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Yep - wish he was used as a makeweight in transfer deal though.

And no doubt he will get injured...

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/aqua-set-for-italian-loan

it makes no sense at all to let a £20m signing go out on loan. we should either keep him or sell him but definitely not let him leave on loan!

This. If he's good enough to play then he must be played, otherwise he must be sold so that we can buy another LB (Mascherano seems unlikely to leave before January, so where are the funds to buy more players?). It's not like he's a young starlet in need of game time in order to improve. For me this should be Aqua's make or break season - loaning him out seems to imply that he's not fit to wear the shirt AND is so bad no one even wants to buy him. Say it ain't so!

Having said that, I'm not certain that omitting him from the squad is all that clever, good enough or not. Lucas was poor alongside a defensive midfielder all of last season, and unless much has changed during the time he's not been playing competitive football he won't hold a candle to Aqua in games without Stevie and/or Joe Cole. Obviously Roy is a better judge of footballing ability than I, but I have my doubts about this one. It felt good to say that we had an expensive player in reserve for when injuries hit us (and they will), but now we won't have that player and can't afford a replacement. Frankly, we look like we can barely scrape together a squad of 25 quality players all of whom are over 21, and yet here we are getting rid of one in the only way that can actually weaken us. This suggests to me that Roy will rely on the youth this season (not a bad thing if they can make the step up), but if he is then that's just another reason to sell Aqua.

lets face it alberto aquilani has been the poorest big name premiership signing since andriy shevchenko.

he's shown flashes of what he can do but so far it hasn't been good enough. for a player like him in and out of injuries i personally think it might be a good move to loan him out. i don't think he will ever be good enough to play for liverpool, just don't think the prem is where he belongs.

the italian league is where he can shine, a league that may put him in the shop window adding good value for a future sale of around £8m-£12m.

also he hasn't played a great deal of football in last couple of seasons and can we guarantee him the first team football that he needs? he may never get back to the top of his game with us. he needs to be playing week in week out. obviously its frustrating as we're all waiting for a return on our £20m but, at the moment he just won't ever cut it with us.

its still uncertain where he will ever fit into the team but i would have expected him to replace cole in the centre forward position behind the striker. its looking like gerrard will play there for the next few matches (until cole's suspension ends) with lucas/masch/poulsen filling in at CM. we need gerrard playing CM though unless we land a crisp passer who can start our attack (probably our biggest downfall last season - xabi alonso).

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/aqua-set-for-italian-loan

sorry if that has been posted before.

I actually see Aqua as a really good player, but sadly he may not be suited to our league, i hope a year with first team football can help him get his full fitness back and he can come back to us next season (when he will be only 27) and give us what he promised =)

Confidence is shattered, Because of this he is afraid to play, tackle, run anything. Maybe a year at home will get his head right again. I hope so because the boy has got talent.

Just brings back up though what a complete f**k up the whole selling Alonso- Buying Aqua was

It's a difficult one this. Roy obviously doesn't rate him, that could be down to the fact he's a little rusty to say the least, he's got talent (like Babel albeit we dont see it that frequently). Ideally we want him in the team but that's too great a risk right now, and selling him is just not viable given we would take such a loss on him. Therefore loaning him out is the only viable alternative. If he plays and plays well he will get fitter and develop more confidence and his transfer value will strengthen, and/or he comes back into our team. If he plays badly then we are in no worse a position than now.
There's more up than downside to this. Nonetheless still a bizarre transfer...... Hindsight is wonderful!

The Poulsen signing makes more sense to me now, after this news on Aqua. RH has been saying we can accommodate Poulsen and Masch but I was thinking we seem to have a lot of central midfield players all of a sudden, especially if Gerrard is going to occupy one of the spots. I really felt that RH was keen on Aqua and was praising him during pre-season. However, if we lose Masch and Aqua does go on loan, we will all of a sudden look a bit light in there and will need to bring someone else in. maybe this is why the Scott Parker rumours persist?? But, I'm becoming more confident by the day that Masch will be staying, I don't see Rafa coughing up £25m somehow. We must get another offensive player in and a left back to balance the squad, then we may surprise a few people this season.

had high hopes for aquaman finaly get him fit an we send him on loan its a total joke!