Benitez ready to accept £4m bid for Carson
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Carson wants regular football
The Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez, will consider substantial offers for Scott Carson this summer despite the England Under-21 international's impressive debut season in the Premiership at Charlton.
The on-loan goalkeeper has proven a rare success in an otherwise torturous campaign for relegated Charlton, being named the supporters' Player of the Year and confirming the potential that persuaded Benitez to pay £750,000 for a player with only two league appearances at Leeds United in January 2005.
While the 21-year-old appears an astute investment and Liverpool have only inexperienced back-up for the first choice goalkeeper, Jose Reina, there is also an acceptance that Carson will not dislodge the Spaniard in the foreseeable future, that his stock is now high among rival Premiership suitors and that the player himself will want regular football following this season's experience.
"If I end up at Liverpool and sit on the bench, then I would have taken one step forward and taken one back," Carson said this week. "Next year I want to carry on playing games." To that end Benitez is prepared to sanction the keeper's departure but it will require an offer of around £4m before Carson, who attracted interest from Arsenal earlier this season, is allowed to leave. -
dudek carson go left who back up?
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kirkland lor..lol
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its a good choice to invest in youth
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kirkland long gone liao..Originally posted by lalaTearz:kirkland lor..lol
get another keeper lor -
thats the problem when the young keeper shines. i think liverpool is in dilemma, you sell Carson but you have no one to call upon when something happen to Reina.
its either they keep Carson & rotate him somewhat or get someone with reasonable experience - its the same dilemma that's going to face Man U - with Foster returning, where is he going to stand amongst Kurschak and VDS? -
epl should follow serie a to let other club own half the player first
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pool should keep him
you dont know when reina might be having another bad day -
there's 1 italian GK in LFC..
just came in this season -
padelli is only on loanOriginally posted by a-Lost-9uY:there's 1 italian GK in LFC..
just came in this season -
I dont know but I hope Benitez knows what he is doing. Frankly speaking, I am running out of patience with him. Many of you may disagree with me but I feel next season is a make or break season. With subsential money for squad strengthening , no excuse for Benitez to finish 3rd or 4th spot anymore. If he fails to break the top 2 barrier then he has to go. I, one of the minorities is getting fed up of him. Even the CL trophy won't be enough to satisfy me because all what I want at least is to get a 2nd spot . Next season, hopefully he will put the priority of EPL in his top list.
Defeats against Portsmouth and Fulham has left me nothing but furious for putting understrength team especially Fulham which I hope will drop to the championship.