Andrea Dossena (AC Milan)

AC Milan are considering a move for Liverpool's Andrea Dossena who has struggled to claim a regular place with the Premier League leaders following his £7million summer move from Udinese.

The Italy full-back has only started nine Premier League games and is seen by Milan as a possible January recruit following the season-ending knee injury for midfielder Rino Gattuso.

Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti could play defender Marek Jankulovski further upfield with Dossena filling in at full-back.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1100083/Milan-keen-Liverpool-misfit-Dossena-Voronin-wants-stay-away.html?ITO=1490

If there was one player who is going to be out early, I would much more likely Dossena than Keane.

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If he was to move, I would be peeved if he turned out to play great for Milan because it will feel like we have missed out on something that we could really do with. But we are actually close to claiming the title now and we cannot afford to keep giving him opportunities if he continues with the bad performances.

I wont be peeved, he cant play in any other place than Italy. Ask them for 10 million

I would be kinda sad to see him go because I think he deserves the opportunity to prove himself and lets face it... he can only get better! But if we get good money for him, let him go,

Hope he leaves..

I wouldn't sell him in January. He may just come good, and with Insua being first choice, Aurelio second, and always injured, we're gonna need 1 more left back.

Can't see Rafa buying anyone else, so we have to stick with Dossena.
Although, Arbeloa can play at left back, can't he? Which would mean we'd need another right back. Darby?

God i hope he goes,the worst left back i have seen at Anfield and that includes Traore!!

I don't get it, Gattuso is injured so they want a left back?

He doesn't look like he'll fit in the premier league. I see him struggle to chase players like Lennon, Afellay and others.

God I hope he goes,the worst left back I have seen at Anfield and that includes Traore!!

But with traore we won the champ. league but with dossy we're winning own goals or loses. i'm not saying that traore is a good player but he is better than dossena.

Would love to see him do well but too often he reminds me of julian dicks

Going to Milan for €4 million.

Just go, don't care the amount of money

Not enough money in my view.

He should be given until the summer to prove himself unless an offer of at least £10 million comes in.

I was all for waiting on him to come good as it's rarely Rafa gets it wrong but after Hull I thought then he hasn't the pace in mind and body for the prem, now if we get an offer I hope we take it as any game he plays in he looks a liability and he will not get us to the finishing line without conceding goals from his side of the pitch......

Dossena has been poor this season and insua is proving himself at the moment so i'd prefer he left to make funds available for some other players to come in

If Dossena leaves,will be the best news i have had all year   So far................

Going to Milan for €4 million.

Looked for it, cant find it.

Going to Milan for €4 million.

that now eqates to something like 4.1 million pounds, which is a 3 mill loss, so what get rid, maybe we should get 5 though

that now eqates to something like 4.1 million pounds, which is a 3 mill loss, so what get rid, maybe we should get 5 though

£3.96 million.

I would ask for him 4.5m not 'cos he cost them but not to have a big loss. But i would accept any offer for him 'cos he isn't lfc standard.

i'd sell him...if he does good in italy then good for them...but he just can't keep sucking at liverpool...i'd also get him for as much as we can coz we need the funds

Sooner he pisses off the better.

I think he deserves at least a full-season. It would be more beneficial to send him out on loan in the Championship for the remainder. He has talent, he just has not adjusted to life in England or the pace and physicality of the game. We all expected Torres to have a limp first season while he adjusted, he didn't but if he had, would you have been saying at Christmas to ship him out for whatever we can get for him? Of course not. Dossena has only ever played in Italy which is a very different style from British football. It's slower and more tactically centred. I think he's worth nurturing a little longer.

The only reason I guess Rafa would think about selling him so soon is that no matter how on form he gets, he'll always be too slow for a full-back in this country.

 I would not sell him now . If he is good to have a call for Italy ,I think he is not that bad,maybe he needs more time or have
 not got used to the PL enough.personally I would loan him even to AC Milan  ,,I am sure he will be worth more than 4million cause he will upt his prece  if he playes in italy again and get his Udinese standards back
 On the other hand if RAFA feels its time for him(Dossena_) to go ,to accumulate cash for other signngs .well and good

I don't think Andrea is suited to the prem. He has been called up by Italy in the recent past I believe, so it would make sense to admit he's not LFC quality, let him out on loan to a Serie A side, who see him as international potential, then sell him after a few good performances in Italy, gets his price up. Gets him off the wage bill in the short term as well. It's a measure of our standards, that if you don't make it at Anfield, doesn't mean you're a total tosser, unless your names Pennant.

