Letter to Alvaro Arbeloa

Dear Alvaro, I hope this letter finds you well in your new surroundings in Madrid. I would like to say thank you for the service you gave us during your time at Liverpool. You certainly improved during your time here, up to the stage when you became a regular Spanish International. You virtually made the right back position your...

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Arbeloa completes move to Real Madrid

The one transfer we were all pretty sure was going to take place finally happened today. Arbeloa has completed his move to Real Madrid after we agreed a fee with them and the player passed a medical. The moment we signed Glen Johnson, I knew that Arbeloa’s time was up as he would not be our regular first choice right back....

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So much to do, so little time

The last time Glen Johnson got a taste of exactly the kind of fanaticism that awaits travelling football players in Bangkok, he was wearing distinctly different colours. The blue of Chelsea, to be precise. At Tuesday’s press conference in the ballroom of the Grand Erawan hotel, the Englishman was all smiles, all ready to...

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Arbeloa off to Real Madrid to make way for Johnson

The transfer talk is heating up and we have barely started the summer. It looks very likely now that Glen Johnson will be joining us from Portsmouth. Johnson’s arrival could just signal the end of Alvaro Arbeloa’s time at Anfield. Arbeloa has been our regular right back and I have been impressed with him. His game has...

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