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I don't get why anyone is surprised by the Meireles sale. Aqua, Cole, Poulsen, and Meireles were always going to be leaving after KK bought so many of his own midfielders. Personally, I was a bit more sad about Aqua leaving because I think he has very different attributes than any of our other midfielders. Meireles went through a purple patch last season but was not adaptable to all the positions we asked him to play in. It has been well documented on this forum just how light he is in the tackle - but I think there are behind the scenes reasons why KK wanted to sell him. I don't believe that he handed in his transfer request half an hour before the window shut - but rather that this move was on the cards for a while. I think LFC were hoping to sell him to a foreign club and then accepted Chelsea's bid at the last minute. We released the transfer request news just before the sale because Meireles is a popular player and it served to soften the blow. It became quite clear that KK wanted to reshape the midfield and bring in his own players after our poor season last year. The culling was ruthless but had to be done for squad unity. I think KK just thought that Aqua, Cole, and Meireles were all a bit lightweight and inconsistent. Mereiles would no longer get a game in central midfield now that the team will be built around Adam and Lucas. He will no longer get to play in the hole (where he scored all those goals) not that we have Suarez, Gerrard, and Bellamy. He has shown that he does not do well on the right side of midfield - and Maxi, Bellamy, and even Kuyt are better options there. I think too many fans point to his purple patch last season and forget the other games where he performed less adequately. Maxi also had a goal-scoring run and is a much more adaptable and willing player. All the business about him not getting his "gentleman's agreement" is actually just hearsay - and I don't hear any other players throwing a strop because some verbal agreement was not kept - that's just not realistic. Mereiles is 29 - limited as a player - and I suspect somewhat disruptive - so getting 12 mil for him is a good return. It is obvious that he was upset about the likes of Henderson coming in and jumping ahead of him - but I agree with some of the other posters that he'll be further down the pecking order at Chelsea. I really don't think he's done himself any favours by forcing this move - and I don't think we'll suffer that much by letting him go. KK is sticking by the players he brought in - and for midfield squad depth we have Coady, Sterling, Spearing, Shelvey, and possibly Suso. I think Kenny would rather blood these players behind the regulars than keep moaners in the squad. In terms of impact subs I think KK genuinely believes that Maxi and Bellamy can provide goals off the bench - and I would have to agree with him.

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not as shocked as you dont worry mate we have bigger fish to fry

just saying that he was shocked , why you would think someone very much in the inner circle like carragher is might have know something was happening but it seems he didnt and seeing that he is captain of the team you would think he would have had some knowledge of events .