I'd sell him, the way he plays it seems we have to teach him every single thing about defending. His movements, positioning, marking are all wrong.

Usually i say keep them but after his last 2/3 performances (most of the season he has shown it but more visible in these games) it clearly shows he just doesnt know how to play here.

Whatever happened to people preaching about giving foreign players time to adjust?

Instead everyone wants to sell him for less than we bought him for, a couple months later. That is just bad business imo.

I think a little fitness will go a long way with Dossena. He's not out of the side because Rafa is trying to move him elsewhere, or because we've given up on him. I bet he's working hard to get into shape so he can handle the physicality of the premier league.

I'd sell him, the way he plays it seems we have to teach him every single thing about defending. His movements, positioning, marking are all wrong.

Usually I say keep them but after his last 2/3 performances (most of the season he has shown it but more visible in these games) it clearly shows he just doesnt know how to play here.

Strange you'd think a supposed football genius like Rafa would notice something like that before he spent a boatload of cash on him.

Dossena is not half as bad as he's made out to be in this thread...

Dossena is not half as bad as he's made out to be in this thread...

Less than half of "Bloodly F***ing Awful" is still "Awful" and, no matter which way you cut it, that isn't good enough for this football club.

Strange you'd think a supposed football genius like Rafa would notice something like that before he spent a boatload of cash on him.

Dossena is not half as bad as he's made out to be in this thread...

You must be kidding, surely? He cant defend, period. Whoever reccomended him should have their contract torn up and spat at them.

I ask though, how much do you rate him and what evidence do you have to show he is better than what we say?

Instead everyone wants to sell him for less than we bought him for, a couple months later. That is just bad business imo.

No.

Bad business is carrying on paying him £50k (or whatever he is on) a week when he is useless.

Although with Insua going off the U20 tournament, the chance of him going in the January window is extremely slim now.

sell him right now... insua isn't here for a month but we have aurelio and arbeloa can play there or agger too.

give till end of the season i reckon, it must be hard to adjust to the speed of the game here espically as a LB. also he doesnt speak the language im guessin, n we aint got any other italeins in the squad. or any one (in the squad) that speaks italien i odnt think, has ne one played in italy? (of the squad obv. not you yourself)

AKA...Julian Dicks

Rafa wont sell Dosenna

The Italian, who was a £7 million summer signing from Udinese, has struggled to make an impact at Anfield this season and is behind Fabio Aurelio in the pecking order for the left back slot in the Reds’ defence.

Speculation had linked him with a return to Serie A but Benitez has moved to dispel these rumours.

With Liverpool top of the Premier League as 2009 starts, the Liverpool boss is keen on keeping his squad intact as they look to clinch their first title since 1990.

"I am not considering selling Dossena," Benitez said in the Daily Star.

"I think it is important to keep the squad together    we should sell him and bring in someone !!

damn, why does Insua have to report for national duty!

Fair is fair, everyone got their chance. But still, i'd have sold him.

Fair is fair, everyone got their chance. But still, I'd have sold him.

All Rafa has to do is click on his profile and click "offer to clubs" then Man City will offer 40mill.... simple egh

All Rafa has to do is click on his profile and click "offer to clubs" then Man City will offer 40mill.... simple egh

Oi! I'm not that stupid!

Oi! I'm not that stupid!

wonder if mark hughes is

Sell him

Shevchenko was a great player in the serie a and then he came to the PL and was absolute s**t. I know thats just one player and I know shevchenkos not italian but you can't just wait forever for a player to come good some just never do.

Come on Rafa, being stuborn is one thing, but to do it AND look foolish at the same time.  Cutting your nose off to spite your face springs to mind.
Insua is a far better LB, and I think Stephen Darby is too.  Even if we go for Glen Johnson (who's a RB) he'd be better as well.

sell him right now... insua isn't here for a month but we have aurelio and arbeloa can play there or agger too.

Agger at left back?

You can't put him there at such a crucial stage of the season when he's never played there.

Oooooops, I forgot about Fabio!

I think he will stay because Insua is away for a bit and Aurelio is made of glass. And Dossena can actually play LB

What's up with Insua?
And sadly yes, Fabio is having a competition with Degan by the looks of it.

What's up with Insua?

Insua is representing the u-20 Argetina team for a month.

He doesn't look like he'll fit in the premier league. I see him struggle to chase players like Lennon, Afellay and others.

Who wouldn't struggle trying to chase them players haha. I don't understand why Afellay is included in that little list because he doesn't play in the premier league?

what this is the best news I have heard in ages Dosena was a waste of money

what this is the best news I have herd in ages dosena was a waste of money

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