Pedro Chirivella (Valencia)

You know what, obviously it's not my forum, but maybe as a suggestion to the transfer forum we could create a sub-forum for Academy transfers?  it just seems a bit strange to discuss them with the transfers that (presumably) are going to be going into the first team.  First off, the Academy transfers aren't even being bought for the same reasons, secondly few people know much about them, whereas, for example, a lot of people have seen Papadopoulos, Eriksen and Mkhitaryan.

Just an idea.

Here's another idea, don't post in threads that don't interest you. No one forced you to read this thread about a "non first team" transfer and then to subsequently comment and drag everyone down.

Looks like he could be coming - which is nice (especially as I started this thread..!) and is in Liverpool today... I would love this to become the opposite of 'Day of the long knifes' where we sing about 5 top young players. However, it that the wine talking after watching the Rugby god, I miss the football season!

Age isn't everything.  Michael Owen was prolific at 17 for us.  Wayne Rooney at Everton was the same at 17.

I've not got excited about an academy player ever since we signed Bruna and that taught me a lesson, not about to start now.

From TIA it very much looked like a done deal.
http://www.thisisanfield.com/2013/06/in-profile-lfc-target-pedro-chirivella/

Brilliant if we can seal this deal. Love how our academy is getting stocked with exceptional talent, the future does look bright from that side of things. Gonna be hard keeping all these young lads happy with progression and first team minutes in the years to come but that's a problem you'd choose to have rather than the barren years we've had in recent memory.

Seems like we've signed the lad. 

We're bringing in some fantastic talent to the Academy this summer. 

Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign highly rated Spanish youngster Pedro Chirivella from Valencia
14 Jul 2013 16:59

La Liga side demanding £3.5m for the midfielder, but Reds could hold out for £2m and let the dispute go to a tribunal.

The 17-year-old midfield sensation is one of the rising stars of Spanish football.

Valencia are demanding around £3.5million for the player with The Merseyside club offering around £2m less. If no deal can be reached, then a tribunal will set the final fee.

Chirivella was on the verge of joining Barcelona in 2001 after Valencia accepted a bid for him, but the player himself turned down the chance to join the Catalan giants.

The Reds also tried to sign another Spanish youngster, 16-year-old Mario Rodriguez from Real Madrid, but he turned down their offer and agreed a four-year deal at the Bernabeu.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-transfers-pedro-chirivella-agrees-2053517

turned down barcalona in 2001?

so he would have been what, 5?

turned down barcalona in 2001?

so he would have been what, 5?

Don't joke about things like that, clubs do scout players very early these days, you would be truly staggered how these things happen.

turned down barcalona in 2001?

so he would have been what, 5?

Might be a typo.
Could mean 2011.

Don't joke about things like that, clubs do scout players very early these days, you would be truly staggered how these things happen.

Messi signed for newell old boys when he was about 8.  Then bacelona when he was 11. 

And didnt that kid that just sign a loan deal with thw blueshites get signed by barcelona when he was 8?

Messi signed for newell old boys when he was about 8.  Then bacelona when he was 11. 

And didnt that kid that just sign a loan deal with thw blueshites get signed by barcelona when he was 8?

They can feed them steroid and hormone injected meat for 10 years to get the best out of them. Football in 2024 will be like Space Jam basketball.

Space Jam

Wow, brilliant film!

Having guys on your "ignore" list is truly pathetic
In fact it defeats the whole point of a forum

It says you believe your opinion is better than other posters which says far more
about the person who has chose to use the ignore option than it does about the
person who has been ignored..

You must agree with what say & think or i will put you on my ignore list because i am
better than you!! You must agree with what i say & do because i know more about LFC
than you do. You know nothing your opinion is not valid.You are relegated to the IGNORE list!!!!


There should not even be an ignore option imo this is supposed to be a forum ffs.....

It says you believe your opinion is better than other posters which says far more about the person who has chose to use the ignore option than it does about the
person who has been ignored..

Nonsense. I could easily give you an example now of a poster who trolls threads on any subject and contorts the conversation in order to repeatedly air his objections to the signings of two particular players and the performances of another. He does so for no other reason than to derail the thread and take it onto the subject that HE wants to 'discuss'.
It has nothing to do with whether I agree with him or not, it would be tiresome either way and the fact that he carries this agenda into any thread defeats the object of having thread subjects at all.
If somebody is putting in that much effort to wind posters up and goad them into arguments rather that have an adult debate in the appropriate threads then the 'Ignore' function is an absolute blessing for those of us without the authority to warn / ban.
There are plenty of people on here that I disagree with on a number of subjects and they probably know it but I still read their posts.

PS: I appreciate the irony of making an off-topic post in here but I did genuinely visit the thread to search for updates on Chirivella!

One thing I will say is I am very excited about the acquisitions that Rodgers has been making - these are truly exceptionally gifted young guys that are coming to the club. However, just erring on the side of caution, I hope we don't fill our team with small, nifty players. Nifty they may be, but physical strength in a team is also very important.

It is one reason why Arsenal have failed to win a trophy in the last ten years, because their players, despite being techincally gifted, have easily been pushed off the ball. Compare it to the Invincible side in 2004 and they had the right blend of physicality (Campbell, Vieria, Keown, Parlour, etc) with the silkiness of Pires and Henry for example - one of the key factors to that side's success.

I'm sure Rodgers knows this - he acknowledged such a fact in his first press conference that a team needed the right physicality and strength. I wouldn't mind to see the odd tough guy being bought.

One thing I will say is I am very excited about the acquisitions that Rodgers has been making - these are truly exceptionally gifted young guys that are coming to the club.

Same here, I'm also very happy to see these technically gifted youngsters coming in one after the other. My concern is that we need to make it to the CL somehow or it will all be for nothing as they will move on as soon as they come good. If we can just make that step then things are looking very good.

I don't recall seeing any confirmation but both Pedro and Sergi Canos played in the u18 matchup against Birmingham.  The latter scored the final goal in the 4-1 win.