7­ seasons. Rafa might achieve that faster...

    From Naren7, on Sat 30 May 11:53AM

  7. Walking quiet, I'm actually a Malaysian living in­ Australia. Here football is called­ ''soccer'' and I thought mostly this­ site is visited by Australians, so that is why is use­ the word ''soccer''. Normally i use the­ word football.

    From Naren7, on Sat 30 May 11:48AM

  8. Naren7 THE only reason Liverpool did not get closer to­ MU this last season was Raffa, he is a fool, had he­ concentrated on his job instead of having a go at Sir­ Alex, he may, just may have got the title.

    From , on Sat 30 May 5:52AM

  9. "Soccer Team???" Naren7 certainly is not from­ Liverpool, the only place that foolishly calls­ "Football" soccer, is north america

    From Walking quiet, on Sat 30 May 4:52AM

  10. humbleman, u calling me a 7 year old with my comment? i­ think your comment represents a 5 year old kid. u just­ respect other teams and be a true sportsman. liverpool­ have a strong squad and they are certainly capable of­ challenging for the title next season. just give­ benitez another season or 2 and then we will see what­ happens. he might do better than Sir Alex Ferguson...

    From Naren7, on Fri 29 May 3:36PM

  11. For your information humbleman, the number 7 in my name­ represents the number that i wear for my soccer team.­ i'm actually 17 years old, bro...

    From Naren7, on Fri 29 May 3:32PM

  12. 33 Dale A. I think you will find that Liverpool did­ beat the mancs, twice! We can do no more. It is all the­ rest of you who failed to beat them.
    43 Bumbleman. Oh­ dear, there is always one that escapes and gets onto­ these boards. Your 3 little sentences make no sense and­ only serve to demonstrate your total misunderstanding­ of anything remotely connected to football. Bless him.

    From Pugilist, on Fri 29 May 1:36PM

  13. i think they should give him anouther year

    From i.pownall931, on Fri 29 May 12:25PM

  14. Naren7 is the number 7 indicating your age, certainly­ seems like it with your half wit response, or are u­ just another thick yob from Liverpool?

    From , on Fri 29 May 7:32AM

  15. You stupid humbleman, whatever team u support isn't­ that good either. Liverpool are way better than the­ @#$% team u support

    From Naren7, on Fri 29 May 7:26AM

  16. Agents are leeches.

    From CutPR, on Fri 29 May 6:04AM

  17. he deserved to be at Anfield............he's a­ young talent.........but he didn't get enough­ attention from Benitez.........

    From Zul Khairi Zahari, on Fri 29 May 6:04AM
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    Apart from Gerrard & Torres, Babel is very similar­ to the rest of the players, poor quality, and certainly­ not good enough to win the league.
    Next season will be­ a bigger struggle, the big teams (Chelsea, Arsenal and­ MU dont class Liverpool as a big team) will add­ players, liverpool hmmm not sure maybe?
    With a bit of­ luck Liverpool will stay above Fulham, Villa and­ Everton, although thats not a done thing.

    From , on Fri 29 May 5:47AM

  19. lots of potential needs to buckle up and get his head­ down, but then i guess if we get offered more than what­ we paid which we should he'll go!

    From Burneye, on Fri 29 May 12:13AM

  20. Babel has not proven himself good enough to become a­ regular starter in the performances he has made when­ starting games.Loses possession too much and therefore­ puts team on the back foot immediately.Most he will­ ever be at Liverpool is an impact substitute.Decent­ offers should be taken,on the lad.

    From RED7, on Thu 28 May 11:44PM
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