Philipp Degen is injured again! The Swiss rightback picked up a foot injury in the 4-2 loss to Spurs in midweek. This latest injury is set to keep Degen on the sidelines for 4 weeks. Since he arrived at Liverpool in the summer on a free transfer, we have not seen much of the player as he has always had one injury or the other. I am glad that we did not pay millions for him as I would be very disappointed on spending such a lot of money on a player who is always injured.
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While that may be a bit of a cheesy play on our full back’s name, one thing it isn’t is being wrong about his performance against Tranmere. I know it’s only the first friendly and it’s hardly United at Old Trafford, but it’s still a competitive game with an eye towards winning a place in a side primed for at the least a run at the Premiership title, which I would consider to be the most difficult trophy in just about the entire European football scene, perhaps even more so than the Champions League.

With that in mind and tucked safely away so as to get back to happenings on the pitch, I was very impressed with Phiiip Degen and what he brought to the table after our brief encounter with him. I saw pace, an eye for a pass and finding spaces to get himself into. Did I mention pace? There were at least a few times there he was leading the charge right down the middle of the field. When was the last time you saw that from Finnan or Arbeloa? I’m sorry to say, but you most likely won’t find anything like that from Jamie Carragher either. It does, however resemble what you may see this season from the likes of Bosingwa and such in our matches against the “Big Four”. It brings an option we have not seen at Liverpool in some time, the ability to attack from another direction always has to be a welcome addition.

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New signings Andrea Dossena and Philipp Degen were unveiled to the world today as Liverpool players. Dossena becomes the first Italian international to play for Liverpool. (I never knew that). Dossena will wear the number 2 jursey next season with Degen wearing 27.

Click here to see pictures from the unveiling.

Philipp Degen has officially completed his move to Liverpool today and has signed a four year contract. (As if contracts matter in this day and age). We had known for a while now that the Swiss full-back was coming to Liverpool but today it became official. Not many of us had heard of Degen before so it will be interesting to see how he fairs in the Premiership. My understanding is that he is a great attacker from the right back position. I am not too sure if he will be our first choice right back. He will have to compete against Finnan and Arbeloa for the right back position and right now I think Arbeloa should be our first choice right back. But let us see what Degen can do. Does anyone remember Vegard Heggem? A Norwegian right back who played for us about 8 years ago. Now he was quality for a short time and just seemed to fade out of it. I was reminded of him due to the similarity in names between Degen and Heggem.