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Juventus have supposedly bid a year long loan for Aquilani paying 50% wages. IMO, we might as well sell him instead as the takeover will have occured well in advance and we will have bought quality midfielder in the meantime. Plus, I would prefer to sell Lucas as Lucas is too average whereas Aquilani actually showed some promise when played last season. Someone's told me that Aquilani had the best assist per minute ratio last season out of Prem League, La Liga, Seria A, Bundesliga considering he was always subbed and often came on as a sub further showing his promise if played. IMO, who would you rather in the middle: Aquilani or Lucas?

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Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani has agreed to join Juventus on loan, according to Il Corriere dello Sport.

Roy Hodgson intimated last night that the former Roma youngster was likely to go back to Italy temporarily.

Juventus have been in the market for a ball-playing central midfielder all summer, but attention has so far focused on Lazio's Cristian Ledesma.

Il Corriere understands that an option to buy Aquilani outright has also been included in the deal.

Aquilani's agent Franco Zavaglia is said to be in Liverpool to conclude the arrangment.

Il Corriere are so confident that the loan will go through that they have released tomorrow's front page in anticipation.

i might actually be falling in love with roy hodgson. finally a manager with eyes and a brain.

i think this is a very good deal for us ...

If he can get very regular football then things can only improve. If he comes back next season and we still dont want him atleast we can sell him after a year of play and recoupe a bit of the 20 mil we paid.

OR

if he comes back and hes on form and playing well we get the aqua man that we always wanted.

Fantastic shout by MR Hodgson ..

Well happy ..

yep, gone for good. what a tragic transfer fck up that was. and raffa had the gaul to bang on about money restrictions after buying him.

Not the best transfer in the world but I did want it to work out. I never like players to fail and I do think he is a good player, just not for us and the EPL. Good luck to him, hope he stays fit and does well.

Hopefully he does well so we can sell him for a decent price

Flames Emp you are both wrong. Aquiliani was bought because the payment terms were so generous. It was even shown on the Roma website. 5mil up front, 5mil in January then the rest based on appearances. LFC got 35mil cash for Alonso and only gave 5mil to Roma. hence the question where did the cash go?

Johnson was reported to be 17mil, However as printed in the times after the Portsmouth debacle info was released the fee was 11.5mil of which 4mil was owed to LFC for the Crouch deal.easy to criticise Rafa but not all is what it seems.

The agent of Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani claims that he is working on the details of a potential loan move to Juventus.

A series of injuries have meant that Aquilani has failed to meet expectations at Anfield after former manager Rafa Benitez paid Roma a reported £20million last summer.

Current boss Roy Hodgson confirmed after omitting the 26-year-old from Thursday's 1-0 win over Trabzonspor in Europa League qualifying that he wants to loan the Italian to a club in his homeland.

And according to Aquilani's representative, Franco Zavaglia, Juventus have made an approach and discussions are taking place regarding a possible conclusion.

Zavaglia told tuttojuve: "Juventus have made an offer and it is very exciting. We are working with both parties to settle things quickly.

"I don't know when we will close the deal, it still lacks some details."